Image forming apparatus and image forming system
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorSatoru Miyazaki
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Abstract
There is provided an image forming apparatus which can correctly recognize a function substantially used by a user. The image forming apparatus is provided with an image input portion for reading a read original document as image data, an image output portion for forming an output image on the basis of inputted image data and prints it out, a discrimination portion for discriminating whether the output image formed by the image output portion is formed on the basis of the image data read by the image input portion, a billing amount calculation portion for calculating a billing amount on the basis of a discrimination result of the discrimination portion, and a system control portion for controlling the entire operation of the image forming apparatus.
Claims10
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- image reading means for reading an original document as image data;
- image output means for forming an output image on the basis of inputted image data and for printing out the output image;
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- discrimination means for discriminating whether the output image is formed on the basis of the image data read by the image reading means.
An image forming system comprising:
- at least one image reading means for reading an original document as image data;
- image output means for forming an output image on the basis of inputted image data and printing out the output image;
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- discrimination means for discriminating whether the output image is formed on the basis of the image data read by a prescribed image reading means among the image reading means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.