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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2016
Taku Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Taku Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a first recording head including nozzles, each nozzle discharging liquid droplets, a second recording head including nozzles, each nozzle discharging liquid droplets, a detector to detect whether there is a non-discharging nozzle among the nozzles of the first recording head and the second recording head, the non-discharging nozzle being incapable of discharging the liquid droplets, and a controller to control at least one of the amount of the liquid droplet discharged from an adjacent nozzle to the non-discharging nozzle of the first recording head and the amount of the liquid droplet discharged from an adjacent nozzle to the non-discharging nozzle of the second recording head when the target landing position of the liquid droplet of the non-discharging nozzle of the first recording head is the same as the target landing position of the liquid droplet of the non-discharging nozzle of the second recording head.