Image formation apparatus and image formation method
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHidehiko Asai
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Abstract
An image formation apparatus capable of performing image formation to enable an accurate postprocess to a sheet on which an image has been formed is provided. When the sheet discharged from a printer unit is subjected to a book binding process by a finisher, the apparatus performs an image formation process that a nonprint area including a processed portion to which a process concerning the book binding process is performed by the finisher and an effective print area are set in an image formation area on the sheet, and an original image read by a reader unit is formed in the effective print area.
Claims46
An image formation apparatus comprising:
- original image readout means for reading an original image;
- image formation means for visualizing the original image read by said original image readout means and forming the visualized image on a transfer member;
- and
- postprocess means for performing a postprocess to the transfer member on which the original image has been formed,
- wherein, in a case where the postprocess is performed to the transfer member by said postprocess means, a nonimage formation area including a processed portion to which the postprocess is performed by said postprocess means and an effective image formation area are set in an image formation area on the transfer member, and
- the original image read by said original image readout means is formed in the effective image formation area on the transfer member,
- wherein, in the case where the original image read by said original image readout means is formed on the transfer member, an image part of the original image positioned in the nonimage formation area is deleted, and the original image from which the image part has been deleted is formed in the effective image formation area on the transfer member.
An image formation method used for an image formation apparatus comprising an original image readout means for reading an original image, an image formation means for visualizing the original image read by the original image readout means and forming the visualized image on a transfer member, and a postprocess means for performing a postprocess to the transfer member on which the original image has been formed, said method comprising the steps of:
- in a case where the postprocess is performed to the transfer member by the postprocess means, setting a nonimage formation area including a processed portion to which the postprocess is performed by the postprocess means and an effective image on an image formation area on the transfer member;
- forming the original image read by the original image readout means, in the effective image formation area on the transfer member;
- in the case where the original image read by the original image readout means is formed on the transfer member, deleting an image part of the original image positioned in the nonimage formation area;
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- forming the original image from which the image part has been deleted, in the effective image formation area on the transfer member.
An image formation apparatus comprising:
- image formation means for forming an image on a sheet;
- folding means for performing a folding process to the sheet on which the image has been formed by said image formation means;
- and
- prohibition means for prohibiting an image formation process to a vicinity of a fold on the sheet to which the folding process is performed by said folding means.
An image formation apparatus capable of being connected to a sheet process device for performing a folding process to a sheet, said apparatus comprising:
- image formation means for forming an image on the sheet;
- and
- prohibition means for prohibiting an image formation process to a vicinity of a fold on the sheet to which the folding process is performed by said sheet process device.
An image formation method for an image formation apparatus capable of being connected to a sheet process device for performing a sheet folding process, said method comprising:
- an image formation step of forming an image on the sheet;
- and
- a prohibition step of prohibiting an image formation process in a vicinity of a fold on the sheet to which the sheet folding process is performed by the sheet process device.
A computer-readable storage medium which stores a program having computer readable program code units for causing an image formation apparatus capable of being connected to a sheet process device for performing a sheet folding process, said storage medium comprising:
- an image formation program code unit for forming an image on the sheet;
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- a prohibition program code unit of prohibiting an image formation process to a vicinity of a fold on the sheet to which the folding process device.
An computer-readable storage medium which stores a program having computer readable program code units for causing an image formation apparatus capable of being connected to a sheet process device for performing a folding process to a sheet, said storage medium comprising:
- original image readout program code unit for reading an original image;
- an image formation program code unit for visualizing the original image read by said original image readout means and forming the visualized image on a transfer member;
- and
- a postprocess program code unit for performing a postprocess to the transfer member on which the original image has been formed,
- wherein, in a case where the postprocess is performed to the transfer member by said postprocess program code unit, a nonimage formation area including a processed portion to which the postprocess is performed by said postprocess program code unit and an effective image formation area are set in an image formation area on the transfer member, and
- the original image read by said original image readout program code unit is formed in the effective image formation area on the transfer member,
- wherein, in the case where the original image read by said original image readout program code unit is formed on the transfer member, an image part of the original image positioned in the nonimage formation area is deleted, and the original image from which the image part has been deleted is formed in the effective image formation area on the transfer member.
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