Image forming apparatus and computer readable medium for controlling image form
US8310728B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 27, 2009 |
| Grant date | Nov 13, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 23, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/556
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a print data receiving unit that receives print data designating black as a color material for printing a code information portion; a discriminating unit that discriminates as to whether or not black as a color material is in a usable state; a print data generation unit that generates, when the discriminating unit discriminates that the color material of black is not the usable state, the print data that changes a designation of the color material of black as to the code information portion of the print data received by the print data receiving portion into a designation of other color material enabling the code information to be read by a code information reading apparatus; and an image forming unit that forms an image by the print data thus changed by the print data generation unit.
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