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| 7962058 | Image forming apparatus for determining a sheet size, an image forming method for determining a sheet size and a computer program product thereof A sheet-size decision table indicative of a correspondence of a plurality of sheet sizes and an image size printable on each sheet size is prepared in advance. An acquiring unit acquires image data, and an extracting unit extracts an image size of the image data. A ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7424238 | Image forming apparatus with confirmation output function and controlling method thereof An image forming apparatus has a job information acquiring unit for acquiring job information which includes job-related sheet size information, a confirmation-output size determining unit for determining the size of a sheet for confirmation output according to the ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7408674 | Printing control apparatus and method for changing a setting based on a change in another setting When a user enters control information for controlling a printing device, the information is stored in a user information storage unit. All combinations of items of the control information capable of being set by the user and values of items incapable of being set b... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7372051 | Electric charged particle beam microscopy, electric charged particle beam microscope, critical dimension measurement and critical dimension measurement system Magnification errors are reduced in the required range of magnification in electric charged particle beam application apparatuses and critical dimension measurement instruments. To achieve this, a first image, whose magnification for the specimen is actually measure... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7339654 | Sheet conveying apparatus and image reading apparatus A sheet conveying apparatus is provided including a sheet feed tray on which sheets of a plurality of sizes are placed. A conveying unit conveys a sheet on the sheet feed tray to a predetermined processing position. A sheet position detector has a plurality of light... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7330285 | Image processing apparatus and print control method therefor An image processing apparatus for processing image data comprises a printer for printing processed image data on recording paper; an image data receiver for receiving image data transmitted thereto via a network; storage unit for storing the image data received by t... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7305430 | Reducing data storage requirements on mail servers A single copy of an incoming message addressed to multiple recipients is stored as a shared message on a server and the message's size is determined. A recipient count indicates how many of the recipients of the message have mailboxes on the server. A total amount o... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7286248 | Image forming system for forming multiple images on a printing medium An image forming system enabling a user to submit an image, scanned or otherwise, and replicate the image to result in an output image containing repeated multiple copies of the original image on a single printing medium. ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7212295 | Keyboard for imaging devices A removable and re-attachable keyboard device for interfacing with an imaging device in a position adjacent to a display on the imaging device is presented. The keyboard device docks or otherwise couples the imaging device as opposed to residing on the table or base... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7194217 | Image processing apparatus with simplified mode selection An image processing apparatus has a document table on which a document can be placed. A document position detector detects the position of the document on the document table. A scanning mode selector selects a scanning mode according to the position detected by the ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7167770 | Method of correcting transfer of a thin material and a thin material transfer apparatus A transfer correcting method for a thin material transfer apparatus includes detecting a front end of a thin material by the sensor, and transferring the thin material from a position of the sensor, to a processing unit, and further a reference transfer range from t... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7102764 | Digital copying machine including photo features function A digital copying machine includes a function that allows a standard photo size to be selected, an original photo to be scanned and multiple copies of the photo to be printed on a sheet. The digital copying machine automatically scales the copies to the selected siz... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7095975 | Copying machine and copying method An Flat Bed-Multi Function Device includes an MPU, a reading section, a recording section, an operation section, an image memory, and a ratio changing section. In a reduction copy mode, the reading section reads an extended reading area of a document larger than a r... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7093992 | Versatile collator and system incorporating same An efficient collator. The collator includes a first mechanism for selectively separating physical output from a device. A second mechanism is coupled to the first mechanism and facilitates angling and/or rotating the first mechanism based on the physical output. In... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7080274 | System architecture and method for synchronization of real-time clocks in a document processing system A system architecture and method are provided for synchronizing the slave clock of one or more resources with the master clock of a controller in a document processing system. The method includes: a) saving a value of the master clock (615); b) generating a d... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7046343 | Method and apparatus for recognizing regions corresponding to image storage sheets A read-out image is acquired by covering an image storage sheet, which contains a color image, with an image storage sheet pushing surface of a platen cover and reading out an image of a region on the image storage sheet pushing surface of the platen cover, the regi... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7027180 | Information processing apparatus and method An information processing apparatus for making a bookbinding setup for a document includes a cover page determination unit for determining pages to be imposed on a cover from input data of a plurality of pages, a cover imposing processing unit for executing an impos... | 04/11/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6975413 | Image forming apparatus and sheet supply unit for use in the same An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit which accommodates an image forming module for forming an image on a recording sheet supplied, and a sheet supply unit disposed in parallel with the image forming unit, having one or plural sheet supply trays... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6938893 | Paper cassette for image forming apparatus A paper cassette for an image forming apparatus includes a cassette body, a pair of aligning plates, paper separating fingers, and a biasing member. The cassette body has a knock-up plate on which paper is stackable. The pair of aligning plates are disposed on the p... