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20080204770 | BIT SELECTION FROM PRINT IMAGE IN IMAGE TRANSLATION DEVICE - Systems, apparatuses, and methods for selecting bits from a defined print image in memory of a handheld imaging translation device are described herein. The bits may be selected by determining a location of a print nozzle, mapping the location to a memory location, and selecting a bit from the memory location. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 08-28-2008 |
20080218775 | Method of producing decorative papers for laminated materials - The invention relates to a method of producing a decorative paper for a laminated material. The method comprises the steps of scanning a sample of a natural material for generating a digital image ( | 09-11-2008 |
20080231870 | IMAGE-PROVIDING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND PRINTING SYSTEM - A composite image is generated by compositing blank regions generated by tilt correction with achromatic pixels or pixels contained in the non-overlapping regions that do not overlap with the region of the original image as a result of tilt correction. The data of this composite image, which is used as image data used for printing, is provided to a printing apparatus having an automatic correction feature. As a result, variation in correction results due to the amount of tilt correction is minimized when images corrected for tilt are automatically corrected and printed. | 09-25-2008 |
20080231871 | METHOD FOR VIEWING AND PRINTING DOUBLE-SIDED ITEMS - A method for displaying indicia that is to be printed on a double-sided item on a computer screen. The double-sided item has first and second surfaces. The indicia has at least one print orientation when the indicia is printed on the item's first and second surfaces, and at least one view orientation when the indicia is displayed on the computer screen, which has a vertical orientation. The method includes providing information that characterizes the indicia's print orientation, using the information to compare the print orientation to the vertical orientation; and if, as a result of the comparison, the print orientation does not match the vertical orientation, adjusting the view orientation so the view orientation matches the vertical orientation while maintaining the indicia's print orientation when the indicia is printed on the item. | 09-25-2008 |
20080278735 | Registration method using sensed image marks and digital realignment - A method of registering a print between print stages in a printing system is provided. The method comprises: printing a first part of a digital image on a substrate with a first print engine, wherein the first part of the digital image includes a plurality of reference features; scanning image content on the substrate as it is readied for the second print engine; determining the actual positions of the reference features; using the actual positions of the reference features to determine desired adjustments for the second part of the digital image; applying electronic registration according to the desired adjustments to modify image content of the second print to be aligned with content already on the substrate; and printing a second part of the digital image on the substrate. | 11-13-2008 |
20080304086 | GAP ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS - The invention provides, as a first aspect thereof, a gap adjustment apparatus that includes: a recording section; a guide axis that supports the recording section in such a manner that the recording section can move while facing a recording target medium, the guide axis being able to move in such a manner that a gap between the recording section and the recording target medium can be adjusted; a cam section that is either provided directly on the guide axis or provided not directly on the guide axis so as to engage indirectly with the guide axis, the cam section being able to rotate so as to move the guide axis; a rotatable member that rotates together with the cam section; an arm section that is provided either as a part of or on the rotatable member and substantially radiates out from a rotation axis line of the rotatable member; and a rotating section that is brought into engagement with the arm section as the recording section moves in a main scan direction and rotates the rotatable member by transmitting a force to the rotatable member via the arm section. | 12-11-2008 |
20090009777 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a feed unit that transports a recording medium from a setting position, a record head that performs recording on the recording medium, a first detection unit that detects passage of a rear end of the recording medium at a predetermined position on the downstream side of the feed unit, and a control unit that controls the feed unit such that the recording medium of a next page reaches a predetermined position until a predetermined timing after detection of the rear end of a preceding page by using the first detection unit for performing an advance feed mode in which the recording medium of the next page is transported from a setting position to the predetermined position without waiting for completion of recording on the preceding page, when the rear end of the preceding page is detected by the first detection unit. | 01-08-2009 |
20090066974 | SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING COMPUTER-BASED OPERATIONS - A system for performing computer-based operations is disclosed. The system includes a printer for printing visible information and coded data tags on a surface substantially simultaneously. Each coded data tag encodes a region identifier for uniquely identifying a description of a region on the surface, and a position in the region. The description associates at least one instruction with one or more positions in the region. The system further includes a sensor for sensing at least one coded data tag and for generating a signal indicative of the sensed coded data tag. A computer system receives the signal, determines the region identifier and the position, relates the position to the at least one instruction using the description, and executes the at least one instruction. | 03-12-2009 |
20090080001 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME, AND PROGRAM - In an image forming apparatus of the present invention, when performing one-side printing during a predetermined period after two-side printing, a change in a carrying velocity of a post-process apparatus is prevented and thus recording paper having passed through a fixing section is carried and output at a velocity that is lower than a velocity for normal one-side printing and that is identical with a velocity for two-side printing. Consequently, it is possible to prevent dropping of productivity of the image forming system due to a time necessary for changing the carrying velocity of the post-process apparatus and to increase an operating ratio of the image forming system, even if the post-process apparatus is designed to completely stop the carrying roller etc. when changing the carrying velocity. | 03-26-2009 |
20090086219 | DOCUMENT PROCESSING APPARATUS, DOCUMENT PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A document processing apparatus has: a reading device which optically reads in a printed document on which original information has been printed, to obtain a read image; an analysis device which analyses the read image obtained by the reading device and classifies each part of the read image into the original information and a blank portion; an information processing device which processes the original information to generate additional recording information; an arrangement device which determines arrangement, on the printed document, of the additional recording information which is to be recorded additionally onto the printed document, according to analysis result of the analysis device; and a printing device which additionally records the additional recording information onto the printed document according to the arrangement of the additional recording information determined by the arrangement device. | 04-02-2009 |
20090086220 | Image Forming Apparatus - A print method and apparatus for minimizing effects of error in repositioning during printing process may include generating successive scans of a recording head, wherein the scans may partially overlap to account for the error in repositioning. As an example, after the recording head makes one scan across the document being printed, the document (or the head) may be repositioned for the next scan so that several print elements of the recording head are aligned to lie between certain rows of dots printed in the previous scan, resulting in a higher number of rows in the overlapping portion of the scans. Additional features may include varying the row/column arrangement of dots in the overlap portion, or performing error diffusion and correction for different areas of resolution in the scans. | 04-02-2009 |
20090103114 | Multifunction printer and method for confirming preview image - A multifunction printer including a display unit configured to display a preview image in which a finished image and an image of a finishing option which have an effect on the finished image are combined; a correction unit configured to correct a position of the finished image in the preview image; an input unit configured to input a correction value for correcting the position of the finished image; and a display unit configured to display a preview image in which the finished image, the position of which is corrected based on the correction value, and the image of the finishing option are combined. | 04-23-2009 |
20090147275 | Printer - A program execution unit of an MFP apparatus does not use a preset priority for each kind of job or a print estimated time with low precision. Instead, the program execution unit controls a print order of pages of print images, which are generated by each job, so as to maximize the operation rate of a print engine. Printed matters, which include pages of respective jobs in a mixed fashion, are sorted according to jobs in a subsequent stage. Thereby, grouping, which is similar to the prior art, is executed, thereby realizing a print control which requires no exceptional operation. | 06-11-2009 |
20090153885 | OUTPUT CONTROL DEVICE, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR THE SAME, AND OUTPUT CONTROL SYSTEM - An output control device includes an output unit configured to output information externally received or to be transmitted outside, a display unit configured to display a predetermined image, a position detecting unit configured to detect a position specified on the predetermined image displayed on the display unit, a display control unit configured to control the display unit to display the predetermined image when the output unit outputs the information, an area specifying unit configured to specify a predetermined area on the predetermined image as an output control area for controlling an output condition of the information to be outputted from the output unit, and an output control unit configured to control the output condition of the information when the specified position on the predetermined image detected by the position detecting unit is within the output control area specified by the area specifying unit. | 06-18-2009 |
20090219552 | Apparatus for carrying a printing medium, printer that has the apparatus, method for carrying a printing medium and printer - The present invention relates to an apparatus for carrying a printing medium that transports the printing medium to a target position with high precision, a printer that has the device, a method for carrying a printing medium to a target position with high precision, and a printer. | 09-03-2009 |
20090231600 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL PROGRAM OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PRINT MEDIUM - When a wireless IC tag in which information on a print area of a medium is recorded is provided in the medium, an image forming apparatus which forms an image on the medium by inputting the image includes: a wireless IC tag reader which reads information recorded in the wireless IC tag; an information acquiring unit which acquires the information from the wireless IC tag by using the wireless IC tag reader; a tag actual location designating unit which designates an actual location of the wireless IC tag by using the wireless IC tag reader; a reference location designating unit which designates a reference location of the medium; an angle calculating unit which calculates a rotational angle used to set the designated actual location of the wireless IC tag to a predetermined location on the basis of the designated reference location of the medium; and an image forming unit which forms the image in the print area of the medium by rotating the image by the calculated rotational angle. | 09-17-2009 |
20090244556 | Technical Documents Capturing And Patents Analysis System And Method - Disclosed is a system and method for capturing technical documents and reading and commentating captured documents thereof. The system may comprise a capturing system and a reading with commentating system. The capturing system selects related drawings from a group of technical documents. It then provides important information and the related drawings onto an image for the readers' review. The reading with commentating system allows the readers to process technical classification, management and export/import for the group of technical documents. Readers may make comments on an information sharing platform after reviewing the technical documents. Besides, other materials collected or generated from the technical analysis on the technical documents may be attached to the information sharing platform. | 10-01-2009 |
20090257070 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR APPLICATION AND ACCURATE POSITIONING OF GRAPHICS ON A SURFACE - In an embodiment of the invention, there is provided an apparatus for application and accurate positioning of at least one graphic image on a large contoured surface, comprising a flexible-rail positioning system mounted on a portion of the surface on which the graphic image is to be applied, a graphic image application system, software to operate the positioning system, and software to operate the graphic image application system. In another embodiment of the invention, there is provided a method of applying and accurately positioning at least one graphic image on a large contoured surface. | 10-15-2009 |
