Image forming apparatus, image forming method, computer program product, and recording medium
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorKoji HAYASHI
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a first correcting unit that reads a gradation pattern output onto a predetermined medium and corrects a gradation conversion information; a second correcting unit that reads a gradation pattern formed on an image carrier included in the image forming apparatus and corrects a gradation conversion information; a detecting unit that detects a gradation characteristic of the gradation pattern formed on the image carrier at the time of execution of correction by the second correcting unit; and a determining unit that determines whether to execute correction by the first correcting unit on the basis of the detected gradation characteristic.
Claims6
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a first correcting unit that reads a gradation pattern output onto a predetermined medium and corrects a gradation conversion information;
- a second correcting unit that reads a gradation pattern formed on an image carrier included in the image forming apparatus and corrects a gradation conversion information;
- a detecting unit that detects a gradation characteristic of the gradation pattern formed on the image carrier at the time of execution of correction by the second correcting unit;
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- a determining unit that determines whether to execute correction by the first correcting unit on the basis of the detected gradation characteristic.
An image forming method performed by an image forming apparatus, the method comprising:
- a first correcting step of reading a gradation pattern output onto a predetermined medium and correcting a gradation conversion information;
- a second correcting step of reading a gradation pattern formed on an image carrier included in an image forming apparatus and correcting a gradation conversion information;
- a detecting step of detecting a gradation characteristic of the gradation pattern formed on the image carrier at the time of execution of the second correcting step;
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- a determining step of determining whether to execute the first correcting step on the basis of the detected gradation characteristic.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.