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6926269 | Paper cassette and paper feeding apparatus A paper cassette holds a stack of print medium therein. A guide member includes first and second members. A medium-supporting plate supports the stack of the paper placed thereon. When the guide member is moved to a predetermined position, the first member abuts the... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6924826 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium storing computer-readable program Editing a printing job of printing data temporarily stored in an intermediate-code format is restricted such that an error does not occur in the result of printing. A user interface for editing the printing-setting information of the data temporarily stored in the i... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6799761 | Sheet-position detection device and image forming apparatus including the same A sheet-position detection device has a stop unit for temporarily stopping a sheet conveyed along a sheet conveying path, and a sheet-position detector for detecting a position of the sheet in a direction transverse to a conveying direction of the sheet during the s... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6628424 | Digital synthesizer digital copier and magnification control unit The digital synthesizer comprises a system control unit, a read control unit, and a write drive control unit, and based on a magnification fine adjustment value set using a magnification fine adjustment panel, in the copy mode, a magnification of an image... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6526241 | Copier operation control and input device Four original size and paper size combinations are displayed together with arrow indicators on a display panel, in order of use frequency. Each size is displayed by text and pattern and enlargement or reduction with the necessity of rotation also indicate... | 02/25/2003 |
| 5961226 | Printing apparatus A printing apparatus capable of feeding standard and non-standard sheets so that image data can be printed on various types of sheets with the need for increasing the number of internal components. One embodiment for achieving this includes a sheet settin... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5905935 | Finisher capable of folding a paper in a z-shape when the properties of a printed image is affected A finisher connected to a digital copying machine includes a folding device for folding output paper into Z shape, a binding device for binding a sheaf of the papers into a preset size, and a control unit that determines whether image property will be aff... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5805955 | Image forming apparatus and method with divisional image forming provisions An image forming apparatus and method form respective carrier images corresponding to at least one specified area of a manuscript image of a manuscript document by designating at least one specified area of the manuscript image with a user-actuated divisi... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5798841 | Book page document image reading apparatus having a page turning mechanism A book page document image reading apparatus includes a page turning mechanism, a reading mechanism for reading an image of a spread book page document placed thereon with a binding section being aligned to a reference position, an image size changing mec... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5790921 | Magnification setting apparatus for image forming apparatus When zoom keys for changing a magnification by a predetermined unit each time, not only setting of a fixed magnification is bothersome, but also setting a magnification in the vicinity of the fixed magnification is very troublesome. A zoom up key and a zo... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5719968 | Digital copy machine that carries out optimum copy regardless of original mounted position An image of an original mounted on a platen is converted into image data by a CCD. An original region detection unit detects the region of the original mounted on the platen from the image data. According to this detection, the writing address of the imag... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5671463 | Image forming apparatus capable of forming a plurality of images from different originals on a single copy sheet In the present invention, the image data of a plurality of sheets are separately and appropriately enlarged or reduced so as to be formed on a single copy sheet by independently controlling at output the magnification of the respective images in accordanc... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5550623 | Digital copying machine having selective paper feed based on copy productivity In a digital copier of a type having plural paper trays for storing recording paper of different sizes and orientations, an automatic paper selection mechanism selects paper from a tray that produces the shortest time required to make a prescribed number ... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5508791 | Power transmission mechanism optimum for optical system of image forming apparatus The invention relates to a power transmission mechanism included in the optical system of an image forming apparatus. A power transmission mechanism according to a first mode composes a link mechanism for interlocking the moving member for adjusting the o... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5475475 | Image forming apparatus and method in which image of a plurality of originals are formed at different positions of one recording sheet An image forming apparatus for forming a plurality of images at different positions on a single recording sheet is disclosed. In order to form a plurality of original images on a single recording sheet with a simple operation, the image forming apparatus ... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5390005 | Operation-panel-indicating method for a copying machine A method of indicating a setting screen of an image forming machine on which a touch-panel is displayed, wherein automatic setting conditions and a manual mode button are displayed on an initial screen; and when a touch operation is conducted on the manua... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5384632 | Digital copier enabling setting of a plurality of copying conditions in a single setting operation before copying is initiated A digital copier being provided with a memory function which enables the operator to set a plurality of copying conditions in a single setting operation before copying operations are initiated so that the copying operations are performed in series or in p... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5349422 | Printer for scanning original document and copy sheet and computing magnification ratio A printer having a digital image processing capability and capable of printing image data on a sheet of irregular size. The printer selects either a regular size sheet print mode or an irregular size sheet print mode. When the irregular size sheet print m... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5345302 | Image forming apparatus for forming two images on one side of one sheet An automatic document feeder and a copying apparatus, for copying the respective images of two successive documents on one copying sheet. The automatic document feeder detects whether a document fed for copying is an odd-numbered document or an even-numbered d... | 09/06/1994 |
