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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2009
Jun Koyatsu, Saitama, JP;
Kaoru Yamauchi, Saitama, JP;
Noribumi Sato, Saitama, JP;
Mitsuru Iioka, Saitama, JP;
Takaya Nagasaki, Saitama, JP;
Jun Koyatsu, Saitama, JP;
Kaoru Yamauchi, Saitama, JP;
Noribumi Sato, Saitama, JP;
Mitsuru Iioka, Saitama, JP;
Takaya Nagasaki, Saitama, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a print data receiving unit that receives print data designating black as a color material for printing a code information portion; a discriminating unit that discriminates as to whether or not black as a color material is in a usable state; a print data generation unit that generates, when the discriminating unit discriminates that the color material of black is not the usable state, the print data that changes a designation of the color material of black as to the code information portion of the print data received by the print data receiving portion into a designation of other color material enabling the code information to be read by a code information reading apparatus; and an image forming unit that forms an image by the print data thus changed by the print data generation unit.