Multi-color image forming apparatus

• Main Author: IGARASHI; MASARU
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 03.09.1991
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS; COUNTING; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS; i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; LINING MACHINES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; PRESENTATION OF DATA; PRINTING; RECOGNITION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS; STAMPS; TRANSPORTING; TYPEWRITERS

A multi-color image forming apparatus includes a first memory for storing a plurality of image data together with corresponding color data. An output device is provided for outputting image data onto an output medium. A designation device is provided for designating desired ones of the plurality of image data stored in the first memory and positions on the output medium at which the designated image data are to be output. A plurality of second memories are provided, each storing designated image data for a different color. Control circuitry controls the output device and the plurality of second memories to output the designated image data at their respective positions and in their separate colors on the output medium.