Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.

Masanori Taguchi

Kazuto Misu

Seiya Fujimoto

An image forming apparatus includes a supply control portion and a setting processing portion. The supply control portion makes a switch between a first mode for supplying developer from a developer container attached to a specific attachment portion that is one of a plurality of attachment portions to which a plurality of developer containers corresponding to developer of a same color can be attached and a second mode for supplying the developer from the plurality of developer containers attached to the plurality of attachment portions sequentially or in parallel. The setting processing portion sets the specific attachment portion based on a user operation.

Image forming apparatus capable of enhancing convenience of image forming apparatus to which plurality of developer containers corresponding to developer of same color can be attached, and image forming method

A rotation device rotates a sheet on an upstream side of, in a sheet conveyance orientation, a working device positioned in a middle of a conveyance path, thereby changing an orientation of the sheet. An information acquiring portion acquires sheet size information and sheet orientation information representing a size and the orientation of the sheet in a sheet storing portion, and working position information representing a working position on the sheet. A rotation control portion controls the rotation device in accordance with the sheet orientation information and the working position information. The working control portion controls the working device in accordance with the orientation of the sheet after passing through the rotation device, and the sheet size information and the working position information.

Sheet processing device

An image forming apparatus is provided which is able to combine a form image with an input image by means of a new combination method. The image forming apparatus is able to combine the form image with the input image by means of a multiple form successive combination method in which in a case where a plurality of the input images are used, when a plurality of the form images are accepted, a respective one of the form images is successively combined with a respective one of the input image, and the multiple form successive combination method is a method in which in a case where the input images to a number of three or more are used, when the form images to a number of three or more are accepted, a respective one of the form images is successively combined with a respective one of the input images.

Image forming apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium

An image forming apparatus is capable of compositing a plurality of pieces of image data. The image forming apparatus includes a color conversion and compression unit, an expansion and composition unit, and an image forming unit. The color conversion and compression unit color-converts and then compresses each of the plurality of pieces of image data in units of band data, the band data being part of the image data. The expansion and composition unit expands and composites, in units of the band data, the plurality of pieces of image data color-converted and then compressed in units of the band data by the color conversion and compression unit. The image forming unit forms an image on the basis of the band data composited by the expansion and composition unit.

Image forming apparatus, and method capable of compositing color images with a unit that color-converts and then compresses each of the plurality of pieces of image data

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Osaka, Japan

Masanori Taguchi