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 a sheet guide that guides a sheet carried by a carrier mechanism in a first casing, a second casing that is mounted rotatably via a support shaft on the first casing and that is opened and closed about the support shaft, and a recording head that is provided in this second casing and that ejects ink to the sheet guided by the sheet guide while moving along a moving path orthogonal to a direction of carrying the sheet and thus records an image thereon, and that, after the end of this recording operation, moves to a standby position on one end side of the moving path and waits there.
Claims18
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a first casing;
- a carrier device provided in this first casing and configured to carry a medium;
- a medium guide configured to guide the medium carried by this carrier device;
- a second casing mounted rotatably via a support shaft on the first casing and configured to be opened and closed about the support shaft;
- and
- a recording device provided in this second casing and configured to eject ink to the medium guided by the medium guide while moving along a moving path orthogonal to a direction of carrying the medium and thus record an image thereon, and after the end of this recording operation, to move to a standby position on one end side of the moving path and wait there.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a first casing;
- carrier means provided in this first casing and for carrying a medium;
- guide means for guiding the medium carried by this carrier means;
- a second casing mounted rotatably via a support shaft on the first casing and configured to be opened and closed about the support shaft;
- and
- recording means provided in this second casing and for ejecting ink to the medium guided by the guide means while moving along a moving path orthogonal to a direction of carrying the medium and thus recording an image thereon, and after the end of this recording operation, for moving to a standby position on one end side of the moving path and waiting there.
An image forming method comprising:
- carrying a medium by a carrier device in a first casing;
- guiding the carried medium by a medium guide;
- moving a recording device in a second casing provided to be capable of opening and closing via a support shaft on the first casing, along a moving path orthogonal to a direction of carrying the medium, ejecting ink from the recording device to the medium guided by the medium guide and thus recording an image thereon, and after the end of this recording operation, moving the recording device to a standby position on one end side of the moving path and causing the recording device to wait there;
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- opening the second casing when cleaning the medium guide.
An image forming method comprising:
- carrying a medium by carrier means in a first casing;
- guiding the carried medium by guide means;
- moving recording means in a second casing provided to be capable of opening and closing via a support shaft on the first casing, along a moving path orthogonal to a direction of carrying the medium, ejecting ink from the recording means to the medium guided by the guide means and thus recording an image thereon, and after the end of this recording operation, moving the recording means to a standby position on one end side of the moving path and causing it to wait there;
- and
- opening the second casing when cleaning the guide means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.