Image forming system and image forming method
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorsRyoji Watanabe, Akihiko Takada, Masayoshi Sakakibara, Hajime Kishimoto, Yasuo Horino, Toshiyuki Yano, Yasuhiro Matsuo
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Abstract
An image having no secrecy is printed on a non-secret information display area of an original paper, whereas an image having secrecy, which should be originally printed, is not printed on a secret image display area. When the original paper is copied on a printing paper, an image read from the original paper is printed on a secret image display area, whereas a secret image is printed on a non-secret information display area only when an access operation to the secret image is authenticated.
Claims14
An image forming system comprising:
- an image display member on which a first image is displayed;
- and
- an image forming apparatus, wherein:
- the image display member includes a data supply apparatus, which stores therein data of a second image and authentication data used for an access authentication to the data of the second image and supplies the stored data of the second image and the stored authentication data to an external;
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- the image forming apparatus includes:
- an image reading section for reading the displayed first image;
- a data reading section for reading the supplied data of the second image and the supplied authentication data;
- an authentication section for receiving access to the data of the second image and determining whether or not allowing the access to the data of the second image, on the basis of the read authentication data;
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- an image forming section for forming the first image and the second image when the access to the data of the second image is authenticated, and for forming the first image in the other cases.
An image display member comprising:
- a first image displayed on a surface of the image display member;
- and
- a data supply apparatus for storing data of a second image and authentication data used for access authentication to the data of the second image and supplying the stored data of the second image and the stored authentication data to an external.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image reading section for reading a first image of a image display member;
- a data reading section for reading data of a second image and authentication data from the image display member;
- an authentication section for receiving access to the data of the second image and determining whether or not allowing the access to the data of the second image on the basis of the read authentication data;
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- an image forming section for forming the first image and the second image when the access to the data of the second image is authenticated, and for forming the first image in other cases.
An image forming method comprising:
- supplying data of a second image and authentication data;
- reading a first image;
- reading the supplied data of the second image and the supplied authentication data;
- receiving access to the data of the second image;
- determining whether or not authenticating the access to the data of the second image on the basis of the read authentication data;
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- forming the first image and the second image when the access to the data of the second image is authenticated, and forming the first image in the other cases.
A program making a computer perform a process comprising:
- reading a first image;
- reading data of a second image and authentication data;
- receiving access to the data of the second image;
- determining whether or not authenticating the access to the data of the second image on the basis of the read authentication data;
- and
- forming the first image and the second image when the access to the data of the second image is authenticated, and forming the first image in the other cases.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.