Patent ID: 7940422

Claim:
An image forming apparatus for forming a multicolor image by superposing single-color images of respective colors, comprising: an image formation control unit configured to select and form a plurality of sets of misalignment correction patterns used in a misalignment correction process for correcting misalignment between single-color images, wherein the image formation control unit is configured to perform the misalignment correction process based on an average of an amount of misalignment obtained from a first set of misalignment correction patterns of the plurality of sets and an amount of misalignment obtained from one or more following sets of misalignment correction patterns of the plurality of sets, and the image formation control unit is configured to select at least one of the first set and the one or more following sets of misalignment correction patterns according to either at least one of a status change detected and a number of images formed after a previous misalignment correction process is performed.