Image forming apparatus
AssigneeNisca Corporation
InventorYuichi AIHARA
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Abstract
In order to provide an image forming apparatus capable of forming a high quality image on a film-shaped medium, the present printer includes an image forming section B1 that forms an image on a transfer film using an ink ribbon, a film conveying mechanism that has a motor Mr4 and conveys the transfer film while applying a tension thereto, an ink ribbon conveying section that has a motor Mr3 and conveys the ink ribbon while applying a tension thereto, and a control section that controls the image forming section B1, motor Mr3, and motor Mr4. When adjusting the drive amount of one of the motors Mr3 and Mr4, the control section also adjusts the drive amount of the other one thereof according to the adjustment amount of the one motor.
Claims9
An image forming device comprising:
- an image forming unit that forms an image on a film-shaped medium using an ink ribbon;
- a first conveying unit that has a drive source and conveys the medium while applying a tension thereto;
- a second conveying unit that has a drive source and conveys the ink ribbon while applying a tension thereto;
- and
- a controller that controls the image forming unit, first conveying unit, and second conveying unit, wherein
- one of the drive source of the first and second conveying units is a first drive source and the other drive source is a second drive source, and
- when the controller adjusts a drive amount of the first drive source, the controller also adjusts a drive amount of the second drive source thereof according to the adjustment amount of the first drive source.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.