JP2004032047A - Image forming apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming apparatus which unifies a reference position of an output image even when image information with different input reference positions are printed. <P>SOLUTION: The image information is stored in a storing portion 1e of the image forming apparatus 1. The stored image information includes actual image data, an article size at reading, an image size / position corresponding to an article, an article set-up direction, and article layout information including a read reference position. An output layout deciding portion 1h decides the output layout of the image corresponding to an established output reference position or a read reference position at a printing portion 1g, basad on image layout information by the control of a control portion 1a. The image of the image information is formed at the printing portion 1g based on the output layout. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes a control unit, a RAM, a reading unit, a printing unit, an output layout determining unit, and the like. Each unit is controlled by a control unit, and a reading unit is controlled based on information input to an operation unit. An image in a document to be read is read, and image layout information used for a layout at the time of output is added to actual image data of the read image to generate image information. An output layout determining unit outputs the image layout information. The output layout of the image to be output is determined based on the output layout, and the printing unit forms the image on the transfer paper based on the determined output layout and outputs the image.
[0003]
The image layout information includes information on an image size on a document and information on a relative position from an input (reading) reference position determined by a reading unit to an image.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In recent years, an image forming apparatus is connected to a communication network, stores image information read by its own reading unit and added with image layout information in its own storage unit, and stores the image information in another device on the communication network. An image forming apparatus configured to transmit information and, conversely, receive image information read by another device from the device and print the image information by its own printing unit has been considered.
[0005]
In the case of the above configuration, the reference position for image reading (input reference position) and the reference position for image printing (output reference position) may differ depending on the device. Therefore, when the image information read by the reading unit of the own device is output by the printing unit, even if the input reference position and the output reference position are adjusted to correspond to each other, the image information read by another device is received. In printing, the output layout of the image is not matched with the output reference position, and an unnatural image with an inappropriate output layout is printed.
That is, when image information to be output includes image information read by a device whose input reference position is different from the output reference position of its own device, the output layout has not been unified.
[0006]
That is, when printing a plurality of pieces of image information having different input reference positions, the reference position of the output image is determined as the input reference position, and the output layout cannot be unified for each output image. Further, when printing the same image information having different input reference positions, the output layout has not been unified even though they are the same document.
[0007]
Here, a conventional print example will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 is a diagram illustrating reading of the document 40, FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a print example of the image 50 in FIG. 8, and FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a case where the document 40 in FIG. FIG. 11 is a view showing a print example, and FIG. 11 is a view showing a print example when the original 40 in FIG. 8 is rotated by 180 degrees for setting direction correction.
[0008]
As shown in FIG. 8, when the document 40 on which the image 50 is printed is read, the image layout information added to the image information includes the size of the image 50 and the relative position E1 of the image 50 from the input reference point E. Include only information with For this reason, as shown in FIG. 9, when printing the image 50 on the transfer paper 60, the relative reference position of the relative position stored in the image layout information cannot be determined from the output reference point F at the upper left corner. In this case, the point at the upper right corner of the transfer paper 60 is set as the relative reference point F2, and the image 51 which is separated from the relative reference point F2 by the relative position F1 is printed. It is different from the case. The relative position E1 and the relative position F1 are the same.
[0009]
As shown in FIG. 10, when the image 50 of FIG. 8 is printed on the transfer paper 61 by rotating the image 50 right by 90 degrees, the relative reference position of the relative position stored in the image layout information is set to the output reference of the upper left corner. It cannot be determined from point G. In this case, the lower right corner of the transfer paper 61 is set as the reference point G2, and the image 52 that is separated from the reference point G2 by the relative position G1 is printed. However, the output layout is different from the case where the output reference point G is set as the relative reference position. different. The relative position G1 is a relative position obtained by rotating the relative position E1 clockwise by 90 degrees.
[0010]
Also, when reading multiple originals, if some of the originals are set in the opposite direction, even if you try to correct the original orientation at the time of output and try to print, the transfer paper printed in the normal direction And the output layout of the transfer paper printed in the opposite direction is not the same. For example, as shown in FIG. 11, when the original 40 of FIG. 8 is printed on the transfer paper 62 by rotating it by 180 degrees, the relative reference position of the relative position stored in the image layout information is changed to the output reference point of the lower left corner. H cannot be determined. In this case, by setting the upper left corner of the transfer paper 62 as the relative reference point H2 and printing the image 52 obtained by rotating the image 50 by 180 degrees at a position separated from the relative reference point H2 by the relative position H1, as shown in FIG. In comparison, although substantially the same layout is obtained, the output layout is different from the case where the output reference point H is set as the relative reference position, and the position of the image “F” is also compared with FIG. It is shifted to the upper right and the layout is different. Note that the relative position H1 is the same as the relative position E1.
