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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 02, 2015
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Fusako Ozawa, Hachioji, JP;
Masatoshi Hitaka, Toyokawa, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a printing unit configured to print at a plurality of linear velocities; an image preparing time determination unit configured to determine a print image preparing time necessary for developing print data to a print image to be printed by the printing unit; a linear velocity determination unit configured to determine the linear velocity according to the print image preparing time determined by the image preparing time determination unit; and an engine control unit configured to operate the printing unit at the linear velocity determined by the linear velocity determination unit.