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| 20080198398 | Image forming apparatus, image forming method and computer readable medium and computer data signal for image formation - An image forming apparatus is provided and includes: a storage unit that holds target data information on image data to which image formation processing is applied and processing information on a process of the image formation processing; a generating unit that generates hint information on optimization of the image forming apparatus in accordance with a presentation rule; and a display that provides the hint information. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080198399 | System for maintaining a cache of printer-readable prioritized content - A system for prioritizing a cache of print jobs associated with at least one print driver includes a workstation having a processing unit and at least one print driver having a processing unit, that interface via a network. The workstation implements a print job request for a document and determines whether a document key identifier associated with the document exists. If not, a key is created. If a printer-readable format for a document associated with the key identifier is stored in or is pre-existing in one of at least two caches, the print driver assigns a prioritization identifier to the format. The system retrieves the printer-readable format from the cache to produce a print job output. Since the cache stores the document in printer-readable format, overall printing time is reduced. The format may be moved from one cache to another depending upon priority. The corresponding method is also disclosed. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080198400 | Optimized document printing - The method disclosed enables a user to load a document printing job into the document loading station and select the desired mode of printing from a user input adjacent the document loading station. The system automatically selects the appropriate remote printer, based upon the user selected mode and executes the printing job. The system indicates to the user the location of the printer used for the job. If the user elects not to select a mode, the system defaults to the closest printer to the loading station. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080198401 | Image forming apparatus and image forming system - An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming section for forming images on papers based on image data of a document having a plurality of document pages and an additional image which is previously set; a post-processing device for carrying out a post-processing for the papers; a first input section for inputting and setting a division of the post-processing of the document pages; a second input section for setting the additional image so as to be formed on a first document page of the plurality of document pages; and a control section for causing the image forming section to form the additional image on the first document page of each division when the division of the post-processing of the document pages is set by the first input section and when the additional image is set by the second input section so as to be formed on the first document page of the plurality of document pages. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080198402 | Communication system, image formation apparatus, controller, computer readable medium and data signal - An image formation apparatus includes a reception section, a function section, an image formation section and a power output device. The reception section is configured to be connected to a communication line over which image information and power are transmitted. The reception section receives the image information and the power transmitted over the communication line. The function section receives supply of the power received by the reception section, to function. The image formation section forms an image on a medium based on the image information received by the reception section or the function section. The power output device receives power supply from a commercial power supply. The power output device outputs power of a predetermined voltage to the image formation section. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080198403 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus includes a device information acquisition unit configured to acquire information about at least one remote device registered as a target device with which the at least one device cooperates, from at least one device, a display control unit configured to display at least one candidate remote device to be registered as a target device with which the image forming apparatus cooperates based on the information acquired by the device information acquisition unit, a selection unit configured to select the at least one candidate device to be registered as a target device with which the image forming apparatus cooperates, and a registration unit configured to register any selected at least one candidate remote device. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080198404 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PRINT CONTROL METHOD USED THEREIN - An image forming apparatus, connected to an information processing device via a network, includes a receiving section, a memory, an interpretation section, and a transmission section. The receiving section receives a plurality of pieces of print data from the information processing device via the network. The plurality of pieces of print data include first print data for normal printing, second print data for interruption printing, and third print data. The memory has first to third buffers. The first and second buffers store the first and second print data, respectively. The third buffer stores the third print data during execution of the interruption printing of the second print data. The interpretation section interprets the plurality of pieces of print data. The transmission section transmits a reply message to the information processing device in accordance with a result of the third print data interpreted by the interpretation section. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080198405 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - In a printing operation, a first MFP prints a code image of a paper ID, and stores paper information including information specifying an electronic document as a print source with the paper ID. In a copying operation in a second MFP, the second MFP acquires the paper ID from the code image and paper information through a network, specifies an electronic document using the paper information, and acquires the specified electronic document through the network. The second MFP prints the code image of the paper ID and the acquired electronic document, and stores paper information including the paper ID of a copy source with the paper ID. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080198406 | EXTERNAL STORING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS RESPECTIVELY COMPRISING THE EXTERNAL STORING DEVICE - The present invention has an object to make the unallowed image forming apparatus be unable to use option data or option program even if having read out them from the allowed image forming apparatus having the option data or the option program. In an image forming apparatus, a program executing section judges whether the image forming apparatus meets identification information described in a license key stated in activating data in activating key file when executing Java program serving as option program, and executes the Java program in the case that the image forming apparatus meets the identification information. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080198407 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - In a print log management system, printing prioritized processing or log-recording prioritized processing is switched in accordance with network performance. A driver agent transmits a job log to a server to measure a response time, and compares the obtained response time with a threshold. If the response time is equal to or longer than the threshold, printing performance is prioritized and the control is switched to process | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080198408 | Method of Controlling Computer and Printer for Printing System Capable of Executing Direct Printing - If a user wish to print files to be printed in accordance with a specific print setting, the user may store the file in a predetermined area of the external storage that is preliminarily associated with the predetermined print setting. When the printing device starts printing, files stored in the predetermined area are printed in accordance with the print setting associated to the predetermined area. Therefore, the printing device can reduce a user's burden in performing a relatively complicated print setting, while enabling print setting along with the user's demand. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080198409 | Editing And Browsing Images For Virtual Cameras - Digital imaging including creating, in a virtual camera, an unedited image request for an unedited digital image; editing the unedited image request, producing an edited image request for an edited image; communicating the edited image request to a web site for imaging for virtual cameras; receiving, in the virtual camera, the edited digital image from the web site; and displaying the edited digital image on a display device of a user interface of the virtual camera. Digital imaging including identifying a browsing image request data element from among image request data elements of an image request data structure; and creating, in dependence upon the identified browsing image request data element, a multiplicity of image requests for digital images, wherein values of the browsing image request data elements vary among the image requests. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080204788 | Process for Electronic Document Redaction - A redaction process ( | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080204789 | Systems and Methods for Identifying Physically Proximate Printers - In one embodiment, a system and method pertain to identifying a need to locate printers physically proximate to a client computer, and determining which printers are physically proximate to the client computer through reference to network addresses. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080204790 | PRINTING MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND PRINTING MANAGEMENT METHOD - A management apparatus receives an allocation request from a printer in accordance with a designation of a user, and reads a page count upper limit and an already-allocated page count for the user. The management apparatus calculates an allocable page count by subtracting an already-allocated page count from the page count upper limit, and if the allocable page count is greater than 0, calculates a page count allocation that is based on the printing speed of the printer and is lower the lower the allocable page count is. The printing management apparatus prints the obtained allocable page count to the printer. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080204791 | IMAGE-PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE-PROCESSING LOG RECORDING METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, AND COMPUTER DATA SIGNAL - There is provided an image-processing system including a request acquisition unit that acquires an image processing request for an electronic document; an attribute information acquisition unit that acquires attribute information managed in connection with the electronic document by the document management system that manages the electronic document which is a target of the image processing request; a request-handling unit that causes a predetermined image-processing unit to perform image processing on the electronic document in accordance with the request; a log image generation unit that generates a log image of the electronic document in response to the request; a log information generation unit that generates log information based on the request or information obtained during the processing performed in the request-handling unit; and a log registration unit that registers into a predetermined log storage, the log image, the log information, and the attribute information acquired by the attribute information acquisition unit. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080204792 | Method and System for Managing Information | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080204793 | DOCUMENT PROCESSING SYSTEM PROVIDING JOB ATTRIBUTE CONTROL FEATURES AND RELATED METHODS - A document processing system may include at least one document processing device for performing document processing jobs. A controller connected to the at least one document processing device may be for recording job attribute usage history based upon document processing jobs performed by the at least one document processing device with a job attribute, and selectively restricting processing of new print jobs by the at least one document processing device with the job attribute based upon the recorded job attribute usage history exceeding a job attribute control threshold. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080204794 | Automatic job routing for wide format print distribution - A method for dispatching a job for printing an original document from an original document set to a printer. The method includes routing the job to a printer group based on the characteristics of the original document via a dispatcher. When exactly one printer group has all capabilities required by the job, the job is routed to the one printer group. When more than one printer group has all capabilities required by the job, the dispatcher routes the job to a printer group that requires the shortest estimated time to complete the job. When no printer group has all capabilities required by the job, the dispatcher notifies a user via the operating screen for manual treatment of the job. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080204795 | DATA TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME AND METHOD OF PROCESSING DATA TO BE PRINTED ONTO A PRINTABLE MEDIUM - A data and address transmission apparatus of a printer head, capable of transmitting data and address between a printer head controller and a head chip and a method of controlling the same. The data and address transmission apparatus of the printer head includes an input terminal to receive combined address data and print data through a single terminal and to output the address data and the printed data, a latch terminal to receive the combined address data and print data from the input terminal, to divide the combined address data and print data into address data and print data, to store the address data and the print data, and to output the address data and the print data, and an output terminal to receives the address data and the print data from the latch terminal and to output the address data and the print data. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080204796 | Image Processing System, Image Processing Apparatus and Control Method of the Same, and Computer Program - An image processing apparatus includes a request information reception portion that receives a request to execute an image-related process relating to an image from another image processing apparatus and obtains limited functions information from another image processing apparatus relating to a right of a user that specified the request to use a function, a substitute allowance determining portion determining whether the user has the right to use the function necessary to execute the image-related process of the request, based on the obtained limited functions information, and a substitute process command portion controlling each portion of the image processing apparatus to execute the image-related process when it is determined that the user has the right, and not to execute that image-related process when it is determined that the user does not have such right. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080204797 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND METHOD TO CONTROL THE SAME - An image forming apparatus, an image forming system, and a method to control the same, the method including: adjusting a count of a selected type of job of an image forming apparatus based on a count of another type of job, thereby achieving convenient management of the counts of the plurality of types of jobs. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080204798 | PRINT JOB MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND DEFAULT PRINTER DETERMINING APPARATUS - A print job management system includes a job maintaining unit, a user default storing unit, a determining unit, and a job providing unit. The job maintaining unit stores a print job, ID information on an owner user of the print job, and model information on a job handling printer in association with each other, the job handling printer being a printing device corresponding to the print job. The user default storing unit stores ID information on a user and information on a user default printer in association with each other, the user default printer being a printing device selected as the job handling printer by default when a print job of the user is generated. The determining unit determines a specific printing device as the user default printer corresponding to a user and updates data stored in the user default storing unit when ID information on the user is input using an input device associated with the specific printing device. The job providing unit provides a print job stored in the job maintaining unit to a job handling printer corresponding to the print job. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080204799 | PRINT SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - It is the object of the present invention to realize a print system capable of storing content of print processing as log information using a simple method. To realize this object, a user-client terminal | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080204800 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming system includes a selection unit configured to select an image supply apparatus for supplying image data and an image forming apparatus for forming an image based on the image data, a specification setting unit configured to set image formation specifications for image formation in the image forming apparatus selected by the selection unit, and a transmitting unit configured to transmit identification information generated to identify the image formation specifications set in the specification setting unit to the image supply apparatus selected by the selection unit. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080204801 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication apparatus includes: a first communication unit which wirelessly communicates with a first device using a channel in a frequency band; a determination unit which determines a number of times by which the first communication unit transmits data to the first device before transmitting the data; and a communication controller which controls the first communication unit to transmit the data to the first device by the number of times determined by the determination unit. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080204802 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A communication apparatus includes: a receiving unit which receives reception data transmitted from an external apparatus; an acquiring unit which acquires identification information for identifying the external apparatus which transmits the reception data; and a tag writer which wirelessly write the identification information into a wireless tag. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080204803 | PRINTER FOR COMMUNICATING COMMANDS WITH HOST DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAID PRINTER - Provided is a printer which receives inquiry information relating to the print setting sent from a host devices sends to the host device reply information based on its characteristic information in response to the received inquiry information, receives print setting information sent from the host device based on the reply information, requests print object data to the host device in accordance with the received print setting information, receiving the print object data sent from the host device in accordance to the request, and prints the received print object data. Thereby, the present invention enables a host device to make a printer print document data in the host device without requiring conventional printer drivers. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080204804 | Image processing device - An image scanning device to which an external storage is detachably connected. The image scanning device is provided with an image scanning unit configured to scan an image formed on an original document and generate data representing the scanned image, a data storing unit configured to store the data generated by the image scanning unit in the external storage connected to the image scanning device, a capacity presuming unit configured to presume a necessary capacity which should be available in the external storage for storing the data generated by the image scanning unit prior to storing the data, a comparing unit configured to detect a remaining capacity of the external storage and compare the remaining storage with the necessary capacity presumed by the capacity presuming unit, and a warning unit configured to issue warning if the remaining capacity is less than the necessary capacity. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080212125 | Printer control apparatus and method - The invention seeks to improve the accuracy of management of remaining amount of ink in a printer in which remaining amount of ink is managed based upon amount of ink consumed. If a print job is sent to a printer, first the printer is requested for status information that includes a warning concerning remaining amount of ink. When the status information is received from the printer, it is determined whether the status information indicates the possibility that ink has been replaced. If the information indicates such possibility, then the user is prompted to enter the nature of the ink replacement. If the user makes an entry to the effect that the ink replacement was performed, then the current status information of the printer is acquired again and discriminated. If possibility that ink has been replaced is indicated in this status information as well, then the printer is sent a command for initializing the information relating to remaining amount of ink. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080212126 | Printing device and network printing system - To provide a printing device capable of automatically sending pixel map format data for printing to an external computer. Source information of PDL data is held, which can be obtained when the PDL data is received from a print requesting client computer. The PDL data is converted into pixel map format data for printing. The pixel map format data for printing is printed and also converted into general-purpose image format data. The general-purpose image format data and the source information are automatically sent to an image transmission destination client computer specified in advance. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080212127 | Image formation apparatus - In the image formation apparatus according to the present invention, a plurality of detection ections outputs binary signals to a detection identification control section, and an image formation control section for control of periphery of the engine of the apparatus outputs a detection section identifying signal and a detection eon period signal to the detection identification control section. Also, the detection identification control section outputs a detection result of the detection sections as detection data to a control board. A plurality of driver sections are connected to a driver identification control section via a data line through which driving signals for driving a section to be driven are transmitted. Accordingly, the present invention provides a versatile image formation apparatus with a reduced number of output lines which can deal with a change of image formation system without increasing the number of signal lines. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080212128 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, NETWORK SYSTEM COMPRISING THE SAME AND METHOD OF MANAGING PART INFORMATION OF THE SAME - An image forming apparatus, a network system including the same and a management method of parts information of the same capable of matching specific information of an exchangeable part with specific information of the image forming apparatus when the specific information of the exchangeable part is not identical that of the image forming apparatus, is provided. It is determined whether the specific information of the image forming apparatus is identical to that of the exchangeable part. If the specific information of the image forming apparatus is not identical to that of the exchangeable part, at least one specific information of the image forming apparatus or the exchangeable part is changed such that the specific information is identical. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080212129 | METHOD FOR MANAGING DOCUMENT DATA AND DATA STRUCTURE - A method is provided which enables to know a location of copied document data without the use of a server or others. Document data that is data used for reconstructing a document is managed by combining, in one document object, the document data along with relationship information for identifying other document data generated by reproducing the document data. Likewise, when a reproduction process is performed, the other document data is managed by combining, in one document object, the other document data along with relationship information for identifying the reproduction. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080212130 | DATA FILE COMPRESSION APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus and method for compressing data. The apparatus can properly select any one of two compression codecs (i.e., the lossless codec and the lossy codec) according to compression capacities, compress the print data using the selected compression codec, and store the compressed data in the memory, such that an overall compression rate is decreased and the memory efficiency increases. Although the data is compressed by the lossy codec and a low compression rate is provided, the user may not notice the deterioration of the image quality. The method for compressing data includes compressing print data using a first codec; storing the compressed data in a memory; monitoring a compression capacity of the stored data; stopping the compression using the first codec based on the compression capacity, and re-compressing the print data using a second codec; and storing the re-compressed data in the memory. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080212131 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A printing system includes a storage unit (HD) adapted to store a print logs relating to each of a plurality of print data having been printed, the print log including relevant information relating to the print data; a reception unit adapted to receive relevant information relating to print data to be printed; a search unit adapted to search a print log including the relevant information received by the reception unit from the print logs stored in the storage unit; and a display unit adapted to display information indicating a print apparatus that has printed print data corresponding to the print log found by the search unit, which is extracted from the relevant information included in the print log found by the search unit. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080212132 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PRINTING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes an image reading unit that reads an image, the image comprising an image printed on a printing sheet, and a first demarcation line added by a writing tool and demarcating a region of the image, a demarcation line extracting unit that extracts the first demarcation line from the image read by the image reading unit, and an image extracting unit that extracts the region of the image demarcated by the first demarcation line from the image as an extracted image. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080212133 | FACSIMILE DELIVERY SYSTEM USING ASSOCIATED IDENTIFIERS - A computer system is provided for delivery of a facsimile using an interactive document printed on a substrate provided for entry of a message using a sensing device. The document includes user information and coded data on a document identity and locations on the document. The sensing device reads the coded data when placed in an operative position relative to the document. The method and computer system allocating and recording an identifier for the document, associating the document with the identifier, causing the document to be printed on the substrate by a networked printer, receiving interaction data representing interaction of the sensing device with the coded data, electronically capturing the message using the interaction data and the recorded identifier and transmitting the message to a designated recipient address for facsimile delivery. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080212134 | SYSTEM FOR MANAGING E-MAIL ATTACHMENTS - The present invention is directed to a system for managing e-mail attachments in a data transmission system including a data transmission network and at least one workstation connected thereto and wherein a user of the workstation can receive e-mails from at least one server within the network, at least one e-mail having a document attached thereto. The system includes a system for creating an entry in a document references file containing a reference to the document when the document is detached from the e-mail, the entry containing variable parameters, a system for generating an icon linked to the entry in the document references file, the icon being displayed when the e-mail is displayed, and a continuously running daemon for detecting when any of the variable parameters of the document have been changed, wherein the daemon modifies the parameters in the entry of the document references file in response to a detected change. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080218787 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - In an image formation instructing station in an example of the invention, an image forming apparatus has a receiving unit configured to receive first facsimile data affixed with first transmission station identification data, a storing unit configured to store a transfer box in which an identification code based on one or more transmission station identification data and a transfer destination for facsimile data corresponding to the identification code are set, a searching unit configured to search whether a first identification code based on the first communication station identification data is included in the identification code set in the transfer box stored in the storing unit, and a transferring unit configured to transfer the first facsimile data to the transfer destination when the searching unit finds a second identification code coinciding with the first identification code from the identification code. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080218788 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An image forming apparatus management system in an example of the invention has a first information communication terminal that transmits a print request for image data, a first image forming apparatus that receives the print request transmitted from the first information communication terminal, and a management server having storing means for storing a management database in which the first information communication terminal and permitted image forming apparatuses for setting image forming apparatuses allowed to print the image data corresponding to the print request transmitted from the first information communication terminal are registered in association with each other and controlling means for determining, on the basis of the management database stored by the storing means, whether printing of the image data transmitted from the first information communication terminal by the first image forming apparatus should be permitted. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080218789 | Method of allocating rip workload in digital printing - A document to be printed digitally has each page image routed to an RIP of least capability able to timely process the image if that RIP is least busy. If the RIP of least capability able to timely process the image is not the least busy, the page image is routed to the RIP of next greater capability. Page images including colored material are routed to the RIP of greater capability and to a color printer. Page images including graphical material or larger than letter size are routed to an RIP of greater capability. Page images containing no colored material are sent to a monochrome printer, if available; and, if not, are sent to a color printer. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080218790 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DATA COMMUNICATION METHOD - Data comprising a pulse signal is divided into predetermined data segments. The number of pulse-signal fluctuations in the data segment is counted. A transmitter transmits the unchanged data to a receiving portion in a case where the number of pulse-signal fluctuations does not exceed a predetermined number. On the other hand, in a case where the number of pulse-signal fluctuations exceeds the predetermined number, the pulse signal is converted so as to be unchanged at the fluctuation of the pulse signal but to be fluctuated when the pulse signal does not fluctuate. Then, the transmitter transmits the converted pulse signal to the receiving portion wherein only the converted pulse signal is converted to the original pulse signal. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080218791 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - A disclosed information processing device connected to an image forming device having a distribution destination setting unit setting a distribution destination of image data scanned by a scanning unit includes: a distribution procedure storage unit storing a distribution procedure for each distribution destination of the image data; a validation information storage unit storing validation information for validating the image data; an image information obtaining unit obtaining the image data and destination information set in the image data from the image forming device; a validation unit validating the image data obtained by the image information obtaining unit using the validation information stored in the validation information storage unit; and a distribution performing unit distributing, based on a result of validation by the validation unit, the image data in accordance with the distribution procedure for the destination information obtained by the image information obtaining unit. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080218792 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A scanner unit reads a code image from a recording medium. A detecting unit detects a medium identification from the code image. An identification obtaining unit obtains image identifications of all images included in a print unit that is identified by a unit identification and a print condition corresponding to the medium identification, from an identification storing unit. An image obtaining unit obtains all images corresponding to the image identification from an image storing unit. A printing unit prints the image obtained by the image obtaining unit under the print condition obtained by the identification obtaining unit. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080218793 | Client Device of Direct Printing System and Computer-Readable Recording Medium Containing Utility Program for Direct Printing - A client device for a direct printing system includes the client device and a printing device connected to the client device, and an external device containing print data subject to direct printing being detachably connectable to either of the client device and printing device. The client device includes a judging unit configured to judge whether the external device is connected to the client device and a setting unit configured to set an output port of RAW format print data to the external storage connected to the client device if the judging unit judges that the storage device is connected to the client device. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080218794 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus is disclosed. The image processing apparatus uses software architecture called pipes-and-filters architecture. The image processing apparatus includes an inputting filter, a processing filter, a printing filter, and a preview image displaying filter. When a preview image of image data to be output is instructed to be displayed, the preview image displaying filter makes an operating section display the preview image. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080218795 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - When a storage medium is connected to an MFP, it is determined whether or not the connected storage medium stores data. If it is determined that the storage medium does not store any data for printing, a setting dialog of scanning processing of an original using a scanner is automatically displayed, and the scanning processing of an original is started so as to store the image data corresponding to the original into the storage medium. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080218796 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISTRIBUTED PRINTING CONTROLLING METHOD, STORING MEDIUM AND PROGRAM - Control is effected to produce a plurality of child print jobs for a plurality of printers from data to be printed, on the basis of inputted instruction for distributed print, and information regarding a parent print job is produced on the basis of information regarding the plurality of child print jobs produced under control of the distributed print, and the parent job is displayed in a distinguishable manner from the child print job. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080218797 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS HAVING PRINTER DRIVER AND SHEET PARAMETER SETTING METHOD FOR PRINTER DRIVER - It is necessary to switch print settings and color processing tables to optimum ones in accordance with a type of sheet which is used in a printer. In the case of enabling a new sheet to be used, a setting can be easily added without newly forming a whole printer driver. Print set information regarding the new sheet is set into a media script and fetched into a media block via a compiler. Control is made so as to store the print set information from a media database API into a media database. When the new sheet is selected on a driver display screen, the media database is searched from the media database API and print data is formed on the basis of the print set information. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080225326 | POLICY BASED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING OUTPUT DEVICE SUBMISSION, USE AND WAIT TIMES - Disclosed is a system and method for optimizing submission of output jobs to a network of output devices, using an output job manager to assign jobs to devices. The assignments are done automatically, based on policies associated with users, output devices, organizations responsible for the output devices, and the system as a whole. User output preferences are expressed as one or more user policies. System and organizational constraints associated with users and output devices and the managing of groups of output devices are also expressed as policies. An optimizing scheduler calculates tradeoffs between user preferences, and factors in constraints to optimize submission of jobs to output devices, and to optimize use and wait times on the output devices. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080225327 | ADAPTIVE FORCED BINARY COMPRESSION IN PRINTING SYSTEMS - Forced compression halftone processes and forced compression techniques may be used to forcibly compress page raster images passed between a Digital Front End (DFE) processor and a Continuous Feed (CF) printer within a CF printing system. If a DFE processor determines that a compressed image size exceeds a static or dynamically predetermined threshold, the DFE processor may re-render the image using a “forced compression” halftone process, such as 2-to-1 forced compression, 4-to-1 forced compression, reduced resolution, etc. Once the page raster image has been re-rendered, the DFE processor may use a forced compression technique, which is complementary to the applied “forced compression” halftone process to re-compress the page raster image. The approach allows page raster images to be compressed to meet interface bandwidth constraints associated with the physical interface between the DFE processor and CF print engine, thereby allowing otherwise unprintable jobs to be printed with reasonable quality. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080225328 | PRINTING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A remote proofing system ( | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080225329 | HTTP server and program - An HTTP server including a communication section which communicates with a client, and a control section which, as a response to an HTTP request for requesting a report pertaining to a monitoring object received from the client via the communication section, transmits the report via the communication section to the client by making the report with chunked data in chunked transfer coding, upon a change of the monitoring object occurs. