US Patent Application 18308139. IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS simplified abstract

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

Organization Name

BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor(s)

Tomohiro Tanaka of Nagoya (JP)

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18308139 titled 'IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

Simplified Explanation

The patent application describes an image forming apparatus that can form images on a sheet-formed medium.

• The apparatus includes a medium storage, a medium conveyer, an image forming device, a user input interface, and a controller.
• The controller operates the image forming device and the medium conveyer to perform a first action, which forms an image on a sheet-formed medium in a specific area.
• The first action is performed from one side of the image in a lengthwise direction, corresponding to the predetermined conveying direction.
• If the first action is aborted, the controller performs a second action to form an image in a different area on the sheet-formed medium.
• The second action continues until a time point instructed by the user through the user input interface.
• The user input interface allows the user to control the timing and location of image formation on the medium.
• This innovation provides flexibility in image formation and allows for adjustments based on user preferences or specific requirements.

Original Abstract Submitted

An image forming apparatus, having a medium storage, a medium conveyer, an image forming device, a user input interface, and a controller, is provided. The controller operates the image forming device and the medium conveyer to perform a first action to form an image composed of image data in an area on a sheet-formed medium from one side of the image in a lengthwise direction, which corresponds to the predetermined conveying direction. On a condition where the first action is aborted, the controller operates the image forming device and the medium conveyer to perform a second action to form an image composed of the image data in another area on the sheet-formed medium different from the area in which the image was formed in the first action until a time point instructed by input from a user accepted through the user input interface.