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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2020
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Ken Miyazaki, Sagamihara, JP;
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F 19/00 (2006.01); G06K 15/02 (2006.01); B44C 1/17 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F 19/008 (2013.01); G06K 15/1807 (2013.01); B41P 2219/42 (2013.01); B44C 1/1716 (2013.01); B44C 1/1729 (2013.01); G06F 3/1242 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: an image former that prints a foil stamping image on a recording material in accordance with a job for printing the foil stamping image, the foil stamping image being a target to which foil is transferred in foil stamp printing; and a hardware processor that trims an image on a page identical to at least one page included in the job such that the image on the identical page does not overlap an image adjustment mark that is printed for adjusting an image to be overprinted, and causes the image former to print, together with the job, the identical page having the trimmed image.