Image forming apparatus and image forming system
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorRyuichi OKUMURA
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section and a controller. The image forming section forms an image on a first sheet or a second sheet. The controller controls the image forming section. The first sheet is a blank sheet. The second sheet is a reused sheet. The controller refers to reference images each belonging to any of a plurality of categories to determine whether or not the image belongs to any of the categories. The controller directs the image forming section to form the image on the second sheet when determining that the image does not belong to any of the categories. The controller directs the image forming section to form the image on the first sheet and stores the image as a reference image when determining that the image belongs to any of the categories.
Claims8
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- an image forming section configured to form an image on a first sheet or a second sheet;
- and
- a controller configured to control the image forming section, wherein
- the first sheet is a blank sheet,
- the second sheet is a reused sheet of which one side has been used, and
- the controller
- refers to reference images each belonging to any of a plurality of categories to determine whether or not the image belongs to any of the categories,
- directs the image forming section to form the image on the second sheet when determining that the image does not belong to any of the categories, and
- directs the image forming section to form the image on the first sheet and stores the image as a reference image when determining that the image belongs to any of the categories.
An image forming system, comprising:
- an image forming apparatus comprising an image forming section configured to form an image on a first sheet or a second sheet;
- and
- a server configured to exchange data with the image forming apparatus through a network, wherein
- the image forming apparatus further comprises a first controller configured to control the image forming section,
- the first sheet is a blank sheet,
- the second sheet is a reused sheet of which one side has been used,
- the server comprises a second controller configured to refer to reference images each belonging to any of a plurality of categories to determine whether or not the image belongs to any of the categories,
- the first controller
- directs the image forming section to form the image on the second sheet when the second controller has determined that the image does not belong to any of the categories,
- directs the image forming section to form the image on the first sheet when the second controller has determined that the image belongs to any of the categories, and
- the second controller stores the image as a reference image when determining that the image belongs to any of the categories.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.