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Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022

Filed:

Oct. 25, 2019
Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Kenji Saiki, Moriya, JP;

Kyosuke Nakano, Toride, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G03G 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/1229 (2013.01); G03G 15/0849 (2013.01); G03G 15/0877 (2013.01); G06F 3/1204 (2013.01); G06F 3/1205 (2013.01); G06F 3/1219 (2013.01); G06F 3/1239 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes an acquisition unit and a determination unit. The acquisition unit acquires a print setting about at least one of items including a size of a recording medium used for printing, a type of the recording medium, and a conveyance speed of the recording medium. The determination unit determines a printing method to be executed among a plurality of printing methods including a first printing method for drawing an image having a density and a second printing method for drawing an image having a density that is higher than the density of an image printed by the first printing method. Where the print setting is acquired by the acquisition unit, the determination unit determines whether to permit execution of printing by the second printing method based on the print setting acquired by the acquisition unit.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Saiki, Kenji. (2022). Image forming apparatus and apparatus (U.S. Patent No. 11269569). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11269569

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