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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2014
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Isokawa, Hino, JP;
Mitsunori Nakamura, Tama, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., , JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a measuring section which measures a height position of a surface of a sheet at a reading position at which a reference image for image quality adjustment is read; a control section which determines a planar region of the sheet according to the height position, and determines a forming position of the reference image within the planar region; an image forming section which forms the reference image at a position of a sheet corresponding to the forming position, the sheet being newly fed after determination of the forming position; and a reading section which reads the reference image at the reading position, wherein the control section adjusts image quality by using a read value obtained from the reference image by the reading section.