[0011]
An object of the present invention is to unify a reference position of an output image.
[0012]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention according to claim 1 includes a storage unit for storing image information including a document image in a read document, and a recording medium based on the image information stored in the storage unit. Wherein the image information includes an image layout of the original image in the original, including an original size, wherein the stored image layout and the image Determining an image output layout for forming an image on the recording material based on a predetermined output reference position of the output unit, wherein the image output unit includes the determined image output layout and the determined image output layout. An image is formed and output on the recording material based on the stored document image.
[0013]
According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the image information includes the original image and the image layout in the original, the image layout in the original and the image forming means can be used even for image information having different reading reference positions. Based on the predetermined output reference position, the size of the document is taken into consideration, and an image having an image output layout in which the reference position of the output image is unified can be formed. In particular, an image having the same image output layout can be formed from image information of the same document having different reading reference positions.
[0014]
According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the image forming apparatus according to the first aspect, the image layout includes an original setting direction when reading the original, and input means for inputting a correction instruction of the original setting direction, and the input means And a correction unit configured to correct the document installation direction of the image layout according to the document installation direction correction instruction input by the user.
[0015]
According to the second aspect of the present invention, an image output in which the original placement direction is corrected using an image layout including the corrected input original placement direction even for a document image in which the original installation direction is erroneously read. An image according to the layout can be formed.
[0016]
According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the image forming apparatus according to the first or second aspect, the image layout includes a reading reference position of the document, and a predetermined output reference position of the image output unit or the reading reference position. The image processing apparatus further includes a selection unit for selecting a reference position of the output image, wherein the determination unit determines an image output layout based on the image layout and the reference position selected by the selection unit.
[0017]
According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the reference position of the output image can be selected, an image can be formed by an image output layout in which the reference position is unified with the selected predetermined output reference position or input reference position. it can.
[0018]
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the image forming apparatus of the first, second or third aspect, a reading unit for reading the document, a document image based on the read information of the document read by the reading unit, and a document image of the document image. Extracting means for extracting the image layout and the image layout, and the storage means stores the document image extracted by the extracting means and image information including the image layout information.
[0019]
According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the document image and its image layout are extracted from the read information of the read document and stored as image information, so that the reference position can be unified when the image of the image information is formed. it can.
[0020]
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the image forming apparatus according to the first aspect, the image forming apparatus is connected to a communication network, receives image information from another device on the communication network, and stores the image information. Communication means for transmitting the image information stored in the means to another device on the communication network, wherein the storage means stores the image information received by the communication means.
[0021]
According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to receive image information created by another device, form an image with an appropriate image output layout in the own device, and execute the image information stored in the storage unit. The image can be transmitted to another device and an image can be formed on the transmitted device with an appropriate image output layout.
[0022]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In this embodiment, a control unit 1a described later is a correction unit described in the claims of the present invention, and an operation unit 1b described later is an input unit and a selection unit described in the claims of the present invention. A reading unit 1d described below is a reading unit described in the claims of the present invention, a storage unit 1e described below is a storage unit described in the claims of the present invention, and a communication unit 1f described below is a reading unit in the present invention. An output layout determining unit 1h described below as a communication unit described in the claims is a printing unit 1g described below as a determining unit described in the claims of the present invention, and an image output determining unit 1h is described as an image output unit described in the claims of the present invention. Has functions.
[0023]
This embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. First, the features of the apparatus will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an image forming apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment.
[0024]
The image forming apparatus 1 of the present embodiment controls a controller 1a that controls each unit, an operation unit 1b that receives an operation input by an operator, a RAM 1c that temporarily stores various information, and reads a document image to be read. A reading unit 1d, a storage unit 1e for storing information, a communication unit 1f for transmitting / receiving information to / from a device on a communication network, a printing unit 1g for forming and printing an image on transfer paper, and an image added to the image information An output layout determination unit 1h that determines an output layout of an output image from layout information, a control unit 1a, an operation unit 1b, a RAM 1c, a reading unit 1d, a storage unit 1e, a communication unit 1f, a printing unit 1g, and an output layout determination unit 1h. It has a bus 1i for connection.
