Patent ID: 8643913
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus that reads a content of an original as an image and prints the content of the original thus read onto a transfer medium as an image, comprising: an internal storage device; an attachment portion to which an external storage device can be attached; an image reading unit that reads contents of an original as an image and converts the image into an electronic signal; a first image processing unit that generates image data from the electronic signal; and a second image processing unit that separates the image data thus generated into character data that is recognized as characters and data that is recognized as different data from the character data, and stores data composed of an entirety or a part of the character data that is recognized as characters as first data in the external storage device and the data that is recognized as different data from the character data as second data in the internal storage device when the external storage device is attached to the attachment portion, wherein in a case in which color data accompanies the character data, the second image processing unit further separates the character data into black and white character data and the color data accompanying the character data, stores data composed of the black and white character data as the first data in the external storage device, and stores the data that is recognized as different data from the character data and data composed of the color data accompanying the character data as the second data in the internal storage device.