Patent ID: 7889363

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: an input/output circuit; an interface circuit; a print media input device, a print engine that applies image-forming material to print media at an image-forming station, and an output pathway that directs said print media to an output area; wherein: (a) said input/output circuit receives a print job that contains digital image data; (b) said interface circuit contains input and output devices that are configured: (i) to move a sheet of print media from said print media input device to said print engine which applies said image-forming material to a surface of said sheet at said image-forming station; and (ii) to move said sheet through said output pathway; (c) said digital image data includes, for specific sheets of blank print media for said print job, both: (i) user-defined print data as foreground data, and (ii) predetermined copy-resistant background data, the copy-resistant background data including an image design; and (d) said print engine applies, to said at least one sheet of blank print media, both said foreground data and said background data during the same print job in real time.