Patent ID: 11889036
Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. A method of determining settings of an image forming system in which an image forming apparatus is connected to a post-processing apparatus having a function of trimming, the method comprising:
a scanning setting determination step of determining either (i) a setting of scan size dimensions of a scan image per one printed reproduction of the scan image, the one printed reproduction to be laid out by imposition of the scan image on a recording medium, or (ii) a setting of the imposition of the scan image on the recording medium according to the scan size dimensions of the scan image;
a trimming setting determination step of determining either a setting of card size dimensions of cards to be obtained by trimming the recording medium or a setting of a trimming area for the cards; and
a coordination step of coordinating the scanning setting determination step with the trimming setting determination step; and
wherein when a desired number of reproductions of the scan image to be obtained is less than the minimum number of reproductions to be obtained, the coordination step makes a notification prompting to change the setting of the scan size or the setting of the imposition.