| US 7,509,063 B2 | ||
| Adjustment mode control method and apparatus for performing the same | ||
| Kuniyasu Kimura, Toride (Japan); Naoto Watanabe, Abiko (Japan); Yukio Yokoyama, Sakado (Japan); Hiroto Nishihara, Toride (Japan); and Takako Hanada, Yokohama (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 04, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/538,660. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2005-293006 (JP), filed on Oct. 05, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0091390 A1, Apr. 26, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G03G 15/08 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 399—27 [399/82] | 14 Claims |
| 5. An image forming apparatus which performs adjustment operation at a predetermined timing, comprising:
monitoring unit adapted to monitor a timing at which the adjustment operation is to be performed;
notification unit adapted to visually notify a user of the timing at which the adjustment operation is to be performed before
execution of a job requested by the user;
setting unit adapted to set an adjustment time reduction mode of reducing a time for the adjustment operation during execution
of the job requested by the user; and
control unit adapted to, when the adjustment time reduction mode is set by said setting unit, cause the apparatus to operate
in the adjustment time reduction mode until the job is completed.
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