Image forming apparatus and image forming method
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKeita Hidaka
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a storage unit that stores generated image data, a first processing unit that, based on the image data stored in the storage unit and setting information, performs image processing according to a type of sheets stored in a first sheet feed cassette for printing of an Nth copy, a second processing unit that, based on the image data stored in the storage unit and the setting information, performs image processing according to a type of sheets stored in a second sheet feed cassette for printing of an (N+1)th copy, and a printing unit that prints image data processed by the first processing unit on a sheet fed from the first sheet feed cassette, and prints image data processed by the second processing unit on a sheet fed from the second sheet feed cassette.
Claims12
An image forming apparatus connectable to an information processing apparatus via a network, the image forming apparatus comprising:
- a receiving unit configured to receive print data from the information processing apparatus, the print data including setting information in which printing of a plurality of copies is designated and different sheet feed cassettes are set for at least printing of Nth copy (N is an integer of 1 or greater) and printing of (N+1)th copy;
- a generation unit configured to generate image data from the print data received by the receiving unit;
- a storage unit configured to store the image data generated by the generation unit;
- a first processing unit configured, based on the image data stored in the storage unit and the setting information, to perform image processing according to a type of sheets stored in a first sheet feed cassette for printing of the Nth copy;
- a second processing unit configured, based on the image data stored in the storage unit and the setting information, to perform to image processing according to a type of sheets stored in a second sheet feed cassette for printing of the (N+1)th copy;
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- a printing unit configured to print image data processed by the first processing unit on a sheet fed from the first sheet feed cassette, and to print image data processed by the second processing unit on a sheet fed from the second sheet feed cassette.
An image forming method in an image forming apparatus connectable to an information processing apparatus via a network, the image forming method comprising:
- receiving print data from the information processing apparatus, the print data including setting information in which printing of a plurality of copies is designated and different sheet feed cassettes are set for at least printing of Nth copy (N is an integer of 1 or greater) and printing of (N+1)th copy;
- generating image data from the print data received by the receiving;
- storing the image data generated by the generating in a storage unit;
- first-processing, based on the image data stored by the storing and the setting information, image processing according to a type of sheets stored in a first sheet feed cassette for printing of the Nth copy;
- second-processing, based on the image data stored by the storing and the setting information, image processing according to a type of sheets stored in a second sheet feed cassette for printing of the (N+1)th copy;
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- printing image data processed by the first-processing on a sheet fed from the first sheet feed cassette, and printing image data processed by the second-processing on a sheet feed from the second sheet feed cassette.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.