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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7355733 | Recording material management in a copier or printer Disclosed is a digital image production apparatus comprising: a print engine having a plurality of trays each of which is capable of accommodating different types of recording sheets; a user interface; and an electronic control system controlling print processing, i... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7332710 | Method and apparatus for determining a scan boundary in an image scanner A light source control method and apparatus of an image scanner is disclosed. The invention utilizes a determination means and an illumination control device to perform partial or full illumination and adjust brightness so that the light source can be operated more ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7284753 | Printing device with manual paper feeding function A printing device with a manual paper feeding function includes a manual paper feeding unit, a first paper size input unit that inputs a paper size by an operation and a second paper size input unit that detects a paper size of fed paper and inputs the detected pape... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7272497 | Vehicle navigation system with multi-use display A vehicle navigation system (e.g., GPS) with multi-use display generator that provides for the switching of a displayed image from a navigational based image to a non-navigational image such as a favorite photo. This versatility allows for the user of a vehicle navi... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7263328 | Image forming system, control method, recording medium, and program An image forming system has an image forming apparatus which has a printing unit which can perform a printing process of data of a storage unit which can store data of a plurality of jobs and which has a conveying unit which can convey a sheet from the print unit to... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7231172 | Apparatus and method of measuring paper size by using sensor A method of measuring a paper size using a paper feeder having a fixedly mounted body part and a fastener apparatus movable depending on the paper size includes receiving light reflected from the body part with respect to an amount of a sent light, measuring the amo... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7177585 | Image forming apparatus and method An image forming apparatus registers both sides of sheets with great precision in a sheet transportation direction in both-side image formation. The image forming apparatus includes: photoconductive drums holding toner images; an intermediate transfer belt temporari... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7148977 | Consumable availability with print preview Apparatus, systems and methods for print previewing are provided. One method includes providing a print preview that reflects a consumable availability status and optionally proceeding with a print job. ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7091461 | Light source control method and apparatus of image scanner A light source control method and apparatus of an image scanner is disclosed. The invention utilizes a determination means and an illumination control device to perform partial or full illumination and adjust brightness so that the light source can be operated more ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7068260 | High-level function selection for multi-function device A multi-function device configured to perform a plurality of functions related to document production and transmission is provided. The multi-function device includes a display, the display being configured to present an idle screen when none of the plurality of fun... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7061267 | Page boundary detector A logical gate and a comparator are used to detect page boundaries in a data stream. A current address and a predetermined page size, that is an integer power of 2, are compared using a Boolean logic gate such as AND or XOR to detect a page boundary in a data stream... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7058323 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus with an image forming part and a fixing part for fixing images on a recording medium measures, downstream of the fixing part in a transport path, speckles on a recording medium, and generates measured speckle data representing the measured... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7031020 | Image processing method, apparatus and controller An image forming apparatus and method in which a controller is capable of executing image processing of its own are disclosed. The controller has an RF unit for processing image information, a halftone image processor, a density corrector and a patch generator. The ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7019852 | Image forming apparatus capable of image formation in a plurality of modes A user-friendly, image forming apparatus capable of reducing operation errors by users provides a permission to change a print mode to the staple print mode when the device is placed in the original mixed mode and the image data of originals all have a same length i... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6976672 | Sheet feeding device with plural sheet feeding means feeding in opposite directions to sheet post-processing system A feeding tray for feeding sheets from the left side thereof and a feeding tray for feeding sheets from the right side thereof are disposed on a multiple inserter, and selectively employing the feeding tray for feeding sheets from the left side thereof and the feedi... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6934505 | Image forming apparatus A paper transferring device for an image forming apparatus includes a plurality of guide members forming a paper transferring path connecting a paper feeding device and a photosensitive drum, a feeding roller disposed on a side of the paper transferring path adjacen... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6836623 | Imaging apparatus and remote management system of the same In a multi-function imaging machine, a termination condition for each application is managed at a remote location, and a termination operation of the application based on the termination condition is controlled at the imaging apparatus. This imaging apparatus implem... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6415110 | Image forming apparatus and method with automatic size and orientation determination The image formation apparatus according to the present invention has a document setting portion for setting a document, a size setting button for setting the size of a paper on which an image of the document is transferred by selecting it from a plurality... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6285842 | Apparatus for setting image forming conditions An apparatus for setting image forming conditions includes: a display section having a display screen; a transparent touch-sensitive panel having a plurality of touch-sensitive keys and provided on the display screen for inputting the image forming condit... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6243541 | Image reader and printing system An image reading is executed to only specific originals among plural originals. An original information detecting part detects original information on each original based on the result of prescanning. A judging part, based on copying conditions set by a u... | 06/05/2001 |
