Image Forming Apparatus for Use in Backside Printing
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorSumihiro Inokuchi
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image obtaining unit configured to generate a document image for superimposition printing in response to an image requested to be printed or acquire the document image for superimposition printing from a source that requests printing, and an image recording unit configured to record the document image for superimposition printing as data associated with a paper sheet on which the requested image is printed.
Claims13
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- an image obtaining unit configured to generate a document image for superimposition printing in response to an image requested to be printed or acquire the document image for superimposition printing from a source that requests printing;
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- an image recording unit configured to record the document image for superimposition printing as data associated with a paper sheet on which the requested image is printed.
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- an image obtaining unit configured to obtain a document image for superimposition printing associated with a paper sheet having a first side bearing a pre-printed image and a second side to be used for backside printing;
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- a print unit configured to print the obtained document image for superimposition printing over the pre-printed image printed on the first side of the paper sheet.
A method of controlling an image forming process, comprising:
- an image obtaining step of generating a document image for superimposition printing in response to an image requested to be printed or acquiring the document image for superimposition printing from a source that requests printing;
- and
- an image recording step of recording the document image for superimposition printing as data associated with a paper sheet on which the requested image is printed.
A method of controlling an image forming process, comprising:
- an image obtaining step of obtaining a document image for superimposition printing associated with a paper sheet having a first side bearing a pre-printed image and a second side to be used for backside printing;
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- a print step of printing the obtained document image for superimposition printing over the pre-printed image printed on the first side of the paper sheet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.