20090279110 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus is provided which determines a printing position of an identification code in accordance with a print setting designated for printing target data. For example, it makes a decision as to which one of the cutting printing, poster printing, job-based printing (such as bookbinding printing or staple printing), 2-sided printing, and other printing (such as normal layout printing and reduction layout (Nup) printing) is designated, and decides the printing position of a two-dimensional code. In page layout printing, the two-dimensional code is output in a mode suitable for source document data after page layout. | 11-12-2009 |
20090290170 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - A print control apparatus includes an input unit configured to input a binding position of sheets related to a binding processing for the sheets on each of which an image is printed based on print data, a setting unit configured to set a printing position of an auxiliary image of transparent color to be printed with the image that is printed based the print data, according to the binding position of the sheets input by the input unit, and a print control unit configured, based on the printing position of the auxiliary image set by the setting unit, to control printing of the auxiliary image. | 11-26-2009 |
20100079773 | METHOD FOR PRINTING A COMPOSED DOCUMENT FROM MULTIPLE PRINT JOBS - A printing method that allows a user to conveniently compose and print a document that includes multiple portions from multiple original documents. The method may be implemented as a separate printer driver program or as a part of another printer driver program. The printer driver program displays images of the original documents, and allows the user to select blocks from the original documents. The program then automatically arranges the selected blocks of image into one or more pages, and prints the resulting pages. Thus, only the selected blocks of image are printed. The program additionally allows the user to rearrange the blocks on the pages before printing. A graphical user interface (GUI) is implemented to interact with the user in this process. | 04-01-2010 |
20100079774 | DOT POSITION MEASUREMENT METHOD, DOT POSITION MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A dot position measurement method includes: a line pattern formation step of recording dots on a recording medium continuously by a plurality of recording elements of a recording head while performing relative movement between the recording head and the recording medium in such a manner that a measurement line pattern including a plurality of lines of rows of the dots corresponding to the plurality of recording elements respectively is formed on the recording medium, the measurement line pattern having a plurality of line blocks including recording line blocks and a reference line block, each of the recording line blocks including a group of the lines recorded by the recording elements spaced by a prescribed distance in a direction in which the plurality of recording elements are substantially arranged and which is perpendicular to a direction of the relative movement of the recording head, the reference line block including a group of the lines recorded by the recording elements selected from the recording elements for each of the recording line blocks; a reading step of reading the measurement line pattern on the recording medium formed in the line pattern formation step with an image reading apparatus in a state where a longitudinal direction of the plurality of lines of the measurement line pattern are directed to a sub-scanning direction of the image reading apparatus in such a manner that an electronic image data indicating a read image of the measurement line pattern is acquired; a line block position determination step of determining positions of the respective lines in each of the plurality of line blocks according to the read image acquired in the reading step; and a position correction step of correcting the positions of the respective lines in each of the recording line blocks determined in the line block position determination step, according to the reference line block. | 04-01-2010 |
20100097620 | IN-LINE IMAGE GEOMETRICS MEASURMENT VIA LOCAL SAMPLING ON SHEETS IN A PRINTING SYSTEM - This invention generally relates to accurately measuring image geometries in-line within a printing system. One or more two-dimensional array sensors may be located adjacent to a sheet of media printed with a predefined array of indicia marks so that the sensor field of view is contained within the plane of sheet transport. As the sheet is transported by the sensor, the sensors continuously record the locations of the indicia marks within its field of view. The spatial frequency of the indicia marks is arranged so that at least two indicia marks are within the field of view of the sensor at any instant for each of the process and cross-process directions. The two-dimensional array sensor can thus measure the absolute spacing between adjacent local indicia marks within the precision of the sensor construction. The cumulative spacing along each direction may then calculated to determine the overall dimensions of the indicia marks array. A measurement procedure is also provided to accurately measure image geometries, even in the presence of significant sheet velocity variations. | 04-22-2010 |
20100097621 | METHOD FOR ACCURATELY FINDING A PHYSICAL LOCATION ON AN IMAGE BEARING SURFACE FOR TONER IMAGES FOR OPTIMAL STREAK CORRECTION - A method for determining a location on an image bearing surface of an image printing system where a toner image is to be printed is provided. The method comprises generating a first signal from a detector that is configured to detect a reference mark on the image bearing surface, and a second signal from a clock system that counts. incremental movements of the image bearing surface, determining a first value that correlates the first signal and the second signal, where the first value corresponds to a value of the second signal at a start of characterization of the image bearing surface, and determining a second value using the first value, where the second value provides the location on the image bearing surface where the toner image is to be printed. | 04-22-2010 |
20100118317 | COMPACT REGISTER MARK - A register control mark for the detection of positional deviations between at least two color separations printed over one another on a printing material in multicolor printing. The control mark has a pattern with parallel lines of a first color separation and, printed in parallel over the pattern, at least two parallel lines of a second color separation. | 05-13-2010 |
20100123907 | Handheld scanner and system comprising same - A handheld scanner system and method is disclosed. The depicted embodiment is a mouse scanner system operable to scan a document. In this embodiment, the mouse scanner system includes a scanner built into a computer mouse and a scanner software application operating on a computer. The scanner includes a positioning system operable to output position indicating data and an imaging system operable to output captured image data. The data is sent to the scanner software application where a feedback image is constructed and displayed on a display in real-time or near real-time to allow the user to view what areas have been scanned. The scanner software application also constructs an output image that can be printed, saved or communicated. | 05-20-2010 |
20100134807 | PRINTING PLATE REGISTRATION - A method of forming an image on recording media includes providing a rotatable imaging drum adapted for supporting the recording media; providing an imaging head adapted for forming the image on the supported recording media; providing an encoder adapted for detecting incremental rotational positions of the imaging drum; positioning the imaging drum at a non-incremental rotational position; detecting one or more points on an edge of the supported recording media while the imaging drum is positioned at the non-incremental rotational position; determining a position of each of the detected one or more points; and operating the imaging head to form the image on the supported recording media in alignment with at least the determined position of each of the detected one or more points. | 06-03-2010 |
20100149555 | Method For Generating Alignment Marks | 06-17-2010 |
20100149556 | Handheld Printing With Reference Indicia - Hand-held printers are disclosed that include a housing, a printhead, a controller and at least one position sensor to capture location data as the printer is manually moved across the media. In the described embodiments, the controller uses location data received from the one or more sensors to discern the printer location and reference indicia are used to direct a user to move the printer in a given direction. | 06-17-2010 |
20100157326 | JOB CONTROLLING APPARATUS, JOB CONTROLLING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The amount of expansion or contraction of a sheet is derived from the sheet size before printing and the sheet size after the printing to adjust the position on the sheet where post-processing is performed based on the derived amount of expansion or contraction. Even if the sheet size is varied from a normal sheet size before the printing due to an image forming process in an MFP or the sheet that is left, it is possible to adjust the position in accordance with the variation in the sheet size. | 06-24-2010 |
20100171967 | PERFORMING A SEARCH THROUGH SENSING A SEARCH FORM WITH A SENSING DEVICE - A method of performing a search is disclosed. A search request form including information relating to a search request and coded data portions is printed. Each coded data portion is indicative of an identity of the search request form and of a position of that coded data portion on the search request form. Indicating data is received from a sensing device which is responsive to movement of the sensing device relative to the search request form to sense at least some of the coded data portions and generate the indicating data. The indicating data is indicative of the identity of the search request form, and movement of the sensing device. Using the indicating data, movement of the sensing device is determined and using the determined movement, a search request is determined. A search is then performed using the determined search request and results of the search are printed. | 07-08-2010 |
20100195121 | Adjusting measurements - A system for adjusting measurements is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes an optical sensor having a window marked with two fiducials and at least one processor coupled to the optical sensor. | 08-05-2010 |
20100225934 | ENCODER SIGNAL PROCESSOR, ENCODER SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND TRANSPORT APPARATUS - An encoder signal processor which processes a pulsed encoder signal output from an encoder in accordance with a travel distance of an object to be detected, including: an increasing and decreasing wave generating unit that generates an increasing and decreasing wave based on the encoder signal output from the encoder; an intermediate pulse signal generating unit that generates a binarized intermediate pulse signal based on the increasing and decreasing wave; and a multiplied pulse signal generating unit that generates a multiplied pulse signal, which is a signal obtained by multiplying the encoder signal by 2, by performing exclusive-OR operation between the encoder signal output from the encoder and the intermediate pulse signal. | 09-09-2010 |
20100238459 | DOT POSITION MEASUREMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - The dot position measurement method includes: a line pattern forming step of forming a measurement line pattern including a plurality of lines formed by dot sequences corresponding to respective recording elements on a recording medium, by continuously recording dots by the recording elements while causing a recording head having the recording elements and the recording medium to move relatively to each other in a relative movement direction, the measurement line pattern including a plurality of line blocks each constituted of a group of lines to be recorded using the recording elements spaced a prescribed interval apart in an effective direction of alignment of the recording elements which is perpendicular to the relative movement direction, the line blocks being formed at mutually different positions in a lengthwise direction of the lines on the recording medium; a reading step of reading the measurement line pattern formed on the recording medium in the line pattern forming step by an image reading device, and acquiring electronic image data representing a read image of the measurement line pattern; a position-in-line-block identifying step of identifying line positions in each of the line blocks, from the read image acquired in the reading step; a function determination step of providing a temporary recording element number corresponding to the line positions within each of the line blocks, and obtaining a function representing a relationship between the temporary recording element number and the line positions for each of the line blocks; a determination step of determining whether there is an error in the temporary recording element number for each of the line blocks, between the line blocks, in accordance with the function obtained for each of the line blocks; and a recording element position specifying step of changing the temporary recording element number of at least one of the line blocks which is determined to have the error in the temporary recording element number in the determination step, and specifying a correspondence relation between the line positions within each of the line blocks and the recording elements. | 09-23-2010 |
