Image forming apparatus for executing adjustment processing and finishing processing
US7711281B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 15, 2006 |
| Grant date | May 4, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 30, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/50
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A technique for reducing downtime that accompanies the execution independently of adjustment processing for maintaining image quality and the execution of finishing processing relating to a printing medium. In order to apply the finishing processing to the printing medium in a finishing processing unit, an image forming apparatus to which this technique is applied sets a time between sheets that extends from end of image formation regarding a first sheet of the printing medium to start of image formation regarding a second sheet of the printing medium transported following the first sheet of the printing medium in the image forming unit, and executes adjustment processing, which is for maintaining image quality in the image forming unit, within the set time between sheets.
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