Patent ID: 6346959
Filing Date: 2002-02-12
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus for use in forming a print image on a color image forming sheet on which a plurality of units, each unit being formed of plural color areas for showing one color portion, is formed repeatedly, comprising:storing means for storing image plotting data showing color-plotted images; control means electrically connected to the storing means, said control means translating said image plotting data into print image data including plural groups of digits, each of said groups having plural digits corresponding to the color areas in each of the units, said print image data showing whether or not each of the color areas on the color image forming sheet is to be printed; detecting means electrically connected to the control means, said detecting means being adapted to detect a position of the color areas on the color image forming sheet relative to the image forming apparatus and outputting a detection signal upon detection of the position; and recording means electrically connected to the control means, said recording means forming dots with a predetermined color to selectively cover the plural color areas on the color image forming sheet according to the print image data and the detection signal from the detecting means thereby to produce the color-plotted image on the color image forming sheet.