Image forming device and image forming method
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorsKunio Yamada, Makoto Hirota, Junichi Maekawa
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Abstract
An image forming device for adequately forming an image in which images overlap one another. The priority order (display order) of the images overlapping with one another is judged for the area where images of different attributes overlap with one another. When the priority rank of a three-dimensional image is high, a planar image in the overlapping area is deleted, or a three-dimensional image is formed on a planar image. When the rank of a planar image is high, only the color image of a three-dimensional image in the overlapping area is deleted, and a planar image is formed using foaming toner.
Claims14
An image forming device which forms an image into an image on a recording paper, comprising:
- means for determining that there is an area where two images are overlapped one over another at least partially;
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- means for determining attributes of these two images,
- wherein for an image having a specific attribute of these two images, no image is deleted even in the overlapping area.
An image forming device which forms an image into an image on a recording paper, comprising:
- means for determining that there is an area where two images are overlapped one over another at least partially;
- means for determining priority ranks which represent a top or bottom in overlapped status of these two images in the overlapping area;
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- means for forming an image which priority rank is lower, and thereupon, forming an image which priority rank is higher, in the overlapping area.
An image forming method for forming an image into an image on a recording paper, comprising the steps of:
- determining an overlapping area where two images are overlapped at least partially,
- determining priority ranks which represent a top or bottom in an overlapped status of these two images in the overlapping area, and
- forming an image which has a lower priority rank into an image, and thereupon, forming the image which has a higher priority rank into an image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.