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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120127488 | Image Forming Apparatus and Image Forming Method An image forming apparatus has: (a) a character-area identifying unit that identifies a character area in image data, and (b) a screen processing unit that performs a screen process of an area in the image data other than the character area by using a first dot growth p... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120038937 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CIRCUIT BOARD OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus that includes a power supply unit to convert AC power input to the image forming apparatus into DC power, a high-voltage power unit to convert the converted DC power to high voltage, an image forming unit to form an image using the converted h... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20110317174 | DITHER MATRIX SELECTING DEVICE A dither matrix selecting device includes a storage unit, a determining unit, and a selecting unit. The storage unit is configured to store a first dither matrix and a second dither matrix different from the first dither matrix. The first dither matrix includes a plural... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110286011 | IMAGE PRINTING APPARATUS, IMAGE PRINTING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM A risk of a disadvantage was caused where the entire face of an image subjected to an interpolation or thinning processing causes an increased boundary length between a region including pixels (printing region) and a region not including pixels (paper background region)... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110249277 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS IN WHICH INTERMEDIATE GRADATION REPRODUCIBILITY IS ENHANCED A first screen group and a second screen group are stored in an image forming apparatus. In the first screen group, the first region expands with increasing gradation value based on a first rule. In the second screen group, the first region expands with increasing grada... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110235061 | METHOD FOR PREPARING A MAIL ITEM INCLUDING AN ENVELOPE A method for preparing a mail item including an envelope from two rectangular sheets (1,2) of different sizes in a printer (3) and a folding machine (4) coupled after the printer. The method uses a file (5) containing envelope information and... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110235059 | SCREENED HARDCOPY REPRODUCTION APPARATUS WITH COMPENSATION Screened hardcopy reproduction apparatus for applying toner to a receiver using a print engine that may not apply toner uniformly, so the toner applied to the receiver has a non-uniformity. A controller receives an input pixel level and a corresponding input pixel locat... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110235060 | SCREENED HARDCOPY REPRODUCTION APPARATUS COMPENSATION DATA CALCULATION A method of calculating compensation data for compensating for spatial print engine non-uniformity of an image applied by a print engine to a receiver. A test target has two test areas of different output densities, each with a single output pixel level. A relationship ... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110228284 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, ELECTRIC APPARATUS, AND RECORDING CONTROL METHOD A disclosed image forming apparatus includes a recording unit which records image data on a recording medium; a first spread spectrum clock generator receiving a first clock signal, providing the first clock signal with frequency diffusion to have a first predetermined ... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110149302 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESS MAGNIFICATION ADJUSTMENT A magnification adjustment method for a document processing system having a fixed frequency clock source providing a fixed frequency output signal to a plurality of raster output scanners (ROSs) and a numerically controlled oscillator (NCO)-based adjustable frequency cl... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110134441 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CUSTOMIZING AND PRINTING CUSTOM DESIGNED STICKERS A system and method for customizing and printing custom designed stickers allows a user to select almost unlimited designs (e.g., colors, patterns, artwork, photographs) and to print the selected designs on a blank sticker sheet. The system and method thus allows a reta... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110090517 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including a processing device to carry out a predetermined process to a sheet in which an image is formed, the processing device requiring a warm-up of a predetermined time, a control unit to specify a warm-up completion time, to ... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110069325 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM An image processing apparatus includes: a printing unit that prints image information containing two or more colors with a plurality of color information corresponding to a plurality of specified colors; and a changing unit that changes, when a total toner amount is lar... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110058184 | LEAST SQUARES BASED EXPOSURE MODULATION FOR BANDING COMPENSATION A method, system, and computer program product for estimating exposure modulation in an image printing system is disclosed. The method includes determining a banding profile for an image printing system by a processor; determining an adjusted exposure modulation profile... | 03/10/2011 |
| 20100309492 | FLATBED PRINTER An inkjet printer (10) is described which includes two substrate support beds (30, 40). The printer can print onto a first substrate on one of the support beds (30) while a second substrate is loaded onto and/or unloaded from the second support bed ... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100300041 | AUTOMATED MEDICINE STORAGE AND MEDICINE INTRODUCTION/DISCHARGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Disclosed is an automated medicine storage and medicine introduction/discharge management system, which includes a main body in which a plurality of receiving shelves is arranged, the main body having a door to enable user access, a medicine introduction/discharge unit ... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100225932 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD An image forming apparatus includes a latent image carrier on which a latent image is formed. The latent image is developed, and the developed image is transferred onto a recording target medium. A fixing section thermally fixes the recording target medium on which the ... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100214571 | DRAG-AND-DROP PRINTING METHOD WITH ENHANCED FUNCTIONS A drag-and-drop direct printing method with enhanced functions is described. A printing bin icon is provided on the computer's desktop, and the user drags files onto the icon to print the files without manually opening them. The printing bin program allows a user to set... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100195119 | PAPER SHEET STACKING DEVICE, AND BOOKBINDING DEVICE To provide a paper-sheet-loading device that makes it easy to take out booklet or the like loaded on a tray. The paper-sheet-loading device 1 is provided with a discharge-processing portion 7 which discharges the booklet or the like through a discharge por... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100157318 | CREATION AND PLACEMENT OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL BARCODE STAMPS ON PRINTED DOCUMENTS FOR STORING AUTHENTICATION INFORMATION A document authenticating method is disclosed by which a plurality of two-dimensional barcode stamps are generated and printed on a back side of the document forming a pre-defined special pattern. The barcode stamps collectively encode the content of the document to be ... