Patent ID: 9513573
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. An image forming method, comprising: exposing a surface of an image bearer with light according to an image pattern including an image portion and a non-image portion, the image portion constituted of a plurality of pixels, to form an electrostatic latent image correspondent to the image pattern, comparing the image pattern adjacent to each of the pixels with a comparison pattern constituted of a plurality of pixels to specify at least a group of pixels existing at a boundary with respect to the non-image portion as a group of non-exposure pixels among the pixels constituting the image portion, and executing determination of specifying at least a group of pixels adjacent to the group of non-exposure pixels as a group of high power exposure pixels exposed with light of a higher light power and a lower duty ratio than a predetermined light power and duty ratio required for exposing the image portion among the pixels constituting the image portion.