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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2014
Masayuki Fujii, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyuki Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Mamoru Yorimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Masato Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisaku Horikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Suguru Yokozawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Morita, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichi Sakurada, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohiro Sasa, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaya Kawarada, Kanagawa, JP;
Masayuki Fujii, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyuki Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Mamoru Yorimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Masato Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisaku Horikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Suguru Yokozawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Morita, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichi Sakurada, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohiro Sasa, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaya Kawarada, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a printing unit that prints at least one object image using a color material; a color information acquiring unit that acquires color information of the object image; and a control unit that starts one of colorimetry of the object image using the color information acquired by the color information acquiring unit and color adjustment of the printing unit after a variation amount of color information of the object image measured at different points of time is equal to or smaller than a predetermined threshold.