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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2015
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhisa Takeda, Tagata Shizuoka, JP;
Yoshihito Shimada, Numazu Shizuoka, JP;
Tsuyoshi Itou, Izunokuni Shizuoka, JP;
Yasuhito Noda, Mishima Shizuoka, JP;
Masahiro Ikuta, Tagata Shizuoka, JP;
Takafumi Hara, Sunto Shizuoka, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo, JP;
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Certain embodiments provide a marking apparatus, which marks on media that is reusable by recording and erasing decolorable material, comprising a scanner configured to read media to which a first mark representing the reuse times of media is attached; a determination section configured to determine whether or not the media is reusable according to a reading result of the first mark or a use state of the media; and a recording section configured to print a second mark different from the first mark on the media according to a determination result representing that the media cannot be reused.