IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

• Main Author: OURA JUNICHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 06.04.2017
• Subjects: CINEMATOGRAPHY; CONVEYING; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS; ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS,CABLES; HOLOGRAPHY; i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; LINING MACHINES; MAGNETOGRAPHY; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICS; PRINTING; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS; STAMPS; STORING; TRANSPORTING; TYPEWRITERS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a delay in detection of failure and overlooking of failure even when an image forming apparatus includes a function to perform processing of reducing the opportunity to detect the occurrence of paper jam.SOLUTION: An image forming apparatus 1 comprises: a conveyance path for conveying a recording medium; a paper jam detection part 101 that detects paper jam of the recording medium to be conveyed through the conveyance path; an adjustment part 102 that performs processing of reducing the opportunity where paper jam occurs; a use state determination part 103 that determines whether the image forming apparatus 1 is used by an end user; and an adjustment control inhibition part 104 that, when the image forming apparatus 1 is determined by the use state determination part 103 not to be used by an end user, inhibits the processing of reducing the opportunity where paper jam occurs to be performed by the adjustment part 102.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2 【課題】ジャム発生の検出機会を低減する処置を施す機能を有していたとしても、故障の発見が遅れたり、故障が見落とされたりするのを防ぐ。【解決手段】記録媒体を搬送するための搬送路と、搬送路によって搬送される記録媒体のジャムを検知するジャム検知部１０１と、ジャム発生の機会を低減する処置を施す調整部１０２と、画像形成装置１がエンドユーザーの使用する状態であるか否かを判断する使用状態判断部１０３と、使用状態判断部１０３により画像形成装置１がエンドユーザーの使用する状態でないと判断されると、調整部１０２によるジャムの発生の機会を低減する処置を禁止する調整制御禁止部１０４と、を備える。【選択図】図２