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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8155550 | Printer engine having a judgment unit and a control unit that transmits to a controller To provide an image forming apparatus and a control method for the same, with which an adjustment for satisfying an image quality is performed without fail while an execution frequency of the adjustment can be changed, for example, an unnecessary adjustment can be s... | 04/10/2012 |
| 7978996 | Image forming apparatus having a function of adjusting an image formation condition An image forming apparatus receives a command from a controller for issuing commands representative of a plurality of kinds of instruction, and executes an image formation according to the command. The image forming apparatus includes a necessity judgment unit, whic... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7499661 | Image printing apparatus for performing job based printing in which an interrupt job is stored as a job in accordance with a priority level The present invention provides an image printing apparatus comprising: a tray on which printing paper sheets are placed; a job storage section storing a predetermined job and a forthcoming post-determined job; a priority level setting section setting execution prior... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7424239 | Image forming apparatus having a function of adjusting an image formation condition To provide an image forming apparatus and a control method for the same, with which an adjustment for satisfying an image quality is performed without fail while an execution frequency of the adjustment can be changed, for example, an unnecessary adjustment can be s... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7386246 | Job processing method, image forming system, image forming apparatus and storage medium A convenient environment flexibly coping with an environment in which an image forming apparatus capable of accepting a plurality of jobs is used can be constructed. For this purpose, in a job processing method of an image forming system including the image forming ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7355731 | Job processing apparatus A printing control apparatus performs print processing by sequentially spooling print data received from a data processing apparatus via a predetermined communication medium in units of a job and the spooled print data is analyzed in units of a job. The printing con... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7349109 | Imaging apparatus and print control method for an imaging apparatus An imaging apparatus comprises a plurality of different types of imaging means, each associated with one of a plurality of different types of imaging applications, each imaging application producing a print job containing image data; an engine configured to cause th... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7327968 | Image forming system, image forming apparatus, and image processing apparatus To provide an image forming system capable of displaying appropriately a plurality of apparatus statuses at low cost, the image forming system is structured upon connection of an independently operable printing apparatus with an independently operable scanning appar... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7328246 | Method for specifying delivery information for electronic documents A graphical user interface that presents document destinations in terms of recipient objects readily familiar to the user is provided by the present invention. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for specifying delivery information for ele... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7305449 | Web-based imaging service providing reservation In a web-based imaging environment, a user accesses a destination service representing a production device, which retrieves user's imaging data and configures available processing job options. The user selects production options, after which the destination service ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7304757 | System and method for secure printing The present disclosure relates to a system and method for secure printing. In one arrangement, the system and method pertain to receiving a document to be printed, determining that the document cannot be printed in its present form, transmitting the document to a co... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7284061 | Obtaining temporary exclusive control of a device Remotely obtaining exclusive control of a device by remotely establishing communication with the device over a network, requesting to obtain remote exclusive control of the device's capabilities, and determining whether remote exclusive control of the device's capab... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7274891 | Image forming apparatus and printing time specifying system The image forming apparatus of this invention has a printing time specifying function, and includes: a printer unit configured to print an image on paper, which is transferred from a paper feed unit, in either a normal print mode or a high speed print mode; a time s... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7269370 | Image forming device and its control method with adjustment mode An image forming device having an adjusting mode for making settings related to image formation, using a setting unit that sets whether change to the adjusting mode is inhibited, as well as a change unit that inhibits the change to the adjusting mode when it is set ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7251424 | Method and apparatus for timing image formation in an image-forming apparatus This invention relates to an image forming apparatus including an image forming unit which forms an image on a medium for each page, and a notification unit which, when image formation start instructions cannot be successively issued to the image forming unit for su... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7248385 | Printer controller that has a printer perform print processing on print jobs transmitted from a plurality of terminals, an image forming apparatus for performing print processing on the plurality of print jobs, and a terminal that transmits print jobs to the printer controller A printer server is connected to a plurality of terminals. The printer server includes a terminal status detecting unit that receives a piece of operation information ‘key’ indicating that a operation has been performed from each terminal, measures an elapsed ti... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7245845 | Printing apparatus, information processing apparatus, and printing system An apparatus for executing a printing process on the basis of a print job from an external apparatus, comprises a post-processing unit which can apply post-processing for printed paper sheets using paper sheets prepared independently of the printed paper sheets; a d... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7240009 | Dialogue control apparatus for communicating with a processor controlled device A Control apparatus for controlling communication between a user and at least one processor controlled device, such as a printer or copier, capable of carrying out at least one task. The control includes a processor configured to conduct a dialog with the user to de... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7158938 | User operated group machine time slot reservation and management system A group machine time slot reservation and management system and process including (a) a machine time slot reservation subsystem having a storage device for storing time slot reservation information, calendar and time clock information, time slot status information, ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7151610 | Image forming device capable of suspending a current job and executing an interrupting job On receipt of image data printable on A4-sized paper, the device provided with A4-, A3- and B5-sized paper feeding trays 1, 2 and 3 carries out printing the data on A4-sized paper feed from the tray 1 (as shown in FIG. 2(A)). When an inte... