Patent ID: 8050613

Claim:
A method of reusing a sheet, comprising: receiving a sheet having a printed image; scanning a new image; determining whether the sheet is one or more of the following: ripped, substantially wrinkled, and stained; determining the sheet to be unacceptable for reuse if the sheet is one or more of the following: ripped, substantially wrinkled, and stained; covering at least one portion of the printed image on the sheet with a white-out toner via a white-out unit, unless the sheet is determined to be unacceptable for reuse; fusing the white-out toner to the at least one portion of the sheet; printing a new image onto the sheet, unless the sheet is determined to be unacceptable for reuse; and performing the receiving, scanning, determining, covering, fusing and printing operations on the sheet a plurality of times.