JP4816062B2 - Image forming apparatus - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus, and more particularly to an image forming apparatus that performs output processing other than image formation.

Conventionally, image forming apparatuses in the light printing market have been requested to print on a variety of papers with different amounts, paper types, colors, etc., depending on customer needs, and customer-specific papers may be available . In addition, when printing on these sheets, for each dedicated sheet, the staple processing (binding position designation) in the bookbinding process, which is the post-processing of the printed matter, punch (2 holes or 3 holes), sorting method, etc. There is a request for application functions (composite processing) such as designation, paper that can be printed on only one side, something that wants to darken colored paper, printing company name or logo at a specific position of printed matter, etc. There are many things that are uniquely determined, and for each of these, the operator changes the setting from the operation unit of the image forming apparatus at the request of the customer. For this reason, a large amount of defective printed matter may be output due to an inadvertent setting mistake.
On the other hand, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H10-228561 describes a technique for preventing image defects by changing image forming process conditions (fixing temperature, transfer current, etc.) depending on the type of paper loaded in the paper feed cassette. For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H10-228667 describes a method for storing magnification adjustment values for the front and back sides of double-sided printing depending on the type of paper and correcting paper shrinkage at the time of fixing.
JP 2004-325770 A JP 11-119598 A

  However, those described in Patent Documents 1 and 2 described above are unable to cope with post-processing and composition processing, although image failure prevention and magnification change corresponding to paper shrinkage are performed. Was the current situation.

  An object of the present invention is to store an output condition corresponding to a customer's paper type together with a paper name, assign a paper name to an output tray, and further store the output condition corresponding to the paper name when the tray is selected. By setting the output conditions by reading from the scanner, the output conditions corresponding to complicated requests can be set without fail by selecting the paper, and the image forming apparatus has improved the efficiency and accuracy of the setting work. Is to provide.

An image forming apparatus according to claim 1 is provided.
A data creation unit for creating document image data;
A storage tray for storing the recording medium;
A transport unit for transporting the recording medium in the storage tray;
An image is formed on the recording medium conveyed from the storage tray by the conveyance unit based on the original image data created by the data creation unit, and based on image data specific to the type of the recording medium. an image forming unit that performs synthesizing processing on the image Te,
A post-processing unit that performs post-processing on the recording medium on which an image is formed by the image forming unit;
A storage unit that stores the output processing content of at least one of the synthesis processing and the post-processing corresponding to each type of the recording medium together with the name of the type;
An input unit for inputting the name of the recording medium;
The output processing content corresponding to the type of the recording medium input from the input unit is read from the storage unit, and at least one of the image forming unit and the post-processing unit is controlled based on the output processing content And a control unit.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the image forming apparatus according to the first aspect,
If the output processing content includes the synthesis process, the control unit, the said document image data created by the data creation unit, the unique image data overwrite is read from the storage unit, resulting The image forming unit is controlled based on data.

The invention according to claim 3 is the image forming apparatus according to claim 1 or 2,
When the content of the output process includes the post-processing, the control unit controls the image forming unit based on the document image data created by the data creating unit, and the control unit controls the image forming unit on the recording medium on which the image is formed. The post-processing unit is controlled to perform post-processing .

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the image forming apparatus according to any one of the first to third aspects,
The input unit is capable of inputting the name of the recording medium in association with the output processing content corresponding to the name,
The storage unit is characterized by rewriting and storing the output processing content corresponding to each type of the recording medium based on the input content from the input unit.

The invention according to claim 5 is the image forming apparatus according to claim 4,
The input unit can input the storage tray and the output processing content corresponding to the type of the recording medium stored in the storage tray in association with each other.

  According to the present invention, the output processing content corresponding to each type of recording medium is stored in the storage unit in advance together with the name of the type, so that the recording can be performed without setting the output processing content every time image formation is performed. By simply selecting the name of the medium, the output processing content is set and the output processing content is executed. Therefore, the setting operation can be made efficient and its accuracy can be improved.

  In addition, since the storage unit rewrites and stores the output processing content corresponding to each type of recording medium based on the input content from the input unit, the setting of the output processing content for each recording medium can be switched, and usability Can be improved.

  Hereinafter, the image forming apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view illustrating a schematic configuration of the image forming apparatus according to the present exemplary embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the image forming apparatus 100 includes a main body 1, a post-processing unit 2 and a large-capacity tray unit 3 that are optionally connected to the main body 1. An operation display unit 20 and an ADF (Auto Document Feeder) unit 40 are provided on the upper surface of the main body 1.

