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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2010
Applicant:
Masahito Yamazaki, Yokohama, JP;
Inventor:
Masahito Yamazaki, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/21 (2006.01); H04N 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/5066 (2013.01); G03G 15/5041 (2013.01); G03G 15/5062 (2013.01); H04N 1/00175 (2013.01); H04N 1/00965 (2013.01); H04N 1/2158 (2013.01); H04N 1/32502 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0051 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0008 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus that is capable of accessing a removable storage medium and automatically starting an operation of calibration thereof without waiting for a user to input a job, on an as-needed basis, when a storage medium is mounted therein. A printer engine performs an image forming operation according to data read from the medium, and a controller executes calibration of the printer engine. The controller detects whether or not the medium is inserted, and determines attributes of data stored in the medium. Based on a result of determination, the controller causes the calibration to be selectively started.