IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE ERASING APPARATUS

摘要

According to embodiments, an image forming apparatus and an image erasing apparatus are disclosed. The image forming apparatus receives a degree of freedom regarding whether to erase an image and forms the image using an erasable color material corresponding to the degree of freedom. The image erasing apparatus receives a degree of freedom regarding whether to erase an image and erases the image under the erasing process condition corresponding to the degree of freedom.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus which forms an erasable image on a recording medium, comprising:
an image forming unit configured to accommodate a plurality of color materials which is erasable and has different erasing properties and to form an erasable image on the recording medium using at least one of the color materials; an operation unit configured to receive selection of at least one of degrees of freedom regarding whether to erase the image formed by the image forming unit; and a control unit configured to allow the image forming unit to form the image using the at least one of color materials corresponding to the at least one of degrees of freedom received by the operation unit.