Image forming apparatus, image forming method, non-transitory computer-readable recording medium stored with common blank forming period setting program, and image forming system
AssigneeKonica Minolta, Inc.
InventorHiroyuki UJIKE
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Abstract
Provided is an image forming apparatus which acquires a plurality of jobs for repeatedly arranging images having widths smaller than a width of a continuous paper in a conveyance direction of the continuous paper, sets information for arranging the acquired jobs in a width direction of the continuous paper, forms images based on the set information, and sets a common blank forming period at which blanks among images appearing at different periods in each job coincide with each other between the jobs in the conveyance direction and forms a common blank.
Claims19
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an acquisition unit which acquires a plurality of jobs for repeatedly arranging images having widths smaller than a width of a continuous paper in a conveyance direction of the continuous paper;
- a control unit which sets information for arranging the jobs acquired by the acquisition unit in a width direction of the continuous paper;
- and
- an image forming unit which forms images based on the information set by the control unit,
- wherein the control unit sets a common blank forming period at which blanks among images appearing at different periods in each job coincide with each other between the jobs in the conveyance direction and forms a common blank.
An image forming method comprising the steps of:
- (a) acquiring a plurality of jobs for repeatedly arranging images having widths smaller than a width of a continuous paper in a conveyance direction of the continuous paper;
- (b) setting information for arranging the jobs acquired in the acquisition step in a width direction of the continuous paper;
- and
- (c) forming images based on the information set in the step (b),
- wherein the step (b) comprises the step of setting a common blank forming period at which blanks among images appearing at different periods in each job coincide with each other between the jobs in the conveyance direction and forming a common blank.
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium stored with a common blank forming period setting program causing a computer to execute a process for forming images on a continuous paper, comprising the steps of:
- (a) acquiring a plurality of jobs for repeatedly arranging images having widths smaller than a width of a continuous paper in a conveyance direction of the continuous paper;
- and
- (b) setting information for arranging the jobs acquired in the acquisition step in a width direction of the continuous paper,
- wherein the step (b) comprises the step of setting a common blank forming period at which blanks among images appearing at different periods in each job coincide with each other between the jobs in the conveyance direction and forming a common blank.
An image forming system having an image forming apparatus for forming images on a continuous paper, comprising:
- an acquisition unit which acquires a plurality of jobs for repeatedly arranging images having widths smaller than a width of a continuous paper in a conveyance direction of the continuous paper;
- and
- a control unit which sets information for arranging the jobs acquired by the acquisition unit in a width direction of the continuous paper,
- wherein the image forming apparatus comprises:
- an image forming unit which forms images based on the information set by the control unit, and
- the control unit sets a common blank forming period at which blanks among images appearing at different periods in each job coincide with each other between the jobs in the conveyance direction and forms a common blank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.