20100245853 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - An image processing device includes a storing unit and a creating unit. The storing unit stores a dither matrix. The dither matrix has a plurality of dot regions and has a threshold value at each of the dot regions. The plurality of dot regions are divided into a plurality of sub-matrices. The creating unit is configured to create binary image data by comparing an input value to the threshold value. The plurality of sub-matrices includes a first sub-matrix and a second sub-matrix. The first sub-matrix has a first threshold value smallest among threshold values in the first sub-matrix. The second sub-matrix has a plurality of threshold values that are smaller than the first threshold value and are arranged adjacent to each other. Each of all remaining sub-matrices has at least one threshold value smaller than the first threshold value. The plurality of sub-matrices include a third sub-matrix and a fourth sub-matrix. The third sub-matrix has a second threshold value largest among threshold values in the third sub-matrix. The fourth sub-matrix has a plurality of threshold values that are larger than the second threshold value and are arranged adjacent to each other. Each of all remaining sub-matrices has at least one threshold value larger than the second threshold value. | 09-30-2010 |
20100245854 | PRINT APPARATUS - A print apparatus is supplied capable of preventing print density unevenness. In the print apparatus that prints by moving a print head with respect to an ink ribbon that is rotated and transported in a predetermined direction, a controller analyzes print data, and performs one direction print by moving the print head in a reverse direction opposite to the predetermined direction on the basis of the analysis result. | 09-30-2010 |
20100271639 | IMAGE WRITING APPARATUS AND IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - According to an aspect of the invention, an image writing apparatus includes an image writing unit, a moving unit, a positioning unit. The image writing unit faces an image carrier or a support member supporting a recording medium and writes an image on the image carrier or the recording medium. The moving unit moves the image writing unit between a first position and a second position apart from the first position. A positioning unit sets the image writing unit in the first position and includes a first restriction member, a second restriction member, a third restriction member, and a restriction releasing portion. The first restriction member restricts a first movement of the image writing unit along a first direction from the image carrier to the image writing unit or from the support member to the image writing unit. | 10-28-2010 |
20100271640 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus including: an image forming section to form an image on a single side or both sides of a paper sheet based on job information of a job; and a control section to combine a registration image for judging misregistration of front and back images with each of front and back sample images of the job to allow the image forming section to form front and back combined images on the front and the back of the paper sheet, respectively, on which the front and back sample images are to be formed, respectively, when the image forming section forms the sample images at a preset sample print timing. | 10-28-2010 |
20100290064 | PRINTING MACHINE AND EJECTION CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - Disclosed is a printing machine comprising: encoders ( | 11-18-2010 |
20100296108 | PRINT ENGINE SPEED COMPENSATION - A method of synchronizing the timing of a plurality of physically coupled print engines wherein the receiving sheet is inverted between a first and a second print engine including determining any change in the speed of the master print engine relative to the speed at original set up and adjusting the timing parameters within the slave print engines based on the speed of the master engine. | 11-25-2010 |
20100309489 | MEDIA PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD OF PRINTING OF RASTER DATA - A method for printing of raster data in a media processing device is disclosed. The method includes identifying an attribute of a set of raster lines of the raster data. The method further includes determining at least one print mode from a plurality of print modes based on the attribute. Each print mode of the plurality of print modes is configured to print the set of raster lines of the raster data. Furthermore, the method includes printing the set of raster lines of the raster data in the at least one print mode. | 12-09-2010 |
20100309490 | VIBRATION CONTROL TECHNOLOGY AND INTERFACE FOR COMPUTER PRINTERS AND SCANNERS - Method and apparatus for altering the operation of printers and scanners to reduce vibration and/or acoustics. The technology involves altering the mode of operation of the printer or scanner to be in either “quick”, “quiet” or an intermediate mode. Additionally, means for achieving the different modes of operation are also disclosed. | 12-09-2010 |
20100315657 | PRINTING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE PRINTING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A control method for controlling a printing system includes selectively executing an inline job and an offline job. The inline job is for executing post-processing on a sheet printed by a printing apparatus by using a post-processing apparatus and the offline job is for executing post-processing on a sheet without executing printing by the printing apparatus by using the post-processing apparatus. The control method also includes restricting execution of the inline job if a sheet has been set in a paper feed unit that is a paper feed source of the offline job to be executed. | 12-16-2010 |
20100315658 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion for forming an image on a recording material; an image reading portion, for reading an original image, movable between a first position in which the image reading portion opposes the image forming portion and a second position in which the image reading portion is partly raised from the image forming portion; an openable member movable, relative to the image forming portion independently of the image reading portion, between an open position in which the openable member exposes an inside of the image forming portion and a closed position in which the openable member covers the image forming member; and preventing means capable of preventing movement of the openable member toward the closed position when the image reading member is located at the second position. The prevention of movement of the openable member is released by moving the image reading member toward the first position from the second position in which the preventing means prevents the movement of the openable member. | 12-16-2010 |
20100315659 | ALLOCATION PROGRAM, ALLOCATION DEVICE AND ALLOCATION METHOD - An allocation device includes: an allocation candidate information acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of allocation candidate positions and the number of the allocation candidate positions in the case where print target images are allocated on a printing medium; a printing number acquisition unit that acquires the number of the print target images to be printed, the number being smaller than the number of the allocation candidate positions; and an allocation unit that allocates the print target images to the plurality of allocation candidate positions so that a highest cutting efficiency is obtained in the case where the printing medium, on which the print target images to be printed have been allocated and printed to the plurality of allocation candidate positions, is cut into segments for the individual print target images. | 12-16-2010 |
20100321706 | PRINTING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE PRINTING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM - A control method for controlling a printing system that includes selectively executing an inline job and an offline job, where the inline job is for executing post-processing on a sheet printed by a printing apparatus by using a post-processing apparatus and the offline job is for executing post-processing on a sheet without executing printing by the printing apparatus by using the post-processing apparatus. The method includes detecting that a sheet has been set in a paper feed unit, setting whether to execute an offline job that uses the sheet if the sheet is detected as being set in the paper feed unit, and controlling the post-processing apparatus to automatically start post-processing corresponding to the offline job in a case where both the system is set to execute the offline job and the system detects that the sheet has been set in the paper feed unit. | 12-23-2010 |
20100321707 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Parameters of image processing to be executed on image data to be formed on a sheet are set. When conveying a plurality of sheets on each of which an image is to be formed, the plurality of sheets are conveyed at a first interval or a second interval shorter than the first interval, and an image based on the image data processed based on the set parameters by an image processing unit is formed on each conveyed sheet. Control is performed such that the parameters are set when forming an image by conveying the plurality of sheets at the first interval, and a part of the parameters is set when forming an image by conveying the plurality of sheets at the second interval. | 12-23-2010 |
20110026044 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes a first determination section which determines at least one of a position and a density of a mark; a correction section which corrects at least one of an image forming position and an image formation density of a formation section; a second determination section which determines whether a related element which affects the determination result by the first determination section satisfies a set condition; and a control section which controls the formation section to form a mark based on a mark element including at least one of: a width in the moving direction of the object; a width in a direction perpendicular to the moving direction; a density; a distance with an adjacent mark in a pattern; and a number of marks in the pattern, which is increased when the second determination section determine that the related element satisfies the set condition. | 02-03-2011 |
20110026045 | MULTICOLOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND PROCESSES OF FORMING THE SAME BY PRINTING - There is provided a method of printing a regular array of rows of subpixels on a workpiece. The subpixels have c different colors and have a subpixel pitch s. A printing head has z nozzles arranged in a row with a spacing p, where z=n | 02-03-2011 |
20110026046 | WIDE FORMAT PRINTER WITH SCANNER TO ALIGN PRINTHEAD ASSEMBLY - A wide format printer that has a printhead assembly, a vacuum platen assembly opposite the printhead assembly, a media path between the printhead assembly and the vacuum platen, a drive roller for moving media along the media path, a vacuum belt assembly to move the media away from the vacuum platen assembly and a scanner adjacent the vacuum belt to capture information from the media for feedback control of the printhead assembly. The media path is more than 432 mm (17 inches wide). | 02-03-2011 |
20110032543 | VELOCITY CALCULATION DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided a velocity calculation device, including:
| 02-10-2011 |
20110037990 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus that forms images on sheets by using input image data, the apparatus including: a detection unit that detects a blank area outside of an image forming area formed on a sheet; a setting unit that, when a sum of a length in a conveyance direction of a blank area on a trailing edge side in the conveyance direction of a sheet and a length in the conveyance direction of a blank area on a leading edge side in the conveyance direction of a sheet conveyed following the sheet is a reference value or less, sets a sheet conveyance interval to the reference value, and when the sum is greater than the reference value, sets the conveyance interval to be less than the reference value; and a conveying unit that conveys the sheets at the conveyance interval set by the setting unit. | 02-17-2011 |
20110051152 | Image Processing Apparatus, Image Processing Method, And Program - An image processing apparatus includes: a reading unit; a counting unit; a cumulative value calculation unit; a cumulative value storing unit; and a print range determination unit, wherein the cumulative value calculation unit sets a value obtained by subtracting a predetermined value from the cumulative value, as the cumulative value, in the case where the number of pixels having a luminance equal to or smaller than a predetermined luminance value is not counted by the counting unit. | 03-03-2011 |
20110069327 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING IMAGE - According to one embodiment, a printer including, an image carrier configured to hold an a first color image and a second color image in a state in which the images overlap each other and configured to move the overlapping the first color image and the second color image to a sheet in a transfer position, and a controller configured to change speed of forming the first color image and the second color image from a first speed to a second speed higher than the first speed when the thickness of the sheet exceeds a threshold, the first speed including speed obtained by correcting fluctuation in the speed due to the thickness of the sheet with respect to the second speed. | 03-24-2011 |
20110085184 | DOT POSITION MEASUREMENT METHOD AND DOT POSITION MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A dot position measurement method includes: a line pattern forming step of forming a measurement line pattern including a plurality of lines of rows of dots corresponding to a plurality of recording elements arranged in a first direction of a recording head respectively, on a recording medium, while causing relative movement between the recording head and the recording medium in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the measurement line pattern including a plurality of line blocks each including a group of the lines recorded by the recording elements spaced at a prescribed interval in the first direction, and a plurality of common line blocks each including the lines recorded by the recording elements which are same as the recording elements recording the lines included in the plurality of line blocks respectively; a reading step of reading an image of the measurement line pattern formed on the recording medium in the line pattern forming step, by an image reading apparatus; a line position measurement step of measuring positions of the lines included in the plurality of line blocks and the plurality of common line blocks, from the image of the measurement line pattern read by the image reading apparatus; an averaging step of determining average values of measurement values of positions of the lines recorded by the same recording elements among the plurality of common line blocks; and a line position correction step of correcting the measurement values of the positions of the lines according to the average values. | 04-14-2011 |
