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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2009
Hirofumi Saita, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirofumi Saita, Kanagawa, JP;
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image formation device that inspects for image irregularities caused by joining of inkjet head modules. The image formation device is equipped with a belt conveyance unit, a recording head, a print sensor and a system controller. The belt conveyance unit moves paper in a conveyance direction. At the recording head, modules including plural recording elements that eject ink droplets are joined up to a length corresponding to the width of the paper. The recording head ejects ink droplets at the paper being conveyed to form an image. The print sensor reads the image recorded on the paper, while moving in the width direction of the paper. On the basis of the image that is read, the system controller inspects the quality of the image recorded on the paper.