Apparatus for forming images, method of controlling the apparatus, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsNOBUATSU SASANUMA, TETSUYA ATSUMI, YUICHI IKEDA, YASUHIRO SAITOU
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Abstract
The invention intends to relatively increase resolution when the size of an image to be output for recording is small, enabling even a gradation image to be visually perceived with satisfactory quality. To this end, in a disclosed image forming apparatus for copying an image of an original document set on a reading apparatus, when the size of an image to be output is not larger than a predetermined size, a CPU controls a resolution switching section to increase resolution, thereby forming the image with the increased resolution.
Claims15
An image forming apparatus for forming a visible image on a predetermined recording medium based on input digital image data, said apparatus comprising:
- image forming means capable of forming visible images with multiple degrees of resolution, and
- control means for controlling said image forming means to select one of said multiple degrees of resolution depending on the size of an image area to be formed by said image forming means.
A method of controlling an image forming apparatus for forming a visible image on a predetermined recording medium with selected one of multiple degrees of resolution based on input digital image data, said method comprising the step of:
- controlling said image forming apparatus to select one of said multiple degrees of resolution depending on the size of an image area to be formed by said image forming apparatus.
A recording medium storing a program used for forming a visible image based on input digital image data, wherein said program is executed through the steps of:
- providing the size of an image area to be formed, and
- controlling resolution of a visible image to be formed depending on the size of said image area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.