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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2015
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hiroko Furukata, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasutaka Goto, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuki Kubota, Tokyo, JP;
Takuya Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Noribumi Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Keiichi Okada, Kanagawa, JP;
Junichi Uchiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device that forms an image on a recording medium with a powdery material, the image being sized so as to extend beyond an edge of the recording medium; a collecting device that collects the material that has extended off the recording medium as a result of the image forming device forming the image; and a restricting unit that controls the image forming device in such a manner that the image forming device reduces an amount of use of the material in a region of the image that extends off the recording medium to a larger degree on an outer side of the image than a side of the image near the recording medium.