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Image forming apparatus, and method thereof

  • US 5,674,019 A
  • Filed: 01/18/1996
  • Issued: 10/07/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/02/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a printing medium, which prints an area, by printing means, having predetermined length along the conveying direction of the printing medium and conveys the printing medium by a conveying distance corresponding to the predetermined length, repeatedly, comprising:

  • convey means, which includes rollers contactable with the printing medium and driving means to rotate the rollers, for conveying the printing medium by rotating the rollers;

    setting means for setting each of an angular position of each roller and a position of the printing medium along the conveying direction to predetermined positions; and

    storage means for storing predetermined drive-amount data of said driving means corresponding to each angular position of the rollers, so as to convey the printing medium by the conveying distance at each angular position of the rollers,wherein said driving means rotate the rollers from the angular position set by said setting means to convey the printing medium by the conveying amount of the basis of the drive-amount data stored by said storage means.

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