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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2012
Applicant:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Masakazu Ohira, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/407 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/4078 (2013.01); G03G 15/502 (2013.01); G03G 15/5029 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00569 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is an image forming apparatus including an image forming section for forming a test image including a plurality of patterns in which at least one pattern is more easily affected by a variation factor for density than another pattern, an accepting section for accepting an amount of adjustment for density, and an adjusting section for adjusting density of an image to be formed by the image forming section based on the amount of adjustment for density accepted by the accepting section.