Title:
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2021117493
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To provide a technique for increasing the accuracy in discriminating the type of a recording material to form a higher quality image.SOLUTION: A detector 30 detects a characteristic value indicating the characteristics of a recording material P fed from a paper feeding unit. A recording material discrimination unit 405 discriminates the type of the recording material P based on a discrimination rule 412 for discriminating the type of the recording material based on a characteristic value of a recording material and the detected characteristic value. A formation control unit 406 controls an image forming condition for image formation on the recording material P in accordance with the discriminated type of the recording material P. A history collection unit 401 collects the history of the operations of an image forming apparatus. An operation changing unit 403 adjusts the discrimination rule 412 used by the recording material discrimination unit 405 based on the collected operation history.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4
Inventors:
KOBAYASHI MASASUE
Application Number:
JP2021001046A
Publication Date:
August 10, 2021
Filing Date:
January 06, 2021
Export Citation:
Assignee:
CANON KK
International Classes:
G03G15/00; G01N21/47; G03G21/00; G03G21/20
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Patent Business Corporation Otsuka International Patent Office