20110096340 | HEND-HELD DEVICE FOR SCANNING AND PRINTING - A hand-held device for scanning and subsequent printing. The hand-held device has an optical scanning head integrated at a proximal end portion of a housing of the device, and a printing head integrated at a distal end portion of the housing of the device. Displayed, printed, or written information may be read from a scannable medium by manually moving (or fixedly positioning) a proximal end of the hand-held device across (or on) the scannable medium over the information. The read information is electronically stored within the hand-held device, and the stored information may be printed onto a printable medium by manually moving (or fixedly positioning) a distal end of the hand-held device across (or onto) the printable medium. | 04-28-2011 |
20110102813 | MOVEMENT DETECTION APPARATUS, MOVEMENT DETECTION METHOD, AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A movement detection apparatus acquires a displacement direction and an amount of displacement of a template region in the first image data that is displaced in the second image data in a direction orthogonal to a direction of a movement of an object. Based on the acquired displacement direction and the amount of displacement, a position at which the template pattern is clipped in the direction is set. | 05-05-2011 |
20110102814 | MOVEMENT DETECTION APPARATUS AND RECORDING APPARATUS - An apparatus extracts a template pattern from first data, and seek an area having a correlation with the template pattern among areas in second data to obtain an amount of movement of an object, and corrects the amount of movement by using a shift amount of the object during a time lag between the generation timing of a trigger signal for acquiring data by using a sensor, and the imaging timing. | 05-05-2011 |
20110102815 | MOVEMENT DETECTION APPARATUS AND RECORDING APPARATUS - The movement detection apparatus acquires a movement state of an object by clipping a template pattern from first image data and seeking a region having a high correlation with the template pattern in second image data. The movement detection apparatus performs at least one of first processing, which analyzes the first image data, and second processing, which analyzes a relationship between the first image data and third image data acquired after the first image data has been acquired and before the second image data is acquired, and sets a position at which the template patter is clipped. | 05-05-2011 |
20110102816 | MOVEMENT DETECTION APPARATUS AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A conveyance mechanism includes a conveyance belt having a detection pattern containing a plurality of isolated patterns. The shape of the plurality of isolated patterns contained in the detection pattern, the size of a template area from which a template pattern is to be extracted, and the size of a seek area are associated with each other so that a part of the detection pattern contained in the template pattern extracted from first image data invariably serves as a unique pattern in the seek area of second image data. | 05-05-2011 |
20110109920 | CALIBRATION METHOD EXECUTED IN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A determination unit determines density correction characteristics to be applied to correct density characteristics based on a reading result obtained by a reading unit. A measuring unit measures a density value of the image pattern formed on the image carrier by the image forming unit at the first image forming speed by applying the density correction characteristics. A reference density value storage unit stores, as a reference density value, the density value of the image pattern measured by the measuring unit. A creation unit creates modification data to modify the density correction characteristics for a second image forming speed from a difference between a density value of an image pattern formed on the image carrier by the image forming unit at the second image forming speed by applying the density correction characteristics, and the reference density value stored in the reference density value storage unit. | 05-12-2011 |
20110128557 | TABLET PRINTING APPARATUS AND TABLET PRODUCTION METHOD, AND TABLET - There is provided a tablet printing apparatus that can perform printing at a high speed on tablets arbitrarily supplied in volume at irregular intervals and has a high printing quality. A tablet printing apparatus | 06-02-2011 |
20110134444 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND SCANNING METHOD THEREOF - A scanning method of an image forming apparatus including free-scanning a page to be scanned, setting a scan data generation area to generate scan data on the free-scanned image, if a subsequent page is main-scanned, detecting a relative position of the scan data generation area from a scanned area of the main-scanned page, adjusting the scan data generation area using the detected relative position, and generating scan data for the adjusted scan data generation area, and an image forming apparatus to perform the same. Therefore, a plurality of pages can be precisely scanned or copied with a specific size. | 06-09-2011 |
20110134445 | PRINTER COLORIMETRY CONTROL DEVICE, PRINT COLORIMETRY METHOD AND PRINTER - A print and colorimetry control device includes a print control section which controls so that an image for which colorimetry is to be carried out is printed on a printing medium, based on predetermined image data, a determining section which determines a position where a colorimetry section is caused to carry out colorimetry for the image based on a printing position of the image on the printing medium, a feeding section which feeds the printing medium having finished printing, based on the determined position, a colorimetry control section which controls the colorimetry section based on the determined position so that the colorimetry section is caused to carry out colorimetry thereby to obtain a colorimetric value of the image. | 06-09-2011 |
20110149305 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - In image processing, it is possible to suppress density fluctuation and keep graininess low as well as obtain a good balance of the processing load. More specifically, when dividing multi-valued data and generating two-pass multi-pass printing data, divided multi-valued data that is common to the two passes is generated in addition to the divided multi-valued data for each of the two passes. Moreover, quantized data of that common multi-valued data is reflected on the quantized data for each pass. Furthermore, when generating quantized data, a process of generating common data by the aforementioned data division, or a process of performing quantization first without dividing the multi-valued data and then dividing the quantized 2-pass data is selectively performed according to the printing position on printing medium. | 06-23-2011 |
20110205560 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND STORING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus comprising: a formation unit; a control unit configured to control the formation unit to form a first batch and a second batch; a detection unit configured to detect detection values for marks in relation with position information of the respective marks in the first direction; a determination unit configured to determine whether each of the first and second batches are normal or abnormal based on the detection values; a modification unit configured to modify the detection value of a mark belonging to one of the first and second batches that has been determined to be abnormal by the determination unit, based on the detection value of a corresponding mark which belongs to an other of the first and second batches; and a correction unit configured to correct an image forming position of the formation unit based on the detection values modified by the modification unit. | 08-25-2011 |
20110205561 | HANDHELD PRINTER - A handheld printer that provides an appropriate application of ink to a print medium without a bulky and complex mechanical system for positioning a print head with respect to the print medium. A handheld printer according to the present teachings includes a navigation subsystem that tracks a motion of the handheld printer with respect to a printing surface and a print head controller that causes a print head to fire ink drops onto the printing surface in response to the motion and in response to an image contained in an image buffer. | 08-25-2011 |
20110235065 | Apparatus and Method for Printing Within a Print Zone on the Surface of a Skewed Object Moving in a Given Direction of Travel - A printing apparatus for printing within a predefined print zone on a selected surface of a skewed object moving in a given direction of travel includes a bracket, at least two sensors at known positions adjacent to the passing object detecting the leading edge of a given surface, a positioning mechanism mounted on the bracket, a printhead mounted on the positioning mechanism and operable to print on the moving object selected surface, the positioning mechanism operable to position the printhead into a known correct printing position relative to the selected surface, and a controller communicating with the sensors, positioning mechanism, and printhead, and operable to calculate object skew in response to the sensor signals and to operate the positioning mechanism to position the printhead into the known correct printing position and to operate the printhead to print within the predefined print zone on the skewed moving object. | 09-29-2011 |
20110242553 | PRINTING MEDIUM MOVEMENT AMOUNT DETECTION DEVICE, AND ERROR INFORMATION PRODUCTION METHOD - With a printing device in which a printing medium is moved relatively, and which prints on the printing medium, the surface of the medium is illuminated, a plurality of illuminated regions of the medium moving in this illuminated state are imaged to acquire a plurality of images. A region to be matched having a characteristic region within a first image is set out of the images, a similar region having the highest similarity to the characteristic region is determined within a second image that is different from the first image. The estimated movement amount of the medium is calculated from the positional relation between the region to be matched and the similar region. Error information indicating error in the estimated movement amount of the medium attributable to the angle of light directed at the medium is acquired, and the estimated movement amount is corrected. | 10-06-2011 |
20110255099 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit, a determination unit, and a printing unit. The acquisition unit acquires post-processing information indicating a capability of a post-processing unit specified by a received print job. The determination unit determines a target position on a recording sheet subjected to post-processing to be applied by the post-processing unit based on the post-processing information. The printing unit prints a marking image at the target position on the recording sheet determined by the determination unit. The printing unit prints the marking image so that a deviation of the post-processing by the post-processing unit can be recognized. In addition, the printing unit changes a shape of the marking image to a shape suitable for the accuracy expected for the post-processing, according to an accuracy expected for the post-processing to be applied by the post-processing unit set for a print instruction of the print job marking image. | 10-20-2011 |
20110261372 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCURATE MEASUREMENT OF IMAGING SURFACE SPEED IN A PRINTING APPARATUS - According to aspects of the embodiments, there is provided methods and apparatus for sensing the movement of a moving surface by utilizing a plurality of reference patterns positioned on the surface, using the precision of the ROS Start of Scan Clock, and the uses of encoder and MOB sensors. The plurality of reference patterns are placed a known number of scanlines apart. The MOB sensor and encoder measure the distance between reference patterns. Increase accuracy is achieved by sampling the encoder signal with the ROS Master Clock and calculating a fractional encoder count at the first and last encoder counts of the measurement. The use of fractional encoder counts provides a speed measurement with greater tolerance for variations in encoder dimensions and belt thickness. | 10-27-2011 |
20110292409 | REPROGRAPHIC SYSTEM - A probabilistic network, in particular a Bayesion network, is used for control of a printing system in order to realize an adaptable printing system. A reprographic system, includes at least one sensor, providing a sensor signal; at least one actuator, responsive to an actuator signal; and a control unit for generating the actuator signal for the at least one actuator in dependence on the sensor signal of the at least one sensor. The control unit includes a signal processing module configured to generate the actuator signal based on at least one sensor signal with involvement of a probabilistic network. | 12-01-2011 |
20110317177 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes a first generation unit configured to generate N pieces of same color multi-valued image data, a second generation unit configured to generate N pieces of quantized data by performing quantization processing on the N pieces of same color multi-valued image data, and a third generation unit configured to divide at least one piece of the N pieces of quantized data into a plurality of quantized data and generate M pieces of quantized data corresponding to the M relative movements. The M pieces of quantized data includes quantized data corresponding to an edge portion of the recording element group and quantized data corresponding to a central portion of the recording element group, and a recording duty of the quantized data corresponding to the edge portion is set lower than a recording duty of the quantized data corresponding to the central portion. | 12-29-2011 |
