Image forming apparatus that forms and outputs images on a medium
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorTetsuo Tomimatsu
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Abstract
Provided is an image forming apparatus that easily performs the work of adjustment so that folding lines do not become an obstacle when looking at an image that is formed on paper after the paper has been folded. A printing-data-input unit that printing data for printing the image is inputted to. A fold-setting unit recognizes a folding pattern, and positions of folding lines on the paper that are used in that folding pattern. A positional-relationship-adjusting unit adjusts at least one of the positions of the folding lines and the printing data so that portions in the image that are not blank and the folding lines do not overlap on the paper. An output unit, after adjustment by the positional-relationship-adjusting unit, forms an image on the paper, and outputs the paper.
Claims9
An image forming apparatus that prints an image on paper, comprising:
- a printing-data-input unit that printing data for printing the image is inputted to;
- a fold-setting unit that recognizes a folding pattern as a pattern by which the paper is folded after being outputted, and positions of folding lines on the paper that are used in that folding pattern;
- a positional-relationship-adjusting unit that adjusts at least one of the positions of the folding lines and the printing data so that portions in the image that are not blank and the folding lines do not overlap on the paper;
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- an output unit that, after adjustment by the positional-relationship-adjusting unit, forms the image on the paper using the printing data, and outputs the paper.
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