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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2001
Yoshihisa Kamata, Tokyo, JP;
Masaru Ushio, Tokyo, JP;
Jun Yokobori, Tokyo, JP;
Minoru Asakawa, Tokyo, JP;
Junji Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihisa Kamata, Tokyo, JP;
Masaru Ushio, Tokyo, JP;
Jun Yokobori, Tokyo, JP;
Minoru Asakawa, Tokyo, JP;
Junji Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Konica Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording sheet whose area is larger than that of a predetermined size-fixed recording sheet, comprises an image forming member for forming an image on the recording sheet; a sheet feeder to feed the recording sheet to the image forming member; a controller to control the image forming member so as to form an image on the recording sheet such that a first central point of the recording sheet defined in terms of a main scanning direction perpendicular to a feeding direction of the recording sheet by the sheet feeder is placed on a first center line of the image, wherein the first center line is perpendicular to the main scanning direction, and one side of the image is parallel to one side of the recording sheet.