JPH03182780A - Digital image forming device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily imprint an optional mark on a recording sheet by providing a recording medium, a mark setting means, a mark moving mechanism, a 1st control means, an image reading means, a data extraction means and a recording processing means. CONSTITUTION:When plural optional marks are physically put on the belt-like recording medium and the specified mark is selected by the mark selection means, the mark moving mechanism is controlled by the 1st control means and the recording medium is driven to a specified position where the specified mark can be read by the image reader 25. The image of the mark is read by the mark reading means, and only the selected data of the image of the mark is extracted by the data extracting means and processed to be recorded by the recording processing means. The 1st control means, the image reading means, the data extracting means and the recording processing means are realized according to a processing program previously stored in a memory 16 in a control unit 15. Thus, the optional mark is easily imprinted on the recording sheet.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention [Industrial Application Field] The present invention moves an image reading device (CCD) relative to a document placed on a document table, and reads the document by the image reading device. The present invention relates to a digital image forming apparatus that reads an image of a document and records it on recording paper, and more specifically, it relates to a digital image forming apparatus that has a function of imprinting an additional image (mark) other than an original image onto recording paper.

[Prior art]

As an image forming apparatus having the above-mentioned functions, for example, the one disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 143232/1983 is known.

That is, in the image forming apparatus disclosed in the above-mentioned publication, a marsupial portion is provided on a belt placed on a document table, and a card with a mark drawn thereon is inserted into the marsupial portion. Then, the belt is moved to move the marsupial portion to a position where it can be exposed to light by the optical system, and marks other than the original image are imprinted on the recording paper.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

However, in the conventional image forming apparatus configured as described above, each time the mark to be imprinted on the recording paper is changed, the card on which the mark is imprinted must be replaced in the marsupial section. However, there was a problem in that it was time-consuming to operate.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, the object of the present invention is to provide a digital image with a function that allows any mark to be imprinted on recording paper extremely easily, without having to replace the card with the mark imprinted on it as in the case of conventional devices. An object of the present invention is to provide a forming device.

(Means for solving 1!ff) The gist of the main means adopted by the present invention to achieve the above object is as follows.

A first means is a digital image forming apparatus that moves an image reading device relative to a document placed on a document table, reads an image of the document by the image reading device, and records the image on a recording board. , a belt-shaped recording medium on which a plurality of arbitrary marks can be physically inscribed, mark selection means for selecting a predetermined mark from among the plurality of marks inscribed on the recording medium, and the mark selection means. a mark moving mechanism that drives the belt-shaped recording medium to move the mark selected by the means; and a first control means that controls the mark moving mechanism and drives the recording medium to a predetermined position. , a mark reading means for reading an image of a mark on a recording medium driven to a predetermined position by the first control means; and a mark image selected by the mark selection means from among the mark images read by the mark reading means. a first data extraction means for extracting mark image data; and a first recording process for outputting and recording the mark image data extracted by the first data extraction means in correspondence with the recording position on the recording paper. A digital image forming apparatus according to the present invention, comprising: means.

A second means, in the component related to the first means, reads an image of a mark on a recording medium driven to a predetermined position by the first control means and the document table instead of the mark reading means. The image reading means for reading the image of the document placed t2 above is replaced with the first data extraction means, and data of the mark image selected by the mark selection means from among the images read by the image reading means is extracted. further comprising a synthesis processing means for synthesizing the data of the mark image extracted by the second data extraction means and the data of the document image; Instead of the first recording processing means, a second recording processing means outputs and records the image data synthesized by the composition processing means in correspondence with the recording position on the recording paper.
The system is equipped with recording processing means.

The third means includes, in addition to the components related to the first means,
A mark detection means for detecting the shape of the mark on the recording medium is provided, and instead of the first control means, the mark moving mechanism is controlled based on the detection result of the mark shape by the mark detection means, and a predetermined A second control means for driving the recording medium to a predetermined position is provided, and the mark reading means reads an image of a mark on the recording medium driven to a predetermined position by the second control means. It is already configured.

