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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2016
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Yoshiki Yoshioka, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC., Osaka-Shi, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a character distinguishing unit, a character string extraction unit, a character specifying unit, a determination unit, an overwrite image data generation unit, and a control unit. The overwrite image data generation unit generates, if it is determined by the determination unit that there is a plurality of matches, overwrite image data that has been overwritten such that a character specified by the character specifying unit is indistinguishable as a character. The control unit performs control using the overwrite image data generated by the overwrite image data generation unit so as to cause a printing unit to perform printing on a printed material set in a printed material setting unit.