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100073692 | PRINT PREVIEW WITH PAGE NUMBERING FOR MULTIPLE PAGES PER SHEET A sheet preview system generates a print preview of a sheet that has a layout specifying a position and orientation for each page. To generate the print preview of the sheet, the sheet preview system displays a representation of the sheet that includes an image of each ... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100053641 | USING BUFFERS TO SUPPORT UNCERTAINTIES IN MARKING ENGINE EXECUTION A printing system includes at least one marking engine and a paper path which carries sheets of print media to the marking engine from an upstream direction and carries sheets of print media which have been marked by the marking engine in a downstream direction. A buffe... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100046009 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DOCUMENT PROCESSING HAVING PEER DEVICE DISCOVERY AND JOB ROUTING The subject application is directed to a document processing device, system, and method having peer device feature discovery and job routing. Electronic document data is received from an associated document processing device, which electronic document data includes data... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100045762 | DESTINATION DEDICATING APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINT KIOSK APPARATUS, DESTINATION DEDICATING METHOD, AND PROGRAM The present invention provides a destination dedicating apparatus including a destination information reading section and a destination information recording section. The destination information reading section is configured to read destination information from a storag... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20090323085 | Method and system for improving the output quality of image forming devices The invention describes a method and system for improving the output quality of an image forming device. The method and system enable the image forming device to generate and display notifications to a user. The notifications provide possible suggestions to the user to ... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090303526 | DOCUMENT DATA UPDATE INFORMATION CREATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, DOCUMENT DATA UPDATE INFORMATION CREATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM A document data update information providing system has a document data accumulation apparatus and an image forming apparatus interconnected via a network. The document data accumulation apparatus creates update information of document data selectively among those accum... | 12/10/2009 |
| 20090305006 | Printed product and method for the production thereof The invention proposes a new printed product and a new production method and a new system for producing printed products which exploit weblogs and the blog articles contained therein as a source of news for conventional printed media. A decisive difference from known el... | 12/10/2009 |
| 20090284761 | Systems And Methods For Customized Printing And Cutting Of A Polymer Substrate A system has an interactive user interface configured to receive image and cutting pattern selections from a user, a printing device configured to print the image selection to a polymer substrate, and a cutting device configured to cut the polymer substrate according to... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090244594 | Approach For Printing Policy-Enabled Electronic Documents Using Locked Printing An approach is provided for printing policy-enabled electronic documents using locked printing. A printing device includes a user interface, a print process for processing print data and printing documents and a locked print process. When print data is received by a pri... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090244553 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD An image processing system according to the invention is an image processing system including a printer driver-containing apparatus in which a printer driver is included, an image processing apparatus connected to the printer driver-containing apparatus, and a display a... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090244002 | Method, Device and Program for Controlling Display, and Printing Device A display control method for displaying a screen which receives a user-selected option from a predetermined option group through predetermined option presentation, the method includes: detecting a face image area which at least includes a user face in an image area; and... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090232402 | Image Processing Apparatus, Image Processing Method, and Computer Program for Image Processing An image processing apparatus. A facial area detecting unit detects a facial area containing an image of at least a part of a face of a person in a target image. A size calculating unit calculates a size reference value correlated with an actual size of the face by usin... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090219551 | Tape Printing Apparatus, Data Processing Method For Tape Printing Apparatus, Printing System, Data Processing Method For Printing System, Computer Program And Storage Medium Basic image data serving as a source of print image data is stored. The loading of a special tape is detected when the print image based on the print image data is printed on the special tape having a particular non-printing area. The print image data is generated and t... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090219550 | Interface for Building a Print Container A method is provided for creating a print container with a series of resident fixed documents. The method opens a user interface (UI). Using the UI, a first plurality of elements stored in memory is selected and a print container is created. The print container preserve... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090213391 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE HAVING MECHANISM FOR DETECTING DETECTION TARGET An image forming device having a detection assembly that detects a detection target. The detection assembly includes an actuator having a shaft rotatable about its axis, an abutment portion extending from the shaft and pivotally movable upon abutment of the detection ta... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090207423 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD In an information processing apparatus which incorporates a plurality of arithmetic units and a plurality of storage units, power consumption in a power saving mode is reduced, and a return time required to return from the power saving mode to a normal power mode is sho... | 08/20/2009 |
| 20090190142 | Method And System For Connecting A Data Storage Device To A Kiosk A system includes a docking port with at least one moveable member for releasably engaging any of a plurality of different data storage devices; at least one data connector disposed adjacent the docking port; and an optical recognition device for locating a data port on... | 07/30/2009 |
| 20090190143 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM Based on whether image formation is to be performed on an one side or both sides of record paper, and on whether image data concerning image formation is image data of an one-sided document or image data of a double-sided document, it is judged whether a blank page or a... | 07/30/2009 |
| 20090185197 | Control Of Motors In An Image Forming Device The present application is directed to methods and devices for controlling a motor in an image forming device by sensing the amount of current applied to the motor. One embodiment includes a power supply operatively connected to a controller. The power supply provides a... | 07/23/2009 |
| 20090185198 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus including: a plurality of medium trays to stack a print medium having an image formed thereon by an image forming unit; a driving source to momentarily apply a direction switching signal; a selector to select a carrying path of the print mediu... | 07/23/2009 |
