Patent ID: 6612675
Filing Date: 2003-09-02
Classification: G06K,H04N

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a cloth using recording means, said image forming apparatus having main-scan means for scanning the recording means for performing recording at a predetermined width along a main-scan direction and sub-scan means for feeding the cloth along a sub-scan direction perpendicular to the main-scan direction, said image forming apparatus comprising:means for inputting a user's instruction of a type of the cloth; a memory for storing an adjustment amount of feed quantity corresponding to the type of the cloth, the adjustment amount being an amount for adjusting a difference of feed quantity based on an elasticity of the cloth itself that differs in accordance with the type of the cloth; setting means for setting a feed quantity for the sub-scan means in accordance with the instructed type of the cloth, wherein said setting means sets the feed quantity by referring to the adjustment amount stored in said memory; and image forming means for forming an image on the cloth based on input image data, the image forming being performed by repeating an operation for forming an image by the recording means based on the image data during scanning of the recording means by the main-scan means and an operation, to be performed after a scan in the main-scan direction, for feeding the cloth by the sub-scan means based on the feed quantity set for the sub-scan means.