Patent ID: 9393828
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: B41M,G03G

Claim Text:
1. An image forming apparatus which forms an image on a recording medium, comprising: an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium; an erasing unit configured to erase the image formed on the recording medium; an input unit configured to receive a process request including an image forming process performed by the image forming unit and an erasing process performed by the erasing unit; a control unit configured to control the units to perform a process corresponding to the process request received by the input unit, and control the erasing unit to perform the erasing process when a state where the input unit does not receive the process request continues during a predetermined time or more; a fixing unit having a heating element configured to heat a sheet at a fixed temperature to fix a toner image to the sheet when an image forming process is performed and to heat the sheet at an erasing temperature higher than a fixing temperature to erase the toner image of the sheet when an erasing process is performed, and wherein the fixing unit operates as the erasing unit; and a plurality of cassettes that accommodate a recording medium of an image forming process target and an erasing process target, wherein the input unit receives designation of a cassette that accommodates the recording medium of the erasing process target in the plurality of cassettes.