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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2008
Applicant:
Masashi Kato, Nagoya, JP;
Inventor:
Masashi Kato, Nagoya, JP;
Assignee:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image forming apparatus comprising: a determining unit which determines a start time for forming an image on a recording medium; a judging unit having a first judging unit which judges whether to execute a quality improving process based on the start time; and a control unit which controls an execution of the quality improving process based on a judgment result of the first judging unit.