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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2013
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Kazumasa Tonami, Osaka, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Through the present invention, an image can be formed in which the ink or toner used is properly displayed, without falsification or fraudulent display, even in the case of a printed matter which includes a specific image indicating information relating to ingredients of the ink or toner. An image forming portion () of an image forming device () forms an image on a recording medium on the basis of image data for forming an image. A specific-image determining portion () distinguishes whether a specific image indicating information relating to ingredients of ink or toner used to form the image is included in the image data for forming the image. A specific-image substitution processing portion () substitutes the specific image with a predetermined ingredient label mark for indicating ingredients of the ink or toner used by the image forming portion () when it is determined by the specific-image determining portion () that the image data for forming the image include a specific image.