| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming apparatus with which images to be formed in rear surface recording can be appropriately selected when front recording on a recording material is performed. <P>SOLUTION: The image forming apparatus performs image formation on a recording material surface Ps to be supplied from a recording material supply section 1, then inverts the front and the rear of the material, places the material on the recording material supply section 1 and performs image formation on the recording material rear surface Pr. The apparatus is equipped with prescribed pattern forming means 2 for forming a prescribed pattern capable of prescribing rear surface information of the recording material P and its image direction in a part of the recording material surface Ps concomitantly in surface image formation, a reading means 3 for reading the information of the prescribed pattern prior to the image formation to the recording material rear surface Pr, a memory means 4 for storing the image data on at least the rear surface Pr, and an image control means 5 for performing image selection of the image to be formed on the rear surface Pr, and the selection of the image direction based on the information in the prescribed pattern read by the reading means. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI |
