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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190049 | Image forming apparatus capable of discharging stacked sheets An image forming apparatus performs a single-side image formation such that, when a delay is needed, a stacked sheet discharge control section controls a sheet carrying mechanism so that: a first sheet (for a second imaging job) to be discharged after passing a firs... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8145088 | Print management apparatus, print management method, computer-readable recording medium, and computer program A print management apparatus includes a generation unit configured to generate, from a document including a clear toner page on which both colored toner and clear toner are used and an insert page on which the colored toner is used without the use of the clear toner... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8131176 | Automatic initiation of print job preprocessing before release of print job Print job management information, including management actions performed by a press operator, is collected from a print job manager. An evaluator evaluates the collected print job management information using an evaluation algorithm to generate a predicted press-ope... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8126350 | Information processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, and job processing method for the same An information processing apparatus including an acquisition unit configured to acquire configuration information for each of a plurality of paper feed units including type and number of sheets of paper capable of storage in each paper feed unit, a generation unit c... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8121510 | Printer with duplex circulation route speed control For a sheet circulating transfer route that includes a sheet transfer portion of a printing mechanism provided with a transfer belt for transfer of a sheet as positioned thereto, a transfer section provided with drive rollers for transfer of a sheet as image-formed ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8107845 | Printing apparatus and printing method A printing apparatus performs print processing on a plurality of sheets according to print data input by an input unit, and sets the printing unit to a first operation state in which monochromatic print processing is capable of being performed or to a second operati... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8099010 | Image forming apparatus with controlled developing bias An image forming apparatus includes a transfer bias set up section and a developing bias set up section. The transfer bias set up section sets a transfer bias applied to each transfer member so that the transfer bias applied to a transfer member corresponding to a p... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8090284 | Image forming apparatus and printing control method Provided is an image forming apparatus comprising: mixed printing control unit that performs, in a situation where the job instruction to perform single-sided printing and the job instruction to perform double-sided printing coexist in a plurality of jobs continuous... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8078078 | 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 ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8078077 | Image forming apparatus with two coloring material supplying sections Toners of the same color but with different characteristics are stored in the toner cartridges. For example, toners for high image quality (High Grade) with small particle diameter are stored in some toner cartridges and toners for low image quality (Low Grade) are ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8055148 | Image forming apparatus and method in which printing time is shortened and printing engine is not driven unnecessarily, and recording medium storing program for same Embodiments relate to an image forming apparatus including a print job input unit; an image data storing unit that stores the image data by dividing the image data into a band basis; a job managing unit that outputs a primary sheet supply numerical order of the band... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8050587 | Image forming apparatus with N-up print mode grouping and alignment There is described an image forming apparatus that performs an image forming operation in a N-up printing mode based on a print job. The apparatus includes an image forming section; an operating section to designate the N-up printing mode, and to set an arranging me... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8041247 | Image forming apparatus, control method of the same, recording medium for the same, and image forming system A disclosed image forming apparatus includes an image forming paper accommodating unit accommodating papers on which an image is formed, a specific paper accommodating unit accommodating specific papers, an image forming processing unit forming an image based on sin... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8027610 | Image forming apparatus and control method for printing without a margin An image forming apparatus according to this invention which allows double-sided printing can reduce the toner consumption amount by decreasing the size of a developer image on the second page as compared with the size of a developer image printed on the first page ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8005391 | Methods for determining when to transition between color printing and black-only printing in an image forming device The present application is directed to methods for determining when to transition between printing color images and printing black-only images in an image forming device. A variety of factors may be evaluated in order to select a trigger value. An examined portion o... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7986895 | Printing apparatus, method for controlling the same, and computer-readable storage medium An apparatus includes a printing unit configured to perform printing by a short edge feed mode or a long edge feed mode, an inputting unit configured to input a print job, a setting unit configured to set an upper-limit value of a number of sheets to be used for a j... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7983585 | Printing apparatus and printing method A printing apparatus includes a printing control unit that performs, between printing on a first printing side of a paper sheet and printing on a second printing side thereof, to print on the first printing side of a next paper sheet; a determination unit that deter... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7983584 | Image forming apparatus and control method therefor An image forming apparatus in which surplus tabbed sheets produced in one set of output can be utilized for the next set of output, without requiring a user to perform a laborious task. In the image forming apparatus, a CPU calculates the number of tabbed sheet grou... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7974546 | Systems and methods for outputting finished medium in an image forming device A system and method for outputting finished image receiving medium in an image forming device are provided. The systems and methods include receiving an image forming operation in an image forming device. The image forming operation is evaluated to determine a numbe... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7949278 | Apparatus for registering a predetermined number of jobs simultaneously A recording apparatus connected to a computer executes jobs in a desired order at the time of carrying out plural jobs transmitted from the computer. A printer for carrying out plural jobs transmitted from the computer and recording an image on a recording medium re... