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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2025
Filed:
May. 31, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takayoshi Noguchi, Tochigi, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a reception unit and a controller. The reception unit is configured to receive a plurality of image data in a sequential manner. The controller is configured to perform control, in a case where first image data among the plurality of image data is received, so as not to start printing upon reception of the first image data in a case where the first image data has a different print setting from second image data received before the first image data, and perform control, in a case where third image data received after the first image data has a same print setting as the second image data, so as to arrange, in a main scan direction of a sheet, image data having the same print setting and including not the first image data but the second image data and the third image data to start printing.