Image forming apparatus, image forming method and program
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTadanori Nakatsuka
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Abstract
At the time of printing by reuse of a backing sheet, a print can not be performed on a blank area thereof. According to an image forming apparatus in the present invention it is determined whether or not a print content is enabled to be printed on a blank area of a document read by a reading unit, and in a case where it is determined that the print content is enabled to be printed, the print content is on the blank area of the document read by the reading unit.
Claims12
An image forming apparatus including a reading unit and a printing unit, comprising:
- a conveying unit configured to include a conveying path enabling a print to be performed directly on a document read by the reading unit;
- and
- a determining unit configured to determine whether or not the print is enabled on the document based upon an image of the document,
- wherein in a case where it is determined that the print is enabled by the determining unit, the conveying unit conveys the document to the printing unit such that a print content is printed on the document.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a determining unit configured to determine whether or not a print content is printable on a blank area of a document read by a reading unit;
- and
- a printing unit configured to print, in a case where it is determined that the print content is printable by the determining unit, the print content on the blank area of the document read by the reading unit.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a detecting unit configured to detect a blank area of a print sheet for printing a print content;
- and
- a printing unit configured to print the print content on the blank area detected by the detecting unit.
An image forming method executed in an image forming apparatus including a reading unit, a printing unit, and a conveying unit configured to include a conveying path enabling a print to be performed directly on a document read by the reading unit, comprising:
- determining whether or not the print is enabled on the document based upon an image of the document;
- and
- conveying, in a case where it is determined that the print is enabled in the determining step, the document to the printing unit such that a print content is printed on the document.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.