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Patent Number
Date of Patent
January 23, 2007
Patent Application Number
10947156
Date Filed
September 23, 2004
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Patent abstract
The image forming apparatus comprises: an image forming unit which forms an image by discharging droplets from a recording head onto a recording medium; a conveyance belt which conveys the recording medium, a surface of the conveyance belt facing the recording head being treated with a liquid repelling treatment in order to repel the droplets adhering to the surface of the conveyance belt; and a droplet discharge control device which causes the droplets to be deposited in substantially same droplet deposition positions on the surface of the conveyance belt from the recording head when performing a recovery operation for the recording head.
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