Patent ID: 11968333
Assignee: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
an image former configured to form an image on a recording medium and configured to form an image for diagnosis used for diagnosis of the image forming apparatus;
an image reader configured to read the image for diagnosis formed on a recording medium; and
a processor configured to
change a processing condition under which a read image obtained by the image reader by reading the image for diagnosis is processed in accordance with an elapsed period from a time of generation of the recording medium on which the image for diagnosis is formed to a time of reading of the image for diagnosis by the image reader being longer than a predetermined threshold value, and
use a reduced compression rate of the read image where the elapsed period is longer than the predetermined threshold value compared to where the elapsed period is not longer than the predetermined threshold value.