Patent ID: 7341326
Filing Date: 2008-03-11
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus by which an image formed on a printing medium by image forming means on the basis of image data can be related to the image data, comprising: control means for preparing management information corresponding to the image data, and controlling an operation of said image forming means in accordance with the management information; adhering means for adhering, to the printing medium on which the image is formed by said image forming means, a radio identification tag having a transmitting/receiving unit capable of transmitting/receiving data by radio communication, and a data holding unit capable of holding the data; communicating means for writing, in said data holding unit of said radio identification tag adhered on the printing medium, the management information for relating the image on the printing medium to the image data, by communicating with said transmitting/receiving unit by radio; and determining means for determining whether the image formed on the printing medium by said image forming means has abnormality, wherein if the image is found to have no abnormality on the basis of the determination by said determining means, said adhering means adheres said radio identification tag to the printing medium, and wherein if the image is found to have abnormality on the basis of the determination by said determining means, said control means causes said image forming means to reexecute an image forming process.