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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 24, 2009
Toshiyuki Makuta, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Yoshiaki Inoue, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Hirofumi Saita, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Toshiyuki Makuta, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Yoshiaki Inoue, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Hirofumi Saita, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a recording head which has a plurality of nozzles for ejecting an ink onto a recording medium; a movement device which causes relative movement between the recording head and the recording medium; an image forming controller which controls the recording head according to image data in such a manner that an image corresponding to the image data is formed on the recording medium; an ejection abnormality detection device which detects ejection abnormality including at least one of non-ejection and ejection direction deviation of the plurality of nozzles; a compensation device which compensates an image defect caused by the ejection abnormality; and a determination device which determines whether or not the head is in a state where the compensation device can compensate the image defect, according to detection result of the ejection abnormality detection device.