Image forming apparatus, image forming method and computer-readable medium
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorTomoharu ISEKI
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit and a control unit. The image forming unit forms an image on a print medium. The control unit controls the image forming unit so as to divide an image larger than the print medium into pieces and to form the image pieces on a plurality of print media. The control unit forms an image formed on a different print medium in a margin where the image is not formed when the print medium contains the margin in case that the image forming unit divides the image into pieces and forms the image pieces on the plurality of print media.
Claims6
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image forming unit that forms an image on a print medium;
- and
- a control unit that controls the image forming unit so as to divide an image larger than the print medium into pieces and to form the image pieces on a plurality of print media, wherein
- the control unit forms an image formed on a different print medium in a margin where the image is not formed when the print medium contains the margin in case that the image forming unit divides the image into pieces and forms the image pieces on the plurality of print media.
An image forming method comprising
- forming an image on a print medium;
- dividing an image larger than the print medium into pieces;
- forming the image pieces on a plurality of print media;
- and
- forming an image formed on a different print medium in a margin where the image is not formed when the print medium contains the margin in case that the image is divided into pieces and formed on the plurality of print media.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute image forming, the image forming comprising:
- controlling image forming unit which forms an image on a print medium so as to divide an image larger than the print medium into pieces and to form the image pieces on a plurality of print media;
- and
- forming an image formed on a different print medium in a margin where the image is not formed when the print medium contains the margin in case that the image forming unit divides the image into pieces and forms the image pieces on the plurality of print media.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.