Image forming apparatus to detect and correct density variations in a developed image

• Main Authors: OMORI ATSUFUMI, SUZUKI SEIZO, IWATA MUNEAKI, ISHIDA MASAAKI, FUJITA HAYATO, AKATSU KAZUHIRO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 11.02.2014
• Subjects: CINEMATOGRAPHY; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS; ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY; i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; LINING MACHINES; MAGNETOGRAPHY; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICS; PRINTING; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS; STAMPS; TRANSPORTING; TYPEWRITERS

Apparatus that forms an image according to image information includes density sensors that detect image density variations in main and sub-scanning directions. A processing device generates correction data for correcting a light source output to suppress the density variations based on detection res...