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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2008
Toshihiro Yamashiro, Yokohama, JP;
Shigeru Yoshigai, Sagamihara, JP;
Yoshimitsu Ogura, Isehara, JP;
Tetsuyoshi Nakata, Hadano, JP;
Toshihiro Yamashiro, Yokohama, JP;
Shigeru Yoshigai, Sagamihara, JP;
Yoshimitsu Ogura, Isehara, JP;
Tetsuyoshi Nakata, Hadano, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus, an image forming method, and a control program therefor. The apparatus includes an image processing control unit to process image information sent from an external device, a carriage to move in a main scanning direction according to a control signal sent from the image processing control unit and having a nozzle to discharge an ink onto a recording medium, a conveyance unit to convey the recording medium in a sub-scanning direction, and a conveyance failure detection unit to detect a status of the recording medium. The image processing control unit identifies a type of a conveyance failure among a plurality of types of conveyance failures based on the status of the recording medium output from the conveyance failure detection unit and sends a conveyance failure correction signal to perform an operation for retracting the carriage to a predetermined or desired position in the main scanning direction.