Patent ID: 9417579
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an image carrier; an exposure unit configured to form an electrostatic latent image on the image carrier by irradiating the image carrier with light based on image data; a developing unit configured to develop the electrostatic latent image formed on the image carrier using a developing material; a specifying unit configured to specify a specific pixel, of a plurality of pixels that configure the image data, having a second developing material amount used in the development performed by the developing unit that is greater than a first developing material amount determined by the image data; and a correcting unit configured to correct an image forming condition so that the second developing material amount for the specific pixel at least approaches the first developing material amount for the specific pixel, wherein the correcting unit is further configured to perform a correction by thinning out the specific pixel in a direction perpendicular to a rotational direction of the image carrier as a correction of the image forming condition for correcting the specific pixel.