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US 2014/0193169 A1Published application
Image forming apparatus
AssigneesToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorEiji Shinohara
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Abstract
According to an embodiment, an image forming apparatus which has a function of performing an erasing process of erasing an image formed on a recording medium and an image forming process of forming an image on the recording medium is provided. The image forming apparatus automatically performs the erasing process when a state where an operation panel does not receive a process request from a user continues during a predetermined time or more.
Claims10
An image forming apparatus which forms an image on a recording medium, comprising:
- an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium;
- an erasing unit configured to erase the image formed on the recording medium;
- an operation panel configured to receive a process request including an image forming process performed by the image forming unit and an erasing process performed by the erasing unit;
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- a control unit configured to control the units to perform a process corresponding to the process request received by the operation panel, and control the erasing unit to perform the erasing process when a state where the operation panel does not receive the process request continues during a predetermined time or more.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.