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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2008
Atsushi Ugajin, Ebina, JP;
Toshio Hisamura, Ebina, JP;
Yoshitake Matsubara, Ebina, JP;
Hirokazu Tsubota, Ebina, JP;
Satoshi Kurashima, Ebina, JP;
Osamu Yasui, Ebina, JP;
Yasuhiro Arai, Ebina, JP;
Masaki Fujise, Ebina, JP;
Atsushi Ugajin, Ebina, JP;
Toshio Hisamura, Ebina, JP;
Yoshitake Matsubara, Ebina, JP;
Hirokazu Tsubota, Ebina, JP;
Satoshi Kurashima, Ebina, JP;
Osamu Yasui, Ebina, JP;
Yasuhiro Arai, Ebina, JP;
Masaki Fujise, Ebina, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a paper fiber reading unit that reads fiber properties of a paper sheet; an encryption unit that encrypts at least a part of an input image based on the fiber properties read by the paper fiber reading unit; and a printing unit that prints an encrypted image portion encrypted by the encryption unit and an image including information representing the fiber properties read by the paper fiber reading unit on the paper sheet whose fiber properties are read by the paper fiber reading unit.