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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7844193 | Multifunctional machine and method of controlling multifunctional machine A multifunctional machine includes a first component section that starts up taking a first time period, and a second component section that starts up taking a second time period shorter than the first time period. An operation start prediction information obtaining ... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7444096 | Electronic device power supply A method and apparatus initiate the supply of power to a component to ready the component to perform a function in response to further operator input. ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7436538 | Dispersed input and output system There is disclosed a dispersed input and output system adapted to instruct the execution of a dispersed divided input operation at a document input and output device, perform control to cause a plurality of document input and output devices other than the document i... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7362460 | Techniques for managing automatic folding functionality in facsimile protocol Support for automatic folding functionality in facsimile (“fax”) machines is described. In one aspect, a method for managing folding by a fax machine comprises sending a signal from a receiver fax machine (“receiver”) indicating that the receiver has folding... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360101 | Apparatus and method for controlling CPU speed transition An apparatus and method for controlling CPU speed transition can use an SMI (System Management Interrupt) signal to perform speed transition of a CPU of a computer such as a notebook computer. However, if the bus master device is in the active state, a control opera... | 04/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7206087 | Finishing module coordinator apparatus and method for assembler/finisher systems A method for a finishing module coordinator controller used in a finishing system comprised of finishing devices controlled separately from production equipment. The method comprises receiving finishing job description information, including identification of job se... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7190916 | Image forming apparatus An engine control part determines a print operation start timing, wherein a transferring material discharging interval designated by a transferring material discharging interval notifying means for notifying a controller part of the transferring material discharging... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7137943 | Sheet preparation module architecture and control methods Sheets can be manipulated for punching, perforating and/or folding. The systems and methods according to this invention allow sheets to be punched and/or perforated in various configurations. The systems and methods according to this invention allow sheets to be fol... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7133624 | Image forming apparatus and program update method in the apparatus A control program is previously stored in a flash ROM, and when update of the control program stored in the flash ROM is requested, control is changed to that based on a program stored in a mask ROM, and a control program as the subject of update is received and wri... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7108435 | Printing control apparatus and method, and printing system In a printer having a stapling function for binding together a plurality of sheets of printing paper that have been printed out, processing for performing stapling at a set position cannot be carried out if the set staple position and the orientation of printing pap... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7061636 | Production monitor controller apparatus and method for assembler/finisher systems A method for a production monitor controller used in a finishing system wherein the controller uses information concerning the constraints of devices within the system to break the job into job segments wherein each job segment conforms to the constraints of the dev... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7035947 | Communication system, information processing apparatus, output apparatus, control method, and memory medium It is an object to allow an output apparatus to certainly recognize an error when the error occurs at the time of a data transfer using an upper layer (IEEE 1284.4). In a communication system in which an information processing apparatus and an output apparatus can c... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7027174 | Configuring input and output speeds in a media handling system A media-handling system includes a printer having an output that is variable among a variety of different speeds. A first accessory device has an input that is coupled to receive media from the output of the printer. The first accessory device is configured to commu... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7003232 | Output timing controlled image forming apparatus, system and method An image forming system includes a plurality of image forming apparatuses which are connected to each other via a communication line. Each of the image forming apparatuses includes an image reader that reads an image of an original document as image data; an image d... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6978096 | Image processing apparatus An image processing apparatus for executing a job by using a job parameter set including a combination of values of various setup items which define an operation condition of the job as a work unit, the image processing apparatus provided with: a job parameter memor... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6972860 | Encoding of requests for sample copy output in document assembly trees The concept of a document assembly tree is extended to include in nodes, such as a node describing a sheet 330 or a node describing a compilation 342, a sample interval specification. The sample interval specification is interpreted as a request to pro... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6952535 | Image forming apparatus, program updating method and recording medium An image forming apparatus is provided with hardware resources used by an image forming process, a storage section which stores one or more programs for carrying out processes of user services and control services related to the image forming process, a network cont... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6941477 | Trusted content server A method and apparatus for providing access to authenticated electronic documents over a network. The apparatus comprises a server computer, a user interface connected to the server via a first network interface for providing user access to the server, a computer ne... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6934502 | Image formation apparatus An image formation apparatus includes a console that has a display consisting of a liquid crystal display, a start key, and ten keys. The console is integrated on the front side of a platen that is mounted on a main body of the image formation apparatus. The upper s... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6915085 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING A DEVICE THAT UPDATES STORED PROGRAM BASED ON UPDATING DATA WHICH IS SELECTED BASED ON PROGRAM OF CONTROL SERVICE THAT IS STARTED OR STARTABLE, PROGRAM UPDATING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM An image forming apparatus includes hardware resources used by an image forming process, a storage section that stores programs for carrying out processes of user services and control services related to the image forming process, an updating data selection section ... