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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7440716 | Image copying apparatus and image copying method An image copying apparatus includes a control panel to a user interface; a scanner; a memory that stores an image; an image rotation processing unit that rotates the image depending on the direction in which the image is to be printed; a printer; a printer controlle... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7336912 | Image forming apparatus equipped with an operation section to input an image forming condition An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section that forms a composite image on a sheet, based on image data and a cut guide; an operation section to input an image forming condition; and a control unit that controls operation of each section of the app... | 02/26/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7202968 | Print layout apparatus and method This invention relates to a technique that prevents an image from falling outside a given range when a printer is controlled to form an image on an arbitrary medium while assuring a margin of a predetermined amount. A host computer shifts an image by only a partial ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7161711 | Information processing apparatus and method for creating print data and storage medium When a preview of a job that combines data to be printed output from an application is presented, an information processing apparatus includes, for the purpose of presenting a preview considering the setting of each print job, an intermediate data conversion unit th... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7031001 | Print control apparatus and control method A print control apparatus and a print control method perform optimum page layout processing in accordance with properties of output apparatus capable of book bind printing. The order of sheets and the order of sides are obtained as book bind print setting informatio... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6873812 | Image forming apparatus for forming image on different size pages of booklet and image forming method thereof An image forming apparatus forms an image on a page of a booklet having different size pages. The image forming apparatus includes a setting unit for determining an image forming area on a page having the smallest size; a magnification modification unit for modifyin... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6825949 | Image processing apparatus An image processing apparatus is provided to easily form a cover sheet for covering a sheaf of plural sheets without burdening a user. In the apparatus which can input plural images to be formed on an identical face of the cover sheet for covering the sheaf of the p... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6094552 | Image forming apparatus for printing images in accordance with at least one of first information and second information An image forming apparatus includes a reversing unit for reversing a two-sided document and placing the document on a platen, a reading unit for reading image data of either a front or back side of the document placed on the platen by the reversing unit, ... | 07/25/2000 |
| 5897251 | Image forming apparatus allowing appropriate formation of an image on two-page spread An apparatus allowing double-leaved side wiring or saddle wiring of copied sheets of paper performs the following process for forming an image on a two-page spread. In accordance with the direction of the document set on the apparatus, whether or not the ... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5799231 | Variable index distributed mirror A variable index distributed mirror is disclosed used for high resolution reflective displays that are thin and have high resolution, reflectivity and contrast; wide viewing angle; low power consumption; and low voltage operation. The mirror is electrical... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5774232 | Image recording apparatus The present invention provides an image recording apparatus comprising a document size detection sensor 103 for recognizing a size of an image to be recorded, an image input section 101 for reading and storing therein the image to be recorded, a paper fee... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5708935 | Simplified automated duplex margin repositioning system for different size originals A simplified automated process for printing duplex copy sheets with correct edge margins from first and second original documents having a different dimension than the copy sets so that the duplex copy sheets will have substantially equal margins from the... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5119135 | Selectively variable image positioning system for use in electrophotographic copying apparatus An electrophotographic copying apparatus is disclosed having an imaging system for selectively shifting an image on an output copy sheet in response to a particular image shift selection by a operator. Electronic input signals, representative of selective... | 06/02/1992 |
| 5016051 | Electrophotographic copying machine with device for shifting an image A copying machine of the scanning exposure type has a device for entering the position on a copy sheet where a copy image corresponding to a document image is to be formed. According to the input from the device, the operation timing of a feeder is contro... | 05/14/1991 |
| 5014092 | Image forming apparatus with a binding function An image forming apparatus with a binding function wherein small bands of toner are deposited on paper sheets, a plurality of said sheets are then stacked and thereafter said small bands of deposited toner are fused, thereby binding said sheets. In order ... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4941017 | Copying apparatus having a binding margin forming function When a both-sided binding margin mode is set, data for forming binding margins on two opposing side edges of paper are set. More specifically, a copying magnification based on a size of an original and a size of the copy paper and a count value for determ... | 07/10/1990 |
| 4819029 | Copying machine capable of producing a copy with a filing margin A copying machine capable of producing a copy with a correct filing margin regardless of whether the document is single-sided or double-sided and whether the images are copied on both the sides of a copying paper or one side of the copying paper. The copy... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4745441 | Copying machine capable of forming filing margins on both sides of copy paper A copying machine capable of forming filing margins on both sides of a copying paper forms a filing margin on one side of a copying paper by an ordinary method in which an image of document to be copied is reduced and shifted, and forms a filing margin on... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4740810 | Copying apparatus The present invention relates to a copying apparatus capable of executing a binding margin reduction copy mode to form a copy with binding margin by simultaneously reducing an image in which various drawbacks inherent in executing said copy mode are avoid... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4733266 | Image forming apparatus A carriage acting as a light shielding plate is moved along a table in accordance with a desired copying magnification and binding margin which is displayed between a stationary scale and a movable scale provided on the carriage. A display is provided on ... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4674864 | Control means for varying the image-free edge zones of a copy in a reproduction device In a reproduction device for making simplex or duplex copies having image-free side margins of the desired width, means are provided for supplying to the process control unit of the device data concerning the width of each of two oppositely situated image... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4615611 | Variable magnification copying machine An improved variable magnification copying machine with a function for calculating a conversion magnification from sizes of an original sheet and a transfer paper sheet to be detected or inputted, which is further provided with a function for calculating ... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4187024 | Electrostatic copying machine First and second original documents are copied on the opposite sides of a copy sheet in superposition in such a manner that the centers of the two copied images on the opposite sides of the copy sheet are coincident with each other. The two copied images ... | 02/05/1980 |
| 4162844 | Reproduction machine with duplex image shift An electrostatographic type copying or reproduction machine for making duplex as well as simplex copies. To enable offset margins on the original documents being copied to be matched on both sides of a duplex copy, a control is provided which when actuate... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4101213 | Zoom lens copier An imaging lens system for electrostatic type reproduction machine or copiers utilizing a zoom lens effective to provide, within the magnification limits of the lens, infinitely variable image sizes. A control is provided to pre-set the lens to automatically g... | 07/18/1978 |
