Patent ID: 8081326
Filing Date: 2011-12-20
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a counter for counting a number of pages that have been printed since a last reset of the counter; a determiner for determining whether a next job is in a monochrome print mode or in a color print mode; an image stabilizer to perform an image stabilization operation; a resetter for resetting the printed page count after the image stabilization operation has been performed; an image stabilization controller to cause the image stabilization operation to be performed if a predetermined condition has been satisfied, the predetermined condition including any of: (i) that an end of a current job is detected during a period that begins when the printed page count exceeds a first threshold and ends when the printed page count reaches a second-threshold that is larger than the first threshold, and (ii) that the determiner determines that a switch has been detected from the monochrome print mode to the color print mode during the period that begins when the printed page-count exceeds the first threshold and ends when the printed page count reaches the second threshold.