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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2024
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Daisuke Katayama, Chiba, JP;
Masami Hano, Chiba, JP;
Yoshiro Tsukada, Chiba, JP;
Toshiyuki Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Kyohei Kikuchi, Ibaraki, JP;
Kota Kurokawa, 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 on a sheet, an image processing portion for performing image processing, on acquired image data, of at least either one of screen processing and error diffusion processing, 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 the sheet on which the toner image is to be formed is the perforated sheet, the image processing portion performs the error diffusion processing on the acquired image data.