Image forming apparatus for forming multiple images on a single sheet
US5884120A · kind A · utility
13Cited by
4References
13Claims
0Family size
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 12, 1996 |
| Grant date | Mar 16, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 12, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N1/3875
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An image forming apparatus has N-in-1 mode for forming an image of N documents in a sheet of paper and automatic color selection mode for deciding whether a document is a color document or a monochromatic one. When the N-in-1 mode and the automatic color selection mode are selected, color copy mode is selected if a number of color documents in N documents to be reproduced in a sheet of paper is larger than a predetermined reference value.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.