Patent ID: 8305623
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: a storage section that stores image data; a read out control section that repetitively reads out said image data from said storage section for a specified number of copies; an image forming section that forms images for the specified number of copies based on the image data read out by said read out control section; a counter that counts for each of the specified number of copies the number of pixels included in the read out image data at the time of reading out said image data by said read out control section; a first memory section that stores a count value for the n a second memory section that stores a count value for the (n+1) a comparison section that compares the count value for the n a control section that carries out error processing when there is an inequality in the comparison result in said comparison section, judging that an error has occurred in printing operation of the image forming apparatus.