Image forming apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsNaoki Kikuchi, Masanori Hirano
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus enables the output of a high-quality image even when an expendable supply, such as ink, recording head, or recording sheet other than a specific expendable supply, such as one designated by a manufacturer, is used. The image forming apparatus includes a carriage for moving a recording head having plural recording nozzles in a horizontal scan direction. The recording head discharges ink onto a recording medium. A detection unit detects whether one or more expendable supplies required for image formation is a specific expendable supply. Upon detection of a non-specific expendable supply, a notifying unit notifies an operator and suggests that the image forming method be changed.
Claims21
An image forming apparatus configured to move a recording head including plural nozzles in a horizontal scan direction in order to record a recording medium by discharging ink via the nozzles onto the recording medium, the image forming apparatus comprising:
- a detection unit configured to detect whether one or more expendable supplies required for image formation are specific expendable supplies;
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- a notifying unit configured to notify an operator upon detection by the detection unit of a non-specific expendable supply, and configured to suggest to a user that an image forming method that is currently set be changed.
An image forming apparatus configured to move a recording head including plural nozzles in a horizontal scan direction in order to record a recording medium by discharging ink via the nozzles onto the recording medium, the image forming apparatus comprising:
- a detection unit configured to detect whether one or more expendable supplies required for image formation are specific expendable supplies;
- a notifying unit configured to notify an operator upon detection of a non-specific expendable supply;
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- an image forming method changing unit configured to automatically change an image forming method that is currently set.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.