Image forming apparatus, image forming system, computer-readable record medium stored with image forming program, and image forming method
AssigneeMinolta Co., Ltd.
InventorJunichi Nishiyama
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a receiving unit for receiving a printing job including image data, a counting unit for counting a number of sheets required by the printing job when an image for one page is formed on a sheet of paper, an image forming unit for forming images for a plurality of pages on a sheet of paper when the number of sheets exceeds a prescribed value, and a tray for receiving a image formed sheet. The image forming apparatus enables outputting an entire image data even when the number of sheets required for printing the entire image data exceeds a capacity of the tray.
Claims38
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a receiving unit for receiving a printing job that includes image data;
- a counting unit for counting a number of sheets required by the printing job when an image for one page is formed on a sheet of paper;
- an image forming unit for automatically forming images for a plurality of pages on a sheet of paper when the number of sheets exceeds a prescribed value;
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- a tray for receiving an image formed sheet.
An image forming system comprising:
- a printer for printing an image data;
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- a computer for preparing the image data, including
- a counting means for counting a number of sheets required by prepared image data when an image for one page is formed on a sheet of paper,
- an image preparing means for newly preparing image data for automatically forming images for a plurality of pages on a sheet of paper when the number of sheets exceeds a prescribed value,
- a job preparing means for preparing a printing job containing the newly prepared image data, and
- a transmitting means for transmitting the printing job to said printer.
A record medium stored in a computer-readable manner a program to be executed by the computer for printing an image data on a paper, in which said program comprises the steps of:
- (A) acquiring a number of sheets required by prepared image data when an image for one page is formed on one sheet of paper,
- (B) newly preparing image data for automatically forming images for a plurality of pages on a sheet of paper when the number of sheets exceeds the prescribed value,
- (C) preparing a printing job including the newly prepared image data, and
- (D) transmitting the printing job to a printer.
An image forming method comprising the steps of:
- (A) receiving a printing job including image data;
- (B) acquiring a number of sheets required for a printing job when an image for one page is formed on a sheet of paper;
- (C) automatically forming images for a plurality of pages on a sheet of paper when the number of sheets exceeds the prescribed value;
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- (D) discharging an image formed sheet to a tray.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a receiving unit for receiving a printing job that includes image data;
- a counting unit for counting a number of sheets required by the printing job when an image for one page is formed on a sheet of paper;
- a display unit for displaying candidates of reduction processes that enable printing all pages of the image data on a single sheet of paper when the number of sheets exceeds a prescribed value;
- an image forming unit for forming images for a plurality of pages on a sheet of paper according to a format of a reduction process selected among the candidates;
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- a tray for receiving an image formed sheet.
An image forming system comprising:
- a printer for printing image data;
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- a computer for preparing the image data, including
- counting means for counting a number of sheets required by the prepared image data when an image for one page is formed on a sheet of paper,
- display means for displaying candidates of reduction processes that enable printing all pages of image data on a single sheet of paper when the number of sheets exceeds a prescribed value,
- image preparing means for newly preparing image data for forming images for a plurality of pages on a sheet of paper according to a format of a reduction process selected among the candidates,
- job preparing means for preparing a printing job containing the newly prepared image data, and
- transmitting means for transmitting the printing job to said printer.
A record medium stored in a computer-readable manner a program to be executed by the computer for printing an image data on a paper, in which said program comprises:
- (A) acquiring a number of sheets required by prepared image data when an image for one page is formed on one sheet of paper;
- (B) displaying candidates of reduction processes that enable printing all pages of image data on a single sheet of paper when the number of sheets exceeds a prescribed value;
- (C) newly preparing image data for forming images for a plurality of pages on a sheet of paper according to a format of a reduction process selected among the candidates;
- (D) preparing a printing job including the newly prepared image data;
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- (E) transmitting the printing job to a printer.
An image forming method comprising the steps of:
- (A) receiving a printing job including image data;
- (B) acquiring a number of sheets required for the printing job when an image for one page is formed on a sheet of paper;
- (C) displaying candidates of reduction processes that enable printing all pages of the image data on a single sheet of paper when the number of sheets exceeds a prescribed value;
- (D) forming images for a plurality of pages on a sheet of paper according to a format of a reduction process selected among the candidates;
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- (E) discharging an image formed sheet to a ray.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.