Image forming apparatus suitable for recycling sheets of paper with images formed thereon, and method and program product for adding recycling information
US8081347B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 14, 2006 |
| Grant date | Dec 20, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 23, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/0426
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
To facilitate sorting sheets of paper for recycling, a MFP includes an image data accepting portion to accept image data output from an image reader, a recycling information determining portion to determine recycling information corresponding to the image data, and an image forming portion to form an image of the image data together with the determined recycling information on a sheet of paper.
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