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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2005
Satoshi Sakata, Hino, JP;
Kazumichi Yamauchi, Hachioji, JP;
Satoshi Sakata, Hino, JP;
Kazumichi Yamauchi, Hachioji, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming section that forms an image on a sheet on the basis of image data; a sheet discharge tray on which the sheet with the image that has been formed, is stacked; and a controller that controls image formation. The image forming apparatus has a one sided mode in which the image formation is carried out only on a one side of a sheet and a two sided mode in which the image formation is carried out on both sides of a sheet, and when the two sided mode is carried out, the controller controls to form an image as a composite image in which a cutting mark is attached to the image data for a first surface only or a second surface only of the sheet.