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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 1994
Filed:
Jun. 17, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shigeru Moriya, Toyokawa, JP;
Takashi Noda, Okazaki, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ; G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355243 ; 355311 ; 358451 ; 395102 ;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus divides an original image into multiple areas depending on the magnification of copy and produces enlarged copies of the divided areas on sheets of copy paper sequentially, thereby obtaining a enlarged copy of the original larger than the paper size. For each divided area, copy paper of a smallest possible size necessary to copy the entirety of the divided area is selected. The original can be divided optimally based on the original size, copy paper size and magnification, or can be divided by excluding a specified region from the original.