IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORED WITH COMMON BLANK FORMING PERIOD SETTING PROGRAM, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM
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1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an acquisition unit which acquires a plurality of jobs for repeatedly arranging images having widths smaller than a width of a continuous paper in a conveyance direction of the continuous paper;
a control unit which sets information for arranging the jobs acquired by the acquisition unit in a width direction of the continuous paper; and
an image forming unit which forms images based on the information set by the control unit,wherein the control unit sets a common blank forming period at which blanks among images appearing at different periods in each job coincide with each other between the jobs in the conveyance direction and forms a common blank.
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Provided is an image forming apparatus which acquires a plurality of jobs for repeatedly arranging images having widths smaller than a width of a continuous paper in a conveyance direction of the continuous paper, sets information for arranging the acquired jobs in a width direction of the continuous paper, forms images based on the set information, and sets a common blank forming period at which blanks among images appearing at different periods in each job coincide with each other between the jobs in the conveyance direction and forms a common blank.
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19 Claims
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1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
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an acquisition unit which acquires a plurality of jobs for repeatedly arranging images having widths smaller than a width of a continuous paper in a conveyance direction of the continuous paper; a control unit which sets information for arranging the jobs acquired by the acquisition unit in a width direction of the continuous paper; and an image forming unit which forms images based on the information set by the control unit, wherein the control unit sets a common blank forming period at which blanks among images appearing at different periods in each job coincide with each other between the jobs in the conveyance direction and forms a common blank. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An image forming method comprising the steps of:
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(a) acquiring a plurality of jobs for repeatedly arranging images having widths smaller than a width of a continuous paper in a conveyance direction of the continuous paper; (b) setting information for arranging the jobs acquired in the acquisition step in a width direction of the continuous paper; and (c) forming images based on the information set in the step (b), wherein the step (b) comprises the step of setting a common blank forming period at which blanks among images appearing at different periods in each job coincide with each other between the jobs in the conveyance direction and forming a common blank. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium stored with a common blank forming period setting program causing a computer to execute a process for forming images on a continuous paper, comprising the steps of:
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(a) acquiring a plurality of jobs for repeatedly arranging images having widths smaller than a width of a continuous paper in a conveyance direction of the continuous paper; and (b) setting information for arranging the jobs acquired in the acquisition step in a width direction of the continuous paper, wherein the step (b) comprises the step of setting a common blank forming period at which blanks among images appearing at different periods in each job coincide with each other between the jobs in the conveyance direction and forming a common blank. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An image forming system having an image forming apparatus for forming images on a continuous paper, comprising:
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an acquisition unit which acquires a plurality of jobs for repeatedly arranging images having widths smaller than a width of a continuous paper in a conveyance direction of the continuous paper; and a control unit which sets information for arranging the jobs acquired by the acquisition unit in a width direction of the continuous paper, wherein the image forming apparatus comprises; an image forming unit which forms images based on the information set by the control unit, and the control unit sets a common blank forming period at which blanks among images appearing at different periods in each job coincide with each other between the jobs in the conveyance direction and forms a common blank.
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