Image forming apparatus and image forming method
First Claim
1. An image forming apparatus configured to communicate with a server, the server providing route information indicating a route from a start point to a destination, the image forming apparatus comprising:
- a route information obtaining portion that obtains the route information from the server;
an additional information obtaining portion that obtains, from the server, additional information relating to the route information;
a synthesis portion that incorporates at least one image included in the additional information into a first area that is contained in an image included in the route information and that excludes the route, and generates composite information;
a calculation portion that calculates, based on size information, a maximum quantity of the additional information images which can be incorporated into the first area;
an input portion that receives from a user a quantity of the additional information images to be incorporated into the first area, the quantity being less than or equal to the maximum quantity calculated by the calculation portion; and
a printer that prints an image based on the composite information generated by the synthesis portion onto a recording medium.
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus is provided with a first communication portion that obtains route information from a server, a second communication portion that obtains, from the server, additional information relating to the route information, a synthesis portion that incorporates an image included in the additional information into an area that is contained in an image included in the route information and that excludes the route and generates composite information, and a printer that prints an image based on the composite information generated by the synthesis portion onto a recording medium.
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1. An image forming apparatus configured to communicate with a server, the server providing route information indicating a route from a start point to a destination, the image forming apparatus comprising:
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a route information obtaining portion that obtains the route information from the server; an additional information obtaining portion that obtains, from the server, additional information relating to the route information; a synthesis portion that incorporates at least one image included in the additional information into a first area that is contained in an image included in the route information and that excludes the route, and generates composite information; a calculation portion that calculates, based on size information, a maximum quantity of the additional information images which can be incorporated into the first area; an input portion that receives from a user a quantity of the additional information images to be incorporated into the first area, the quantity being less than or equal to the maximum quantity calculated by the calculation portion; and a printer that prints an image based on the composite information generated by the synthesis portion onto a recording medium. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An image forming method for performing an image forming process by communicating with a server, the server providing route information indicating a route from a start point to a destination, the image forming method comprising:
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a route information obtaining step of obtaining the route information from the server; an additional information obtaining step of obtaining, from the server, additional information relating to the route information; a synthesis step of incorporating at least one image included in the additional information into a first area that is contained in an image included in the route information and that excludes the route and then to generate composite information; a calculation step of calculating, based on size information, a maximum quantity of the additional information images which can be incorporated into the first area; a receiving step of receiving from a user a quantity of the additional information images to be incorporated into the first area, the quantity being less than or equal to the calculated maximum quantity; and a print step of printing an image based on the composite information thus generated onto a recording medium. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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