Patent ID: 9110425
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: B65H,G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a control unit configured to receive a plurality of variables for bonding a plurality of sheets together, the plurality of variables including at least a number of color toners used for forming an adhesive toner pattern, a bonding manner, a number of pixels of the adhesive toner pattern, a toner area ratio of the adhesive toner pattern, and a layer thickness of the adhesive toner pattern; an image forming unit configured to form the adhesive toner pattern within a bonding range of each of the plurality of sheets based on at least one of the plurality of variables, the bonding range being outside a printable range in which an image according to image data is formed on each of the plurality of sheets; and a sheet binding device configured to fuse the formed adhesive toner pattern to bind the plurality of sheets together according to a bonding strength, the bonding strength being determined based on the plurality of variables.