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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2018
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Kawaguchi, Mishima Shizuoka, JP;
Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a controller to control a process of printing identification information along with an image on a medium. A first image forming section forms images using a non-decolorable material. A second image forming section forms images using a decolorable material. A fixing device performs fixes images to the medium at a first fixing temperature at or above a decoloring temperature of the decolorable material. When the identification information is to be visible, the controller controls the first image forming section to form the image and identification information, and the images are fixed to the medium at the first temperature. When the identification information printed on the medium is to be invisible, the first image forming section forms the first image, the second image forming section forms the identification information, and the fixing device fixes the images at the first temperature.