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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189229 | Image processing method, image processing apparatus and program for image position correction processing There is provided an image processing method enabling image position correction processing to be preferably performed after scan of a paper document and thereby capable of significantly reducing image correction processing cost required before printing, an image pro... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8189230 | Shifting print areas for cover and body in book binding An image forming apparatus including: a data input section to input document image data including cover sheet image data and body text image data; an image forming section to form an image on a recording medium based on the document image data; an input section to i... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8179557 | Image forming apparatus for reading information from and writing information to a non-contact medium An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit; a controller that controls the image forming unit to form, on a recording medium, an image based on image data in accordance with a first print setting; and a data recording unit that records original data ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179556 | Masking of text in document reproduction An apparatus for masking text in a rendered copy of an original document includes a text modification system which is configured to receive a print job from an application and modify the print job in accordance with a print job description, whereby when rendered on ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179555 | Printing and finishing capability for customized document production system and method A method of producing a customized document with a printing and finishing system includes registering a capability of the printing and finishing system, designing at least one intelligent template for the customized document based on the capability of the printing a... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179558 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, program and storage medium constructed to generate print data including a bitmap image and attribute data of each pixel of the bitmap image It is an object of the present invention to provide an image processing apparatus having a function to store print data in a searchable manner. In order to achieve the object, when print data including a bitmap image and attribute data of each pixel of the bitmap im... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8174724 | Image processing apparatus, control method therefor, and program Input raster image data is divided into objects of each attribute. The division results, and charge information representing a consideration accrued from a vectorized process for the division results are displayed. It is designated whether to execute the vectorized ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8169655 | Technology for combining images in a form When a plurality of image data are received, a form data from among at least one form data and a format data from among at least one format data are selected based on number of the image data. The image data, selected form data and format data are combined to genera... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169652 | Album creating system, album creating method and creating program with image layout characteristics A layout information generating apparatus is provided, for automatically selecting an original image appropriate to be laid out in a template based on information on an output device. The layout information generating apparatus according to the present invention inc... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169653 | Configuring gaming voucher layouts in gaming machines Systems and methods for configuring gaming voucher layouts are described herein. In one embodiment the method includes receiving, in a gaming machine, a gaming voucher layout defining a print layout for a gaming voucher. The method can also include loading the gamin... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169654 | Sequencing and reproducing sets of text and graphics across a collection of printable areas A method of sequencing and reproducing sets of text and graphics across a collection of printable areas and a computer readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing the method. The method providing the user the ability to select many variabl... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169651 | Data processing apparatus for recognizing and processing content recorded on a recording medium A data processing apparatus scans a web page image printed on paper, recognizes the character array for a URL included in the image, acquires data for the web page in the image through the Internet, identifies the positions of entry spaces in the web page, recognize... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8164782 | Transforming partially specified processing instructions and PDL data into a product description A rule based system can produce a formal product description when only partially specified processing instructions and page description language (PDL) files are available. The PDL files contain product content data and can contain product description data. The parti... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164783 | Automatic imposition gutter removal A method and apparatus for printing a plurality of documents juxtaposed for imposition on a print media sheet without gutters. The document images are rasterized and a band of single or multiple pixels is selected along the image margins and compared to determine if... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8159711 | Printing system having an information processing apparatus, a printer and a collator It is determined whether fixed data used for a plurality of pages is merged with variable data different from the fixed data on a page-by-page basis or on a record-by-record basis. If it is determined that the fixed data is merged with the variable data on the page-... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8149452 | Method of printing image and photo-printing system using the method Methods of printing an image and photo-printing systems using the methods are provided. The methods involve receiving the image from a data storage device and printing the image via a printer, the method including the operations of determining whether a Paper Full p... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8144361 | Creation and placement of two-dimensional barcode stamps on printed documents for storing authentication information A document authenticating method is disclosed by which numerous small-sized two-dimensional barcode stamps are generated and placed in a distributed manner on a printed document. The small-sized barcode stamps collectively encode the content of the document to be us... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144360 | System and method for processing portions of documents using variable data System and method for creating and processing documents with variable data is disclosed. The system provides a base set of document image data residing at a first location. The base set of document image data, such as rasterized image data or image data organized in... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139257 | Document editing apparatus, image forming apparatus, document editing method, and computer program product An area identifying unit separates input image data into each image area. An editing unit performs an editing process on the input image data in units of separated image area. An operation displaying unit displays the input image data with an input display module an... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139256 | Method and system for merging scan files into a color workflow A method and system for scanning documents in a network environment and merging the resulting scan files with other documents into a printing workflow provides a user interface in which the user merges a scan file and a document file on a page basis by selecting thu... