Patent ID: 9304443
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a container accommodating toner; an image forming portion configured to form a mark for a correction process by using the toner in the container and an image based on a print instruction by using the toner in the container; an agitator configured to agitate the toner in a target agitation amount before the image forming portion forms the mark, the target agitation amount representing an amount of actions of agitation imparted upon the toner by the agitator; and a processor configured to: obtain a non-agitation time period during which the agitator has not agitated the toner; set the target agitation amount based on the non-agitation time period, wherein the longer the non-agitation time period is, the larger target agitation amount the processor sets; perform agitating the toner in the target agitation amount by the agitator; and control the image forming portion to form the mark after the agitator agitates the toner in the target agitation amount.