Patent ID: 9310742
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming unit configured to form an image according to a process condition; a measurement unit configured to measure a measurement image formed by the image forming unit; an update unit configured to cause the image forming unit to form a first measurement image, to cause the measurement unit to measure the first measurement image, and to update the process condition based on a result of the measurement of the first measurement image by the measurement unit; a first determination unit configured to cause the image forming unit to form a plurality of second measurement images, to cause the measurement unit to measure the plurality of second measurement images, and to determine the process condition based on a result of the measurement of the plurality of second measurement images by the measurement unit, the plurality of second measurement images being formed according to a plurality of test process conditions; an obtaining unit configured to obtain environment information; and a second determination unit configured to determine the plurality of test process conditions, based on the environment information obtained by the obtaining unit and the process condition updated by the update unit,