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US 2005/0089340 A1Published application
Image forming apparatus with a toner image density feature and related method
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTakeo Yamamoto
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming part for forming a toner image on an image bearing body based on an image signal, and a density detection part for detecting a density of the toner image on the image bearing body, such that it is determined whether a normal image formed by the image forming part has a density detection area which should be detected, and if it is determined that the density detection area is present, image forming conditions are controlled based on a detection result of the density detection area.
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An image forming apparatus comprising:
- image forming means for forming a toner image on an image bearing body based on an image signal;
- density detection means for detecting the density of the toner image on the image bearing body;
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- control means for determining whether a normal image formed by said image forming means has a density detection area, which should be detected, and if it is determined that there the density detection area is present, it controls image forming conditions based on a detection result of the density detection area.
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An image control method comprising the steps of:
- forming a toner image on an image bearing body based on an image signal;
- detecting a density of the toner image on the image bearing body;
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- determining whether a normal image formed by said image forming means has a density detection area which should be detected;
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- if it is determined that the density detection area is present, controlling image forming conditions based on a detection result of the density detection area.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.