LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD UNIT ADJUSTMENT METHOD

Abstract: a liquid discharge apparatus includes a head having a nozzle surface having nozzles to discharge a liquid onto a medium in a discharge direction; a conveyor to convey the medium to the head along a conveyance surface in a conveyance direction, the conveyor including a pair of conveyance guides on an upstream side and a downstream side of the head in the conveyance direction; a support between the pair of conveyance guides in the conveyance direction, the support supportable a distance detector at a position facing the head in the discharge direction, and the distance detector to detect a first distance and a second distance; and a lifter to move the head in the discharge direction according to the first distance from the distance detector to the conveyance surface of the conveyor; and the second distance from the distance detector to the nozzle surface of the head.

Inventor(s): Junichi TERAI, Makoto KOBAYASHI

CPC Classification: B41J25/308 (with print gap adjustment mechanisms)

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