Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
399085000 | Having mode change | 14 |
20080267655 | Printing device and method - A method for printing images on at least one substrate using an apparatus having a plurality of print modes, wherein at least one of the print modes is a monochrome printing mode and another of the print modes is a color printing mode, the method comprising: printing a first portion of the images in a first of the print modes; determining whether the images being printed in the first mode meet a predetermined criteria; switching the apparatus into a second of the print modes when the images then being printed in the first print mode meet the predetermined criteria; and printing a second portion of the images using the apparatus in the second of the print modes after the switching. | 10-30-2008 |
20090052931 | Image forming apparatus having writing space mode - An image forming apparatus in which there can be set a writing space mode in which document images in a preset number are printed on a half of a single paper sheet, thus forming a writing space on the other half of the paper sheet. This image forming apparatus is arranged to print document images in a preset number on a half of a single paper sheet when the writing space mode has been set as a copying mode. | 02-26-2009 |
20090129807 | Imaging Apparatus Having An Environment Friendly Green Mode - An imaging apparatus includes a print engine for printing an image on a sheet of media. A sheet feed mechanism is configured to feed the sheet of media through the print engine. A controller is communicatively coupled to the sheet feed mechanism and the print engine to operate the sheet feed mechanism and the print engine in a selected one of a plurality of operation modes. The plurality of operation modes include a continuum representing a plurality of traditional printing modes, the continuum being defined in terms of print quality versus mode throughput rate wherein a decrease in print quality corresponds to an increase in mode throughput rate. A Green Mode is located outside the continuum. | 05-21-2009 |
20100003047 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus capable of ensuring security of discharged printouts and preventing noise made by the operation of the image forming apparatus from becoming obtrusive to a user. The post-processing apparatus switches the operation mode of post processing to one of a normal operation mode and a quiet operation mode, and opens and closes a sealing door. Current limiting circuits switch the operation mode to the quiet operation mode before sealing of the door is released by a sealing drive circuit in response to an instruction from the user. | 01-07-2010 |
20100290801 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND OPERATION SYSTEM FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present invention includes a plurality of image forming apparatuses connected to a network, and a server which controls the operation state of the image forming apparatuses via the network. The image forming apparatuses are operable in a normal operation mode and in one of plural power-saving modes with different power consumption. The server individually sets the operation mode of the image forming apparatuses in accordance with a preset power-saving operation policy, and controls the image forming apparatuses so that each of the image forming apparatuses operates in the preset operation mode in each predetermined time band. | 11-18-2010 |
20100296831 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image forming apparatus which is capable of avoiding unnecessary switching operation to switch between a one-sided printing and a two-sided printing to improve print productivity. A printing mode is switched between a two-sided printing mode to continuously form images on first sides of a predetermined number of sheets and to alternately form images on second sides of sheets conveyed along a sheet re-feeding conveyance path and on the first sides of sheets fed from a sheet feeding unit, and a one-sided printing mode without using the sheet re-feeding conveyance path. It is determined that, when a one-sided print job is performed between a two-sided print jobs, whether the one-sided print job is performed in the two-sided printing mode as-is or in the one-sided printing mode, depending on whether the number of sheets continuously printed by the one-sided print job is more than a predetermined number. | 11-25-2010 |
20100310268 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes an information acquisition section configured to acquire the number of pages of sheets to be printed and information indicating whether printing in a color mode is performed or printing in a monocolor mode is performed for each page, a printing order creation section configured to create a plurality of sets of page printing orders, in which printed sheets are outputted in a job reception order, based on the acquired number of pages and the number of sheets which can be simultaneously conveyed, a switching number calculation section configured to calculate the number of times of switching between the color mode and the monocolor mode for each of the plurality of created sets of page printing orders, and a printing order selection section configured to select one set of page printing order having the smallest calculated number of times of switching. | 12-09-2010 |
20110164894 | INCREASING PRINTER PRODUCTIVITY IN DUPLEX PRINTER - A method of increasing productivity in a reproduction apparatus includes providing a first print engine and a second print engine. The engines are coupled by an inverter so that each sheet of a plurality of receiver sheets is selectively printed in an invert mode or a non-invert mode. A difference of a travel time of a first receiver sheet in an invert path through the inverter in the invert mode as compared to a travel time of a second receiver sheet in a non-invert path through the inverter in the non-invert mode is adjusted so that the difference is an integral multiple of a period between the receiver sheets. | 07-07-2011 |
20110222893 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - 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 skipped. The image forming apparatus includes: a controller for issuing a plurality of commands; an engine for executing image formation according to the command; a control portion for holding a condition status indicating an internal condition of the engine and a factor status indicating a factor of the condition status, or the factor status and notifying, in response to the command, the condition status and the factor status, or the factor status; and a judgement unit for judging whether to adjust an image formation condition of the engine or not according to the condition status and the factor status, or the factor status. | 09-15-2011 |
20120045242 | PRINTING DEVICE - A printing device is provided with a printing unit configured to print images on sheets, a plurality of discharge trays configured to receive printed sheets, a detection unit configured to detect a switching instruction to switch among the plurality of discharge trays, and a discharge control unit. The discharge control unit stops a currently executed print job, selects one of following print jobs which does not designate a currently used discharge tray, and switches the discharge trays such that a discharge tray other than the currently used discharge tray as a selected discharge tray to be used, starts the selected one of following print job using the selected discharge tray, when the detection unit detects the switching instruction. | 02-23-2012 |
20140255056 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to an embodiment, there is provided an image forming apparatus that forms a color image using a plurality of discolorable coloring materials and a plurality of non-discolorable coloring materials. In a case where insufficiency of at least one coloring material from among the plurality of discolorable coloring materials and the plurality of non-discolorable coloring materials is detected, the image forming apparatus performs color image formation using the plurality of discolorable coloring materials and the plurality of non-discolorable coloring material in combination. | 09-11-2014 |
20150338784 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: an intermediary transfer member (belt); first and second accommodating portions; a detecting member; an executing portion for executing a removing operation for removing the toner image transferred on the belt by once interrupting a continuous job for continuously forming an image on the recording material fed from the first accommodating portion when discrimination that there is no recording material in the first accommodating portion is made on the basis of a detection result of the detecting member during the continuous job and then for executing a switching operation for resuming the continuous job by feeding the recording material from the second accommodating portion; and a setting portion for setting a moving speed of the belt during execution of the removing operation so as to be higher than a moving speed of the belt when the toner image is transferred onto the recording material. | 11-26-2015 |
399086000 | Auto copy size or magnification | 2 |
20080260414 | Image forming apparatus, computer program product, and image forming method - 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 searching unit searches the sheet-size decision table for a sheet size corresponding to the image size. If the searching unit cannot find a sheet size corresponding to the image size, a selecting unit selects a sheet size that can accommodate the image data when printed. Finally, a printing unit prints the image data on a print sheet corresponding to the sheet size selected by the selecting unit. | 10-23-2008 |
20160070219 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to an embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a scanner, a printer, and a controller. The controller estimates a maximum size of a document sheet scanned by the scanner. Further, the controller controls the scanner to reduce a document image at a predetermined reduction magnification ratio when the estimated maximum size of if larger than a predetermined size of a printing sheet. | 03-10-2016 |