Image forming apparatus for printing images properly arranged relative to index tab
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsTomoyuki Tsukuba, Yoh Masuyama, Masato Terao
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus prints images on print sheets, and insets tab-index sheets between the printed print sheets. The image forming apparatus includes an orientation detecting unit which detects an orientation of a print sheet being supplied, a rotation-angle selecting unit which selects a rotation angle of an image such that the image is arranged in an orientation matching the detected orientation of the print sheet and in a predetermined positional relationship with a tab of the tab-index sheets, and a printing unit which prints the image being rotated by the selected rotation angle.
Claims14
An image forming apparatus which prints images on print sheets, and insets tab-index sheets between the printed print sheets, comprising:
- an orientation detecting unit which detects an orientation of a print sheet being supplied;
- a rotation-angle selecting unit which selects a rotation angle of an image such that the image is arranged in an orientation matching the detected orientation of the print sheet and in a predetermined positional relationship with a tab of the tab-index sheets;
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- a printing unit which prints the image being rotated by the selected rotation angle.
A record medium having a program embodied therein for causing a processor to select a rotation angle of an image that is to be printed by an image forming apparatus using tab-index sheets, said program comprising:
- a program code configured to detect an orientation of a print sheet being supplied;
- and
- a program code configured to select the rotation angle of the image such that the image is arranged in an orientation matching the detected orientation of the print sheet and in a predetermined positional relationship with a tab of the tab-index sheets.
A record medium having a program embodied therein for causing a processor to select a rotation angle of an image that is to be printed by an image forming apparatus, said program comprising:
- a program code configured to check whether the image is a first image;
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- a program code configured to select the rotation angle of the image such that the image is arranged in an orientation matching an orientation of a print sheet if the image is the first image, and configured to select the rotation angle of the image such that the image is arranged in an orientation matching an orientation of a sheet on which the first image is printed if the image is not the first image.
A record medium having a program embodied therein for causing a processor to select a rotation angle of an image that is to be printed by an image forming apparatus using tab-index sheets, said program comprising:
- a program code configured to detect an orientation of a print sheet being supplied;
- a program code configured to select the rotation angle of the image such that the image is arranged in an orientation matching the detected orientation of the print sheet and in a predetermined positional relationship with a tab of the tab-index sheets;
- a program code configured to check whether the image is a first image;
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- a program code configured to select the rotation angle of the image such that the image is arranged in an orientation matching an orientation of the print sheet if the image is the first image, and configured to select the rotation angle of the image such that the image is arranged in an orientation matching an orientation of a sheet on which the first image is printed if the image is not the first image.
A record medium having a program embodied therein for causing a processor to control printing of an image that is printed by an image forming apparatus using tab-index sheets, said program comprising:
- a program code configured to select a position of a tab relative to the image;
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- a program code configured to rotate the image such that the selected position of a tab relative to the image matches a position of a tab of the tab-index sheets.
A record medium having a program embodied therein for causing a processor to control printing of an image that is printed by an image forming apparatus using tab-index sheets, said program comprising:
- a program code configured to select two positions of a tab relative to the image;
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- a program code configured to rotate the image such that a position of a tab of the tab-index sheets matches either one of the two selected positions of a tab relative to the image.
A record medium having a program embodied therein for causing a processor to control printing of an image that is printed by an image forming apparatus using tab-index sheets, said program comprising:
- a program code configured to select two positions of a tab relative to the image while specifying one of the two positions as a preferred position;
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- a program code configured to rotate the image such that a position of a tab of the tab-index sheets matches either one of the two selected positions of a tab relative to the image where said specified one of the two selected positions is preferred over another one if both of the two selected positions of a tab relative to the image match the position of a tab of the tab-index.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.