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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2016
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Masami Hano, Abiko, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an image forming apparatus including a receiver, the image forming apparatus being controlled based on a copy mode for copying an original read by a reading device that is connectable to the image forming apparatus and a print mode for printing image data received by the receiver. The image forming apparatus further includes an image forming unit configured to form an image, a measurement unit configured to measure a measurement image formed by the image forming unit, a controller configured to control the image forming unit to form the measurement image, and to control the measurement unit to measure the measurement image, and a detector configured to detect a connection state of the reading device. The measurement image includes a first measurement image for the copy mode and a second measurement image for the print mode.