IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORED WITH COMMON BLANK FORMING PERIOD SETTING PROGRAM, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM

摘要

Provided is an image forming apparatus which acquires a plurality of jobs for repeatedly arranging images having widths smaller than a width of a continuous paper in a conveyance direction of the continuous paper, sets information for arranging the acquired jobs in a width direction of the continuous paper, forms images based on the set information, and sets a common blank forming period at which blanks among images appearing at different periods in each job coincide with each other between the jobs in the conveyance direction and forms a common blank.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an acquisition unit which acquires a plurality of jobs for repeatedly arranging images having widths smaller than a width of a continuous paper in a conveyance direction of the continuous paper; a control unit which sets information for arranging the jobs acquired by the acquisition unit in a width direction of the continuous paper; and an image forming unit which forms images based on the information set by the control unit, wherein the control unit sets a common blank forming period at which blanks among images appearing at different periods in each job coincide with each other between the jobs in the conveyance direction and forms a common blank.