IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD

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APP PUB NO 20150355868A1
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14296696

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An image forming apparatus comprises an acquisition section configured to acquire a surface image from a document; a printing section configured to carry out printing on both sides of paper; and a control section configured to acquire a first surface image and a second surface image through the acquisition section, extract a high concentration area from the first surface image, extract a wide area from the second surface image, extract a replacement area that overlaps with the high concentration area from the wide area in a case of respectively printing the first surface image and the second surface image on both sides of the paper, replace the replacement area with a pattern which consumes less printing material, and respectively print the first surface image and the second surface image in which the replacement area is replaced with the pattern on both sides of the paper using the printing section.

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KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA1-1 SHIBAURA 1-CHOME MINATO-KU TOKYO 105-8001
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAJAPAN OSAKI TOKYO SHINAGAWA A CHOME 11 TIMES 1 TOKYO TOKYO METROPOLIS

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Doi, Yayoi Mishima-shi, JP 17 7

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