Image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, and computer product
US7738125B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 8, 2006 |
| Grant date | Jun 15, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 9, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G21/046
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
In an image processing apparatus, a document is read to obtain image data of the document, and a color material of an image forming unit is selected. If it is detected that reproduction of a document is prohibited, a document distinction disabling process, which inhibits reproduction of the document, is applied to the image data of the document using selected color material, and the image data subjected to the document distinction disabling process is sent to the image forming unit to form an output of the image data.
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