Abstract: An apparatus for forming an image onto a transfer sheet a plurality of times includes an image forming unit for forming an image onto a sheet which is conveyed; first and second conveying units for conveying the sheet from the image forming unit to the image forming unit, wherein the second conveying unit stops the first sheet conveyed by the first conveying unit at a predetermined position and, after the second sheet which is conveyed subsequently to the first sheet conveyed by the first conveying unit was conveyed to a predetermined position on the first sheet, the second conveying unit conveys the first and second sheets in a partially overlapped state and separates the first sheet and supplies the separated first sheet to the image forming unit; and a sheet detecting sensor for detecting the front edge of the sheet which is conveyed by the first conveying unit.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an input unit for inputting images, and storage units for storing the images input from the input unit. The storage units store a plurality of images having common partial images. The apparatus further includes a determination unit for determining positions of the respective overlapped common partial images of the plurality of images stored in the storage units, a synthesis unit for forming an image by synthesizing the plurality of images according to a result of the determination by the determination unit, and an output unit for outputting the image synthesized by the synthesis unit.

Abstract: In an image forming apparatus a frame of image data is outputted in a divided manner, and plural images corresponding to the divided image data are recorded in order, respectively on plural recording materials. A manual instruction element is provided for instructing interruption of the image recording operation by the recording means and for re-starting the interrupted image recording operation. A controller controls the image recording operation of the recording means by interrupting the image recording operations in accordance with the interruption instruction and by re-starting the interrupted image recording operation in accordance with the re-start instruction.