A fourth means, in the component related to the first means, replaces the mark selection means by selecting one of the plurality of marks inscribed on the recording medium or two or more marks in a continuous inscribed area. A mark setting means for selecting a predetermined mark is provided, and the mark moving section 81 is configured to drive the belt-shaped recording medium to move the mark selected by the mark setting means. In addition, in place of the first data extraction means, a third data extraction means for extracting data of a mark image selected by the mark setting means from among the mark images read by the mark reading means; In place of the first recording processing means, a third recording processing means is provided which outputs and records data of the mark image extracted by the third data extraction means in correspondence with the recording position on the recording paper. It is made up of.

A fifth means is a component of the first means, in which the recording medium is placed on a document holder attached to a document table.

[Effect]

In the digital image forming apparatus according to the first means, a plurality of arbitrary marks are physically inscribed on a belt-shaped recording medium (for example, with a felt-tip pen, etc.), and a mark selection means selects a predetermined mark from among the plurality of marks. When a mark is selected,
A mark moving mechanism is controlled by the first control means, and the recording medium is driven to a predetermined position where a predetermined mark on the recording medium can be read by an image reading device.

Then, the image of the mark on the recording medium driven to a predetermined position by the first control means is read by the mark reading means, and among the read mark images, the mark selected by the mark selection means is read by the mark reading means. Only image data is extracted by the first data extraction means.

Then, the mark image data extracted as described above is outputted in correspondence with the recording position on the recording paper, and is recorded by the first recording processing means.

As a result, only the predetermined mark selected by the mark selection means is recorded at a predetermined position on the recording paper.

In the digital image forming apparatus according to the second means, the first
The image of the mark on the recording medium driven to a predetermined position by the control means is read by the image reading means together with the image of the original placed on the document table, and the image of the mark on the recording medium is read by the image reading means. , only the data of the mark image selected by the mark selection means is extracted by the second data extraction means.

Then, the data of the mark image extracted by the second data extraction means and the data of the original image are synthesized by the synthesis processing means, and the image data synthesized by the synthesis processing means is recorded on the recording paper. The information is output in correspondence with the position and recorded by the second recording processing means.

That is, in the digital image forming apparatus according to the present invention,
The image of the original and the image of any mark can be combined on recording paper.

In the digital image forming apparatus according to the third means, the shape of the mark on the recording medium is detected by the mark detection means, thereby determining the presence or absence of the mark on the recording medium-L, and detecting the shape of the mark on the recording medium. A predetermined mark can be quickly selected from within the drawn area and the recording medium can be driven to a predetermined position by the second control means.

In the digital image forming apparatus according to the fourth means, since the mark setting means can appropriately select one or more predetermined marks in a continuous marking area, multiple types of marks can be placed on the recording paper at once. Can be recorded.

In the digital image forming apparatus according to the fifth means, since the recording medium is placed on a document frame attached to the document table, marks other than the document image are placed on the recording paper in the conventional digital image forming apparatus. The function to imprint on images can be made optional.

〔Example〕

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Examples embodying the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings to provide an understanding of the present invention. It should be noted that the following examples are examples embodying the present invention, and are not intended to limit the technical scope of the present invention.

Here, FIG. 1 shows the structure of a main part of a digital image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
is a perspective view with the document frame open.

1) is a perspective view of the document frame in a closed state.

Figure (C) is a cross-sectional view taken along the line A-A' in the figure (-), Figure (d) is a plan view of the document frame, and Figure 2 is an example of the control system of the digital image forming apparatus. Block diagram shown,
3(a), (b), (C1 is a flowchart showing an example of the control procedure of the digital image forming apparatus;
5 and 5 respectively show the structure of the main parts of a digital image forming apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention, and are equivalent views to FIG. 1(d).

The digital image forming apparatus according to the present invention can be configured so that only the image of the mark can be imprinted on the recording paper, or can be configured so that the image of the mark and the image of the document can be combined on the recording paper. It is possible.

In the following embodiments, an example will be described in which a mark image and a document image are configured to be combined on recording paper.

That is, the digital image forming apparatus according to this embodiment has the first
As shown in the figure and FIG. 2, a recording medium 1, a mark setting means 3, a mark moving mechanism 2, a first control means, an image reading means, a second data extraction means, and a composition processing means. , and second recording processing means.

The recording medium 1 is used to physically mark a plurality of arbitrary marks, and is composed of, for example, a replaceable resin-based white heald.

