Patent ID: 8050587
Filing Date: 2011-11-01
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus that performs an image forming operation based on a job, and that is provided with a N-up printing mode in which plural images, represented by image data of plural pages, are arranged onto a single paper sheet, comprising: an image forming section that forms an image on a paper sheet, based on image data; an operating section to designate the N-up printing mode, and to set an arranging method, to be employed in the N-up printing mode, for arranging the plural images, represented by the image data of the plural pages, onto the single paper sheet; and a controlling section to apply image processing to the image data of the plural pages, so that the plural images, represented by the image data of the plural pages, are arranged onto the single paper sheet according to the arranging method set by the operating section, when the N-up printing mode is designated from the operating section; wherein, when implementing the image forming operation in the N-up printing mode, the controlling section groups the plural pages into a single group or plural groups, each of which includes specific pages fulfilling a same condition in respect to the image forming operation, and then, aligns the specific pages, included in the single group or one of the plural groups, on a same line among plural lines extended along a conveying direction of the single paper sheet.