Image forming apparatus and image forming method

Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion, an image reading portion, and a test processing portion. The image forming portion forms an image on a sheet using a plurality of recording elements. The image reading portion reads the image on the sheet. The test processing portion causes the image forming portion to form a test image in a marginal region of the sheet, and causes the image reading portion to read the test image. The test processing portion is capable of executing a divisional test in which only some of the plurality of recording elements are used for forming a single test image to be formed on a single sheet and all of the plurality of recording elements are used for forming a test image group constituted of a plurality of the test images to be formed on a plurality of the sheets.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.