Patent ID: 9073343
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a plurality of nozzles that include a normal nozzle which is normal in ejection of liquid droplets and an abnormal nozzle which is abnormal in ejection of liquid droplets; a storage unit in which nozzle information capable of determining a non-ejection nozzle which does not eject liquid droplets at the time of image forming is stored to correspond to each of a plurality of different conditions, the conditions being at least one of successive forming number when an image is successively formed on a plurality of record mediums, an image forming density for the record mediums, a type of the record mediums, and an environmental condition; and a control unit that performs a control based on the nozzle information corresponding to at least one of the conditions related to the image forming such that liquid droplets are not ejected from the non-ejection nozzle, and performs a control based on the image information such that liquid droplets are ejected from ejection nozzles except the non-ejection nozzle among the plurality of nozzles.