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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 24, 2014
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Marika Ogiso, Nagoya, JP;
Osamu Takahashi, Nagoya, JP;
Yasuhiro Shimamura, Nagoya, JP;
Tetsuya Okano, Anjo, JP;
Yoshifumi Kajikawa, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
There is provided an image forming apparatus including: a forming section having an image holding member and an developing portion, and configured to apply a developing bias voltage to the developing portion to develop an electrostatic latent image on the image holding member; a sensor configured to detect a mark formed by the forming section; a storage; and a controller configured to perform: forming first and second marks, obtaining the densities of the first and second marks, obtaining a slope, and determining a target bias voltage value, and storing the target bias voltage value in the storage.