Patent ID: 8807693
Filing Date: 2014-08-19
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an ejecting unit which ejects liquid cured by being irradiated with light onto a medium for printing; an irradiation unit which irradiates the liquid which has landed onto the medium for printing with the light; and an image quality inspection unit which inspects image quality of an image which is formed on the medium for printing, wherein, when the image quality inspection unit detects abnormal formation of the image, an intensity of the light of the irradiation unit is controlled, wherein the ejecting unit and the irradiation unit are provided on a transport path of the medium for printing, and wherein the image quality inspection unit is arranged on a downstream side of the ejecting unit in a transport direction of the medium for printing, and on an upstream side of the irradiation unit in the transport direction.