Patent ID: 7130078
Filing Date: 2006-10-31
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. An image-forming device comprising: a machine-control-information-holding module which holds at least specific machine-control information containing a control information list including a number-of-sheets-used-information on an image-recording medium to be held by the image-forming device; a condition-setting module which sets a reference value to the specific machine control information in the machine-control information as a condition; a character-data-generating module which fetches the specific machine control information from the machine-control-information-holding module when producing the control information list including the number-of-sheets-used-information on the image-recording medium, determining whether the specific machine-control information meets the condition set by the condition-setting module, adding predetermined color information to the specific machine-control information in accordance with the determination result, and converting the specific machine-control information added with the predetermined color information into character-string data; an image-data-generating module which converts the character-string data converted by the character-data-generating module into character-image data; an image-data-storing module which stores the character-image data converted by the image-data-generating module; and an image-forming module which reads the character-image data from the image-data-storing module and forms the control information list including the number-of-sheets-used-information on the image-recording medium as an image based on the character-image data on the image-recording medium, wherein the image-forming module has a function for at least one of coloring and character-modifying the specific machine-control information under a specific condition and for printing out the specific machine-control information.