Image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus, comprising:

• an image forming device configured to form an image on a recording medium with a powdery material, the image being sized so as to extend beyond an edge of the recording medium;
• a collecting device configured to collect the material that has extended off the recording medium as a result of the image forming device forming the image;
• and
• a restricting unit configured to control the image forming device in such a manner that the image forming device reduces an amount of use of the material in a region of the image that extends off the recording medium to a larger degree on an outer side of the image than a side of the image near the recording medium,
• wherein the material with which the image forming device forms an image includes a color material and a colorless material, and
• wherein the restricting unit is further configured to restrict an amount of use of the colorless material to a larger degree than an amount of use of the color material.

An image forming apparatus, comprising:

• an image forming device configured to form an image on a recording medium with a powdery material, the image being sized so as to extend beyond an edge of the recording medium;
• a collecting device configured to collect the material that has extended off the recording medium as a result of the image forming device forming the image;
• and
• a restricting unit configured to control the image forming device in such a manner that the image forming device reduces an amount of use of the material in a region of the image that extends off the recording medium to a larger degree on an outer side of the image than a side of the image near the recording medium,
• wherein the image forming device is further configured to form the image on the recording medium while the recording medium is being transported, and
• wherein the restricting unit is further configured to restrict the amount of use of the material in a first region, which extends off the recording medium in a direction in which the recording medium is transported, to a larger degree than the amount of use of the material in a second region, which extends off the recording medium in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the recording medium is transported.