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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2014
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Masato Ogasawara, Tokyo-to, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kiasha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In accordance with one embodiment, an image forming apparatus with a first printing device configured to carry out printing with a non-decolorable recording material, second printing device configured to carry out printing with a decolorable recording material, the color of which is same or same color system of the color of the non-decolorable recording material; and an identification mark adding section configured to add, to a record receiving member printed by at least one of the first printing device and the second printing device, an identification mark indicating which one of the first and second printing devices is used for printing.