Patent ID: 9716805
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: G06K,H04N

Claim:
1. An image forming system that includes an image forming apparatus which forms a predetermined identification mark on a recording medium and a reading apparatus which reads the identification mark formed on the recording medium, the image forming system comprising: a color information acquisition sensor which acquires color information indicating a color of the recording medium; an identification mark color setting unit which sets a color of the identification mark to be formed on the recording medium by the image forming apparatus to a color distinguishable by the reading apparatus from the color indicated by the color information that is acquired by the color information acquisition unit; an image forming control unit which controls the image forming apparatus to form the identification mark in the color set by the identification mark color setting unit on the recording medium; a recording medium placement unit having a body with a plurality of recording medium placement surfaces in respective colors among a plurality of predetermined colors, the body being rotatable about a rotational axis; and a placement surface color setting unit which controls the recording medium placement unit so that one of the recording medium placement surfaces, with a color distinguishable by the reading apparatus from the color indicated by the color information among the plurality of colors, faces the recording medium.