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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2015
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Ariyoshi Hikosaka, Osaka, JP;
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a print mode setting circuit, an average printing amount identifying circuit, a parameter setting circuit, and an image processing circuit. The print mode setting circuit sets to normal print mode or ecological print mode whose toner usage is less than a toner usage of the normal print mode. The average printing amount identifying circuit identifies an average printing rate in a predetermined count of printed sheets or an average amount of toner consumption per sheet. The parameter setting circuit decreases a printing rate parameter value in the ecological print mode based on a ratio of a predetermined reference value to the identified average printing rate or the identified average amount of toner consumption. The image processing circuit multiplies tone values of a print image by the printing rate parameter value in the ecological print mode to reduce a printing rate of the print image.