IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PRINT DATA PRODUCING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM

摘要

A first developer image is overprinted on a second developer image printed on a medium. A user inputs, through an inputting section, a magnification ratio or a reduction ratio of at least one of the first developer image and the second developer material image that should be printed. The magnification and the reduction ratios are applied vertically and horizontally substantially. A data parser performs parsing of print data. A magnification/reduction section produces the first image and the second image from the print data based on a result of the parsing. The first image is subjected to a variable magnification process. An image forming section transfers and fixes the first developer material image onto the medium after the variable magnification process, and then transfers and fixes the second developer material image on the medium so that the first and second developer material images are placed one over the other.

主权项

1. The image forming apparatus comprising:
a parser configured to perform parsing of color information contained in print data; an image processing section configured to perform data processing on the print data to separately produce, from the print data, a first item of image data for forming a first developer material image and a second item of image data for forming a second developer material image, and then reduce the second item of image data so that the second developer material image is reduced in size, the second item of image data being reduced when a result of the parsing of the color information satisfies a condition; a reduction ratio specifying section configured to allow a user to specify an image reduction ratio of the second image data by which the second item of image data should be reduced in size when printed; and a printing section that prints the first developer material image based on the first item of image data on a print medium, and then prints the second developer material image based on the second item of image data that has been reduced in size in accordance with the image reduction ratio, the second developer material image being overprinted onto the first developer material image.