| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 358100400 | Plural marking means | 21 |
| 20080225307 | Image-Forming Device - An image-forming device includes a pattern data generating unit, an image-forming unit and a detecting unit. The pattern data generating unit generates pattern data indicative of a pattern of a plurality of marks. The plurality of marks includes a first mark having a first color, a first light reflectance, a first width in a predetermined direction and a first dot density and a second mark having a second color, a second light reflectance, a second width in the predetermined direction and a second dot density. A difference between a target light reflectance and the first light reflectance is greater than a difference between a target light reflectance and the second light reflectance. At least one of the first mark width and the first dot density is smaller and lower than the second mark width and the second dot density. The image-forming unit forms the plurality of marks at positions on a target having the target light reflectance, based on the pattern data. The detecting unit detects the positions in the predetermined direction at which the plurality of marks is formed on the target, based on changes of light reflected from the target and the plurality of marks. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080239333 | PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing system is provided that allows coordinates of pen strokes written or drawn with a digital pen to be correctly related to coordinates of application data even when the application data is printed in reduced size. The printing system includes an application data generating unit generating an application data, an area table storing a boundary coordinate and an application data reduction rate of one of a plurality of areas of a position identification pattern, an application data reduction rate selection unit allowing selection of the application data reduction rate, an application data reduction unit reducing the application data by the application data reduction rate selected by the application data reduction selection unit, a print data generating unit generating a print data by combining the reduced application data and one of the plurality of areas of the position identification pattern having in the area table the application data reduction rate selected by the application data reduction rate selection unit; a print unit printing the print data on a recording medium; a digital pen reading the position identification pattern printed on the recording medium to recognize a first coordinate of the digital pen relative to the position identification pattern and transmitting the first coordinate to a coordinate recognition unit, and the coordinate recognition unit receiving the first coordinate from the digital pen and looking up the first coordinate in the area table to find the corresponding application data reduction rate, the coordinate recognition unit thereafter converting the first coordinate into a second coordinate relative to the application data in the original size based on the application data reduction rate. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20090051941 | Method and apparatus for printing images - An apparatus and method of printing a personal image including at least one person, and individual information corresponding to the person or location information of a place in which the personal image was captured, on respective sides of a sheet of printing paper. The apparatus and method can print the image and individual information by providing an image file comprising a personal image including at least one person and face recognition information of the person to a printing apparatus, printing the personal image on a first side of the sheet of printing paper, and printing individual information corresponding to the face recognition information on a second side of the sheet of printing paper. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090066973 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING A HIGHLIGHT COLOR PRINT JOB - A computer implemented method is provided for printing a highlight color print job in a system including a local printing system with a computer. The computer communicates with multiple client printing systems by way of a network. The method includes determining, with the computer, that the highlight color print job cannot be processed at the local printing system because a selected highlight colorant is unavailable. Information from one of the multiple client printing systems indicating that the one of the multiple client printing systems is qualified to successfully process the highlight color print job within a selected time interval is obtained. The highlight color print job is then forwarded to the one of the multiple client printing systems qualified to successfully process the highlight color print job within the selected time interval. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090153884 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - This disclosure provides a printing method and system including two or more integrated image marking engines, wherein the printing system is operated with less than the total number of image marking engines to generate the maximum specified prints per minute associated with the printing system. According to one exemplary embodiment, each image marking engine is controlled to be inactive in a round-robin manner to maintain substantially equal running time on each image marking engine or a substantially equal number of printed sheets on each marking engine. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090268216 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes an allowable-amount-of-special-toner determining unit for determining an allowable amount of special toner from a total adhesion amount of toner of four colors including cyan, magenta, yellow, and black on an input image, a normal print-out unit for performing a normal print-out process, a two-path print-out unit for performing a two-path print-out process, a grouping unit for grouping pixels for which printing with the special toner is set into a first pixel group and a second pixel group based on the allowable amount of special toner; and a print-out-method selecting unit for selecting the normal print-out unit or the two-path print-out unit based on a percentage of the number of first-group pixels to the number of pixels for which printing with the special toner is set. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090273796 | PEELING IMAGED MEDIA FROM A SUBSTRATE - A method for imaging a media is provided which includes supporting a substrate and the media in a layered configuration. An imaging head is operated to image the media by directing radiation beams towards a surface of the imaged media while effecting relative movement between the imaging head and the support. A roller is brought into contact with the imaged media. The roller can be brought into contact with an un-imaged region of the surface of the imaged media, the un-imaged region corresponding to a region of the surface of the imaged media that is not impinged by the radiation beams. The un-imaged region could be an edge portion of the media. Relative movement is effected between an axis of rotation of the roller and the support to cause the roller to roll on the regions of the surface of the imaged media impinged by the radiation beams. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20100007898 | Printer and Method for Printing - A method for controlling the printing of overlapping swathes, the swathes extending perpendicular to a succession of print lines; for each print line a transition is defined between one swathe and the next, with the location of the transition in the print line varying between print lines, for example varying pseudo-randomly or as a curve extending in the swathe direction. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100123906 | FACSIMILE MACHINE WITH MULTIPLE LINES AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS COMPRISING THE SAME - An image forming apparatus is equipped with a facsimile machine having two or more lines, including a paper feeding unit; an image forming unit; and a discharging unit, wherein if first facsimile information is received through a first line of the two or more lines, the paper on which an image of the first facsimile information is formed is discharged passing through the paper feeding unit, a paper transporting path and the discharging unit in turn, and if second facsimile information is received through a second line of the two or more lines, the paper on which an image of the second facsimile information is formed is discharged passing through a paper returning path, the paper transporting path and the discharging unit in turn after the image of the second facsimile information has been formed. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100195120 | PUNCHING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A punching device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a conveying member that conveys a recording medium, a punching member that is provided with a blade to punch a hole or partial hole in the recording medium, and which can be moved to a first position where the blade punches all of the periphery of a portion of the recording medium and a punched piece is separated from the recording medium, or to a second position where the blade punches a part of the periphery of a portion of the recording medium and a partially punched piece remains connected to the recording medium, and a moving member that moves the punching member to the first position or the second position. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100214575 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus includes multiple image printers ( | 08-26-2010 |
