Image forming apparatus and adjusting method of image forming apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorHajime Nishida
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a carriage where a recording head configured to jet a liquid drop of recording liquid is provided, and a conveyance belt configured to convey a recording medium. The carriage is moved in a main scanning direction along a guide member and the recording medium is sent in a sub-scanning direction by the conveyance belt so that an image is formed on the recording medium. An adjustment plate configured to adjust an arrangement position of the conveyance belt is provided at a frame member configured to arrange the conveyance belt unit including the conveyance belt.
Claims7
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a carriage where a recording head configured to jet a liquid drop of recording liquid is provided;
- and
- a conveyance belt configured to convey a recording medium;
- wherein the carriage is moved in a main scanning direction along a guide member and the recording medium is sent in a sub-scanning direction by the conveyance belt so that an image is formed on the recording medium;
- and
- an adjustment plate configured to adjust an arrangement position of the conveyance belt is provided at a frame member configured to arrange the conveyance belt unit including the conveyance belt.
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a carriage where a recording head configured to jet a liquid drop of recording liquid is provided;
- and
- a conveyance belt configured to convey a recording medium;
- wherein the carriage is moved in a main scanning direction along a guide member and the recording medium is sent in a sub-scanning direction by the conveyance belt so that an image is formed on the recording medium;
- and
- means for adjusting an arrangement position of the conveyance belt is provided at a frame member configured to arrange a conveyance belt unit including the conveyance belt.
An adjusting method of an image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus including
- a carriage where a recording head configured to jet a liquid drop of recording liquid is provided;
- and
- a conveyance belt configured to convey a recording medium;
- wherein the carriage is moved in a main scanning direction along a guide member and the recording medium is sent in a sub-scanning direction by the conveyance belt so that an image is formed on the recording medium;
- the method comprising the steps of:
- providing an adjustment plate configured to adjust an arrangement position of the conveyance belt at a frame member configured to arrange a conveyance belt unit including the conveyance belt;
- and
- adjusting an arrangement position of the adjustment plate against the frame member by using a plane jig configured to form a standard plane surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.