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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2021
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Haruhiko Omata, Chiba, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, an intermediate transfer member, a power source, and a control unit configured to perform a mode to output a test chart which is formed by transferring a plurality of test toner images from the intermediate transfer member to a plurality of sheets of the recording material. In a case where a jam occurred during execution of the mode, the control unit is configured to resume the mode after the jam has been recovered. In a case where the control unit resumes the mode after the jam has occurred during the execution of the mode, the control unit is configured to resume the mode from a first sheet of the plurality of sheets of the recording material regardless of a number of sheets of the recording material not discharged due to the jam.