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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 1992
Filed:
Aug. 22, 1991
Junichi Kobayashi, Saitama, JP;
Fuji Electronic Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus with an editing function for making up documents for respective distribution destinations from an original document on which the distribution destinations are indicated by closed areas with markers. The image forming apparatus comprises a marker detection portion for detecting position information of the markers at the time of pre-scanning, a marker position storage portion for storing the position information of the markers, a marker removal portion for removing the markers from original document information at the time of main-scanning, and a marker processing and combining portion for making up processed information on the basis of the marker position information stored in the marker position storage portion every time when the main-scanning is performed, and for combining the processed information with the marker-removed original document information.