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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
May. 17, 2019
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Yusuke Yamamoto, Hachioji, JP;
Hiroyuki Arai, Hachioji, JP;
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus that forms an image on continuous paper, includes: an image former that forms an image on the continuous paper; a conveyer that conveys the continuous paper in a forward direction that is a conveyance direction at a time of image formation and conveys the continuous paper to the image former; an image diagnosis part that detects abnormality of the image formed by the image former and performs diagnosis of a degree of the detected abnormality; and a hardware processor that switches whether to continue conveyance of the continuous paper in the forward direction according to a result of the diagnosis of the image performed by the image diagnosis part.