Patent ID: 9272550
Filing Date: 2016-03-01
CPC Classification: B41J

Claim Text:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming unit to form an image on a medium; a reciprocally moving carriage on which to mount the image forming unit; a carriage position detector to detect a position of the carriage; a conveyance unit to convey the medium opposing the image forming unit; a conveyance path of the medium; a regulator to regulate a distance between the medium and the image forming unit, disposed between the image forming unit and the conveyance path of the medium and movable in a moving direction of the carriage; a regulator detector, mounted on the carriage, to detect the regulator; a drive unit to move the regulator; and a controller that controls a position of the regulator based on a reading from the position of the carriage detected with the carriage position detector when the regulator detector detects the regulator.