Patent ID: 8699084
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus for printing an original image indicated based on image data, the image forming apparatus comprising: a paper feed portion that conveys, to a print position, paper having a size in a feed direction larger than a size of the original image; a region selection portion that selects, as an additional image, a band-shaped region that has a predetermined width and extends inwardly from an edge of the original image in a direction corresponding to the feed direction of the paper; and an image correction portion that adds the additional image repeatedly in such a manner that the additional image is placed adjacent to each other outwardly from the edge of the original image and the image correction portion adds the additional image repeatedly to the original image until an edge of the corrected image is beyond a cut intended position set outside the edge of the original image, wherein a corrected image obtained by adding the additional image with the image correction portion is printed onto the paper.