Logical Page Adjustment for Recording Medium Waste Reduction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image forming apparatuses face inefficiencies in utilizing recording media, often resulting in waste due to fixed page lengths and inability to adjust the number of pages per logical page, leading to unnecessary cutting and resource wastage.
Innovation Solution
An information processor and image forming system that generate and adjust image data to form logical pages, allowing for flexible page adjustments and efficient utilization of recording media by adjusting the number of pages per logical page, enabling precise cutting and minimizing waste.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of substance
If the number of pages per logical page is fixed, then the device structure is simple, but the recording medium cannot be efficiently utilized and waste increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic adjustment of the number of pages per logical page, allowing the system to adapt the page configuration based on the recording medium length and printing requirements. This enables efficient utilization of the recording medium by optimizing the page layout dynamically rather than using a fixed structure, thereby reducing waste while maintaining operational simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the parameter of pages per logical page based on the recording medium characteristics and printing needs. By adjusting this parameter dynamically, the system optimizes medium utilization without requiring complex structural modifications, resolving the contradiction between waste reduction and device complexity.
2Loss of substance
If logical pages are adjusted to fit recording medium, then medium utilization improves, but processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary calculation and determination of the optimal number of pages per logical page before actual printing. By pre-calculating the page configuration based on the recording medium length and printing requirements, the system avoids time-consuming adjustments during the printing process, thus reducing waste while minimizing processing time increase.
3Loss of substance
If cutting is performed based on fixed page length, then the cutting process is simple, but the recording medium is not fully utilized
Solution Approach 1:
The cutting operation is made dynamic by adjusting the number of pages per logical page according to the recording medium length. This allows the cutting process to optimize medium utilization while maintaining operational simplicity through automated calculation and configuration, resolving the contradiction between waste reduction and ease of operation.
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AI summary
An information processor includes an image data generating circuitry and a communicator. The image data generating circuitry includes a logical page generating circuitry and a page adjusting circuitry, and generates image data. The logical page generating circuitry generates a plurality of logical pages each containing a plurality of pages. The page adjusting circuitry adjusts number of pages of the plurality of pages contained in a first logical page of the plurality of logical pages. The image data contains the plurality of logical pages. The communicator transmits the image data to an image forming unit. The image forming unit is able to cut a recording medium by using the logical pages as a reference, and forms an image on the recording medium by using the logical pages as a reference.