Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and non-transitory computer readable medium
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorsHirotake Sasaki, Shinji Seto
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a plurality of nozzles that eject liquid droplets; an image forming unit that determines at least some of the plurality of nozzles as nozzles that do not eject liquid droplets, and to form a plurality of images by performing image formation for each of the determined nozzles based on image information predetermined using the remaining nozzles other than the determined nozzles; and an acquisition unit that acquires information representing a defective nozzle which is unusual in ejection of liquid droplets among the plurality of nozzles based on the plurality of images formed by the image forming unit.
Claims8
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of nozzles that eject liquid droplets;
- an image forming unit that determines at least some of the plurality of nozzles as nozzles that do not eject liquid droplets, and to form a plurality of images by performing image formation for each of the determined nozzles based on image information predetermined using the remaining nozzles other than the determined nozzles;
- and
- an acquisition unit that acquires information representing a defective nozzle which is unusual in ejection of liquid droplets among the plurality of nozzles based on the plurality of images formed by the image forming unit.
An image forming method comprising:
- determining at least some of a plurality of nozzles ejecting liquid droplets as nozzles that do not eject liquid droplets;
- forming a plurality of images by performing image formation for each of the determined nozzles based on image information predetermined using the remaining nozzles other than the determined nozzles;
- and
- acquiring information representing a defective nozzle which is unusual in ejection of liquid droplets among the plurality of nozzles based on the plurality of images formed by the image forming unit.
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for a communication, the process comprising:
- determining at least some of a plurality of nozzles ejecting liquid droplets as nozzles that do not eject liquid droplets;
- forming a plurality of images by performing image formation for each of the determined nozzles based on image information predetermined using the remaining nozzles other than the determined nozzles;
- and
- acquiring information representing a defective nozzle which is unusual in ejection of liquid droplets among the plurality of nozzles based on the plurality of images formed by the image forming unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.