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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2010
Hitoshi Hattori, Tokyo, JP;
Shuuya Nagasako, Kanagawa, JP;
Naohiro Kikkawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Saito, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoyuki Ishikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuusuke Shibasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidetoshi Kojima, Miyagi, JP;
Naoki Oikawa, Miyagi, JP;
Go Aiba, Miyagi, JP;
Hitoshi Hattori, Tokyo, JP;
Shuuya Nagasako, Kanagawa, JP;
Naohiro Kikkawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Saito, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoyuki Ishikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuusuke Shibasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidetoshi Kojima, Miyagi, JP;
Naoki Oikawa, Miyagi, JP;
Go Aiba, Miyagi, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium; a conveying unit that conveys the recording medium on which the image is formed; a crease forming unit that performs a crease forming process on the conveyed recording medium; a determining unit that determines whether or not the recording medium is a predetermined recording medium; and a control unit that prohibits the crease forming process from being performed by the crease forming unit when the determining unit determines that the recording medium is the predetermined recording medium.