Image formation device and image formation method
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsKazuhiro Ichikawa, Osamu Ishibashi
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Abstract
The technique of the invention reads out information on production variance of a secondary transfer unit, which is stored in a storage element of the secondary transfer unit (S100), computes an adjustment value of a control parameter ‘contact timing’, which is related to the operation of the secondary transfer unit, based on the read-out information on production variance (S110), and writes the computed adjustment value into a RAM (S120). The operation of the secondary transfer unit is controlled with the adjustment value of the control parameter ‘contact timing’ written in the RAM.
Claims22
An image formation device that forms an image on a recording medium, such as paper, said image formation device comprising:
- an information acquisition module that acquires information on production variance of at least one replaceable key unit included in said image formation device, which is stored in a storage element of said key unit;
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- a control module that controls an image formation process of forming the image on the recording medium, based on the acquired information on production variance.
An image formation method that forms an image on a recording medium, such as paper, said image formation method comprising the steps of:
- (a) acquiring information on production variance of at least one replaceable key unit included in an image formation device, which is stored in a storage element of said key unit;
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- (b) controlling an image formation process of forming the image on the recording medium, based on the acquired information on production variance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.