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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2004
Shunsaku Kondo, Ibaraki, JP;
Masatoshi Tanabe, Ibaraki, JP;
Toshio Hayashi, Ibaraki, JP;
Yoshihiro Funamizu, Chiba, JP;
Keizo Isemura, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsushige Murata, Chiba, JP;
Junichi into, Tokyo, JP;
Shunsaku Kondo, Ibaraki, JP;
Masatoshi Tanabe, Ibaraki, JP;
Toshio Hayashi, Ibaraki, JP;
Yoshihiro Funamizu, Chiba, JP;
Keizo Isemura, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsushige Murata, Chiba, JP;
Junichi Into, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus by which an image formed on a printing medium by image forming means on the basis of image data can be related to the image data includes a controller which prepares management information corresponding to the image data, and controls an operation of the image forming means in accordance with the management information, an adhering unit which adheres, to the printing medium on which the image is formed by the image forming means, a radio identification tag having a transmitting/receiving unit capable of transmitting/receiving data by radio communication, and a data holding unit capable of holding the data, and a communicating module which writes, in the data holding unit of the radio identification tag adhered on the printing medium, the management information for relating the image on the printing medium to the image data, by communicating with the transmitting/receiving unit by radio.