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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2010
Applicant:
Takuto Harada, Yokohama, JP;
Inventor:
Takuto Harada, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G06K 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed is an image forming apparatus and method of controlling same for forming an image on a print medium using a non-transparent recording agent and a transparent recording agent. If the gloss level of an image to be formed is designated, the image is formed upon deciding whether or not image formation using the transparent recording agent is to be carried out, this decision being made based upon the designated gloss level and stored type information of the print medium used in image formation.