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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2020
Applicant:
Konica Minolta Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroaki Umemoto, Neyagawa, JP;
Yukimasa Azuma, Machida, JP;
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/005 (2006.01); B41J 2/045 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/0057 (2013.01); B41J 2/04571 (2013.01);
Abstract
An inkjet image forming apparatus, includes: a transfer part that transfers ink ejected from an inkjet head and carried on an intermediate transfer body to a recording medium; and a hardware processor that: detects a transfer rate when the ink is transferred by the transfer part; and controls a control parameter that influences how the ink spreads when being transferred to the recording medium, according to the transfer rate detected by the hardware processor.