Image forming apparatus method
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorNobuhiko Ogata
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus for forming an image in accordance with an input image on a recording material includes generating means for generating a predetermined pattern; superimposing means for superimposing the predetermined pattern on an input image; forming means for forming on the recording material the image superimposed with the predetermined pattern by the superimposing means; a controller for controlling an amount applied on the recording material of the predetermined pattern in accordance with the recording material.
Claims28
An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material in accordance with an input image, the image forming apparatus comprising:
- generating means for generating a predetermined pattern;
- superimposing means for superimposing the predetermined pattern on the input image;
- forming means for forming on the recording material the input image superimposed with the predetermined pattern by said superimposing means;
- and
- control means for controlling an amount of the predetermined pattern applied on the recording material in accordance with a type of the recording material.
An image forming method for forming an image on a recording material in accordance with an input image, the image forming method comprising the steps of:
- generating a predetermined pattern;
- superimposing the predetermined pattern on an input image;
- forming on the recording material the image superimposed with the predetermined pattern in said superimposing step;
- controlling an amount of the predetermined pattern applied on the recording material in accordance with a type of the recording material.
An image forming apparatus for forming an image in accordance with an input image on a recording material, the image forming apparatus comprising:
- generating means for generating a predetermined pattern signal;
- superimposing means for superimposing the predetermined pattern signal on the input image;
- forming means for forming on the recording material the image superimposed with the predetermined pattern signal by said superimposing means;
- control means for controlling said forming means in accordance with a type of the recording material to form the predetermined pattern signal a plurality of times on the recording material.
An image forming method for forming an image in accordance with an input image on a recording material, the image forming method comprising the steps of:
- generating a predetermined pattern signal;
- superimposing the predetermined pattern signal on the input image;
- forming on the recording material the image superimposed with the predetermined pattern signal in said superimposing step;
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- controlling said forming means in accordance with a type of the recording material to form the predetermined pattern signal a plurality of times on the recording material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.