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US 2015/0294202 A1Published application
Image forming apparatus
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTaizo KIMOTO
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Abstract
According to an embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit and a controller. The image forming unit prints an original image and a specific image in a recording medium. In a case where it is determined that the recording medium is a reused recording medium, the controller controls the image forming unit to newly print the specific image at a position different from a print position of the previously-printed specific image.
Claims14
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image acquisition unit which acquires an original image;
- an image forming unit which prints the acquired original image in a recording medium using a decolorable color material and prints a specific image in the recording medium in a state of difficulty in visible inspection using the decolorable color material;
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- a controller which determines whether the recording medium is a reused recording medium, arbitrarily sets a print position of the specific image in the recording medium, and controls the image forming unit to newly print the specific image at a position different from the print position of the previously-printed specific image when the recording medium is determined as the reused recording medium.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.