Therefore, even if a mark is inscribed on the surface of the recording medium 1 by, for example, a sign mark or a stamp, the mark can be erased by wiping it off and used continuously and repeatedly.

Further, the recording medium 1 is released by, for example, a belt,
By replacing the paper belt with a new paper belt after marks have been written on all areas on the recording medium, it is possible to omit the work of erasing marks written on the recording medium.

The above-mentioned recording medium l is located outside the original copying area of the original presser 5 attached to the original platen 4, and in the sub-scanning direction (direction of arrow 6) with respect to the original from the home position of the optical system.
The rollers 7.8 are arranged in an endless manner on a pair of rollers 7.8 disposed on the front side and opposed to each other in the main scanning direction of the document. An opening 5 for marking a mark is provided on the document presser 5 corresponding to the upper surface of the recording medium l. A stamp pad 9 is provided on the lower surface side of the recording medium 1 corresponding to the opening 51 to support the recording medium 1 during marking.

The recording medium 1 is transferred to the opening 5 by a stepping motor 10 that rotationally drives the roller 7 every time the increment switch 20 is operated. It is sequentially driven in increments for each dimension in the longitudinal direction corresponding to .

In this case, the roller 7.8 and the stepping motor 1
0, the mark moving mechanism 2 for driving the recording medium 1 to move the mark selected by the mark setting means 3 is configured.

The mark setting means 3 selects one or a series of marks w4 among a plurality of marks inscribed on the recording medium l.
Selecting two or more predetermined marks within the area,
A single mark changeover switch 11 and a plural mark changeover switch 12 are provided.

After the single mark changeover switch 11 is operated, a predetermined numbered key of the numeric keypad 13 attached to the recording medium 1 is operated, so that the portion of the recording medium 1 corresponding to the key is operated. The mark drawn in is selected.

On the other hand, when the key corresponding to the first mark of the series of marks and the key corresponding to the last mark of the series of marks are operated after the multiple mark changeover switch 12 is operated, the continuation within the area sandwiched by the keys is operated. multiple marks are selected.

In this case, instead of the numeric keypad 13 as described above, a numeric keypad (not shown) provided in advance in the operation panel 14 of the analog image forming apparatus may be used.

Note that by eliminating the function of selecting two or more predetermined marks in a continuous drawing area as described above and configuring so that only a single mark can be selected at all times, the single mark changeover switch 11 and multiple mark changeover switch 1
2 is omitted.

The function described above is constituted by mark selection means for selecting a predetermined mark from among a plurality of marks written on the recording medium l.

The first control means 9 image reading means, the second data extraction means 0 or processing means and the second recording processing means are stored in advance in the memory 16 in the control unit 15 that controls the digital image forming apparatus. This is realized by a processing program.

The first control means is for controlling the mark moving mechanism 2 and driving the recording medium 1 to a predetermined position.

In this case, by detecting the reference line 17 provided on the recording medium 1 with, for example, a reflective photoelectric sensor 18,
The initial position of the recording medium 1 is determined. And the above criteria! An area where a mark can be written is continuously set based on the position of 117, and by driving the stepping motor 1O in accordance with the size of this writing area, marks are written on the recording medium 1 from the opening 51. The mark is moved to a predetermined position where it can be read by the image reading device 25.

In this case, in place of the photoelectric sensor 18, for example, a CCD (mark detection means) for detecting the shape of the mark on the recording medium 1 is provided to determine the presence or absence of the mark on the recording medium 1. When moving the recording medium 1 in increments, the area where the mark has been drawn is skipped and the blank area is automatically filled with the opening 5. Since the shape of the mark on the recording medium 1 can be directly detected, the position of the reference line 17 is detected by the photoelectric sensor 18 as described above and the position is used as the reference. The recording medium 1 is not driven as
The recording medium 1 can be quickly driven to run to a predetermined position that can be scanned by the optical system based on the position of the mark (second control means).

The image reading means reads the image of the mark on the recording medium l driven to a predetermined position by the first control means (second control means) and the image of the document placed on the document table 4. It is for reading.

The second data extraction means is for extracting the data of the mark image selected by the mark setting means 3 (mark selection means) from among the images read by the image reading means.

The synthesis processing means is for synthesizing the mark image data extracted by the second data extraction means and the document image data, and the second recording processing means is for synthesizing the mark image data extracted by the second data extraction means. This is for outputting the image data that has been synthesized and processed in accordance with the recording position on the recording paper, and performing the recording process.

