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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8045196 | Image processing system, image processing apparatus, and image processing program product suited for transmitting and receiving data among a plurality of image processing apparatuses To allow inputting and outputting of data using any apparatus of a plurality of MFPs, each of the plurality of MFPs includes a HDD to store user data including user identification information for identifying a plurality of users, a job attribute information generati... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8045197 | Data processing system, data processing apparatus, and data processing program product suited for transmitting and receiving data among a plurality of image processing apparatuses The data processing system includes a storage portion to store user data that at least includes user identification information for identifying a user, a destination designation portion to display a user identified by the user identification information stored in th... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8045206 | Setting information transmission/reception system When a setting relating to the print quality of a printer 3 is changed (T601), sending of ssdp:byebye to PCs 2 (T603) and time measurement by a timer 37 (T605) are executed. Then, after the elapse of 30 seconds from the star... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8045198 | System and method for processing a change history of a PDF file A printer includes a file input section that receives an input PDF file that holds change history; a change history extraction section that extracts the change history from the input PDF file; and a print processing section that prints the extracted change history. | 10/25/2011 |
| 8045207 | Image processing apparatus, method, and computer program product extracting information from operation history and registering workflow An image processing apparatus, in which an operator can register a workflow with an easy operation, the usage of a routine task function can thus be facilitated, and the work efficiency of the operator can be improved. A plurality of functions for an image processin... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8045199 | Method and system to share an image forming apparatus among a plurality of hosts A method and a system to share an image forming apparatus among a plurality of hosts. The method includes generating a print enable signal to be transmitted to one of the plurality of hosts corresponding to an order of forming communication channels among one or mor... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8045205 | Image forming device, and method and computer readable medium therefor A print control device includes a first data processing unit configured to process first print job data based on a first file format, a second data processing unit configured to process second print job data based on a second file format, the second data processing ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8045202 | Information processing apparatus and print device control method An information processing apparatus, which can be connected to a print device which has a function of saving a print job and combining a plurality of saved print jobs, spools an accepted print job. The apparatus adds first identification information indicating a pri... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8045203 | Methods and apparatus for secure facsimile transmissions to electronic storage destinations A method for a computer includes determining a call-in fax telephone number called by a facsimile transmission device, receiving the facsimile transmission from a facsimile transmission device including a digitized representation of a transmission page including an ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8045208 | Method of translating printed text using handheld display device A method of translating printed text using a handheld display device having a touch-sensitive screen and a transceiver for sending and receiving digital information. The method comprises the steps of: imaging an area of the substrate containing printed text in a fir... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8045200 | Image processor with communication units for processing different job types according to priority An image processor has a plurality of NICs (communication units), and a function of executing a plurality of jobs involving communication processes with terminals through the NICs. The job processing efficiency of the image processor is improved to the utmost extent... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8045201 | Printing apparatus and system capable of judging whether print result is successful The printing apparatus includes: a printing device which prints onto a prescribed print medium; a print result prediction device which predicts a print result on the print medium and accordingly outputs print result prediction data including image region print resul... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8045204 | Methods and apparatus for facsimile transmissions to electronic storage destinations including tracking data A method for a computer includes determining a call-in fax telephone number called by a facsimile transmission device, receiving the facsimile transmission from a facsimile transmission device including a digitized representation of a transmission page including an ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8040546 | Multifunction device having parallel processing function for data compression and expansion A multifunction device has a plurality of functions. The multifunction device includes an input unit, a general-purpose process unit, a single specific process unit, and an output unit. The input unit receives image data. The general-purpose process unit implements ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8040545 | Method and system for printing content according to print capabilities of image forming apparatuses using a device A method and system are provided for printing content according to print capabilities of a network of image forming apparatuses using a device. At least one image forming apparatus forming a network with the device is searched and a list is provided of at least one ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8040548 | Automated creation of printed works having customized and/or personalized content Disclosed are various embodiments for automatically creating printed works. A subset of electronic publications from a collection of electronic publications is periodically selected in at least one computing system. The selecting is directed at least in part by at l... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8040543 | Instruction file execution device, instruction file execution method and job flow system An instruction file execution device which includes a receiver, a comparison section and a job execution section. The receiver receives an instruction file and a usable money amount, which instruction file describes a job flow which defines linking of a number of jo... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8040544 | Image output system having image log recording function, and log recording method in image output system An image output system includes input section for inputting an image or data, instruction acceptance section for accepting an instruction of outputting the input image or an image generated from the input data, image output section for outputting the instructed imag... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8040547 | Image forming apparatus, printing system, printing method and program To print, by discriminating a second user, print data unprintable by first user's printing authority, a control method for an image forming apparatus, printing print data specified by user discrimination information, comprises: reading discrimination information; ob... