Patent ID: 8149426

Claim:
An image forming apparatus with a copy function comprising: a reading device that reads characters on a first recording medium; a password extraction device that extracts a password from a graphic code provided on the first recording medium; a determination device that determines whether or not the extracted password matches an input password received from a password input device; a font information extraction device that extracts font information of the characters from the graphic code when the determination device determines that the extracted password matches the input password; a setting device that: sets the font information extracted by the font information extraction device as font information used for conversion when all of the font information extracted by the font information extraction device is determined to be stored in the image forming apparatus, and sets one of predetermined default font information and the font information stored in the image forming apparatus as font information for conversion based on an input, instead of the font information extracted by the font information extraction device, when part of the font information extracted by the font information extraction device is determined to be not stored in the image forming apparatus; a recognition device that recognizes the characters based on a result of reading performed by the reading device; a conversion device that converts a result of recognition performed by the recognition device into image data which indicates shapes of the characters, wherein the characters are formed based on the font information set by the setting device; and a print device that prints the characters on a second recording medium based on the image data.