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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184304 | System and method of operating a raster image processor A system for printing a page designated by a page description language representation has a first print unit for printing a color on a first portion of the substrate and a second print unit for printing the color on a second portion of the substrate. A first RIP det... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8169625 | Handling unhandled raster operations in a document conversion The conversion of a document of a first format that supports a set of raster operations into a document of a second format that does not support one or more unhandled raster operations of the set of raster operations is disclosed. For example, one disclosed embodime... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8159684 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program product each to process a plurality of printer languages An image processing apparatus can process a plurality of printer languages having respectively different ROP calculation rules, and inputs a drawing command written in any one of the printer languages and performs rasterization into drawing data corresponding to the... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154736 | Image forming apparatus, tray ID allocating method thereof, computer program product, and recording medium An image forming apparatus has at least one tray for feeding or discharging a sheet, and includes an input tray ID holding unit which holds an input tray ID that is optionally input so as to identify the tray, an initial tray ID holding unit which holds an initial t... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8149425 | Image processing apparatus for designating reading conditions An image processing apparatus includes a reading unit, a first designation unit, a first storage unit, and a reading control unit. The reading unit generates an image by reading multiple original documents. The designation unit designates a reading condition with re... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149424 | Image processing device and information processing device A disclosed image processing device includes: a media connecting portion including a first surface and a second surface forming a space for housing a protrusion type storage medium whose body protrudes from the media connecting portion and an insertion type storage ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8139235 | Data processing method, image processing apparatus and recording medium A data processing method including reading first image processing apparatus structural information by the control unit from a portable storage medium, obtaining second image processing apparatus structural information by the control unit, determining whether to allo... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8120787 | Information terminal device having drawing printing function, drawing printing method, and printed matter An information terminal device having a drawing printing function to print a drawing such as a map or a route map is enabled to print the drawing without any reduction on rolled printing paper having a limited width. The information terminal device includes a printe... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8112706 | Information processing apparatus and method When image data obtained by scanning a document is to be registered in a document management system, a search index can be generated by layout analysis and object analysis. However, when application data generated by an application is to be registered, similar analy... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8111408 | Mobile phone for interacting with underlying substrate A mobile phone device configured for overlaying part of a substrate. The substrate contains a printed hyperlink and coded data identifying a plurality of positions on the substrate. The device includes: a mobile telephone transceiver; an optical sensor for reading t... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8107090 | Image forming apparatus management server, service continuity score (SCS) calculating method of management server, and image forming apparatus management system An image forming apparatus management server, a Service Continuity Score (SCS) calculating method of the management server, and an image forming apparatus management system. A setup manager sets a priority with respect to items required to calculate an SCS indicativ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8102543 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method and printing control program When draw data that has been created by an application program is spooled, whether the resolution of the draw data is to be lowered is decided. If it is decided that the resolution of the draw data is to be lowered, printer information in which the resolution of pri... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8094324 | Combined host and imaging device menu interface An imaging method enabling spontaneous, single-site implementation of, and control over, the execution of an imaging job employing the combinable native functionalities and related user-accessible controls of plural, currently available, imaging-related instrumental... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8094325 | Interactive system including substrate and electronic pen with retractable nib An interactive system including a printed substrate having coded data disposed thereon an an electronic pen for interacting with the substrate. The pen includes an infrared light source; an image sensor; a cartridge having a nib for contacting said substrate; a retr... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8090627 | Printing system, printing program, printing method, server apparatus, server apparatus program, printer, printing system program, and recording medium having programs stored therein A printing system includes a client apparatus which deals with printing data and a server apparatus which is connected to the client apparatus to communicate therewith. The client apparatus includes: a correction data request transmitting unit which requests the ser... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8081322 | Image forming apparatus, job setting support method, and job setting support program The image forming apparatus of the present invention includes a storage unit storing therein a database that contains a plurality of setting value strings of executed jobs. Here, each setting value string (i) indicates a setting condition used in a corresponding exe... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8072618 | Printing apparatus, image data file processing apparatus, method of selecting image data file, method of assisting selection of image data file, and computer program A printing apparatus that selects and prints images represented by candidate image data files to be output among a plurality of image data files includes an image data file acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of image data files, each having image data regard... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8068237 | Sheet type detection device that determines thickness and surface roughness of a sheet A reading sensor has first and second detection regions. The first detection region has high directivity and detects a thickness of a recording sheet. The second detection region has low directivity and detects a surface roughness of the recording sheet. The materia... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8068236 | Image forming apparatus It is an object of this invention to provide an image forming apparatus capable of coping suitably with the fluctuation in a used consumption amount at the predetermined period as well as grasping in advance feasibility of a use. To achieve the above, an image formi... