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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2024
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Nakamura, Saitama, JP;
Nobuyasu Tamura, Hachioji, JP;
Shinichi Tsukamura, Uenohara, JP;
Masahiro Onodera, Hino, JP;
Ryo Fujimitsu, Tachikawa, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided an image forming system including an object that is an element included in an image former that forms an image on a recording medium and that moves in a main scanning direction during an operation related to image formation based on a print job, a hardware processor that acquires position information of the object in the main scanning direction during the operation, and a reader that reads the image on the recording medium formed by the operations, in which the hardware processor determines a state of the object on a basis of the acquired position information and read image data read by the reader.