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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
May. 09, 2024
Kohta Akiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Kohta Akiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a control unit. In a case where a total amount of liquid discharged from all of at least one liquid discharge head connected to one or more channel pipelines communicating with a tank until a predetermined first time period elapses from a first time is a first discharge amount and a total amount of liquid discharged from all of the at least one liquid discharge head connected to the one or more channel pipelines until the first time period elapses from a second time later than the first time by the first time period is a second discharge amount, the control unit is configured to adjust the discharge amount from a time later than the second time by the first time period, based on a value obtained by subtracting the second discharge amount from the first discharge amount.
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