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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2008
Applicant:
Manabu Matsumoto, Nara, JP;
Inventor:
Manabu Matsumoto, Nara, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Based on whether image formation is to be performed on an one side or both sides of record paper, and on whether image data concerning image formation is image data of an one-sided document or image data of a double-sided document, it is judged whether a blank page or a blank sheet whose both sides are blank pages is included, and image formation is performed excluding said blank page or both sides of the blank sheet based on said judgment result.