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139258 | Information processing apparatus, control method and program for laying out a plurality of jobs on one sheet Layout candidates to lay out and print a plurality of input jobs on one print sheet are created. Cutting lines on the print sheet and the number of times of rotation of the print sheet necessary in the cutting process are decided for a layout defined by each created... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139259 | Image forming apparatus including tab sheet reversing function, computer readable recording medium stored with control program for controlling image forming apparatus, and its control method A printer, as an image forming apparatus, reverses the front and back sides of tab sheets that became no longer necessary and discharges when a reverse discharge is specified. ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139260 | Handheld display device for associating multimedia objects with printed substrates A handheld display device for associating a multimedia object with a zone of a printed substrate. The device comprises: a memory storing multimedia objects; an optical sensor for imaging an area of the printed substrate and for generating image data; a processor for... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8134739 | Information processing device for outputting reduced-size pages An information processing device includes an acquiring unit, a reducing unit, and an outputting unit. The acquiring unit acquires at least two files each including a page on which at least one of character and image is carried. The reducing unit generates a reduced-... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8130407 | Editing program stored in computer-readable storage medium When changing a size of a QR code, rather increasing or decreasing a size of cells to thereby scaling up or down an entirety of the QR code respectively, than a size of the entirely of the QR code is increased or decreased by upgrading or downgrading a version of th... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130406 | Recording apparatus image supply device and recording system and control method and program for image layout determination When a print command that designates a layout recording function by its upper layer, and designates a frame print function by its lower layer is transmitted from a camera to a printer, the printer determines a layout print function that prints a plurality of images ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130408 | Image forming system and data processing method The present invention provides a system for printing material information along with two-dimensional coded images which are obtained by converting minutes data blocks and which are to be added to the material information. Specifically, after the material information... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8125675 | Labeling method, recording method, labeling apparatus, recording apparatus and recording medium A recording/reproducing apparatus performs labeling that matches the information recorded on a recording medium. The recording/reproducing apparatus labels the content stored on a recording medium, and includes a control unit that acquires label information for labe... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8125676 | Sticky note printing system and printer that prints based on rotated image data A sticky note printing system has: a sticky note printer which prints on a topmost sticky note of a bundle of sticky notes formed by laminated sticky notes, of which one ends are glued to be peeled off each other; and an image forming apparatus which forms an image ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8125677 | Methods and systems for improved printing system sheetside dispatch in a clustered printer controller Methods, systems, and apparatus for improved dispatching of sheetsides in a high-speed (e.g., continuous form) printing environment using multiple, clustered processors in a print controller. Features and aspects hereof utilize a stochastic mathematical model of mul... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8125679 | Image processing method and image processing apparatus An image processing method and image processing apparatus which can execute vector conversion processing by appropriately dividing a clipart image including gradation into regions are provided. To this end, a color document image including a clipart image having an ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8125678 | Handheld printer A handheld printer that provides an appropriate application of ink to a print medium without a bulky and complex mechanical system for positioning a print head with respect to the print medium. A handheld printer according to the present teachings includes a navigat... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8120809 | Document creation method and document creation apparatus for reflecting a document structure of a paper document in an electronic document A document creation method according to this invention includes an image capturing step of capturing image data of each page, a boundary image specifying step of specifying a boundary image serving as the boundary between sets of pages from image data captured in th... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8120808 | Apparatus, method, and program for laying out images A user decides images to be laid out on one image. For each image showing presence of face among the decided images, a region decision means decides a display region including at least one face in the corresponding image, according to the number of faces therein and... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8115962 | Method of displaying hyperlinked information using handheld display device A method of displaying hyperlinked information 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 a printed substrate and generating i... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115960 | Overlay printer that stores form data A printer is provided which is capable of shortening time required to complete overlay printing. The printer includes a job controlling section to divide received data into a printer language-dependent portion being dependent on a printer language and print job info... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115961 | Method and apparatus providing consistent rotation for pages in a job in accordance with post-processing requirements In the image forming system, there is provided an image processing section which determines a rotation standard for rotating image information so that an orientation of an image which is to be formed on an output medium on which prescribed post processing is not to ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8111421 | Order separator for photographic order fulfillment The present invention discloses an apparatus 100 that provides an order separator 330 for photographic order fulfillment. The present invention includes one or more output print devices 110 that print one or more photographic prints 320 o... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8107118 | Print control apparatus that controls printing device performing printing using print sheet having tab Upon printing on a tab, a printer driver presents a screen for setting index information of a tab sheet, and receives designation of a position where an index is to be added and an item to be added to the index. Further, it receives designation of the number of lett... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107122 | Methods and apparatus for print job submission Methods and apparatus are provided for submitting an electronic document to a printing system that includes a print controller having an input port and a print queue. Methods in accordance with this invention include coupling a portable media device to the input por... | 01/31/2012 |
