ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,793, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Ricoh Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Image forming apparatus and image forming method" was invented by Masaharu Ohtani (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device, a base, circuitry, and a detector. The image forming device includes a recording head to form an image on a recording medium conveyed in a conveyance direction. The base supports the recording medium and is movable in the conveyance direction. A type of the base is changeable according to a type of the recording medium. The circuitry sets a detection range in the conveyance direct...