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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
May. 28, 2014
Applicants:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Hirokazu Shoda, Yokohama Kanagawa, JP;
Yusuke Hashizume, Urayasu Chiba, JP;
Assignees:
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo, JP;
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M 7/00 (2006.01); B41J 2/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/32 (2013.01); B41M 7/0009 (2013.01); B41M 7/009 (2013.01);
Abstract
A decoloring apparatus includes a reading unit that reads a recording medium to generate a read result, a decoloring unit that decolors an image formed on the recording medium, and a control unit that determines a printable area of the recording medium based on the read result of the reading unit, and whether or not the image formed on the recording medium has been decolored.