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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2021
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Katsutoshi Iwai, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 15/16 (2006.01); B41J 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 21/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/5029 (2013.01); B41J 15/005 (2013.01); B41J 15/16 (2013.01); B41J 15/165 (2013.01); G03G 15/70 (2013.01); G03G 21/203 (2013.01); G03G 15/6529 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image formation system includes: an image former that forms an image on a continuous sheet; a slack generator that is arranged upstream of the image former in a sheet conveyance direction and generates slack on the continuous sheet; and a sheet characteristic detector that is arranged upstream of the slack generator in the sheet conveyance direction and detects a sheet characteristic of the continuous sheet.