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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2010
Keiji Kojima, Kanagawa, JP;
Hitoshi Itoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Keiji Kojima, Kanagawa, JP;
Hitoshi Itoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printed matter examination apparatus includes a master data acquiring unit configured to acquire master data that is data for printing and contains code information that is converted for printing; a code information acquiring unit configured to acquire unconverted code information; a code information recognition unit configured to recognize the converted code information from the acquired master data; and a code information examination unit configured to compare the converted code information recognized by the code information recognition unit with the acquired unconverted code information and determine that the converted code information is incorrect when the converted code information is not identical to the unconverted code information.