Patent ID: 11863716
Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 8:
9. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a printer configured to print an image having diagnostic information on a sheet of paper, the image having diagnostic information comprising:
a plurality of bands, each of the bands corresponding to a different color,
a plurality of ruled lines, and
an anchor positioned between one of the bands and a plurality of the ruled lines;

a first reader configured to read a first image of the image having diagnostic information;
a second reader configured to read a second image of the image having diagnostic information; and
a processor configured to:
determine whether a first abnormality is present in the first image,
determine whether a second abnormality is present in the second image, and
cause a display to display a diagnosis result of a defect when at least one of: the first abnormality is present in the first image or the second abnormality is present in the second image, and
cause the display to display, as the diagnosis result, a solution for the defect.