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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7352484 | Printing system and management method therefor A computer transmits a command to change the operation of a print command to a printing apparatus. The printing apparatus changes the operation of the print command and records information (print record) associated with printing on a storage unit in accordance with ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7350889 | Printer with loudspeaker interface A printer includes a loudspeaker that announces error messages and the like. The error messages are stored as sound files in an onboard memory device. A central processor communicates with a speaker interface circuit by means of a data bus. A DMA controller is provi... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352486 | Printer The printer includes a CPU, a bridge image processing unit, a RAM, a ROM, a supply power control unit, a printing unit, a communication I/F, and physical layer I/Fs. When the Ethernet is connected to the communication I/F, if the DMA transfer request signal is not o... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353275 | Printing sub-system for java and internet applications A series of approved printers is associated with each of multiples utilities. A client user having a local printer must first identify the local printer as one of the approved printers. The client user may then gain access to the utilities having an association with... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349112 | Printing-object image designation device A user, upon specifying a print control file as a file to be transmitted, an image file to be printed listed in the control file is also specified as a file to be transmitted, and the image file is listed into a transmission control file. This enables the user to tr... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349334 | Method, system and program product for actively managing central queue buffer allocation using a backpressure mechanism Method, system and program product are provided for packet flow control for a switching node of a data transfer network. The method includes actively managing space allocations in a central queue of a switching node allotted to the ports of the switching node based ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349118 | Confirmation of secure data file erasure A process that provides a status report following a request for the destruction of data files a user wishes to completely erase from a storage medium, such as a hard drive or removable disk. A system administrator can select a quantity of and pattern to be used in o... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349135 | Time multiplexed image data decompression circuit A circuit which uses a compressor to divide each separation image into 8-line strips, and to independently compress each strip, a single decompressor to decompress two or more color image separations, strip by strip, by interleaving them, and to apply them to two or... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7345782 | Efficient implementation of raster operations flow According to one aspect, a printer supports transparency operations by generating mask data at interpretation stage which indicates whether each bit of a page content would be determined by the result of a raster operation or a prior destination value. The mask data... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7345794 | Document reading apparatus and document reading method In a simultaneous double-sided document reading, this invention controls by software the document reading order to store image data in a single image storage device in the same order as a document page sequence. The copying apparatus has a reader unit, a printer uni... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7345781 | Time estimator for printing workflow A preflight time estimator for a printing workflow is provided. An estimated preflight time is determined by analyzing a plurality of previously measured preflight times. The analysis may include tracking and analyzing at least one preflight attribute of a plurality... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7342677 | Method and system for ordering printing of a digital image via a home server A method for ordering printing of a digital image by a customer and a system in which the method is implemented. The system includes a home server located at a home of the customer, an originating server and a lab server, that can communicate with each other via a c... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7342605 | Digital camera having an all-frame print number setting device to collectively set all recorded frames for printing An image file imaged by a digital camera is stored in a memory card, and the digital camera sets the number of prints for each image file according to the digital print order format (DPOF) standard and records the number as a printing information file in the memory ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7342675 | Systems and methods for improved operation and troubleshooting of a printing device Systems and methods are described herein for improved operation and troubleshooting of a printing device. A printing device includes a master module wherein printing device operation data can be stored in non-volatile memory. The master module is provided with non-v... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7342676 | Image printing apparatus and method for deleting print job files based on an abnormality To prevent generation of an error caused by a print job spooled in a memory in boot processing of an image printing apparatus, a print job file left in a hard disk is checked in boot processing. When an unprocessed print job file exists, it is regarded as the cause ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7339687 | Load-balancing distributed raster image processing A method and apparatus for raster processing print data wherein multiple print-processing nodes process a print stream serially as it passes through those nodes. For instance, a client generates a print job with some pages in raster format and some pages in a Page D... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7339694 | Chit printing system, chit printing apparatus and chit printing method A request is transferred from a first information processing apparatus to a second one, and document data for printing is generated in accordance with the print request by a generating program provided in an image generating apparatus, and then the generated documen... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7340544 | Method of using bus and bus interface A method of using a bus, includes: determining whether a subject unit among a plurality of units corresponding to masters obtaining a bus use permission from an arbiter uses the bus as a master to transfer data to/from a first unit corresponding to a slave; and conv... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7339155 | CMOS image sensor and method for fabricating the same A CMOS image sensor and a method for fabricating the same are disclosed, in which light-shielding layers are formed in trenches to improve photosensitivity of the image sensor and simplify its process steps. The CMOS image sensor includes a plurality of photodiodes ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7339690 | Identification card printer with client/server An identification card printer for printing an image on an identification card, is provided which includes a print mechanism adapted to deposit material on to the card. A network adapter is configured to couple to a network. A print drive module controls the print m... