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Image forming apparatus, information processing apparatus, image forming system, image position correcting method, recording media, and program

US7760370B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 16, 2005
Grant dateJul 20, 2010
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Expiry dateAug 6, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2201/04793
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In one embodiment, an image forming apparatus: forms, on both sides of a reference chart sheet 10, reference positioning images which are determined in advance relative to reference positions on both sides of the reference chart sheet 10; reads reference images through the image readable area from a plurality of parts on both sides of the reference chart sheet 10 or from the folded reference chart sheet 10; and adjusts image forming positions on both sides of a paper according to read-out information obtained from the reference images. The image forming positions are corrected on both sides of the paper which is greater in size than the image readable area of the image reader 11 by reading the images from multiple parts of the reference chart sheet 10 or from the folded reference chart sheet 10.

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