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7949279 | Image forming apparatus and control method thereof An image forming apparatus includes an input unit configured to input image data, an image processing unit configured to process the image data, a transfer unit configured to form a developer image corresponding to the processed image data and transfer the developer... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7941068 | Image forming apparatus, image forming system, and recording medium An image forming apparatus includes a discharge tray determination device and a print controller. The discharge tray determination device determines a discharge tray for sample print output from available discharge trays specifiable by the image forming apparatus. T... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7903992 | Image forming apparatus and method for discriminating whether a document is in full color or monochromatic color An image forming apparatus for judging, on the basis of image information, whether an image to be printed is a monochromatic image or a full color image, deciding, at the beginning of a job, a separation mode for the monochromatic image and a contact mode for the fu... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7894739 | Tandem finishing Systems and methods are described that facilitate permitting a high-speed marking system or printer to run at maximum speed without being impeded by a relatively slow, low-speed finisher. A plurality of low-speed finishers are coupled to the high-speed marking syste... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7869733 | Image forming apparatus When discontinuing image forming, the image forming is discontinued after conducting image forming up to the separation of the set in the course of image forming, and then, the jobs in which image forming is not finished including a job in execution are stored in a ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7865105 | Printing control apparatus, printing control method, and program A duplex printing instruction is accepted. When duplex printing is performed in accordance with the single-side printing and duplex printing is performed for a job of one page is decided in accordance with a condition. ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7860425 | Printing system, job processing method, and storage medium In order to build a convenient printing environment which can meet various needs associated with double-sided printing (e.g., a reduction of the load on the operator) from users upon double-sided printing and can cope with the POD environment, a user request associa... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7853168 | Printing apparatus and printing method A printing apparatus includes a receiving means for receiving a printing job including a plurality pages, a printing means for performing printing processing on a plurality of papers based on the received printing job, a paper discharge means for discharging the plu... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7826762 | Image forming apparatus with toner fusion preventing feature for preventing toner fusion between recording sheets An image forming apparatus capable of preventing toner fusion between recording sheets to thereby offer high usability, with a construction that does not cause increase in cost and size of the apparatus and an undue reduction in productivity. In the image forming ap... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7822354 | Power conservation device and image forming apparatus A power conservation device includes a detection unit for detecting a status of the power conservation device; a detection unit power source for supplying power to the detection unit; an operation control unit for controlling an operation of the power conservation d... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7809299 | Image forming apparatus for forming color images and monochrome images The present invention provides an image forming apparatus which, when switching operation from color image forming operation to monochromatic image forming operation, forms a monochromatic image on each of a prescribed number of sheets by stopping a part of the func... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7809300 | Image forming apparatus showing preview of finishing as applied to sample image Sample image data are stored beforehand in a storage unit. A first generation unit generates temporary finishing information by making setting processing on the sample image data based on setting information, and a second generation unit generates input screen infor... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7809301 | Image processing apparatus selectively operable during a disaster, and method for performing the same The image processing apparatus includes an acquiring unit that acquires information on disaster; and a switching unit that switches an operational mode of the image processing apparatus from a first operational mode in which image processing is not performed when th... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7796910 | Image forming apparatus with controlling device for suspended print job In an image forming apparatus 1 capable of reserving a plurality of printing jobs, the suspended state retention time for retaining the suspended state is preset by the operation of an operation section 142. When a printing job during output operation ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7783222 | Image forming apparatus having change-over type developing device An image forming apparatus includes a latent image bearing member and a developing portion having a plurality of developing devices provided facing the latent image bearing member, as well as an inputting portion for inputting an image signal, an auto-discriminating... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7773904 | Image forming apparatus having three input units for instructions An image forming apparatus for forming an image on sheets, includes: a storage unit for storing the number of jobs in which a discharge position of the sheets is switched; a switching unit for switching the discharge position of the sheets; a sheet discharge unit fo... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7742716 | Image forming system An image forming system includes: an image forming mechanism configured to form an image on a sheet of a transfer material; a post-processor configured to perform post-processing on a plurality of sheets of transfer materials, respectively, there being on at least o... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7720404 | Methods of operating a multi-color image forming device in a mono-color mode The present application is directed to methods of operating a multi-color image forming device in a mono-color mode. The methods may include performing three basic loops during the printing in the mono-color mode. A first loop may include printing mono-color pages u... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7711281 | Image forming apparatus for executing adjustment processing and finishing processing A technique for reducing downtime that accompanies the execution independently of adjustment processing for maintaining image quality and the execution of finishing processing relating to a printing medium. In order to apply the finishing processing to the printing ... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7697861 | Printing apparatus and image forming apparatus A printing apparatus receives a plurality of print jobs containing print data from a host computer connected thereto through a network. The printing apparatus temporarily stores the print job in a storage unit to print the print data. The printing apparatus receives... | 04/13/2010 |
