Image forming apparatus

Abstract

An image forming apparatus that forms a latent image on an image carrier based on image data, the apparatus includes: a first calculating unit adapted to calculate an exposure amount of a pixel of interest included in a partial region configured of a plurality of pixels that constitute the image data; a second calculating unit adapted to calculate an exposure amount of surrounding pixels that are located around the pixel of interest and constitute the partial region; and a toner consumption amount calculating unit adapted to calculate a toner consumption amount of the pixel of interest based on the exposure amount of the pixel of interest and the exposure amount of the surrounding pixels, wherein the second calculating unit calculates the exposure amount of the pixel of interest by weighting the image data corresponding to the surrounding pixels on a pixel-by-pixel basis.

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