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US 7,458,674 B2Granted
Ink drying time creating duplex printing apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorYutaka Itoh
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Abstract
A duplex printing apparatus includes a conveying device that conveys the printing sheet at a prescribed average line speed, a comparison device that compares skip suppression information with a prescribed threshold, and a speed changing device that decreases the prescribed average line speed in accordance with a comparison result of the comparison device.
Claims5
A duplex printing apparatus, comprising:
- a printing head configured to print an image on a printing sheet;
- a conveying device configured to convey the printing sheet at a prescribed average line speed;
- a comparison device configured to compare skip suppression information with a prescribed threshold;
- a speed changing device configured to decrease the prescribed line speed in accordance with a comparison result of the comparison device;
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- a total ink amount calculation device configured to calculate a total amount of ink to be used in a printing page, wherein said prescribed skip suppression information represents the total ink amount.
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