Image forming apparatus, method for controlling the same, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorJun Miyajima
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Abstract
Disclosed is an image forming apparatus that includes a process cartridge including a recording material; an image former that form a first image for a body and a second image for adhesion on a sheet by using a recording material; a sheet bonder that bond together a predetermined number of sheets on which at least one image has been formed; one or more memory devices that store a set of instructions; and one or more processors that execute the set of instructions to: set a density level of an image to be formed, and based on the set density level, individually control densities of the first image and the second image.
Claims8
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a process cartridge including a recording material;
- an image former configured to form, using a recording material, a first image for a body and a second image for adhesion on a sheet;
- a sheet bonder configured to bond together a predetermined number of sheets on which at least one image has been formed;
- at least one memory device configured to store a set of instructions;
- and
- at least one processor that executes the set of instructions to:
- obtain a first density corresponding to the first image, the first density being determined based on a density level received from a user;
- obtain a second density corresponding to the second image, the second density being determined based on the first density received from the user, wherein a higher first density is determined as the density level received from the user increases, wherein a higher second density is determined as the density level received from the user increases, wherein a lower second density is determined as the density level received from the user decreases, and wherein the first density is decreased beyond a predetermined density and the second density is not decreased beyond the predetermined density even if a density level lower than a predetermined density level is received from the user;
- control a recording medium density of the first image in accordance with the first density;
- and
- control a recording material density of the second image in accordance with the second density.
A method of controlling an image forming apparatus comprising a process cartridge including a recording material;
- an image former configured to form, using a recording material, a first image for a body and a second image for adhesion on a sheet;
- and a sheet bonder configured to bond together a predetermined number of sheets on which at least one image has been formed, the method comprising:
- obtaining a first density corresponding to the first image, the first density being determined based on a density level received from a user;
- obtaining a second density corresponding to the second image, the second density being determined based on the first density received from the user, wherein a higher first density is determined as the density level received from the user increases, wherein a higher second density is determined as the density level received from the user increases, wherein a lower second density is determined as the density level received from the user decreases, and wherein the first density is decreased beyond a predetermined density and the second density is not decreased beyond the predetermined density even if a density level lower than a predetermined density level is received from the user;
- controlling a recoding medium density of the first image in accordance with the first density;
- and
- controlling a recording medium density of the second image in accordance with the second density.
A non-transitory storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a method of controlling an image forming apparatus comprising a process cartridge including a recording material;
- an image former configured to form, using a recoding material, a first image for a body and a second image for adhesion on a sheet;
- and a sheet bonder configured to bond together a predetermined number of sheets on which at least one image has been formed, the method comprising:
- obtaining a first density corresponding to the first image, the first density being determined based on a density level received from a user;
- obtaining a second density corresponding to the second image, the second density being determined based on the first density received from the user, wherein a higher first density is determined as the density level received from the user increases, wherein a higher second density is determined as the density level received from the user increases, wherein a lower second density is determined as the density level received from the user decreases, and wherein the first density is decreased beyond a predetermined density and the second density is not decreased beyond the predetermined density even if a density level lower than a predetermined density level is received from the user;
- controlling a recoding medium density of the first image in accordance with the first density;
- and
- controlling a recoding medium density of the second image in accordance with the second density.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.