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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2012
Applicant:
Kentaro Tomita, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Kentaro Tomita, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image forming apparatus is provided with a measuring device, which measures multi-colors in a multi-color toner image formed on a recording sheet that is output from the image forming apparatus. Based on the measured multi-colors, the image forming apparatus estimates an output value of each one of primary color toner images that constitute the multi-color toner image, and corrects an image forming condition of each one of the primary color toner images based on comparison between the estimated output value of the primary color toner image and a target value of the primary color toner image.