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7339693 | Information processing apparatus having printer driver and sheet parameter setting method for printer driver It is necessary to switch print settings and color processing tables to optimum ones in accordance with a type of sheet which is used in a printer. In the case of enabling a new sheet to be used, a setting can be easily added without newly forming a whole printer dr... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7340501 | System, method, apparatus and program for collecting and providing information A transmission device sends status information representing status of a copier to a center through a PSTN. In the center, the status information of each copier is analyzed, and suggestion information selected based on a result of the analysis is provided to a termin... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7339699 | Image processing apparatus An image processing apparatus includes a first sensor having a plurality of reading elements arranged in the primary scanning direction, a second sensor disposed in parallel with the first sensor and by a predetermined lines in the secondary scanning direction, an i... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7339696 | Systems and methods for dynamically generating a printer model database Systems and methods for dynamically generating a printer model database (PMDB) that is based on a printer driver. The printer model database is dynamically generated by automatically generating device independent print job options, semi-automatically generating devi... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336382 | Image forming apparatus printing with a decrease in the quantity of printing material An image forming apparatus includes a connection unit which is connected to a network to perform communication, a receiving unit which receives printing information including at least page kind data indicating the kinds of data for each page and image data, through ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336386 | Image processor including a data compression unit having a switch and image processing method thereof The image processor comprises a switch that divides image data into m×n pixels, having n lines with m pixels per one line; a group of line memories that store the divided image; a compression device which batch compresses the image data of m×n pixels. Further, a c... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336385 | Information processing apparatus and information processing method An information processing system includes an information processor for transmitting image data to an image processor together with device information, and plural image processors for performing, according to the device information, processes to the transmitted image... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336852 | Image processing apparatus, image reading apparatus, image forming apparatus and recording medium for image processing program An image processing apparatus, an image reading apparatus, an image forming apparatus and a computer-readable recording-medium for storing an image processing program are disclosed. The image processing apparatus can synthesize coded data encoded in accordance with ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336380 | Raster generation system and method of processing raster data A raster generation system for a printing machine with an image-setting unit in which the system has at least one raster processor for generating raster data from raw image data, and a memory for storing the raster data. In order to have a raster generation system w... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336387 | Image processing device A color printer 20 allocates all of the image processing memory resources for image processing on image data GD lined up in the main scanning direction of a print head IH, secures an amount of memory resources for each of the lined up image data GD, and relea... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7337387 | Intercepting document data from a spooler and using the data to retrieve related information from a data base to modify the document An improved document generation tool which intercepts data from a print spool and utilizes that data in conjunction with the database to cause certain changes to the final printed data. ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7337403 | Method and apparatus for editing heterogeneous media objects in a digital imaging device A method and apparatus for editing heterogeneous media objects in a digital imaging device having a display screen, where each one of the media objects has one or more media types associated therewith, such as a still image, a sequential image, video, audio, and tex... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336379 | Method, system, and recording medium for ordering prints At the time of ordering a print of image data via a network, agency information is input without carrying out a troublesome operation. Image data obtained by reading a film at a DPE store are written in a CD-R together with agency information representing the DPE st... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333247 | Image capturing apparatus When in single-sided capturing mode(s), because image(s) of both sides of first original sheet(s) is or are captured by first and second capturing components 10, 23, front side(s) of the original(s) being identified based on the image(s) of both sides of the ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333229 | Print control unit In order to provide a print control unit capable of selecting predefined information corresponding to a document to be printed without depending upon an artificial operation, the print control unit comprises an information storing section which links identification ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333245 | System and method for printing retained print jobs A computing system including a computer and a printer. The computer is operable to transmit a print job to the printer that cases the printer to retain the job. The computer is further operable to record a record of the job. The record includes an identifier of the ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333230 | Job order coordination for an image reproducing system among multiple types of jobs accepted in parallel An image reproducing apparatus comprises suspending means that suspend a prescribed operation regarding image reproduction, releasing means that release the image reproducing apparatus from the suspended state, a job accepting unit that accepts multiple types of ima... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333241 | Image data processing apparatus, medium recording image data set, medium recording image data processing program and image data processing method There has been a problem in that original image data should be saved with another name so as not to be altered, resulting in complexity and an increase in necessary storage region. Image data are housed in a folder managed as a film metaphor and a database of photog... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333232 | Image processing apparatus having a function to receive control programs transferred from external device An image processing apparatus avoids abnormal control on loads including an optional device and enables only program transfer when transfer of a control program from an external device is not normally proceeding. Through a communication interface, the control progra... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333226 | Program distribution from a program distribution source to an image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus receives, from a server connected to a network, a notification that a module operating units composing the apparatus can be added. The apparatus requests distribution of a program including the module to the server. Further, when a functio... | 02/19/2008 |
