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.
Claims20
An image processing system comprising:
- an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet using a decolorable coloring material;
- an image decoloring unit configured to decolor the image formed by the image forming unit;
- a storage device that stores book information including print data of a book;
- an operation panel configured to receive
- designation of the book for printing one or more images of pages of the book on one or more sheets, and
- an operation for decoloring one or more of the images printed on the sheets set on a tray;
- and
- a processor configured to
- in response to the designation of the book, obtain the print data of the designated book from the storage device, and control the image forming unit to form the images of the designated book based on the obtained print data, and
- in response to the operation for decoloring the images, control the image decoloring unit to decolor the images printed on the sheets set on the tray, and determine whether or not all images of the designated book have been decolored within a predetermined period after the images are formed by the image forming unit.
An image processing method carried out by an image processing system, the method comprising:
- storing in a storage device book information including print data of a book which can be printed by an image forming unit;
- receiving, via an operation panel, designation of a book for printing one or more images of pages of the book on one or more sheets;
- in response to the designation of the book, obtaining the print data of the designated book from the storage device, and forming the images of the designated book based on the obtained print data with an image forming unit using a decolorable coloring material;
- receiving, via the operation panel, an operation for decoloring one or more of the images printed on the sheets set on a tray;
- and
- in response to the operation for decoloring the images, decoloring the images printed on the sheets set on the tray with an image decoloring unit, and determining whether or not all images of the designated book have been decolored within a predetermined period after the images are formed by the image forming unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.