Image forming apparatus with color change area discriminating function

摘要

A transmission light emitting unit emits light on an original placed on an original table. A color change area designating section shifts the light emitted from the transmission light emitting unit to an arbitrary area of an original image which is subjected to change in color of image formation to designate an arbitrary area as a portion subjected to change in color of image formation prior to image formation operation. An original scanner produces an optical image of the original upon completion of scanning of the original. An image forming unit forms an image corresponding to the optical image from the scanner on an image forming medium with predetermined colors according to the designation by the designation section. A color change area display unit has a display element capable of displaying a pattern, for flashing a display pattern corresponding to the area to be subjected to a change in color of image formation and designated by the color change area designating section.