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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2009
Applicant:
Koichi Ishimoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventor:
Koichi Ishimoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/40 (2006.01); G03G 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An object of the present invention is to reduce influences of showthrough where a copy-forgery-inhibited pattern is visualized after printing. In order to attain the above object, the apparatus of the present invention is provided with determination means for determining whether a setting for printing a copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image in which a character portion is rendered to a minor dot portion on both sides of a sheet is made and control means for controlling so that a warning screen is displayed where the determination means determines that the above setting has been made.