  FIG. 2 shows a functional configuration of the image forming apparatus 100. The state management unit 10, the operation display unit 20, the scanner unit 30, the ADF unit 40, and the printer unit 50 illustrated in FIG. 2 are functions included in the main body 1 illustrated in FIG. Hereinafter, each unit constituting the image forming apparatus 100 will be described with reference to FIG.

  The state management unit 10 includes a CPU 11, a program memory 12, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 13, a nonvolatile memory 14, a reading processing unit 15, a DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory) control IC 16, a compression / decompression IC 17, and an image memory (DRAM) 18. And a writing processing unit 19.

  The CPU 11 reads out various processing programs such as a system program, an image formation processing program, and an output processing program stored in the program memory 12 and develops them in the RAM 13, and performs centralized control of the operation of each part of the image forming apparatus 100 according to the developed programs. To do.

  For example, the CPU 11 stores setting information for each job input via the operation display unit 20 in the job setting storage area of the RAM 13 and executes a job based on the stored setting information. A job refers to a series of operations related to image formation such as printing. For example, when copying a plurality of documents, a series of operations related to copying a plurality of documents is one job, and a plurality of copies are copied. When performing, a series of operations related to copying for a plurality of copies is one job.

  Further, the CPU 11 executes various processes such as an image forming process and an output process in accordance with the read program to realize the control unit of the present invention. Here, the image forming process is a process for forming an image on a recording medium based on the document image data, and the output process is a process for the recording medium either during or after the image forming process. This is a process for performing processes other than the image forming process based on the document image data. Examples of the output process include a composition process in which unique image data is synthesized with original image data and an image forming process is performed, a post process in which a recording medium is post-processed after the image forming process, and the like. The composite process includes a stamp process and a watermark process, and the post-process includes a staple process, a folding process, a punch process, and the like.

  The program memory 12 includes a nonvolatile memory such as a semiconductor, and stores a system program corresponding to the image forming apparatus 100 and various processing programs such as an image forming processing program and an output processing program that can be executed on the system program. . The program is stored in the form of computer readable program code, and the CPU 11 sequentially executes operations according to the program code.

  The RAM 13 is a temporary storage area for programs, input or output data, parameters, and the like read from the program memory 12 in various processes executed and controlled by the CPU 11. For example, the RAM 13 has a job setting information storage area for temporarily storing setting information for each job.

The nonvolatile memory 14 stores various setting data related to the image forming apparatus 100. For example, the nonvolatile memory 14 stores processing contents in output processing corresponding to each type of recording medium, unique image data used in composition processing, and the like.
The reading processing unit 15 converts the analog image signal read by the scanner unit 30 into digital image data and outputs the digital image data to the DRAM control IC 16. This digital image data is the original image data of the present invention, and the scanner unit 30 and the reading processing unit 15 are the data creation unit of the present invention.

Based on the control from the CPU 11, the DRAM control IC 16 compresses the original image data input from the reading processing unit 15 and the original image data input from the print controller unit 60 by the compression / decompression IC 17, and the compressed image data Is written in the compression memory 18a of the image memory 18 and temporarily stored. When the CPU 11 issues an instruction to output image data, the DRAM control IC 16 decompresses the document image data instructed to be output stored in the compression memory 18 a by the compression / decompression IC 17 and outputs the decompressed document image data to the writing processing unit 19. . At this time, if a control signal indicating that the composition processing is to be performed is output from the CPU 11, the DRAM control IC 16 decompresses the original image data by the compression / decompression IC 17 and then the unique image data in the nonvolatile memory 14. The data is overwritten and output to the writing processing unit 19.
Then, the DRM control IC 16 outputs the control data input from the print controller unit 60 to the CPU 11.

The compression / decompression IC 17 is an IC that performs image data compression processing and decompression processing under the control of the DRAM control IC 16.
The image memory 18 is composed of a DRAM and includes a compression memory 18a and a page memory 18b. The compression memory 18a temporarily stores the image data compressed by the compression / decompression IC 17 under the control of the DRAM control IC 16.

  The writing processing unit 19 generates a PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) signal based on the image data input from the compression / decompression IC 17 and outputs it to the printer unit 50.

