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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2021
Konica Minolta Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Nonoyama, Toyokawa, JP;
Masahiro Kamiya, Toyohashi, JP;
Katsuhide Sakai, Toyokawa, JP;
Junichi Masuda, Toyokawa, JP;
Taku Kimura, Toyokawa, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image formation apparatus includes: an image former that forms an image on a recording medium delivered along a predetermined delivery path and outputs the recording medium; a first hardware processor that judges whether or not the recording medium is an envelope; a second hardware processor that acquires a basis weight of the recording medium; a third hardware processor that determines control for when an image is formed on the recording medium on the basis of a judgment result from the first hardware processor and a basis weight acquired by the second hardware processor; and a fourth hardware processor that controls operation of the image former on the basis of a determination result from the third hardware processor.