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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2025
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus is capable of executing a borderless print job to form a toner image at edges of a recording material and of executing a bordered print job not to form a toner image at the edges of the recording material. The image forming apparatus includes at least one processor configured to control a display unit to display a screen, wherein, after the borderless print mode is set and before printing of the borderless print job is started, the display unit is controlled to display a warning screen that prompts execution of a cleaning operation based on job information regarding the borderless print job, and after execution of the borderless print job is completed, perform control to execute a cleaning operation to clean an inside of the image forming apparatus with conveyed paper.
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