Data processing system, data processing method, and image forming apparatus
AssigneeKonica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
InventorTomoko OTOMARU
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Abstract
The data processing apparatus according to the present invention has the image data preparation unit that prepares various kinds of image data deriving from document data depending on various purposes of the document data; and the image synthesis instructing unit that instructs images to be synthesized based on the image data comprising a plurality of page portions on one sheet of paper for at least one kind of image data prepared by the image data preparation unit from various kinds of document data.
Claims7
A data processing system comprising:
- an image data preparation unit that prepares various kinds of image data deriving from document data depending on various purposes of said document data;
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- an image synthesis instructing unit that instructs images to be synthesized based on said image data comprising a plurality of page portions onto one sheet of paper for at least one kind of image data prepared by said image data preparation unit from said various kinds of document data.
A data processing method comprising:
- (a) a step of preparing various kinds of image data deriving from document data depending on various purposes of said document data;
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- (b) a step of instructing images to be synthesized based on said image data comprising a plurality of page portions onto one sheet of paper for at least one kind of image data prepared by an image data preparation unit from said various kinds of document data.
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- an image data preparation unit that prepares various kinds of image data deriving from document data depending on various purposes of said document data;
- an image synthesis instructing unit that instructs images to be synthesized based on said image data comprising a plurality of page portions onto one sheet of paper for at least one kind of image data prepared by said image data preparation unit from said various kinds of document data;
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- a printing unit that prints out images based on said image data synthesized according to the instruction of said synthesis instructing unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.