The operation display unit 20 is an input unit according to the present invention, and includes an operation display control unit 21 and an LCD 22.
The operation display control unit 21 receives a display signal from the CPU 11 and performs display control on the LCD 22. In addition, an operation signal input from the touch panel on the LCD 22 is output to the CPU 11.
The LCD 22 displays various setting screens, image status display, operation status of each function, and the like on the screen in accordance with an instruction of a display signal input from the operation display control unit 21. On the LCD screen, a pressure-sensitive (resistive film pressure type) touch panel with transparent electrodes arranged in a grid is configured, and the XY coordinates of the force point pressed with a finger or a touch pen are detected by the voltage value. The obtained position signal is output to the operation display control unit 21 as an operation signal.
The operation display unit 20 includes other operation buttons such as number buttons (not shown), function buttons for switching various settings, operation modes, and the like, and a start button. Operation signals from the button operation are sent from the operation display control unit 21 to the CPU 11. Output.

  A name for each type of recording medium is input to the operation display unit 20, and based on the input content, the CPU 11 sends the output processing content corresponding to the input recording medium from the nonvolatile memory 14. The data is read out and displayed on the LCD 22. Further, the operation display unit 20 can input the name of the recording medium in association with the output processing content corresponding to the name. When such content is input to the operation display unit 20, the CPU 11 rewrites the output processing content corresponding to each type of recording medium based on the input content from the operation display unit 20 and stores it in the nonvolatile memory 14. It is like that.

The scanner unit 30 includes a scanner control unit 31, a scanner 32, and an ADF control unit 41.
The scanner control unit 31 receives a control signal from the CPU 11 and drives and controls each unit of the scanner 32. The scanner 32 includes a platen glass, a CCD (Charge Coupled Device), and a light source. The reflected light of the light scanned from the light source to the document is imaged by the CCD and photoelectrically converted to read the image of the document. The read analog image signal is output to the reading processing unit 15.

  The ADF unit 40 includes an ADF control unit 41 that controls each unit of the ADF unit 40 based on a control signal input from the CPU 11. The document placed on the document tray T <b> 1 (see FIG. 1) is transferred to the platen glass of the scanner unit 30. Automatically feed one sheet at a time.

The printer unit 50 includes a printer control unit 51 and an LD (Laser Diode) unit 52.
The printer control unit 51 receives a control signal from the CPU 11 and controls the operation of each unit of the LD unit 80. Further, the printer control unit 51 detects the occurrence of a jam in the LD unit 80, the jam position, and the release of the jam, and outputs this jam detection information to the CPU 11. Further, the printer control unit 51 counts the number of transfer sheets fed for each job and outputs the counted number to the CPU 11. Further, the printer control unit 51 relays data communication between the CPU 11 and the post-processing control unit 55.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the LD unit 80 includes an LD 81, a photosensitive drum 82, a charger 83, a developing unit 84, a transfer unit 85, a fixing unit 86, storage trays 87a to 87c for storing recording media, and a transport unit. And a sheet feeding roller 88 for conveying a recording medium according to a conveyance path in the LD unit 80, various rollers including a registration roller 89, a discharge roller 94, a conveyance path switching plate 90, a reversing unit 91, and the like. Has been. Based on the control from the printer control unit 51, the transport unit of the LD unit 80 feeds paper from any of the storage trays 87a to 87c that store the type of recording medium used in the job, and feeds the recorded recording. The medium is transported on the transport path. Further, the surface of the photosensitive drum 82 is charged by the charger 83 based on an instruction from the printer control unit 51, and laser light is applied to the surface of the photosensitive drum 82 by the LD 81 based on the PWM signal input from the writing processing unit 19. To form an electrostatic latent image, and a developer 84 adheres toner to an area including the electrostatic latent image on the surface of the photosensitive drum 82. Then, toner is transferred to the recording medium conveyed from any of the storage trays 87a to 87c by the transfer unit 85 to form an image and fixed by the fixing device 86. Then, the recording medium on which the image has been formed is discharged by the discharge roller 94. Is sent to the post-processing unit 2. When performing double-sided printing, the recording medium on which one side is printed is transported to the reversing unit 91 via the transport path switching plate 90 and the reversing path, and the reversing unit 91 reverses the front and back to the photosensitive drum 82. Then, an image is formed on the reversed surface, and after fixing, the image is sent to the post-processing unit 2 by the discharge roller 94.

