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 2, 2024
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Jul 2, 2024
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An image forming apparatus includes a heater, an accumulation portion, a drive control portion, and a flow processing portion. The heater warms ink at a warming position more on an upstream side of a flowing direction than an ejection portion on a supply path of the ink. The accumulation portion is provided in a specific section from the warming position to the ejection portion on the supply path and accumulates the ink. The drive control portion controls drive of the heater based on a difference between a temperature of the ink at the warming position and a target temperature. The flow processing portion causes, when the temperature of the ink in the specific section is smaller than a threshold value, the ink warmed by the heater to flow along the supply path and a recovery path of waste ink until the ink reaches the ejection portion.
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