Patent ID: 6243549
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: G03G,H04N

Abstract:
A method for determining arrangement locations of plural images to be formed on the back side of a sheet, in a case where plural images of four pages (8N-7)-th, (8N-6)-th, (8N-5)-th, and (8N-4)-th pages are formed respectively at upper left, upper right, lower left, and lower right of the front side of the sheet, said method comprising:a step of determining the arrangement locations of the plural images to be formed on the back side of the sheet, in a first mode of fastening or to fasten a longer side of the sheet and in the case of a portrait image or in a second mode of fastening or to fasten a shorter side of the sheet and in the case of a landscape image, so as to locate images of (8N-2)-th, (8N-3)-th, 8N-th, and (8N-1)-th pages respectively at the back sides of images of (8N-7)-th, (8N-6)-th, (8N-5)-th, and (8N-4)-th pages; anda step of determining the arrangement locations of the plural images to be formed on the back side of the sheet, in said first mode and in the case of a landscape image or in said second mode and in the case of a portrait image, so as to locate images of (8N-1)-th, 8N-th, (8N-3)-th, and (8N-2)-th pages respectively at the back sides of images of (8N-7)-th, (8N-6)-th, (8N-5)-th, and (8N-4)-th pages.