US 11,347,168 B1Granted

Image forming apparatus

AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha

InventorTsutomu Ueta

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Abstract

A method for printing on a print medium includes acquiring print information regarding a target image to be applied to the print medium; acquiring position information from a reader regarding a position of a wireless tag on the print medium; determining a heating region based on the print information and a non-heating region based on the position information; determining whether the heating region and the non-heating region at least partially overlap; performing an image adjustment process to manipulate the target image to eliminate an overlap between the heating region and the non-heating region in response to determining that the heating region and the non-heating region at least partially overlap; controlling an image forming assembly to apply a toner image of the target image to the print medium; and controlling a fixing device to heat the toner image to fix the toner image on the print medium.

Claims20

Dependent claims

An image forming apparatus comprising:

a conveyor assembly configured to convey a print medium having a wireless tag attached thereto;
a reader configured to acquire position information indicating a position of the wireless tag on the print medium;
an image forming assembly configured to apply a toner image of a target image on the print medium based on print information;
a fixing device including a plurality of heating elements, one or more of the plurality of heating elements being associated with a respective region of a plurality of regions of the print medium and configured to heat the respective region of the print medium to fix a portion of the toner image formed on the respective region of the print medium to provide the target image;
a control system configured to:
acquire the print information regarding the target image;
acquire the position information from the reader;
determine a heating region based on the print information and a non-heating region based on the position information;
determine whether the heating region and the non-heating region at least partially overlap;
perform an image adjustment process to manipulate the target image to eliminate an overlap between the heating region and the non-heating region in response to determining that the heating region and the non-heating region at least partially overlap;
control the image forming assembly to apply the toner image of the target image on the print medium;
and
control the fixing device to heat the toner image to fix the toner image on the print medium.

10 more elements

A method for printing on a print medium with a printer, the method comprising:

acquiring, by a control system of the printer, print information regarding a target image to be applied to the print medium;
acquiring, by the control system, position information from a reader of the printer, the position information indicating a position of a wireless tag on the print medium upon which the target image is to be applied;
determining, by the control system, a heating region based on the print information and a non-heating region based on the position information;
determining, by the control system, whether the heating region and the non-heating region at least partially overlap;
performing, by the control system, an image adjustment process to manipulate the target image to eliminate an overlap between the heating region and the non-heating region in response to determining that the heating region and the non-heating region at least partially overlap;
controlling, by the control system, an image forming assembly of the printer to apply a toner image of the target image to the print medium;
and
controlling, by the control system, a fixing device of the printer to heat the toner image to fix the toner image on the print medium.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.