Image Forming Apparatus and Computer Program Product
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1. An image forming apparatus comprising;
- an image forming unit;
a controller that controls the image forming unit to form, on a recording medium, an image based on image data in accordance with a first print setting; and
a data recording unit that records original data of the image data and the first print setting on a non-contact tag attached to the recording medium.
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit; a controller that controls the image forming unit to form, on a recording medium, an image based on image data in accordance with a first print setting; and a data recording unit that records original data of the image data and the first print setting on a non-contact tag attached to the recording medium.
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25 Claims
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1. An image forming apparatus comprising;
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an image forming unit; a controller that controls the image forming unit to form, on a recording medium, an image based on image data in accordance with a first print setting; and a data recording unit that records original data of the image data and the first print setting on a non-contact tag attached to the recording medium. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An image forming apparatus comprising:
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an image forming unit; a data reading unit that reads, from a first non-contact tag attached to a first recording medium, original data of an image formed on the first recording medium by another image forming apparatus and a first print setting in accordance with which the other image forming apparatus forms the image on the first recording medium, a determination unit that determines whether the image forming unit is capable of forming an image in accordance with the first print setting; and a controller that controls the image forming unit to form an image, wherein the controller controls the image forming unit to form, on a second recording medium, an image based on the original data in accordance with the first print setting read from the first non-contact tag when the determination unit determines that the image forming unit is capable of forming the image in accordance with the first print setting, and wherein the controller controls the image forming unit to form, on the second recording medium, an image based on the original data in accordance with a second print setting which is modified from the first print setting when the determination unit determines that the image forming unit is not capable of forming the image in accordance with the first print setting, the second print setting in accordance with which the image forming unit is capable of forming an image. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer program product embodied on a computer readable medium, which when executed by a computer for controlling an image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image forming unit; and
a data reading unit that reads, from a first non-contact tag attached to a first recording medium, original data of an image formed on the first recording medium by another image forming apparatus and a first print setting in accordance with which the other image forming apparatus forms the image on the first recording medium, causes the computer to perform operations comprising;determining whether the image forming unit is capable of forming an image in accordance with the first print setting; and controlling the image forming unit to form an image, wherein the controlling controls the image forming unit to form, on a second recording medium, an image based on the original data in accordance with the first print setting read by the data reading unit when the determining determines that the image forming unit is capable of forming the image in accordance with the first print setting, and wherein the controlling controls the image forming unit to form, the second recording medium, an image based on the original data in accordance with a second print setting which is modified from the first print setting when the determining determines that the image forming unit is not capable of forming the image in accordance with the first print setting, the second print setting in accordance with which the image forming unit is capable of forming an image. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
- an image forming unit; and
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