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

Claim 8:
9. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
means for forming an image on a recording medium and an image for diagnosis used for diagnosis of the image forming apparatus;
image reading means for reading the image for diagnosis formed on a recording medium;
means for changing at least one of a reading condition under which the image reading means reads the image for diagnosis and a processing condition under which a read image obtained by the reading 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 reading means being longer than a predetermined threshold value; and
means for using 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.