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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2011
Tatsuya Miyadera, Osaka, JP;
Yoshinori Shirasaki, Osaka, JP;
Tomohiro Ohshima, Osaka, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An optical writing control apparatus controls a light source to draw a correction pattern for correcting a parameter value of an image forming mechanism, detects the correction pattern transferred onto a conveyance member from a photosensitive member based on an output signal of a sensor, and corrects the parameter value based on the detected correction pattern; stores chromatic color progress information indicating a progress for a chromatic color mechanism corresponding to a chromatic color image occurring from when the correction operation was carried out and achromatic color progress information indicating a progress for an achromatic color mechanism corresponding to an achromatic color image occurring from when the correction operation was carried out; and stores a necessary threshold to determine that the correction operation is necessary and an unnecessary threshold to determine that the correction operation is unnecessary for the chromatic color progress information and the achromatic color progress information.