IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF SHORTENING WAIT TIME OF USER BEFORE START OF IMAGE FORMATION, AND OPERATION CONTROL METHOD
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Jan 9, 2025
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Jul 1, 2024
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Jul 1, 2024
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An image forming apparatus includes a first ink flow path, a second ink flow path, a heater, and a flow processing portion. The first ink flow path forms a supply path of ink that reaches an ejection portion which ejects the ink. The second ink flow path forms a recovery path of waste ink ejected by the ejection portion. The heater warms the ink at a warming position that is more on an upstream side of a flowing direction of the ink than the ejection portion on the supply path. The flow processing portion causes, when a temperature of the ink in a specific section from the warming position to the ejection portion on the supply path is smaller than a threshold value, the ink warmed by the heater to flow along the supply path and the recovery path until the ink reaches the ejection portion.
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