Image forming apparatus using decolorable and non-decolorable toner for printing acquired images
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMakoto Hibino
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a reading unit, an image forming unit, and a controller. The reading unit is configured to acquire image data by reading an image on a first sheet. The image forming unit is configure to form an image from the image data on a second sheet using a first color material and a second color material. The controller is configured to perform text recognition on the image data, cause the image forming unit to form text from the image data on the second sheet using the second color material, and cause the image forming unit to form portions of the image data other than the text on the second sheet using the first color material.
Claims20
An image processing apparatus comprising:
- a reading unit configured to acquire image data by reading an image on a first sheet;
- an image forming unit configured to form an image from the image data on a second sheet using a first color material and a second color material;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- perform text recognition on the image data,
- cause the image forming unit to form text from the image data on the second sheet using the second color material, and
- cause the image forming unit to form portions of the image data other than the text on the second sheet using the first color material.
An image processing apparatus comprising:
- a reading unit configured to acquire image data by reading an image on a first sheet;
- an image forming unit comprising a first developing assembly, a second developing assembly, and a transfer belt;
- an input unit;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- receive a selection of a range for text recognition from the input unit,
- perform text recognition in the selected range on the image data,
- cause the second developing assembly to develop text from the text recognition using the second color material,
- cause the first developing assembly to develop portions of the image data other than the recognized text on the second sheet using the first color material, and
- cause the transfer belt to transfer the developed text and image portions to a second sheet.
A method of forming an image on a sheet, comprising:
- reading an image from a first sheet to acquire image data;
- performing text recognition on the image data to define one or more text objects and one or more image objects;
- forming an image of the one or more text objects on a second sheet using a first color material;
- and
- forming an image of the one or more image objects on the second sheet using a second color material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.