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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 26, 1996
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus and method for setting a binding margin. When a binding margin displayed on an LCD display unit of an operation panel has been set, a main CPU calculates a position, at which writing of the image of an original document starts, and magnification (an enlargement ratio or a reduction ratio) in accordance with a program stored in a ROM and to correspond to the binding margin and the size of sheets which are set by the LCD display unit and the size of the original document read by a scanner, and causes a printer to perform printing in accordance with a result of the calculation. When a binding margin has been set, the image of an original document can accurately be printed without loss of the image of an end portion of the image of the original document while maintaining the specified binding margin.