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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2007
Reiji Murakami, Yokohama, JP;
Masahiro Ohno, Yokohama, JP;
Naofumi Soga, Sunto-gun, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention includes: an image generating unit configured to generate an image to be printed on a recording paper; a paper type designating unit configured for a user to directly designate a type of the recording paper or to designate automatic identification of a type of the recording paper; a paper type identification device configured to identify the type of the recording paper presented by the user when automatic identification of the type of the recording paper is designated by the paper type designating unit; and a printing unit configured to print the image generated by the image generating unit onto the recording paper in accordance with the type of the recording paper identified by the paper type identification device.