US 12,304,195 B2
Image forming apparatus and control method
Kunihiko Kanou, Tokoname (JP)
Assigned to KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Dec. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/078,829.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-209077 (JP), filed on Dec. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0202207 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 2/21 (2006.01); B65H 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 11/007 (2013.01) [B41J 2/21 (2013.01); B65H 5/025 (2013.01); B41J 2203/01 (2020.08); B65H 2301/3611 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
one or more printing portions that print a printing object on paper;
a belt in a form of a loop, the belt serving to transport the paper to a printing position;
a roller that feeds the belt;
a phase detector that detects a phase of the belt;
a behavior detector that detects a behavior of the belt;
a controller that decides a paper setting position of a location on the belt where the paper is to be positioned based on the behavior of the belt for each phase; and
a paper feeder that transports the paper to the decided location on the belt based on the behavior of the belt for each phase.