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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2024
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kyohei Kikuchi, Ibaraki, JP;
Masami Hano, Chiba, JP;
Yoshiro Tsukada, Chiba, JP;
Toshiyuki Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Kota Kurokawa, Chiba, JP;
Daisuke Katayama, Chiba, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus capable of forming an image on a perforated sheet includes an image forming portion for forming a toner image with toner of a plurality of colors, an image processing portion for performing image processing on image data acquired, and a controller for controlling the image processing portion to form the toner image on the basis of the image data processed by the image processing portion. In a case that a sheet on which the toner image is to be formed is the perforated sheet, the image processing portion performs the image processing so that black image data is formed as image data of process black with the toner of the plurality of colors by the image forming portion.