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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2024
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Hajime Kawakami, Hino, JP;
Keishi Suzuki, Hino, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An inkjet recording apparatus includes a hardware processor that controls a conveyance operation of a conveyance member that conveys a recording medium, a head unit that forms an image by ejecting an ink containing a binder resin onto the recording medium on the conveyance member, and a cleaner that cleans the conveyance member, in which the hardware processor, when instructed to stop the conveyance operation of the conveyance member, executes a cleaning mode in which conveyance of the conveyance member is continued to cause the cleaner to clean the conveyance member, or stops conveyance of the conveyance member to provide an alert that there is a possibility that foreign matter is adhering to the conveyance member.
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