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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
May. 20, 2024
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kenichiro Kitajima, Ibaraki, JP;
Shingo Hirota, Ibaraki, JP;
Kota Mori, Chiba, JP;
Naoyuki Yamamoto, Chiba, JP;
Shuichi Tamura, Ibaraki, JP;
Tohru Nakaegawa, Chiba, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion, a fixing portion, an input portion to which a kind of a pressure-bonding print which is a recording material on which an image is formed on a surface thereof and which is folded and bonded at the surface is inputted, a display portion, and a controller. The controller causes the display portion to display a message before the image is formed on the pressure-bonding print when a kind of the pressure-bonding print inputted by the input portion is a first kind such that an adhesive is applied to a first region of the surface and is not applied to a second region inside the first region in a case that the image is formed on the pressure-bonding print by the image forming portion.