20120075643 | Method of revising printing error in PCB - Provided is a method of revising a printing error in a PCB, including acquiring alignment mark coordinates and recognition mark coordinates formed at corners of each sheet through design specification information of the PCB, acquiring distorted alignment mark coordinates and recognition mark coordinates of each sheet through actually measured information of the PCB, calculating coordinate information acquired from the design specification information of the PCB and coordinate information acquired from the actually measured information of the PCB to acquire a revision coefficient, calculating an actual deformation value of the PCB using the revision coefficient, and converting the actual deformation value into deformation data of a binary image applied to the design specification information to be revised, and performing a printing operation on the PCB using the deformation data as a reference. | 03-29-2012 |
20120081715 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes the following elements. A transport unit transports a medium on which plural marks are formed at predetermined intervals in the transport direction of the medium. An image forming unit forms an image on the medium. A reading unit is disposed to oppose positions at which the plural marks on the medium are formed so as to read the medium and to generate read information. A detecting unit detects the plural marks from the read information in accordance with predetermined times based on the predetermined intervals of the plural marks. A position adjusting unit adjusts the position of the image to be formed on the medium on the basis of a result of detecting the plural marks. A speed adjusting unit adjusts the transport speed of the medium on the basis of the read information. | 04-05-2012 |
20120081716 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - An image recording apparatus is provided. The image recording apparatus includes a first conveyer to convey a recording medium in a first direction, a recording unit to record the image on the recording medium, a second conveyer including a first roller pair with a first driving roller and a first driven roller, an image position detector to detect a position of the formed image along a second direction within the recording medium, a rotation rate setting unit to set a rotation rate of the first driving roller based on the detected position of the formed image when a part of the formed image on the recording medium is nipped by the first roller pair, and a controller to control the first driving roller to rotate in the rotation rate set by the rotation rate setting unit and convey the recording medium by the first roller pair. | 04-05-2012 |
20120086957 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a direct sensor arranged so as to face a second surface of a moving sheet on the back side of a first surface thereof and configured to perform measurement on the second surface at a measurement position to thereby detect at least one of information on sheet inclination at the measurement position and positional information on a sheet position in the direction of the distance between a recording head and the sheet at the measurement position. A control unit controls the operation of the recording apparatus based on the detection by the direct sensor. | 04-12-2012 |
20120188563 | STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING PRINTING PROGRAM STORED THEREIN AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing program can be executed by a processing apparatus connected to a printing apparatus including a recording head transfer section for reciprocating, in a main scanning direction, a recording head for discharging ink, and a recording medium transfer section for moving the recording medium in a sub-scanning direction. The program determines total movement distances of an image at angles relative to an original position according to a first movement distance by which the recording head would move in the main scanning direction from a start of movement of the recording head to an end of discharging the ink medium if printing were performed and a second movement distance by which the recording medium would move in the sub-scanning direction if printing were performed. The program causes the printing apparatus to print the image at the angular position of the image corresponding to the smallest total movement distance. | 07-26-2012 |
20120194830 | PRINT JOB STATUS IDENTIFICATION USING GRAPHICAL OBJECTS - Methods and systems are provided for visually representing print jobs in a print queue. In one embodiment, a system comprising a print queue, a scheduler, and a Graphical User Interface (GUI) is disclosed. The print queue stores print jobs for a printer. The scheduler estimates a time to print each of the print jobs on the printer. The GUI displays a graphical representation of each of the print jobs in the print queue, where a size of a graphical representation of each of the print jobs is based on the estimated time to print each of the print jobs. | 08-02-2012 |
20120218568 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PATTERN POSITION DETERMINING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming apparatus which reads a test pattern formed by ejecting liquid droplets onto a recording medium to adjust an ejection timing of the liquid droplets is disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit; a reading unit; a relative movement unit; an intensity data obtaining unit which obtains intensity data on a reflected light which is received from a scanning position of a light by a light receiving unit while the light moves over the test pattern; and a position detection unit which applies a line position determining operation on the intensity data in the vicinity of a point of inflection included between an upper-limit threshold value and a lower-limit threshold value, and detects a position of a line. | 08-30-2012 |
20120224191 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus, including an image forming unit to form a full-color image on an intermediate transfer member; a pattern image forming unit to form a pattern image on the intermediate transfer member for correcting image forming conditions; a pattern image detecting unit to detect the pattern image; a correcting unit to correct the image forming conditions; a positional shift amount calculating unit to calculate a positional shift amount; a positional shift amount storage unit to store the positional shift amount calculated by the positional shift amount calculating unit; and a pattern image correcting unit to correct a position of the pattern image in a main scanning direction and a width thereof to be smaller than an initial width in the main scanning direction, when the pattern image forming unit forms a pattern image on the intermediate transfer member. | 09-06-2012 |
20120229821 | INTEGRATED CONTACT IMAGE SENSOR MODULE AND IMAGE SCANNING SYSTEM - An integrated contact image sensor module (CISM) is provided. A light switch circuit turns on a light source according to a light control signal. A contact image sensor captures an image when the light source is turned on and generates an analog signal corresponding to the image. An analog to digital converter coupled to the contact image sensor converts the analog signal into scan data. A controller coupled to the light switch circuit provides the light control signal to the light switch circuit according to a motion signal and provides a clock signal to the analog to digital converter, so as to convert the analog signal into the scan data. The controller further provides an interface signal corresponding to the scan data, to an interface module according to the motion signal, and the interface signal conforms to a specific transmission protocol. | 09-13-2012 |
20120243006 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION - An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires encoded information at a position specified on a medium, the medium having the encoded information and an image printed thereon, the encoded information including identification information of the medium, first coordinate information identifying in a first coordinate system a position where the encoded information is printed, and alignment determination information determining an alignment of the encoded information, and the image, printed on the medium, at a position predetermined by second coordinate information in a second coordinate system, an identifying unit that identifies the image corresponding to the encoded information by checking the first coordinate information included in the encoded information acquired by the acquisition unit against the second coordinate information of the images printed on the medium, and a determining unit that determines whether the first coordinate system matches the second coordinate system in alignment. | 09-27-2012 |
20120243007 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING DEVICE, AND PRINT CONTROL METHOD - The invention solves the problem of the layout of the printout being broken as a result of the host computer sending the next print data without knowing the current printing position after the printer automatically inserts a new line. In a printing system that communicates continuous print data and status information by command between a host computer and a printing device, the printing device prints while automatically inserting a new line in the continuous print data received from the host computer according to a print setting, and sends current position information as status information to the host computer. The host computer sends the next continuous print data based on the acquired current position information. | 09-27-2012 |
20120250038 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PROGRAM FOR THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR MONITORING RECORDING MEDIUM CONVEYANCE IN THE SAME - An image forming apparatus may include a conveyor unit configured to convey a recording medium along a conveying path, first and second sensors disposed in the conveying path and configured to detect the recording medium, a memory, and a controller configured to determine whether a length of the recording medium is less than or equal to a conveying distance between the first sensor and the second sensor. The controller may also be configured to perform storing processes for storing detection results of the first sensor and the second sensor in the memory when the controller determines that the length of the recording medium is less than or equal to the conveying distance. | 10-04-2012 |
20120257222 | PRINTER, PAPER, ROLL HOLDER THEROF, AND PAPER END DETECTING MECHANISM - A paper roll holder, a printer having the same and a paper end detecting mechanism are disclosed. The paper roll holder comprises a turning plate, which upper surface forms a first arc groove close to a rotation centre and a second arc groove far away from the rotation centre; an elastic element, providing a rotating torque to the turning plate so that the turning plate turns from an initial position to an upturning position during the printing and consuming of a paper roll; and a sensor, arranged in the second arc groove of the turning plate for detecting the paper. Wherein, the turning plate has the initial position suitable for supporting a large paper roll in the second arc groove and the upturning position suitable for supporting a small paper roll in the first arc groove. When the printing paper roll is near end, along with rotation of the turning plate, the small paper roll is limited in the first arc groove so as to prevent the small paper roll from moving in the paper house during printing. When the residual amount of the printing paper is less than the distance between the sensor and the printing mechanism, the sensor can promptly and accurately send out a paper lack signal, thereby improving the reliability of paper detection by the sensor. | 10-11-2012 |
20120274953 | RECORDING DEVICE, RECORDING DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM - A specific operation based on specific data that is received for recording to a recording medium can be performed and the best recording result can be achieved without changing the control device as much as possible. When a string recording command specifying a string containing a specific string is contained in recording data, the recording control unit | 11-01-2012 |
20120314229 | FRAME-BASED COORDINATE SPACE TRANSFORMATIONS OF GRAPHICAL IMAGE DATA IN AN IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - What is disclosed are a novel system and method for transforming coordinates in an image processing system. In one embodiment, image data is received in a first coordinate space and second coordinate space information is received. A first selection is made, based on a set of relative coordinate space mappings, to select at least a first transformation for mapping of the image data in the first coordinate space to an intermediate image canonical coordinate space using at least a first coordinate change matrix. The intermediate image canonical coordinate space has coordinates which are independent of the image processing system. A second selection is made, based on the set of relative coordinate space mappings, to select at least a second transformation for mapping from the intermediate image canonical coordinate space to the second coordinate space using at least a second coordinate change matrix to transform the intermediate image canonical coordinate space. | 12-13-2012 |
20130107285 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A PRINTING MODULE FOR EDGE PRINTING | 05-02-2013 |
20130107286 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | 05-02-2013 |
20130107287 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND PRINTING METHOD | 05-02-2013 |
20130128287 | SYSTEM FOR MAINTAINING PROPER PAGE SEQUENCE WHILE REDUCING PRINTER ARTIFACTS - A printing system having a printer comprising two printheads, sensors for determining a position of a rolled receiver media in the printer, and rollers for starting a multi-page print job using either one of the printheads based on the position of the rolled receiver media in the printer. A second page of the print job is printed before a first page of the print job in response to the position of the rolled receiver media in the printer. | 05-23-2013 |
