Image forming apparatus having function for forming composite image
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsMasayuki Hayashi, Yasushi Kamo, Masaaki Ito
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a scanner for scanning a plurality of document so that n images corresponding to the documents are obtained, n being an integer greater than 2, an image generating means for successively generating m number images different from each other, m being an integer greater than 2, an image composition circuit for combining an i-th image (i=1, 2 , . . . , and n) obtained by the scanner and a j-th number image (j=1, 2 , . . . , and m) with each other so as to output a composite image I.sub.ij, a printing mechanism for printing the composite image I.sub.ij on a recording sheet, and an output unit for outputting the recording sheet having the composite image I.sub.ij formed thereon.
Claims11
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- first image generating means for successively generating n first images, n being an integer;
- second image generating means for successively generating m second images different from each other, m being an integer equal to or greater than 2;
- image composition means, coupled to said first and second image generating means, for combining an i-th first image and a j-th second image with each other so as to output a composite image I.sub.ij, wherein i varies from 1 to n and j varies from 1 to m, so that said image composition means forms n.times.m composite images;
- printing means, coupled to said image composition means, for printing said composite image I.sub.ij on a recording sheet;
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- output means, coupled to said printing means, for outputting the recording sheet having the composite image I.sub.ij formed thereon, and for classifying n.times.m recording sheets output by said output means into m sets based on the second images, each of m sets having n recording sheets.
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