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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2018
Applicant:
Konica Minolta Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Tatsutoshi Yamada, Toyokawa, JP;
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/44 (2006.01); H04N 1/203 (2006.01); H04N 1/113 (2006.01); B41J 2/47 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/44 (2013.01); B41J 2/442 (2013.01); B41J 2/471 (2013.01); H04N 1/113 (2013.01); H04N 1/2032 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a light source that emits a laser beam; a polygon mirror that reflects the laser beam; a photoreceptor that is to be exposed to the laser beam reflected by the polygon mirror; a motor that rotates the polygon mirror; and a hardware processor capable of detecting sheet type, that is, type of a sheet conveyed in the image forming apparatus, wherein the hardware processor controls to rotate the motor at a first rotation speed until the sheet type is detected, and rotate the motor at a second rotation speed determined on the basis of the sheet type after detection of the sheet type.