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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2008
Applicants:
Noriko Miyagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Ouchi, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Shibaki, Tokyo, JP;
Yuki Matsushima, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirokazu Takenaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Togami, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Noriko Miyagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Ouchi, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Shibaki, Tokyo, JP;
Yuki Matsushima, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirokazu Takenaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Togami, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An information acquiring unit acquires information indicating whether a color material used at least for image formation is saved. An image-information generating unit creates, when the information acquiring unit acquires the information for saving the color material, image information using the color material of which consumption is saved.