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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2010
Applicant:
Fumiyoshi Iwase, Hamamatsu, JP;
Inventor:
Fumiyoshi Iwase, Hamamatsu, JP;
Assignee:
Roland DG Corporation, Hamamatsu-Shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image forming apparatus is presented. The image forming apparatus includes an ink tank configured to store ink, a recording head configured to discharge ink stored in the ink tank onto a recording medium, an adjustment device configured to adjust the flow of ink from the ink tank to the recording head, a damper configured to temporarily store ink that is output from the ink tank to the recording head, an ink condition sensor configured to detect a condition of the ink stored in the damper, and a control device configured to adjust the adjustment device according to the condition detected by the ink condition sensor.