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Patent No.:

US 7845788 B1

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Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2010

Filed:

Aug. 23, 2007
Applicant:

Seiichiro Oku, Kanagawa-ken, JP;

Inventor:

Seiichiro Oku, Kanagawa-ken, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/01 (2006.01); B41J 2/325 (2006.01); B41J 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The image forming apparatus includes: a head which ejects ink droplets; an intermediate transfer body having a transfer surface on which a transfer image is formed by means of the ink droplets ejected from the head; a transfer device which performs transfer of the transfer image formed on the transfer surface of the intermediate transfer body to a prescribed transfer-receiving medium; a transfer surface reading device which obtains read image data by reading in the transfer surface of the intermediate transfer body after the transfer; a judgment device which performs judgment of a transfer state of the transfer surface of the intermediate transfer body in accordance with the read image data obtained by the transfer surface reading device; and a transfer condition changing device which changes a transfer condition of the transfer device in accordance with the judgment of the judgment device.


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