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AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKunihisa Chiba, Takeshi Yamaguchi, Yoichi Kimura, Kazuyuki Ohgida
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Image data in a specific data format is stored in an external storage device, whereas application software for display, editing, and printing of the image data in the specific data format is not stored in the external storage device but transmitted to an e-mail address of a user or to an IP address of a user's computer. This provides a digital multifunction printer which is capable of storing image data in a removable external storage device and which can store image data in the external storage device in such a manner that the image data is stored with a data format specific to the digital multifunction printer while the image data can be processed by other device without dropping security for the stored image data.
A digital multifunction printer, comprising an image reading section for reading a document so as to acquire image data of the document, an image forming section for forming on a recording material an image corresponding to image data, and a communication section for communicating with other device connected with the digital multifunction printer via a network, the digital multifunction printer further comprising:
An image data storage system, comprising:
An image data storage system, comprising:
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.