Patent ID: 8890883
Filing Date: 2014-11-18
Classification: B41M,F27D,H04N

Abstract:
1. A decoloring apparatus comprising: a sheet conveying unit configured to convey a sheet; a decoloring unit configured to decolor a color of an image formed with a decolorable colorant on the sheet conveyed by the sheet conveying unit; a processing unit configured to determine a number of sheets made reusable by having color thereon successfully erased in the decoloring unit, to calculate an environmental load contribution ratio calculated by multiplying the number of sheets made reusable with a specified coefficient, and to determine a number of sheets on which decoloring by the decoloring unit is impossible; and a display control unit configured to cause a display unit to display the number of sheets made reusable and the environmental load contribution ratio calculated by the processing unit, and to cause the display unit to display the number of sheets on which decoloring by the decoloring unit is determined to be impossible by the processing unit.