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080225330 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - A printer includes a data obtaining unit, a storage unit, an engine, and a printing unit. The data obtaining unit obtains, from print data stored in the storage unit, print data for sheets less than the maximum number of sheets dischargeable to a discharge tray as target print data and sends the target print data to the engine via the printing unit. The target print data includes first print data of odd pages and second print data of even pages. After printing the first print data on one side of sheets fed from a feed tray and discharges the sheets onto the discharge tray, the engine prints the second print data on the other side of the sheets manually returned from the discharge tray to the feed tray. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080225331 | WIRELESS NETWORK PRINTING-SYSTEM AND METHOD - A wireless network printing system and method, the system including: a first wireless terminal to selectively connect to an ad-hoc network, where inter-device communication is directly performed between devices, and an infrastructure network, where inter-device communication is indirectly performed, via an access point (AP); a second wireless terminal to transmit data to the first wireless terminal, via the ad-hoc network; and an image forming device affiliated with the infrastructure network, to print the data, after the data has been relayed through the first wireless terminal. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080225332 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus, capable of communicating with a plurality of printing apparatuses, for inputting insertion data to a data area of document data and sending output data processible by each printing apparatus, comprises: a classification unit adapted to classify a plurality of print data to be used for printing into a plurality of storage areas based on contents of insertion data to be inserted into document data; an output unit adapted to output output data based on the print data to an output destination associated with the storage area of the print data classified by the classification unit. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080225333 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND MEMORY MEDIUM - An object of the present invention is to solve dissatisfaction of the user who can not take out the source data in a case where a code image in the original can not be decoded. In order to accomplish the above object, the invention provides an image processing apparatus comprising code image detection unit that determines whether or not an code image is included in the original image data, code image decoding unit that decodes the code image to extract source data if it is determined that the code image is included by the code image detection unit, and synthesizing unit that encodes information obtained by decoding a partial area of the code image and overlaying encoded information on the area where the code image is included, if the code image decoding unit is successful in decoding only the partial area of the code image. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080225334 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - In printing an electronic document on a paper, an MFP prints a code image created by encoding a paper ID including a local ID issued to the paper and stores paper information with the paper ID. The MFP determines a type of data format, creates a paper ID in the data format, and prints a code image created by encoding the paper ID. In copying a printed paper, the MFP decodes the code image printed on the paper to acquire the paper ID and retrieves paper information associated with the paper ID according to the data format. The MFP specifies the electronic document as a print source from retrieved paper information and performs printing using the electronic document. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080225335 | Data communication system, image processing apparatus, program and data communication method - A data communication system, an image processing apparatus, a program and a data communication method which permit a user to command a reply multicast transmission in reply to a multicast transmission with easy operations. In executing a multicast transmission of first image data, the image processing apparatus sends a job ID together with the first image data to a computer which is one of the receivers of the multicast transmission. Concurrently, the image processing apparatus stores the job ID and the receivers of the multicast transmission in relative to each other as history information. When the computer replies to the multicast transmission, the computer sends a reply e-mail including second image data and the job ID to the image processing apparatus. Then, the image processing apparatus extracts the job ID from the reply e-mail and searches the history information for receivers of the multicast transmission identified by the job ID. Thereafter, in accordance with the searched receivers, the image processing apparatus designates receivers of a reply multicast transmission and sends the second image data to the designated receivers. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080225336 | Method and System to Allow Printing Compression of Documents - A print compression method and system reduces the amount of space required to print a document such that less paper is used during the printing of a document. A user defines criteria, which is used to perform document compression. However, the document compression only applies to the form of document being printed. This compression does not affect the document being edited. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080231880 | AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF USER PREFERENCE FOR COPY OR SCAN SETTING - A method is described for automatically predicting user-preferred copy or scan settings based on past user behavior. The method is implemented in a management section of a copier, scanner, or multifunction devices that combine copy, scan and print functions, or on a server connected with such a device. The management section maintains a copy/scan/user (CSU) settings database that stores copy and/or scan settings associated with user IDs. Each time a copy or scan job is initiated, the management section analyzes the CSU database to determine a predicted user-preferred setting. The user may manually change the setting and confirm it, and the management section stores the user confirmed setting in the CSU database for future use. The CSU database may be transferred from one copier/scanner/multifunction device to another. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080231881 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF THE SAME - When a sheet P is jammed after start of a print job, it is determined whether an automatic resumption mode for automatically resuming the print job is set. When a determination result of this determination is affirmative, the print job is resumed after the jam is released. When the determination result is negative, the print job is stopped. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080231882 | DIGITAL MULTIPLE APPARATUS - In a digital multiple apparatus, at least two different jobs are processed by at least two job processing units, and while job processing by one job processing unit, if there is an interruption by job processing by the other job processing unit, an end time of the job processing by the one job processing unit is predicted on the basis of job processing time required for the job processing by the other job processing unit. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080231883 | USAGE BASED SERVICE SOLUTION - A method of monitoring at least one printing device via a communication network is disclosed. An error identifier and a usability identifier are received from the printing device. The printing device is commanded to display a fault code. A service occurs as a response to the error identifier and the usability identifier. The level of service is dependent on the error identifier and the usability identifier. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080231884 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WHICH HAS A FAX FUNCTION - An ifax communication unit that performs communication of image data through the Internet, which is mounted on an image forming apparatus, includes a destination address table, which is stored in a memory unit, for setting original scanning resolution to resolution defined by a protocol of the Internet. While setting of the scanning resolution is valid, when a user selects transmission of image data by an ifax transmission (E-MAIL) mode, even if the original scanning resolution is set to another resolution in a FAX mode, the resolution is changed to the resolution defined by the protocol and original scanning and transmission is performed. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080231885 | DIRECT PRINTING METHOD USING RAM STORAGE FOR SPOOLED PRINTER FILES - In a PDF direct printing method, the printer controller stores PDF direct print data received from a client on a RAM of the printer controller, or partly on the RAM according to a printing order and/or frequency of use if there is insufficient space to stored all the received PDF data. A PDF parser on the client generates a tag for each block of data being transferred based on the content of the block, and transfers the tag with the block. Based on the tag, the printer controller stores each block either on RAM or on disk. The printer controller maintains a memory allocation database to record the memory location where each block is stored on the printer controller. During rendering, the database is accessed to determine the memory location for blocks of data, and the blocks are retrieved from the memory locations for processing. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080231886 | Driverless printing system, apparatus and method - Systems, apparatuses and methods for submitting a print job to a specified printer are provided which include means for and/or steps of (i) converting a document created with a specific application and to be printed, into a print-ready form that is independent of the specific printer and independent of computing platform, and (ii) submitting the print job to the specified printer, without using a printer driver. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080231887 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, MANAGING APPARATUS, TERMINAL APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS MANAGING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING PROGRAM - A disclosed managing apparatus and image forming apparatus management system ensure confidentiality of information in an image forming apparatus while usability is maintained. An image forming apparatus acquires IC card identifying information with an IC card reader. A management server acquires a user ID associated with the acquired IC card identifying information and use limit information concerning use of the image forming apparatus. A process is performed in the image forming apparatus in accordance with the use limit information. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080231888 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, METHOD OF PRINTING SAMPLE PRINT, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image forming apparatus is able to select a paper-delivery destination for a print output. The image forming apparatus includes a print-process managing unit that divides a print job into print processes and controls a print output; and a sample-print-output controlling unit that controls execution of a sample print output by causing, in response to a sample-print-output request, an interrupt of a duplicate of a predetermined print process of the print job, with the paper-delivery destination being changed, to be handled by the print-process managing unit. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080231889 | METHOD OF PROCESSING DISPLAY - An MFP includes sensors for detecting states of units, a transmitting/receiving unit that receives authentication information of a user ID, and an obtaining unit that obtains manual data and sensor information. The transmitting/receiving unit transmits the manual data and the sensor information to a displaying device that includes a sensor detecting unit, an authenticating unit, a transmitting/receiving unit that transmits the authentication information to the MFP and receives the manual data and the sensor information, and a display controlling unit that controls the received manual data and the sensor information to be displayed on a displaying unit. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080231890 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - The object is to enable a user to efficiently set a function for an image processing apparatus using a display medium he carries. When a user operates his mobile phone to activate a function setting information input program, an input screen for setting a function is displayed. When the user inputs function setting information, the mobile phone performs a code conversion for the function setting information to create a code image, and displays it on a display section. The user holds up the code image displayed on the mobile phone to a reading section of an image processing apparatus. The reading section reads the code image. The image processing apparatus performs authentication of the user, and then, it extracts the function setting information from the code image and sets a function. The image processing apparatus performs image processing in accordance with the function. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080231891 | CLIENT APPARATUS, SERVER APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A client apparatus capable of communicating with a server apparatus via a network includes a collecting unit configured to collect module configuration information regarding at least one device driver installed in the client apparatus, a module configuration information transmitting unit configured to transmit the module configuration information collected by the collecting unit to the server apparatus, a complementary data receiving unit configured to receive, from the server apparatus, complementary data compensating for a difference between the module configuration information of the client apparatus and module configuration information of the server apparatus, and a complementing unit configured to complement the module configuration information of the client apparatus based on the complementary data received by the complementary data receiving unit. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080231892 | MULTIFUNCTION PRINTER, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND STILL IMAGE PRINTING PROGRAM - A multifunction printer includes a scanner; a memory which stores a plurality of still image data; a printing head which prints, on a first printing medium, thumbnail images corresponding to the plurality of the still image data; an image data-extracting section which extracts a base image data and a correction image data when the first printing medium is read by the scanner after the predetermined base image selection mark has been marked by a user to one of the plurality of thumbnail images printed on the first printing medium and the predetermined correction position mark has been marked to a partial area of the thumbnail image and which cuts out, from the correction image data, correction data corresponding to the area marked with the correction position mark, and an image-combining section which combines the base image data with the correction data to generate combined image data. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080231893 | Method, Software Program Product and Device For Producing Security Documents - The present invention relates to a method for producing security documents, a software program product and a corresponding device. In order to further develop a method for producing security documents, wherein a decision maker communicates with at least one printer via a personalisation server sub-centre, as well as a corresponding computer program product and a corresponding device with significantly improved operating security, it is suggested that the at least one printer (D) only executes a printing order (Ordr) after receiving a reply (R) to at least one verification enquiry (A) whose correctness is confirmed. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080231894 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program product - An image reading unit acquires image data by reading a document, skin is detected from the image data, and skin processing is performed according to a detection result of detection of the skin. The image data is then corrected to have a predetermined data characteristic, and a second skin processing is performed on the image data based on a skin detection result. An image processing is conducted on the image data according to output characteristic, and then stored in a memory or a hard disk drive so as to be output as appropriate. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080231895 | Communication Device - There is provided a communication device comprising: a conversion unit configured to convert first data to second data having a predetermined format; a communication interface configured to interface the communication device with a network; a transmission unit configured to transmit the second data to an external device through the communication interface; a judgment unit configured to judge whether trouble would arise with respect to transmission of the second data to be executed by the transmission unit; and a storage control unit configured to store the second data while associating identification information of the external device with the second data in response to a fact that the judgment unit judges that the trouble would arise with respect to the transmission of the second data. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080231896 | Printing device, and printing method and computer readable medium therefor - A printing device includes a data acquiring unit configured to acquire a numerical number of image files to be printed, an input accepting unit configured to accept an external input for specifying a numerical number of papers to be printed, a printing pattern determining unit configured to determine a numerical number, layout, and size of images to be printed on each paper based on the numerical number of image files that is acquired by the data acquiring unit and the numerical number of papers that is specified through the input accepting unit, and a printing unit configured to perform a printing operation based on the numerical number, layout, and size of images to be printed on each paper that are determined by the printing pattern determining unit. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080231897 | Printing system, portable unit terminal, server, portable embedded program and server program - A printing system includes a portable unit terminal, a server connected through a network to the portable unit terminal, and a printer capable of printing print data, which are received from the portable unit terminal. The portable unit terminal includes an image-acquiring device; an input device; a text-data-transmitting device that transmits text data to the server; a layout-data-receiving device that receives layout data sent from the server; a print-data-producing device that places image data acquired by the image-acquiring device in accordance with layout data received by the layout-data-receiving device; and a print-data-transmitting device that sends print data to the printer. The server includes a template-storage device that stores a template used for printing image data and text data by the printer; a text-data-receiving device; a layout-data-producing device that inserts the text data received by the text-data-receiving device into a stored template to produce layout data; and a layout-data-transmitting device. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080231898 | Print control apparatus and computer-readable recording medium storing print control program - A print control apparatus is connected to a printing apparatus and controls printing operations of the printing apparatus. The printing apparatus has a printing device to print characters on a print medium. The print control apparatus includes a print medium setting acquisition device that acquires print medium setting information, the print medium setting information being identification information set for each of a plurality of edit areas and identifying a print medium on which each of the plurality of edit areas is to be printed, the plurality of edit areas constituting a document, and a print control device that controls the printing device to successively print same-setting edit areas, the same-setting edit areas being edit areas for which the print medium setting information acquired by the print medium setting acquisition device is set the same. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080231899 | Image forming system, portable communication device, recording medium and image formation method - When printing a file stored in a PC by a digital multi-function peripheral specified by a user, a portable terminal device transmits a print request to the PC, calculates a total time of processing time between the portable terminal device and PC and processing time between the PC and digital multi-function peripheral as an estimated print time, and displays the estimated print time. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080239363 | COPIER DEVICE CAPABLE OF ELECTRONICALLY STORING AND RECALLING COPIED DOCUMENTS - A method is described for electronically storing images of previously copied documents and recalling them for reprinting later. When a user uses a copier to make a physical copy of a physical document, the document image is stored by the copier, and certain document management information is captured and stored in a document management database to facilitate later recall and reprint of the document images. A document management section, which resides either on the copier or on a server connected to the copier by a network, performs document management functions that allow a user to select a previously copied and stored document for reprinting. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080239364 | PORTABLE MEMORY PRINTING DEVICE AND METHOD - A method comprises collecting printing information relating to an electronic document stored on a computer. The printing information comprises printing attributes according to which the electronic document should be printed. In response to input from a user of the computer, the method causes the electronic document and the printing information to be stored on a portable memory device temporarily connected to the computer. The method causes the electronic document and the printing attributes to be automatically supplied to a printing device after the portable memory device is disconnected from the computer and subsequently connected to the printing device. The method causes the printing device to print the electronic document with the printing attributes based solely on the electronic document and the printing information maintained within the portable memory device. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080239365 | Masking of text in document reproduction - An apparatus for masking text in a rendered copy of an original document includes a text modification system which is configured to receive a print job from an application and modify the print job in accordance with a print job description, whereby when rendered on an output device, a selected text element is masked. A user interface is configured to receive instructions from a user to build the print job description including instructions for selecting text elements to be masked. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080239366 | Systems and methods for managing print jobs - A system for managing a job in accordance with a job specification and job content includes a database that stores device information and a configuration engine. The configuration engine is responsive to the job specification and the database and identifies one or more device configurations that are capable of producing the job. The system also includes a controller that is responsive to a selection from the one or more device configurations to produce a command stream in a format compatible with the selection. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080239367 | System and method for optimizing the performance factors of a multi-function peripheral (MFP) - A method of controlling a multi-function peripheral (MFP) device is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes i) storing data associated with the operation of the MFP device, wherein the MFP device includes at least one hardware element, ii) analyzing the stored data so as to optimize performance factors (e.g., power savings, job speed, use of consumable material, and MFP wear and tear, etc.) of the MFP device and iii) controlling the at least one hardware element based on the analysis. In one embodiment, the data includes at least one of the following: i) a first data associated with a user's MFP device settings, ii) a second data associated with a user's MFP device usage statistics, iii) a third data which is real time data associated with the MFP device operation and iv) a fourth data associated with MFP hardware characteristics. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080239368 | Systems and methods for print scheduling - In some embodiments of systems and methods for print scheduling, at least one of a plurality of entries in a request table associated with a printing device is updated with print job related information when a spool associated with a printing device is full. A priority is associated with the entries in the request table and an incoming print job is spooled at the time of a print job request, if the spool associated with the printing device is not full and the entry corresponding to the print job in the request table has the highest priority. Embodiments of the methods disclosed provide for the ordered processing of print jobs in a timely fashion with minimal alterations to existing protocols. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080239369 | Production workflow integration system - A production workflow integration system for a print shop includes multiple workstations, a printing device and a computer in communication with at least one of the workstations and the printing device. Each workstation includes a data collection module having at least one an electronic data storage device reader. The printing device prepares a job ticket for each print job to be produced by the print shop. The computer stores print job instructions for the print job on an electronic data storage device attached to the job ticket and stores the identification information of the electronic data storage device in a field of a print job record in a database stored in the computer. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080239370 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IN-REGISTER PROCESSING OF PRINT DATA - In a method and system for processing print data, the print data is displayed on a display device before printing, and the print data is displayed together with a check device or reticule that is displaceable at the display device. Both the print data as well as the check device are processed as transparent layers in a browser, where the check device is a dynamic element. The method and the system make it possible to check the registration precision or, in-register quality both by pages as well as within a page for print data of a print job that is divided into a plurality of pages. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080239371 | DATA COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - In a data communication apparatus having a printing function of printing, for example, received emails, and a function of transmitting print completion notifications, if received data is a print completion notification, it may be printed out, but a print completion notification indicating that the printing of the received data has been completed is not transmitted. Then, wasteful transmission of print completion notifications is prevented. Alternatively, the printing itself of the received data is inhibited, which prevents wasteful consumption of printing resources. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080239372 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, SERVER APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CONTROL PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus and a server apparatus controlling the image forming apparatus are interconnected via a network. The image forming apparatus comprises: an executor that executes at least one from the image reading function, the copy function and the print function; an operation portion; and a communicator that exchanges information with the server apparatus. The server apparatus comprises: a communicator that exchanges information with the image forming apparatus; and a virtual image forming apparatus that is set up by software, as a controller portion dominantly controlling the entire image forming apparatus including the executor. In the virtual image forming apparatus on the server apparatus controls the image forming apparatus by commands, and thereby the image forming apparatus performs operations as if acting on a voluntary basis, in response to an instruction given by a user via an operation portion of the image forming apparatus itself. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080239373 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A disclosed information processing apparatus, which is connected to an output device, detects, from output setting information, an uninterpretable setting that is uninterpretable by the information processing apparatus, according to the output setting information used when performing output and function information relevant to a function executable by the output device; displays a page for selecting an option of an interpretable setting that is interpretable by the information processing apparatus, which interpretable setting corresponds to the detected uninterpretable setting; and makes a correction for changing the uninterpretable setting to be the interpretable setting that is interpretable by the information processing apparatus according to the option selected in the displayed page. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080239374 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR MANAGING STORAGE AREA, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image processing apparatus ( | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080239375 | Printing System - A printing system includes an image file standard determining unit, an additional information determining unit, an printing data creating unit, and a printing unit. The image file standard determining unit is configured to determine whether image data subject to printing is created in conformity with a prescribed image file standard. The additional information determining unit is configured to refer to additional information attached to the image data and determine whether the image data is created in a prescribed image data format based on the additional information. The printing data creating unit creates printing data based on the image data that is in conformity with the prescribed image file standard and the prescribed image data format. The printing unit prints an image based on the printing data created by the printing data creating unit. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080239376 | PRINT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND PRINT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A print management apparatus includes: a communication section connected to image forming apparatuses via a network for transmitting a print job to one of the apparatuses, and receiving management information from each apparatus including information about a print function of the apparatus and alternate printing instructions to allow another image forming apparatus perform an alternate printing. A management section creates and stores management data indicating respective states of the apparatuses based on management information received by the communication section. A designating section designates a first of the apparatuses and allows the communication section to transmit a print job to the designated first apparatus, designates a second apparatus to perform an alternate printing with reference to the management data of the management section, and allows the communication section to transmit the print job to the designated second apparatus if an alternate printing instruction is received from the designated first apparatus. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080239377 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing method controls a computer and an image processing device connected to the computer to perform an image processing. The computer includes a plurality of drivers that controls the image processing device. The image processing method includes (a) controlling the image processing device by using one of the plurality of drivers, (b) storing, in a storing unit, error information indicating which one of the plurality of drivers is used when an error is occurred in the controlling step (a), (c) accessing to the error information stored in the storing step (b), (d) selecting a subject driver from the plurality of drivers based on the error information accessed in the accessing step (c), and (e) controlling the image processing device via the subject driver selected in the selecting step (d). | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080239378 | Multifunction Peripheral Having A Plurality Of Functions - A multifunction device has a plurality of functions selected from among a printer function, scanner function, facsimile function, and data storage function and capable of being connected to a computer via a Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface. The multifunction device includes: a device data outputting unit that outputs information forcing an OS in the computer to recognize the multifunction device as a USB storage class device having a plurality of USB-compliant logic unit numbers (LUNs) when establishing a connection with the computer; and a controlling unit that determines, when output data is transmitted from the computer, which one of the plurality of functions the output data is for controlling, based on the LUN included in the output data, and that controls the determined function based on the output data. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080239379 | Communication Apparatus - A communication apparatus is provided. The communication apparatus includes an image read unit which reads image data from a transmission document; a transmission unit which transmits data; a tag read unit which wirelessly reads tag data stored in a wireless tag corresponding to the transmission document, the tag data comprising destination data indicating a first destination of the transmission document; an operation unit configured to input a second destination of the transmission document; a comparison unit which compares the first destination and the second destination; and a transmission controller which controls the transmission unit based on a comparison result of the comparison unit. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080239380 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus and a control method thereof configured to input PDL data and render the PDL data into image data to form an image, wherein a rendering speed in rendering the PDL data into the image data and an image forming speed are changeable, and by changing the rendering speed and the image forming speed within a predetermined power consumption, suppresses degradation in image forming speed. When an amount of rendered and stored image data yet to be used for image forming equals or exceeds a first threshold, the speed of an image data rendering process is reduced while image forming speed is increased. Conversely, when the amount of rendered and stored image data yet to be used for image forming equals or falls below a second threshold, the speed of an image data rendering process is increased while image forming speed is reduced. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080239381 | PRINT SYSTEM, PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, AND PRINT CONTROL METHOD - This invention improves the operability in a process of compositing print jobs in a business-oriented printer. A client PC ( | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080239382 | PRINT PROCESSING SYSTEM, CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - In order to solve one or more problems encountered in the grouping of print jobs spanning a plurality of servers, a control apparatus within a print processing system includes: a designation unit for designating a plurality of print jobs; a generation unit for acquiring the plurality of print jobs from an applicable server, and generating a combined print job that includes the plurality of print jobs; and a setting unit which, when an error has occurred in the acquisition of the plurality of print jobs, is for setting whether to exercise control so as to execute processing of all of the plurality of print jobs after recovery from the error is achieved, or so as to execute processing of print jobs with the exception of the print job in which the error occurred. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080239383 | DATA PROCESSOR SAVING DATA INDICATING PROGRESS STATUS OF PRINTING PROCESS RETRIEVABLE BY CLIENT - A data processor and a host device are bi-directionally communicably connected to each other. The data processor includes a process-executing unit and a progress-status-saving unit. The process-executing unit executes a prescribed process when a process-requested file is written in a prescribed folder. The progress-status-saving unit saves progress status data indicating a progress status of the prescribed process so that the progress status data is retrievable by the host device. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080239384 | Image Formation System, Data Processing Device, Computer-Readable Record Medium, and Image Formation Device - In an image formation system comprising a data processing device and an image formation device, the data processing device includes: a print data storing unit which stores print data in a portable storage medium; an image data generating unit which generates image data to be displayed by the image formation device in regard to the print data; and an image data storing unit which stores the image data in the portable storage medium while associating the image data with the print data. The image formation device includes an image formation unit which forms an image on a print medium based on print data stored in the portable storage medium while being associated with image data corresponding to the image displayed by a display unit and selected by a selection unit when printing is requested regarding the image. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080239385 | Image forming device, and method and computer readable medium applicable to the same - An image forming device, which is configured to receive print data from a client via a network and process the print data, includes a print request receiving unit configured to receive a print request transmitted by the client with a protocol through a port of the image forming device, a protocol specifying unit configured to specify a kind of the protocol used in the transmission of the print request, a destination information creating unit configured to create destination information representing a destination to which the print data are to be sent, based on the protocol of the kind specified by the protocol specifying unit, and a destination information sending unit configured to send the destination information to the client with the protocol of the specified kind. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080239386 | Network apparatus to be connected with a network - A network apparatus comprises an address storing device, a keyword storing device, an error sensing device, an access device, a search device, and an output device. The address storing device stores an address of a web page on the network. The keyword storing device stores a keyword related to the network apparatus. The error sensing device senses error occurrence in the network apparatus. The access device tries to access the address when the error sensing device senses error occurrence. The search device sends the keyword to a search engine on the network and receives a result of the search when the access device fails to access the address. The output device outputs the result of the search. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080239387 | Printer and scanner utilizing a file sharing protocol - A printer may be provided with a print setting folder storage area, a data sending device, a data receiving device, and a print device. The print setting folder storage area may be capable of storing a plurality of print setting folders. Each print setting folder may be an association of print setting data and a print setting folder address. The data sending device may be capable of sending the print setting folder address of each print setting folder stored in the print setting folder storage area to an information processing device. The data receiving device may be capable of receiving combination data sent from the information processing device. The combination data may include a data file storage command and a data file, and the data file storage command may include a print setting folder address. In a case where the combination data is received by the data receiving device, the print device may print the data file included in the combination data in accordance with the print setting data associated with the print setting folder address included in the combination data. A scanner may also have a similar configuration to the printer. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080239388 | Information processing apparatus and computer usable medium therefor - An information processing apparatus having a request receiving unit to receive a request issued from a client device for event information, a destination device determining unit to determine the client device which issued the request as a destination device of the event information, a destination device information storing unit to store first destination device information which specifies the destination device, an event information providing unit to provide the event information to the destination device according to the first destination device information, a first cancellation unit to invalidate the first destination device information when delivery of the event information failed, and a second cancellation unit to invalidate second destination device information, which specifies the identical destination device according to the removal of the first destination device information when the second destination device specifying the identical destination device is detected in the destination device information storing unit, is provided. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080239389 | Printer - A printer may be connected with an information processing device in a communicable manner. The printer includes a first command receiving device, a job directory creating device, a storage device, and an address sending device. The first command receiving device receives a job creating command including first print data. The first print data includes a plurality of second print data. The job directory creating device creates a job directory address in the case where the job creating command is received by the first command receiving device, and creates a file address for each of the plurality of second print data included in the first print data. Each of the created file addresses includes the created job directory address as its superior address. The storage device stores the job directory address and the file addresses created by the job directory creating device. The address sending device is capable of sending the job directory address and the file addresses stored in the storage device to the information processing device by using a file sharing protocol. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080239390 | SYSTEM HAVING SENSING DEVICE FOR INTERACTION WITH COMPUTER SOFTWARE - A system for enabling user interaction with computer software. The system includes a sensing device and a computer system. The computer system generates print data and transfers it to a printer. The printer prints a form by printing information related to an interactive element and coded data indicative of the interactive element in response to the print data. The sensing device has an image sensor for capturing images of the coded data, which is coincident with the information, and a processor for identifying the coded data from the captured images, determine an orientation and position of the coded data, decode the coded data, and generate indicating data using the determined information. The indicating data, which is indicative of the interactive element is used by the computer system to identify the interactive element and perform a corresponding action. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080239391 | SYSTEM HAVING PRINTER AND SENSING DEVICE FOR INTERACTION WITH COMPUTER SOFTWARE - A system for enabling user interaction with computer software including a printer and sensing device. The printer receives print data, and prints a form, using the print data, with information related to an interactive element coincident with coded data indicative of the interactive element. The sensing device has an image sensor for capturing images of the coded data and a processor for identifying the coded data from the captured images, determine an orientation and position of the coded data, decode the coded data, generate indicating data using the determined information, and transfers the indicating data to the printer. The printer is responsive to the indicating data to relay the indicating data to a computer system for interpretation. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080239392 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - An object of this invention is to increase the convenience for a user in setting a print reservation in an image forming apparatus having a time-designated print function. To achieve the object, according to the present invention, a control method of controlling an image forming apparatus communicably connected to a plurality of information processing apparatuses having a browser function includes the storage step of storing print data, the setting step of setting information representing a timing of printing the print data (S | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080246985 | Printer Redirection - In client-server architectures, systems and methods for XPS based printer redirection are disclosed. In an implementation, a client computing device issues a print command to print an application hosted on a server computing device. The server computing device implements a generic printer driver to emulate exact properties of a client printer driver installed in the client computing device. The generic printer driver redirects one or more calls related to printer settings to the client printer driver. The client computing device returns the printer settings which are combined with the application (to be printed) to generate an XPS file. The XPS file is redirected to a printer connected to the client computing device for printing. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080246986 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVED OPERATION OF NETWORKED PRINTING SYSTEM - Methods and systems are presented for performing one or more printer device management functions in a network, in which affinities between printers are determined from job tracking data to indicate associations between printer devices and user devices, and the affinity data is used to perform one or more printer management functions such as determining printer connections for new or roaming user devices, print job redirection, and identification of underutilized printer device assets. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080246987 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SOFT FAILURE DETECTION FOR NETWORKED PRINTERS - Methods and systems are presented for identifying potential printer failures in a networked printing enterprise, in which job tracking data is gathered for print jobs in the network, affinity data is derived from the job tracking data indicating associations between printer devices and user devices, and potential printer failures are identified based on changes in the affinity data. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080246988 | Adaptive printer pools - A client node in a networked printing system outputs in response to a change to an individual print setting input by a user for a print job a real-time update of printing nodes selectable by the user to process the print job. By presenting a user of the client node with a pool of selectable printing nodes that automatically adapts to changes in print settings, inefficiencies of prior processes that require the user to individually assess compatibility of printing nodes with print settings and the pitfalls of prior processes that automatically select a “best fit” printing node that may be compatible with print settings but is undesirable from the user's perspective are avoided. Moreover, by providing a user with immediate feedback on the impact of a change to an individual print setting on the selectable status of printing nodes, the user is able to quickly and accurately determine a combination of print settings and printing node that is desirable from the user's perspective. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080246989 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - There is described an image forming apparatus, which makes it possible to confirm setting contents of the job in a state that the job list is still displayed. The image forming apparatus includes: a job storage section to store job information including setting contents of the job in it; a display section to display a screen in which a first area and a second area are disposed in such a manner that those do not overlap with each other; and a control section to control contents to be displayed within the screen by the display section. The control section controls the display section, so that a job list based on the job information is displayed on the first area, and, at the same time, the setting contents of a specific job selected from the job list are displayed on the second area in parallel to the job list. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080246990 | Mixed Colour Remote Printing of Recipient Documents - An automated hybrid mail system/method which sends a recipient document including one or more graphic image files from a sender to a recipient. The system/method includes receiving an electronic document transmitted from terminal, the electronic document includes a pack containing an ordered set of graphic image files. The graphic image files are obtained from one or more application documents. The system/method provides mixed colour printing of the recipient document including more than one page. The method includes sending the recipient document to a printer able to print the recipient document. Each page of the recipient document is previously assigned a colour mode prior to printing, the colour mode indicative of monochrome, colour or pattern printing. The colour mode indicative of pattern printing results in each page of the recipient document printing in either monochrome or colour according to the colour mode assigned to a section to which the page belongs. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080246991 | CONTENT MANAGING SYSTEM - A content managing system causing each content managed by a server connected to a communicating network to be able to be updated by a portable terminal which can be connected to the communicating network, comprising: | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080246992 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - Print settings for input data for printing are acquired. A function group is created for each group of functions, between which contradiction due to change of an execution sequence does not arise, of functions executable in a printer. For each created function group, an execution sequence of functions belonging to the function group is set. Processes for functions designated by the acquired print settings are applied to the data for printing in accordance with the execution sequence set for each function group. Print data created by applying the processes are output to the printer. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080246993 | Image processing apparatus, job management method for the same, and recording medium having recorded thereon job management program - Upon reception of a job, a control unit of an image processing apparatus executes processing for judging whether any cancellation factor exists. If there is no cancellation factor, the control unit outputs pages relating to the job, stores page information thereof, and updates execution history information after outputting all the pages. If there is any cancellation factor, the control unit performs only preparation for output of the pages, stores page information obtained through the preparation, and updates cancellation history information after storing the page information of all the pages. A message as a result of evaluation of the cancellation history information is displayed on an operation panel. The message prompts an administrator to change management condition as needed. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080246994 | Image forming device, program, and recording medium - In an image forming device, when a priority of outputting input data determined by a priority determining unit is higher than a priority of in-process data during image expansion performed by one of PDL interpreter units, a PDL control unit determines whether the one of the PDL interpreter units supports an interruption process, and an output sequence changing unit changes an output sequence stored in an output sequence storing unit such that, when the one of the PDL interpreter units supports the interruption process, another of the PDL interpreter units performs image expansion of the input data earlier than the image expansion of the in-process data, and when the one of the PDL interpreter units does not support the interruption process, another of the PDL interpreter units performs the image expansion of the input data later than the image expansion of the in-process data. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080246995 | INFORMATION MANAGEMENT DEVICE, METHOD OF MANAGING INFORMATION, AND PROGRAM - An information management device that manages the processing result of a print job processed by a print device through a network includes an information acquisition unit, an information output unit, a time setting unit, and a polling unit that performs an acquisition polling process in which the information acquisition unit acquires information on the print job that has been completed from the print device at a time when the information acquisition unit acquires the information on the print completion from the print device before the set waiting time elapses after the information output unit outputs the print job to the print device, and performs a checking polling process in which the information acquisition unit checks the print device for completion information at a time when the set waiting time elapses in a state that the information acquisition unit does not acquire the completion information from the print device. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080252919 | Image Processing Apparatus and Control Method of the Same - This invention prevents repetitive storage of identical character string data, and efficiently uses a storage area. To accomplish this, a facsimile apparatus | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080252920 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A printing system according to the invention is a printing system including a printer and a host computer that is connected to the printer via a network and has a display unit, wherein the printer includes a printer main body that has a control unit, an output unit that outputs a print printed by the printer main body, a box with a lock mechanism that temporarily stores the print output from the output unit, and a sensor that detects presence or absence of the print in the box, and the host computer displays on the display unit an indication on whether there is an empty box on the basis of information on the presence or absence of the print in the box detected by the sensor and transmitted from the printer. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080252921 | System and method for transferring a portion of a document print sequence output by a print job source to an automated data processing system - A print processor interfaces with a print job source such as an accounting system and a remote automated data processing system. The print processor comprises a print job source interface for receiving a sequence of documents from a print job source. The sequence of documents may comprise a first set of documents and a second set of documents. The first set of documents and the second set of documents may be mutually exclusive subsets of the sequence of documents. Each document of the first set may comprise data content to be directed to the remote automated data processing system. Each document of the second set may be directed to a printer. The print processor may establish a network session to the remote automated data processing system, authenticating to the remote automated data processing system, and transfer each document of the first set to the remote automated data processing system. The print processor may direct transfer of the second set to the printer. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080252922 | IMAGE-DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, NETWORK SCANNER DEVICE, AND IMAGE-DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD - An image-data management system that includes an authentication server device and a network scanner connected to each other via a network, wherein the network scanner device includes a keyboard, a display, a control unit, and a storage unit, the keyboard and the display are disposed so as to cover the top of the body of the network scanner device. The control unit includes a user-authentication requesting unit that sends a user ID and password to the authentication server device to request an user authentication when the user ID and the password are input by a user, an image reading unit that reads an image data from an original document when the user authentication requested by the user-authentication requesting unit is approved by the authentication server device, and an image storing unit that stores the image data read by the image reading unit in the storage unit. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080252923 | EXTERNAL TERMINAL CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An external terminal control apparatus associates a category which classifies menu information about a first group of menu screens for operating the external terminal control apparatus with address information corresponding to file data that configure a second group of menu screens for operating an external terminal to integrate menu items of the external terminal with the menu items of the external terminal control apparatus. The external terminal control apparatus adds a menu item corresponding to address information to the menu information according to the associated category. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080252924 | System and method for transferring invoice data output of a print job source to an automated data processing system - A data capture system receives a sequence of output document objects and, for each output document object, writes output data values to an output data structure. The system includes a data storage, a first tier data extraction system and at least a second tier data extraction system. The first tier data extraction system is adapted to receive each output document object. Each output document object may be in a print language format comprising a plurality of print elements. For each required invoice data element, the first tier data extraction system obtains identification of a positional element value from a positional data set that includes, as its invoice data element, identification of the required invoice data element; and, if the output document object includes a qualifying text string, writes an output data value to the output data structure in association with identification of the required invoice data element. If the output document object does not include a qualifying text string, the first tier data extraction system identifies the output document object for tier two processing. The second tier data extraction system receives each output document identified for tier two processing, performs character recognition on a graphical representation thereof and, for each required invoice data element, writes an output data value to the output data structure in association with identification of the required invoice data element. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080252925 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, NETWORK SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD AND PROGRAM - A communication apparatus which eliminate the necessity of providing a particular server in a predetermined network and which makes it possible to participate into the network with the use of a predetermined address. A first communication apparatus participating in a predetermined network holds a predetermined address to be used by a second communication apparatus not participating in the predetermined network in order to communicate with a third communication apparatus participating in the predetermined network when participating into the predetermined network, as the address of the first communication apparatus. The second communication apparatus communicates with the first communication apparatus with the use of the predetermined address when the second communication apparatus participates into the predetermined network. The first communication apparatus requests the third communication apparatus to hold the predetermined address as the address of the third communication apparatus in the case where the communication apparatus separates from the predetermined network. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080252926 | Image Scanning Device - A method for determining whether or not a specific image is contained in a scanned image. An image on a first side of a document is scanned and first image information indicating the scanned image is outputted. Specific component information is extracted indicating a specific component of each pixel out of information indicating a pixel value contained in the first image information. Whether or not the specific image is contained in the image on the first side is determined based on the extracted specific component information and stored specific image information. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080252927 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND PROGRAM THEREOF - An image processing apparatus that allows accumulated image data and print control data to be transferred to another image processing apparatus and that may improve user convenience. The image processing apparatus is communicatively connected to another image processing apparatus. A storage unit stores input image data in a first format. A reception unit receives from the another image processing apparatus information indicating a format of image data capable of being analyzed by the another image processing apparatus. An identification unit identifies, based on the information received by the reception unit, software for converting the image data from the first format to another format of image data capable of being analyzed by the another image processing apparatus. A transmission unit transmits the image data stored in the storage unit and the software identified at the identification unit and information indicating a location where the image data is stored in said storage unit to the another image processing apparatus. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080252928 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AS WELL AS A PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus connected to a plurality of image processing apparatuses via a network, comprising, a transmission unit configured to transmit identification information for identifying the information processing apparatus on the network and specifying information by which a user identifies the information processing apparatus to the plurality of image processing apparatuses on the network, and a reception unit configured to be operable when the user selects the specifying information in one of the plurality of image processing apparatuses, to receive information for using the selected image processing apparatus transmitted from the selected image processing apparatus based on the identification information. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080252929 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND PRINTING METHOD INCLUDING HOST DEVICE AND PRINTING DEVICE - A printing system comprises a host device like a personal computer (PC) which creates print data (GDI data) based on an application, and selects through which a conversion process either a first conversion process of converting the data into PDL data or a second conversion process of converting the data into image data should be executed based on the performance of the host device connected to a printing device, the kind of the application, and the like when performing the conversion process on the print data and transmitting the converted data to a printing device, and further selects the conversion process based on a command in GDI data, a data size, and the like, thereby automatically selecting the most efficient printing scheme, and the printing device which prints out the print data transmitted from the host device. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080259379 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CLASSIFYING A JOB IN A PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT - A method and system for processing a job in a production environment includes a knowledge base containing multiple product intents. Each product intent includes parameter requirements and/or parameter restrictions for producing a finished product. The method and system receive a product description that includes desired properties of a proposed job, and use a semantic reasoning, system to infer which of the product intents in the knowledge base corresponds to the product description. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080259380 | Approach for implementing locked printing with unlock via a keypad - An approach is provided for implementing locked printing on a printing device with unlock via a keypad attached to the printing device via an interface. A user may specify for printing print jobs stored at a printing device using a keypad device to enter a job ID associated with a particular print job or a general ID associated with users to release all print jobs associated with a particular user, all print jobs not yet printed, or all print jobs. Print jobs may alternatively be identified by date. The approach may also include a user viewing a list of available locked print jobs on a user interface of the printing device, along with the associated job IDs. The approach may further include the use of a Web server on the printing device to generate and provide a Web page that lists stored print jobs and their associated job IDs. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080259381 | Production print capacity display for process optimization - A system automatically processes current capacity and optimal capacity for at least one printing system for use in deterring current billing, optimal billing and operating cost. A data-processing apparatus (CPU) associated with a printer and an optimization module operable together to optimize current capacity and optimal capacity, and determine current billing, optimal billing and operating cost information. Information is optimized for use at a client (local or remote) and for display in a single graphical user interface. Data is used to optimize print system usage. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080259382 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store information about an other image processing apparatus different than the image processing apparatus that operates with the image processing apparatus, an acquiring unit configured to acquire function information indicating a function provided by a first image processing apparatus, and a control unit. In the control unit, in a case that a comparison result of the comparing unit indicates that the first image processing apparatus includes at least one function not provided by the image processing apparatus, information about the first image processing apparatus is stored in the storage unit, and in a case that a comparison result of the comparing unit indicates that the first image processing apparatus doesn't include at least one function not provided by the image processing apparatus, information about the first image processing apparatus is not stored in the storage unit. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080259383 | FACSIMILE MACHINE, METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, AND COMPUTER DATA SIGNAL - A facsimile machine, includes: a receiving unit that receives facsimile image information via a public circuit; an information extraction unit that extracts search information from the facsimile image information received by the receiving unit; an acquisition unit that acquires image information searched from a communication network connected to the facsimile machine, based on the search information extracted by the information extraction unit; and a print unit that prints the image information acquired by the acquisition unit. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080259384 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A system is capable of performing a processing flow based on a definition file which designates a plurality of tasks each of which can be performed by a function provided by an image forming apparatus and an order of performance of a plurality of tasks. The system includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a definition file of the processing flow specified by a user, a determination unit configured to select one of a plurality of image forming apparatuses to perform each task included in the processing flow based on candidate information included in the definition file of the processing flow, and a performing unit configured to perform each task included in the processing flow using the image forming apparatus selected by the determination unit. The candidate information includes information on a user device that is set corresponding to each user as information for determining the image forming apparatus that performs the task. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080259385 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECEPTION PROCESSING METHOD - A communication apparatus which is capable of preventing transmitted data from being illegally viewed or tampered with. Image information to be transmitted is input via an operating display section. A system controller determines whether or not confidential transmission of the input image information has been designated by the user. When it is determined that confidential transmission of the input image information has been designated, a network controller encrypts the input image information using IPsec and transmits the encrypted image information, whereas when it is determined that the confidential transmission of the input image information is not designated, the network controller transmits the input image information without encrypting the same. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080259386 | Printing system, image forming apparatus, server, and information processing apparatus - A printing system prevents mistakes such as that a printed paper sheet printed by requesting from a PC to an image forming apparatus is left in an ejected-paper tray. The image forming apparatus transmits to the server printing execution result information that includes the serial number and the time and date of the printing. The server manages the state of unfetch of the printed paper sheet using a fetch flag in a printing record list created based on the printing execution result information, changes the fetch flag from “unfetched” to “fetched” when information indicating that the printed paper sheet has been fetched is sent from the image forming apparatus. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080259387 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes an analysis unit configured to analyze a print job generated based on a plurality of records, a determination unit configured to detect a boundary or boundaries of records based on a result of analysis obtained by the analysis unit and to determine a print page corresponding to each respective record, and a storage unit configured to store each record of the print job and a respective print page corresponding to each respective record while associating them with each other according to content determined by the determination unit. Related methods are also disclosed. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080259388 | Multifunction system and multifunction apparatus - A multifunction system is provided that is capable of preventing unauthorized copying and the like of an image printed on a print material against the will of a user who has created the print material. The multifunction system includes: a printing apparatus having a printing unit printing on a prescribed recording medium a combined image formed by combining an image based on image information with an output-restriction image relating to restriction on output of the print material; and a reading apparatus having an image reading unit reading, responsive to a reading instruction, the combined image printed on the prescribed recording medium, an image analyzer unit analyzing the output-restriction image included in the combined image read out by the image reading unit, and an output determination unit determining, on the basis of an analyzed result generated by the image analyzer unit, as to whether the image based on the image information can be output. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080259389 | PRINTING SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, STORAGE MEDIUM AND PROGRAM - A printing apparatus capable of, when a predetermined finishing process is set in performing job combination, executing the finishing process at consistent settings by properly performing an inhibition process corresponding to the finishing process. When a predetermined finishing process is set as an entire setting of job combination, the system inhibits excluding, from targets of the predetermined finishing process, a predetermined job corresponding to the predetermined finishing process among a plurality of jobs associated with job combination. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080259390 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AS WELL AS PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus which makes it possible to improve user operability in selecting a desired one from a plurality of image processing apparatuses by selecting functions of the image processing apparatuses. A virtual printer driver acquires function information on a plurality of printers existing on a network. One printer is selected as a default printer from the printers. Configuration items associated with functions of the default printer, and configuration items associated with functions of the other printers are displayed on a configuration screen in a manner selectable by a user. The configuration items associated with the functions of the printers except the default printer are displayed such that a printer equipped with a function associated with each of the configuration items can be identified by the user. Print data is transmitted to one of the printers, based on a configuration item selected by the user. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080259391 | RECORDING SYSTEM, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND RECORDING DEVICE - Recording data generated by a recording data generation PC ( | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080259392 | PRINT-DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PRINT-DATA PROCESSING METHOD - Print data in which a reusable object whose range of reuse is specified is defined is received. The range of reuse of the reusable object is changed according to a page layout defined by a print setting. Accordingly, the cache period of the reusable object is optimized. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080259393 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus, including a plurality of applications each including a reception unit configured to receive print data, a determination unit configured to analyze the print data received by the reception unit to determine the data format thereof, and a print control unit configured to print an image of print data having a specific data format. The print data analyzed by the determination unit is sent to the print control unit when the data format is determined to be equivalent to the specific data format, or another reception unit when the data format is determined to be different from the specific data format. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080259394 | Printing System and Printing Device - A printing device is provided with a first storage configured to store a time-designated first print job, a judging unit configured to judge whether to change the print time of the first print job to allow interruption of a second print job which is different from the first print job based on a predetermined condition is met and a printing unit configured to execute a printing operation based on judgment of the judging unit. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080259395 | Print Control Device, Printing Device and Computer-Readable Recording Medium - A print control device comprises a print data generating unit which generates print data in units of jobs from incoming data. The print data generating unit includes: a layout information generating unit which generates layout information specifying layout in a printable area based on sheet size and the number of pages of the job; a memory that stores an image to be formed on a sheet; and an arrangement unit which generates cascade print data by reducing each page of the job and successively placing and overlaying the reduced pages in the memory corresponding to the sheet size based on the layout information generated by the layout information generating unit. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080259396 | PRINT SYSTEM AND PRINTER DEVICE FACILITATING REUSE OF PRINT DATA - A print system includes a communication path, a client device which transmits print data to said communication path, a host device connected to said communication path, and a printer device which prints the print data after receiving the print data from said client device via said communication path, and automatically sends the print data together with printer output information to said host device via said communication path, said printer output information including keywords for identifying said print data. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080259397 | PRINT MANAGING SERVER, PRINT MANAGING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A print managing server is connected to a plurality of printers through a network and stores print data which can be printed by the printer in combination with user information. The print managing server has control means for controlling execution of a command including the user information which is received from the printer. The control means controls in such a manner that when the command is received, if a printing process corresponding to the user information included in the command is being executed for the other printer, the printing process which is being executed is stopped for the other printer and a process corresponding to the command is executed. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080259398 | Printing system, print data creation apparatus and computer-readable control program for the print data creation apparatus - A print data creation apparatus connectable to a printer for printing on a print medium to create print data to be printed by the printer, the print data creation apparatus includes a display device that displays a variety of information, a setting alteration screen display control device that displays a setting alteration screen used to change settings of the printer, a setting file storage device that store a setting file including setting information to be referred by a printer driver, a setting file alteration device that changes contents of the setting file stored in the setting file storage device based on the settings of the printer changed, an update information creation device that creates update information which updates firmware of the printer in response to a change in the setting file, and an update information transmission device that transmits the update information created to the printer. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080259399 | Print control apparatus, print control system and print apparatus - A print control apparatus in which a plurality of print apparatuses having a hold print function are caused to hold print data, and the print data of other print apparatuses other than a print apparatus print-instructed by a user is deleted, is provided. A print server is connected to the plurality of printers having a hold print function through a network. The print server includes a print data transmission portion that transmits print data received from a PC to printers to cause the printers to hold the print data, and a print data deletion instruction portion that, when a print notification of the print data is received from any one of the plurality of the printers, instructs other printers other than the printer to delete the print data. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080266590 | PAD PRINTING USER INTERFACE DIALOG FOR COPY OR PRINT - A method and graphical user interface for selecting pad printing functions for an image output device. The user interface is provided to a user and displays a pad printing dialog box that enables selection of pad printing output. Selectable pad printing options are displayed, which include the number of sheets per pad and the total number of pads to be output. When the user selection of pad printing and pad printing options are received, the total quantity of sheets to be output based on selected pad printing options and organizing the sheets for pad printing output from the image output device are automatically determined. Availability of pad printing is determined based on finishing options selected. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080266591 | Connected offline finishing devices - A print shop includes at least one printing device adapted to print a print job. A central computer is in communication with the printing device. An offline finishing device includes a reader device, adapted to read a job identifier carried on the print job, and a wireless transceiver in communication with the reader device and a central computer wireless transceiver. