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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7894737 | Image-forming device In the image-forming device, the second driving force is transmitted from each input coupling to the corresponding output coupling to rotate the corresponding photosensitive drum when each input coupling is positioned at a predetermined position for the correspondin... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7860422 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus having a rotation body which is used for transferring an image, a drive section which rotates the rotation body, and a control section which sends a control signal to the drive section to control a speed of the rotation body, the image for... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7423783 | Color image scanning and printing device with efficient conversion of scanned image data into print image data A color image scanning and printing device includes a scanning unit which scans an image of a plural number of pages, a conversion unit performing a conversion process by converting a scanned result scanned by the scanning unit into image data of each of a plurality... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7356274 | Method and apparatus for forming a color image by superposing color toner images with an intermediate transfer medium In the present invention, in an image forming apparatus for laminating images by using an intermediate transferring body, it is sensed that all toner images corresponding to image data for the same sheet material are formed on the intermediate transferring body in a... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7325989 | Paper supply apparatus and image formation device A paper supply apparatus provided with a support component, a slit plate and a rotation force transmission component. The support component freely rotatably supports a winding core around which roll paper is wound. The slit plate rotates integrally or interlockingly... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324767 | Systems and methods for diagnosing color image forming devices A diagnostic routine for determining the cause of color non-uniformity in a full color image forming device, by selecting a substation of one print station and using it in combination with a substation from another print station, while functionally omitting the inte... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7274904 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus comprises: an intermediate transfer belt having a belt surface on which a toner image is formed while the belt surface is moved and transferring the toner image that has been formed on the belt surface onto a sheet to be fed by a feed sect... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7233410 | Printer control apparatus and method of controlling the same, printer and method of controlling the same, reader and method of controlling the same, and image forming system There is provided a printer control apparatus which can be applied to an image forming apparatus in which a plurality of types of readers and a plurality of types of printers can be connected to a single controller, and which enable efficient transfer of image data ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7228081 | Method and apparatus for image forming capable of controlling image-forming process conditions An image forming apparatus includes an image forming mechanism and a process controller. The process controller is configured to instruct the image forming mechanism to perform an image forming operation and a control operation of image forming process conditions. T... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7224919 | Scheduling system for placing test patches of various types in a printing apparatus A digital printing apparatus comprises a rotatable image receptor defining a plurality of test zones along a circumference thereof. Test patches on the image receptor are requested for each of a plurality of types of test routines. A table is used for scheduling tes... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7209265 | Method, apparatus and computer program product for initializing image processing apparatus An image processing apparatus including a scanner with a direct control section configured to control a scanning operation of the scanner so as to input image information from an original document and a main body configured to process the image information. The main... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7167664 | Image forming apparatus where image write-to-transfer time is set integer times of a rotation period of idler pulley An image forming apparatus, includes a plurality of image bearing members, respectively provided with image bearing member pulleys coaxially for rotating in one body with the corresponding image bearing members; an idler pulley, disposed between the image bearing me... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7136613 | Multicolor image forming apparatus and image making device An image forming apparatus, includes: a plurality of image carriers each carrying a developer image; a primary transfer belt opposed to the plurality of image carriers and configured to carry a multicolor developer image; a secondary transfer unit opposed to the pri... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7092646 | Printing device and method for locating a media jam A printing device is provided that includes a housing having a media path therethrough. The printing device includes at least one sensor for detecting when a media jam occurs in the media path. At least one indicator is operatively associated with a processor to pro... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7024143 | Xerographic printer split drive system to reduce image smear A split drives system for a printer in which a single drive motor drives a first belt drive system for the image fusing system and a second and separate belt drive system driving the sheet registration system. This split drives system mechanically isolates the secon... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7016083 | Copying machine, copying-operation control device and computer readable recording medium There is disclosed a copying machine in which, to end a copy job, a reading-operation control process for causing a reading section to generate image data on an original document to be copied and a printing section control process for causing a printing section to p... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7010242 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes: a first image forming unit having a first printing section for forming a first image on the paper; a second image forming unit having a second printing section for forming a second image on the paper; and a paper conveying unit f... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6930798 | Image formation system control method, image formation system, and storage medium In case of outputting data including mixed plural different-type images, productivity and cost performance are improved without an operator's complicated manual intervention. To do so, a color printer, a black and white printer and a finisher are electrically connec... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6925270 | Method and apparatus for forming an image In the present invention, in an image forming apparatus for laminating images by using an intermediate transferring body, it is sensed that all toner images corresponding to image data for the same sheet material are formed on the intermediate transferring body in a... