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US 12,422,768 B2Granted
Image forming system
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsShuichi Tamura, Naoyuki Yamamoto, Tohru Nakaegawa, Kenichiro Kitajima, Kota Mori, Yoshiro Tsukada
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Abstract
An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus including an image forming unit and a fixing unit; a folding processing portion; a pressure-bonding portion; and an input portion capable of selecting a pressure-bonding mode in which a pressure-bonding print prepared by subjecting the recording material to pressure-bonding processing by the folding processing portion and the pressure-bonding portion and capable of selecting a layout of the toner image formed on the recording material. When the pressure-bonding mode is selected, the layout depending on the pressure-bonding mode is selected.
Claims18
An image forming system comprising:
- an image forming apparatus including an image forming unit configured to form a toner image on a recording material having a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on a surface thereof and a fixing unit configured to fix the toner image on the recording material;
- a folding processing portion configured to fold the recording material, on which the toner image is fixed by the fixing unit, in a manner such that the surface where the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is formed is an inside of the recording material;
- a pressure-bonding portion configured to pressure-bond the recording material folded by the folding processing portion;
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- a setting portion capable of (1) selecting a pressure-bonding print preparation mode in which a pressure-bonding print is prepared by subjecting the recording material to pressure-bonding processing by the folding processing portion and the pressure-bonding portion and (2) selecting a layout of the toner image formed on the recording material,
- wherein the image forming system is configured such that in response to a state in which (1) the pressure-bonding print preparation mode is selected by the setting portion, (2) a first layout is selected as the layout by the setting portion, and (3) a controller determines that a user instruction to change the first layout to a second layout is received, the controller disables a layout change to the second layout, whereby an image formation is performed while maintaining the first layout,
- wherein the image forming system is configured such that in response to a state in which (1) the pressure-bonding print preparation mode is selected by the setting portion, (2) the first layout is selected as the layout, and (3) the controller determines that the user instruction to change the first layout to the second layout is not received, the image formation is performed in the first layout, and
- wherein (1) in a case in which a first image data is desired to be concealed, the first layout is a layout in which the first image data is formed on a paste surface of the recording material and would not be readable from outside of the pressure-bonding print, and the second layout is a layout in which the first image data is formed on a non-paste surface of the recording material and would be readable from outside of the pressure-bonding print, or (2) in a case in which a second image data is desired not to be concealed, the first layout is a layout in which the second image data is formed on a non-paste surface of the recording material and would be readable from outside of the pressure-bonding print, and the second layout is a layout in which the second image data is formed on a paste surface of the recording material and would not be readable from outside of the pressure-bonding print.
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An image forming system comprising:
- an image forming apparatus including an image forming unit configured to form a toner image on a recording material having a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on a surface thereof and a fixing unit configured to fix the toner image on the recording material;
- a folding processing portion configured to fold the recording material, on which the toner image is fixed by the fixing unit, in a manner such that the surface where the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is formed is an inside of the recording material;
- a pressure-bonding portion configured to pressure-bond the recording material folded by the folding processing portion;
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- a setting portion capable of (1) selecting a pressure-bonding print preparation mode in which a pressure-bonding print is prepared by subjecting the recording material to pressure-bonding processing by the folding processing portion and the pressure-bonding portion and (2) selecting a layout of the toner image formed on the recording material,
- wherein the image forming system is configured such that in response to a state in which (1) a controller determines that the pressure-bonding print preparation mode is selected by the setting portion and (2) a first layout is selected as the layout by the setting portion, the controller prohibits the setting portion from changing the first layout to a second layout different from the first layout, and
- wherein (1) in a case in which a first image data is desired to be concealed, the first layout is a layout in which the first image data is formed on a paste surface of the recording material and would not be readable from outside of the pressure-bonding print, and the second layout is a layout in which the first image data is formed on a non-paste surface of the recording material and would be readable from outside of the pressure-bonding print, or (2) in a case in which a second image data is desired not to be concealed, the first layout is a layout in which the second image data is formed on a non-paste surface of the recording material and would be readable from outside of the pressure-bonding print, and the second layout is a layout in which the second image data is formed on a paste surface of the recording material and would not be readable from outside of the pressure-bonding print.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.