Image processing system for forming an image on a sheet using a decolorable coloring material
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorNaoya Sato
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Abstract
According to an embodiment, an image processing system includes an image forming unit, a decoloring unit, a storage device, an operation panel and a processor. The storage device stores image data of a plurality of printed materials. The processor forms on a sheet an image based on image data in a page range of the printed material received by the operation panel. The processor determines whether or not images of all pages in the page range have been decolored in a predetermined range after the image formation is executed when the formed image is decolored by the decoloring unit.
Claims10
An image processing system comprising:
- an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet by using a decolorable coloring material;
- an image decoloring unit configured to decolor the image formed by the image forming unit;
- a storage device configured to store book information including print data of a book which can be printed by the image forming unit;
- an operation panel configured to receive designation of a page range of the book which needs to be printed by the image forming unit;
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- a processor configured to obtain the print data corresponding to the page range of the book designated by the operation panel from the storage device,
- cause the image forming unit to form on the sheet the image based on the obtained print data of the book, and
- when the image formed by the image forming unit is decolored by the image decoloring unit, determine whether or not images of all pages in the page range have been decolored by the image decoloring unit in a predetermined period after image formation is executed by the image forming unit.
An image processing method of an image processing system which comprises:
- an image forming unit which forms an image on a sheet by using a decolorable coloring material;
- an image decoloring unit which decolors the image formed by the image forming unit;
- a storage device which stores book information including print data of a book which can be printed by the image forming unit;
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- an operation panel which receives designation of a page range of the book which needs to be printed by the image forming unit, the image processing method comprising:
- obtaining the print data corresponding to the page range of the book designated by the operation panel from the storage device;
- causing the image forming unit to form on the sheet the image based on the obtained print data of the book;
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- when the image formed by the image forming unit is decolored by the image decoloring unit, deciding whether or not images of all pages in the page range have been decolored in a predetermined period after image formation is executed by the image forming unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.