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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2008
Tadashi Honda, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoki Kozuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirofumi Horikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuuta Hamada, Tokyo, JP;
Tadashi Honda, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoki Kozuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirofumi Horikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuuta Hamada, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a copying operation, an MFP reads a code image printed on the paper, acquires a paper ID from the code image, acquires paper information associated with the paper ID, specifies an electronic document as a print source, and acquires the specified electronic document. The MFP prints a paper ID on the paper with the code image and the acquired electronic document, and stores paper information including a paper ID of a copy source in association with the paper ID. When a first MFP leaves an image processing system, respective information concerning electronic document acquisition managed by the first MFP is transferred to a second MFP.