Patent ID: 8411312
Filing Date: 2013-04-02
Classification: B41J,B42D

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an image output section which binds a plurality of sheets, both sides of each of which have been printed, and outputs a booklet-shaped print; and a controller provided with a processing unit and a memory, the controller comprising: wherein, when a number of pages of the plurality of sheets is a predetermined value or larger, and the shifting section shifts the drawing information on each page of at least one set of spread two pages of the booklet-shaped print so that the drawing information is separated from the bound position; and the synthesizing section synthesizes drawing information near the bound side of one page of the two pages, information based on the drawing information, or predetermined background information, or in a blank portion formed by a shift on a bound side of an other page of the two pages, and when the number of pages of the plurality of sheets is less than the predetermined value, the shifting section does not perform the shifting and the synthesizing section does not perform the synthesizing.