Decoloring apparatus and method
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKen Iguchi
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Abstract
A decoloring apparatus includes a sheet conveying unit, a scanner, a decoloring unit, and a controller. The decoloring unit decolors the image on the sheet conveyed through the sheet conveying unit. The decoloring unit is positioned downstream of the scanner in a sheet conveying direction. A distance along the sheet conveying direction between the scanner and the decoloring unit is shorter than a length of a first predetermined sheet size and longer than a length of a second predetermined sheet size. A controller determines whether the sheet conveyed by the sheet conveying unit is the first predetermined sheet size or the second predetermined sheet size. The controller performs a mode limiting process if the sheet size is determined to be the first predetermined sheet size.
Claims8
A method for controlling a decoloring apparatus which includes a decoloring unit positioned downstream of a scanner in a sheet conveying direction, a distance along the sheet conveying direction between the scanner and the decoloring unit being shorter than a length of a first predetermined sheet size and longer than a length of a second predetermined sheet size, the method comprising:
- receiving an input for setting a size of a sheet to be conveyed;
- determining the size of the sheet to be conveyed based on the input for setting the size of the sheet to be conveyed;
- and
- limiting available modes of the decoloring apparatus if the size of the sheet is determined to be the first predetermined sheet size, wherein
- limiting available modes of the decoloring apparatus prevents scanning of images at a resolution higher than a predetermined resolution.
A multifunctional peripheral apparatus, comprising:
- a scanner;
- a decoloring unit downstream of the scanner in a sheet conveying direction, a distance along the sheet conveying direction between the scanner and the decoloring unit being shorter than a length of a first predetermined sheet size and longer than a length of a second predetermined sheet size;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- receive an input for setting a size of a sheet to be conveyed;
- determine the size of the sheet to be conveyed based on the input for setting the size of the sheet to be conveyed;
- and
- limit available modes of the multifunctional peripheral apparatus if the size of the sheet is determined to be the first predetermined sheet size, wherein
- limiting available modes of the multifunctional peripheral prevents scanning of images by the scanner at a resolution higher than a predetermined resolution.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.