| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the unprotected electronic data from being intercepted while they are held in the inner memory of a copying machine or in a data path in a stage before they are subjected to security processing. <P>SOLUTION: The image forming apparatus is equipped with an input means through which originals are inputted to form images, a judging means of judging whether the images are secrete data or not, a compounding means of compounding an image and additional data together, a processing means of subjecting an image to two or more image processing, and an output means of outputting an image. The image forming apparatus is characterized by the fact that the compounding means does not compound the image and additional data together when it is judged by the judging means that the inputted image is not secret data, and the output means outputs image data, and the compounding means compounds the image and additional data together when it is judged by the judging means that the inputted image is secret data, the processing means does not perform image processing, and the output means outputs a compound image. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT |
