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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2013
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroki Takeishi, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus that forms an image based on image data generated by executing an image process includes a first determination unit configured to determine whether a predetermined process causing a delay in the image process being executed has occurred, a second determination unit configured to determine whether a condition for an adjustment unit to perform an adjustment for maintaining the image formation has been satisfied based on condition information indicating the condition, and an instructing unit configured, in a case where the first determination unit determines that the predetermined process causing a delay in the image process being executed has occurred and the second determination unit determines that the condition has been satisfied, to instruct the adjustment unit to perform the adjustment.