Temporary document handling methods, a number of temporary document handling methods, and computer-readable storage medium

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of handling a transient document, and a method of imaging information on a print medium by a computer-readable storage medium and erasing the imaged information.;SOLUTION: Regarding an automatic erase cycle of erasing a plurality of pages using a multipurpose device during non-business hours, after the automatic erase cycle starts (60), a user inputs a range of time (62), the multipurpose device automatically monitors the specified (delay) time (64), upon reaching the specified time, continuously runs in a transient document print mode (66), and an erase sequence mode is initiated at the specified time (68), and a sheet is removed from a "to be erased" tray, and erasure of the sheet is started. If a user interrupt is received (70), any sheet being erased is ejected back to the "to be erased" tray (72), the device is returned to a regular transient document print mode (66), and the cycle ends (74), Once erasure of a sheet is completed, the "to be erased" tray is checked to see whether it is empty (76). If the tray contains unerased sheets, the erase sequence is again initiated (68).;COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT