Image forming apparatus and server
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasaaki Sei
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a tag communication unit configured to communicate with wireless tags, an image forming unit configured to form image on media carrying wireless tags, and a processor. The processor is configured to permit the image forming unit to form an image on a medium when the tag communication unit successfully writes data to a wireless tag carried by the medium, and indicate the image formed on the medium by the image forming unit is a use charge target after the image forming unit is permitted to form the image on the medium.
Claims20
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a tag communication unit configured to communicate with wireless tags;
- an image forming unit configured to form image on media carrying wireless tags;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- permit the image forming unit to form an image on a medium when the tag communication unit successfully writes data to a wireless tag carried by the medium, and
- indicate the image formed on the medium by the image forming unit is a use charge target after the image forming unit is permitted to form the image on the medium.
A server for a print system including image forming apparatus with a tag communication unit that communicates with a wireless tag and an image forming unit that forms an image on a medium carrying the wireless tag, the server comprising:
- a communication interface connected to the image forming apparatus and configured to receive a number of sheets printed by the image forming unit;
- and
- a storage unit configured to store, as a use charging subject, the received number of sheets, wherein
- the image forming apparatus includes:
- a processor configured to:
- permit the image forming unit to form an image on a sheet when the tag communication unit successfully writes data to a wireless tag carried by the sheet, and
- indicate the image formed on the sheet by the image forming unit is a use charge target after the image forming unit is permitted to form the image on the sheet.
A multifunctional peripheral device system, comprising:
- a tag reader/writer configured to write information to, and read information from, wireless tags;
- a printer unit configured to form image on sheets carrying wireless tags;
- a sheet conveyance mechanism to convey sheets along a conveyance path from a sheet fed location to a sheet discharge location;
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- a processor configured to:
- control the sheet conveyance mechanism to move a sheet to a tag/reader writer communication position on the conveyance path before the sheet enters the printer unit,
- attempt to write data to a wireless tag on the sheet at the tag/reader writer communication position by control of the tag reader/writer,
- determine if the attempt to write data to the wireless tag was successful by control of the tag reader/writer to read data from the wireless tag while at the tag/reader writer communication position,
- permit the printer unit to form an image on the sheet if the attempt was determined successful, and
- indicate the image formed on the sheet by the printer unit is a use charge target.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.