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6888641 | Designating an image processing apparatus based on limited selection conditions The present invention relates to a system having a computer and a plurality of printers connected to the computer. A printer selector selects a printer which can perform printing in the output form inputted by an operator through an input unit such as a keyboard or ... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6819907 | Image forming apparatus and image forming method An image forming apparatus on which a paper handling apparatus is detachably mountable is provided. The image forming apparatus includes an image processing section that processes an externally inputted image signal, an image forming section that forms an image on a... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6792223 | Image forming apparatus for reducing a system return time An image forming apparatus can reduce a system return time by reducing a time required for initialization of peripheral control integrated circuits according to a control program and achieves a low-power consumption so as to improve convenience for a user. A CPU per... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6738587 | Systems and methods for print recommendation and control Disclosed are systems and methods for print recommendation and control. In one embodiment, a system and method pertain to analyzing print job parameters, determining whether any of the print job parameters are impermissible, and interrupting the print job if one or ... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6625406 | Image forming system wherein an image input to one of the plurality of image forming apparatus is output by the plurality of image forming apparatus An image forming system for connecting a plurality of image forming apparatus and which is capable of conducting a tandem operation such that an image input by one of the plurality of image forming apparatus is output by the plurality of image forming app... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6581097 | Method and system of determining a job ticket for a print stream determining process The invention is a method of establishing, and a structure for, a print stream job ticket. The method begins with receiving a unique job message identifier from a server client, where the identifier is representative of a particular print processing job. ... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6567185 | Data acquisition and retrieval system for an image reproducing system A data access and retrieval system is used with an image reproducing system for accessing and retrieving data from a hard disk set using multiple head assemblies. The head assemblies are separate from each other and are disposed so as to independently rea... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6408141 | Image forming apparatus having a system for determining the status of a mountable printer processing cartridge Machine discrimination data stored in an information storage area of a memory in a body of an image formation apparatus is read, and data stored in a machine information storage area of a memory in a cartridge mounted in the image formation apparatus is r... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6337961 | Print control method and apparatus, and printer A quotient (rounding up at one decimal place) obtained by dividing a user-designated number UNum of copies by a limit number PNum of copies unique to a printer is set as a number J of print jobs. PNum copies of print data obtained by one despool operation... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6282383 | Method of monitoring and initiating operational commands in an image processing device A method of monitoring the operational status of and initiating image processing device control commands on one or more image processing devices from a remote location, said image processing devices each having a control computer for controlling operation... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6249666 | Print path identifiers to identify print medium paths A print medium is fed through a printer along a print path that can include one or more devices and a print engine. A plurality of path identifiers are used to identify the different print paths through the printer. According to one embodiment of the inve... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6192206 | Apparatus and method for shutting-down a reproduction apparatus in a prescribed manner A reproduction apparatus is provided with a timer for starting a shutdown procedure at a time programmable by an operator. If the external power supply is switched off thereafter, as is the case if the apparatus is connected to an external timer, the appa... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6181892 | Image forming apparatus and method for developing toner patches A multi-color image forming apparatus, method and computer program product storing computer instructions, wherein color information latent images corresponding to respective colors and color patch latent images corresponding to respective colors are forme... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6122462 | Communication arrangement in electrographic printer and copier device A unified bus system is used for communication in a printer or copier apparatus. Each functional unit of the printer or copier apparatus is connected to the bus by an interface. The interface includes a duel-port RAM memory unit in which data messages ass... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6047221 | Method for steady-state identification based upon identified dynamics A method for modeling a steady-state network in the absence of steady-state historical data. A steady-state neural network can be tied by impressing the dynamics of the system onto the input data during the training operation by first determining the dyna... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6009284 | System and method for controlling image processing devices from a remote location A system and method for controlling image processing devices from a remote location, including means for selectively monitoring the operational status of a device on a real time basis and means for generating control commands from the remote location to p... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5995771 | Image forming apparatus administration system An image forming apparatus administration system includes an image forming apparatus for forming an image on a sheet of paper. A service terminal is connected to the image forming apparatus through a communication line and administers conditions of the im... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5950036 | Image processing apparatus having calibration control and related method A host computer does not instruct to initiate calibration immediately when calibration is requested by a printer. The host computer instructs to initiate calibration at time which is designated by an operator. As for the execution time of calibration to b... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5930553 | Image forming and office automation device consumable with memory A consumable having a memory device for storing information such as usage information to be used by a the original manufacturer or re-manufacturer. The memory device can also be used to provided software updates or patches for the microcomputers within an... | 07/27/1999 |
