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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2017
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Arai, Tokyo, JP;
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming system for transferring foil onto an image to be foil-pressed formed by a toner to perform foil pressing print includes: an image forming unit that forms a normal image or the image to be foil-pressed on a recording material; an operation reception unit that receives an operation of selecting a foil pressing mode of causing the image forming unit to form the image to be foil-pressed or a normal mode for causing the image forming unit to form the normal image; an image data analysis unit that analyses the image data and acquiring the amount of each toner; and a determination unit that determines whether to interrupt the image forming operation. When the amount of toner not used for the image to be foil-pressed is a predetermined first threshold or more, the determination unit determines to interrupt the image forming operation.