Image forming system, Image forming apparatus and program for use therein

Abstract

An image forming system includes: a page image input section which inputs page images including at least a text image and a spine image; a stamp setting section which establishes stamp setting information that indicates forming of a stamp image onto the page images inputted by the page image input section; an image forming section which forms the page images which have been inputted by the page image input section and the stamp image based on the stamp setting information onto a recording medium; and a controller which prohibits forming of the stamp image by the image forming section onto a spine area of the recording medium.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an image forming system relating to the present embodiment.

Each of FIGS. 2(a)-2(c) is an example of page print carried out on image forming section 16 of a wrapping bookbinding type relating to the present embodiment, and it shows a page print example wherein input page images are transmitted in the order of a front cover, a text, a back cover and a spine.

Each of FIGS. 3(a)-3(c) is an example of page print carried out on image forming section 16 of a wrapping bookbinding type relating to the present embodiment, and it shows a page print example wherein input page images are transmitted in the order of the compounded image for the front cover, back cover and spine and of the text.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing page print control relating to the present embodiment.

Claims

1. An image forming system comprising: (a) a page image input section which inputs page images including at least a text image and a spine image;(b) a stamp setting section which establishes stamp setting information that indicates forming of a stamp image onto the page images inputted by the page image input section;(c) an image forming section which forms the page images which have been inputted by the page image input section and the stamp image based on the stamp setting information onto a recording medium; and(d) a controller which prohibits forming of the stamp image by the image forming section onto a spine area of the recording medium.

2. The image forming system of claim 1, wherein the stamp setting section is capable of establishing forming of the stamp image onto a cover image including at least the spine image, and the controller prohibits forming of the stamp image by the image forming section onto the spine area, despite an occasion where forming of the stamp image onto the cover image is set by the stamp setting section.

3. The image forming system of claim 1, wherein the controller does not allot the stamp image to the spine area.

4. The image forming system of claim 1, wherein the stamp image represents a page number.

5. The image forming system of claim 4, wherein the page number includes a total number of pages, the controller counts the total number of pages excluding a page for the spine image.

6. An image forming apparatus comprising: (a) a page image input section which inputs a page image including a spine image;(b) a stamp setting information input section where stamp setting information indicating that a stamp image is formed onto the page image inputted by the page image input section, is inputted;(c) an image forming section which forms the page image inputted by the page image input section and the stamp image based on the stamp setting information inputted by the stamp setting information input section, onto a recording medium; and(d) a controller which prohibits forming of the stamp image by the image forming section onto a spine area, despite an occasion where the stamp setting information by the stamp setting information input section shows forming of the stamp image.

7. The image forming apparatus of claim 6, wherein the stamp image represents a page number.

8. The image forming apparatus of claim 6, wherein the page number includes a total number of pages, the controller counts the total number of pages excluding a page for the spine image.

9. A program making a computer to perform, the program comprising the steps of: (a) inputting a page image including a spine image;(b) inputting stamp setting information where stamp setting information indicating that a stamp image is formed onto the page image inputted by the page image inputting step;(c) forming the page image inputted by the page image inputting step and the stamp image based on the stamp setting information inputted by the stamp setting information inputting step onto a recording medium; and(d) controlling to prohibit forming of the stamp image by the image forming step onto a spine area, despite an occasion where the stamp setting information by the stamp setting information inputting step shows forming of the stamp image.

10. The program of claim 9, wherein the stamp image represents a page number.

11. The program of claim 9, wherein the page number includes a total number of pages, the controller counts the total number of pages excluding a page for the spine image.