Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090268225 | Image Forming System and Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming system includes an information processing unit, an image forming apparatus that communicates with the information processing unit, a first memory unit that stores setting information of printing restriction on the image forming apparatus, a printing unit that executes a printing process of a print job in accordance with the setting information, a detection unit that detects a change request of the setting information, a job judging unit that judges whether there exists a print job in processing when the detection unit detects the change request, and a first permitting unit that permits change of the setting information in accordance with the change request when the job judging unit judges that there exists no print job in processing. | 10-29-2009 |
20100110458 | DEVICE FOR SETTING COLOR PRINT LIMIT MODE ACCORDING TO PREFERENCE SET ON PER-PAGE BASIS - An image processing system includes a preference designating unit and a printer. The preference designating unit is configured to designate one or more preferential print pages from pages included in a print job so as to be color printed preferentially to non-designated pages included in the print job. The printer performs color printing of the one or more preferential print pages. | 05-06-2010 |
20100245902 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING SYSTEM - A multifunction printer receives a printing job. Then, the MFP acquires items of a printing log that is defined before the printing is started. For example, user name, date/time of execution, and job ID information correspond to the items of the printing log defined before the printing is started. Then, the MFP transmits at least one item of the printing log, which is defined before the printing is started, to the server before the printing is completed. | 09-30-2010 |
20100271652 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus comprises a print section, an accepting section for accepting a print request, and a control section which causes the print section to execute printing on the basis of a print request accepted by the accepting section and judges whether or not the image forming apparatus is busy when a print request is accepted by the accepting section. When the control section judges that the image forming apparatus is busy, the control section prohibits an execution of at least a part of printing based on a print request. | 10-28-2010 |
20100302597 | Image Forming Apparatus and Image Forming System - An image forming apparatus and an image forming system are provided. An image forming apparatus or system includes a reception unit configured to receive a print job; a print unit configured to execute the print job received by the reception unit to print an image; an adjustment unit configured to execute an image quality adjustment for the printing; a determination unit configured to determine whether an adjustment execution condition is to be met during the execution of the print job; and a control unit configured to execute a priority process which, when the determination unit determines that the adjustment execution condition is to be met, causes the adjustment unit to execute the image quality adjustment before a start of the execution of a condition meeting print job, for which the determination unit determines that the adjustment execution condition is to be met. | 12-02-2010 |
20100328711 | PRINT SYSTEM, PRINTER, AND PROGRAM - A print system provided with an information processor and a printer communicably connected to the information processor. The information processor comprises a transmit section for transmitting a plural sets of print data. The printer comprises a receiving section for receiving the print data transmitted from the transmit section; a storage section for storing the print data received by the receiving section; a printing section for printing the print data stored in the storage section; a determination section for determining whether the printing by the printing section is completed or not; and a control section for controlling the printing section not to print the print data transmitted as the second set when the printing of the print data transmitted as the first set is completed, and to print the print data transmitted as the second set when the printing of the print data transmitted as the first set. | 12-30-2010 |
20110051182 | PRINT SYSTEM FOR PLACING RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF SCANNED DATA - A printing device includes a printing unit that prints a print-object image corresponding to print data on a recording medium. A placing unit places restriction information on the recording medium if the print data is attached with the first restriction condition. The restriction information is used for attaching a second restriction condition to scanned data that is generated by reading the print-object image printed on the recording medium. The second restriction condition is for placing restrictions on the usage of the scanned data. | 03-03-2011 |
20120192264 | PRINTER CAPABLE OF AUTHENTICATING USER, PRINT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING THE PRINTER AND COMPUTER READABLE DEVICE STORING USER AUTHENTICATION PROGRAM - In a printing apparatus, a controller authenticates a user with using first authentication information, and printing is allowed according to successful authentication using the first authentication information and printing is prohibited according to failed authentication using the first authentication information. The controller determines whether an authentication request condition is satisfied, and according to determination that the authentication information request condition is satisfied, the controller requests a user to input second authentication information and authenticates the user with using the second authentication information. Printing is allowed according to successful authentication using the second authentication information, and printing is prohibited according to failed authentication using the second authentication. | 07-26-2012 |