  A plurality of sensors (not shown) are provided on the conveyance path of the LD unit 80. These sensors generate sensor signals when the recording medium passes and output them to the printer control unit 51. The printer control unit 51 detects that a jam has occurred between two sensors when a sensor signal that should be detected next after the recording medium passes a certain sensor does not turn on even after a predetermined time has elapsed. The jam detection information is output to the CPU 11.

The post-processing unit 2 includes a post-processing control unit 55 that controls each unit of the post-processing unit 2 based on a control signal input from the CPU 11 via the printer control unit 51. The post-processing control unit 55 includes a CPU, a system program corresponding to the post-processing unit 2, a program memory that stores various processing programs that can be executed on the system program, and a RAM. Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the post-processing unit 2 includes a punch unit 52 for punching a punched hole in the recording medium on which the image forming process has been performed, and the recording medium. A stapling unit 53 for performing a stacker process is provided on the recording medium conveyance path.
The CPU of the post-processing control unit 55 drives and controls each unit in cooperation with a program stored in the program memory based on the input control signal, and the recording medium ejected from the printer unit 50 is transferred to a plurality of pairs of rollers 56. The paper is transported along a transport path by a transport unit constituted by the like, and is subjected to post-processing such as stacker processing and punch processing, and then discharged to the discharge tray 54. Further, the various rollers (feed roller 88, registration roller 89, discharge roller 94) of the main body 2 and the roller 56 of the post-processing unit 2 convey the recording medium in the storage trays 87a to 87c of the present invention. It is.

  The print controller unit 60 includes an I / F 61, a data conversion unit 62, and the like. The I / F 61 is a communication interface for connecting to the communication network N, such as a NIC (Network Interface Card) or a modem, and transmits / receives data to / from an external device such as a PC. The data conversion unit 62 converts image data input from the PC via the I / F 61 into image data in a data format that can be printed by the image forming apparatus 100 in a predetermined page description language, and sends it to the DRAM control IC 16 together with the control data. Output. This digital image data is the original image data of the present invention, and the PC and the print controller unit 60 are the data creation unit of the present invention. That is, in this embodiment, the image forming apparatus 100 includes two data creation units, which are a data creation unit including the PC and the print controller unit 60 and a data creation unit including the scanner unit 30 and the reading processing unit 15. The case where it is mounted on is illustrated.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.
First, FIGS. 3 to 8 are explanatory diagrams illustrating setting screen examples displayed on the operation display unit 20 at the time of recording medium type registration. Here, the case where there are five storage trays including the large capacity tray unit 3 and the main body 1 will be described as an example. As shown in FIG. 3, the setting screen G1 includes a tray information column 200 that displays the recording medium type and the remaining amount of each tray, a scanner status display column 201 that indicates the status of the scanner unit 30, and the status of each job (during output, A job display column 202 indicating “Reserved” and “Receiving”, a maintenance column 203 indicating various maintenance states, a device status column 204 indicating the status of the image forming apparatus 100, a tab column 205 for switching display tabs, and various instruction buttons are displayed. An instruction button field 206 is arranged.

  When setting the type of recording medium for each storage tray, when the user selects and touches the paper setting button B1 at the left end of the instruction button field 206 on the setting screen G1, the operation display control unit 21 controls the LCD 22, A paper setting dialog 207 as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed on the setting screen G1. The paper setting dialog 207 displays a tray setting button 208 for executing settings related to the storage tray and a paper type condition registration button 209 for executing settings related to the type of recording medium.

  When the user touches the paper type condition registration button 209, the operation display control unit 21 controls the LCD 22 to display the registration dialog 210 of FIG. 5 on the setting screen G1. The registration dialog 210 is provided with a type column 211 for displaying various types of information on the types of registered recording media. Here, the various information includes the name of each type, basis weight, color, presence / absence of punch holes, presence / absence of adjustment of the writing position, and the like.

  In the registration dialog 210, the registered data is changed or a new recording medium type is added. In the case of changing, when the user touches the corresponding column in the type column 211 in which the recording medium type to be changed is displayed, the operation display control unit 21 controls the LCD 22 to display the registration content setting dialog 212 shown in FIG. Display on G1. On the other hand, when adding, when the user touches the corresponding column in the type column 211 that is blank because it is not registered, the operation display control unit 21 controls the LCD 22 to display the registration content setting dialog 212 shown in FIG. Is displayed on the setting screen G1.

