Image forming apparatus, printing system, print setting apparatus, and image forming method
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasateru Mitani
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Abstract
Provided is an image forming apparatus including: an acquisition unit that acquires size information regarding a sheet on which an image is to be formed and print data; an image forming unit that forms the image on the sheet on the basis of the print data acquired by the acquisition unit; and a control unit that, if the size information acquired by the acquisition unit indicates a first size of which an aspect ratio of the sheet is 1:substantially 1.41, exchanges vertical and horizontal directions of the image formed on the sheet with respect to the print data by controlling the image forming unit so as to execute a first split print mode of enlarging the image to be printed on two sheets.
Claims16
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an acquisition unit that acquires size information regarding a sheet on which an image is to be formed and print data;
- an image forming unit that forms the image on the sheet on the basis of the print data acquired by the acquisition unit;
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- a control unit that, if the size information acquired by the acquisition unit indicates a first size of which an aspect ratio of the sheet is 1:substantially 1.41, exchanges vertical and horizontal directions of the image formed on the sheet with respect to the print data by controlling the image forming unit so as to execute a first split print mode of enlarging the image to be printed on two sheets.
A printing system comprising:
- a print setting apparatus that generates size information regarding a sheet on which an image is to be formed and print data;
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- an image forming apparatus which includes
- an acquisition unit that acquires the size information and the print data transmitted from the print setting apparatus,
- an image forming unit that forms the image on the sheet on the basis of the print data acquired by the acquisition unit, and
- a control unit that, if the size information acquired by the acquisition unit indicates a first size of which an aspect ratio of the sheet is 1:substantially 1.41, exchanges vertical and horizontal directions of the image formed on the sheet with respect to the print data by controlling the image forming unit so as to execute a first split print mode of enlarging the image to be printed on two sheets.
A print setting apparatus comprising:
- a first display unit that displays a first selection screen to select a size of a sheet on which an image is to be formed;
- a determination unit that determines whether or not the size of the sheet selected using the first selection screen is a first size of which an aspect ratio is 1:
- substantially 1.41;
- a second display unit that displays a second selection screen to select any split print mode from among a plurality of the split print modes which are modes of splitting and enlarging an image to be printed on a plurality of sheets and are distinguished by the number of sheets;
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- a display control unit that, if the size of the sheet selected using the first selection screen is the first size, exchanges vertical and horizontal directions of the image formed on the sheet with respect to print data and displays the second selection screen including a selection screen to select the first split print mode of enlarging the image to be printed on two sheets on the second display unit, and if the size of the sheet selected using the first selection screen is a second size other than the first size, displays the second selection screen without the selection screen to select the first split print mode on the second display unit.
An image forming method comprising:
- acquiring size information regarding a sheet on which an image is to be formed and print data;
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- if the acquired size information indicates a first size of which an aspect ratio of the sheet is 1:
- substantially 1.41, exchanging vertical and horizontal directions of the image formed on the sheet with respect to the print data and enlarging the image to be printed on two sheets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.