20130148135 | VARIABLE PRINTING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A variable printing system includes: an image forming apparatus including an engine for variable printing; a device communicatively connected to the image forming apparatus; a first control section included in one of the image forming apparatus and the device; and a second control section included in one of the image forming apparatus and the device. The first control section acquires setting information of the engine corresponding to a job instructing variable printing, and performs one of adding the setting information into the job, and storing the setting information in a form of a database. The second control section analyses an output result of a job which has been executed and setting information of the engine corresponding to the job, and instructs the engine, based on a result of the analysis, to change a setting of the engine corresponding to a job to be executed or being executed. | 06-13-2013 |
20130169979 | SCREEN PRINTING DEVICE AND SCREEN PRINTING METHOD - Prior to a mark imaging process executed for the purpose of detecting a position of recognition marks for positioning the substrate and the mask, an optical axis calibration processing process of detecting a horizontal relative position between imaging optical axes, and a surface correction data creation processing process of detecting a local positional deviation of the imaging optical axes, which is caused by the travel of the imaging unit, are executed. Before starting production, a production pre-start precision evaluation process for evaluating a substrate positioning precision is executed by using a verification substrate and a verification mask, and after starting the production, a production post-start precision evaluation process for evaluating a substrate positioning precision after starting the production is executed by using a commercial production substrate and a commercial production mask. | 07-04-2013 |
20130188202 | RECORDING DEVICE, CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR A RECORDING DEVICE, AND A RECORDING MEDIUM - A multifunction device has a recording controller that buffers image data for an image to be recorded on a medium to an image buffer, and starts recording the image from a specific start recording position on the medium based on the buffered image data; a media length detector that detects the length of the medium being conveyed; an image length calculator that calculates the length of the image; and a start recording position controller that sets the start recording position for recording the image to the medium based on the length of the medium detected by the media length detector, and the length of the image to be recorded on the medium calculated by the image length calculator. | 07-25-2013 |
20130215437 | PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing apparatus according to one aspect of this invention includes a sheet holding unit configured to hold an envelope, a first setting unit configured to set a standard-size of an envelope for the sheet holding unit and a second setting unit configured to set an additional size attached to the standard-size for the sheet holding unit. The printing apparatus further includes a storage unit configured to store the standard-size and the additional size attached to the standard-size for the sheet holding unit, and a presentation unit configured to, when a standard-size of an envelope is newly set for the sheet holding unit, acquire the additional size attached to the set standard-size from the storage unit and present the additional size. | 08-22-2013 |
20130235394 | PRINTING IMAGES ON A RETRANSFER MATERIAL HAVING A PREDISPOSED ARTIFACT - A method, printer, and retransfer material have the capability of printing images, including multiple color images, on a retransfer material that already has a preprinted artifact on the retransfer material. The preprinted artifact can include for example a hologram or other registered artifact, More particularly, a method, printer, and retransfer material allow for printing images on a retransfer material, where such images are not printed onto the preprinted artifacts present on the retransfer material. One or more indicia marks are detected by at least one sensor, so as to obtain the position of respective preprinted artifacts before printing images onto the retransfer material. Such can avoid printing images on the preprinted artifacts, The method, printer, and retransfer material may be incorporated as part of an identification document issuance system, where the method and printer can be applied to one processing module of such a system. | 09-12-2013 |
20130242316 | PRINTER - When a period from the point of time of receipt of instruction information concerning a cutting instruction to the point of time of receipt of instruction information concerning a printing instruction subsequent to the receipt of the instruction information concerning the cutting instruction has reached a prescribed period, a recording medium is cut and conveyed in a reverse direction by a prescribed distance, and then new printing is started. When the period from the point of time of receipt of the instruction information concerning the cutting instruction to the point of time of receipt of the instruction information concerning the printing instruction subsequent to the receipt of the instruction information concerning the cutting instruction has not reached the prescribed period, the recording medium is cut and then new printing is started without convey of the recording medium in the reverse direction. | 09-19-2013 |
20130250313 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING USER-CUSTOMIZABLE OPERABILITY FOR IMAGING OPERATIONS IN IMAGE FORMING DEVICES USING SELECTABLE PLATEN SHEET RULERS - A system and method for implementing selectable platen sheet rulers as one of technology-based dynamically adaptable platen sheet rulers or physically-replaceable platen sheet rulers or a plurality of physically-replaceable platens having associated with each a permanently-affixed set of platen sheet rulers for device emulation, are provided. The user is provided with a mechanism by which to select a different origin for imaging operations in an image forming device. To enable emulation on the image forming devices, selectable rulers are employed. Dynamically-adaptable rulers include liquid crystal display (LCD) technology, light emitting diode (LED) arrays or similar tools to configure platen sheet ruler displays to frame a platen of the image forming device to enable real-time changing of the platen sheet rulers. Separately, physically-replaceable rulers such as, for example, one of “snap-in” rulers that are changeable with respect to a set platens in the image forming device are provided. | 09-26-2013 |
20130250314 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM HAVING AN IMAGE CHECKING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus including an image forming apparatus and an image checking apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes a transport control unit which transports a recording medium at a transport speed, and forms an image on the recording medium. The image checking apparatus includes a transport-speed acquisition unit, a detector, a reading unit, and an operation-state notification unit. The transport-speed acquisition unit acquires transport-speed information from the image forming apparatus. The detector detects a mark shown on the recording medium. The reading unit reads a checking-target image formed by the image forming apparatus at a position distant from the mark, on the basis of the transport-speed information and information concerning a positional relationship between the mark and the checking-target image. The operation-state notification unit notifies the image forming apparatus of an operation state of the image checking apparatus. | 09-26-2013 |
20130258355 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes the following elements. An image forming unit forms an image by using plural predetermined colors. An index forming unit causes the image forming unit to form three or more consecutive image correcting indexes of one type by using an identical color, the image correcting indexes being used for correcting misregistration of an image to be formed. The image correcting indexes are sequentially transferred to an image carrier. A detector includes a light source emitting light to the image correcting indexes and a light receiver receiving light reflected by the image carrier and the image correcting indexes to generate a detection signal. A position specifying unit specifies a position of an image correcting index located at the center of three consecutive image correcting indexes by using the detection signal. A misregistration correcting unit corrects misregistration of an image to be formed by using the specified position. | 10-03-2013 |
20130258356 | PRINTER AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PRINTING CONTROL PROGRAM - A printer includes a printing device, a transport device that transports the printing medium, an optical sensor that outputs a specified output value, based on light that is reflected from the reverse face of the printing medium, a first determination portion that determines whether a first detection object color has been detected, based on the output value, a second declaration portion that declares that the mark has been detected in a case where, after a first declaration portion that, in a case where the number of times that the first determination portion has consecutively determined that the first detection object color has been detected, declares that the first detection object color is continuous over a specified width, the number of times that a second determination portion has consecutively determined that the second detection object color has been detected, based on the output value. | 10-03-2013 |
20130278946 | APPARATUS AND METHOD CONTROLLING ZOOMING PROCESS AT LASER DEVICE FOR HIGH-SPEED HIGH-RESOLUTION DOUBLE-SIDED PRINTING WITHOUT WIDE-RANGED IMAGE DEGRADATION OR BANDING - An image forming apparatus includes a positioning unit that acquires a misalignment amount of a pixel in a main-scanning direction and a sub-scanning direction, the pixel as a reference pixel for zooming image data, and decides a position of a pixel as a correction target, based on the misalignment amount; a correcting unit that corrects the pixel; a zooming unit that controls the positioning unit and the correcting unit so as to repeatedly perform the positioning process and the correction process on a pixel line; a pattern recognition unit that performs pattern matching on a predetermined pattern and a predetermined pixel line; and a pixel position changing unit that shifts the decided pixel position in the sub-scanning direction, wherein the zooming unit performs the zooming process on the pixel line of the sub-scanning direction including the pixel that is located at shifted pixel position. | 10-24-2013 |
20130286412 | LETTER PRINTING SYSTEM - A letter printing system includes: a data processing unit for receiving an instruction to print document data containing letter data of a plurality of letters, generating print data and outputting the print data to a printing unit; and the printing unit for performing, for each letter, printing on a paper sheet for envelope and a paper sheet for enclosure according to the print data and outputting the paper sheets in the order of printing, wherein the data processing unit determines a letter boundary of each letter in the document data and sequentially outputs print data of each letter to the printing unit, and the printing unit adjusts the order of pieces of page data forming the print data of each letter according to a predetermined order of output of the paper sheet for envelope and the paper sheet for enclosure for performing inserting and sealing operation, and performs printing. | 10-31-2013 |
20130293902 | IMAGE EDITING APPARATUS, IMAGE EDITING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A see-through image is generated in which a second content image group, which is placed on a second surface as one of respective opposite surfaces, is superposed on a first content image group, which is placed on a first surface as another of the respective opposite surfaces, so as to be visible therethrough. Movement of one of the first content image group and the second content image group is commanded, by designating a position or a mark on the see-through image displayed on a display unit through a user interface. | 11-07-2013 |
20130301062 | PRINTER CONTROL DEVICE, PRINTING PROXY CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMPUTER PROGRAM - A printer control device for performing control such that a second printer serves as a proxy to execute a print job to be executed by a first printer is provided. The printer control device includes a speed determination portion configured to determine whether or not a second speed is higher than a first speed, the second speed being a print speed set in the second printer, the first speed being a print speed set in the first printer; and a control unit configured to control, when the speed determination portion determines that the second speed is higher than the first speed, the second printer to execute the print job at a third speed lower than the second speed. | 11-14-2013 |
20130335754 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image reading unit configured to rotate and read a front and a back of a document may deviate from an original reading position due to aged deterioration or an external physical impact and become incapable of reading an image accurately. An image processing apparatus rotates an image reading unit including a sensor in units of predetermined angles to read a white reference member, acquires luminance information about the white reference member at the respective predetermined angles of rotation, determines an angle at which the luminance information is greater than other pieces of the luminance information among a plurality of pieces of the acquired luminance information at the respective predetermined angles, and rotates the image reading unit based on the determined angle to correct a reference position of the image reading unit. | 12-19-2013 |
20130342855 | DEVICE FOR CANCELLING CHECKS - The invention relates to a device for cancelling notes of value, comprising a transport unit for transport of the notes of value, and a printing unit having a print head for imprinting a printing area of a note of value located on a print side. Further, the device comprises a sorting gate for diverting notes of value between three transport paths, and a control unit for controlling the sorting gate. The device further comprises a sensor unit for determination of the orientation of a note of value, and an intermediate storage for intermediate storage of notes of value, wherein a second transport path connects the sorting gate with the intermediate storage, and a third transport path connects the sorting gate with the printing unit. | 12-26-2013 |
