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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2018
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Masahiro Matsuo, Kokubunji, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/01 (2006.01); G03G 21/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/5062 (2013.01); G03G 15/502 (2013.01); G03G 15/652 (2013.01); G03G 21/14 (2013.01); G03G 15/01 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a print job acquisitor that acquires a print job; a hardware processor that calculates, before starting printing based on the print job, a distance in a paper conveying direction in which the printing is continuously executed, and in a case where the distance is equal to or greater than a predetermined distance, allows a user to select at least one image as a print image out of a first image generated on the basis of the print job and a second image different from the first image; and a printing part that prints the print image selected by the user on paper.