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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2014
Applicant:
Kikuya Nakada, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Kikuya Nakada, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/38 (2006.01); B41J 2/01 (2006.01); B41J 11/42 (2006.01); B41J 15/04 (2006.01); B41J 2/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/01 (2013.01); B41J 2/32 (2013.01); B41J 11/42 (2013.01); B41J 15/04 (2013.01); B65H 2511/10 (2013.01); B65H 2511/114 (2013.01); B65H 2511/142 (2013.01); B65H 2515/706 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a roll that is a print medium in a roll-like shape; a conveyor for conveying the print medium that is pulled out from the roll; a conveyance controller for controlling a driving source of the conveyor, so that a conveyance amount of the print medium reaches a target conveyance amount; a detector for detecting information that is correlated with power increase of the driving source during conveyance of the print medium; and a corrector correcting, when the information that is correlated with the power increase of the driving source is detected, the target conveyance amount toward an increasing direction.