Image forming apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorYasuhiro Fujiwara
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearer, an image former, a transferor, and circuitry. The image bearer bears an image and an identification pattern. The image former forms the image and the identification pattern on the image bearer. The transferor transfers the image and the identification pattern on the image bearer directly or indirectly to a recording medium. The circuitry determines whether the identification pattern is an image portion pattern arranged at a position superimposed on the image or a position adjacent to the image, or a non-image portion pattern arranged at neither a position superimposed on the image nor a position adjacent to the image. The circuitry further causes the image former to form the non-image portion pattern larger than the image portion pattern.
Claims6
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image bearer configured to bear an image and an identification pattern;
- an image former configured to form the image and the identification pattern on the image bearer;
- a transferor configured to transfer the image and the identification pattern on the image bearer directly or indirectly to a recording medium;
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- circuitry configured to:
- determine whether the identification pattern is an image portion pattern arranged at a position superimposed on the image or a position adjacent to the image, or a non-image portion pattern arranged at neither a position superimposed on the image nor a position adjacent to the image;
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- cause the image former to form the non-image portion pattern larger than the image portion pattern.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.