20130321832 | PROGRAM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - There is provided an image processing apparatus including a communication unit configured to communicate with an information processing apparatus, a processor; and memory storing computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the image processing apparatus to perform acquiring error information indicating an error occurring in the image processing apparatus and usage information of the image processing apparatus, determining whether to transmit, via the communication unit, the acquired error information to the information processing apparatus based on the acquired usage information, and transmitting the acquired error information to the information processing apparatus if it is determined to transmit the acquired error information. | 12-05-2013 |
20130342868 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SERVER, AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - Provided is an image processing apparatus including an image processing device configured to execute an image process, a processor; and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, causing the apparatus to perform determining a reservation request amount which is a processing amount of the image process to be requested to the server, based on execution information of the image process, requesting permission for the processing amount within the reservation request amount determined by the determination unit, to the server, before the image process is executed by the image processing device; and controlling the image processing device to execute the image process within a reservation amount which is the permitted processing amount permitted by the server, after the requesting. | 12-26-2013 |
20140153048 | Setting Change Control for an Image Forming System and Image Forming Apparatus - Setting change for an image forming device may include determining whether the image forming device is currently performing print processing. In some examples, if the image forming device is currently performing print processing, the setting change may be delayed. In other examples, the setting change may be implemented irrespective of the print processing. In one arrangement, the setting change may be specific to a particular entity (e.g., a user). | 06-05-2014 |
20140215576 | Image Processing Apparatus and Image Processing System - An image processing apparatus comprising: an image processing unit configured to perform image processing; and a control device configured to perform: transmitting the authentication information received by the input unit to the server; receiving a result of user authentication from server, the result indicating a specific user authenticated by the server; requesting individual restriction information for the specific user when the result received, determining whether the requested individual restriction information for the specific user is obtained; restricting the performance of the image processing based on the requested individual restriction information, when the requested individual restriction information is obtained; requesting common restriction information when the requested individual restriction information is not obtained, obtaining the requested common restriction information; and restricting the performance of the image processing based on the obtained common restriction information. | 07-31-2014 |
20140298115 | Program and Information Processing Apparatus - A non-transitory computer-readable medium has a program stored thereon and readable by a processor of an information processing apparatus configured to communicate with an image processing apparatus. The program, when executed by the processor, causes the information processing apparatus to perform: receiving a execution request to cause the image processing apparatus to perform the image processing, the execution request being corresponding to a job; acquiring status information indicating a status of the image processing apparatus; and notifying, during a notification time period, error information based on the status information when the status information is acquired during the notification time period, which starts at a time when the execution request is received. | 10-02-2014 |
20140320887 | Image Processing Apparatus, Information Processing Method and Storage Medium Storing Instructions for Image Processing Apparatus - An image processing apparatus includes an image processing device; a processor configured to control the image processing device; a reading device configured to read a piece of identification information on a reading medium and to output the identification information to the processor; and an operation device configured to accept an operation. The processor is configured to perform: a registration process for registering the identification information read by the reading device in a predetermined storage device based on the operation accepted by the operation device; and a login process for making the image processing device available in a case that the identification information read by the reading device has been registered in the storage device. | 10-30-2014 |
20150077779 | PRINTER - A printer includes a memory storing instructions for authenticating a login user and determining whether a user identity information is included in a print data. When the user identity information is included in the print data, the instructions cause the printer to determine whether the login user is identical with a data sender user having sent the print data. When the login user is identical with the data sender user, the instructions cause the printer to print the pint data. When the login user is not identical with the data sender user, the instructions cause the printing portion to not print the print data. When the user identity information is not included in the print data, the instructions cause the printer to print the print data irrespective of whether the login user is identical with the date sender user. | 03-19-2015 |