摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image control method that grasps the characteristics of an image forming apparatus in a more reliable manner and achieves image stabilization, and to provide the image forming apparatus. <P>SOLUTION: In the image control in which correction is made as needed depending on the image information of a patch formed in an image non-formation area of an image carrier, control is exerted based upon image information acquired during the control and image information acquired up to the previous control. The rate at which the pieces of information contribute to the control is altered during consecutive output. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI |