Image forming apparatus to print traceable printout
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorDo Soon LEE
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a print engine, a communication apparatus to receive print data, and a processor to generate an intrinsic dot pattern for the print data, to generate a print image including the intrinsic dot pattern by using the generated intrinsic dot pattern and the print data, and to control the print engine to print the generated print image.
Claims15
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a print engine;
- a communication apparatus to receive print data;
- and
- a processor to:
- generate an intrinsic dot pattern for the print data;
- generate a print image including the intrinsic dot pattern by using the generated intrinsic dot pattern and the print data;
- and
- control the print engine to print the generated print image.
A print control method of an image forming apparatus, the method comprising:
- receiving print data;
- generating an intrinsic dot pattern for the print data;
- generating a print image including the intrinsic dot pattern by using the generated intrinsic dot pattern and the print data;
- and
- printing the generated print image.
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium including instructions for executing a print control method, the non-transitory computer-readable recording medium comprising:
- instructions for receiving print data;
- instructions for generating an intrinsic dot pattern for the print data;
- instructions for generating a print image including the dot pattern by using the generated dot pattern and the print data;
- and
- instructions for controlling a print engine to print the generated print image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.