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6920292 | Method and control device for prevention of image plane registration errors A method and a control device for prevention of registration errors. In the current state of the art, a control circuit of a control device eliminates registration errors. A first sensor detects a sheet before a printing module and a second sensor detects the sheet ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6826375 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member, a charger for electrically charging the photosensitive member at a charging position, an image forming system for forming an image on the photosensitive member charged by the charger, and an optical discha... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6813453 | Method and apparatus for forming an image In the present invention, in an image forming apparatus for laminating images by using an intermediate transferring body, it is sensed that all toner images corresponding to image data for the same sheet material are formed on the intermediate transferring body in a... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6741817 | Peripheral device for image forming apparatus, image forming apparatus, image forming system and its control method An image forming apparatus judges whether first processing information of current sheet information is different from that of preceding sheet information. If they are different, the current first processing information is notified to a finishing device. The finishin... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6481703 | Image forming apparatus with highly operable sheet discharge device An image forming system includes a digital copy machine to form an image on a group of sheets from an image of a group of documents, and a staple sorter sorting and discharging copied sheets from the digital copy machine. According to the staple sorter, c... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6343196 | Image forming apparatus and driving method thereof An image forming apparatus and a driving method thereof are provided. A controller for controlling the image forming apparatus includes a central processing unit (CPU) for performing an initialization process when a reset signal is input, a display device... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6279892 | Image forming apparatus with highly operable sheet discharge device An image forming system includes a digital copy machine to form an image on a group of sheets from an image of a group of documents, and a staple sorter sorting and discharging copied sheets from the digital copy machine, According to the staple sorter, c... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6256463 | Printing system and printing method for producing a mixed color sheet sequence A printer or copier includes a high speed monochrome or two color printer portion and a slower full color printer portion. Print job signals are divided into monochrome and color printed pages and sent to the corresponding printer portion. The printers, o... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6241404 | Method for controlling the flow of paper objects in a paper processing system A method for controlling the flow of paper objects in a paper processing system (PPS), having a main copier and/or printer unit with an output accessory manager (OAM) and at least one paper object processing device (POPD1, POPD2, . .... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6204928 | Data processing apparatus and a method for controlling the apparatus A data processing apparatus includes at least one processor which receives data from an input unit. A setting unit sets a time at which data may be input by the input unit, and a determination unit determines if the current time corresponds to the set tim... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6185387 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; a charging member for charging a surface of the image bearing member while contacting thereto with a predetermined voltage applied to the charging member; exposure member for exposing the surfac... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6166826 | Printing apparatus, printing method, and printing system A printing apparatus is disclosed which comprises print means for printing input print data on a print recording medium, the print means driven by the input print data, storage means for storing the print data, storage control means for determining whethe... | 12/26/2000 |
| 5974284 | Image forming apparatus and initializing method thereof When a power supply of an image forming apparatus is turned on and also a power save function is released, the image forming apparatus initialize modules with respect to each of the modules. For example, when initializations of a communication control uni... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5960234 | Time distance display apparatus for image forming apparatus A time distance notifying system for an image forming apparatus sets an image forming mode composed of one or plural image forming parameters, generates attribute data to discriminate the set image forming mode, stores time data representing a time requir... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5950044 | Electrophotographic apparatus and image forming method An electrophotographic apparatus includes an electrophotographic photosensitive member, a charging device, an image exposure device, a developing device, a transfer device, and a control device. The control device stops rotation of the electrophotographic... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5933679 | Electronically controlled printing machine output rate control system An apparatus for use in a printing machine including a member for storing a latent image thereon of a document is provided. The printing machine is adapted to produce a printed copy of the document on a substrate. The apparatus adjusts the printed copy ou... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5752127 | Image forming apparatus provided with a movement control mechanism for optical system This invention relates to an image forming apparatus of electro-photography type in which a light image obtained by reflected light from an original document image by projecting light onto the original document image is changed in size at a set magnificat... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5655759 | Apparatus and method of controlling insertion of substrates into a stream of imaged substrates An apparatus and method is provided for controlling the insertion of one or more special insert sheets into a steam of regular imaged sheets. A coded sheet is placed into a sheet stack in a position where an insert sheet is to be placed. Sheets are remove... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5532792 | Printing apparatus with immediate interrupt In a control system for a laser printer, an AND gate is connected to a circuit system extending from a DC controller circuit to a driving circuit for a laser diode. A mask signal of "L" level is output from the port OPM of the DC controller circuit to the... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5528344 | Image forming device The present invention relates to an image forming device such as a copying machine, a printer, or the like that records an image on a sheet of ordinary paper, more particularly to image forming device that can be installed in multiple direction, for examp... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5523829 | Image forming apparatus having recording material carrying member An image recording apparatus includes an image bearing member; a recording material carrying member for carrying a recording material to a transfer position for transfer of an image; a moving device for imparting relative movement between the image bearin... | 06/04/1996 |