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8035833 | Facsimile communication interface unit capable of preventing data error caused by noise by using a transformer and the transformer thereof A communication interface unit of a facsimile and a transformer for preventing a power source noise. The communication interface unit includes the transformer between a line unit and a MODEM for electrically separating the circuit boards of the line unit and the MOD... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8035837 | Communications system with a network for transmitting image data to at least one illustrating device and communications system with a network for controlling and/or monitoring a printing machine having a number of sections A communications system, with a network, is usable to transmit at least image data to at least one illuminating device. The illustrating device illustrates a printed image location in a printing machine. A network is provided for the control and/or monitoring of the... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8035838 | Network printing system, server, printing machine, and printing method A mobile phone transmits an e-mail with attaching captured image data thereto to a data center. In response to arrival of the e-mail from the mobile phone, the data center transfers the image data attached to the e-mail to a database for storing while associating th... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8035839 | Document processing system providing job attribute control features and related methods A document processing system may include at least one document processing device for performing document processing jobs. A controller connected to the at least one document processing device may be for recording job attribute usage history based upon document proce... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8035841 | Print control apparatus and method, and print system In this invention, a combined job obtained by combining a plurality of jobs is authenticated as a single job. According to the arrangement of this invention, when print jobs are to be spooled, these jobs are transferred from a dispatcher to a spooler where the jobs ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8035831 | Methods and systems for imaging device remote form management Aspects of the present invention relate to management and modification of documents stored on a remote computing device via a user interface on a local imaging device. Some aspects relate to the use of user input at an imaging device to modify document content. User... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8035832 | Recording system and controlling method therefor A printing system in which a DSC and a PD printer are directly connected to each other via a general interface, image data is transmitted from the DSC to the PD printer, and the data is printed, wherein the number of offset bytes and a data amount of the image data ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8035840 | Image forming apparatus with user authentication An image forming apparatus spools normal print requests received from external equipment as normal print jobs which are sequentially executed by a printer, spools a private print request received from an external equipment in a spooler as a private print job execute... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8035834 | Methods and apparatus for manipulating and providing facsimile transmissions to electronic storage destinations A method for a computer system for transmitting a facsimile to an electronic destination, includes receiving the facsimile comprising an instruction page with an optical representation of the electronic destination address and an optical representation of a user sel... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8035836 | Fast job halt in a high speed press In a printing system and method, job data is distributed in segments to a plurality of downstream processors. The segments are processed in respective downstream processors to provide printable frames, which are stored in respective print queues that each supply one... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8035835 | Print control apparatus and print controlling method Stop of print operation in the middle of printing is prevented from causing a stripe or unevenness on a print medium. A print control apparatus for creating print data for printing with a printing apparatus, and transmitting the created print data to the printing ap... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8031360 | Methods and systems for fax routing In an illustrative embodiment, methods and systems are provided for processing facsimiles. A call processing system receives a first message transmitted from a first carrier system regarding a facsimile call to a phone address. The first message includes an identifi... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8031359 | Information processing apparatus, control method therefor, and program Job management information is analyzed to extract post printing process information on a post printing process from the job management information on the basis of the analysis result. A stylesheet corresponding to the extracted post printing process information is s... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8031358 | Image forming system including a plurality of image forming apparatuses An image forming system, having means for storing usage histories of latent image carriers, developer, or the like and maintenance cycles of image forming apparatuses and having a function for selecting image forming apparatuses outputting an image based on the usag... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8031354 | Image communication apparatus for determining a correct destination location of image data An image communication apparatus capable of communicating with external apparatuses determines whether image data received from the external apparatuses is a first type of image data that was to be transmitted to the image communication apparatus or a second type of... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8031355 | Communication device A communication device has an image reading unit, a wireless tag reading unit, a transmitting unit, a detecting unit, and a data-size notifying unit. The image reading unit reads image data from an original document on a page basis. The original document has a wirel... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8031352 | Apparatus and method for processing received data In an apparatus capable of handing data received by a communication function, such as facsimile function or the like, information for generating a file name to be set for received data is registered so as to correspond to receiving conditions (for example, in facsim... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8031353 | Data processing device for renaming virtual device A data processing device includes a registering unit, a display unit, a settings-acquiring unit, and a virtual device renaming unit. The registering unit registers a plurality of communicable printers as a plurality of virtual devices. Each of the plurality of virtu... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8031356 | Color printing system In a color printing system the printer driver automatically obtains local characteristic information, such as countries, cities, languages, etc., stored in the OS of the host computer. The printer driver or the image forming apparatus color-converts the input data i... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8031357 | Handheld display device for interacting with printed substrate A handheld display device for displaying and interacting with information corresponding to a printed substrate. The device comprises: a transceiver for sending and receiving digital information; an optical sensor for imaging an area of the printed substrate and for ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8027050 | Computer containing a print control program, the program, and program recording medium A computer storing a print control program, the program, and a recording medium containing the program according to the present invention control access from the computer to a printer in the kernel mode. When access is made from an application program (4 | 09/27/2011 |