| 5768652 | Method of controlling an electrophotographic imaging process A method of controlling an electrophotographic imaging process wherein a two-component developer is mixed and activated to obtain a uniform distribution and triboelectric charging of the toner, by interruption of the process and carrying out extra activat... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5697015 | Electrophotographic apparatus and method for inhibiting charge over-transfer Method and apparatus are provided for inhibiting toner transfer defects, and in particular, to inhibit over-transfer of electrical charge through a transfer medium to a toner after development of a latent image on a photoconductor in an electrophotographi... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5557367 | Method and apparatus for optimizing scheduling in imaging devices A method of scheduling a job in an imaging system includes detecting criteria of the job, determining applicable constraints based upon one or more of the criteria, inputs entered into the imaging system and/or operating the imaging system to output the j... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5528350 | Image forming apparatus with removal of excess toner An image forming apparatus of the electrophotographic type wherein a toner image formed on a photosensitive drum is transferred to recording paper by a transfer roller to form an image is disclosed. When the size of the toner image formed on the photosens... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5453818 | Document detection device and a copying machine provided with the document detection device After placing an original document on a document platen of a copying apparatus main body, when a detection switch detects a predetermined angle of θ of a document cover in the course of closing the document cover, a light-emitting device of a distance-me... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5448277 | Virtual process controls test pattern for electronic printers In a method and apparatus for testing subsystem and/or system performance of an electronic printer, a controller uses an electronic scanning system bitmap representing an image to be printed to determine locations to be sensed by a plurality of sensors. T... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5355205 | Image forming method and apparatus having improved copy sheet supply inlet selectability An image forming apparatus provided with a plurality of sheet supply inlets respectively accommodating different kinds of sheets and a selecting member for selecting a desired kind of sheets. When a desired kind of sheets is selected by the selecting memb... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5323212 | Copier having an intermediate tray A copier includes reporting means and suppressing means for suppressing a report by the reporting means. Assume a case wherein the number of paper sheets accommodatable in an intermediate tray changes if the document laid on the glass platen is changed in... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5321486 | Image forming apparatus with control based on detected and designated recording medium size An image forming apparatus includes a detecting unit that detects the size of a recording medium and a designating unit that designates the size of a recording medium onto which an image is to be recorded. The comparing unit compares the detected size wit... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5287158 | Image forming apparatus with image reading unit An image forming apparatus includes a printing unit for printing an image on a paper, a paper feed mechanism for feeding a paper to said printing unit, a paper supply cassette for forwarding papers, one by one, to said paper feed mechanism, an optical sen... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5260742 | Electrophotographic copying machine using memory card An electrophotographic copying machine includes a card loading portion for loading a memory card, and the memory card having a memory in which copy data such as copied quantity can be stored is loaded into the card loading portion. Copying condition such ... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5257082 | Copier with automatic insert feed having an interrupt function An electrophotographic copying machine capable of inserting an inter-sheet in a copy of a document. A width-detector is provided to detect the width of an inter-sheet contained in an inter-sheet tray. A judging circuit determines if the detected width of ... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5249288 | Process for accommodating bad disk pages in an electronic printing system An electronic printing system with plural hard disks for storing system files, each disk having a bad page table, from the individual disk bad page tables, generating a composite bad page table, providing a common allocation table for controlling allocati... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5229814 | System for identifying a substitute paper stock for unavailable paper stock when printing a job A process is provided for operating an electronic printing system at a job site for producing print jobs from image signals, the electronic printing system having programming means for inputting printing instructions for the print jobs and a plurality of ... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5220395 | Image forming apparatus capable of indicating orientations for setting original documents An image forming apparatus capable of indicating document orientation for a reference to set an original document on a document platen, the image forming apparatus including a document orientation display member for displaying the document orientation at ... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5206689 | Copy ratio setting apparatus An image forming apparatus provides for the scanning of an original document when placed on a document table. The scanning operation moves from a predetermined position along a predetermined scanning direction. A specifying arrangement for specifying an o... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5136341 | Image forming apparatus having means for coordinating the input and discharge of copy paper An image forming apparatus which facilitates the input and output of copy paper. One embodiment includes an image forming apparatus with paper supply trays, a development area, a console and a sorter. By pressing a transparent paper mode key on the consol... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5130757 | Electrophotographic copying machine having an automatic paper selecting function An electrophotographic copying machine includes photosensitive means, image forming means for forming an image of an original on the photosensitive means and transferring the image onto copy paper, a plurality of paper feed means each containing a plural ... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5105230 | Image forming apparatus capable of selectively feeding a sheet longitudinally or laterally A pair of sheet accommodating sections separately accommodate sheets of the same size in different directions, i.e., in lateral and longitudinal directions; and the sections are selectively used so as to feed a sheet which corresponds to the placement of ... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5041873 | Copying apparatus having a detachably mounted storage medium for setting the operation mode of the apparatus A copying apparatus in which an operation mode defined by items such as the number of copies and copying magnification registered on an IC card can be changed by loading the IC card in the copying apparatus. A device in the apparatus prohibits change of t... | 08/20/1991 |
