Image forming apparatus, image processing apparatus and image forming/processing apparatus

An image forming apparatus comprising image forming means for forming an image based on image data on a recording carrier, said image forming apparatus comprising:

• image forming information storing means for storing plural sets of image forming information combining folding procedure image data for forming an image showing a folding procedure for folding a recording carrier on the recording carrier, and pattern forming image data for forming an image based on the pattern image data for forming a predetermined pattern image at a predetermined position on the recording carrier folded according to the folding procedure;
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• image forming information selection accepting means for accepting selection of said plural sets of image forming information stored in said image forming information storing means, wherein
• said image forming means forms on the recording carrier an image based on the folding procedure image data and/or the pattern forming image data included in one set of the image forming information whose selection is accepted by said image forming information selection accepting means.

An image forming/processing apparatus for forming an image based on image data and executing a process based on a read image data, said image forming/processing apparatus comprising:

• pattern image storing means for storing plural pattern image data, wherein each of the pattern image data is for forming plural pattern images on a recording carrier;
• process information storing means for storing process designating information specifying a process to be executed in correspondence to each of the plural pattern image data;
• folding procedure accepting means for accepting a folding procedure for folding the recording carrier;
• pattern selection accepting means for accepting a selection of said plural pattern image data stored in said pattern image storing means;
• position accepting means for accepting a forming position of an image based on the pattern image data whose selection is accepted by said folding procedure accepting means on the recording carrier folded according to the folding procedure accepted by said folding procedure accepting means;
• image data generating means for generating a folding procedure image data for forming an image showing the folding procedure accepted by said folding procedure accepting means on the recording carrier, and pattern forming image data for forming an image based on the pattern image data whose selection is accepted by said pattern selection accepting means at said forming position accepted by said position accepting means on the recording carrier folded according to the folded procedures accepted by said folding procedure accepting means as one set of image forming information;
• image forming means for forming on the recording carrier an image based on the folding procedure image data and/or the pattern forming image data included in one set of the image forming information generated by said image data generating means;
• reading means for reading the image formed on the recording carrier folded according to the image showing the folding procedure formed by said image forming means, and obtaining image data;
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• processing means for, by reading the process designating information corresponding to the pattern image data that matches the image data obtained by said reading means from said process information storing means, executing a process based on the read process designating information.