Method and apparatus for forming image
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMasashi Hiroki, Satoshi Kaiho
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, a conveying mechanism that is provided in this apparatus body and conveys a sheet, a recording head that moves along a moving path orthogonal to a conveying direction of the sheet, ejects an ink to the sheet to print an image on the sheet, and, after the printing is finished, stands by in a first standby position on one end side of the moving path, and a CPU that moves the recording head that is on standby in the first standby position to an arbitrary position of the moving path.
Claims20
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an apparatus body;
- a conveying device that is provided in this apparatus body and conveys a medium;
- a recording device that moves along a moving path orthogonal to a conveying direction of the medium, ejects an ink to the medium to print an image on the medium, and, after the printing is finished, stands by in a first standby position on one end side of the moving path;
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- a control device that moves the recording device that is on standby in the first standby position to an arbitrary position of the moving path.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an apparatus body;
- conveying means for conveying a medium, the conveying means being is provided in this apparatus body;
- recording means for moving along a moving path orthogonal to a conveying direction of the medium, ejecting an ink to the medium to print an image on the medium, and, after the printing is finished, standing by in a first standby position on one end side of the moving path;
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- control means for moving the recording means that is on standby in the first standby position to an arbitrary position of the moving path.
An image forming method comprising:
- conveying a medium with a conveying device in an apparatus body;
- moving recording device along a moving path orthogonal to a conveying direction of the medium, ejecting an ink from this recording device to the medium to print an image on the medium, and, after this printing is finished, moving the recording device to a first standby position on one end side of the moving path to put the recording device on standby;
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- moving the recording device to an arbitrary position of the moving path at the time of cleaning of a neighborhood of the recording device that is on standby in the first standby position.
An image forming method comprising:
- conveying a medium with conveying means in an apparatus body;
- moving recording means along a moving path orthogonal to a conveying direction of the medium, ejecting an ink from this recording means to the medium to print an image on the medium, and, after this printing is finished, moving the recording means to a first standby position on one end side of the moving path to put the recording means on standby;
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- moving the recording means to an arbitrary position of the moving path at the time of cleaning of a neighborhood of the recording means that is on standby in the first standby position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.