In addition, in the digital image forming apparatus according to the present invention, fJI is used so that only the image of the mark can be imprinted on the recording paper.
In the case where the above-mentioned image reading means is replaced by a mark reading means for reading the mark image on the recording medium 1 driven to a predetermined position by the above-mentioned first or second control means, the above-mentioned second data is Instead of the extraction means, a first data extraction means (third
data extraction means).

Furthermore, instead of the second recording processing means, data of the mark image extracted by the first data extraction means (third data extraction means) is outputted and recorded in correspondence with the recording position on the recording paper. It is provided with a (3)th recording processing means (third recording processing means).

In this case, each of the means described in parentheses above performs data processing in a digital image forming apparatus configured with the mark setting means 3 that selects two or more predetermined marks in a continuous drawing area. It corresponds to the processing program when

In the digital image forming apparatus according to the present invention, the above-mentioned first. When performing recording processing by the second or third recording processing means, the recording position of the mark on the recording paper may be fixedly set in advance, but in the present embodiment, the position of the mark is In order to easily and appropriately change the settings on the recording paper, there is provided a position specifying means 19 for specifying the recording position of the mark on the recording paper, and the above-mentioned mark corresponding to the predetermined position on the recording paper specified by the position specifying means 19. 1st. A fourth recording processing means is provided for outputting and recording data of the mark image extracted by the second or third data extraction means.

The position specifying means 19 includes a tablet placed on the document frame 5, and by specifying a predetermined position on the top surface of the tablet with a stylus, the recording position of the mark is set in the XY coordinate system. Identified by

Incidentally, as shown in FIG. 1(d), in the apparatus of this embodiment, the single mark changeover switch 11. Multiple mark changeover switch 12. An increment switch 2° for inching the numeric keypad 13 and the recording medium l by one pitch (corresponding to the dimension in the longitudinal direction of the opening 5□) is separated from the document frame 5 and arranged on the document table 4. Each of the switches described above may be arranged on the document frame 5 together with the tablet.

In this case, in the conventional digital image forming apparatus, it is suitable to make the function of imprinting a mark other than the original image onto the recording paper as an option.

Next, a procedure for recording an original image and a mark image on recording paper using the digital image forming apparatus will be explained based on FIGS. 3(a), 3(c), and 3(c).

In addition, in the same figure, S1. S2. ...indicates each operation step.

First, open the opening 5 of the document frame 5. From there, a desired mark is manually drawn onto the recording medium 1.

The mark as described above is placed on the recording medium 1, which is incremented by l pitch each time the increment switch 20 is operated. You can make multiple drawings through it.

When a desired mark is written on the recording medium 1 as described above, the mark to be recorded on the recording paper is selected in Sl (mark setting means).In this case, the single mark changeover switch 11 is operated. Then (Sla), by operating the key number corresponding to the mark to be recorded on the numeric keypad 13 representing the printing order of the plurality of marks (S 1 b)
, a single mark to be recorded is selected.

On the other hand, when the multiple mark changeover switch 12 is operated (S
lc), continue to operate the key with the number corresponding to the first mark of the series of marks on the numeric keypad 13.
), and then operates the key number corresponding to the last mark in the series of marks (Sle).

As a result, all the marks within the range specified by the numeric keypad are selected.

In this case, instead of operating the numeric keypad 13 to select the mark to be recorded, move the desired mark to a position that matches the opening 51 and operate the selection switch (not shown) to select the desired mark. It may be configured to select a mark.

Once a predetermined mark to be recorded is selected as described above, the recording position of the mark on the recording paper is designated in S2.

By pointing the recording position with a stylus on the tablet, the recording position of the mark on the recording paper is specified in the XY coordinate system.

Then, in S3, a document is placed on the document table 4, and in S4, the copy button is operated.

In this case, the document may be placed on the document table 4 in advance prior to the operation of step Sl.

Then, in S5, the recording medium l is driven to move by driving and controlling the stepping motor 10 (the first
control measures).

That is, the mark selected in step Sl above is
It is moved to a position where it can be read by the image reading device 25.

