US 12,332,595 B2
Image forming apparatus and image quality adjustment method capable of suppressing variation in image quality of output image immediately after start of image forming process
Yasuaki Sakamoto, Osaka (JP); Masaru Watanabe, Osaka (JP); Kenichi Hayashi, Osaka (JP); Ayato Morikami, Osaka (JP); Hideyuki Ogasawara, Osaka (JP); and Yukiko Yoshimura, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka (JP)
Filed by KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Mar. 26, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/617,244.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-049733 (JP), filed on Mar. 27, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0329584 A1, Oct. 3, 2024
Int. Cl. G03G 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 15/5041 (2013.01) [G03G 15/5045 (2013.01); G03G 15/5062 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an image forming portion configured to form an image using toner;
an adjustment processing portion configured to, each time a predetermined adjustment condition is satisfied during execution of an image forming process using the image forming portion, use the toner to adjust one adjustment target selected in accordance with a predetermined specific order among a plurality of adjustment targets related to image quality of an output image output by the image forming process;
an acquisition processing portion configured to acquire variation amount information related to an amount of variation in a predetermined state value related to the image forming portion caused by a start of the image forming process; and
a determination processing portion configured to determine an adjustment target to be adjusted first after the start of the image forming process by the adjustment processing portion, based on the variation amount information acquired by the acquisition processing portion.