Image forming apparatus and method

Details Image forming apparatus and method Image forming apparatus and method

2005-01-04

2009-11-24

Grant, II, Jerome (Department: 2625)

Facsimile and static presentation processing

Static presentation processing

Detail of image placement or content

C358S001120, C358S001160

Reexamination Certificate

active

07623261

ABSTRACT:
An image forming apparatus and method includes a storage device to store a plurality of documents, a user input device to select at least two documents from the plurality of documents stored in the storage device in a predetermined order and selects the number copies to be printed for the at least two selected documents to request complex printing, a print engine to print the at least two selected documents by the selected number of copies, and a controller to control the print engine in such a way that when complex printing is requested, the at least two documents are printed out one by one according to the predetermined order and by the selected number of copies, thereby discharging printed complex documents in the selected number of copies. As a result, it becomes possible to combine the plurality of document files into one complex document and to print a plurality of copies of that complex document.

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