Patent ID: 9672457
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: G06K,H04N

Claim:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: an image forming part that performs an image formation on each of individual medium pieces that are attached to a long base sheet with specified gaps wherein a long medium is configured with the long base sheet and the medium pieces, a carrying part that carries the long medium to the image forming part in a medium carrying direction, a cutting part that cuts the long medium that is being carried by the carrying part at a cut position in a gap between adjacent medium pieces, and a cut position determining part that determines the cut position in a gap between a pair of adjacent medium pieces, wherein the cut position determining part changes a current cut position in a gap between a current pair of adjacent medium pieces according to a leading edge length, and the leading edge length is defined as a length between a leading edge of the long medium and a leading edge of a downstream-side medium piece of the long medium positioned adjacent to a previous cut position after cutting the long medium at the previous cut position.