Inkjet recording device
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorShigeharu ITO
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Abstract
A control unit in an inkjet recording device controls a drive roller to stop a conveyance belt such that, after completion of a print job, a reference specifying portion of the conveyance belt is stopped at a position on an upstream side in a conveyance direction of the conveyance belt from a detecting position of a reference detection sensor by a particular distance or longer. The particular distance is a distance, for which the conveyance belt moves until the conveyance belt reaches a specific conveyance speed after the conveyance belt in a stopped state starts moving by driving of the drive roller.
Claims13
An inkjet recording device comprising:
- a recording head that has a plurality of nozzles for ejecting ink;
- an endless conveyance belt that conveys a recording medium to a position facing the recording head and has a reference specifying portion indicative of a reference of one round of the belt;
- a drive roller that causes the conveyance belt to move in a conveyance direction of the recording medium;
- a recording medium supply unit that supplies the recording medium onto the conveyance belt;
- a reference detection sensor that detects the reference specifying portion;
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- a control unit that controls the drive roller and the recording medium supply unit, wherein
- the control unit controls the drive roller to stop the conveyance belt such that, after completion of a print job in which an image is formed by ejecting the ink to the recording medium from the recording head, the reference specifying portion of the conveyance belt is stopped at a position on an upstream side in the conveyance direction of the conveyance belt from a detecting position of the reference detection sensor by a particular distance or longer, and
- the particular distance is a distance for which the conveyance belt moves until the conveyance belt reaches a specific conveyance speed since the conveyance belt in a stopped state starts moving by driving of the drive roller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.