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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2007
Kazunari Taki, Nagoya, JP;
Masashi Suzuki, Nagoya, JP;
Hiroshi Koie, Nagoya, JP;
Hideo Ueno, Nagoya, JP;
Takahiro Ikeno, Seto, JP;
Takahiro Hosokawa, Nagoya, JP;
Kazunari Taki, Nagoya, JP;
Masashi Suzuki, Nagoya, JP;
Hiroshi Koie, Nagoya, JP;
Hideo Ueno, Nagoya, JP;
Takahiro Ikeno, Seto, JP;
Takahiro Hosokawa, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
An aspect of the invention provides an image forming apparatus including: a image forming section that forms an image based on a print data on at least one sheet equipped with a non-contact tag; a writing section that wirelessly writes a tag data into the non-contact tag of the at least one sheet; a first cassette that holds a plurality of sheets equipped with first type non-contact tags having a first storage capacity; a second cassette that holds a plurality of sheets equipped with second type non-contact tags having a second storage capacity larger than the first storage capacity; and a selecting section that selects a print cassette from among the first and second cassettes based on a data size of the tag data. The at least one sheet on which the image is formed by the image forming section is provided from the print cassette.