Image forming apparatus that conveys a recording material faster when varnish coating is performed
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoshiro Tsukada
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AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoshiro Tsukada
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An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a fixing unit, a varnish coater, and a controller. When a first image forming job in which a toner image is formed to a first recording material and varnish is not applied is executed, the controller controls conveyance of the first recording material at a fixing nip portion such that a conveyance speed of the first recording material at the fixing nip portion is a first conveyance speed. When a second image forming job in which a toner image is formed to a second recording material of which a grammage is the same as a grammage of the first recording material and varnish is applied is executed, the controller controls conveyance of the second recording material at the fixing nip portion such that the second recording material is conveyed at a second conveyance speed faster than the first conveyance speed.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
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