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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 1992
Filed:
May. 02, 1991
Yasuo Abuyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus having an image reading device for receiving image information from an original, an image duplicating device for duplicating an image corresponding to the received image information on a recording medium such as a paper sheet, a magnification rate key for providing a magnification rate with respect to the received image information, a microprocessor for calculating the number of images possible to duplicate on the one paper sheet by the image duplicating device, based on the size of the received image information, the size of the paper sheet and the provided magnification rate and a controller for controlling the image duplicating device to repeatedly perform the image duplicating operation of the number calculated by the microprocessor, such that the image duplicating device duplicates the image of the calculated number on the one paper sheet at the provided magnification rate.