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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2016
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Takeo Shimizu, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Tamatasukuri, Chuo-ku, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatusincludes an image forming unitthat forms an image on a recording medium, a visible image forming unitthat forms a visible image in the air, a controllerthat causes the visible image forming unitto form the visible image representing a print image, an operation detection unitthat detects an operation of an operator performed on the print image displayed as the visible image by the visible image forming unit, and a print image processing unitthat processes the print image according to the operation detected by the operation detection unit. The controllercauses the visible image forming unitto form, in the air, the visible image representing the print image processed by the print image processing unit