[0025]
The control unit 1a executes an image forming process. When reading the original, the control unit 1a causes the reading unit 1d to read the original image, extract the actual image data and the image layout information from the original image, and add the image information to the original image. When the image information is stored in the storage unit 1e and an image is formed, the image information is read from the storage unit 1e so that the original direction of the image information can be rewritten, and the reference position of the image can be changed from the input reference position or the output reference position. The output layout determining unit 1h allows an output layout determining unit 1h to determine an output layout based on the image layout information and the reference position of the image information, and causes a printing unit 1g to select an image of the image information based on the determined output layout. Is formed on a transfer paper (see FIG. 3).
[0026]
The operation unit 1b has various buttons, a touch panel, and the like, and outputs input information input by the operator to the control unit 1a. The RAM 1c is a memory that has a work area for storing various data in a manner that allows random access expansion, and stores various states.
The reading unit 1d is a device such as a scanner that optically reads a document image.
[0027]
The storage device 1e is a hard disk that stores various types of information including image information in a readable and writable manner, but is not limited thereto. RAM, magneto-optical disk, flash memory, CD-RW, DVD + RW, DVD-RAM, A memory card, a portable hard disk, or the like may be used.
[0028]
Further, part or all of the information stored in the storage unit 1e is received and stored from an external device from the communication unit 1f via a communication network such as a LAN (Local Area Network) or a WAN (Wide Area Network). Configuration. The storage unit 1e may be a storage device of an external device built on a communication network.
[0029]
The communication unit 1f includes a network card, a modem, a TA (Terminal Adapter), a router, and the like for performing communication with an external device via a communication network.
[0030]
The printing unit 1g is a device that performs printing on a recording material such as transfer paper by a method such as a dot impact type, a thermal transfer type, a laser type, and an ink jet type. The output layout determining unit 1h determines an output layout for outputting an image in the printing unit 1g based on the image layout information added to the image information.
[0031]
The communication network may include, for example, a LAN, a WAN, and includes a telephone line network, an ISDN line network, a broadband communication line network, a dedicated line, a mobile communication network, a communication satellite line, a CATV line, an optical communication line, and a wireless communication line. And an Internet service provider connecting them.
[0032]
Although the image forming apparatus 1 is represented by one apparatus in the present embodiment, for example, a plurality of devices are installed via a communication network, and various functions are distributed and executed by each device. A configuration may be adopted. In this case, loads for executing various functions are distributed.
[0033]
Here, an internal configuration of the image information 2 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an internal configuration of the image information 2. The image information 2 includes a header section 2a for storing additional information and an actual image data section 2b. The header section 2a includes information on the size of the original at the time of reading (for example, each length in the vertical and horizontal directions), information on the image relative position and image size / position in the original expressing the image size in the original, and information on the original. The information is added as image layout information including the document direction, which is information on the vertical or horizontal direction and the normal / reverse direction (whether the vertical direction is correct or reverse), and information on the input (reading) reference position at the time of reading. Of course, the document direction may be stored as angle information such as 0 ° / 90 ° / 180 ° / 270 °. In the present embodiment, for example, nothing is added when the document direction is the forward direction, and information indicating the opposite is added when the document direction is the opposite direction. The image size is used for developing one-dimensional real image data into a two-dimensional image.
[0034]
Next, the operation of the image forming apparatus 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 is a flowchart of the image forming process, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing reading of the document 10, FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a print example of the image 20 in FIG. 4, and FIG. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a print example when the original 10 in FIG. 4 is rotated right by 90 degrees, and FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a print example when the original 10 in FIG. 4 is rotated 180 degrees for correcting the setting direction. is there.
[0035]
The control unit 1a of the image forming apparatus 1 reads out a program code of the image forming process stored in the storage unit 1e, for example, triggered by input of the start of the image forming process to the operation unit 1b by the operator. , And executes image forming processing. The program code may be received and obtained from a device on a communication network via a communication unit 1f.
[0036]
The image forming process is a process for reading an image and forming an image. Further, when image information is transmitted from another device on the communication network separately from the image forming process, the control unit 1a receives the image information transmitted via the communication unit 1f, and receives the received image information. Is stored in the storage unit 1e. Further, the image forming apparatus 1 can transmit the image information stored in the storage unit 1e to a device on a communication network via the communication unit 1f. When reading a document during the image forming process, the operator sets the document on the reading unit 1d in advance.
