Image forming apparatus and image forming method
US8615189B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 17, 2011 |
| Grant date | Dec 24, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 17, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G21/00
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a mode setting section configured to set an operation mode in a manner that the image forming apparatus is operated in an erasing mode if an erasing operation is instructed, a supplying section configured to supply a medium on which the image formation is completed, and which is set in an designated or specified receiving section, a decoloring section configured to decolor the color of the formed image by carrying the medium to a heating section that includes at least heating and decoloring function, and a return section configured to return the operation mode to a predetermined mode except for the erasing mode from the erasing mode, when the last medium on which the image formation is completed and which is set in the receiving section is decolored.
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