Color image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoshiyuki Komiya
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Abstract
A technique of shortening the adjustment time of image forming conditions in accordance with the use status of each apparatus without degrading the image quality is disclosed. In a color image forming apparatus which has an adjustment unit that adjusts image forming parameters for setting image forming conditions, and which forms an image on a printing medium using the adjusted image forming parameters, the use log of the color image forming apparatus is collected, and at least one image forming parameter is selected in correspondence with the collected use log as an image forming parameter to be adjusted by the adjustment unit in next adjustment, by referring to a storage unit which stores, in correspondence with the use log, at least one image forming parameter to be adjusted by the adjustment unit.
Claims9
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image forming unit adapted to form an image;
- a storage unit adapted to store a ratio of monochrome images to color images formed by the image forming unit;
- a selection unit adapted to select a desired adjustment operation from a plurality of adjustment operations for adjusting the image forming unit;
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- an adjustment unit adapted to, when activating the image forming apparatus, selectively perform, on the basis of the ratio of monochrome images to color images that is stored in the storage unit, a desired adjustment operation from a plurality of adjustment operations for adjusting the image forming unit.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image forming unit adapted to form an image;
- a storage unit adapted to store a ratio of monochrome images to color images formed by the image forming unit, and density information of the color images and monochrome images;
- a selection unit adapted to select a desired adjustment operation from a plurality of adjustment operations for adjusting the image forming unit;
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- an adjustment unit adapted to, when adjusting the image forming unit, selectively perform, on the basis of the ratio of monochrome images to color images and the density information that are stored in the storage unit, a desired adjustment operation from a plurality of adjustment operations for adjusting the image forming unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.