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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7826753 | Image forming apparatus with an antenna portion An image forming apparatus includes: a first metal side plate; a second metal side plate opposed to the first metal side plate; an exposure unit disposed between the first and second metal side plates; an antenna; and a metal top plate disposed between the first and... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7702247 | Latent image developer system and method A latent image developer system and method is disclosed permitting the recovery of document impressions present in paper and other materials. The disclosed system utilizes two power supplies, a first power supply providing a plate bias charge which is applied to the... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7548701 | Reusable image forming medium and apparatus for reusing the image forming medium For a sheet paper used for forming a toner image or ink image, a surface layer that can be stripped is stacked on a plastic layer. A sliding member is caused to slide in contact with the plastic layer of the used sheet paper on which a toner image or ink image has b... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7436532 | Print control apparatus, print control method, and computer-executable program A printer detects characteristics of a sheet before the sheet is conveyed and outputs sheet information to a PC. The PC specifies a type and the like of the sheet on the basis of the sheet information, decides print quality, and performs print setting. Print quality... | 10/14/2008 |
| RE40435 | Modular copying system using light wave, electric wave, or sonic wave interconnections A modular copying system including combinations of printer, scanner, and system controller modules formed as independent frames. The scanner module includes devices for image reading, first data I/O and first synchronizing signal generation; the printer module inclu... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7372598 | Pagewidth inkjet printer with foldable input tray for interface protection An inkjet printer includes a body defining a print media path along which print media can pass. A printhead assembly is arranged within the body and includes a printhead which is configured to print upon print media passing along the print media path. A print media ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7366429 | Image forming apparatus with a toner image forming device An image forming apparatus having a visible image forming device for forming a visible image on a recording material in a visible image forming area, a supplying device provided with a containing portion for containing the recording material therein, and for supplyi... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366799 | Document processing system including multi-device compatible interface and related methods A document processing system may include a document processing device (e.g., a copier), a host (e.g., a computer server), and a multi-device compatible interface for enabling operation of the host and the document processing device from among a plurality of differen... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362468 | Image sensing device and image processing method An image sensing apparatus comprising an image sensor that senses an image of a subject, a parameter setting unit that sets a parameter used for a predetermined developing processing, and an image processing unit that selects raw data from the image sensing unit or ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7349651 | System and method for branding a document A method for branding a multi-page document includes receiving a branding image, dividing the branding image into a plurality of sub-images, and distributing the plurality of sub-images over a respective plurality of pages of a multi-page document. The sub-images ar... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7328224 | Apparatus and method for controlling user interface The user describes in advance conflict process rules, which indicate descriptions for avoiding conflicts that occur between setup data, in a conflict process rule description file (301). An inference engine (302) refers to this conflict process rule de... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7316791 | Polyimide based substrate comprising doped polyaniline The present invention relates to electrically conductive polyimide films having dispersed in them electrically conductive polymer particles having an average particle size from 0.5 to 5.0 microns. These films are suitable as image transfer belts in high-speed color ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7310163 | Information input/output system, method and terminal therefor An information input/output system includes printer servers and facsimile servers, connected with the Internet respectively, and printers and facsimile apparatuses connected with the printer and facsimile servers, respectively. A terminal is configured to access inf... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7292361 | Information processor and information processing system A process capability judging means (11) of the communication device (1) analyzes the subject information and it judges whether it is possible or not to process the information by this communication device so as to present to the user. A destination dec... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7291361 | Image forming process, image-recorded article, liquid composition and ink-jet recording apparatus Disclosed herein is an image forming process for forming an image-recorded article having a coating layer on at least a part of an image formed, which comprises the steps of providing a liquid composition containing a polymer, providing an image-recorded article for... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7293081 | Method and system for remote diagnostic, control and information collection based on various communication modes for sending messages to a resource manager A method, system, and program product for communicating with machines connected to a network. Information sent to or from the machines is transmitted using electronic mail or a via a direct connection. The electronic mail may be transmitted over the Internet to a se... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7280781 | Override of stack limit settings A user interface is provided for a printer having a finishing device having a maximum physical sheet capacity and being operable at an operational sheet capacity equal to or less than the maximum physical sheet capacity, a marking device which applies marks to sheet... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7273165 | Printing system A printing system capable of writing RFID data consistent with print information printed on a print-information recoding medium into an RFID chip carried on the print-information recording medium. The printing system includes a printer engine for printing print info... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7274883 | Hybrid printer and related system and method A hybrid printing assembly includes a first printing subassembly operable to produce a first pattern on a medium, and a second printing subassembly operable to produce a second pattern on the medium. ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7268769 | Operation panel and image formation apparatus or electronic equipment using the operation panel A display section of an operation panel is raised relative to a horizontal plane. If the display section consists of a liquid crystal having an angle of visibility of 80 degrees (i.e., with an angle formed between the line normal to the display surface of the displa... