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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2012
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Masahiro Makino, Toride, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/16 (2006.01); G03G 15/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/14 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00594 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0129 (2013.01); G03G 15/167 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a case of executing a marginless print mode on an image forming apparatus, a control portion controls a position changing portion configured to change a position of a toner image and a position of a recording material for image formation. Then, the position changing portion is controlled to move the position of the toner image and the position of the recording material for subsequent image formation by the same change amount toward a smaller of image data amounts corresponding to both end portions of the recording material of the toner image formed before the subsequent image formation.