Image forming apparatus and image forming system
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYusuke Hashizume
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Abstract
In accordance with an embodiment, an image forming apparatus comprises a first image forming section configured to form an image with a visible image forming material; a second image forming section configured to form an image with an invisible image forming material; an image acquisition section configured to acquire a print image that should be printed on a medium as a printed matter; and a processor configured to acquire authentication information for authenticity determination added to the printed matter and carry out an image forming processing on not only the print image with the visible image forming material by the first image forming section but also the authentication information with the invisible image forming material by the second image forming section.
Claims11
A multi-functional peripheral, comprising:
- a printer which comprises a first image forming device configured to form an image with a visible image forming material, and a second image forming device configured to form an image with an invisible image forming material;
- a scanner which comprises a first image reader configured to read an image formed with the visible image forming material, and a second image reader configured to read an image formed with the invisible image forming material;
- an operation panel which comprises a display configured to display information, and an operation button;
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- a system controller which comprises an image memory configured to store a print image that should be printed on a medium, and a processor configured to, in a case of printing the print image on the medium, acquire authentication information and carry out an image forming processing on the print image with the visible image forming material by the first image forming device and the authentication information with the invisible image forming material by the second image forming device.
An image forming system, comprising:
- a multi-functional peripheral and a server, wherein
- the multi-functional peripheral comprises:
- a first interface configured to communicate with a server;
- a printer which comprises a first image forming device configured to form an image with a visible image forming material, and a second image forming device configured to form an image with an invisible image forming material;
- a scanner which comprises a first image reader configured to read an image formed with the visible image forming material, and a second reader configured to read an image formed with the invisible image forming material;
- an operation panel which comprises a display configured to display an information, and operation button;
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- a system controller which comprises an image memory configured to store a print image that should be printed on a medium, a first interface configured to communicate with the server, and a processor configured to acquire authentication information from the server via the first interface and carry out an image forming processing on the print image with the visible image forming material by the first image forming device and the authentication information with the invisible image forming material by the second image forming device, and
- the server comprises:
- a second interface configured to communicate with the multi-functional peripheral;
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- a processor configured to send the authentication information to the multi-functional peripheral through the second interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.