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7268915 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, control program, and recording medium An object of this invention is to provide an image processing apparatus capable of preventing any color misregistration in printing even when the image processing apparatus is divided into a plurality of semiconductor integrated circuits. An image processing apparat... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7265852 | Image forming apparatus, power consumption restriction system, power consumption restriction program, and power consumption restriction method A plurality of image forming apparatuses connected with one another via a network each have a power management table A and a power management table B. Each image forming apparatus uses the power management table A to cumulate power amounts consumed therein by each u... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7253920 | Data processing apparatus and image recording apparatus, method for controlling data processing apparatus and method for controlling image recording apparatus, and storage medium A mailbox sheet discharge designation environment which flexibly deals with various requests from each user and inhibits a user's load is provided. In this environment, a host computer registers plural discrimination names including a user name and names of plural g... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7242491 | Printing agent service method and system Disclosed is a printing agent service method for performing agent printing on a printing agent printer in accordance with a print request of a client terminal, and selects a printing agent printer that is nearest to a client. This method has the steps of receiving a... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7239825 | Image formation apparatus having a plurality of units and assembling method thereof Systems and methods provide an image formation apparatus in which an image formation apparatus main body, an image reading portion, and an operation panel portion can be efficiently assembled by mounting a joint cover to a printer main body, an operation panel unit ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7239818 | Image forming apparatus capable of forming images on rewritable and reversible display media An image forming apparatus including first and second image forming portions, and a device for detecting a type of an image display medium, image formation by the first image forming portion being allowed when the medium type is a normal image display medium (PP), a... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7228314 | Apparatus and method for controlling user interface The user describes in advance conflict process rules, which indicate descriptions for avoiding conflicts that occur between setup data, in a conflict process rule description file (301). An inference engine (302) refers to this conflict process rule de... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7218976 | User interface control apparatus and method An identifier which indicates a reason why a direct change is disabled upon application of a specific conflict resolution rule can be described in a conflict resolution rule description file (301). In case of a process executed when a UI is not displayed, a s... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7215783 | Image forming apparatus and method of evaluating sound quality on image forming apparatus A discomfort index, S, is calculated with an equation, S=0.3135×(Loudness value)+3.4824×(Tonality value)−3.1460. This equation uses a loudness value and a tonality value, both psychoacoustic parameters obtained from a sound from the image forming apparatus at a ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7206087 | Finishing module coordinator apparatus and method for assembler/finisher systems A method for a finishing module coordinator controller used in a finishing system comprised of finishing devices controlled separately from production equipment. The method comprises receiving finishing job description information, including identification of job se... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7206099 | Media/screen look-up-table for color consistency In an image rendering system, a method of compensating for system performance changes related to image attributes includes rendering a diagnostic image, sensing at least one image quality from the diagnostic image, updating an image attribute compensation tone repro... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7199893 | System, method and terminal for acquiring content information for printing An information input/output system includes printer and facsimile servers, connected with the Internet, and printer and facsimile apparatus connected with the servers, respectively. A terminal accesses information contents on the Internet and transmits printing requ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7194222 | Image forming apparatus which cools an image forming cartridge The image forming apparatus includes a supply device which supplies a recording material, a cartridge including a photosensitive member and image forming apparatus and detachably mounted on a main body of the apparatus, the cartridge being capable of forming an unfi... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7193518 | Image forming device, processing device and method using same A device identifies the finishing location on a recording medium and also identifies the electronic tag location on the recording medium when a finishing instruction is included in a job. Moreover, when the finishing location matches with the electronic tag location... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7194253 | Product order method and system Method with which a mobile user in a mobile network can order products, with the following steps: recording an image corresponding to the product to be ordered, linking the image data with a personal identification... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7190910 | Image forming apparatus, control method for the same, and program An image forming apparatus writes job information associated with an image forming process to a contactless integrated chip attached to recording paper and reads out the job information from the contactless integrated chip attached to recording paper remaining uncol... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7180621 | Method and apparatus for authorizing printing A print job is received (e.g., by a print server) that has an associated print destination. A determination is made as to a first location associated with a source of the print job. Another determination is made regarding a second location associated with the print ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7167930 | Centralized queue in network printing systems A centralized queue for a network printing system allows clients to make job requests and be placed in a job queue without transmitting the actual print job data to the network. An imaging device protocol (IDP) operates independently of the network layers below and ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7167656 | Information delivering system, information delivering method, and computer product The advertisement managing device receives an advertisement request from an advertisement client terminal. The customer managing device specifies a copying machine adapted to the advertisement request, and advertisement contents requested to be advertised are transm... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7164866 | Image forming device that writes log data to storage medium A storage area of a removable storage medium is divided into a header and a plurality of log data writing areas. Each log data writing area records log data for printers having the same model name. The header is further divided into a plurality of header data storag... | 01/16/2007 |
