# US 11,762,321 B2 · Image forming system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,762,321 B2 - Document ID: US11762321B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/901,319 - Filed: 2022-09-01 - Published: 2023-03-09 - Granted: 2023-09-19 - Earliest claimed: 2021-09-02 - Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Kenichiro Kitajima - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11762321B2 ## CPC - G03G 15/6585: {by using non-standard toners, e.g. transparent toner, gloss adding devices} - B41J 2/0057: {where an intermediate transfer member receives the ink before transferring it on the printing material} - B41J 11/0015: {for treating before, during or after printing or for uniform coating or laminating the copy material before or after printing (selective coating B41J2/2114)} - G03G 2215/00801: Coating device - G03G 2215/0081: Gloss level being selectable - G03G: ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY - B41J: TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS ## Abstract An image forming system includes an image forming unit, a varnish applying unit, a control unit that executes an operation in an image forming mode in which a toner image is formed on a recording material and a varnish image is formed on the recording material on which the toner image is formed, and an input unit that permits input of a line width adjusting value of either one of a line width of a portion of the varnish image overlapping with an image portion and a line width of a portion of the varnish image overlapping with a non-image portion, wherein the varnish image is formed so as to extend over an image portion where the toner image is formed on the recording material and a non-image portion where the toner image is not formed on the recording material. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An image forming system comprising: an image forming unit configured to form a toner image on a recording material; a varnish applying unit configured to form a varnish image by ejecting varnish onto the recording material; a control unit configured to execute an operation in an image forming mode in which a toner image is formed on the recording material by said image forming unit and a varnish image is formed on the recording material, on which the toner image is formed, by said varnish applying unit; and an input unit configured to permit input of a line width adjusting value of either one of a line width of a portion of the varnish image overlapping with an image portion and a line width of a portion of the varnish image overlapping with a non-image portion, wherein the varnish image is formed so as to extend over the image portion where the toner image is formed on the recording material and the non-image portion where the toner image is not formed on the recording material. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The image forming system according to claim 1, wherein in a case that the operation in the image forming mode is executed, when the varnish image is formed so as to extend over the image portion and the non-image portion on the basis of first image data relating to the toner image and second image data relating to the varnish image, said control unit causes said varnish applying unit to form the varnish image by correcting, in accordance with the line width adjusting value, a line width of the varnish image based on the second image data. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The image forming system according to claim 2, wherein said input unit includes a display portion that displays toner images formed on the recording material on the basis of the first image data, and a selecting portion that selects the toner image, of the toner images displayed on said display portion, for which a line width of the varnish image is corrected in accordance with the line width adjusting value. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The image forming system according to claim 2, further comprising a storing portion storing the line width adjusting value for each of kinds of recording materials, wherein during execution of the operation in the image forming mode, said control unit corrects a line width of the varnish image based on the second image data by changing the line width adjusting value acquired from said storing portion depending on the kind of the recording material by the line width adjusting value inputted through said input unit. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The image forming system according to claim 1, wherein said input unit includes a display portion that displays the line width adjusting value and a setting portion that sets the line width adjusting value. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The image forming system according to claim 1, wherein in a case that the operation in the image forming mode is executed, when the varnish image is formed so as to extend over the image portion and the non-image portion on the basis of first image data relating to the toner image and second image data relating to the varnish image, said control unit causes said varnish applying unit to form the varnish image by correcting, in accordance with a film thickness adjusting value, a film thickness of the varnish image based on the second image data. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The image forming system according to claim 6, wherein said input unit includes a display portion that displays the film thickness adjusting value and a setting portion that sets the film thickness adjusting value. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The image forming system according to claim 6, wherein said input unit includes a display portion that displays toner images formed on the recording material on the basis of the first image data, and a selecting portion that selects the toner image, of the toner images displayed on said display portion, for which a film thickness of the varnish image is corrected in accordance with the film thickness adjusting value. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The image forming system according to claim 6, further comprising a storing portion storing the film thickness adjusting value for each of kinds of recording materials, wherein in a case that the operation in the image forming mode is executed, said control unit corrects a film thickness of the varnish image based on the second image data by changing the film thickness adjusting value acquired from said storing portion depending on the kind of the recording material by the film thickness adjusting value inputted through said input unit. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The image forming system according to claim 1, wherein said control unit executes an operation in a test chart output mode for outputting a test chart on which a test toner image is formed by said image forming unit and on which over an image portion where the test toner image is formed and a non-image portion where the test toner image is not formed, a first test varnish image different in line width of either one of a portion overlapping with the image portion and a portion overlapping with the non-image portion and a second test varnish image different in line width from the first test varnish image are formed by said varnish applying unit. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The image forming system according to claim 10, wherein the test toner image includes images formed in the same size and in a rectangular shape, and wherein the first test varnish image and the second test varnish image are images formed linearly. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The image forming system according to claim 10, wherein in a case that the operation in the test chart output mode is executed, said control unit causes said image forming unit to form a first test toner image and a second test toner image different in color and causes said varnish applying unit to form the first test varnish image and the second test varnish image in the same film thickness on the first test toner image and the second test toner image. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The image forming system according to claim 10, further comprising an input portion that inputs either one of a line width reference value of the portion overlapping with the image portion and a line width reference value of the portion overlapping with the non-image portion, wherein in a case that the operation in the test chart output mode is executed, said control unit causes said varnish applying unit to form the first test varnish image and the second test varnish image which depend on the line width reference value inputted by said input portion. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The image forming system according to claim 13, wherein said input portion inputs either one of a film thickness reference value of the portion overlapping with the image portion and a film thickness reference value of the portion overlapping with the non-image portion, and wherein in a case that the operation in the test chart output mode is executed, said control unit causes said image forming unit to form a third test toner image having the same color as the color of the first test toner image and causes said varnish applying unit to form the first test varnish image and the second test varnish image, which are each changed in film thickness depending on the film thickness reference value inputted by said input portion, on the first test toner image and the third test toner image. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The image forming system according to claim 1, wherein the varnish is ultraviolet-curable varnish, and wherein said varnish applying unit includes an ejecting portion that ejects the varnish to the recording material, and an ultraviolet irradiation portion that irradiates the varnish with ultraviolet radiation.