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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2015
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Shintaro Sone, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 21/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/02 (2006.01); G03G 15/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/50 (2013.01); G03G 15/5058 (2013.01); G03G 15/55 (2013.01); G03G 15/0266 (2013.01); G03G 15/065 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming section configured to form a predetermined test image on an image bearing member by a regular development scheme and a first bias development scheme; a concentration detection section configured to detect a concentration of the test image formed by the image forming section; and a causal part determination section configured to determine on a basis of a result of detection by the concentration detection section a causal part of an image defect that is caused when an image is output.