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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2015
Hiroto Tachibana, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Suhara, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroto Tachibana, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Suhara, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming method includes exposing a surface of an image bearer with light according to an image pattern including an image portion and a non-image portion, the image portion constituted of a plurality of pixels, to form an electrostatic latent image correspondent to the image pattern, comparing the image pattern adjacent to each of the pixels with a comparison pattern constituted of a plurality of pixels to specify at least a group of pixels existing at a boundary with respect to the non-image portion as a group of non-exposure pixels among the pixels constituting the image portion, and executing determination of specifying at least a group of pixels adjacent to the group of non-exposure pixels as a group of high power exposure pixels exposed with light of a higher light power than a predetermined light power required for exposing the image portion among the pixels constituting the image portion.