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7146118 | Image forming apparatus and method This invention relates to an image forming apparatus including an image forming unit which forms an image on a medium for each page, and a notification unit which, when image formation start instructions cannot be successively issued to the image forming unit for su... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7145678 | Configurable web-based imaging service that prevents time consuming jobs from printing In a web-based imaging environment, a user accesses a destination service (e.g.,representing a printer), which retrieves user's imaging data production options for a processing job. The user selects desired production options, after which the destination service est... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7139506 | Multi-function office product A multi-function office product having a printer unit comprising a printer body, print engine and a first connecting portion, removably coupled with a scanner unit comprising a scanner body, flat bed, image sensor and a second connecting portion. The scanner body ca... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7113720 | Image forming apparatus and control method for the same For a network printer function and a network scan function, a trial using mode whose use frequency is limited can be set. When the preset trial using mode is finished, the use of the tried function is permitted according to setting of an exclusive key. ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7103760 | Embedded electronic device connectivity system An embedded electronic device connectivity system configured for extending functionality of a peripheral device, including at least two data connections incorporated in the peripheral device, configured to connect the peripheral device to at least two other devices ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7084997 | Schedule-based printer selection A method and a system for selecting a printing site for a print job based on a schedule. The schedule includes a printing period linked to an appointment location. A start time for printing is compared with the printing period. If the start time is within the printi... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7075667 | Use of job interrupt functionality for the production of interrupting and sample job output in digital printing systems Main job production progress is monitored so that sample copies of parts of the main job that are designated critical or representative of the job as a whole can be produced on a regular interrupting basis. The samples are used to monitor production quality. Digital... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7013098 | Image forming apparatus The present invention is to provide an image forming apparatus including: automatic document feeding means for placing multiple originals in position and feeding the originals one by one; document reading means; printing means for printing on paper image data acquir... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7009719 | Systems and methods for controlling an image forming system based on customer replaceable unit status Informing the user when consumables and/or customer replaceable units will have to be resupplied, changed and/or replaced, relative to the jobs sent to the image forming system, is a beneficial way to avoid unnecessary printing delays. When a job is added to a job q... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7003723 | System and method for representing and managing pages in a production printing workflow A system and method for managing production printing workflow is disclosed. The system includes workflow management software which manages and facilitates the procedural stages of the workflow including job origination, job preparation, job submission and job fulfil... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6995860 | System and method for visual representation of tabs in a production printing workflow A system and method for managing production printing workflow is disclosed. The system includes workflow management software which manages and facilitates the procedural stages of the workflow including job origination, job preparation, job submission and job fulfil... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6978102 | Ejection apparatus and method Various embodiments of an ejection apparatus and methods are provided. In one representative embodiment an ejection apparatus includes a bar movable along a first axis and a carriage movable along a second axis which is distinct from the first axis. The bar which ha... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6976101 | Image input/output control apparatus and image input/output system In an image input/output system, an image input/output control apparatus is interposed between an image input/output apparatus and an information terminal apparatus. Data exchange is performed between a first transmitting/receiving section of the image input/output ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6971809 | Directing pages to a selected output destination of a printing system A printing system comprises at least two input sources for storing a printable medium prior to printing. The printing system also includes at least two output destinations for holding or processing the printable medium after the printing. A user interface supports a... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6961148 | Web-based imaging service supporting specialized media detected through multipurpose tray Specialized encoded media are detected when inserted into the multipurpose paper input tray of the printer. Each specialized media is displayed in a list of available media provided by the web-based imaging service. Graphics representing each of the specialized medi... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6947602 | Image processing method, apparatus, and storage medium Whether a header information processor quickly enters a program inactive state at the timing when it issues an operation start command of an encoding process for a predetermined processing unit to a variable-length code encoder, or the header information processor e... | 09/20/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6914690 | Image forming apparatus A system CPU sets a storage area in a page memory when a copying operation has been started. Where a clear/stop key, etc. is depressed to suspend the copying operation, the system CPU checks whether there is data in the page memory. If there is data in the page memo... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6912325 | Real time electronic registration of scanned documents The registration and skew information of a document about to be scanned are detected prior to capturing the entire image of the document. Two sensors, a fixed distance apart, are used to detect the document skew. A third sensor is used to detect the edge position of... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6785013 | System for capturing images from a peripheral unit and transferring the captured images to an image management server An image data storing system, and more particularly a video capture controller to capture raw video image data from a peripheral unit and to provide compressed video image data to a document image management server. The video capture controller includes a control pr... | 08/31/2004 |
