Patent ID: 6954277
Filing Date: 2005-10-11
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording sheet, comprising: an image forming member which forms an image on a wide sheet; a sheet feeder which feeds the wide sheet to the image forming member; an input section which sets a reference recording sheet having a predetermined sheet size for the wide sheet whose size is larger than the predetermined sheet size of the reference recording sheet; and a controller which controls the image forming member so as to form an image on the wide sheet such that a first central point of the wide sheet defined in terms of a main scanning direction perpendicular to a feeding direction of the wide sheet by the sheet feeder is placed on a first center line of the image, wherein the first center line is perpendicular to the main scanning direction, and one side of: the image is parallel to one side of the wide sheet.