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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2012
Image forming apparatus, image forming system, and computer-readable recording medium having program
Masaru Ohtsuka, Tokyo, JP;
Susumu Kurihara, Tokyo, JP;
Masaru Ohtsuka, Tokyo, JP;
Susumu Kurihara, Tokyo, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus that sets an output unit configured by a plurality of pages of which the order is determined as one copy and outputs the a plurality of copies of output units as a JOB includes an image forming unit that sequentially forms images corresponding to the plurality of pages on a plurality of sheets, a control unit that performs a calculation process of image eigenvalues based on the images for each of output units, a first storage unit storing a result of the calculation process performed for a reference copy of the output unit that is a specific one copy out of the plurality of copies of the output units, and a second storage unit storing a result of the calculation process performed for a copy of the output unit other than the reference copy out of the plurality of copies of the output units.