  The registered content setting dialog 212 includes a recording medium type (paper type button 213a), a recording medium name (arbitrary name button 214a), a basis weight (basis weight button 215a), a color (colored paper button 216a), a punch hole opening, and the like. Various conditions such as presence / absence (perforated button 217a), adjustment of the writing position (front / back adjustment button 218a), function registration (function registration button 219a), and the like can be set. Also, on the right side of these buttons 212a to 219a, the registration contents of various conditions (paper type field 213b, arbitrary name field 214b, basis weight field 215b, colored paper field 216b, perforated field 217b, back adjustment field 218b, function registration Column 219b) is displayed. Here, the function registration is for registering the setting of the output process described above, and it is possible to register the presence / absence and type of post-processing and synthesis processing together with the name of the recording medium.

When the user touches each of the buttons 212a to 219a, the operation display control unit 21 controls the LCD 22 to switch and display the input screen for the touched condition.
For example, when the function registration button 219a is touched, the operation display control unit 21 controls the LCD 22 to switch to and display the function registration input screen G2 shown in FIG. The input screen G2 includes application functions such as a document setting field 220 for setting a document setting direction, an image quality setting field 221 for setting image quality, a magnification setting field 222 for setting magnification, and a composition process. An application setting field 223 for setting, an output setting field 224 for setting post-processing, a duplex setting field 225 for setting a reading surface and an image forming surface, and a paper reservation setting field 226 are provided.

  The various conditions set on the function registration input screen G2 are reflected in the registration dialog 210 of FIG. 5 and the various conditions are associated with the names of the recording media and stored in the nonvolatile memory 14. It will be.

  When the tray setting button 208 in the paper setting dialog 207 in FIG. 4 is touched, the operation display control unit 21 controls the LCD 22 to display the tray dialog 227 in FIG. 8 on the setting screen G1. The tray dialog 227 is provided with tray buttons 228 to 232 for selecting each storage tray, and a tray setting field 233 for performing various settings for the selected storage tray. The tray setting field 233 is provided with a size setting button 234, an air blow setting button 235, and a paper type condition selection button 236. When the paper type condition selection button 236 is touched, the operation display control unit 21 displays the LCD 22. Under control, a paper type selection dialog 237 shown in FIG. 9 is displayed on the setting screen G1.

  The paper type selection dialog 237 is displayed by reflecting the contents registered in the registration dialog 210. When one of the registered recording medium types is selected, various types of the selected recording medium type are displayed. Conditions are associated with the storage tray. This association is also stored in the nonvolatile memory 14.

  When image formation is started after various conditions are set for each type of recording medium or each storage tray in the above-described procedure, the operation display control unit 21 first controls the LCD 22 to display the image shown in FIG. The formation selection screen G3 is displayed. This image formation selection screen G3 is used to set various conditions for image formation to be started from now on. Similar to the above-described input screen G2, the document setting field 220, the image quality setting field 221, and the magnification setting field 222. , An application setting field 223, an output setting field 224, and a double-sided setting field 225 are provided. Furthermore, the image formation selection screen G3 is provided with a tray selection field 238 for selecting a storage tray. The tray selection field 238 displays the recording medium type, size, and the like associated with each storage tray.

  The user uses the document setting field 220, the image quality setting field 221, the magnification setting field 222, the application setting field 223, the output setting field 224, and the duplex setting field 225 to set various conditions for each image formation. However, by selecting a storage tray to be used in the tray selection field 238, it is possible to use various conditions of the recording medium type associated with the storage tray as they are.

  More specifically, when a storage tray to be used in the tray selection field 238 is selected, a message to that effect is input from the operation display unit 20 to the CPU 11. Hereinafter, with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 11, when there is an input from the operation display unit 20 described above, the CPU 11 proceeds to step S <b> 1 and sets various conditions of the storage tray selected in the tray selection field 238 to the nonvolatile memory. 14 from.

In step S2, the CPU 11 determines whether or not settings relating to output processing are registered in the acquired various conditions. If not registered, the process ends. If registered, the process proceeds to step S3.
In step S3, the CPU 11 acquires settings relating to the registered output processing from the various conditions acquired in step S1.
In step S4, the CPU 11 sets the setting relating to the output process in the image formation data, and the process ends.

