Image forming method and apparatus

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention provides an image forming method and device. The method comprises the following steps: receiving a job sent by an electronic device; detecting whether the job containsa watermark identifier or not, and determining whether the job is set as a watermark to be added or not based on the watermark identifier; receiving a first to-be-imaged file; and combining the to-be-added watermark and the first to-be-imaged file to form a first visual file. The image forming apparatus can receive and identify whether a job sent by an electronic device is a watermark to be added,i.e., a user can send the watermark to the image forming apparatus in a job format through the electronic device, so that the applicability is higher.

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technical field [0001] The present application relates to the field of image forming technologies, and in particular to an image forming method and device. Background technique [0002] Image forming devices, such as printers, copiers, and the like, are indispensable devices for work, study, and the like. In daily life, users often need to add watermarks (such as words, patterns, etc.) to copied documents to meet the needs of use. For example, users add specific watermarks to rental contracts, confidential documents, work documents, personal identity documents, etc. , For example, according to the different needs of users, the watermark can include words such as "confidential", "copy", "rental use only" or personal signatures, pictures, seals, personal drawn images and other patterns. [0003] The first existing method of adding watermarks to copied documents is that the driver program of the image forming device has the function of adding watermarks to the document to be c...

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Problems solved by technology

The disadvantage of the existing method 2 is that the user needs to have certain knowledge and ability to use image processing software, the operation is difficult, and the user experience is poor.

[0005] In addition, in a printing shop or copying station, the image forming equipment is connected to a public computer, and the user needs to set text or image as a watermark in the driver on the public computer, and the public computer sends the watermarked image to the image forming equipment , to complete printing or copying, it is easy to cause the watermark to be misused or stolen by others, and there is a problem of security and privacy leakage

In addition, some existing copiers store preset watermarks of printed text or patterns. When copying documents, this copier can directly add preset watermarks to the copied documents, but it cannot meet the individual needs of users.

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