Image forming apparatus and method for selecting an optimal image space frequency for an output image
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1. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- an image forming device configured to form an output image by at least two or more image space frequencies;
an image size acquisition device configured to recognize a size of the output image; and
a switching device configured to select one of the at least two or more image frequencies for the output image according to the size of the output image recognized by the image size acquisition device and to switch the image forming device so as to form the output image by the one of the at least two or more image frequencies.
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device configured to form an output image using at least two or more image space frequencies and an image size acquisition device configured to recognize a size of the output image. A switching device is configured to select one of the at least two or more image frequencies for the output image according to the size of the output image recognized by the image size acquisition device and to switch the image forming device so as to form the output image using the one of two or more image frequencies.
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1. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
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an image forming device configured to form an output image by at least two or more image space frequencies;
an image size acquisition device configured to recognize a size of the output image; and
a switching device configured to select one of the at least two or more image frequencies for the output image according to the size of the output image recognized by the image size acquisition device and to switch the image forming device so as to form the output image by the one of the at least two or more image frequencies. - View Dependent Claims (4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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2. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
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an image forming device configured to form an output image by at least two or more image space frequencies;
an output size acquisition device configured to recognize a size of an output sheet for the output image; and
a switching device configured to select one of the at least two or more image space frequencies for the output image according to the size of the output sheet size for the output image recognized by the output size acquisition device and to switch the image forming device so as to form the output image using the one of the at least two or more image space frequencies. - View Dependent Claims (5, 15, 21)
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3. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
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an image forming device configured to form an output image by at least two or more image space frequencies;
an output size acquisition device configured to recognize a size of an output sheet for the output image;
an image size acquisition device configured to recognize a size of the output image; and
a switching device configured to select one of the at least two or more image space frequencies for the output image according to the size of the output sheet for the output image recognized by the output size acquisition device and the size of the output image recognized by the image size acquisition device and to switch the image forming device so as to form the output image using the one of at least two or more image space frequencies. - View Dependent Claims (6, 16, 22, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 51, 52, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 64, 65, 67, 68)
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23. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
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image forming means for forming an output image by at least two or more image space frequencies;
image size acquisition means for recognizing a size of the output image; and
switching means for selecting one of the at least two or more image frequencies for the output image based on the size of the output image recognized by the image size acquisition means and for switching the image forming means so as to form the output image using the one of the at least two or more image frequencies.
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24. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
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image forming means for forming an output image by at least two or more image space frequencies;
output size acquisition means for recognizing a size of an output sheet for the output image; and
switching means for selecting one of the at least two or more image space frequencies for the output image based on the size of the output sheet for the output image recognized by the output size acquisition means and for switching the image forming means so as to form the output image using the one of the at least two or more image space frequencies.
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25. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
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image forming means for forming an output image by at least two or more image space frequencies;
output size acquisition means for recognizing a size of an output sheet for the output image;
image size acquisition means for recognizing a size of the output image; and
switching means for selecting one of the at least two or more image space frequencies for the output image based on the size of the output sheet for the output image recognized by the output size acquisition means and the size of the output image recognized by the image size acquisition means and for switching the image forming means so as to form the output image using the one of at least two or more image space frequencies.
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26. An image forming method, comprising the steps of:
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recognizing a size of an output image;
selecting one of at least two or more image space frequencies for the output image based on the size of the output image recognized in the recognizing step; and
forming the output image using the one of at least two or more image space frequencies selected in the selecting step.
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27. An image forming method, comprising the steps of:
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recognizing a size of an output sheet for an output image;
selecting one of at least two or more image space frequencies for the output image based on the size of the output sheet for the output image recognized in the recognizing step; and
forming the output image using the one of at least two or more image space frequencies selected in the selecting step.
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28. An image forming method, comprising the steps of:
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recognizing a size of an output image;
recognizing a size of an output sheet for the output image;
selecting one of at least two or more image space frequencies for the output image based on the size of the output image recognized in the output image size recognizing step and the size of the output sheet for the output image recognized in the output sheet size recognizing step; and
forming the output image using the one of at least two or more image space frequencies selected in the selecting step.
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48. A computer readable medium storing computer program instructions which when executed by a computer performs an image forming operation comprising the steps of:
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recognizing a size of an output image;
selecting one of at least two or more image space frequencies for the output image based on the size of the output image recognized in the recognizing step; and
forming the output image using the one of at least two or more image space frequencies selected in the selecting step.
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49. A computer readable medium storing computer program instructions which when executed by a computer performs an image forming operation comprising the steps of:
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recognizing a size of an output sheet for an output image;
selecting one of at least two or more image space frequencies for the output image based on the size of the output sheet for the output image recognized in the recognizing step; and
forming the output image using the one of at least two or more image space frequencies selected in the selecting step.
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50. A computer readable medium storing computer program instructions which when executed by a computer performs an image forming operation comprising the steps of:
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recognizing a size of an output image;
recognizing a size of an output sheet for the output image;
selecting one of at least two or more image space frequencies for the output image based on the size of the output image recognized in the output image size recognizing step and the size of the output sheet for the output image recognized in the output sheet size recognizing step; and
forming the output image using the one of at least two or more image space frequencies selected in the selecting step. - View Dependent Claims (53, 63, 66, 69)
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70. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
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an image forming device configured to form an output image by at least two or more image space frequencies;
an image size acquisition device configured to recognize a size of the output image;
image contents acquisition device configured to recognize contents of the output image; and
switching device configured to select one of the at least two or more image frequencies for the output image according to the size of the output image recognized by the image size acquisition device and the contents of the output image recognized by the image contents acquisition device and to switch the image forming device so as to form the output image using the one of the at least two or more image frequencies.
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71. An image forming method, comprising the steps of:
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recognizing a size of an output image;
recognizing contents of the output image;
selecting one of at least two or more image space frequencies for the output image based on the size of the output image recognized in the image size recognizing step and the contents of the output image recognized in the image contents recognizing step; and
forming the output image using the one of at least two or more image space frequencies selected in the selecting step.
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72. A computer readable medium storing computer program instructions which when executed by a computer performs an image forming operation comprising the steps of:
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recognizing a size of an output image;
recognizing contents of the output image;
selecting one of at least two or more image space frequencies for the output image based on the size of the output image recognized in the image size recognizing step and the contents of the output image recognized in the image contents recognizing step; and
forming the output image using the one of at least two or more image space frequencies selected in the selecting step.
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