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Image forming apparatus and copy management system

  • US 5,987,127 A
  • Filed: 07/15/1997
  • Issued: 11/16/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An image forming apparatus comprising:

  • a first reading device for reading an image of a first document and producing image data representative of the image;

    an inputting device for inputting additional data;

    an embedding device for embedding input additional data into a portion of the image data of the first document read by said first reading device; and

    an outputting device for outputting a second document having an image with the same appearance as the image of the first document, where the image of the second document includes the additional data embedded by said embedding device.

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