Image formation apparatus
AssigneeOki Data Corporation
InventorNaoki SATO
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Abstract
An image formation apparatus according to an embodiment may include: a print unit that forms an image on a medium; and a medium conveyance unit that conveys the medium to the print unit. The medium conveyance unit may include: a medium guide that is movable in a width direction of the medium perpendicular to a conveyance direction of the medium, to guide a width end of the medium; a guide position detector that detects a position of the medium guide in the width direction of the medium; and a medium end detector that is provided at the medium guide and detects whether there is the medium with the width end guided by the medium guide. The print unit may include a determination unit that determines a set state of the medium based on a detection result by the medium end detector.
Claims6
An image formation apparatus comprising:
- a print unit that forms an image on a medium;
- and
- a medium conveyance unit that conveys the medium to the print unit, wherein
- the medium conveyance unit includes
- a medium guide that is movable in a width direction of the medium perpendicular to a conveyance direction of the medium, to guide a width end of the medium,
- a guide position detector that detects a position of the medium guide in the width direction of the medium, and
- a medium end detector that is provided at or in the vicinity of the medium guide and detects whether there is the medium with the width end guided by the medium guide, and
- the print unit includes a determination unit that determines a set state of the medium based on a detection result by the medium end detector.
An image formation apparatus comprising:
- a print unit that forms an image on a medium;
- and
- a medium conveyance unit that conveys the medium to the print unit, wherein
- the medium conveyance unit includes
- a plurality of medium guides connected so as to move simultaneously with each other in a width direction of the medium perpendicular to a conveyance direction of the medium, to guide both ends of the medium in the width direction,
- a guide position detector that detects a position of at least one of the plurality of medium guides, and
- medium end detectors that are provided at or in the vicinity of the plurality of medium guides and that detect whether there is the medium with the both ends guided by the plurality of medium guides, and
- the print unit includes a determination unit that determines a set state of the medium based on a detection result by the medium end detectors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.