Patent ID: 8462186
Filing Date: 2013-06-11
Classification: G03G,H04N

Abstract:
1. A decoloring apparatus comprising: an image reading unit which reads an image on a transported sheet; a decoloring processing unit which is positioned on the downstream side of the image reading unit in a sheet transport direction and decolors colors of an image formed on the sheet with decolorable colorant; a transmission unit which transmits image data read by the image reading unit to a predetermined management apparatus; a receiving unit which receives a result of determination processing which is performed on the side of the management apparatus regarding whether to perform decoloring processing by the decoloring processing unit on a sheet, from which image data was read, based on the image data transmitted by the transmission unit; and a transport control unit which controls sheet transport time intervals for secondly or later transported sheets based on a time period from transmission of the image data of a firstly transported sheet by the transmission unit until receiving of the determination result for the firstly transported sheet by the receiving unit if the image reading unit is caused to sequentially read images on three or more sheets.