Patent ID: 7719710
Filing Date: 2010-05-18
Classification: B41J,G06K

Abstract:
1. An image forming system comprising: image forming means that, in accordance with an image forming instruction, forms an image relating to subject data on a recording medium provided thereon with an RFID tag that stores identification information specific to the recording medium; detecting means that communicates with the RFID tag of the recording medium by radio frequency communication and reads the identification information from the RFID tag of the recording medium; database means that, in accordance with the image forming instruction, obtains the identification information read by said detecting means from the RFID tag of the recording medium and forms a database of the subject data along with the obtained identification information, wherein, retrieving means that detects the subject data from the database corresponding to the identification information of the recording medium read by said detecting means, at a timing later than when the image relating to the subject data is formed on the recording medium; and control means that controls said image forming means to form an image relating to the subject data detected by said retrieving means on a recording medium provided thereon with an RFID tag, said detecting means to read identification information from the RFID tag, and said database means to store the identification information in the database.