| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technique that can contribute to improvement in analysis accuracy in analysis processing concerning an image forming apparatus. <P>SOLUTION: The image forming apparatus that forms, on a sheet, a test pattern formed by a color obtained by mixing toner of a plurality of colors, reads a test pattern image formed on the sheet with a color sensor, and performs predetermined image quality control processing, the image forming apparatus including an analysis-information forming part (color printer part) that forms predetermined information used for an analysis concerning the image forming apparatus on a sheet, a sheet conveying part that conveys the sheet having the predetermined information formed thereon to a predetermined position in the image forming apparatus through a second conveying path different from a first conveying path used in discharging a sheet having an image formed thereon to the outside of the image forming apparatus, a sheet storing part that stores the sheet conveyed to the predetermined position, and a color sensor that is arranged further on a downstream side than a fixing device in a sheet conveying direction and reads the test pattern formed on the sheet. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT |
