Image forming apparatus, image processing apparatus, and image forming system
AssigneeOki Data Corporation
InventorAtsushi Kamata
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus and an image processing apparatus form N copies of image data that fit a single physical page of print medium. A data receiving section receives print data from an external apparatus. An image reducing section produces a first item of image data based on the print data by reducing a size of an image that corresponds to the print data by a factor of N, N being an integer greater than 1. An image data producing section produces a second item of image data containing N copies of the first item of image data, the N copies of image data fitting a single physical page of print medium. An image printing section prints the second item of image data on the single physical page of print medium.
Claims15
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a data receiving section that receives print data from an external apparatus;
- an image reducing section that produces a first item of image data based on the print data by reducing a size of an image that corresponds to the print data by a factor of N, N being an integer greater than 1;
- an image data producing section that produces a second item of image data containing N copies of the first item of image data, the N copies of image data fitting a single physical page of print medium;
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- an image printing section that prints the second item of image data on the single physical page of print medium.
An image processing apparatus, comprising:
- an image reducing section that produces a first item of image data based on an original image by reducing a size of the image by a factor of N, N being an integer greater than 1;
- an image data producing section that produces a second item of image data containing N copies of the first image data;
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- a transmitting section that transmits the second item of image data to an external apparatus.
An image forming system, comprising an image processing apparatus and an image forming apparatus, wherein the image processing apparatus comprises:
- an image reducing section that produces a first item of image data by reducing a size of an original image by a factor of N, N being an integer greater than 1;
- an image producing section that produces a second item of image data containing N copies of the first item of image data such that the N copies of image data fit a single physical page of print medium;
- a transmitting section that transmits the second item of image data to the image forming apparatus;
- wherein the image forming apparatus comprises:
- a data receiving section that receives the second item of image data from said transmitting section;
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- an image forming section that performs printing based on the second item of image data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.