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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2010
Shinichiro Naruse, Kanagawa, JP;
Ichiro Komuro, Kanagawa, JP;
Mamoru Yorimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Soichi Saiga, Tokyo, JP;
Ryusuke Mase, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinichiro Naruse, Kanagawa, JP;
Ichiro Komuro, Kanagawa, JP;
Mamoru Yorimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Soichi Saiga, Tokyo, JP;
Ryusuke Mase, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus including a first carriage having a recording head that ejects black liquid droplets and is movable in a main scanning direction and a second carriage having a recording head that ejects color liquid droplets and is detachably attachable to the first carriage within a scanning range of the first carriage in the main scanning direction. The second carriage when attached to the first carriage is movable in the main scanning direction together with the first carriage. Attachment and detachment of the second carriage to and from the first carriage are performed based on a predetermined reference position of the first carriage in the main scanning direction.