Image forming apparatus, control method for image forming apparatus, and control program for image forming apparatus

A control method for an image forming apparatus including:

• an image former that forms an image on a sheet-like recording medium;
• a cutting processor that cuts, into a plurality of divided areas, a recording medium conveyed from the image former;
• a reversing processor having a function to reverse the recording medium cut by the cutting processor;
• and
• an image forming data generator that generates image forming data in which an image to be formed on the recording medium is imposed in each of the divided areas,
• the control method comprising:
• generating, by the image forming data generator, image forming data in which images are imposed on a front surface and a back surface of the recording medium before the cutting based on settings of an image forming job such that cutoff sides of recording media after the cutting are arranged in a same direction with respect to the images formed on the recording media after the cutting;
• forming, by the image former, the images on the front surface and the back surface of the recording medium based on the image forming data generated in the image forming data generator;
• and
• aligning, by the reversing processor, the cutoff sides of the recording media after the cutting, by executing front-back reversal for some of the recording media cut into a plurality of sheets by the cutting processor.

A non-transitory recording medium storing a computer readable control program of an image forming apparatus executed by a hardware processor that controls the image forming apparatus including:

• an image former that forms an image on a sheet-like recording medium;
• a cutting processor that cuts, into a plurality of divided areas, a recording medium conveyed from the image former;
• a reversing processor having a function to reverse the recording medium cut by the cutting processor;
• and
• an image forming data generator that generates image forming data in which an image to be formed on the recording medium is imposed in each of the divided areas,
• the non-transitory recording medium storing the computer readable control program causing the hardware processor to execute:
• generating, by the image forming data generator, image forming data in which images are imposed on a front surface and a back surface of the recording medium before the cutting based on settings of an image forming job such that cutoff sides of recording media after the cutting are arranged in a same direction with respect to the images formed on the recording media after the cutting;
• forming, by the image former, the images on the front surface and the back surface of the recording medium based on the image forming data generated in the image forming data generator;
• and
• aligning, by the reversing processor, the cutoff sides of the recording media after the cutting, by executing front-back reversal for some of the recording media cut into a plurality of sheets by the cutting processor.