Thereafter, when an image is formed, if the image forming data includes data indicating the compositing process, the CPU 11 controls the DRAM control IC 16 so that unique image data used in the compositing process is overwritten on the original image data. To control. As a result, during the image forming process based on the document image data, a composition process for overwriting the image data unique to the document image data is performed.
When the image forming data includes data indicating post-processing, the CPU 11 controls the post-processing control unit 55 via the printer control unit 71. Thereby, the post-processing is performed on the recording medium after the image forming process.

  As described above, according to the image forming apparatus 100 of the present embodiment, the output processing content corresponding to each type of recording medium is stored in advance in the nonvolatile memory 14 together with the name of the type. Even if the output processing content is not set finely each time, if the storage tray is selected from the operation display unit 20, the type of the recording medium can be specified, and the processing content corresponding to this type is set. Thereby, the set output processing content is executed, so that the setting operation can be made efficient and the accuracy of the output processing can be improved.

Further, since the nonvolatile memory 14 rewrites and stores the output processing content corresponding to each type of recording medium based on the input content from the operation display unit 20, the setting of the output processing content for each recording medium can be switched. , Can improve usability.
It is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment and can be modified as appropriate.

1 is a front view illustrating a schematic configuration of an image forming apparatus according to an embodiment. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a main control configuration of the image forming apparatus in FIG. 1. 3 is an example illustrating a display example of an operation display unit provided in the image forming apparatus of FIG. 1. 3 is an example illustrating a display example of an operation display unit provided in the image forming apparatus of FIG. 1. 3 is an example illustrating a display example of an operation display unit provided in the image forming apparatus of FIG. 1. 3 is an example illustrating a display example of an operation display unit provided in the image forming apparatus of FIG. 1. 3 is an example illustrating a display example of an operation display unit provided in the image forming apparatus of FIG. 1. 3 is an example illustrating a display example of an operation display unit provided in the image forming apparatus of FIG. 1. 3 is an example illustrating a display example of an operation display unit provided in the image forming apparatus of FIG. 1. 3 is an example illustrating a display example of an operation display unit provided in the image forming apparatus of FIG. 1. 2 is a flowchart of a program executed by the image forming apparatus of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body 2 Post-processing part 3 Large capacity tray unit 10 State management part 11 CPU (control part)
12 Program memory 14 Non-volatile memory 15 Reading processing section (data creation section)
16 DRAM control IC (image forming unit)
17 Compression / decompression IC
18 Image memory 19 Write processing unit 20 Operation display unit (input unit)
30 Scanner section (data creation section)
32 Scanner 40 ADF section 50 Printer section 56 Roller (conveyance section)
60 Print controller section (data creation section)
87a to 87c Storage tray 88 Paper feed roller (conveyance unit)
89 Registration roller (conveyance section)
94 Discharge roller (conveyance section)
100 Image forming apparatus PC PC (data creation unit)

Claims (5)

A data creation unit for creating document image data;
A storage tray for storing the recording medium;
A transport unit for transporting the recording medium in the storage tray;
An image is formed on the recording medium conveyed from the storage tray by the conveyance unit based on the original image data created by the data creation unit, and based on image data specific to the type of the recording medium. an image forming unit that performs synthesizing processing on the image Te,
A post-processing unit that performs post-processing on the recording medium on which an image is formed by the image forming unit;
A storage unit that stores the output processing content of at least one of the synthesis processing and the post-processing corresponding to each type of the recording medium together with the name of the type;
An input unit for inputting the name of the recording medium;
The output processing content corresponding to the type of the recording medium input from the input unit is read from the storage unit, and at least one of the image forming unit and the post-processing unit is controlled based on the output processing content An image forming apparatus comprising: a control unit. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1.
If the output processing content includes the synthesis process, the control unit, the said document image data created by the data creation unit, the unique image data overwrite is read from the storage unit, resulting An image forming apparatus that controls the image forming unit based on data. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 or 2,
When the content of the output process includes the post-processing, the control unit controls the image forming unit based on the document image data created by the data creating unit, and the control unit controls the image forming unit on the recording medium on which the image is formed. An image forming apparatus, wherein the post-processing unit is controlled to perform post-processing. The image forming apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The input unit is capable of inputting the name of the recording medium in association with the output processing content corresponding to the name,
The image forming apparatus, wherein the storage unit rewrites and stores the output process content corresponding to each type of the recording medium based on the input content from the input unit. The image forming apparatus according to claim 4.
The image forming apparatus, wherein the input unit can input the storage tray in association with the output processing content corresponding to the type of the recording medium stored in the storage tray.

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