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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2021
Applicant:
Masaki Tasaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Masaki Tasaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/32 (2006.01); G09F 7/00 (2006.01); B41M 1/10 (2006.01); G06F 40/174 (2020.01); H04N 1/405 (2006.01); G06F 40/106 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00466 (2013.01); G06F 3/1204 (2013.01); G06F 3/1238 (2013.01); G06F 3/1256 (2013.01); G06F 3/1257 (2013.01); H04N 1/32144 (2013.01); B41M 1/10 (2013.01); G06F 3/1243 (2013.01); G06F 40/106 (2020.01); G06F 40/174 (2020.01); G09F 7/00 (2013.01); H04N 1/4056 (2013.01); H04N 1/4057 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device to perform image formation and circuitry. The circuitry acquires, from a memory, a template image defining a user information area in which user information is input, acquires the user information based on a user input operation, processes the user information in accordance with a position and a size of the user information area, generates a combined image in which the user information is combined with the template image acquired from the memory, and instructs the image forming device to form the combined image on a sheet.