IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

摘要

Provided is an image forming apparatus in which a user receives benefits in accordance with the number of printing sheets even if there is a copy on which the user don't want to print a discount coupon when printing a plurality of copies. The image forming apparatus includes a discount amount calculating part that calculates a total number of printing sheets by multiplying the number of print copies received by the operation part by the number of printing after all pages of the document is read out by the document reading part, a coupon image generating part that generates a coupon image on which a total discount amount is written, a margin area detecting part that detects a margin area larger than the coupon image from among image data of the document readout by the document reading part and identifies the readout margin area as a superimposing area, and a coupon image superimposing part that superimposes the coupon image on the superimposing area, wherein the discount coupon is issued by printing image data of the document on which the coupon image is superimposed.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus in which a discount amount is set every previously set number of printing sheets, comprising:
an operation part that receives an input of print copies; a document feeding part that sequentially feeds a mounted document one by one; a document reading part that reads the document fed by the document feeding part; a discount amount calculating part that calculates a total number of printing sheets by multiplying the printing sheets received by the operation part by the number of pages of the document after the total number of pages of the document is read out by the document reading part, and calculates a total discount amount based on the calculated total number of printing sheets; a coupon image generating part that generates a coupon image on which the total discount amount is written; a margin area detecting part that detects a margin area larger than the coupon image from among image data of the document read out by the document reading part, and identifies the detected margin area as a superimposing area; and a coupon image superimposing area that superimposes the coupon image on the superimposing area, wherein a discount coupon is issued by printing the image data of the document on which the coupon image is superimposed.