Patent ID: 8303077

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: a print mechanism section including a reciprocally movable carriage to move in a main scan direction and an image forming unit mounted on the carriage, the image forming unit including a recording head configured to eject droplets to form an image when the carriage moves at a constant speed; a base member; a vibration absorber attached to the base member and having electronically controllable vibration reduction characteristics to reduce vibration, the print mechanism section being supported on the base member via the vibration absorber; and a controller to retrieve speed profile data of the carriage from a storage unit, and electronically control the vibration reduction characteristics of the vibration absorber to reduce vibration of the image forming apparatus, based on the retrieved speed profile data and a detected speed of the carriage, wherein in a case that the controller determines that the carriage is accelerating or decelerating, based on the speed profile data and the detected speed, the controller electronically controls the vibration absorber to perform a vibration absorption function, and in a case that the controller determines that the carriage is moving at a constant speed, based on the speed profile data and the detected speed, the controller electronically controls the vibration absorber to (i) deactivate the vibration absorption function, and (ii) fixedly support the print mechanism section on the base member.