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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2023
Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Eiichi Waida, Kanagawa, JP;
Takumi Nishikata, Kanagawa, JP;
Yusuke Chika, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazunobu Uchiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideo Kimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuzo Fujita, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes plural image forming units including plural image forming sections and an intermediate transfer body to which a toner image formed on the plural image forming sections is primarily transferred, and a processor, in which the processor is configured to, in a case where a printing instruction is received in a state in which an image forming section having a combination of identical colors is set for each of the plural image forming units, execute the printing instruction by using an image forming unit that is in a state in which image formation is able to be executed among the plural image forming units.