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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2019
Applicant:
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Masayuki Miyake, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B31D 5/00 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/70 (2013.01); B41J 11/006 (2013.01); B31D 5/0043 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus is an apparatus that forms an image on paper and provided with a sensor section, a determination section, and an estimation section. The sensor section outputs a signal indicating a state of the paper. The determination section determines whether or not each of a plurality of error conditions relating to a paper error is satisfied based on the signal output by the sensor section. The estimation section estimates an occurrence factor of the paper error based on a satisfaction pattern of the plurality of error conditions.