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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2018
Applicants:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Shigeru Morino, Numazu Shizuoka, JP;
Assignees:
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo, JP;
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/0057 (2013.01); G03G 15/6502 (2013.01); G03G 15/6529 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00556 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a conveyance controller and a processor. The conveyance controller controls a conveyance operation for conveying an image forming medium. The processor executes an image quality maintenance operation for maintaining quality in an image forming processing. The processor executes at least a part of the conveyance operation and a part of the image quality maintenance operation in parallel.