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US 2014/0192375 A1Published application
Image forming apparatus and image forming method
AssigneeKonica Minolta, Inc.
InventorKeisuke MORITA
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms an image on a sheet on the basis of a job and a controller that manages the job and controls the formation of the image. The controller enables a sample discharge and determines whether to change a sample discharge interval which is set in the sample discharge on the basis of information related to the image when the job is executed.
Claims22
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image forming unit that forms an image on a sheet on the basis of a job;
- and
- a controller that manages the job and controls the formation of the image,
- wherein the controller enables a sample discharge and determines whether to change a sample discharge interval which is set in the sample discharge on the basis of information related to the image when the job is executed.
1 more element
An image forming method of forming an image on a sheet on the basis of a job and enabling a sample discharge when the job is executed, the method comprising:
- acquiring information related to the image;
- and determining whether to change a sample discharge interval which is set in the sample discharge on the basis of the information related to the image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.