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8068238 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and image processing program supporting embedded finishing manager A method for printing drawing data on the basis of work process steps described in a job ticket, includes: receiving a job ticket and drawing data; judging whether work process steps should be changed on the basis of a process status in the image processing apparatu... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8049904 | Printer having keyboard function, a printing system and printing method using the printing system A printer, a printing system, and a printing method of the printing system where the printer is provided with a keyboard function, and the printer is connected with a computer via a Universal Serial Bus and includes a key operation section provided with a plurality ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8045185 | Image processing apparatus and method of controlling same In an image processing apparatus that is capable of setting desired image processing conditions for each of images that have been shot, an image of interest for which number of prints is to be set is specified and it is determined whether image processing conditions... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8031347 | Default media selection methods in a multi-media printer A multi-media print includes a decoding module, a configuration memory, and a parameter determination module. The decoding module decodes print job parameters and print job data, and outputs decoded print job parameters including decoded print job media selection pa... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8015053 | Processor, system and method for accommodating high priority print jobs Disclosed herein is a production planning processor comprising an admissions control module in communication with a queue management module, the admissions control module calculating a proposed profit for expedited handling of a new print job, the queue management m... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8014005 | Method for using an imaging apparatus to generate image panels for assembly as a poster A method to generate a plurality of image panels for assembly as a poster includes determining an individual image boundary for each of a plurality of image data portions; associating a corresponding incising boundary with each individual image boundary, wherein at ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8004696 | Printing apparatus and computer program product for delimiting received data In a printing apparatus, the number of delimiters included in received data from a host apparatus is smaller than the number of input items of a template by one. Therefore, the number of delimiters included in the received data from the host apparatus is calculated ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7995219 | Image processing method and apparatus, and printer driver The invention provides an image processing method for performing output processing such that a simple operation by the user causes an output area to be filled, an apparatus and a printer driver for carrying out the method. When a desired image is to be outputted to ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7995220 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus that forms an image on a recording paper fed from a paper cassette, the apparatus comprises: a housing that accommodates the paper cassette to be drawn toward the front side of the housing and has an opening in the side surface of the hous... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7990551 | Image forming apparatus, image forming method and image forming system An image forming apparatus includes a communicating unit (123) that performs communication with an-external apparatus (200), a recording unit (97) that stores image information, an image processing unit (96) that performs image processing... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7982885 | Electronic pen with retraction mechanism and force sensor An electronic pen for interacting with a substrate having coded data disposed thereon. The pen comprises: an image sensor for sensing the coded data when the pen is used to interact with the surface; a cartridge having a nib for contacting the surface; a retraction ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7978347 | Information processing apparatus, print data forming method, print control program, and memory medium An information processing apparatus for forming print data to be print-processed by a printer is constructed by: designation receiving means for receiving designation of a duplex printing, discriminating means for discriminating the number of pages in the case where... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7973944 | Image forming apparatus, image processing apparatus, printing medium, image processing method and storage medium readable by computer An image forming apparatus includes: a document image generating portion that generates a document image which is instructed to be printed; a code image generating portion that generates a code image indicating a position on a medium; an accepting portion that accep... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7973945 | Printer for generating and printing coded tags based on identity and position data associated with the interface A printer for printing an interface is provided. The printer has a coded tag generator configured to generate coded tags based on identity data indicative of an identity associated with the interface and position data defining a relative position of each tag on the ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7969587 | Retractable electronic pen for sensing coded data An electronic pen for interacting with a substrate having coded data disposed thereon. The pen includes: an image sensor for sensing the coded data when the pen is used to interact with the surface; a cartridge having a nib for contacting the surface; a retraction m... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7965397 | Systems and methods to measure banding print defects A defect once around signal time period of a defect source inherent in a marking device is determined, the defect source having one or more banding frequencies. A reference scanline time delay, which is a time between a page sync signal and a writing of a reference ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7957009 | Image sensing and printing device An image sensing and printing device is provided has a housing which houses an area image sensor, a printing mechanism and processor. The image sensor senses a viewed image to be printed on media and generates pixel data representing the viewed image. The printing m... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7957010 | Printer for printing position-coding pattern onto a surface A printer for printing an interface of human-readable visible information and a machine-readable position-coding pattern onto a surface. The printer comprises: an input for receiving document data; a memory buffer storing dot data for the visible information and dot... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7940401 | Mobile phone with printer and media feed path defined through mobile phone A mobile phone includes an elongate body defining a transverse print media path there-through; a keypad and display mounted on one side of the body; a camera device including at least one lens mounted to another side of the body opposite said one side, and an image ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7924442 | Image forming system and image forming apparatus If it is not a time zone of confidential mode and there is a print job to be executed, a print process is performed based on the print job, but if there is not a print job to be executed, non-confidential data stored in a HDD device is completely deleted. In the tim... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7916313 | Information processing apparatus, control method thereof, and program Document data is stored including both permanent pages whose page contents are permanent and variable pages whose page contents vary depending on a plurality of types of records. Print data which includes the variable pages and is to be output to the first printing ... | 03/29/2011 |
