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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2016
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Koji Tagaki, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an image forming apparatus in which a user receives benefits in accordance with the number of printing sheets even if there is a copy on which the user don't want to print a discount coupon when printing a plurality of copies. The image forming apparatus includes a discount amount calculating part that calculates a total number of printing sheets by multiplying the number of print copies received by the operation part by the number of printing after all pages of the document is read out by the document reading part, a coupon image generating part that generates a coupon image on which a total discount amount is written, a margin area detecting part that detects a margin area larger than the coupon image from among image data of the document readout by the document reading part and identifies the readout margin area as a superimposing area, and a coupon image superimposing part that superimposes the coupon image on the superimposing area, wherein the discount coupon is issued by printing image data of the document on which the coupon image is superimposed.