Then, in S6, the image reading device 25 is moved relative to the document, and the image reading device 25 prints the image of the mark on the recording medium 1 and the image of the mark on the document table 4.
3i The image of the original placed is read (image reading means). The data read as described above is temporarily stored in the memory.

Subsequently, in S7, the data of the mark image selected by the mark setting means 3 is extracted from the image data temporarily stored as described above (second data extraction means), and the data of the mark image selected by the mark setting means 3 is extracted (second data extraction means). The data of the original image and the data of the original image are combined (composition processing means).

In this case, in the memory map, the above step S2
The data is processed in correspondence with the mark recording position specified in .

Then, in Sl, the image data synthesized in step 7 is outputted in correspondence with the recording position on the recording paper and subjected to recording processing (second recording processing means).

That is, the paper feed clutch 21 is turned on at a predetermined timing, and the recording paper is fed toward the recording section.

Then, the image of the original is recorded on the recording paper, and the selected mark is recorded at a predetermined position on the recording paper.

Therefore, in the apparatus of this embodiment, any mark can be imprinted on the recording paper very easily without replacing the card with the mark imprinted thereon as in the case of the conventional apparatus.

In addition, in the digital image forming apparatus according to the present invention, as shown in FIG.
By providing this, it is possible to easily visually recognize all the marks written on the recording medium 1 and select a predetermined mark.

Furthermore, in the digital image forming apparatus according to the present invention,
As shown in FIG. 5, the numeric keypad 13 is omitted and a transparent touch panel 24 is provided that allows visual recognition of all the marks written on the recording medium 1, and the portions on the transparent touch panel 24 corresponding to the marks are provided. If a predetermined mark can be selected by operation, the predetermined mark can be selected more easily.

Furthermore, in the digital image forming apparatus according to the present invention, the main part on the document presser 5 that functions to imprint marks other than the document image including the recording medium 1 onto the recording paper may be detachable.

Furthermore, in the above embodiment, in addition to specifying the recording position of the mark in the XY coordinate system using the position specifying means 19, the mark is imprinted, for example, at the center position in the main scanning direction on the front edge side and the rear edge side of the recording paper. A specific mode may also be provided.

〔Effect of the invention〕

Since the digital image forming apparatus according to the present invention is configured as described above, it is possible to very easily imprint any mark on recording paper without replacing the card with the mark imprinted on it as in the case of the conventional apparatus. I can do it.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows the structure of the main parts of a digital image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1(a) is a perspective view with the document holder opened, and FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the document holder with the document holder closed; FIG. The figure is a block diagram showing an example of the control system of the digital image forming apparatus, and FIGS. 3(a) and 3(b)
, (C) is a flowchart showing an example of the control procedure of the digital image forming apparatus, and FIGS. 4 and 5 each show the structure of the main part of the digital image forming apparatus according to other embodiments of the present invention. This is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 1(d). [Explanation of symbols] 1... Recording medium 2... Mark moving mechanism 3
...Mark setting means 4...Document table 5...Document holder 51...Opening lower, 8...Roller
9...Stamp pad 0...Stamping motor...Single mark changeover switch 2...Multiple mark changeover switch 3...Numeric keypad 14...Operation panel 5...Control unit 16...Memory 7...Reference line
18... Photoelectric sensor 9... Position specifying means 0... Increment switch position... Paper feed clutch 23... Transparent window 4... Transparent touch panel 5... Image reading devices 1 to S8... Operation step

