Patent ID: 8036553
Filing Date: 2011-10-11
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: an image bearing member; a line test image forming section for forming a line test image made up of a plurality of line images arranged side by side on the image bearing member; an image density detecting section for detecting the density of the line test image formed on the image bearing member or the line test image transferred from the image bearing member to a transfer member; a setting section for setting an image forming condition based on the density of the line test image; and a solid patch image forming section for forming a solid patch image on the image bearing member, wherein the setting section can set a first image forming condition derived from the density of the line test image and a second image forming condition derived from the density of the solid patch image and sets the first image forming condition if the density of the solid patch image is equal to or above a specified target density.