[0037]
As shown in FIG. 3, first, the control unit 1a causes the operation unit 1b to receive an instruction input from an operator for any one of image formation, document reading, and termination of the image forming process (step S1). Then, the controller 1a determines what input has been made in step S1 (step S2). When the end of the image forming process is input (step S2; end), the image forming process ends.
[0038]
When a document reading is input (step S2; document reading), the control unit 1a causes the reading unit 1d to read the set document and obtain a document image (step S3). Image data and image layout information including information on the document size, input reference position, image size / position in the document, and document direction are extracted, and the image layout information is added to the actual image data as a header. Image information is created (step S4). Then, the control unit 1a stores the image information created in step S4 in the storage unit 1e (step S5), and returns to step S1.
[0039]
When image formation is input (step S2; image formation), the control unit 1a reads out the image information stored in the storage unit 1e (step S6). The image information stored in the storage unit 1e is the image information created by the reading unit 1d or the image information received by the communication unit 1f. Then, the control unit 1a is set on the operation unit 1b with the vertical and horizontal directions incorrectly set on the reading unit, and corrects the read document direction to output the printed document and corrects the reference position for print output. And an instruction input from the operator for selection of a reference position for selecting, and selection of the reference position, image formation, or cancellation of image formation is received (step S7). The reference position is selected to be an input reference position for reading or a predetermined output reference position in the printing unit 1g.
[0040]
Then, the controller 1a determines what has been input in step S7 (step S8). When the document direction correction is input (step S8; document direction correction), the control unit 1a inputs the document direction information stored in the image layout information of the image information read in step S6 in step S7. It is rewritten with the corrected document direction information (step S9), and the process returns to step S7.
[0041]
When the reference position selection is input (step S8; reference position selection), the control unit 1a determines the reference position at the time of print output to be the input reference position or the output reference position selected and input in step S7, and stores it in the RAM 1c. After storing (step S10), the process returns to step S7.
[0042]
When image formation or cancellation of image formation is input (step S8; other), the control unit 1a determines whether cancellation of image formation is input in step S7 (step S11). When the cancel of the image formation is input (Step S11; YES), the process returns to Step S1. If the cancellation of the image formation is not input (step S11; NO), it means that the image formation has been input, and the control unit 1a stores the image layout information of the image information determined in step S6 and the RAM 1c in step S10. Using the stored reference position information, the output layout determining unit 1h determines an output layout that unifies the reference position of the output image (step S12). If the process does not go through step S10, the printing unit 1g unifies the default output reference position to the reference position of the output image.
[0043]
Then, based on the output layout determined in step S12, the control unit 1a causes the printing unit 1g to form an image of the image information on transfer paper and print out the image (step S13), and returns to step S1.
[0044]
Here, a specific print example will be described. Here, a case where image information received via the communication unit 1f and stored in the storage unit 1e is printed out will be described. The size of the original at the time of reading is A4 size, and the size of the transfer paper is A3 size. As shown in FIG. 4, when reading the document 10, the input reference position A0 is set at the upper right corner of the document 10, and the relative position A1 of the image 20 from the upper right end point A in the document and the size of the image 20 are used. Take the size and position, and take the document vertically. The upper right end point A in the document is a value from the lower left corner of the document 10 which is the base point of main scanning and sub scanning.
[0045]
The image information includes, as image layout information, a document size indicating the vertical and horizontal sizes of the document 10, a relative position A1 of the image from the upper right end point A of the document 10, and an image size position indicating the vertical and horizontal sizes of the image 20. , Document direction, and input reference position A0. It is assumed that the margins (offset) of the document 10 are 15 [mm], 45 [mm], 60 [mm], and 30 [mm] at the upper end, the lower end, the left end, and the right end, respectively. Here, for the sake of simplicity, the upper right end point which is the reference of the relative position A1 of the image is the same as the input reference position A0, but may be different.
[0046]
If the document 10 is in the vertical direction without passing through steps S9 and S10 in the image forming process, the layout is determined in step S12 so as to output the transfer paper 30 shown in FIG. In the printing unit 1g, it is assumed that the predetermined output reference point B is the upper left corner, and the output reference point B is used as the reference position of the output image, and the size of the document, the image size / position corresponding to the document, and the document in the image layout information. From the direction and the output reference point B, a relative reference point B2 and a relative position B1 are obtained, and an output layout is determined. Therefore, in step S13, the image 21 having the output reference point B as the reference position when the document 10 is in the vertical direction can be formed on the transfer paper 30.
