Image forming apparatus
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorAriyoshi Hikosaka
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Abstract
Test print images are created as focusing on one image quality mode among a plurality of image quality modes that are provided in advance according to the type of document and with high practical needs such as text mode, photo mode, text/photo mode containing both text and photographs, etc. The test print images thus created are image-formed on a sheet of recording paper and offered for the purpose of image quality selection in accordance with a user's preference. Consequently, an image forming apparatus capable of realizing a test printing function that is practical with a high level of user satisfaction can be provided.
Claims10
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an operational information accepting section accepting operational information, said operational information comprising first information indicative of a selection of one image quality mode in line with a user's intention from among a plurality of image quality modes provided in advance according to the type of document, and second information selecting one or more image quality adjusting elements in line with a user's intention from among variations of image quality adjusting elements, wherein said operational information accepting section sets said one image quality mode and said one or more image quality adjusting elements;
- a test print image creating section determining respective ranges of image quality adjusting bands according to the set one image quality mode, wherein for values of image quality adjusting elements assigned to the set one image quality mode, each value is adjustable within the corresponding one of the ranges of the image quality adjusting band so that one value is selected from among a plurality of values that gradually increase in the corresponding one of the ranges of the image quality adjustment bands, and wherein the test print image creating section creates test print images in which variation images are prepared to have different image qualities for the set one image quality mode through image processing based on sets of the plurality of values for the respective ranges of the image quality adjustment bands of the image quality adjustment elements assigned to the set one image quality mode, and wherein the test print images are laid out into a single page;
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- an image forming section forming the test print images having been created by the test print image creating section on a sheet of recording paper;
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- wherein said operational information further comprises information for selecting an image that assumes image quality in line with a user's intention from among the variation images having been presented as the test print images on the sheet of recording paper;
- wherein said operational information accepting section sets adjusted values of the selected one or more image quality adjusting elements according to said information for selecting said image of said operational information, thereby selecting respective values of the image quality adjusting elements assigned to the selected one image quality mode all at once;
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- wherein the image forming apparatus further comprises a reconstructing section reconstructing the image quality adjusting band by shifting the corresponding one of the adjusted values on a substantial medium value of a plurality of values for the image quality adjusting band.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.