Patent ID: 8325357

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: an optical writing device having: a plurality of light emitting diode elements which are arranged in a main scanning direction; and a plurality of radio frequency identification tags which are provided correspondingly to one or more light emitting diode elements among the plurality of light emitting diode elements, each of the plurality of radio frequency identification tags having a light quantity correcting data storage section to store light quantity correcting data for adjusting a light quantity of the one or more light emitting diode elements, and a communication section to a perform wireless communication; a radio frequency identification transmitting and receiving section to perform the wireless communication with the radio frequency identification tags; a control section to make the radio frequency identification transmitting and receiving section perform the wireless communication with the radio frequency identification tags so as to read or write the light quantity correcting data from each of the light quantity correcting data storage sections in each of the radio frequency identification tags; and a storage section to store the light quantity correcting data which is read from each of the light quantity correcting data storage sections in each of the radio frequency identification tags by the control section.