Patent ID: 6343197
Filing Date: 2002-01-29
Classification: G06T,H04N

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus comprising:a plurality of sheet feeders for feeding a sheet; a sheet size detector for detecting a size of the sheet to be fed by at least one of said plurality of sheet feeders, the sheet size including an orientation of the sheet; an image size detector for detecting a size of an image to be formed, the image size including an orientation of the image; an image rotator for rotating the image in accordance with detection results of said sheet size detector and said image size detector so as to fit the image in the sheet; an image forming unit for forming the image on the sheet fed by at least one of said plurality of sheet feeders; a terminal for inputting a designation for feeding sheets by at least two of said plurality of sheet feeders during an image forming job; and an inhibitor for inhibiting the image rotation by said image rotator in a case where the designation is inputted from said terminal.