[0047]
Similarly, in the image forming process, if the original document 10 is horizontal without passing through steps S9 and S10, the output layout is determined in step S12 so as to output the transfer paper 31 shown in FIG. It is assumed that a predetermined output reference point C is the upper left corner in the printing unit 1g, and the output reference point C is used as a reference position, and the document size, the image size / position corresponding to the document, the document direction, and the output in the image layout information. From the reference point B, a relative reference point C2 and a relative position C1 are obtained, and an output layout is determined. Accordingly, in step S13, when the original direction of the original 10 is horizontal, the image 22 having the output reference point C as the reference position can be formed on the transfer paper 31.
[0048]
Further, in the image forming process, even if the original 10 is read in a state where the original 10 is rotated by 180 degrees by mistake, the original is rotated by 180 degrees in step S9, and the original is rotated by 180 degrees. The information is corrected to be vertical and reverse, and the output layout is changed to output the transfer paper 32 shown in FIG. It is assumed that the output reference point D of the print unit 1g is the upper left corner, and the output reference point D is used as the reference position, and the document size, the image size / position corresponding to the document, the document direction, and the output reference point in the image layout information. From C, the relative reference point D2 and the relative position D1 are obtained, and the output layout is changed so that the image 20 is rotated 180 degrees to become the image 23. Therefore, even when the document 10 is oriented vertically and the document 10 is rotated by 180 degrees, the document direction is corrected, and an image 23 with the output reference point D as the reference position is formed on the transfer paper 32 in step S13. be able to.
[0049]
In the image forming process, when the original direction of the original 10 is vertical, the output layout is changed in step S12 so as to output the transfer paper on which the image is formed in accordance with the reference position selected in step S10. You. When a predetermined output reference point is set as the reference position in the printing unit 1g, as shown in FIG. 5, the output reference point B is set as the reference position, and the size of the document in the image layout information, the image size / position corresponding to the document, A relative reference point D2 and a relative position D1 are obtained from the document direction and the output reference point B, and the output layout corresponding to the output reference point B is set. Conversely, when the input reference point A0 is used as the reference position, as shown in FIG. 9, the document size, the image size / position corresponding to the document, the document direction, and the input reference position A0 in the image layout information are relative to each other. The reference point F2 and the relative position F1 are obtained, and set to an output layout corresponding to the input reference position A0.
[0050]
Therefore, according to the present embodiment, image layout information including the document size, image size / position, and document direction is added to the image information. Considering this, the printing unit 1g can determine a unified output layout using the predetermined output reference position as the reference position of the output image, and form an image based on the output layout. In particular, even for images of the same document read by readers having different input reference positions, it is possible to unify the reference positions of output images and form images of the same output layout.
[0051]
Also, for the image information read in the reverse direction of the original, the image output information including the original direction corrected in step S9 is used to set the output reference position preset by the printing unit 1g as the reference position of the output image. The output layout in which the original direction is corrected can be determined, and an image can be formed based on the output layout.
[0052]
In addition, since the reference position of the output image can be selected as a predetermined output reference position or input reference position by the printing unit 1g, an appropriate output layout is determined according to the selected reference position, and the image is determined based on the output layout. Can be formed.
[0053]
Also, image information can be created and stored by adding image layout information to the actual image data read by the reading unit 1d in step S3. Further, the image information created by another device is received by the communication unit 1f, and an image can be formed by the own device with an appropriate output layout. , And an image can be formed with an appropriate output layout in that device.
[0054]
In the present embodiment, the information of the input reference position is added to the image layout information in the image information. However, the output unit does not allow the operator to select the reference position of the output layout, and the print unit 1g always outputs the predetermined output reference position. Is used as the reference position of the output image, it is not necessary to add information of the input reference position to the image layout information.
[0055]
Further, in the present embodiment, when the input reference position is not considered, the image layout information includes the document size, the image size / position corresponding to the document, and the document direction, but the document size is a relative position from the image size. For example, in this case, the image layout information includes information of offset distances of the leading edge, the trailing edge, the right edge, and the left edge in the document with respect to the image size, instead of the document size.
[0056]
Further, in the present embodiment, an example has been described in which the output layout of the image is determined so that the original (at the time of reading) is aligned with the predetermined output reference position in the printing unit 1g. , The output layout of the image may be determined so that the original (at the time of reading) is adjusted to a position shifted by a predetermined distance from the output reference point.
[0057]
Further, in the present embodiment, the configuration is such that image information is transmitted and received between different devices via a communication network. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The read image information is recorded in a portable recording medium such as a hard disk, a CD-R, a CD-RW, a DVD-R, a DVD + RW, and a memory card, and the recording medium is set in a device on a print output side. The image information on the recording medium may be printed out.
