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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7548702 | Image forming apparatus and image forming method for preventing paper jams in a fixing unit There is provided a technique in which a paper jam in a fixing unit can be prevented without adding a special part or the like, and without causing a damage of a pressure roller and distortion of an image due to adhesion of toner or paper powder to a peeling member.... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7443519 | Printer system flexibly compatible with plurality of printer control languages (PCL) using intermediate and raster codes A printer system flexibly adaptable to various printer languages. The printer system combines a printer device and at least one data processing device. The data processing device and the printer device respectively have an intermediate code generating element for ge... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7359659 | Image forming apparatus and image forming method to create a composite image of a page image and an input text string An image forming apparatus includes a dividing section which divides a plurality of pages into groups, each group including at least one page; an inputting section which inputs different text strings for each group; a creating section which creates a composite image... | 04/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7202972 | Method, computer program product and system for the transmission of computer data to an output device A method and system for outputting data from a computer to an output device, such as a computer, defines a master document in which variable and static data areas are defined. A variable data area is marked and variable data is inserted thereinto to provide a data s... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7196813 | Method of making printed matter and the printed matter The present invention provides a print creating method which can instantaneously create media such as advertisements which are agreeable to the customer by incorporating therein customer snapshots, etc. by the process of printing with an ink-jet recording system on ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7170624 | System and method for advertising The present disclosure relates to a system and method for advertising. In one arrangement, the system and method pertain to receiving data to be printed via a network, configuring the data for printing on a print medium, printing the data on the print medium, and pr... | 01/30/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7106996 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus has a movable image bearing member, a image forming device for forming a developer image on the image bearing member, and an intermediate transfer member on which the developer image on the image bearing member is transferred while it is m... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7050725 | Image forming apparatus employing two printing methods An image forming apparatus has a first image forming unit and a second image forming unit that form images by different methods on the same page. The image formed by the second image forming unit is used as an identifying image to distinguish an original document ma... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7016617 | 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... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6995854 | Method and apparatus for facsimile data output sorting A facsimile apparatus which includes at least one communications mechanism, a printing mechanism, a memory, a transfer sheet selection mechanism, and a processor. The communications mechanism transmits and receives facsimile image data through a specific facsimile p... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6975828 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus capable of preventing the increase of the size thereof by having a lengthened developer bearing member is provided with regard to an image forming apparatus capable of printing a registration mark (dragonfly) on a large sheet of recording ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6975814 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit having an image forming portion positioned over a partition wall that vertically partitions a body frame above a cover plate. A second circuit board in which a tall electronic component-mounting side is upwar... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6965747 | Image forming apparatus with control feature for forming predetermined pattern and normal images An image forming apparatus has a movable image bearing member, a image forming device for forming a developer image on the image bearing member, and an intermediate transfer member on which the developer image on the image bearing member is transferred while it is m... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6952293 | Document backing surface for show-through and artifact reduction A document-backing surface for reducing show-through when a duplex-printed document is scanned but without producing undesirable artifacts. The document-backing surface has a plurality of first and second light-absorbing surfaces, and a plurality of specularly refle... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6922533 | Image forming system In an image forming system of the present invention, a master image forming apparatus determines, at the beginning of a joint copy job, whether or not a user stamp is registered at a slave image forming apparatus. If the user stamp is not registered at the slave ima... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6891636 | Image forming system An image forming system having a copying machine capable of printing advertisement images by means of adding them to document images and a fee charging device for charging the copying fee to the user. The image forming system can alter the copying fee to be charged ... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6862107 | Image forming apparatus Image forming apparatus is equipped with a memory for storing additional images and an area discriminating unit for discriminating areas included in document images. The area discriminating unit discriminates text areas included in a document image based on the cycl... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6782139 | Correcting correlation errors in a compound image A method, apparatus, and system are provided for creating a new compound image by correcting a correlation error in a compound image. According to one embodiment, information identifying a correlation error in a compound image is received, a first constituent image ... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6766118 | Image forming system In an image forming system of the present invention, a master image forming apparatus determines, at the beginning of a joint copy job, whether or not a user stamp is registered at a slave image forming apparatus. If the user stamp is not registered at the slave ima... