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US 2016/0103410 A1Published application
Image forming apparatus and image forming system with correction mechanism
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorKazuya YAMAMOTO
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AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorKazuya YAMAMOTO
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An image forming apparatus and an image forming system, the image forming apparatus including a memory to store first side position and second side position detected by a side end detector, a correction mechanism to movably support at least a registration roller of a first sheet conveyor and a second sheet conveyor in a direction perpendicular to a sheet conveying direction, and a controller to calculate a deviation between the first side position and the second side position, and to set the deviation as a correction amount of the correction mechanism.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
An image forming system comprising:
An image forming system comprising:
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For sheet registration: with correct timing of sheet feeding
Feeding path after the copy sheet preparation and up to the transfer point, e.g. registering; Deskewing; Correct timing of sheet feeding to the…:…
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This patent application is based on and claims priority pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §119(a) to Japanese Patent Application No. 2014-209201, filed on Oct. 10, 2014, and to Japanese Patent Application No. 2015-115097, filed on Jun. 5, 2015 in the Japan Patent Office, the entire disclosure of each of which is hereby incorporated by reference herein.
1. Technical Field
The present disclosure relates to an image forming apparatus and an image forming system which includes a duplex printing mode. The image forming apparatus and the image forming system include, for example, a copier, a printer, a facsimile machine, or a multifunction peripheral having at least two of copying, printing, facsimile transmission, plotting, and scanning capabilities.
A more complete appreciation of the disclosure and many of the intended advantages thereof will be readily obtained as the same becomes better understood by reference to the following detailed description when considered in connection with the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an image forming apparatus according to a first embodiment in one state of an operation;
FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the image forming apparatus illustrated in FIG. 1 in another state of the operation;
Various embodiments will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the descriptions of the embodiments, the same components or components with the same functions are denoted by the same reference symbols, and the same explanation will not be repeated in subsequent embodiments. The descriptions below are mere examples and do not limit the scope of the appended claims. Further, a person skilled in the art may easily conceive other embodiments by making modifications or changes within the scope of the appended claims; however, such modifications and changes obviously fall within the scope of the appended claims. In the drawings, Y, M, C, and K are symbols appended to components corresponding to yellow, magenta, cyan, and black, respectively, and will be omitted appropriately.
Referring now to the drawings, a four tandem type printer including an intermediate transfer system serving as an image forming apparatus according to an embodiment is described below.
Referring to FIG. 1 through FIG. 3, the printer 1 serving as an image forming apparatus according to a first embodiment includes, inside a casing 2, an image forming part (image former) 10, a sheet feeding part (sheet feeder) 30, a first sheet conveyance part (first sheet conveyor) 37, a fixing device 46, a sheet reversing part (sheet reverser) 50, and a second sheet conveyance part (second sheet conveyor) 60.