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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2022
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Arimura, Ibaraki, JP;
Naoyuki Yamamoto, Chiba, JP;
Kenichiro Kitajima, Ibaraki, JP;
Shuichi Tamura, Ibaraki, JP;
Ryota Fujioka, Chiba, JP;
Yoshiro Tsukada, Chiba, JP;
Shohei Okumura, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Suzuki, Saitama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus, a varnish application apparatus, and a controller. The varnish application apparatus includes a varnish application unit configured to apply varnish to a recording material, a first conveyance unit configured to convey a recording material in a first conveyance path that passes through the varnish application unit, and a second conveyance unit configured to convey a recording material in a second conveyance path that does not pass through the varnish application unit. When failure is occurred to one or both of the varnish application unit and the first conveyance unit and failure is not occurred to the second conveyance unit, the controller is configured to permit execution of the second image forming job and to convey a recording material by the second conveyance unit in the varnish application apparatus.