20140009768 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRINTHEAD CONTROL - A method, apparatus, and computer program product are described herein for controlling a printing device. In an example embodiment, a print line is divided into frames and frame dot states are determined based on neighboring frame dot states. Maximum motor speeds of the printing device may be adjusted so that actual motor speeds change gradually during printing. The print engine may detect a printhead type by sending a signal to the printhead and receiving a response. | 01-09-2014 |
20140071462 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, an information processing device includes a receiving unit, a detection unit, a generation unit, and an output unit. The receiving unit is configured to receive an original image. The detection unit is configured to detect a write region in which additional information is to be written, from the original image. The generation unit is configured to generate a position specifying image for specifying a position of the write region in the original image, the position specifying image being to be added to a predetermined region in the original image. The output unit is configured to output the position specifying image. | 03-13-2014 |
20140071463 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - To accomplish this, when an image processing apparatus determines with reference to a parameter associated with the image processing apparatus that allocations of storage capacities to a first storage unit which stores block images obtained by dividing image data in a page unit and a second storage unit which stores tile images obtained by dividing each block image are required to be changed, the apparatus changes the allocations of the storage capacities in correspondence with the parameter, and also changes division sizes of the block images and the tile images in accordance with the changes in storage capacities. | 03-13-2014 |
20140078523 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR CORRECTING PRINT POSITION - An apparatus includes an acquisition unit and a controller. The acquisition unit is configured to, in a case of a recording medium having different thicknesses along a direction crossing a feeding direction in which the recording medium is fed by a feeding unit, acquire correction information that is set on the basis of an orientation of the recording medium in a case where the recording medium is fed by the feeding unit. The controller is configured to move a print start position of a print unit in the direction crossing the feeding direction on the basis of the correction information acquired by the acquisition unit. | 03-20-2014 |
20140085646 | DETECTION OF AN EVENT SIGNAL AND A HEARTBEAT SIGNAL PROVIDED ALONG A SIGNAL PATH - An image forming system includes a substrate transport unit, an image forming module, an event sensing module, a heartbeat generation module, a signal detection module, and a repositioning module. The substrate transport unit may transport substrate including at least one splice along a transport path. The image forming module may form an image on the substrate. The event sensing module may detect an event and provide an event signal along a signal path in response to the event. The heartbeat generation module may provide a heartbeat signal different than the event signal along the signal path. The signal detection module may determine a presence of the event signal and an absence of the heartbeat signal. The repositioning module may move the image forming module from a first position to a second position in response to a determination of the presence of the event signal. | 03-27-2014 |
20140092401 | IMAGE READING APPARATUSES, IMAGE READING SYSTEMS, AND MEDIUM CONVEYING DEVICES - A medium conveying device, including a body, which includes a first inlet port, a first ejection port, a second inlet port, a second ejection port, and a conveyance path; a display device provided in the body that displays a display image. The medium conveying device may include a control device configured to acquire, via an acquisition device, installation information in which an installation condition of the body is reflected or setting information, which is externally set, regarding the installation condition of the body. The display device may be controlled, in accordance with the installation information or the setting information acquired by the acquisition device, in order to change the direction of the displayed image which is displayed on the display device. | 04-03-2014 |
20140092402 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POSITION CALIBRATION OF A SPOT OF AN OPTICAL SENSOR - A method for position calibration of a spot of a known geometry of an optical sensor is disclosed. The method may include providing a position calibration patch on a sheet at a position which is known with respect to a reference position on the sheet, along a scan path of the spot of the optical sensor across the sheet. The patch may include at least two adjacent blocks of different colors. The method may also include obtaining a sampling of the position calibration patch using the optical sensor. The method may further include determining from the sampling a relative coverage of the spot over the color blocks of the position calibration patch, and based on the known geometry of the spot and on the determined relative coverage, determining the position of the spot of the sensor with respect to the reference position. | 04-03-2014 |
20140111815 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CORRECTING PRINT POSITION DISPLACEMENT - A printing apparatus which uses a plurality of print element arrays in each of which a plurality of print elements are arranged, and drives a predetermined number of print elements of each of blocks obtained by dividing each of the plurality of the print element arrays into pieces of the predetermined number of the print elements respectively in a time division driving manner, to perform printing on a print medium conveyed, including: a position displacement detecting unit configured to detect print position displacements; and a correction unit configured to perform correction in which pixels which are to be printed by print elements is shifted, the number of the print elements corresponding to an amount of the print position displacement, by a block in each of the plurality of the print element arrays. | 04-24-2014 |
20140118755 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND ITS CONTROL METHOD - Color shifting correction is performed first based on shifting amount information indicating a shifting amount with respect to the scanning direction on an image carrier of each image forming unit, and halftone processing is then performed, thus suppressing caused by color shifting correction, and forming a high-quality image. An image forming engine has color shifting amount storage units storing actual shifting amounts with respect to ideal scan directions on image carriers in image forming units. Color shifting correction amount arithmetic units calculate color shifting correction amounts for respective color components using stored color shifting amounts. Color shifting correction units perform color shifting correction by converting coordinates upon reading image data from bitmap memories using calculated color shifting correction amounts, and perform tone correction. Data after tone correction undergo halftone processing. PWM processors generate PWM signals for scanning, and output them to exposure units of respective image forming units. | 05-01-2014 |
20140132966 | IMAGE READING DEVICE, IMAGE READING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image reading device includes a transporter transporting a document to a reading position, a first corrector correcting a skew of the document by coming into contact with a leading edge thereof, a radiating unit radiating light to the document, an image-information acquiring unit acquiring image information of the document based on information of light reflected therefrom, a reflector reflecting the radiated light, a leading-edge detector comparing a quantity of light reflected by the reflector with a quantity of light reflected by the document so as to detect the leading edge, a skew-amount calculator calculating a skew amount of the leading edge, and a second corrector correcting a skew of the image information based on the skew amount. The device switches between the skew correction by the first corrector and the skew correction by the second corrector based on document information, the skew amount, or user's selection. | 05-15-2014 |
20140132967 | Card Printing Device and Control Method for Card Printing Device - A card printing device may include a card conveying mechanism which conveys the card through a card conveying passage; a printing mechanism which transfers and prints ink applied to an ink ribbon on the card which is conveyed along the card conveying passage; and a print control section which controls printing on the card. The print control section may divide a printing image into a plurality of divided images in a conveyance direction of the card, rearrange an arrangement order of the divided images in the conveyance direction, control the card conveying mechanism to move the card forward or backward so that the divided images are printed on the card in a rearranged order and, so that the card is printed with the divided images in an original arrangement order before having been rearranged and then, perform printing on the card by the printing mechanism. | 05-15-2014 |
20140139848 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - According to an embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes: a carriage, on which a recording head is mounted, to be driven by a driving source to reciprocate; and a drive control unit that controls driving of the driving source by PWM control. The drive control unit includes a detecting unit that detects at least any one of a position and a velocity of the carriage, a calculating unit that calculates PWM command values from detection results output from the detecting unit, a storing unit that stores a maximum value and a minimum value of the PWM command values, a comparing unit that compares a difference between the maximum value and the minimum value against a predetermined threshold value, and a stop-output command unit that, when the difference between the maximum value and the minimum value exceeds the threshold value, outputs a command to stop driving of the carriage. | 05-22-2014 |
20140146329 | System And Method For Page Alignment In A Printer - A method for printing on a continuous print medium having a plurality of pages includes identifying a location of a feature in image data that are generated from a portion of a first page in the print medium. The method includes modifying a time of operation of a marking unit to form an image on each page in the plurality of pages at a predetermined distance from the edge of each page with reference to the location of the identified feature in the image data. In one configuration, the method enables precise placement of printed images over preprinted forms. | 05-29-2014 |
20140153005 | SHEET CARRYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A sheet carrying apparatus comprises a job executing portion that includes a sheet carrying portion for carrying a sheet, a power supply portion that performs usual power supply to the job executing portion in a usual mode and stops the power supply to the job executing portion in a power saving mode that restricts the power supply more than the usual mode; an ejecting portion into which the sheet carried by the sheet carrying portion is ejected, and an ejected sheet detecting portion that detects presence of the sheet ejected in the ejecting portion, and when there is no sheet in the ejecting portion after a job including ejecting of the sheet into the ejecting portion ends, the power supply portion shifts from the usual mode to the power saving mode. | 06-05-2014 |
20140153006 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF ADJUSTING IMAGE POSITIONAL DEVIATION, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image forming apparatus forms adjustment patterns having a predetermined edge interval on a recording medium, while moving a carriage mounted with recording heads that eject a liquid droplet on the recording medium and formed of a sub-scanning motor and the like in a main-scanning direction by a main-scanning motor. The image forming apparatus performs a positional deviation correction process in which the adjustment pattern formed on the recording medium is read by a reading sensor mounted on the recording heads, while moving the carriage in the main-scanning direction, to correct a positional deviation of a landing position of the liquid droplet ejected from the recording heads based on an ideal interval between the adjustment patterns and a read result of the reading sensor repeatedly at least twice. | 06-05-2014 |
20140211217 | METHOD FOR PRINTING AT LEAST ONE CARRIER ELEMENT - A method for printing at least one carrier element, in particular at least one pack, in at least one printing operation includes sensing a position of the at least one carrier element, orienting at least one piece of information on the basis of the sensed position of the at least one carrier element, storing the at least one piece of information in at least one file, and printing the at least one piece of information onto the carrier element. | 07-31-2014 |
20140211218 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - When a license for setting a continuous copying speed of an image forming apparatus is installed in the image forming apparatus, a continuous copying speed identified from the license is set as the continuous copying speed of the image forming apparatus. | 07-31-2014 |
20140211219 | LICENSE MANAGEMENT SERVER, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A license management server issues a license required for setting a continuous copying speed of an image forming apparatus to a continuous copying speed specified by a license issuance request. | 07-31-2014 |
