Image forming apparatus capable of providing appropriate margin
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1. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- reading means for reading image data from an original;
image output means for outputting an image to a sheet of paper based on the image data read by the reading means; and
image layout control means for extracting an image portion of the original based on the image data of the original read by the reading means,positioning said image portion on a page on a sheet of paper at a determined position, so that formed margins outside the image portion have a prescribed margin ratio for at least a left margin and a right margin with respect to the image portion, the determined position being based on a size of the image portion and a size of said page, andcontrolling the image output means such that the image portion is output to the page of the sheet of paper in accordance with thus determined position.
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Abstract
A plurality of originals are successively read by an image scanner, and the read image data are stored in an image memory. A page layout control portion calculates maximum width and maximum length of an image output frame based on the read image data. A region defined by the maximum width and the maximum length to which the image data is to be output, is set for a sheet of paper, in accordance with a designated layout. The stored image data is successively output by a printing portion to the image output frame positioned on each sheet of paper.
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21 Claims
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1. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
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reading means for reading image data from an original; image output means for outputting an image to a sheet of paper based on the image data read by the reading means; and image layout control means for extracting an image portion of the original based on the image data of the original read by the reading means, positioning said image portion on a page on a sheet of paper at a determined position, so that formed margins outside the image portion have a prescribed margin ratio for at least a left margin and a right margin with respect to the image portion, the determined position being based on a size of the image portion and a size of said page, and controlling the image output means such that the image portion is output to the page of the sheet of paper in accordance with thus determined position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
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reading means for reading image data from an original; image output means for outputting an image to a sheet of paper based on the image data read by said reading means; and image layout control means for extracting an image portion page by page from a plurality of originals based on image data of the originals read by said reading means, positioning the image portions from the originals on one or more sheets of paper at a determined position, wherein the determined position is based upon a size of the image portions extracted from all the plurality of originals, and controlling the image output means such that each image portion of the originals is output in accordance with thus determined position. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of editing an image in an image forming apparatus comprising the steps of:
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reading image data from an original; extracting an image portion of the original based on the read image data; positioning, based on a size of the image portion extracted and a size of a sheet of paper to which the original is to be output, the image portion on the sheet of paper at a determined position so that margins are formed on the sheet of paper outside the image portion, the margins having a prescribed ratio for at least a left side margin and a right side margin with respect to the image portion; and outputting the image portion extracted to the sheet of paper based on thus determined position.
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20. A method of editing an image in an image forming apparatus, comprising the steps of:
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reading image data from a plurality of originals; extracting an image portion page by page from said originals based on the read image data; positioning each image portion at a determined position on one or more sheets of paper, the determined position being dependent upon a size of the image portions extracted from all of the plurality of originals; and outputting each image portion to one or more sheets of paper in accordance with thus determined position. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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