US 12,436,487 B2
Image forming system
Naoyuki Yamamoto, Chiba (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on May 30, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/678,950.
Application 18/678,950 is a continuation of application No. 17/929,901, filed on Sep. 6, 2022, granted, now 12,032,314.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-144805 (JP), filed on Sep. 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0310766 A1, Sep. 19, 2024
Int. Cl. G03G 15/22 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 15/221 (2013.01) [G03G 15/6585 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00801 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0081 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming system comprising:
an image forming unit configured to execute an image forming process of forming an image on a plurality types of recording media including a first type of recording medium with a coated layer and a second type of recording medium without a coated layer;
a varnish coating unit configured to execute a varnish coating process of coating, with varnish, a recording medium on which an image is formed by the image forming unit;
a reception unit configured to receive a printing job from a user; and
a control unit configured to control the varnish coating unit,
wherein, in a case where a varnish coating process of applying a first coating amount of varnish is to be performed, the control unit allows the varnish coating process to be performed if the recording medium is a first type of recording medium and does not allow the varnish coating process to be performed if the recording medium is a second type of recording medium, and
wherein a basis weight of the first type of recording medium is greater than a basis weight of the second type of recording medium.