Patent ID: 7184180

Claim:
An output control apparatus for forming an image on recording material which includes a regular printing area and a margin area, comprising: an input device that inputs first image information in response to an image forming instruction; a paper supply device that supplies recording material from a paper feed section; a recognition device that recognizes, in response to supplying of the recording material by the paper supply device, at least one recording material determination section on the supplied recording material before the image is formed on the recording material; an acquisition device that acquires second image information based on a recognition result from the recognition device; an image controlling device that forms a first image in the regular printing area on the recording material based on the first image information input by the input device and a second image in the margin area on the recording material based on the second image information acquired by the acquisition device, and a detection device that detects as to whether not the second image information has been renewed, wherein, when a detection is made by the detection device that the second image information has been renewed, the acquisition device obtains second information stored in an external server through a network, and the image controlling device forms an image based on the obtained second information on the recording material, and when a detection is not made by the detection device that the second image information has been renewed, the image controlling device forms an image based on information that has already been obtained on the recording material.