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Digital image formation in which an image reading device is moved relative to a document placed on a document table, and the image of the document is read by the image reading device and recorded on recording paper. In the apparatus, a belt-shaped recording medium on which a plurality of arbitrary marks can be physically imprinted, a mark selection means for selecting a predetermined mark from among the plurality of marks imprinted on the recording medium, and the mark a mark moving mechanism that drives the belt-shaped recording medium to move the mark selected by the selection means; and a first control means that controls the mark moving mechanism and drives the recording medium to a predetermined position. a mark reading means for reading an image of a mark on a recording medium driven to a predetermined position by the first control means; and a mark image selected by the mark selection means from among the mark images read by the mark reading means. a first data extracting means for extracting mark image data extracted by the first data extracting means; and a first recording means for outputting and recording processing the mark image data extracted by the first data extracting means in correspondence with the recording position on the recording paper. 1. A digital image forming apparatus comprising: processing means. 2. In a digital image forming apparatus in which an image reading device is moved relative to a document placed on a document table, an image of the document is read by the image reading device and recorded on a recording paper. a belt-shaped recording medium on which a mark can be physically inscribed; mark selection means for selecting a predetermined mark from among a plurality of marks inscribed on the recording medium; a mark moving mechanism that drives the belt-shaped recording medium to move the mark; a first control means that controls the mark moving mechanism and drives the recording medium to a predetermined position; an image reading means for reading an image of a mark on a recording medium driven to a predetermined position by a control means and an image of a document placed on the document table; a second data extraction means for extracting the data of the mark image selected by the mark selection means; and a synthesis process for synthesizing the data of the mark image extracted by the second data extraction means and the data of the document image. and second recording processing means for outputting and recording the image data synthesized by the composition processing means in correspondence with the recording position on recording paper. . 3. In a digital image forming apparatus in which an image reading device is moved relative to a document placed on a document table, an image of the document is read by the image reading device and recorded on a recording paper. a belt-shaped recording medium on which a mark can be physically inscribed; mark selection means for selecting a predetermined mark from among a plurality of marks inscribed on the recording medium; a mark moving mechanism that drives the belt-shaped recording medium to move the mark; a mark detection means that detects the shape of the mark on the recording medium; and a mark detection means that detects the mark shape based on the mark shape detection result by the mark detection means. a second control means that controls the mark moving mechanism and drives the recording medium to a predetermined position; and a mark reader that reads an image of the mark on the recording medium that has been driven to the predetermined position by the second control means. means; first data extraction means for extracting data of a mark image selected by the mark selection means from among the mark images read by the mark reading means; and data extracted by the first data extraction means. 1. A digital image forming apparatus comprising: first recording processing means for outputting and recording data of a mark image in correspondence with a recording position on recording paper. 4. In a digital image forming apparatus in which an image reading device is moved relative to a document placed on a document table, an image of the document is read by the image reading device and recorded on recording paper. a belt-shaped recording medium on which a mark can be physically inscribed, and a mark for selecting one or two or more predetermined marks in a continuous inscription area from among the plurality of marks inscribed on the recording medium; a setting means; a mark moving mechanism that drives the belt-shaped recording medium to move in order to move the mark selected by the mark setting means; and a mark moving mechanism that controls the mark moving mechanism and drives the recording medium to a predetermined position. mark reading means for reading an image of a mark on a recording medium driven to a predetermined position by the first control means; a third data extracting means for extracting the data of the mark image selected by the mark setting means; and outputting and recording the data of the mark image extracted by the third data extracting means in correspondence with the recording position on the recording paper. A digital image forming apparatus comprising: a third recording processing means for processing. 5. In a digital image forming apparatus in which an image reading device is moved relative to a document placed on a document table, and the image of the document is read by the image reading device and recorded on recording paper, the document table is A belt-shaped recording medium that is placed on a document holder that is attached to a document holder and on which a plurality of arbitrary marks can be physically inscribed, and a predetermined mark selected from among the plurality of marks inscribed on the recording medium. a mark selecting means; a mark moving mechanism that drives the belt-shaped recording medium to move the mark selected by the mark selecting means; and a mark moving mechanism that controls the mark moving mechanism to move the recording medium to a predetermined position. a first control means for driving; a mark reading means for reading an image of a mark on a recording medium driven to a predetermined position by the first control means; and a mark image read by the mark reading means; a first data extracting means for extracting the data of the mark image selected by the mark selecting means; and outputting the data of the mark image extracted by the first data extracting means in correspondence with the recording position on the recording paper. 1. A digital image forming apparatus comprising: first recording processing means for performing recording processing. 6. Claims 1, 2, and 3, wherein the recording medium is disposed on the front side in the sub-scanning direction with respect to the original.
5. The digital image forming apparatus according to item 4 or 5. 7. The first recording processing means includes a position specifying means for specifying a recording position of a mark on the recording paper, and extracting the first data in correspondence with a predetermined position on the recording paper specified by the position specifying means. 6. The digital image forming apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising fourth recording processing means for outputting and recording data of the mark image extracted by the means. 8. The position specifying means includes a tablet,
8. The digital image forming apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the tablet is placed on the document holder.