Image Forming Apparatus Automatic Adjustment Profile Execution
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional image forming apparatuses require users to manually determine the timing and contents of adjustments, leading to inefficiencies and potential unintended adjustments, resulting in decreased productivity and consumable waste.
Innovation Solution
An image forming apparatus with a job receiver, printer, and hardware processor that registers adjustment contents and execution conditions as a profile, allowing automatic execution of adjustments when predetermined conditions are met, ensuring adjustments are performed at intended times and according to user specifications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If the adjustment items are previously set to the image forming apparatus according to image forming conditions, then the apparatus can automatically inform users of necessary adjustments, but adjustment items not intended by users may be adjusted, causing productivity deterioration and consumable waste
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic adjustment by allowing users to register multiple profiles with different execution starting conditions (e.g., first starting up in the day, idling condition, number of sheets used, environment temperature, environment humidity). The system dynamically selects and executes the appropriate profile based on current conditions, rather than using fixed predetermined settings. This resolves the contradiction by enabling automatic execution while adapting to specific conditions to avoid unnecessary adjustments.
2Extent of automation
If the adjustment items are previously set to the image forming apparatus according to image forming conditions, then the apparatus can automatically inform users of necessary adjustments, but adjustment items not intended by users may be adjusted, causing consumable waste
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically determines whether to execute adjustments based on registered profiles that specify execution starting conditions. By evaluating current conditions against registered profiles, the system executes adjustments only when appropriate, avoiding unnecessary consumable usage while maintaining automatic execution capability.
3Adaptability or versatility
If users manually determine the timing and contents of adjustments, then adjustments can be customized according to specific needs, but it is troublesome for users to grasp the timing and adjustment contents, reducing ease of operation
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables users to register profiles with desired adjustment contents and execution starting conditions once. After registration, the system autonomously determines timing and executes adjustments according to the registered profiles, eliminating the need for users to continuously monitor and manually determine adjustment timing and contents. This resolves the contradiction by providing customization capability while automating the operational burden.
4Reliability
If the adjustment is executed periodically to secure image quality, then image quality can be maintained at a specified level, but unnecessary adjustments may be executed reducing productivity
Solution Approach 1:
The system executes adjustments based on registered profiles that specify execution starting conditions such as first starting up in the day, idling condition, number of sheets used, environment temperature, and environment humidity. This dynamic approach ensures adjustments are executed when actually needed to maintain image quality, rather than following rigid periodic schedules, thereby avoiding unnecessary adjustments that would reduce productivity.
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AI summary
Disclosed is an image forming apparatus, including: a job receiver that receives a print job; a printer that executes an image forming in accordance with the print job received by the job receiver; and a hardware processor that: receives an adjustment content and a setting of an execution starting condition of an adjustment for an adjustment item relating to the image forming, and registers the adjustment content and the execution starting condition as a profile; and executes the adjustment in accordance with the adjustment content set in the registered profile when the execution starting condition set in the profile is satisfied.