Kyocera document solutions inc. (20250010635). IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

Organization Name

kyocera document solutions inc.

Inventor(s)

Masato Usui of Osaka (JP)

Hiroomi Nakatsuji of Osaka (JP)

Naoko Kawashima of Osaka (JP)

Jun Nakano of Osaka (JP)

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250010635 titled 'IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

Original Abstract Submitted

an image forming apparatus includes a recording head, a control unit, an ejection malfunction nozzle detecting unit, and a correction processing unit. the recording head is configured to eject ink corresponding to an image to be printed, using arranged nozzles. the control unit is configured to determine nozzles corresponding to the image to be printed and cause the recording head to eject ink from the nozzles. the ejection malfunction nozzle detecting unit is configured to perform an ejection malfunction test and thereby detect an ejection malfunction nozzle among the nozzles. the correction processing unit is configured to perform a correction process corresponding to the detected ejection malfunction nozzle.