[0058]
Further, the image forming apparatus according to the present embodiment is configured to include the reading unit 1d as a device such as a copying machine, but is not limited to this, and may be configured not to include the reading unit 1d as a device such as a printer. Is also good.
[0059]
Also, even if one image forming apparatus has a plurality of reading units such as a platen for reading a document in a stationary state, a document feeder for reading in a state where the document is moving, etc., when the input reference positions are different, This embodiment can also be used.
[0060]
As described above, the embodiments of the present invention have been described, but the present invention is not necessarily limited to the above-described means and methods, but may achieve the object of the present invention and have the effects of the present invention. Can be appropriately changed and implemented.
[0061]
【The invention's effect】
According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the image information includes the original image and the image layout in the original, the image layout in the original and the image forming means can be used even for image information having different reading reference positions. Based on the predetermined output reference position, the size of the document is taken into consideration, and an image having an image output layout in which the reference position of the output image is unified can be formed. In particular, an image having the same image output layout can be formed from image information of the same document having different reading reference positions.
[0062]
According to the second aspect of the present invention, an image output in which the original placement direction is corrected using an image layout including the corrected input original placement direction even for a document image in which the original installation direction is erroneously read. An image according to the layout can be formed.
[0063]
According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the reference position of the output image can be selected, an image can be formed by an image output layout in which the reference position is unified with the selected predetermined output reference position or input reference position. it can.
[0064]
According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the document image and its image layout are extracted from the read information of the read document and stored as image information, so that the reference position can be unified when the image of the image information is formed. it can.
[0065]
According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to receive image information created by another device, form an image with an appropriate image output layout in the own device, and execute the image information stored in the storage unit. The image can be transmitted to another device and an image can be formed on the transmitted device with an appropriate image output layout.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an image forming apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an internal configuration of image information 2.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an image forming process.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating reading of a document 10;
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a print example of an image 20 in FIG. 4;
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a print example when the document 10 in FIG. 4 is rotated clockwise by 90 degrees.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a print example when the document 10 in FIG. 4 is rotated by 180 degrees for correcting the setting direction.
8 is a diagram illustrating reading of a document 40. FIG.
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a print example of an image 50 in FIG. 8;
FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a print example when the document 40 in FIG. 8 is rotated right by 90 degrees.
FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a print example when the document 40 in FIG. 8 is rotated 180 degrees for correcting the setting direction.
[Explanation of symbols]
1. Image forming apparatus
1a ... Control unit
1b ... operation unit
1c RAM
1d ... Reader
1e: storage unit
1f Communication unit
1g… Print section
1h: Output layout determination unit
1i… Bus
10, 40… manuscript
20, 21, 22, 23, 50, 51, 52, 53 ... images
30, 31, 32, 60, 61, 62: transfer paper
A, E: Input reference point
B, C, D, F, G, H ... output reference points
A1, B1, C1, D1, E1, F1, G1, H1... Relative position
B2, C2, D2, F2, G2, H2 ... relative reference points

Claims (5)

An image forming apparatus comprising: storage means for storing image information including a document image in a read document; and image output means for forming and outputting an image on a recording material based on the image information stored in the storage means At
The image information includes an image layout in the document of the document image including the document size,
Determining means for determining an image output layout when forming an image on the recording material, based on the stored image layout and a predetermined output reference position of the image output means,
The image forming apparatus, wherein the image output unit forms an image on the recording material based on the determined image output layout and the stored document image and outputs the image. The image layout includes a document setting direction when reading a document,
Input means for inputting a correction instruction of the document setting direction,
2. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a correction unit configured to correct a document installation direction of the image layout based on the document installation direction correction instruction input by the input unit. The image layout includes a reading reference position of the document,
A selection unit for selecting a predetermined output reference position or the reading reference position of the image output unit as a reference position of an output image,
The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the determining unit determines an image output layout based on the image layout and a reference position selected by the selecting unit. Reading means for reading an original;
Extracting means for extracting a document image and an image layout of the document image in the document from the read information of the document read by the reading means,
4. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the storage unit stores image information including a document image extracted by the extraction unit and image layout information thereof. A communication unit connected to a communication network, receiving image information from another device on the communication network, and transmitting image information stored in the storage unit to another device on the communication network,
The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the storage unit stores image information received by the communication unit.

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