| 20110075160 | IN PLACE LINE SPLITTING PROCESS AND METHOD FOR MULTIPLE BEAM PRINTERS - A method of rasterizing a print image plane for a multiple beam printer engine, which comprises the steps of receiving an image having a plurality of lines of print data for processing by the printer engine, and performing a print image plane rasterization. The print image plane rasterization includes (a) calculating a first line destination for a first line of print data; (b) moving the first line of print data to the first line destination; and (c) calculating a displaced line destination for a displaced line of print data, and continually moving the displaced line of print data to the displaced line destination until the displaced line of print data is moved to the first line and forms a loop. The process is repeated until each line of the plurality of lines has been moved to a line destination associated with each line of the image. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20120162670 | MULTI-BEAM IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE FORMATION METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a pattern formation control unit for forming a plurality of evaluation patterns by repeatedly turning on and off a plurality of light emitters arranged in a row in units of n dots (n is an integer equal to or greater than 1) to irradiate light to a photoconductor while changing write timings of the respective light emitters in a predetermined range, an adjustment unit for improving reliability of density difference information among the plurality of evaluation patterns, and a determination unit for obtaining information on densities of the respective evaluation patterns based on a detection result on the densities of the respective evaluation patterns and determining write timings derived from the evaluation pattern having the lowest or highest density as the write timings of the plurality of light emitters. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120250037 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPENSATION OF ARBITRARY BANDING SOURCES USING INLINE SENSING AND CONTROL - A method for compensation of banding in a marking platform includes: initiating a signature learning mode; establishing a timing reference after marking modules have achieved constant velocity; marking a test pattern over multiple intervals of a lowest fundamental frequency among marking modules; obtaining image data for the test pattern from a sensor; and processing the image data in relation to the timing reference to form banding profiles for multiple banding sources. Alternatively, the method may include: initiating a cycle up stage in a phase learning mode; establishing a timing reference after marking modules have achieved constant velocity; marking a test pattern over multiple intervals of a lowest fundamental frequency among marking modules; obtaining banding image data for the test pattern from a sensor; and processing the image data with banding signatures in relation to the timing reference to form phase estimates for each banding signature. Additional embodiments are also provided. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20130141739 | PRINTER DRIVER CACHING ARCHITECTURE - A printing system with a printer having a pair of printheads for printing on opposite sides of a receiver media. A host computer connected to the printer controls a page printing sequence in the printer and has a renderer for generating first page data to be printed. A language monitor determines that second page data is to be printed before the first page data, and so it delays sending a print command to the printer until the second page data is rendered. Then the language monitor sends a print command to the printer with the second page data before sending the first page data. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20140268187 | SCOPE TURRET LABELING - Technology is described for generating a scope turret label. One method can include selecting scope information. A label image with a scale based on the scope information can be provided. A shooting condition can be selected. Scale numbering relative to the scale based on the shooting condition can be generated using a processor. The scale numbering can be provided on the label image. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140368841 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming system ( | 12-18-2014 |
| 20150116734 | PRINTER WITH IMAGE PLANE ALIGNMENT CORRECTION - A printer includes first and second marking units for printing respective first and second image planes on a receiver medium. A digital image capture system is positioned between the first and second marking units, and is used to capture an image of a printed first image plane. Image data for the first image plane is compared to the captured image to determine a displacement between a nominal location and an actual location of the printed image data. Corresponding spatial adjustments are applied to image data for the second image plane to reduce alignment errors between the printed image data for the first and second image planes. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150116735 | PRINTER WITH FEEDBACK CORRECTION OF IMAGE DISPLACEMENTS - A printer includes a marking unit for printing an image plane on a receiver medium. A digital image capture system is positioned downstream of the marking unit, and is used to capture an image of a printed image plane. Image data for the image plane is compared to the captured image to determine a displacement between a nominal location and an actual location of the printed image data. Corresponding spatial adjustments are applied to image data for a subsequent image to reduce alignment errors between the nominal and actual locations of the printed image data in the subsequent image. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150116736 | PRINTER WITH FEEDBACK CORRECTION OF IMAGE PLANE ALIGNMENT - A printer includes first and second marking units for printing respective first and second image planes on a receiver medium. A digital image capture system is positioned downstream of the second marking unit, and is used to capture an image of printed first and second image plane. Image data for the first and second image planes is compared to the captured image of the respective image planes to determine respective first and second displacements between the nominal locations and the actual locations of the printed image data. Corresponding spatial adjustments are applied to image data for at least one image plane of a subsequent image to provide reduced alignment errors between the printed image data for the first and second image planes in the subsequent image. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20160379096 | PRINTING SYSTEM - The controller: upon receiving a print job, determine whether only one of a first printer and a second printer is under cleaning; upon determining that the only one of the first printer and the second printer is under cleaning, analyze whether a print processing based on the print job is a first print processing in which printing is executable by any of the first printer and the second printer or a second print processing in which printing is to be executed by both the first printer and the second printer; and upon analyzing that the print processing based on the print job is the first print processing, drive the other one of the first printer and the second printer which is not under cleaning to execute the first print processing. | 12-29-2016 |