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6718150 | Image forming apparatus and image forming method In an image forming apparatus that forms a toner image on a continuous medium, the tension force applied to the continuous medium by the image forming drum is controlled within a proper range. The apparatus comprises a toner image forming unit forms a toner image on... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6643473 | Image forming system In an image forming system of the present invention, a master image forming apparatus determines, at the beginning of a joint copy job, whether or not a user stamp is registered at a slave image forming apparatus. If the user stamp is not registered at th... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6411784 | Image forming system and processing method in image forming system having user signature verification and printing capacity An image forming system includes a scanner to read image data, an image forming apparatus to form an image on an image receiving medium based on the image data, an input panel to input a user's manual signature and a memory to store an image of a user's m... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6404994 | Image forming apparatus and system A copying machine with a charging device that can substantially improve the advertisement effect in case of printing by adding an additional image to a document image. This copying machine, when the set registered number is plural, changes the kind of adv... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6269237 | Printer with two printing units and pairs of transport rollers driven by step motors A printer is provided with two similar printing units fed with sheet-like material via a common input section. Printed material is output via a common output section. Groups of transport rollers and individual transport rollers are driven by step motors.... | 07/31/2001 |
| 5781823 | Image forming apparatus having a plurality of image forming sections each having different means of forming images A recording apparatus according to the invention includes a first recording device arranged in a first path and a second arranged upstream of the first recording device. A second path has a first end and a second end. A first feed-direction-switching devi... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5386270 | Electrostatographic reproduction apparatus with annotation function An electrostatographic reproduction apparatus includes a digitizing tablet for designating an area to receive an annotation on reproductions of a document sheet original. An annotation stored electronically in the apparatus is printed using an electronic ... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5331375 | Image forming apparatus for writing a plurality of additional data on a single copy sheet A copying apparatus capable of copying the images of a plurality of original documents onto the same surface of a single copy sheet. The aforesaid copying apparatus is capable of writing the date, page number and like additional data on the same surface o... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5311255 | Real-time diagnostic system for detecting non-linear movement of an imaging member using optical fibers A diagnostic method and apparatus for use in an electronic printer or reproduction machine having a movable imaging member capable of receiving an image from a modulated light source. A plurality of light sources are mounted adjacent the imaging member. E... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5268716 | Data entry method and apparatus for an electrophotographic copying machine A data entry apparatus for an electrophotographic copying machine which forms an image of a document on a photoconductor and transfers the image to a paper, including data input keys for specifying data to be written, a position entry device for specifyin... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5172167 | Data entry apparatus A data entry apparatus for an electrophotographic copying machine which forms an image of a document on a photoconductor and transfers the image to a paper, including data input keys for specifying data to be written, a position device for specifying an a... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5105217 | Copying apparatus with grid forming function A copying apparatus is provided with a grid forming function wherein a grid pattern can be formed on plain copy paper to accurately and readily indicate the size or position of an image formed thereon. The copying apparatus includes a photosensitive membe... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5089847 | Highlight color copier An electrophotographic printing machine in which a color highlighted original document having black indicia and non-black indicia thereon is reproduced in a single cycle. An optical system exposes the charged portion of the photoconductive member to recor... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5025286 | Laser beam image forming apparatus with SOS Detection An image forming apparatus comprising a laser beam radiating unit utilized as a light source, and an optical system that the surface of an original reflects a laser beam radiated from the radiating unit to project an image reflected form the original onto... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5021832 | Electrophotographic copier having additional information recording function An electrophotographic copier comprises an optical system for projecting an original image onto a photoreceptor to form an electrostatic latent image thereon, and a movable LED array for forming an electrostatic latent image corresponding to additional in... | 06/04/1991 |
| 5017961 | Image forming apparatus with use of a laser beam An image forming apparatus includes a laser beam radiating unit utilized as a light source, and an optical system that the surface of an original reflects a laser beam radiated from the radiating unit to project an image reflected from the original onto a... | 05/21/1991 |
| 4992827 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus is capable of reproducing a read image in combination with a format, without reading a format sheet every time. The format information is read from an external detachable memory, and is combined in the apparatus with the data re... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4951092 | Copying machine with detachable developing device The present invention relates to a copying machine having a color developing function with a developing unit, outline image forming function with a outline image forming unit and a character writing function with a character writing unit. One of these uni... | 08/21/1990 |
