Patent ID: 11932508
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B

Claim 12:
13. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an image forming unit configured to execute image forming processing to form an image on a recording medium; and
a control unit having a receiving unit and configured to perform control,
wherein the receiving unit is configured to receive an instruction for selecting type of recording medium, wherein the type of recording medium includes a first type recording medium and a second type recording medium, the first type recording medium has a coat layer in a state before the image is formed, and the second type recording medium does not have a coat layer in the state before the image is formed, and to receive an instruction for a varnish application unit to execute varnish application processing on the recording medium on which the image is formed by the image forming unit,
wherein the control unit is configured to perform control on the receiving unit to receive an instruction to execute the varnish application processing on the first type recording medium and to perform control to prevent the receiving unit from receiving an instruction to execute the varnish application processing on the second type recording medium, and
wherein, in a case where the instruction to execute the varnish application processing on the first type recording medium is received, an image is formed over the coat layer of the first type recording medium, and a varnish is applied over the coat layer of the first type recording medium.