Image forming apparatus and method of using the same
US7391429B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 24, 2005 |
| Grant date | Jun 24, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 14, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J11/42
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that prints an image on a medium, a transporting unit that transports the medium in a first direction and a second direction, which is the opposite to the first direction, and a sensor that is placed a predetermined distance away from the transporting unit in the second direction to detect the medium. The image forming apparatus aligns the print start location of the medium with an image forming line of the image forming unit by detecting an end of the medium in the second direction using the sensor.
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