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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2004
Shoichi Nakamura, Hachioji, JP;
Masaru Ushio, Hachioji, JP;
Takao Kurohata, Hino, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is described an image forming apparatus combined with a finisher for applying finish processing such as stapling. The image-forming apparatus includes: a reading section to read an original image so as to generate image data of the original image; a designating section to designate a first direction of the original image to be read by the reading section and a second direction of an output image to be ejected; an image-processing section to apply image-processing, which includes an image-rotation processing, to the image data so as to generate processed image data; a controlling section to control a rotation angle to be employed for rotating the image data by the image-rotation processing, referring to the first direction and the second direction, so that a direction of the output image coincides with the second direction; and an image-forming section to form the output image based on the processed image data.