20140240724 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In accordance with one embodiment, an image forming apparatus comprises an image forming section configured to form a toner image on a printing recording medium, a fixing section configured to heat the printing recording medium printed with the toner image at a fixing temperature, a temperature control section configured to control the fixing section to a temperature above a color erasing temperature, a conveyance section configured to convey the printing recording medium or a color erasing recording medium to the fixing section, and a speed control section configured to control, according to a setting temperature of the fixing section, a speed ratio of a traveling speed of the fixing section to a conveyance speed of the conveyance section. | 08-28-2014 |
20140268188 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING AN IMAGE TO BE PRINTED ON A MEDIUM THAT WILL BE EMBOSSED - A system adjusts an original image for printing on a location on a medium that will be bossed after printing the adjusted image on the medium. The system comprises an interface for receiving information concerning a bossment to be implemented on the medium after printing the adjusted image on the medium; and an adjustor that makes an adjustment to the received image based on the information received by the interface. A method for operating the system is also disclosed. | 09-18-2014 |
20140268189 | LARGE SHEET IMAGE ON PAPER REGISTRATION - An image registration system which helps to accurately produce an image onto an oversized media substrate in a large scale printer. The image registration system includes a rail support track, a printing zone, and a platen cart moveable along the rail support track through said printing zone. The image registration system also includes an image capturing apparatus for capturing a position of the media substrate in relation to the platen cart in order to ensure accurate image on media substrate reproduction. | 09-18-2014 |
20140285825 | Mobile Printing Device - A self-propelled printing apparatus to perform printing on an object to be printed includes a moving unit that moves the self-propelled printing apparatus on the object to be printed and a printing unit that performs printing on the object to be printed on the basis of print processing data generated based on information of a position to which the self-propelled printing apparatus has been moved by the moving unit. | 09-25-2014 |
20140300908 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF APPARATUS - In an apparatus including a first acquisition unit configured to acquire information of an operation amount of a conveyance unit configured to convey a printing medium, a second acquisition unit configured to acquire information of a density of an image printed by a printhead, and a specify unit configured to specify the density of the image based on histogram collection on the information of the density of the image acquired by the second acquisition, the following correction is made. More specifically, a correction value of the information of the operation amount based on a histogram on the acquired information of the operation amount is decided. Then, based on the decided correction value, the acquired information of the operation amount is corrected. | 10-09-2014 |
20140320870 | SUPPORT SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND SUPPORT METHOD - Having specified written information on a first card newly placed at a base A which is a first workspace and the position where the first card is placed, a PC ( | 10-30-2014 |
20140340696 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, an image forming unit to form a multi-gradation image on the image carrier, a density detector to detect density of the multi-gradation image, a gradation characteristic data generator to generate gradation characteristic data, and a gradation corrector to correct image data of the multi-gradation image. The gradation characteristic data generator forms a gradation correction pattern on the image carrier via the image forming unit. The gradation correction pattern is a continuous gradation pattern including a first pattern having gradation levels from a maximum gradation level to a minimum gradation level and a second pattern having gradation levels from the minimum gradation level to the maximum gradation level. The gradation characteristic data generator continuously detects image density of the gradation correction pattern and background areas next to the gradation correction pattern via the density detector to generate the gradation characteristic data. | 11-20-2014 |
20140368842 | METHOD FOR MAINTAINING PROPER PAGE SEQUENCE WHILE REDUCING PRINTER ARTIFACTS - A printing method wherein a position of a receiver media in a printer is determined to be nearer to one of two thermal printheads at an end of a print job. A next print job is started using either one of the two thermal printheads depending on which one was determined to be nearer the receiving media. | 12-18-2014 |
20140376008 | ERASING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - An erasing apparatus of an embodiment includes a reading unit, a printing unit, a transport unit, and a control unit. The reading unit reads an image formed on a sheet. The printing unit includes a plurality of nozzles that output colorants, and prints any one of a mark that is defined in advance or a code image of a machine-readable format on the sheet. The transport unit transports the sheet in order of the reading unit and the printing unit. The control unit detects an amount of deviation of the sheet generated on a transport path based on the image on the sheet which is read by the reading unit, selects which nozzle in the printing unit to output the colorant based on the amount of deviation, and controls the printing unit so as to perform printing from the selected nozzle. | 12-25-2014 |
20150029521 | PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF PRINTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing apparatus prints an image in a right direction based on an open/close state of a flap of a held envelope and on a position of the flap received from a user. A control method for controlling a printing apparatus, includes determining whether an envelope having a flap is held by a holding unit with its flap opened or the envelope is held by the holding unit with its flap closed, receiving, from a user, a front end, a far side, or a back end in the conveyance direction of the envelope as a position of the flap of the envelope held by the holding unit, and performing control such that a direction of an image to be printed on the envelope is decided based on a result of the determination and on the received position of the flap, and the image is printed on the envelope. | 01-29-2015 |
20150077768 | IMAGE CAPTURE UNIT AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM USED IN COMBINATION WITH SAME - An image capture unit and computer readable medium used in combination therewith is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, the image capture unit includes an image capturing sensor, a visual display, an instance of the computer readable medium, and circuitry for integrating functionalities thereof. The computer readable medium causes sensor data received from the image capturing sensor to be processed. The sensor data includes a plurality of image tiles and position indicating data defining a respective relative position of each one of each image tiles. Each one of each image tiles includes data representing a discrete portion of visual content. The computer readable medium causes a feedback image be displayed on the visual display. Displaying the feedback image includes correlate the relative position of each one of each image tiles with at least one other image tile that has been previously generated and displayed. | 03-19-2015 |
20150077769 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A designating unit designates any of three edge faces other than an edge face corresponding to a spine of a book-bound article generated by a printer. A generating unit generates a bitmap corresponding to the designated edge face depending on a bookbinding condition. A rendering unit renders a first image designated by a user on the bitmap. A specifying unit specifies, among pieces of line data respectively corresponding to dots forming a first side parallel to a paper thickness direction and that each extend parallel to a second side orthogonal to the first side, in the bitmap, line data corresponding to an object page to be printed. An adding unit adds a second image to a place corresponding to the dots of the first image included in the specified line data, on a third side indicating a side of the object page corresponding to the specified line data. | 03-19-2015 |
20150085303 | RECORDING MEDIUM DETECTION DEVICE AND IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - An image recording apparatus having a plurality of sensors for performing a detection with respect to a recording medium is provided, with which it is made possible for each of the plurality of sensors to detect the state of the recording medium at a desired position of the recording medium even in a case where the width of the recording medium being used has been modified. The image recording apparatus includes a conveyance part configured to convey the recording medium, a first sensor configured to perform a detection with respect to the recording medium, a second sensor configured to perform a detection with respect to the recording medium, and a positional relationship regulation part configured to regulate a positional relationship between the first sensor and the second sensor. The first sensor and the second sensor are movable in conjunction with one another by moving the positional relationship regulation part. | 03-26-2015 |
20150339545 | OVERPRINTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method of adaptive overprinting of a first digital image over a pre-printed second image comprising at least one feature, the method comprising: capturing an image of a substrate pre-printed with said second image and with at least one registration mark; automatically computing: one or more offsets from intended pre-determined properties of the at least one registration mark; and one or more compensation adjustment values to be applied to properties of the at least one feature, based on said one or more computed offsets; applying said computed one or more compensation adjustment values to said first digital image to create a corrected digital image; and printing said corrected digital image over said second image. | 11-26-2015 |
20150371120 | VISUAL AXIS OPTIMIZATION FOR ENHANCED READABILITY AND COMPREHENSION - While the printed text is vertically aligned at 90 degrees, the visual axis of the reader is not aligned with the printed or displayed axis of text resulting in difficulties in readability and comprehension of text and images that can be obviated by printing or displaying text and images at an angle to align with the axis of the eye. | 12-24-2015 |
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20160105579 | SCANNER AND SCANNING METHOD - A scanner apparatus including an image sensor includes a spread position acquisition portion that acquires a center position of a medium placed on a scan area; an effective area determination portion that determines an effective area of the scan area occupied by the medium based on the acquired center position; a data acquisition portion that scans the determined effective area by the image sensor; and a memory that stores data of the scanned effective area in two pieces split at the center position. | 04-14-2016 |
20160148081 | PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD IN PRINTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An amount of shift in a printing position detected by a sensor to adjust the printing position is reflected only on a sheet on which an image positioning operation is performed. A control method in a printing apparatus having a reading unit configured to read an image to generate image data includes printing, by a printing unit, an adjustment image for adjusting a printing position on a first sheet, obtaining an amount of shift in the printing position based on image data generated by the reading unit reading the adjustment image printed on the first sheet by the printing unit, and controlling the printing unit based on the obtained amount of shift in the printing position so that an image is printed on a second sheet of a type different from that of the first sheet. | 05-26-2016 |
20160154357 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MATERIAL DISCRIMINATION UNIT | 06-02-2016 |
20160189013 | Tape Printer and Recording Medium - The disclosure discloses a tape printer comprising a controller. In a print data generation process, print data to form a first image portion, a second image portion, and a third image portion on a decorative to-be-printed tape is generated. The first image portion has a first length in accordance with a result of acceptance. The second image portion has a second length in accordance with the result of acceptance. The third image portion is composed of a third pattern image corresponding to one pattern type accepted. In a cooperative control process, a decorative tape is produced. A single of the first image portion is formed on a first side, and a single of the second image portion is formed on a second side, and at least one of the third image portion is formed between the first and the second image portions, on a decorative tape. | 06-30-2016 |
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20220137888 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND COLOR CHART PRINTING COLORIMETRY METHOD - A printing apparatus includes a printing unit, a colorimetry unit, a data generation unit configured to generate color chart data, and a printing colorimetry control unit configured to control printing performed by the printing unit and colorimetry performed by the colorimetry unit, where the data generation unit acquires, from a first image represented by a first print job, a position of a first spot color contained in the first image and generates the color chart data having the first spot color patch disposed at a position corresponding to a position of the first spot color in the first image, and the printing colorimetry control unit causes the printing unit to print the color chart that is based on the color chart data and causes the colorimetry unit to measure the color of the color chart printed on the printing medium by the printing unit. | 05-05-2022 |