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US 11,775,792 B2Granted
Image forming apparatus
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKatsunori Suzuki
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Abstract
According to at least one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a processor configured to cause forming an image with a decolorable color material on a tagged paper sheet with an RFID tag, reading data of the RFID tag attached to the tagged paper sheet before the image is formed, and promoting information related to reuse of the tagged paper sheet based on the data read from the RFID tag before the image is formed on the tagged paper sheet.
Claims20
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a processor configured to cause:
- displaying a number of decoloring times representing the number of decoloring times from 0 to 10 by a gradation that gradually becomes darker as the number of times increases;
- wherein the gradation indicates the number of decoloring times of the region are edited by the processor based on a decoloring information read from an RFID tag;
- forming an image with a decolorable color material on a tagged paper sheet with the RFID tag;
- reading data of the RFID tag attached to the tagged paper sheet before the image is formed;
- and promoting information related to reuse of the tagged paper sheet based on the data read from the RFID tag before forming the image on the tagged paper sheet.
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An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a processor configured to cause forming an image with a decolorable color material on a tagged paper sheet with an RFID tag;
- a first reader/writer configured to read data of the RFID tag attached to the tagged paper sheet before the image is formed;
- a display configured to display information related to reuse of the tagged paper sheet based on the data read from the RFID tag before the image is formed on the tagged paper sheet;
- wherein the display is configured to display a number of decoloring times representing the number of decoloring times from 0 to 10 by a gradation that gradually becomes darker as the number of times increases;
- wherein the gradation indicates the number of decoloring times of the region are edited by the processor based on a decoloring information read from the RFID tag;
- and a second reader/writer configured to write the data of the RFID tag attached to the tagged paper sheet.
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A method of operating an image forming apparatus,
- the method comprising:
- displaying a number of decoloring times representing the number of decoloring times from 0 to 10 by a gradation that gradually becomes darker as the number of times increases;
- wherein the gradation indicates the number of decoloring times of the region are edited by the processor based on a decoloring information read from an RFID tag;
- forming an image with a decolorable color material on a tagged paper sheet with an RFID tag;
- reading data of the RFID tag attached to the tagged paper sheet before the image is formed;
- and promoting information related to reuse of the tagged paper sheet based on the data read from the RFID tag before the image is formed on the tagged paper sheet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.