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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2008
Applicant:
Toshiya Kojima, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Toshiya Kojima, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/19 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The image forming apparatus comprises: a recording head which discharges droplets of liquid onto a recording medium; a dissolved gas amount estimating device which estimates an amount of dissolved gas contained in the liquid inside the recording head; and a liquid restoring device which carries out restoration processing of the liquid inside the recording head, if an estimated value of the amount of the dissolved gas estimated by the dissolved gas amount estimating device exceeds a prescribed reference value.