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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2020
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Kenichi Hosoi, Kawaguchi, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an image forming system that can prevent unnecessary down time and spoiled paper from being caused, thereby improving productivity. The image forming system includes an image forming portion, a detecting portion, and a controlling portion. When an abnormality has been detected by the detecting portion, when a reading portion for reading an image formed on a recording medium by the printing operation of the image forming portion is provided, the controlling portion causes the reading portion to function to continue the printing operation, and at the detection of the abnormality on the basis of the read image, stops the printing operation to cause a notifying portion to perform notification related to the abnormality, and when the reading portion is not provided, the controlling portion stops the printing operation to cause the notifying portion to perform the notification related to the detected abnormality.