Patent ID: 11928533
Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 10:
11. A conveying method comprising:
obtaining a plurality of actual conveyance amounts each being a conveyance amount of a recording medium actually conveyed by a conveying roller at a time;
calculating an adjustment value based on a difference between a target conveyance amount and each of the plurality of actual conveyance amounts to obtain a plurality of adjustment values;
calculating an approximate line based on a plurality of adjustment points in a two-dimensional coordinate plane determined by the adjustment value and a diameter of the roll, each of the plurality of adjustment points being determined by a diameter of the roll at a time the recording medium is conveyed and the adjustment value calculated from the actual conveyance amount obtained at the time the recording medium is conveyed;
specifying an adjustment value corresponding to a current diameter of the roll based on the approximate line; and
correcting, based on the specified adjustment value, a conveyance amount by which the conveying roller conveys the recording medium.