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080266592 | Scheduling system - Described herein is a printing system comprising a plurality of print processing modules which selectively transfer print media therebetween during printing and a system controller that tracks process control protocols of each of the plurality of modules and compares to a scheduled job run and selectively alters a control variable of at least one of the process control protocols thereby preemptively altering initiation of at least one process control protocol to process the job run uninterrupted. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080266593 | Image document creation - Embodiments for creating image documents are disclosed. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080266594 | Method for Generating Print Jobs in a Printing System, Method for Sorting Print Jobs in a Printing System, Computer Program Product and Printing System for Carrying Out Said Methods - In a method or printing system for generation of document processing jobs, control parameters for the document processing jobs are read from different sources and stored in a control file. Priorities are associated with the sources. In the event specific control parameters are present in a plurality of the sources, control parameters from the sources that have a highest priority are stored in the control file. Also in a method or printing system for sorting of print jobs, a check of specific directories as to whether a file belonging to a new print job has been generated is repeatedly implemented. A job identification number is associated with each new print job, the job identification numbers for print jobs stored in a specific group of directories being respectively generated chronologically. A plurality of print jobs are sorted corresponding to the job identification numbers. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080266595 | Independently-addressable cellular wireless digital network-based fax machine - A fax machine incorporates a receptacle to accommodate the insertion of a cellular data access modem that provides the fax machine with a unique cell phone number so that the fax machine may be accessed in a standard “dial up manner” from any standard fax machine or computer emulating a fax machine. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080266596 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus generates print data interpretable by a printing apparatus and transmits the generated print data to the printing apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes a setting unit configured to set information identifying a positional relationship between a tab portion of a first tab sheet and a tab portion of a second tab sheet in a state where the first and second tab sheets are stacked, if usage of the tab sheets is designated, wherein the tab sheet is a tab-attached printing paper to be inserted between printing papers based on print data of document information. The information processing apparatus includes a determination unit configured to determine a print start position of a character string to be printed on the tab portion of the first tab sheet and the tab portion of the second tab sheet according to the information identifying the positional relationship set by the setting unit. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080266597 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - Disclosed an image forming apparatus including: an image forming section to form images on sheets based on image data of a document composed of a plurality of document pages; a sheet finishing section to perform sheet finishing to the sheets; a first input section to receive an input regarding divisions of the document pages by the sheet finishing to set the input divisions; a second input section to receive setting of addition of a front cover; and a control section to allow the image forming section to form an image on a first sheet of each of the divisions as the front cover when the first input section sets the divisions of the document pages by the sheet finishing and the second input section sets the addition of the front cover. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080266598 | APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING AN IMAGE-PROCESSING DEVICE, COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR UPDATING AN ITEM OF CONFIGURATION INFORMATION FOR CONTROLLING AN IMAGE-PROCESSING DEVICE, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND MEANS FOR CONTROLLING AN IMAGE-PROCESSING DEVICE - From an image-processing apparatus that can communicate via a network, updated configuration information is received, and configuration information for display is not updated based on the received configuration information so that an item to be processed is not reflected in configuration information of an item manually set by a user, and the configuration information for display is updated based on the received configuration information so that an item to be processed is reflected in the configuration information of an item that is not manually set by the user. Accordingly, the configuration information can be manually set while effectively using the configuration information received from the information-processing apparatus. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080266599 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - This invention determines a compression method of printing data in consideration of a printing operation halt time when a low-speed interface is used. An image processing apparatus of this invention, which is connected to a printing apparatus, compresses printing data, and outputs the compressed printing data, determines the interface type, acquires a print waiting time, and determines the compression method of printing data based on the determined interface type and the acquired print waiting time. The image processing apparatus compresses printing data using the determined compression method, and outputs the compressed printing data to the printing apparatus. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080266600 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS AND PRINTING SYSTEM - A print control apparatus includes a command section for causing a printing apparatus to execute a print job, the print job for printing a print subject image on a sheet, with a mark overlaying the sheet. Furthermore, the print control apparatus includes: an accepting section that accepts a processing condition for an image process of the mark, during a processing condition accepting period, which is set for every print job and is the period before an input of an executive instruction; and an image processing section that performs the image process of the mark in accordance with the processing condition during the processing condition accepting period. This makes it possible to prevent delay in initiation of printing, without excessive consumption of storage capacity of a storage device. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080266601 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND JOB MANAGEMENT METHOD - An information processing apparatus capable of storing a job transmitted to a printing apparatus includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain a job result regarding the job from the printing apparatus, an identifying unit configured to identify an output mode of the job, a reference unit configured to store a storage setting that defines whether to store or delete job data based on a combination of the job output mode and the job result and reference the storage setting, based on the output mode identified by the identifying unit and the job result obtained by the obtaining unit, and a storage control unit configured to store or delete the transmitted job based on the storage setting referenced by the reference unit. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080266602 | Label producing apparatus - This disclosure discloses a label producing apparatus that produces a label with print, comprising: a feeding device that feeds a print-receiving tape or a base tape thereto; a printing device that performs printing on the print-receiving tape; a first command input part that inputs a first command signal for providing instructions from an external source; a second command input part that inputs a second command signal from an external source; and a control portion that controls said at least one of devices for working based on the first or second command signal. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080266603 | Method of controlling print job schedule and printing system using the method - A printing system including a first memory unit storing a printer operating system and at least two interpreters; a second memory unit having an operating area for the printer operating system, an operating area and a heap area for each interpreter of the first memory unit, and at least two reception buffers temporarily storing incoming print job data; a printing control unit controlling operation of the printing system based on the printer operating system, controlling the interpreters of the first memory unit to interpret the print job data, and transmitting the interpreted print job data to a printer engine; and a print job scheduling unit providing a first scheduling procedure regarding initiation of the interpreters for multiple print jobs and a second scheduling procedure regarding interpretation of the multiple print jobs that have been initiated, the printer control unit using the first scheduling procedure and the second scheduling procedure to control the operation of the interpreters. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080273219 | Communication network diagnostic report - A method of analyzing the quality of a communication network for facsimile devices, wherein the communication network comprises at least a first facsimile device communicating through a digital network and a second facsimile device communicating through an analog network. The method comprises establishing a connection between the facsimile devices using the communication network, assessing a configuration of the connection between the facsimile devices, identifying at least one problem in the connection between the facsimile devices, and generating a network diagnostic report of the at least one identified problem. A network diagnostic report may be delivered to a user interface. Bits of the facsimile information fields (FIF) of the digital identification signal (DIS) and non-standard facilities (NSF) signal of the second facsimile device are compared to analyze problems with the communication network. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080273220 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROUTING FACSIMILES BASED ON CONTENT - A method for routing a facsimile according to one embodiment of the present invention includes analyzing text of a facsimile for at least one of a meaning and a context of the text; and routing the facsimile to one or more destinations based on the analysis. A method for routing a facsimile according to another embodiment of the present invention includes analyzing a pattern of light and dark areas of a facsimile; correlating the pattern to one or more forms; and routing the facsimile to one or more destinations based on the correlation. Additional systems and methods are also presented. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080273221 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROUTING A FACSIMILE CONFIRMATION BASED ON CONTENT - A method for routing a confirmation of receipt of a facsimile or portion thereof according to one embodiment of the present invention includes analyzing text of a facsimile for at least one of a meaning and a context of the text; and routing one or more confirmations to one or more destinations based on the analysis. A method for routing one or more confirmations according to another embodiment of the present invention includes analyzing a pattern of light and dark areas of a facsimile; correlating the pattern to one or more forms; and routing one or more confirmations to one or more destinations based on the correlation Additional systems and methods are also presented. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080273222 | System and Method for Saving and Retrieving Job Settings by Printing and Scanning on a Multifunction Document Management System - A system for saving and retrieving job settings comprising a multifunction document management system and a settings form including a machine recognizable portion printed thereon, wherein the machine recognizable portion includes data indicative of at least one user-selected job setting and wherein the machine recognizable portion is readable by the multifunction document management system. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080273223 | Intelligent print/copy management system - An intelligent print/copy management system includes group of computers, an Intranet environment, a print server/MFP server and a printer/MFP; software management function being added into the print/MFP for print server/MFP server to provide basic statistic analysis, monitor and control, and/or security alert while receiving print command from the computer to drive the printer, MFP or scanner to operate thus for a business to manage and specify output functions from printer, MFP, or scanner and further to achieve more efficient print/copy output operation. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080273224 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PRINT MANAGEMENT - A computer-implemented print management system and method includes the application of business rules to a print situation, and the application of meta-rules to the business rules to choose zero or more business rules to fire. The meta-rules may suppress the business rule or modify actions associated with a business rule. The actions associated with a business rule may include one or more of the following: present information to the user, request information from the user, request a choice or decision by the user, or allow, modify or deny the print job. The print situation, the chosen business rule and the user interaction may be recorded to a print usage database, which may be used in subsequent print situations. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080273225 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL PROGRAM FOR IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing system which can easily change settings on a linking image processing apparatus when a linked image processing apparatus is replaced to result in changes in setting information such as an IP address and functions of the image processing apparatus. The image processing system comprises an image processing apparatus, and another image processing apparatus which performs a processing through linkage with the image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus receives configuration information including identification information which identifies an apparatus and function information which represents functions of the apparatus, compares the configuration information received by the receiving unit with configuration information about the image processing apparatus, and reports to the another image processing apparatus that there is a difference in the identification information or in the identification information, as a result of the comparison made by the comparison unit. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080278740 | Bulk Communications Process Using Multiple Delivery Media | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080278741 | SCOPE-BASED XPS FILTER DRIVER CONFIGURATION TO PERFORM DYNAMIC OPERATIONS - A filter pipeline framework is provided for a printer driver including a plurality of filters. The framework includes a logical page filter configured to perform operations on logical pages within a first thread; a document level filter configured to perform document level operations within a second thread; a job level and physical page filter configured perform job level operations and physical page operations within a third thread; and a command managing unit configured to generate and manage commands compiled in command lists for the filters. Print ticket processing is performed at the beginning of the filter pipeline in the logical page filter. And further, each filter simultaneously runs within its own thread to perform a specific scope of operations defined for each filter. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080278742 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CUSTOMIZED ROUTING OF DOCUMENT DATA INTERCEPTED THROUGH PORT REDIRECTION - The subject application is directed to a system and method for customized routing of document data intercepted though port redirection. Output data is first received from at least one application via a virtual port and stored into an associated storage. Display data is generated on an associated display representing an electronic document of the output data, as well as document processor display data representing available document output devices. Selection data is then received corresponding to document output devices selected by an associated user. Copy count data representing a number of copies to be output on each selected document output device is then received for each document output device. Output data is then output from the data storage to each selected document output device such that each selected document output device outputs a number of copies corresponding to copy count data associated therewith. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080278743 | System and method for printing at least one digitized image to a digital multimedia presentation appliance - A digital multimedia presentation appliance is provided having a display for displaying at least one digitized image. The digital multimedia presentation appliance further includes a processor configured to communicate and receive commands, including a digital multimedia presentation appliance print job command, from an external processor capable of executing a software application program for displaying a printing utility. The processor executes a program having instructions for processing the print job command and displaying the at least one digitized image by the display of the digital multimedia presentation appliance. The print job command is transmitted after selection of a digital multimedia presentation appliance printing icon corresponding to the digital multimedia presentation appliance following selection of the printing utility to print the at least one digitized image. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080278744 | Print job aesthetics enhancements detection and modeling through combined user activity analysis and content matching - An automated method for processing a print job includes receiving a submitted print job, extracting features from the submitted print job for characterizing the print job, comparing the extracted features with a predictive model which is based on features extracted from prior print jobs and enhancement operations performed on the prior print jobs, and generating at least one proposed enhancement operation for the submitted print job based on the comparison. The proposed enhancement operations may be presented to an operator for verification or, if the enhancement operations are determined to have a threshold level of confidence, may be automatically applied to the print job. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080278745 | Multiple output devices with rules-based sub-job device selection - A system and method for sending different portions of a document to different output destinations where different portions of a document can be processed differently. The notion of a printer or output device is expanded to include multiple destinations with rules that define what content will be sent to each of the destinations. In order to ease management of the system, an optional centralized management system to enable the distribution of rules to systems where the printers are defined is proposed. An enhancement to print driver software allows the additional rules-based multiple output device handling configuration and programming. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080278746 | Controller for mobile and pervasive output - Pervasive output capability is provided so that an information apparatus can pervasively output digital content to an output device regardless of the processing power, display screen size and memory space of the information apparatus. This allows small mobile devices with limited display, processing power, and memory to be able to output a digital document (e.g., PDF, HTML, PowerPoint etc) in its full original richness, without resorting to downsizing, truncating, reducing, clipping or otherwise altering the original document. A data output service method for rendering at an output device output content managed from an information apparatus may include obtaining by wireless communication from the information apparatus at least part of a document object relating to the output content, obtaining at least part of an output device object with one or more attributes relating to the output device, and providing the document object and the output device object to a server application operated on a server that is distinct from the information apparatus and the output device, and generating with the server application output data relating to the output device. The output data may then be provided to the output device for rendering the output content as the data output service. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080278747 | Thermal dye sublimation printer and ink ribbon cassette therefor - A thermal dye sublimation printer to which an ink ribbon cassette having a function of transmitting and receiving data via wireless communication with a printer main body is attached, is disclosed. The thermal dye sublimation printer includes: communication means that transmits and receives data via wireless communication with an ink ribbon cassette; and control means that acquires management information of the ink ribbon cassette stored in the ink ribbon cassette side via the communication means and controls printing processing based on the acquired management information. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080278748 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND SCREEN DISPLAY METHOD - Disclosed is an image forming apparatus comprising: a control section; and a display section connected to a system bus, wherein the display section comprises: a display device; a screen data storage section to temporarily store screen data of an operation screen; and a display control section to display the operation screen based on the screen data, and wherein the control section comprises: a storage section to store the screen data of the operation screen; and a controller to transfer the screen data of the operation screen pertaining to a function provided to the image forming apparatus to the screen data storage section through the system bus after a power source is turned on and before the function becomes operable; and to control the display control section to display the operation screen based on the screen data stored in the screen data storage section, after the function becomes operable. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080278749 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including: an image forming section to form images on sheets; a display section to display an operation screen; an operation section to receive input of a condition of image forming using the operation screen; a storage section to store setting information of image forming input from the operation section; and a control section to control image forming, wherein when a plurality of pieces of setting information of jobs are successively input, the control section stores the plurality of pieces of setting information of the jobs as one piece of setting information of a programming job in the storage section and the plurality of pieces of setting information of the jobs may be read out as the setting information of the programming job. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080278750 | System And Method For Intelligent Label Printer Control - Methods and systems for intelligently printing labels based on order data are described. One example method includes receiving order data at a receipt printer. The receipt printer may be communicatively connected to a POS terminal adapted to receive or generate the order data from an operator's entries. The order data may then be transmitted to a label printer and processed at the label printer to generate corresponding label data. The label printer may generate the label data with reference to a plurality of pre-defined templates. In addition to or as part of generating label data, the label printer may also generate customer data based on the order data. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080278751 | Method and System for Communicating Between a Remote Printer and a Server - In order to enable downloading to a mobile printer data items from a server, a method comprising the steps of establishing communication connection end points (“sockets”), communicating with the server, where the communication includes sending a request for authentication to the server, receiving an authentication response, requesting print data portions from the server, receiving the requested print data portions, and notifying the server after each print data portion has been printed. The method also includes the step of terminating their communication connection when a printing session ends or if an error occurs. The method constitutes a printer-server protocol. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080278752 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus which generates intermediate codes by dividing a drawing image into prescribed bands extending in one direction, develops the intermediate codes into a bit image is provided with an expanded image judging unit which judges whether an image to be drawn is an expanded image of a 1-line source image; an image expansion direction judging unit which judges whether an expansion direction of the expanded image is parallel with the band extending direction when the expanded image judging unit judges that the image is the expanded image of the 1-line source image; a drawing data processing unit which converts the expanded image of the 1-line source image into vectors which are a series of rectangular regions of same-color pixels that are arranged continuously when the image expansion direction judging unit judges that the expansion direction of the expanded image is parallel with the band extending direction. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080278753 | DISPLAY SYSTEM, INFORMATION DISTRIBUTING APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND PORTABLE TERMINAL - A display system is provided that can perform suitable procedure display in accordance with the respective operation statuses of a plurality of electronic devices. The display system is formed by connecting an electronic device, a portable terminal, and an information distributing apparatus through a network, and the electronic device has a description tool affixed to the device to indicate the electronic device information of the device and transmits the state information of the device to the information distributing apparatus. The portable terminal acquires the electronic device information of the electronic device from the description tool and transmits it to the information distributing apparatus and displays the returned operation procedure information. The information distributing apparatus registers the received state information of the electronic device and returns the specified procedure display information to the portable terminal based on the electronic device information received from the portable terminal and the registered state information. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080278754 | Image processing device, method and computer readable medium for transmitting management information - There is provided an image processing device communicatably connected to a network. The image processing device comprises a storage unit configured to store format information representing a format in which management information should be created; a condition obtaining unit configured to obtain condition information concerning conditions of the image processing device; a management information creation unit configured to create the management information, based on the condition information obtained by the condition obtaining unit, in the format represented by the format information stored in the storage unit; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the management information created by the management information creation unit to an external device. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080285067 | System and Method for Improving Throughput In a Print Production Environment - Systems and methods for increasing throughput of print jobs in a print shop environment are disclosed. A system may include a plurality of resources, a print job workflow management system that coordinates a flow of print jobs with respect to the plurality of resources, and a processor-readable storage medium in communication with the print job workflow management system. The processor-readable storage medium may contain one or more programming instructions that, when executed, direct the print job workflow management system to receive print job characteristics pertaining to a plurality of print jobs processed in the print shop environment. Data determined based on the received print job characteristics, including a form type utilized in the print shop environment for each job and a print volume associated with each form type, may be provided. The plurality of resources may then be assigned based on the print volume associated with each form type. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080285068 | System and Method for Assigning Print Jobs To Autonomous Cells In a Transaction Printing Environment - Methods and systems for assigning a plurality of print jobs in a transaction printing environment are disclosed. A print job workflow management system receives a plurality of print jobs each having a job size and selects a first threshold based on at least the job sizes for the plurality of print jobs. A print job is assigned to a first autonomous cell if the job size for the print job is greater than the first threshold. The print job is assigned to a second autonomous cell if the job size for the print job is less than a second threshold. Otherwise, the print job is assigned to a third autonomous cell. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080285069 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROLLING METHOD OF IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present invention provides an image processing apparatus, a method of controlling the image processing apparatus, a program and a storage medium that can increase security strength of encoded data, printed on a recording medium. According to an embodiment of the present invention, an image to be a document is read and is subjected to image processing, and thereby digital data is acquired. Next, the above-described digital data is encoded to generate a first encoded data. Next, information on a process of decoding the digital data from the first encoded data is encoded to generate second encoded data. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080285070 | ELECTRONIC WRITING INSTRUMENT, COMPUTER SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC WRITING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - The electronic writing instrument is provided with: a writing unit that writes down on a medium where a code indicating identity information and location information of the medium is formed; an emitting unit that emits light to the medium; a photoelectric conversion unit that includes photoelectric conversion element receiving a reflected light from the medium by the light emitted by the emitting unit and outputting an electronic signal after converting the reflected light by photoelectric conversion; a receiving unit that receives a user operation; and a condition changing unit that changes at least any one of an emitting condition of the emitting unit to the medium and an output condition of the photoelectric conversion unit when the receiving unit receives an operation. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080285071 | Image distribution system via e-mail - The present invention aims to provide a technique allowing the pictographic characters or the face marks to be converted to, for example, the corresponding, but more expressive and more vivid facial image of high picture quality and thereby to achieve compact but smooth and amusing communication. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080285072 | Printing apparatus and printing method - A printer includes a print document receiving unit | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080285073 | WORKFLOW EXECUTION SYSTEM, WORKFLOW EXECUTION METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND WORKFLOW PROXY EXECUTION PROGRAM - In a workflow execution system, work control information for executing a work assigned to one of a plurality of image processing apparatuses connected to a network; workflow execution information indicating which works of a workflow have been executed; and information indicating an image processing apparatus on the next tier, are stored in a portable recording medium. When the work is executed by a proxy image processing apparatus, it is judged from the information stored in the portable recording medium whether or not the work can be executed by the proxy image processing apparatus, and if it can be executed, the work is executed based on the information stored in the portable recording medium. When proxy execution of the work is completed, workflow execution information including the execution result and image information are stored in the portable recording medium and transmitted to the image processing apparatus on the next tier. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080285074 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR VARIABLE DATA PRINTING - A method of printing a document comprising a plurality of pages, the plurality of pages comprising invariant data and variable data, wherein invariant data is data that is presented on each of at least two of the plurality of pages and variable data is data that is presented on only a single page, includes: | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080285075 | WORKFLOW GENERATING APPARATUS AND WORKFLOW GENERATING METHOD - In generating a combined workflow, processing steps that are included in different workflows and that use the same function are integrated into a single step. At this time, if it is determined that there exists any difference among properties for the processing steps, a processing step for adjustment relating to the difference is specified as needed. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080285076 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming system which realizes reliable output of an original of a finished book, while maintaining security. A sheet-unique information-reading unit reads sheet-unique information unique to a sheet used for making a finished book based on image data. A memory section stores the sheet-unique information read by the sheet-unique information-reading unit in association with the image data based on which a finished book is made. In outputting an original of the finished book, a CPU causes an image forming device to perform image output based on the information stored in the memory section. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080285077 | Server and System for Printing Photo Sheet Utilizing Network for Sales Promotion of Disposable Baby Commodities - A server for printing a photo sheet. The server is connected with a client terminal and a printing apparatus via a network. The server includes one or more receivers for receiving data related to customers and/or children of customers. One or more receiving periods are configured based on the information. Information is stored in one or more databases. The server may receive data, configure a detection period, and print out images based on the information. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080285078 | PRINT CONTROL DEVICE, PRINT CONTROL METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - In the invention, there is disclosed a print control device for overlaying, for example, a form being a fixed element of a form sheet with data to be embedded in the form and sending resulting data to a printing device to print the form sheet, including: overlay means for generating data obtained by overlaying a form corresponding to a selected form sheet with the data to be embedded in the form; transfer means for transferring environment information of the print control device, which affects output contents of the form sheet, to an external processing device; acquisition means for acquiring setting information sent back from the external processing device based on the environment information transferred by the transfer means and used at a time of printing; and sending means for sending the overlaid data so that an output operation is performed by use of the setting information acquired by the acquisition means. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080285079 | COLOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE OUTPUT METHOD - A color image forming apparatus and an image output method capable of producing a PDL output without interfering with the execution of a calibration procedure is provided. A main controller rasterizes PDL data from a network on a DRAM as image data. The main controller determines whether or not a calibration procedure is being executed. If it is determined that the calibration procedure is being executed, a production of a PDL image output is put in a queue until the calibration procedure is completed. If it is determined that the calibration procedure is not being executed, the image data on the DRAM is transferred to a printer portion at an appropriate timing so that the printer portion may produce a printed page of the image data. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080291483 | Method for Obtaining Status, Printer Driver and Information Processing Device - A method for obtaining a status is disclosed in which a server computer and a client computer connected to a network share a printer connected to the server computer, and the client computer enables two-way communication and obtains status information of the printer via the server computer without depending on an operating system. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080291484 | DRIVER APPARATUS, SETTING CONTENT MANAGEMENT METHOD, SETTING CONTENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - To provide a technique that can improve visibility of the registered setting contents and contribute to improvement of operability in a driver apparatus that causes an image processing apparatus to execute plural functions executable in the image processing apparatus on the basis of setting contents registered for respective functions. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080291485 | DRIVER APPARATUS, SETTING INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD, SETTING INFORMATION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - To provide a technique that can contribute to improvement of operability in performing management of setting contents in a driver apparatus that causes an image processing apparatus to execute plural functions executable in the image processing apparatus on the basis of setting contents registered for respective functions. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080291486 | Intelligent document composition for mail processing - A data engine collects real-time information associated with the operations of hard copy mail processors. In the example, the data engine also aggregates data relating to one or more phases of electronic document generation, e.g. document composition and/or printstream processing (re-composition). Analysis of the data enables conditions, states or events of one or more of the phases of the mail processing lifecycle to influence the operations and execution of one or more phases in real-time. For example, the data engine can apply processing rules to recommend or dynamically execute action in the document composition or printstream phases, to improve operations in the mail processing facility. Furthermore, the data engine may also provide suggestions for standardizing various steps of mail processing or upgrading of equipment of the mail processing facility, so as to increase overall mail processing effectiveness. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080291487 | Pre-press proofing in digital printing - A method of variable data digital printing where certain record images are selected from a database and user designated variable data is entered into the selected record images creating personalized images. Data tags are inserted into the personalized images which are stored. The stored personalized images are scanned for specified tags; and, the results of the scan identified to the user for verification of accuracy. Provision is made for correction, inputs from a user interface and the corrected images rescanned; and, upon verification of accuracy, the job may be released by the user for executing the print job. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080291488 | Image processing apparatus - An image processing apparatus includes an electronic device, a network and a server. The electronic device has a transmitting unit and a receiving unit, and the transmitting unit provides at least one image data. The network is connected to the electronic device for transmitting the image data. The server is connected to a network for receiving an image data. The server has an image processing unit for detecting a feature of the image data, synthesizing the image data with a media object based on the feature, retrieving the feature to perform one of the synthesis methods with the media object to generate a synthesized image data, and transmitting the synthesized image data to the receiving unit via a network. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080291489 | Image Processing System - After a print request is made from a personal computer to a multifunction peripheral, when a user who logs into the multifunction peripheral instructs an execution of the print request in the multifunction peripheral, the multifunction peripheral requests the personal computer to transmit image data. Then, the personal computer transmits the requested image data to the multifunction peripheral. The multifunction peripheral executes the printing using the received image data. When the printing is completed, the multifunction peripheral transmits a completion notification indicating that the printing is completed to the personal computer. When receiving the completion notification, the personal computer transmits a completion notification having the same content as the received completion notification to the multifunction peripheral. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080291490 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRINT JOB PROCESSING - Print jobs received at a printer are assigned a reference which is incorporated as a representation of the reference in the printed print job. When the user recovers the printjob, the part of said print job incorporating said representation of said reference. is scanned back into the printer, which is then able to read the representation. By monitoring the time intervening between the printing of the print job and the scanning of the part of the print job incorporating the representation, the system is able to monitor the delay, and in a case where this exceeds a threshold to notify the user accordingly. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080291491 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRINT JOB PROCESSING - Print jobs received at a printer are assigned a reference which is incorporated as a visible representation of the reference in the printed print job. When the user recovers the print job, the reusable print job addendum. is fed back into the printer, for reuse in later print jobs. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080291492 | Printer driver program and image forming apparatus - A printer driver comprising: a layout determining section that acquires data of a document page (logical page) and determines a layout of one or more printing pages (physical pages) by allocating a content of the logical page; a re-layout determining section that makes determination whether the determined layout includes an combinable pages or not, based on a ratio of a blank area in the physical page and based on presence/absence of continuity in the contents between the page and the immediately preceding physical page or based on an arrangement characteristic of a non-blank area in the physical page, when one logical page is allocated to plural physical pages; and a page combination control section that causes the layout determining section to determine a combined layout by re-allocating the combinable page and immediately preceding physical page to a single physical page based on the determination. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080291493 | Threshold-based load balancing printing system - Disclosed is a system ( | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080291494 | Image processing device and image processing server - An image processing device in which predetermined image processing is carried out on image data, and the image data that has been processed is saved as processing history information, is provided with: a format determination means that determines whether or not the image data is in a specified document format, and a saving means that, when it is judged that the image data determined by the format determination means is in the specified document format, saves format information of the specified document format together with the image data as the processing history information. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080291495 | PRINTER DRIVER FILTER AND METHOD OF PRINTING WITH THE SAME - A computer device including: a loading unit configured to load an updatable stored print option from a predetermined storage unit; a display unit configured to display a user interface based on the loaded print option; a receiving unit configured to receive an instruction from an operator via the user interface, wherein the instruction includes a selected print option; and an executing unit configured to execute the instruction. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080297827 | Image Forming System and Print Job Renewal Management Method - The invention provides an image forming system in which an image forming apparatus (MFP) is connected to a host device through a network, wherein a command for a processing of print data of a user is accepted, a presence of a print job specifying a storage processing by the user is detected from the command, the print job thus detected is displayed on the host device, the user can select whether the detected print job can be renewed or not, and renewal information of the print job is added and data are transmitted from the host device to the MFP when the renewal of the print job is selected. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080297828 | Image Processing System Including Image Processing Device and Information Processing Device Which Communicate With Each Other - Provided is an image processing system which reduces the load of destination registration on the user. To accomplish this, in an image processing system including a PC ( | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080297829 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING PERSONALIZED SETTINGS ON A MULTI-FUNCTION PERIPHERAL (MFP) - A system and method for providing personalized settings on a multi-function peripheral (MFP) are described. The system comprises a MFP with a user interface such as a front panel. The system further comprises a preference unit configured to store a group of settings for each of a plurality of user accounts. The MFP is configured to a) log on a user to a user account, b) retrieve a group of settings associated with the user account from the preference unit, and c) customize the user interface of the MFP with the retrieved settings. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080297830 | PRINTER WITH OUTSOURCING CAPABILITY FOR COLOR COPIES - A printing system includes first and second communicatively linked printers, each including a print engine and a processor which controls the operation of the respective print engine. A scanner, associated with the first printer, scans a hardcopy document and generates image data therefrom. The scanner is for communicating the image data to the first printer. A graphical user interface is provided through which user selections are communicated to at least one of the scanner and the first printer. The first processor has a first mode of operation in which a print job derived from the image data is printed on the first print engine and a second mode of operation in which a print job is exported to the second printer for printing. At least one of the first and second modes of operation is invoked at least in part by user interaction with the graphical user interface. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080297831 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF TRANSMITTING SIGNAL - An image forming apparatus and a method of transmitting a signal. The image forming apparatus includes a main controller to convert a plurality of image signals corresponding to printing data into differential signals, and to combine the converted differential signals into a plurality of transmission signals, a printing engine unit to restore the image signal after the plurality of transmission signals are transmitted from the main controller, and a plurality of transfer cables to transmit the plurality of transmission signals between the main controller and the printing engine unit. The number of cables to transmit an image signal is reduced, which is economically efficient, additionally, the size of the image forming apparatus is minimized. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080297832 | Image-forming system and image-forming apparatus used in the image-forming system - An image-forming system includes an image-forming apparatus, and a terminal device capable of communicating with the image-forming apparatus. The terminal device comprises a signal-transmitting unit. The image-forming apparatus comprises an image-forming unit; a signal-receiving unit; a first storage unit for storing a starting condition of a preparing action for image formation in the image-forming unit; a first determining unit for determining whether the starting condition is satisfied at the time the signal-receiving unit receives the signal from the terminal device; and an instruction unit for providing an instruction to start the preparing action in the image-forming unit when the first determining unit determines that the starting condition is satisfied. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080297833 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - This invention enables to change the settings of each hot folder when the configuration of a printer has changed. In order to achieve the object, this invention provides a client for transmitting electronic data to a printer via a hot folder which sets attribute information. The client includes an unit which detects a change in processing contents executable by the printer, an unit which holds information about an operation of the client upon detection in association with the hot folder, an unit which determines whether the printer can execute output processing complying with the attribute information by comparing the changed processing contents with the attribute information set in the hot folder, and an unit which controls the operation of the client based on the information about the operation held in association with the hot folder which sets the attribute information determined not to allow the execution. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080297834 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, PROGRAM, AND PRINT SYSTEM - In outputting printed products in a sorted state, an additional print job should also be output in a sorted state. For this purpose, when information representing the necessity of additional print of a printed product is input to a variable data printing application, a VD obtaining unit obtains a target record. A VDP generation unit generates a VDP job based on the record. Information for specifying the processing order of the additional print job is determined on the basis of the processing order of print jobs already sent to the print device and the information of the additional print job. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080297835 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FORMING IMAGE, AND EXTERNAL DEVICE - An image forming system includes an external device that stores therein image data, and an image forming device that is directly connected to the external device. The external device sets an output mode to either one of a one-sided output and a two-sided output. The external device transmits the image data and output-mode data indicative of the output mode to the image forming device. The image forming device receives the image data and the output-mode data from the external device and outputs the image data in the output mode specified in the output-mode data. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080297836 | ADAPTER APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - Media data, which includes an image file recorded on a disk recording medium of a connected image sensing apparatus, management information including the recording position of the image file on the disk recording medium, and backup information of the management information, is received from the image sensing apparatus. Finalize processing of the disk recording medium is virtually executed using the received media data, and a generated disk image is stored on a memory. In response to a request from a data receiving terminal, the media data of the virtual disk image on the memory is transmitted to the data receiving terminal via a communication unit. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080297837 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus which receives print data transmitted from an information processing device, includes: a storage for storing the received print data when the data is confidential print data, together with its ID information; an input control portion for allowing for input of ID information; and a controller having the function that, when detecting input of ID information, outputs the confidential print data corresponding to the input ID information and the function of switching the image forming portion from normal power status to power saving status when no print request has been made for a fixed period of time. When the confidential print data has been stored in the storage, the controller gives notice that the image forming portion will transition to the power saving status to the information processing device before the image forming portion transitions to the power saving status, and the controller delays the transition by a predetermined period of time when the controller receives an extension request from the information processing device to postpone the transition of the image forming portion to the power saving status. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080297838 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a setting-information storage unit that stores plural pieces of print setting information each indicating a list of settings on printing, in association with logical printer names, a data receiving unit that receives PJL data, print drawing data, and a logical printer name from a client terminal, a parameter setting unit that compares settings included in the received PJL data and the settings in the print setting information that is stored in the setting-information storage unit and corresponds to the received logical printer name, to specify the settings included in the PJL data as print parameters, and a printing unit that prints the print drawing data using the specified print parameters | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080297839 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An information processing apparatus that improves operability, productivity and flexibility in print setting when collectively executing print jobs. If a print instruction is input, a job list display unit determines whether the instruction is directed to a plurality of job data items. If the instruction is directed to a plurality of job data items, it is determined whether or not to allow the user to confirm output settings for each individual print job. If the user confirms the output settings, a user interface for making a change to the output settings associated with each individual print job is displayed. The displayed output settings are the output settings saved together with the job data item. If the user does not confirm the output settings, the user interface is not displayed, and output settings and the corresponding job data item are associated with each other, and they are transferred to a printer. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080297840 | Method and Computer Readable Medium for Printer Driver and Information Processing Device - There is provided a method for providing information from a printer driver. The method comprises the steps of: accepting a request for information concerning the printer driver; inquiring of at least one function filter about function information in accordance with configuration information containing a reference to the at least one function filter, in response to receipt of the request; obtaining, from the at least one function filter, the function information containing at least one current function of the at least one function filter, as a response to the inquiring; and providing the obtained function information for a requesting source of the request. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080297841 | Printing Device and Computer Readable Medium Therefor - A printing device, which is configured to execute a print job and perform a printing operation based on the print job, includes an interruption unit configured to perform an interruption process for interrupting a first print job in execution and executing a second print job, a calculating unit configured to calculate a ratio of a second time taken for a printing operation for the second print job to a first time taken for a printing operation for unprinted pages of the first print job, and a control unit configured to allow the interruption unit to perform the interruption process based on the ratio calculated by the calculating unit. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080297842 | Print Control Device, Printing System and Computer-Readable Recording Medium Storing Printing Program - A print controlling device for transmitting printer controlling information to a printer connected thereto is configured such that print setting data is generated based on desired print settings which may include operational control setting data in accordance with a setting by a user. The print controlling device is capable of generating print data including the print setting data as header information thereof, and converting the print data to the printer controlling information. When the print data is converted, it is judged whether the print setting data included in the print data contains the operational control setting. If the print setting data includes the operational control setting, job controlling information which corresponds to the operational control setting is transmitted to the printer. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080297843 | Printing Device, Method, and Computer Readable Medium Therefor - A printing device includes a plurality of sorts of interfaces each of which is configured to receive therethrough a print job sent by a sending source device, a printing unit configured to perform a printing operation for the print job received by each of the interfaces, a determining unit configured to determine a print priority of each of the print jobs based on a sort of an interface through which the print job is received, a control unit configured to control the printing unit to preferentially perform a printing operation for a print job with a higher print priority given thereto by the determining unit. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080297844 | Image Processing Apparatus - An image processing apparatus that determines, when performing color calibration, whether or not a calibration chart is usable. A scanning unit acquires image data by optically scanning an original document. A usability determining unit determines, in accordance with conditions for colors indicated by standard image data acquired by scanning the original document, whether or not the original document is usable as the calibration chart. A calibration unit performs, only when the determination is made that the original document is usable as the calibration chart, color calibration by using an image value at a predetermined position indicated by the standard image data. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080297845 | Image Formation Device - There is provided an image formation device, comprising: at least two connection units including a first connection unit and a second connection unit configured such that first and second external storage devices are detachably connectable to the first and second connection units, respectively; a judgment unit configured to make a judgment as to whether user information concerning a user of a file stored in the first external storage device connected to the first connection unit matches user information concerning a user of a file stored in the second external storage device connected to the second connection unit; and a permission unit configured to permit a direct print operation for a file for which the judgment unit judges that the user information of the file stored in the first external storage device matches the user information of the file stored in the second external storage device. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080297846 | IP COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, IP COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD THEREOF - An IFAX has a call controller that transmits and receives a SIP message to and from a destination apparatus via a SIP server, a file transmitter/receiver that transmits and receives image data to and from a Web server, and a communication manager that exchanges information for managing the image data transfer to and from the destination apparatus, by adding predetermined information to the SIP message. Thereby, the IFAX transfers the image data via the Web server while performing SIP-based communication with the destination apparatus. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080297847 | Work instruction sheet preparing device, method and program - A property of connection relationship information for identifying an internal/external connection of each point is registered in a part DB | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080304096 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE FILTER CHAIN DOCUMENT PROCESSING - The subject application is directed to a system and method for adaptive filter chain document processing. Electronic documents are first received, with each document including processing control data representing a series of document processing operations associated with the corresponding document. The control data associated with each electronic document is then tested. An optimized series of document processing operations is then isolated based upon an output of the testing of the control data. Electronic documents are then routed to an associated document processor for completion of an optimized series of document processing operations. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080304097 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STAGED PROCESSING OF ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT PROCESSING JOBS - The subject application is directed to a system and method for staged processing of electronic document processing jobs. A plurality of electronic documents, inclusive of setting data representing document processing device operations, are first directed to at least one associated document processing device are received. Processing stages for each received electronic document are then identified based upon the corresponding setting data. Each received electronic document is thereafter communicated to the corresponding identified processing stages. A preselected document processing operation is then sequentially completed via each of the processing stages corresponding to each received electronic document. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080304098 | PRINTING APPARATUS, DETECTION SYSTEM, AND METHOD COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR CREATING DOCUMENT - A detection system includes: an acquiring unit that acquires document data representative of a document which includes a plurality of pages; a selector that selects, for each page of the document, a first printing sheet which contains a detected element or a second printing sheet which does not contain the detected element such that the first printing sheet is selected for at least one page; a supplier that supplies the first or the second printing sheet selected by the selector; a printer that sequentially prints the document acquired by the acquiring unit on the printing sheets supplied by the supplier; a detector that detects a detected element contained in a printing sheet on which the document is printed by the printer; and a reporter that reports detection of the detected element in a printing sheet by the detector. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080304099 | Printing System and Printing Device - A printing device is configured to execute a plurality of time-designated print jobs. A request source of each of the plurality of time-designated print jobs is identified. If there exist at least one close job of which a designated execution time is within a predetermined period with respect to a designated execution time of a first reference job and of which the print request source is the same as that of the first reference job, the designated execution times of the first reference job and each of the at least one close job are changed to be close to a designated execution time of a second reference job. Then, a print process regarding the plurality of print jobs is executed when the current time coincides with each of the changed execution times of the plurality of time-designated print jobs. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080304100 | Image Forming Apparatus and Job Information Management Method - Disclosed is an image forming apparatus, including: a first storage section to store a plurality of pieces of job information each having a plurality of data items corresponding to a plurality of items; a second storage section to store read-out definition information in which one or more of the items to be read out from each of the pieces of job information are set; an input section to input an instruction to read out one or more of the pieces of job information; and a control section to extract one or more of the data items corresponding to one or more of the items set in the read-out definition information from each of the one or more of the pieces of job information when the instruction is inputted by the input section, and to output the extracted one or more of the data items. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080304101 | SERVER AND PRINTER INTRODUCING METHOD UNDER THIN CLIENT ENVIRONMENT - There is described a server and printer introducing method under the thin client environment, in which the user can easily select such a printer that is located at a position in the vicinity of the client terminal device currently used by the user, from a large number of printers coupled to the network. The server includes: a printer information storage section to store printer-IP addresses, each of which corresponds to each of the plurality of printers, therein; and a control section that compares a client-IP address of the client terminal device with each of the printer-IP addresses so as to yield a comparison result, when the server receives a printer introduction request sent from the client terminal device, and then, selects a specific printer from the plurality of printers, based on the comparison result, so as to send printer information of the specific printer back to the client terminal device. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080304102 | JOB MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, JOB MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A job management apparatus includes a detecting unit configured to detect a plurality of exception setting items other than print settings applied to an entire print job from the print job; an instructing unit configured to instruct display of exception setting information for the exception setting items detected by the detecting unit; a selecting unit configured to allow selection of one of the exception setting items when the instructing unit instructs an exception setting item-based display; and a display unit configured to display such portion of the exception setting information relating to the exception setting item selected by using the selecting unit. A related method and computer implemented job management apparatus are also disclosed. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080304103 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FORMING IMAGES IN RESPONSE TO IMAGE FORMATION REQUEST FROM OPERATION UNIT OR EXTERNAL DEVICE - A multifunctional printer | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080304104 | Image processing apparatus and method for processing an image - An image processing apparatus performs authentication of users. A first and second user inputs first and second user information, respectively, through an input section. A controller controls the authentication section to perform first authentication of the first user information, and controls the job execution section to execute the first job if the first authentication is successful. The controller controls the job execution section to halt execution of the first job upon an interrupt by the second user, and to execute the second job when the first job remains interrupted. A memory stores interrupt information indicative of a status of execution of the first job when the interrupt occurs. The controller controls the authentication section to perform second authentication of the first user information after the second job has been completed, and then controls the job execution section to resume execution of the first job if the second authentication is successful. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080304105 | Data management for media production - Systems and methods for authoring, ordering and producing various products are described. A method of ordering a product comprises: receiving a request for a product type, identifying product specification data associated with the product type, presenting one or more options for products characterized by the product specification data, receiving a request for one or more of the presented options, and transmitting product order data associated with the request to a server. A method of producing an ordered product comprises: receiving product order data associated with the authored product, identifying print output data associated with the authored product, generating one or more tables of contents, each table of contents defining one or more components of the authored product, and printing the product components defined by the tables of contents. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080309961 | Portable Communication Apparatus, Print System, and Control Method Thereof - In a print system for causing a printer to print an image on the basis of image data supplied from a portable communication apparatus by direct communication between the portable communication apparatus and the printer, the print function of the printer is obtained. When print conditions input by using the UI of the portable communication apparatus cannot be implemented by the print function of the printer, the portable communication apparatus requests a server to execute corresponding processing. A result processed by the server is received, and the printer is caused to print the image. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080309962 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTENT-BASED ALTERNATE IMAGING - Printing systems and methods are presented for front end processing of an incoming print job in a printing system, in which a single raster image processor instance creates ripped objects from incoming page description language files and one of two or more imagers is selectively activated according to incoming print job logical page content to create raster page images for ripped objects associated with a given logical page of the incoming print job. The imager selection can be made according to cost considerations and color printing capabilities to economize the usage of a higher cost print engine associated with a first imager while ensuring that the imager is associated with a print engine having the capabilities required for the content of the given logical page. In this manner, individual logical pages can be imaged in a single digital front end by a monochrome imager if possible, and other logical pages are imaged by a color imager where needed or where the color requirements cannot be discerned by evaluating the incoming job content. The selection of the imager can also be based on other factors, such as job programming associated with the incoming print job, site policies, image assembly considerations, and sheet ordering considerations. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080309963 | PRINT IMAGE MATCHING PARAMETER EXTRACTION AND RENDERING ON DISPLAY DEVICES - Techniques are described for automatic print image matching (PIM) parameter extraction. An original image is captured and PIM parameter data is extracted automatically based on specifics of the original image. At least one automated PIM parameter is calculated automatically from the PIM parameter data. At least one automated PIM parameter is inserted in PIM header information for communication to a rendering device to modify the original image when rendered. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080309964 | INTERACTIVE DEVICE CAPACITY MIMIC AND SYSTEM OVERRIDE - Displays are provided for a graphical user interface including a device capacity mimic in a job manager in a system, such as a xerographic machine. The displays include a visual representation of the available capacity of each of a number of devices for the system, such as each output destination for a printer with multiple output destinations. The device capacity mimic shows the effect of jobs in progress on the available capacity, each job consuming a portion of the available capacity. Using this mimic, the user may, for example, revise the destination of jobs that have been planned but not yet started (e.g., by dragging the job). A mimic view of this information with a graphical user interface for managing the device assignments is provided. Thus, a user may not only view information about the device assignments for jobs, but also control or manage the device assignments for jobs. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080309965 | Apparatus and method for discovering printers within an enterprise - The invention relate to an apparatus and a method for determining printer usage of all printers in an enterprise to generate accurate sales proposals. The method includes assigning an account for the enterprise and executing a network scan on a computer network to obtain information for all printers attached to the computer network. The method also includes executing a local scan on each computer that is attached to a non-network printer to obtain information for all non-network printers in the enterprise and executing a port scan to obtain information for all non-catalogued printers. The method further includes storing all of the information obtained from executing the network scan, the local scan and the port scan and performing each of the steps above at least during two predetermined times. The method also includes using the information to generate sales proposals for all printer usage within the enterprise. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080309966 | Apparatus and method for metering and monitoring print usage at non-network printers - The invention relates to a printer component for monitoring usage on non-network printers. The printer component includes a desktop component installed on a network computer to which a non-network printer is attached. The desktop component is for obtaining printer status information from each non-network printer attached to the network computer. The printer component also includes a server component installed on an external server. During installation of the desktop component, a job listener is attached to the network computer to obtain printer status information for each non-network printer. When the desktop component obtains printer status information, a socket server is started to listen to a port and return non-network printer objects. The server component mergers information obtained from the desktop component with previously stored printer information to provide printer status information for all network and non-network printers within an enterprise. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080309967 | Method and system for remote access and customization of internally generated printing node status report - Methods and systems for facilitating remote access and customization of internally generated printing node status reports. In some embodiments, the methods and systems advantageously facilitate remote access and customization of internally generated printing node status reports by adapting preexisting features that generate local hard copies of printing node status reports in response to locally initiated commands. Such adaptation enables a printing node to receive, process and respond to remotely initiated requests for printing node status reports in a manner that permits remote customization of the style of printing node status reports. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080309968 | Adaptive prediction of calibration parameters for color imaging devices - A method of and system for calibrating an imaging device is described herein. An iterative method that attempts to find the best calibration parameters conditional upon an error metric is used. Regression is used to estimate values in a color space where the calibration is performed based upon a training data set. More calculation steps are required than would be for a regression in raw RGB space, but the convergence is faster in the color space where the calibration is performed, and the advantages using boundary conditions in the color space is able to provide improved calibration. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080309969 | Composition engine RFID data store and schema element system - A composition engine for a print shop includes a database having a unique identifier for each electronic data storage device associated with the print shop and print shop data. The composition engine also includes a schema element that associates a set of the data stored in the database with each print job and assigns the set of data to at least one electronic data storage device. The composition engine generates the print job and transmits the print job and the set of data to a printing device of the print shop as page description language. The set of data is stored on the electronic data storage device with a programming device associated with the printing device, the set of data including a unique identifier associated with the electronic data storage device on which the set of data is stored. The print job is printed and the electronic data storage device is attache to or printed on a page of the print job. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080309970 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus capable of outputting image data by a plurality of output methods includes storing image data, managing output restriction information corresponding to a predetermined region of the stored image data, executing output restriction processing of the image data corresponding to the predetermined region based on the output restriction information of one of the plurality of output methods, selecting one of the plurality of output methods when the image data is output, and outputting the image data on which the output restriction processing is executed by the selected output method. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080309971 | INFORMATION-PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - According to the claimed invention, an information-processing apparatus capable of communicating with a printing apparatus, comprises: a setting unit (S | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080309972 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ON WHICH THE PROGRAM IS RECORDED - In case of transmitting a document file such as a PDF file to a printer without converting it into print data, a PC extracts from the document file to be printed information to be accessed when starting an analysis of the document file and transmits the information to the printer. The PC extracts a specified data from the document file and transmits it to the printer each time when the specified data is requested by the printer. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080309973 | IMAGE OUTPUT SYSTEM - An output management apparatus which distributes a job composed of a plurality of pages to respective printers and a plurality of image processing apparatuses which print images for each page according to instructions from the output management apparatus are connected via a network. The output management apparatus creates an output map used by the user to collect printed matter from each printer. The output map includes page information on the page outputted to each printer for each printer. The page information is arranged in the output map in output order or printers are arranged in order of collection. Therefore, after a job is distributed and outputted to a plurality of printers in page units, the user can efficiently collect printed matter. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080309974 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - There is provided a printing apparatus that can prevent a user from forgetting to set print settings and that can markedly reduce the number of unnecessary prints caused by unsuitable print settings, for example, in a case in which print data such as image data is sent from an image-supplying apparatus to the printing apparatus and in which the printing apparatus prints the print data. The printing apparatus, which receives print data from an image-supplying apparatus and prints the print data, need not start printing image data immediately after the image data is received. An input of print settings is accepted in the printing apparatus, and the image data is printed using the printing settings that have been input. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080309975 | CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING OPERATION - When printing job notice information is received from an information processing apparatus and a printing job execution instruction is received from a user, an image forming apparatus generates printing job generation information based on whether the printing job execution instruction matches the printing job notice information. Based on the printing job generation information, the information processing apparatus determines whether to generate the printing job. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080309976 | Communication device - A communication device includes an input unit for inputting first image data and additional information; a multi-dimensional code creation unit for creating a multi-dimensional code according to the additional information; a combination unit for combining the multi-dimensional code with the first image data to create second image data; and a transmission unit for sending the second image data. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080309977 | Method for transforming and transporting printer data over the internet in a secure and reliable manner - A method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium are provided. The method, for example, can—in certain embodiments—include transforming printer data into an extensible markup language (XML). The method can also include encapsulating the transformed printer data. The method can further include transmitting the encapsulated printer data. The transforming the printer data and the encapsulating the printer data can be designed so as to maintain security, reliability, and privacy of the printer data. The method can also, in some embodiments, include capturing complete printer data by reading the encapsulated printer data. The method can further include scanning a network to obtain the printer data, before transforming the printer data into the XML. The scanning can include at least one of the following scans: a simple network management protocol scan, a non shared desktop printers scan, or a jet direct scan. The method can be implemented by a printer service provider configured to monitor printer usage within an enterprise. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080316524 | Method and System for Automatically Selecting a Device for Document Processing Order Treatment - For automatic selection of an apparatus for processing of a document processing job, features of the document processing job are compared with features necessary for execution of the document processing job of each apparatus available. In the even that it results from the comparison that a plurality of apparatuses possess the necessary features, a most suitable apparatus among the plurality of suitable apparatuses is selected via a further comparison of the features of the document processing job with features of the apparatus that are necessary for execution of the document processing job. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20080316525 | Method for limiting bit rate in IP facsimile and method for limiting bit rate in IP facsimile in gateway - A method for limiting bit rate in IP facsimile, in this method the highest bit rate that the called gateway allows is determined, after the call connection is set up, the called fax machine transmits the digital identification containing the highest facsimile bit rate that the called fax machine provides, the called gateway compares the highest facsimile bit rate that the called fax machine provides with the determined highest bit rate that the called gateway allows, then selects the lower and inserts in the frame and transmits to the calling fax machine, the calling fax machine compares the bit rate with the highest bit rate that the calling fax machine itself provides, the lowest will be the highest bit rate at which message is transmitted, then the message is transmitted, confirmed, then the call connection is released. In this method, when the network becomes bad, the highest facsimile bit rate is limited through gateway to improve quality of pictures. A method for achieving limiting bit rate in IP facsimile by a gateway is also proposed in the present invention. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20080316526 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND SETUP METHOD IN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In order to provide an image forming apparatus through which the user can perform a print out under which a desirably printed out image is laid out on a desired record sheet, the image forming apparatus according to the present invention includes an operation panel unit which displays an input data preview window that displays input data which is input from an external device or input data which is read out by a manuscript readout mechanism, an output sheet size selection window that selects an output sheet size, an output application setup selection window that selects an output application setup, an output figuration preview window that displays an output figuration which is determined based on an output sheet size which is selected by the output sheet size selection window and an output application setup which is selected by the output application setup selection window, an input data adjustment window that adjusts input data, and an output result preview window that displays input data which is adjusted by the input data adjustment window and the output figuration. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20080316527 | PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS TO CONTROL PRINTING OPERATION, PRINTING CONTROL SYSTEM, AND METHODS THEREOF - A printing control apparatus to control a printing operation includes a web server connection unit to connect with a web server of a pre-set address and receive environmental information of an area where the printing apparatus is located, and a controller to transmit a printing control signal corresponding to the received environmental information and printing data to a printing apparatus. Accordingly, a transfer voltage is adjusted according to the environmental information of the area where the printing apparatus is located, so that the effect of the environment on the printing quality can be minimized and thus the printing quality can be improved. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20080316528 | NETWORK SCAN APPARATUS TO CONFIRM SCANNING OPERATION AND METHOD OF USING THEREOF - A network scan apparatus includes: a scanner including a scanning unit to scan a document and generate an image file based on the scanned document, a transmitting unit to transmit the image file, and an output selection unit to select whether to output scan file information; an output device, connected to the scanner, via a network, to output the scan file information according to whether the scan file information is selected to be output after a scanning operation; and a host computer connected to the scanner and the output device via the network, to collect the scan file information transmitted from the scanner, and transmit the scan file information to the output device. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20080316529 | Service Supplied by Multifunction Peripheral (MFP) - To provide an optimal service matched with requests from users of a MFP connected with a network. A method for providing a service by a multifunction peripheral (MFP) | 12-25-2008 |
| 20080316530 | PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINTING CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing control apparatus includes a spooler which spools a received print job in a print queue and outputs the print job, a print job management unit which holds a print job output from the spooler, and manages transmission of a print job to a printing apparatus and whether a print job is complete in the printing apparatus, and a display control unit which displays the processing status of a print job that is spooled in the print queue and managed by the print job management unit. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20080316531 | Image input and output system, method and recording medium - An image input and output system is provided in which a common operation screen for a plurality of image output devices having different attributes is displayed. Based on attribute information of each of printers, the server generates a signal for generating an operation screen, and transmits the signal to the scanner. At the scanner, image data is inputted, and a common operation screen, which is generated based on the signal for generating the operation screen, is displayed on a display panel. When information designating the printer and information relating to an output format of an image is inputted from the display panel, the inputted information and the image data are transmitted to the server. The server transmits, to a designated printer, the image data and the information relating to the output format of the image, which are transmitted from the scanner, and images are outputted. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20080316532 | Image forming apparatus - A job managing section acquires an operational status of a standby print job when a determination that a job having been accepted by a job accepting section is a reserved low-key print setting job is made, as a result of a determination by a reserved setting determining section, and also allocates a printout for the reserved low-key print setting job to an available time slot based on the acquired operational status. As a result, the printout for the reserved low-key print setting job can be executed in an available time slot which is different from a time slot for the standby print job. Accordingly, mixing of printed sheets related to a plurality of print jobs can be prevented as much as possible, and a contribution to an improvement in convenience at the user-side can be made. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090002744 | Image Processing Apparatus, Image Processing System, and Control Method Therefor - This invention uses a storage device more effectively than ever before to store image data in a predetermined storage device for future security chasing. A determination unit ( | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090002745 | BI-DIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PRINTER AND CLIENT - A method of enabling bi-directional communication in a point and print (PnP) architecture between a printer and a client includes initiating a PnP installation to receive a printer component at the client from a printer server. The printer component is received at the client from the printer server and a spooler process is enabled on the client to load the printer components on the client. A new thread, which executes in the context of the spooler process such that the new thread inherits the system access token from the spooler process, is used to copy the printer component to the system folder on the client. From the new thread, the printer component is registered and executed from the system folder in an elevated system context. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090002746 | Apparatus For Communicating With A RFID Tag, Tape Cartridge And Tag Tape - There are included an antenna transmitting and receiving information through a radio communication with a RFID circuit element, a signal processing circuit and a transmission portion of a radio frequency circuit configured to execute write or read of information with respect to an IC circuit part of the RFID circuit element, a tape-feeding-roller drive shaft for feeding out a base tape from a first roll, a cutter configured to cut the base tape fed out by this tape-feeding-roller drive shaft to a predetermined length to produce a RFID label, a print head making a print in a predetermined print region of the base tape, and a control circuit configured to control this print head so as to be capable of being switched between the print in a forward direction and the print in a rotation direction inverting this forward direction with respect to a predetermined print region. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090002747 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PRINTING CONTROL PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus, which includes: a printing data reception section that receives printing data through a communication section; a printing data storage section that stores the printing data and authentication information added to the printing data in association with each other; a printing section that prints the printing data on a printing medium; an information reception section that receives information; a matching section that matches the information with the authentication information; a retrieval section that retrieves the printing data processable based on matched first information; a presentation section that provides a list of the retrieved printing data; and a permission section that, when, while the list of printing data is being provided, the reception section receives an instruction to print the printing data and second information, and the instructed printing data is included in the printing data processable based on the second information, permits printing the printing data. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090002748 | USAGE STATUS MANAGEMENT DEVICE, RECORDING MEDIUM STORING USAGE STATUS PROCESSING PROGRAM, USAGE STATUS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND USAGE STATUS MANAGEMENT METHOD - A usage status management device, which includes a collection section that collects usage history information of an image forming device, the usage history information including information on a usage of a display operation section of the image forming device, an analysis section that analyzes a usage status of the image forming device based on the usage history information collected by the collection section, and an output control section that controls to output the usage status of the image forming device analyzed by the analysis section. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090002749 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - The apparatus transmits first image data indicating form contents and setting information associated with the print sheet on which the form contents are printed in advance to a server managing data associated with the overlay-print process, for registration by the server. When an execution instruction of the overlay-print process is received, and the apparatus generates second image data of the image to be overlaid and printed on the print sheet used in the overlay-print process, generates associated information indicating association between a print attribute designated for the overlay-print process that uses the second image data, and transmits the second image data and the associated information to the server. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090002750 | COMMAND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, PRINT SYSTEM AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for managing print processing, the process includes: acquiring plural pieces of command information; acquiring, when receiving a request for list information from a printer of the printers, retrieval information including request location information which indicates location of the requesting printer; generating the list information including a first group; providing, to the printer requesting the list information, screen information including the list information generated in the generating process. The first group includes at least one of the pieces of command information, each piece of command information contained in the first group satisfies a condition that the location indicated by the request location information, belongs to the same area as the location indicated by the print location information. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090002751 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRINTING DATA WITH PREDETERMINED FORMAT USING BLUETOOTH COMMUNICATION, AND METHOD OF STORING TEMPLATE DATA - A method and apparatus for printing data with a predetermined format transmitted from a terminal device using Bluetooth communication. The method includes receiving the data having the predetermined format from the terminal device using Bluetooth communication; combining the received data having the predetermined format with template data corresponding to the terminal device stored in a printing apparatus; and printing the combined data. Accordingly, it is possible to obtain the same printing result even when different printing apparatuses print the data by transmitting the data with the predetermined format from the terminal device to the different printing apparatuses using Bluetooth communication, and to obtain the same printing result when printing the data with the predetermined format by transmitting the data with the predetermined format from the terminal device or transmitting data obtained by combining the data with the predetermined format with the template data from the terminal device. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090002752 | PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS AND PRINTING CONTROL METHOD - A printing control apparatus to store print data in a storage area from a print application and to send the print data to a print apparatus. The printing control apparatus includes a control unit to send, when a billing code is set in a first received print data, the print data to the print apparatus and to control, when no billing code is set in the first received print data, an order of the print data so that subsequent data is sent before (or instead of) the first received print data, a display control unit to display a list of the print data received from the print application, and a setting unit to select one or more print data from the list of the print data displayed by the display control unit to set a billing code according to input by a user. Related methods are also disclosed. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090002753 | ANALYSIS METHOD, ANALYSIS SYSTEM, ANALYSIS APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An analysis system for analyzing the usage pattern of a machine operating in accordance with control information transmitted from an information processing apparatus by using an analysis apparatus. The system includes the information processing apparatus and the analysis apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes a first transmitting part transmitting control information for controlling the machine to the analysis apparatus. The analysis apparatus includes a receiving part receiving the control information transmitted from the information processing apparatus, an output part outputting the received control information to the machine, a calculating part calculating a load value of the processing on the machine based on the received control information, a storage part storing a total value of the calculated load values of the machine, into a storage section, and a second transmitting part transmitting warning information to the information processing apparatus if the stored total value reaches the reference value. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090002754 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS MANAGEMENT SERVER, SERVICE CONTINUITY SCORE (SCS) CALCULATING METHOD OF MANAGEMENT SERVER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An image forming apparatus management server, a Service Continuity Score (SCS) calculating method of the management server, and an image forming apparatus management system. A setup manager sets a priority with respect to items required to calculate an SCS indicative of a normal operation time of an image forming apparatus, an incident manager registers and manages an incident related to the image forming apparatus, and an SCS manager calculates the SCS using the registered incident and the priority set for the items. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090002755 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - From contents of each record of variable data, a post-printing process to the record is predetermined. A time to start the post-printing process is read out of a distribution route running information table. Based on the time, a post-printing process start time (departure time of a truck) is decided every record. A print start time is decided every record in consideration of the decided post-printing process start time (departure time of the truck) and the printing of the record is started at this time. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090002756 | Print Control Device, Printing System and Computer-Readable Recording Medium Storing Printing Program - A print controlling device is provided with a print process executing unit capable of concurrently executing a plurality of printing processes for a plurality of printing devices, respectively. Each of the plurality of printing processes is a process for generating print data to be transmitted to a printing device. The print controlling device includes a first judging unit configured to judge whether a number of concurrently executed ones of the plurality of printing processes exceeds a first restriction value, and part of the concurrently executed ones of the plurality of the printing processes is temporarily stopped when the number of concurrently executed ones of the plurality of printing processes exceeds the first restriction value. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090002757 | Converter and control method of converter - A converter that converts a data received from a wireless communication interface to a data that is based on a wire-communication standard, the converter including a wire-communication interface that communicates with a printer based on a wire-communication standard, a wireless communication interface that communicates with a terminal unit based on the wireless communication standard, a receiving unit that receives a data from the terminal unit via the wireless-communication interface, a communication establishment unit that establishes a communication with the printer via the wire-communication interface, and a wire-communication unit that transmits the data received by the receiving unit via the established communication to the printer, wherein the communication establishment unit establishes a communication with the printer when the receiving unit receives the data. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090002758 | Printer - A printer may be provided with a receiving device, a housing portion, a print device, a detecting device, a determination device, and a controller. The receiving device receives a print job including print data and type information specifying the type of print medium. The housing portion houses a print medium that has not been printed. The print device executes a print process that prints an image corresponding to the print data included in the print job on the type of print medium specified by the type information included in the print job. The detecting device detects whether the housing portion is housing the type of print medium specified by the type information included in the print job. The determination device determines whether the print process based on the print job has been started. The controller controls the print device based on information detected by the detecting device and information determined by the determination device. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090002759 | Information Processing System, Information Processing Unit, Control Method, Program and a Recording Medium - An information processing system includes a plurality of information processing units wirelessly communicating with each other, each of which includes a distribution data receiving section for receiving distribution data to be distributed to each of the information processing units from an information processing unit that has received the distribution data among the plurality of information processing units, a destination selection section for selecting an information processing unit that has not received the distribution data as a destination information processing unit for the distribution data from among the plurality of information processing units, and a distribution data sending section for sending the distribution data to the information processing unit selected by the destination selection section using a frequency band that is not used by another information processing unit while the other information processing unit is sending the distribution data to still another information processing unit. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090002760 | Method for Mobile and Pervasive Output - Pervasive output capability is provided so that an information apparatus can pervasively output digital content to an output device regardless of the processing power, display screen size and memory space of the information apparatus. This allows small mobile devices with limited display, processing power, and memory to be able to output a digital document (e.g., PDF, HTML, PowerPoint etc) in its full original richness, without resorting to downsizing, truncating, reducing, clipping or otherwise altering the original document. A data output service method for rendering at an output device output content managed from an information apparatus may include obtaining by wireless communication from the information apparatus at least part of a document object relating to the output content, obtaining at least part of an output device object with one or more attributes relating to the output device, and providing the document object and the output device object to a server application operated on a server that is distinct from the information apparatus and the output device, and generating with the server application output data relating to the output device. The output data may then be provided to the output device for rendering the output content as the data output service. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090009792 | PRINTER FORMATTER IN A REMOVABLE CARD - A method and system for integrating a printer controller with a PC card. This system includes an office machine and a removable PC card that can be operationally coupled with the office machine. The office machine has a rendering engine for rendering images and a PC card slot for operationally coupling to a removable PC card and for receiving print engine ready data (PERD). The PC card slot is coupled to the print engine for providing the PERD thereto. The PC card has a printer formatter for receiving printer formatter ready data and for converting it into PERD and providing printer formatter functions. When the PC card is operationally coupled to the PC card slot, the print engine ready data can be selectively transferred from the PC card to the office machine. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090009793 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a display that displays a normal operational screen and information other than the normal operational screen; an alert information creating unit that creates alert information for making a user aware of a trouble occurring; and a display controller that, upon a trouble occurring when information other than the normal operational screen is displayed on the display, operates to display the alert information created by the alert information creating unit on the display, keeping at least some of the information other than the normal operational screen displayed. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090009794 | Image processing apparatus capable of tracing printed image, image processing method executed in the image processing apparatus, and image processing program embodied on computer readable medium - In order to store a detailed history of outputting an image, MFP includes an image obtaining portion to obtain an image, an additional information obtaining portion to obtain additional information related to the obtained image, an embedding portion to generate an output image formed by adding the additional information to the obtained image, an output portion to output the obtained image, if additional information is not obtained, and to output the generated output image, if additional information is obtained, and a transmission portion to transmit a history of the obtained image being output to a server. The transmission portion transmits the additional information as a history together with the obtained image, if additional information is obtained, and transmits the obtained image as a history, if additional information is not obtained. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090009795 | HOST DEVICE AND METHOD TO SET DISTRIBUTED PRINTING - A host device and method for a distributed printing setup includes a plurality of image forming apparatuses registered to a database and a user interface (UI) generator to generate a UI screen to generate a workflow relating to the image forming apparatuses. When the distributed printing setup of a file to be printed is requested on the generated UI screen, a workflow generator generates a workflow by combining the image forming apparatuses to distribute the printing job to the registered image forming apparatuses. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090009796 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE HAVING MULTI-PORTS, A HOST DEVICE FOR PROVIDING A COMMUNICATION PORT, AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A COMMUNICATION PORT - A host device to provide a communication port. The host device includes a port information identifying unit which sends a request to an image forming device for port information regarding a plurality of communication ports, and a control unit which uses the identified port information to set one of the communication ports having the highest transmission rate as a connection communication port using the port information regarding each of the communication ports. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090009797 | Print controlling apparatus - The invention relates to a print controlling apparatus for controlling the operation of a printer. The print controlling apparatus according to an aspect of the invention includes: a setting information storing section that memorizes language type information and country area information that are set for the print controlling apparatus; a status acquiring section that acquires status information of the printer; an image acquiring section that transmits the language type information and the country area information to a server when it is necessary to display a status notification screen for notifying a user of the status of the printer on the basis of the acquired status information of the printer, and then acquires image data corresponding to the language type information and the country area information from the server; and a display controlling section that commands an image based on the image data to be displayed in the status notification screen. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090009798 | OPTICAL WRITING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND LIGHT QUANTITY CORRECTING METHOD - Disclosed is an optical writing device comprising: a plurality of light emitting diode elements which are arranged in a main scanning direction; and a plurality of radio frequency identification tags which are provided correspondingly to one or more light emitting diode elements among the plurality of light emitting diode elements, each of the plurality of radio frequency identification tags having a light quantity correcting data storage section to store light quantity correcting data for adjusting a light quantity of the one or more light emitting diode elements, and a communication section to perform a wireless communication. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090009799 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, DEVICE MANAGING METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - An image forming system capable of providing a connection configuration as that the network function provided by the image forming apparatus can be sufficiently utilized, even when the print controlling apparatus and the image forming apparatus are connected to each other. The image forming system comprises an image forming apparatus and a controlling apparatus which are connected to each other through a network and have different addresses set thereto, respectively. Information, indicating that the image forming apparatus and the controlling apparatus are connected to each other also by a communication medium that is different from the network, is registered in at least one of the image forming apparatus and the controlling apparatus. A searching request for searching an apparatus connected to the network is received. The information registered by the registering unit is responded in a case that the searching request is received by receiving unit. It is displayed that the image forming apparatus and the controlling apparatus are connected to each other by the communication medium, based on the information responded by the responding unit. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090009800 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit to form an image based on input printing data, a storage unit to store history information of the printing data therein, and a controller to determine whether the inputted printing data is already printed already by using the history information, and to control the image forming unit not to form the image with the printing data already used to form the image among the input printing data if it is determined that the printing data is already printed. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090009801 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - When a process which does not carry out printing of image data by a print function is designated, based on the setting for the process, a determination is made as to whether a print function restriction setting is to be applied or not. As a result of the determination, when it is determined that the print function restriction setting is to be applied, a predetermined image is merged with the image data. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090009802 | PRINT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS - A print management system may include at least one client device for generating print jobs, and a plurality of print servers for storing print job information based upon the generated print jobs. The print servers may cooperate to share the print job information therebetween. At least one printing station may retrieve the shared print job information, and selectively print print jobs based thereon. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090009803 | Image Forming Apparatus and Computer Readable Recording Medium - An image forming apparatus comprises a display unit; and a display controlling unit that causes the display unit to display a first ready screen and a second ready screen. The first ready screen is displayed when a job can be accepted, and the first ready screen indicates that a job can be accepted and has a first button for detecting operator's input of a request for displaying a screen having first information. The second ready screen is displayed when a job can be accepted after input of the request is detected, and the second ready screen has the first information and has a second button for detecting input of a request for displaying second information other than the first information. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090009804 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING USER INFORMATION AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A method of controlling user information for an information processing apparatus includes the steps of a process of an application program requesting user information controlling unit to obtain an item of said user information, and said user information controlling unit providing the obtained item of said user information to said process. The user information controlling unit obtains the user information requested by the process of the application program and provides the user information to the process. Accordingly, the user information can be shared by the application programs and centrally controlled. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090009805 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A PRINTING SYSTEM - Disclosed is a printing system having a data processing apparatus on which printer driver software capable of setting various kinds of print conditions is installed, and a printer for performing a printing operation based on print job data transmitted from the data processing apparatus. The printer driver software provides a user with a setting screen on which various user-selectable setting options for printing are displayed and can visually alter at least one of the setting options from the setting screen based on information about the state of the printer acquired from the printer. The information on the state of the printer includes information on the remaining amount of a consumable item loaded in the printer or an optional device connected to the printer, information on the size of a recording medium loaded in the printer, or information as to whether the optional device is connected to the printer. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090009806 | Image processing apparatus - An image processing apparatus is provided to perform setting of setup item(s) assigned to shortcut key(s) as easily as possible. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090009807 | Information processing apparatus, rule file outputting apparatus, program, and method of determining exclusive relationship between parameters - The propriety of combining received parameters is determined based on a property as a characteristic resulting from the content of processing executed in accordance with each of the parameters. Thus, if the relationship between the parameters incapable of being simultaneously used is defined in terms of the “property,” it is not necessary to define an exclusive relationship between the parameters. As a result, it is possible to easily manage the relationship between parameters added and deleted by a customization operation and existing parameters. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090009808 | Setting information transmission/reception system - When a setting relating to the print quality of a printer | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090015859 | JOB DISTRIBUTION AMONG NETWORKED RESOURCES IN A DOCUMENT PROCESSING ENVIRONMENT - A method of assigning a job in a document processing environment may include receiving, by a first resource, an identifier and a job. The first resource may be in communication with a plurality of second resources in a document processing environment. The identifier may correspond to a profile corresponding to one or more users. The Job may have a job type. A customized interface may be displayed on the resource. The customized interface may present one or more options based on the job type and the profile. A selected value may be received for the one or more options. The profile may be updated with the one or more selected values. The job may be performed using the one or more selected values. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090015860 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVED JOB WORKFLOW PROCESSING - Methods and systems for improved workflow management for a related group of jobs. A group of related jobs are received from a job source and are processed independently and in accordance with an associated job type for each job. The jobs may be processed and reprocessed independent of all other jobs in the group and may be processed substantially concurrently or in parallel. A group workflow manager assures synchronization of the jobs to generate the expected order in the output. The synchronization is defined by synchronization actions processed as part of the workflow processing. The synchronization actions may be defined in the job type of each job, or in a group job type, or defined by user interaction. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090015861 | Document management system, document management program, document management system configuration method, and server computer - There is provided a system or the like capable of managing a document not printed on a paper medium so that an administrator of the document may be identified. According to the document management system of the present invention, a first processing unit | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090015862 | SCANNING METHOD AND SCANNING SYSTEM USING TWAIN DRIVER - A scanning method used to scan documents in a scanning system, the system including a scanner and a user host computer having a technology without an interesting name (TWAIN) driver, the scanner and the user host computer connected by a local interface and a network, includes selecting one of the local interface or the network to connect the scanner and the user host computer; if the network is selected, connecting the TWAIN driver to the scanner via the selected network to control scanning processes of the scanner; and performing scanning according to the selected local interface or the network. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090015863 | Image Processing Device, Image Forming Device, Image Processing Method, Image Forming Method, Program, and Computer Readable Recording Medium on Which the Program is Recorded - In case of transmitting a document file such as a PDF file to a printer without converting it into print data, a PC extracts from the document file to be printed information to be accessed when starting an analysis of the document file and transmits the information to the printer. The PC extracts a specified data from the document file and transmits it to the printer each time when the specified data is requested by the printer. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090015864 | IMAGE-PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE-PROCESSING METHOD - An object-data item optimized for print settings is acquired from an image-processing apparatus and/or another image-processing apparatus, and intermediate data including a combination of plural object-data items including the acquired optimized object-data item is generated. The generated intermediate data is converted into bitmap data generated in pages so that intermediate data optimized for the print settings can be used in arbitrary objects. Therefore, printing and outputting can be performed by using the intermediate data with increased speed. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090015865 | Image forming apparatus and computer readable recording medium - An image forming apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes (a) a print engine that performs secondary paper feed after primary paper feed, and generates an image based on image data and then transfers and fixes the image on a paper after the secondary paper feed, (b) a print job receiving unit that receives a print job and causes the print engine to start the primary paper feed and (c) an image forming unit that forms the image data based on the print job and outputs the image data to the print engine, and causes the print engine to start generating the image prior to the secondary paper feed after the primary paper feed. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090015866 | Printing apparatus having authenticated printing functionality - A printing apparatus | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090021767 | DOCUMENT PROCESSING DEVICE - The present invention provides a technique for enabling editing and storing of web pages. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090021768 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PEER TO PEER PRINTING OVER A NETWORK - A system and method that provides means for performing peer to peer printing over a network. The system and method allow a user at a client device to print to a virtual printer which sends the printed document to a print device for storage allowing the user to walk up to any print device connected to the network, retrieve the document, and collect a hard copy print of the document. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090021769 | PRINTER DRIVER, APPARATUS AND METHODS - Disclosed are methods of controlling operation of a printer, apparatus and computer-readable medium. The embodiments control operation of a printer by receiving a print command for printing from a user, displaying a print user interface including selectable document settings, receiving an indication from the user of selected ones of the documents settings, receiving an indication from the user to save the selected document settings as an application default setting corresponding to an application, and controlling printing of documents opened in the application to print on the printer using the application default setting and the selected document settings. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090021770 | Printer Driver Apparatus and Methods - Disclosed are methods of controlling operation of a printer, apparatus and computer-readable medium. The embodiments control operation of a printer by receiving a print command for printing from a user, displaying a print user interface including selectable document settings, receiving an indication from the user of selected ones of the documents settings, receiving an indication from the user to save the selected document settings as a document default setting, and controlling printing of the document to print on the printer using the document default setting and the selected document settings. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090021771 | Printer Driver Apparatus and Methods - Disclosed are methods of controlling operation of a printer, apparatus and computer-readable medium. The embodiments control operation of a printer by displaying to a user a print user interface including selectable document settings and a default/saved settings control, the default/saved settings control displaying a list of at least one saved default setting and command settings, the at least one saved default setting including selected ones of the document settings, the command settings allowing the user to create additional default settings and to delete the at least one saved default setting, and controlling printing of a document to print on the printer using the saved default setting and the selected ones of the document settings. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090021772 | Printer Driver Interface and Methods - Disclosed are methods of controlling printing of a document using a printer driver interface, and corresponding apparatus and computer-readable medium. The embodiments receive a print command to print a document having a document size, display the printer driver interface, the printer driver interface including the document size, display a selectable paper output size on the printer driver interface, the selectable paper output size allowing a user to select a user-selected one of a plurality of different paper output sizes, display user-selectable scaling options on the print driver interface, the scaling options for applying scaling to an image to be printed on the user-selected one of the plurality of different paper output sizes, receive from the user the user-selected one of the paper output sizes, and control printing of the document using the user-selected one of the paper output sizes. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090021773 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR EFFICIENT AND ADEQUATE DATA COLLECTION IN DOCUMENT PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENTS - A production process performance reporting system may include a plurality of print job processing resources and a computer-readable storage medium containing programming instructions for performing a method of providing a report of performance metrics in a document production environment. The method may include receiving job size information for print jobs and identifying a print job size distribution for the print jobs. Performance metrics such as, job turnaround time and inter-arrival time may be determined. It may be determined whether the print job size distribution exhibits a heavy-tail characteristic and a performance report may be prepared. If the print job size distribution does not exhibit a heavy-tail characteristic, the plurality of jobs may be processed with the print job processing resources based on the performance report. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090021774 | WORKFLOW PARTITIONING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A system and method for routing and processing jobs in a production environment considers the setup characteristics of each print job. Each set of jobs may be classified as a first job processing speed set, a second job processing speed set, or another job processing speed set based on the corresponding setup characteristics. First job processing speed sets are routed to a first group of job processing resources, while second job processing speed sets are routed to a second group of job processing speed resources. Each resource group may include an autonomous cell. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090021775 | WORKFLOW SCHEDULING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A system of scheduling a plurality of jobs in a production environment may include a plurality of resources and a computer-readable storage medium comprising programming instructions for performing a method of processing a plurality of jobs. The method may include receiving a plurality of jobs and setup characteristics corresponding to each job. The method may also include grouping each job having a job size that exceeds a job size threshold into a large job subgroup and grouping each job having a job size that does not exceed the job size threshold into a small job subgroup. The large job subgroup may be classified as a high setup subgroup or a low setup subgroup based on the setup characteristics corresponding to each job in the large job subgroup. The large job subgroup may be routed to a large job autonomous cell. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090021776 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRINTING FROM A MOBILE DEVICE - A system and method by which to implement revenue sharing between printer vendors and network service providers or operators. In one example, a method for providing printing access to a mobile device may include acts of requesting information from a printer, receiving the information at a mobile device, providing the information to a communications subsystem of a mobile network operator, based on the information, acquiring a printing capability of the printer, sending the printing capability from the communications subsystem to the mobile device, and upon receipt of the printing capability, if the printing capability is enabled, sending a print request from the mobile device to the printer. A corresponding apparatus may be used to implement the method, which may be provided as instructions encoded on a computer readable medium. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090021777 | Print System - A print system capable of accepting a print request over a network, having a simple configuration, and easy to use. The print system includes a digital camera ( | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090021778 | Approach for processing print jobs on printing devices - An approach is provided for remotely processing locked print jobs. A printing device discovers other printing devices on a network that store locked print jobs. A user enters user identification data and the printing device displays the locked print jobs stored on the other printing devices that are associated with the user. The user selects a particular locked print job. The printing device requests the particular locked print job from the printing device that stores the locked print job and then processes the locked print job locally. An approach is also provided for a printing device to forward print jobs to other printing devices. The printing device discovers other printing devices on a network and the printing attributes of those printing devices. The printing device determines another printing device that is capable of processing a print job and forwards the print job to the printing device for processing. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090021779 | Print management apparatus, print apparatus, print system, computer readable medium and computer data signal - A print management apparatus includes a detection unit, a determination unit and a notification unit. The detection unit detects a specific print command. The determination unit determines a second person who gives another print command. The second person is different from a first person who gives the specific print command detected by the detection unit. The notification unit notifies, to the second person, information for prompting the second person to collect a printed matter that is output in response to the specific print command. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090021780 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF TIMELY NOTIFYING USER OF CHANGE IN STATE, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - When a user ( | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090021781 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DELIVERING PROCESSED IMAGE DATA TO RECEIVER USING JOB PROCESSING INFORMATION PROVIDED TO AN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A system and method of transmitting data to each of a plurality of receivers using job processing information regarding image forming jobs sets one or more destinations corresponding to a receiver, generates job processing information including information on the destination of the receiver to which jobs are to be transmitted, and transmitting completed jobs to the one or more destinations corresponding to the receiver using the generated job processing information. Accordingly, when processing information is generated for a particular image forming job, the locations of receivers receiving a document can be designated using only names of the receivers, and without detailed information address information regarding the receivers. Additionally, the destinations can be associated with job processing variables such as transmitters and document formats. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090021782 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING IMAGE FORMING PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming system includes an information terminal and an image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus stores a hash value of a file on which image forming operation is to be performed or has been performed. Upon a request to print a predetermined file at the information terminal, the information terminal generates a hash value of the predetermined file. The information terminal transmits print data and the hash value to the image forming apparatus only in the case where the information terminal determines that hash values stored by the image forming apparatus do not include the generated hash value. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090021783 | Print System and Image Forming Device - There is provided a print system, comprising: a user ID obtaining unit configured to obtain a user ID from a memory device through wireless communication; a waiting time obtaining unit configured to obtain time information concerning a waiting time for which a user corresponding to the obtained user ID waits for execution of a print job, based on operations to obtain a user ID by the user ID obtaining unit; and a print control unit configured to select a print job in accordance with the obtained time information, from among a plurality of print jobs, and to execute the selected print job. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090021784 | Device and Method for Print Control - A print control device that controls execution of a printing operation for a printing medium, includes an instruction information acquiring unit that acquires an image of a printing instruction medium and acquires image modification instruction information and printing medium instruction information according to the image; an image modification unit that modifies an image data to be printed based on at least the image modification instruction information; and a printing instruction unit that is operable of issuing a printing instruction so that a printing of the image data is carried out on the printing medium specified based on the printing medium instruction information. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090021785 | IMAGE PROCESSING SERVER, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - The present invention decides whether an OCR processing is necessary or not for a printing job by using a difference between text data extracted by performing the OCR processing on an image generated based on a previous printing job having been processed previously and text data extracted from text drawing command of the previous printing job having been processed previously. If the OCR processing is decided to be unnecessary, the text data extracted from the text drawing command of the printing job is registered in a database for retrieving an image data. If the OCR processing is decided to be necessary, text data extracted by performing OCR processing on the image data generated based on the drawing commands of the printing job and the text data extracted from the text drawing command of the printing job are registered in a database for retrieving an image data. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090021786 | Image forming apparatus and printer control method - An image forming apparatus includes a printer control unit that converts received print data into job data that can be printed on a recording medium; and an engine control unit that receives the job data from the printer control unit, performs a printing operation corresponding to the job data, and upon finishing the printing operation, starts an ending sequence for ending an image forming process. Upon finishing the printing operation, the engine control unit determines whether the printer control unit is in processing next print data to be printed out, and if it is determined that the printer control unit is in processing the next print data, maintains a printing status without starting the ending sequence. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090021787 | Medium processing apparatus and controlling method of the same - A receiver configured to receive a first command that contains a predetermined code string and a second command that does not contain the predetermined code string from a host computer. A first command analyzer configured to analyze and process only the first command received by the receiver. A buffer configured to temporarily store at least the second command received by the receiver. A second command analyzer configured to analyze and process the second command stored by the buffer. A sound generator configured to generate a sound when the first command analyzer analyzes the first command and determines that the first command includes a sound generating command. The first command analyzer analyzes the first command before the buffer temporarily stores the second command. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090021788 | Printer Systems and Methods for Global Tracking of Products in Supply Chains, Authentication of Products, and Connecting with Customers Both Before, During, and After a Product Sale - Printer systems and methods provide a plurality of unique identification codes to assignment devices in various geographical locations in order to assign a unique code to a single item of commerce through affixing tags or the like thereon or by direct printing. Information regarding which code is associated with which item of commerce may be captured and stored in database(s) along with other advertising, authenticity, distribution, manufacturing, note, quality control, and retail information. Inquires may be made regarding the codes by users with handheld devices including cellular phones, PDAs, notebook computers, barcode scanners, RFID readers, etc. through carrier networks, LANs, and WANs in order to obtain information about the item of commerce or related products. Stored information from the database may be provided to the users in response to their inquiries. Information may also be uploaded by the handheld devices for counterfeiting, diversion, and other tracking purposes. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090027714 | JOB STARTUP CONTROL FOR JOB QUEUING - In a printing method and system, segments of a print job are distributed to respective downstream processors. Remaining print jobs of a stream are sequestered. The distributed segments are processed to provide respective printable frames that are supplied to respective printheads. The processing in different downstream processors is asynchronous and dependent upon content. A frame completion signal is transmitted from each downstream processors, immediately after the respective processing. The printable frames are printed on a receiver to provide a printed output having one or more documents, each document having respective printable frames in registry. The sequestering of a next print job is released following and responsive to the transmitting of the frame completion signals from all of the downstream processors. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090027715 | FAST JOB HALT IN A HIGH SPEED PRESS - In a printing system and method, job data is distributed in segments to a plurality of downstream processors. The segments are processed in respective downstream processors to provide printable frames, which are stored in respective print queues that each supply one of a plurality of printheads. Printing is initiated. Prior to completion of the printing, a job halt request is received. Disable commands are transmitted to the downstream processors responsive to the job halt request. Acknowledgements of respective disable commands are sent from the downstream processors. The downstream processors are grouped following the sending of respective acknowledgements. The print queues are emptied using the grouped, multi-tasking downstream processors. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090027716 | MULTI-HEAD PRESS DATA DELIVERY RATE CONTROL - In a printing method and systems, segments of a first print job are distributed to respective downstream processors and are processed to provide printable frames, which are stored in respective print queues. Each print queue supplies a respective one or more printheads. The printable frames are sequentially printed on a continuously transported receiver. A maximum printing duration of each of the print queues is computed periodically during the printing. The transport speed is regulated to trend the maximum printing durations toward a predetermined baseline. The sending of a second print job to the downstream processors is delayed, while processing of the first print job is completed. The delaying is counter to the regulating and reduces the print queues of the first print job non-uniformly relative to the baseline. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090027717 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING IMAGES AMONG SPECTRUM AGILE RADIO DEVICES WITHOUT RETRANSMITTING IMAGES - A system and method for transferring images among spectrum agile radio devices without the need to retransmit image data. The system and method of the invention encodes and transmits packets so as to permit the efficient recovery of image data that is lost during transmission without the need to retransmit the packets. Instead of encoding packets containing adjacent pixels and transmitting them line-by-line, the system and method of the present invention encodes and transmits packets containing pixels from non-adjacent areas of a frame. As a result, any losses that occur within an individual packet are distributed throughout the image rather than in a specific line or isolated region of the image. This permits the efficient recovery of image data that is lost during transmission without the need to retransmit the data. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090027718 | WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A workflow management system capable of directly capturing image information transmitted by a facsimile machine is disclosed. The workflow management system includes an object identifying unit identifying an object to be associated with image information received by a facsimile machine, the object being defined in the workflow management system; and a related document registering unit associating the image information with the identified object, and registering the image information associated with the identified object. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090027719 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONNECTING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH MULTIPLE HOST DEVICES - A method and an apparatus for connecting an image forming apparatus with multiple host devices. The method includes: displaying a user interface in which the image forming apparatus and the host devices are arranged; setting an area in the user interface in which the host devices are to be connected to the image forming apparatus; and connecting host devices positioned in the set area to the image forming apparatus. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090027720 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus is supplied enabling print request user to identify whether the requested print data needs an approval or not so as to judge how to treat the corresponding print matter. In the image forming apparatus, an approval request portion sends an approval request electronic mail for requesting an approval of print allowance about an input image to an approval person terminal; an approval allowance/disallowance judging portion judges whether the print allowance is approved or not on the basis of a reply electronic mail output from the approval person terminal; if the print allowance is approved, an image compounding portion compounds an approval image onto the input image. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090027721 | MULTI FUNCTION PERIPHERAL AND METHOD THERFOR - A multi function peripheral with a plurality of functions includes a function selecting unit accepting therethrough an input to select a function to be executed from the plurality of functions, a display unit displaying thereon an information screen showing information on the function selected through the function selecting unit, and a display control unit controlling the display unit to, each time a function is selected through the function selecting unit, display thereon a first information screen showing information on the selected function. When a second information screen showing information on a function in execution has been displayed on the display unit, the display control unit controls the display unit to display thereon the first information screen concurrently with the second information screen. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090027722 | Image forming apparatus - In an image forming apparatus to which a user can login, a management unit that manages login information of a user, a storage unit that stores print data of a print job received from an external device, and a control unit are provided. When a print job is introduced from the external device while the control unit recognizes a state of a user being logged in the login management unit, the control unit temporarily stores the print data of the print job received from the external device in the storage unit and then when the control unit detects a logout with the termination of the login state in the login management unit, starts printing of the print job that is received from the external device and stored in the storage unit. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090027723 | Printing apparatus - A printing apparatus is supplied, capable of continuing print process by switching to other PDL automatically when error occurs in PDL process execution. In the printing apparatus, an interpreting and making section interprets print data on the basis of language format and makes output use data; a detecting section detects an occurrence of error in the interpreting and making section; a priority order information storing section previously stores priority order information representing a priority order to correspond to each language format information; a reading and selecting section reads out the corresponding priority order information on the basis of the language format information, and selects a change language format on the basis of the priority order information; a changing section changes the print data and the language format information into change print data and change language format information; and a controlling section controls the interpreting and making section to execute an interpretation of the change print data and a making of output use data based on the change language format. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090027724 | Data processing method, data management device, and information processing device - In a data processing method for a data processing system including an apparatus having a storing unit for storing data, and an information processing device for performing data processing in accordance with a predetermined procedure are interconnected via a network, it is detected whether a processing object data, which is an object of data processing to be performed by the information processing device, is stored in a predetermined storage area of the storing unit of the apparatus. A request of data processing of the processing object data is transmitted from the apparatus to the information processing device based on a result of the detection. Data processing to the processing object data is performed in response to the request received from the apparatus. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090027725 | NETWORK APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A network apparatus which is detachable from a data processing apparatus and is mounted in the data processing apparatus to connect the data processing apparatus and a network installs an application and stores authentication information corresponding to the application in the storage of the network apparatus. The network apparatus acquires authentication information corresponding to the application from the storage of the network apparatus and the data processing apparatus in accordance with an application activation request. The network apparatus determines, on the basis of the acquired authentication information, whether to permit activation of the application. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090033975 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING PRINT DATA, METHOD THEREOF AND MEDIA IN STORAGE OF CONTROL PROGRAM OF EXECUTING SUCH METHOD - A method in an information processing apparatus of transmitting print data to a printing apparatus that is caused to print is disclosed. The method includes a transmitting process of transmitting, to the printing apparatus, identification information for specifying print data; and an obtaining process of obtaining update information of print data, corresponding with the relevant identification information, being present inside the printing apparatus. And, the transmitting process transmits difference data between the print data corresponding with the update information that the obtaining process has obtained and print data that are intended to be transmitted. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090033976 | PRINT SERVER - Techniques are provided for servicing client requests to print data. A client sends print requests to a print server. The print server acts as an intermediary between clients and multiple printing devices. The print server includes drivers for the printing devices that are connected to the same network. The print server retrieves and store capabilities of each printing device. A print request from a client includes multiple parameters. If the capabilities of one or more printing devices satisfy the multiple parameters, then the one or more printing devices are identified as candidates to service the print request. The print server determines which of the candidates is the best match. The print server sends the print request to the determined best match. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090033977 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AGGREGATING PRINT JOBS - A computer implemented method is provided for automatically aggregating multiple print jobs. The method includes: (A) combining first and second print jobs, each of which complies with a print processing related rule, and the combination of the first and second print jobs corresponds with a first print job size value; (B) receiving a third print job corresponding with a second print job size value; (C) aggregating the first, second and third print jobs into an aggregate print job when the third print job complies with the print processing related rule and a combination of the first, second and third print jobs results in an aggregate print job having a third print job size value that is less than a reference print job size value; and (D) producing a print output with the combination of the first print job and the second print job when the third print job complies with the print processing related rule and a combination of the first, second and third print jobs results in an aggregate print job having a fourth print job size value that exceeds the reference print job size value. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090033978 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AGGREGATING PRINT JOBS - A computer implemented method of automatically aggregating multiple print jobs is provided. The method includes storing a first print job set comprising a plurality of first type print jobs in memory in which each one of the first type print jobs comply with print job aggregation criteria. If a first selected condition is met, the first type print jobs of the first print job set are aggregated. Second type print jobs failing to comply with the print job aggregation criteria are stored as a second print job set. If a second selected condition is met, a determination as to whether the second type print jobs of the second print job set are aggregatable is made. Responsive to such determination, the second type print jobs of the second print job set may be either aggregated or processed without aggregation. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090033979 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AGGREGATING PRINT JOBS - There is provided a computer implemented method of automatically aggregating multiple print jobs. The method includes: storing, in memory, a first print job group complying with a first set of print job aggregation criteria and a second print job group complying with a second set of print job aggregation criteria. A print job is received and at least a part of the received print job is aggregated with the first print job group to form a first aggregated print job set if the received print job complies with the first set of print job aggregation criteria and one of a set of release criteria is met. At least a part of the received print job is aggregated with the second print job group to form a second aggregated print job set if the received print job complies with the second set of print job aggregation criteria and one of a set of release criteria is met. Each one of the first aggregated print job and the second aggregated print job sets is transmitted to one or more document processing resources for processing. In turn, a network client may be apprised of when one of the first, second and third print jobs has been processed with the one or more document processing resources. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090033980 | HARDWARE CONTROLLED ONE-TIME WRITE FOR FISCAL PRINTERS - A computer implemented method and data processing system for providing a hardware controlled one-time write for fiscal printers. A signal from a fiscal printer is received at a memory controller in an electronic journal or fiscal memory card. The signal comprises transaction data and an address in a memory space in the electronic journal or fiscal memory card. The memory controller checks a marker bit corresponding to the address to determine if the marker bit is in a written state. Responsive to a determination that the marker bit is not in a written state, the memory controller sets the marker bit to the written state. The memory controller then writes the transaction data to the address in the memory space. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090033981 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A communication apparatus is provided that can easily select either one of a public telephone network and an Internet communication network through which information is to be transmitted and that transmits the information through the selected communication network. A telephone line communication means ( | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090033982 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSTALLING PRINTER DRIVER OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS IN PRINTING ENVIRONMENT USING UNIVERSAL PRINTER DRIVER - A method and apparatus for installing a printer driver of an image forming apparatus in a printing environment using a universal printer driver, the method including: displaying one or more functions that are supported by one or more image forming apparatuses connected to the printing environment; selecting at least one function from among the displayed functions; and installing a printer driver of a connected image forming apparatus that supports the selected at least one function. Thus, even if a model name of the printer driver of the image forming apparatus to be used is not recognized, a printer driver of the image forming apparatus that supports the functions to be used can be installed. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090033983 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION SHARING SYSTEM FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An information sharing system capable of transferring determined data between a plurality of image forming apparatuses each other extremely efficiently and accurately, and an image forming apparatus for the information sharing system. The image forming apparatus has: a storage for storing determined data for controlling image formation; a determined data providing section for performing a processing concerning a predetermined request; a determined data obtaining section for making the predetermined request; and a controller for controlling the determined data providing section and the determined data obtaining section. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090033984 | Output device, information processing system, and information processing method - An output device, such as a multifunction peripheral, prints data transmitted from a portable terminal device via contactless communication in such a manner as to prevent leakage of the data from a medium on which the data is printed, while the convenience of outputting data via wireless communication is maintained. A multifunction peripheral includes plural communication units having different communication areas. A determination unit of the multifunction peripheral identifies one of the communication units that receives the data from the portable terminal device. Based on the type of the identified communication unit, such as a Bluetooth communication unit, it is determined whether the portable terminal device is within a predetermined communication area. When the portable terminal device is within the predetermined communication area, a granting unit grants output of the received data from the output device. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090033985 | MOBILE DEVICE, PRINTER SERVER AND PRIVATE NETWORK SYSTEM, AND METHODS TO RECEIVE FAX DATA THEREBY - A private network system includes a PBX to transmit a message to inquire about receipt of fax data to a mobile device if a message notifying that the fax data will be transmitted is received via an external repeater, a receiver to receive the fax data transmitted from an external device if a fax receipt command is input from the mobile device, and a printer server to check information regarding a printer adjacent to the mobile device from among a plurality of printers, and to control the receiver to transmit the fax data to the checked printer. Accordingly, the private network system facilitates providing the fax data to a printer which is, for example, most suitable for receipt of the fax data, using information regarding the position of a fax recipient and printer information, and thus user convenience can be increased. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090033986 | RASTERIZING VARIABLE AND NON-VARIABLE DATA FOR PRINTING - A method, an apparatus, and computer-readable medium with instructions to carry out a method. The method is to rasterize variable and non-variable content for multiple instances of a page and includes dividing a page is into a plurality of non-overlapping parts including variable content. The method includes rasterizing the page with no variable content present into a rasterized fixed page that includes for at least any part that has no variable content a rasterized fixed image. The method further includes identifying one or more parts of the plurality of parts of the page that have variable content, and rasterizing each instance of the page with the variable elements of the page instance into a rasterized instance that includes, for each part that has variable content, a rasterized variable image that includes the variable content and any non-variable content of the instance. The generated rasterized fixed images and rasterized variable images for each instance are combinable. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090033987 | Method of Conferring Interactivity on a Pre-printed graphic Image - A method of conferring interactivity on a pre-printed graphic image. The method comprises the steps of: (i) providing a surface bearing the pre-printed graphic image and an imposed position-coding pattern; (ii) scanning the surface with a scanhead; (iii) imaging a position-coding pattern using an optical sensor; (iv) determining an absolute position from the imaged pattern; (v) determining an impression identity from the pattern; (vi) assembling a scanned graphic image; (vii) generating association data indicating an association between the scanned graphic image, the impression identity and a plurality of absolute positions; and (viii) communicating the association data to a computer system. The computer is can confer interactivity on the graphic image using the association data. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090033988 | System for Conferring Interactivity on Previously Printed Graphic Images Containing URI Text - A system for conferring interactivity on a pre-printed image containing a URI text string, the image having been scanned and had a position-coding pattern printed thereon, the position-coding pattern identifying a plurality of absolute positions and an impression identity for the image, the system comprises a computer system configured for: (i) receiving association data indicating an association between the impression identity, the plurality of absolute positions and a scanned image; (ii) performing Optical Character Recognition (OCR) on the scanned image to convert text images into computer text; (iii) identifying a URI text string in the computer text; (iv) generating an input description for the scanned image, the input description describing a URI corresponding to the URI text string and a zone of the URI text string in the scanned image; and (v) storing a page description comprising the input description and the scanned image, the page description being indexed with the impression identity, wherein the page description is retrievable so as to confer interactivity on the image. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090033989 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND PRINT DATA GENERATING METHOD - An image forming system generates print data according to a predetermined layout based on a database ( | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090033990 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PRINTING - A printing apparatus is configured to perform printing in accordance with a print job and in accordance with a schedule registered before the printing. The printing apparatus includes an authority setting unit configured to, if authority of a user for the print job is authorized, set the authority of the user for the print job; a determination unit configured to, if a command to handle the print job is issued by the user, determine whether the user has the authority to perform the handling based on the authority set by the authority setting unit; and an execution unit configured to, if the determination unit determines that the user has the authority, execute a process according to the handling on the print job. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090033991 | DATA TRANSMITTING APPARATUS AND DATA TRANSMITTING PROGRAM - There is disclosed a data transmission apparatus for transmitting image data to an inkjet recording apparatus including a feeding device feeding a recording medium in a feeding direction, and a line-type inkjet head extending in a direction perpendicular to the feeding direction and across the recording medium fed in the feeding direction, and having an ink ejection surface in which ink ejection openings are formed. The image data is related to an image to be recorded on the recording medium by the recording apparatus, and constituted by dot data elements corresponding to image dots of the image, and the dot data elements are arranged in a matrix of rows and columns respectively parallel to a first direction perpendicular to the feeding direction and a second direction parallel to the feeding direction. Each dot data element is one of a predetermined plurality of kinds. The data transmitting apparatus includes a storing portion storing the image data, a template-data generating portion generating template data from the image data stored in the storing portion by initially determining one of the kinds of dot data element that most frequently occurs in each of one of the rows and the columns and then sequencing the most frequently occurring kinds of dot data elements determined in a direction of the other of the rows and the columns, a data-block generating portion generating a data block by sequencing in the direction of the other of the rows and the columns codes each indicative of a difference between one of the dot data elements of a kind in the image data as stored in the storing portion and one of the dot data elements of a kind in the template data corresponding to the one dot data element in the image data, a compressing portion compressing the data block generated by the data-block generating portion to create a compressed file, and a transmitting portion transmitting the compressed file to the inkjet recording apparatus. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090033992 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING METHOD, AND PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing apparatus includes a printing unit, a communication unit which receives a print job that requires user authentication, a RAM which stores the print job received by the communication unit, and a user interface which is operated to input authentication information with respect to the print job stored in the RAM. The apparatus includes a processor unit which detects a non-printable error that occurs in the printing unit during execution of the print job, sets treatment of the print job interrupted due to the error, performs the user authentication on the basis of the authentication information input by using the user interface for execution of the print job stored in the RAM, executes the print job when the user authentication is successful, and performs a process of subjecting the print job to the set treatment when the non-printable error is detected during the execution of the print job. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090033993 | MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, OPERATION STATUS DETERMINATION METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A data collecting unit receives a plurality of types of status data from an image forming apparatus and stores the status data in a status database. A data generating unit generates a plurality of types of target data for determining a maintenance sign, based on the status data. A first determining unit determines whether each of the status data exceeds a predetermined reference value. A second determining unit performs weighted majority decision based on a determination result from the first determining unit and a weight value set for each of the status data, and determines whether there is a maintenance sign taking all the status data into consideration. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090033994 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM FOR COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A communication device includes a receiving unit, a printing unit, a writing unit, and a control unit. The receiving unit receives incoming data including first image data created based on a first image on a document and additional data indicating transmitting source of the first image data. The control unit controls the printing unit to print on a first recording paper a second image based on the first image data and controls the writing unit to write the additional data in a wireless tag provided on the first recording paper. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090033995 | PRINT JOB DATA PROCESSING FOR MULTI-HEAD PRINTERS - Techniques are disclosed for performing processing, such as striping, staggering, and stitching, on print data prior to printing by a multi-head printer. Subsets of the print data may be stored in multiple stages of buffers and processed in parallel to increase processing efficiency. Print data representing digital photographs may be processed sufficiently rapidly to enable continuous printing of digital photographs at high speeds. Parameters of the system, such as print buffer size and interrupt frequency, may be varied in response to design requirements such as overall system cost. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090033996 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF EVALUATING PRINT SHOP CONSOLIDATION OPTIONS IN AN ENTERPRISE - A print shop consolidation system including a print shop consolidation management system with an application is provided. The application is used to (1) evaluate, with a set of information, an operational capacity of a first print shop to process both a first group of print jobs and a second group of print jobs, (2) evaluate, with the set of information, an operational capacity of the second print shop to process both the first and second groups of print jobs, and (3) use the evaluations of )1) and (2) to consolidate processing of the first and second groups of print jobs at one of first and second print shops. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090033997 | Print data output apparatus and method - An external storage unit managing system that specifies an external storage unit related to use from a plurality of the external storage units. The external storage unit managing system includes: an external storage unit retrieval unit that recognizes the external storage units connected to a print data output apparatus; and an external storage unit deciding unit that decides the desired external storage unit in a case where a plurality of the external storage units are retrieved by the external storage unit retrieval unit. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090040547 | Adaptive automatic printing - Adaptive automatic printing methods and systems allow a user to modify print settings for an automatic print job after sending the job, after which the job is output under the modified print settings without any requirement to resend the job. Accordingly, if a user discovers after sending an automatic print job that an improper or suboptimal print setting has been used, the user can correct the problem without having to resend the job and, in some embodiments, without having to return to the client node. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090040548 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, PROGRAM, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - The operation mode of an image forming apparatus is determined. An information request transmitted from the information processing apparatus is received. On the basis of the determined operation mode, identification information containing the identifier of at least one of a plurality of image forming units provided in the image forming apparatus is transmitted in response to the received information request. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090040549 | Image Forming System, Image Forming Apparatus, Image Forming Method and Computer-Readable Medium - Disclosed is an image forming system comprising: a data processing apparatus; and an image forming apparatus, which are connected to each other through a communication line, and according to a print instruction transmitted from the data processing apparatus, the image forming apparatus performs an image forming on a sheet specified by the print instruction, wherein the image forming apparatus comprises: a setting section; a communication section; and a transmission control section, and the data processing apparatus comprises: a communication section; a registration section; and a printer driver section. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090040550 | DATA GENERATION APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS AND DATA GENERATION METHOD - When a feeding amount for multi-pass printing is changed, the purpose related to an image quality using a binary data generation pattern can still be attained by, for example, a density pattern method. Specifically, a multi-pass printing mode is identified, and a density pattern selection matrix associated with a cycle of binary data generation is selected in accordance with the selected printing mode. That is, a density pattern selection matrix employed for binary data generation using a density pattern is changed to a size corresponding to the feeding amount designated by the selected printing mode. Thereby, a phenomenon that a unit used for image processing to gain a predetermined purpose related to an image quality does not match a unit area used for a printing operation is avoided, and an image printing purpose using a binary data generation pattern can be appropriately attained. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090040551 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A communication system may be provided with a first communication device and a second communication device. The first communication device may send the identification information stored in a first storage device to the second communication device. The first communication device may output status information included in combination information sent from the first communication device, and update the stored contents of the first storage device such that identification information included in the combination information is stored in the first storage device. The second communication device may obtain status information concerning a status of the second communication device, and update the stored contents of a second storage device such that the latest combination data including the latest status information and new identification information is stored in the second storage device. The second communication device may send the latest combination information to the first communication device in a case where the received identification information is not identical to the identification information included in the latest combination information, and prohibit the sending of combination information to the first communication device in a case where the received identification information is identical to the identification information included in the latest combination information. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090040552 | Printing Device, Control Method Thereof, and Program - Provided is a printing device for preparing print data from image data and sequentially printing the print data, the printing device including: a print instruction receiving unit which receives a print instruction with the selection of the image data; and a print data preparing unit which, when the print instruction is received by the print instruction receiving unit with the selection of a plurality of pieces of image data including JPEG data and RAW data before a development process, performs a process of preparing the print data from the JPEG data among the plurality of pieces of selected image data prior to a process for performing the development process with respect to the RAW data and preparing the print data if at least a predetermined amount of print data in a print standby state, in which printing is not completed by the printing device, is not present, and performs the process for performing the development process with respect to the RAW data and preparing the print data prior to the process of preparing the print data from the JPEG data if the at least predetermined amount of print data in the print standby state, in which printing is not completed by the printing device, is present. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090040553 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - There are provided an information processing apparatus capable of reducing power consumption more than ever without deteriorating processing efficiency in the apparatus as a whole, an image forming apparatus, and a method for controlling the information processing apparatus. When the operation mode is in a sleep mode or an energy save mode at the time of receiving a facsimile data by a FAX modem, an instruction is made not to an image processing chip but to an IO chip to perform image processing for the received facsimile data. The IO chip performs the image professing using an LCDC (Liquid Crystal Display Controller). During this time, main control sections such as an SoC is remained in the non-energized state. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090040554 | System and method of processing print order requests - This invention relates to a system and method of processing print order requests in a print system comprising a central print controller, a plurality of remote print customers and a plurality of remote print suppliers, the central print controller being connected to the plurality of remote print customers and the plurality of remote print suppliers by way of a communications network. Print customers transmit their print order requests to one central print controller. The central print controller will have information relating to a number of print suppliers stored in the central print controller database and can ascertain which of the print suppliers is the most suitable print supplier for executing a particular order. The central print controller is able to obtain the different protocols and data formats used in the proprietary database systems of the print supplier from its own central print controller database and may then format the print order request into a format suitable for receipt by the print supplier. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090040555 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF COPYING A DOCUMENT, AND COMPUTER PRODUCT - One digital copying machine is set as a parent machine and other copying machines are set as child machines. When documents are set both on an ADF of the parent machine and on an ADF of at least one child machine, a CPU of the parent machine performs two types of controls in parallel. In the first control, the ADF of the parent machine automatically feeds each of the original documents, the scanner of the parent machine reads images, and MEM-C or HDD of the parent machine stores the images. In the second control, the ADF of the child machine automatically feeds each of the original documents, the scanner of the child machine reads images, IEEE1394 1/F of the child machine transfers the images to the parent machine, and the MEM-C or the HDD of the parent machine stores the images. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090040556 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Correction for eliminating deformations of an image to be output from an image apparatus is executed while suppressing the processing load on the host computer side. A host computer acquires deformation information used to designate read addresses according to deformations of a scan line from a laser beam printer. A CPU ( | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090040557 | Method and Apparatus for Secure Printing - Systems and methods are provided for securely communicating a print job to a printer, the systems and methods pausing the print job in a print queue on a client computer, obtaining first authentication information regarding a user at the client computer, obtaining second authentication information regarding a user at a release station adjacent the printer, communicating the second authentication information from the release station to the client computer, and releasing the print job from the print queue if the second authentication information matches the first authentication information. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090040558 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR ARCHIVING DOCUMENT DATA AND FOR OUTPUTTING DOCUMENT DATA STORED IN AN ARCHIVE - In a method or system for operating document data, an output job for outputting a document based on document data is generated by a data processing unit, the output job comprising at least one instruction indicating whether the document data of the output job is to be archived. The output job for generation of the at least one document with the document data is supplied to an output management system, the output management system receiving the document data from various application systems and implementing production planning and production control for multiple output systems by distributing various output jobs to available output systems. The document data in the output job to be archived based on the at least one archiving instruction is transferred from the output management system to an archiving system or to a document management system for archiving. Index information is associated with the document data to be archived at least in the archiving system or the document management system for archiving. The index information is automatically determined and associated with the document data to be archived such that at least one part of the index information is determined from a job ticket associated with the output job. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090046315 | Unified determination of access to composite imaging service - Methods and systems that enable unified determinations of access to composite imaging services. In some aspects, the invention provides a unified predetermination of access to a composite imaging service, e.g., a unified determination made before a print job is sent that an entity is authorized to access all component services of a composite print service. In other aspects, the invention provides a unified contemporaneous determination of access to a composite imaging service, e.g., a unified determination made in early stage processing of a print job that an entity is authorized to access all component services of a composite print service. In either event, such unified determinations save time and system resources relative to fragmented determinations of access to composite imaging services in prior systems that can result in rejection of imaging jobs after substantial processing has already been done. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090046316 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - There is described an image forming system, which makes it possible to speedily implement the reprinting operation, and to alleviate the burden of the printer controller. The system includes a printer controller to parse a print job described in a Page Description Language so as to generate image data; and an image forming apparatus, configured separately from the printer controller, to implement a printing operation based on the image data. The printer controller applies a first processing to the print job so as to generate multi-value image data and transmits the multi-value image data to the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus applies a second processing to the multi-value image data, received from the printer controller, so as to generate processed image data, serving as printable image data based on which a reproduced image can be directly printed, and implements the printing operation based on the processed image data. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090046317 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND ENVIRONMENT INFORMATION SETTING METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus and a environment information setting method includes a scanning unit to scan a document to generate image data, a communication unit to access a network, and a controller to control the communication unit to retrieve information on a country in which the image forming apparatus is used when the communication unit accesses the network, and to set the environment information of the communication unit according to the country corresponding to the retrieved country information. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090046318 | Data Processing Apparatus, Device Controlling Method, and Computer-Readable Recording Medium - A data processing apparatus having a device driver part for controlling a device includes a storing part configured to store device capability data, a receiving part configured to receive a designation of a PrintTicket having setting data indicating control settings used for controlling the device, a determining part configured to determine whether the designated PrintTicket has been fabricated by the device driver part or another device driver part, a first controlling part configured to apply all of the setting data to the control settings in a case where the designated PrintTicket is determined to be fabricated by the device driver part, and a second controlling part configured to compare the device capability data with the setting data and apply at least a part of the setting data to the control settings in a case where the designated PrintTicket is determined to be fabricated by the other device driver part. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090046319 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR PRINTING, AND COMPUTER USABLE MEDIUM THEREFOR - A printing system capable of processing a plurality of print jobs is provided. The printing system includes a plurality of information processing apparatuses, each of which generates a print job based on print data representing an image to be printed and transmits the print job to a printing apparatus, and a printing apparatus, which forms images based on the plurality of print jobs received. The information processing apparatus includes a priority information appending unit to append first priority information, representing a priority level of the print job, and second priority information, representing a priority level of a user who operates the information processing apparatus to generate the print job, to the print job. The printing apparatus includes an order establishing unit to establish an order to print the images based on the first priority information and the second priority information appended to the print jobs. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090046320 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORWARDING MEDIA... - A method and apparatus are provided for providing one or more media objects associated with a printed document to a user of a mobile communication device. The method comprises the steps of: providing an electronic file comprising a digital representation of a printed document, wherein the printed document comprises a plurality of printed portions and plurality of printed objects associated with at least some of the printed portions; providing data related to a direct and/or indirect association of the plurality of portions with respective printed objects; associating a plurality of media objects with the plurality of printed objects; receiving a captured image representing at least one part of a portion of the printed document, wherein that portion belongs to the plurality of printed portions; processing the captured image; identifying one or more portions of the printed document whose image has been captured and deriving therefrom the respective associated one or more printed objects; and communicating at least one media object associated with the identified one or more printed objects to the user of the mobile communication device. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090046321 | Print Medium having Coded Surface for Audio data Retrieval - A print medium is provided which has a surface provided with coded data. The coded data is indicative of a print media identifier linked to audio data which is able to be determined using a sensor module of a mobile telecommunications device. The audio data is retrievable from a database using the print media identifier. The coded data includes first coded data in a first format and second coded data in a second format. The first coded data encodes first information and the second coded data encodes second information. At least some of the first information is indicative of the print media identifier and the first format is a linear pattern. At least some of the second information is indicative of the print media identifier and of a two-dimensional coordinate grid, and the second format is a two-dimensional pattern. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090051960 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING A CUSTOMIZABLE DEVICE DRIVER FOR INTERFACING WITH A DOCUMENT PROCESSING DEVICE - The subject application is directed to a system and method for customizable device driver system for interfacing with a document processing device. A workstation and a set of operative functions of the device are interfaced via a core device driver resident in the memory of the workstation. Next, the core device driver is linked with at least one secondary function associated with the device outside the set of operative functions. A display corresponding to each of the operative functions is generated on the workstation. Secondary functions unique to the set thereof are stored in an associated memory. Selection data is received corresponding to at least one selected secondary function. At least one secondary function is retrieved from the memory according to the received selection data. Each retrieved secondary function is linked to the core device driver such that the secondary function is enabled and appears on the display. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090051961 | DOCUMENT MONITOR DEVICE, RECORDING MEDIUM STORING DOCUMENT MONITOR PROGRAM, DOCUMENT MONITOR SYSTEM, AND DOCUMENT MONITOR METHOD - A document monitor device, which includes: a confidential information storage section that stores confidentiality level information of documents managed in a document management device associated with identification information of each of the documents; a feature storage section that stores features of the documents associated with the identification information; a selection section that selects a target document from the managed documents based on the confidentiality level information; an acquisition section that acquires a target image to be processed by an image processing device; an extraction section that extracts features of the target image; a similarity level calculation section that calculates a similarity level between the features stored in association with the identification information of the selected target document and the extracted features; and a detection information output section that, when the similarity level is a prescribed value or over, outputs information indicating that a similar image is detected. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090051962 | CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - In an image processing system, when a user request is received from a client apparatus, an image processing management apparatus determines whether the user request can be processed by the image processing system to generate a determination result, and generate an instruction indicating how the image processing system should operate based on the determination result. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090051963 | MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A management apparatus includes a management unit configured to manage information associating each of a plurality of image processing apparatuses constituting a virtual device with a function executed by the each of the plurality of image processing apparatuses, a control unit configured to provide a display for setting a virtual device as a transmission destination of transmission data, an identification unit configured, if a virtual device is set as the transmission destination of the transmission data, to identify an image processing apparatus that executes a function corresponding to a type of the transmission data from among the plurality of image processing apparatuses constituting the set virtual device based on the information managed by the management unit, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the transmission data to the image processing apparatus identified by the identification unit. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090051964 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication device includes a first tag data reading unit, a storing unit, an extracting unit, a display unit, and a transmitting unit. The first tag data reading unit is configured to read tag data from a wireless tag. The tag data is written in the wireless tag. The storing unit is configured to store transmit data and identification data in association with each other from the storing unit. The extracting unit is configured to extract, if the tag data corresponds to the identification data, the transmit data in association with the identification data. The display unit is configured to display contents of the transmit data that is extracted by the extracting unit. The transmitting unit is configured to transmit the transmit data displayed on the display unit to a destination device. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090051965 | Communicating apparatus and communicating system - A communicating apparatus is supplied capable of maintaining a receiving corresponding to high communication capability for receiving from all partner apparatuses; reducing the cost of apparatus; and eliminating dependence on an exchange machine. In the communicating apparatus, a sending and receiving controlling section, when communicatively connected with a sending side communicating apparatus via telephone line, sends a first DIS signal generated by a signal generating section to the sending side communicating apparatus; a DCS judging portion judges whether received or not a DCS signal corresponding to the first DIS signal from the sending side communicating apparatus, if it is not received, sends a second DIS signal of high communication capability to partner apparatus; the sending and receiving controlling section sends CFR signal which represents that it has been confirmed to execute communication process in the communication capability notified by the DCS signal from partner apparatus with respect to the first DIS signal or the second DIS signal; then, receives image data from the sending side communicating apparatus. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090051966 | Printing system and printing method - In a client PC, a print object permitted to be printed is specified for each MFP among the created distribution materials, a correspondence table between the object and an ID for identifying an MFP permitted to print the object is prepared, and the distribution materials and the correspondence table are transmitted to a print server. When the MFP transmits a print request and an ID assigned to the MFP to the print server, the print server transmits to the MFP a print object corresponding to the transmitted ID upon receiving the print request. The MFP receives and outputs the object. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090051967 | DISPERSED INPUT AND OUTPUT SYSTEM - There is disclosed a dispersed input and output system adapted to instruct the execution of a dispersed divided input operation at a document input and output device, perform control to cause a plurality of document input and output devices other than the document input and output device to cooperatively carry out dispersed divided input operations, and register the operations as one job in a document handling function at the end. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090051968 | PRINT CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD OF PRINT CONTROL SYSTEM, AND CONTROL PROGRAM OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - When a subsidiary printout is printed from a printer driver, it is an object to enable a subsidiary print job to be formed without destroying a relationship between the master and the servant in a print process. A first print job formed by a first application program is input through an operating system and a printer driver processes the input first print job. A second application program which forms a second print job different from the first print job and sends to the operating system is provided. The printer driver starts the second application program, transfers settings of the printer driver to the second application program, receives the second print job formed by the second application program through the operating system, processes the second print job, and allows a printer to print the second print job. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090059269 | RECORDING APPARATUS IMAGE SUPPLY DEVICE AND RECORDING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM THEREOF - When a print command that designates a layout recording function by its upper layer, and designates a frame print function by its lower layer is transmitted from a camera to a printer, the printer determines a layout print function that prints a plurality of images on a single sheet, based on the upper layer. In a case where the printer can determine the lower layer of the command, the printer acquires details of a layout. In a case where the printer cannot determine the lower layer of the command, the printer determines a normal frame print function. The printer prints a normal layout image or special frame image in accordance with the determined layout of images. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090059270 | Planogram Extraction Based On Image Processing - Image analysis techniques, including object recognition analysis, are applied to images obtained by one or more image capture devices deployed within inventory environments. The object recognition analysis provides object recognition data (that may include one or more recognized product instances) based on stored product (training) images. In turn, a variety of functionalities may be enabled based on the object recognition data. For example, a planogram may be extracted and compared to a target planogram, or at least one product display parameter for a product can be determined and used to assess presence of the product within the inventory environment, or to determine compliance of display of the product with a promotional objective. In yet another embodiment, comparisons may be made within a single image or between multiple images over time to detect potential conditions requiring response. In this manner, efficiency and effectiveness of many previously manually-implemented tasks may be improved. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090059271 | Methods and apparatus for web-based status of facsimile transmissions to electronic storage destinations - A method for a computer includes determining a call-in fax telephone number called by a facsimile transmission device, receiving the facsimile transmission from a facsimile transmission device including a digitized representation of a transmission page including an optical representation of data associated with an e-mail address, determining the data optically, which is independent of the call-in number, determining a graphics template associated with the call-in number, combining a digitized representation of the transmission page with the graphics template to form a digitized representation of a composite page, formatting the digitized representation of the composite page into a second format, determining additional service provider data in response to the facsimile or the scanned image, and transmitting the additional service provider data and the digitized representation of the composite page in the second format to the electronic destination address. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090059272 | Printer auto installation - Tools in the form of apparatuses, systems and methods for automatic installation of a printer or other image forming device are provided. Such tools improve the turnaround time between when a printing device is received and is installed and on-line, ready for use by users. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090059273 | PULL PRINT SUPPORTING IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - When a user applies a pull print request by operating an operation panel unit of an image forming apparatus MFP, a server SRV transmits a list of print data stored therein and setting information of each print data to the image forming apparatus MFP. The image forming apparatus MFP receives the setting information of each print data, and based on device information of itself, calculates compatibility as a degree representing to which extent the request of the setting information of each print data can be satisfied, and displays the print list and the compatibility corresponding to each print data in the list, to the user, | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090059274 | PULL PRINT SUPPORTING IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS DIRECTED THERETO - When a specific image forming apparatus is selected as an output destination, a CPU reads a printer driver corresponding to the selected image forming apparatus from a printer driver group, and loads the driver in a memory unit or the like. On the contrary, if no specific image forming apparatus is selected as the output destination, the CPU reads a general purpose printer driver from the printer driver group, and loads the driver to the memory unit or the like. Further, the CPU displays a print setting image on a display unit | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090059275 | PULL PRINT SUPPORTING IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, SERVER, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE FORMING PROGRAM AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A server includes a data converting unit, a converted data storage unit, and a converted data transmitting unit. The data converting unit converts, based on device information of each image forming apparatus, print data to converted data allowing image formation by each image forming apparatus, for each image forming apparatus. The converted data storage unit stores the converted data in correspondence with information specifying the corresponding image forming apparatus. The converted data transmitting unit transmits, in response to data request from the image forming apparatus, the converted data corresponding to the image forming apparatus stored in the converted data storage unit, to the image forming apparatus. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090059276 | INSTRUCTION INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD, INSTRUCTION INFORMATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for controlling a printing process, the process including: receiving instruction information including (i) a content of the printing process for printing image data and (ii) identification information of an instruction user instructing the printing process, the content of the printing process which includes detailed information for printing the image data; acquiring when the instruction information is received, third-person information indicating a third person staying around a printing apparatus which performs the printing process; determining whether or not the third person indicated by the acquired third-person information has a certain relation with the instruction user indicated by the identification information included in the received instruction information; and determining a mode of the printing process in the printing apparatus; and controlling the printing process in the determined mode. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090059277 | FACSIMILE MACHINE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A method for controlling a facsimile machine having a two-sided communication function includes the steps of transporting an original document to a standby position after supplying a front side of the original document to a scanning unit; transporting the original document to the standby position after reversing the original document and supplying a back side of the original document again to the scanning unit; further reversing the original document and transporting the original document to a discharge position; and sending an EOM signal to a communication destination after having the back side of the original document scanned by the scanning unit and transmitting back side image data to the communication destination. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090059278 | PRINTING SETTING APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A printing setting apparatus is disclosed that includes a first part to establish a connection to a printing apparatus; a second part to make a setting with respect to printing of printing data; a third part to add a first ground pattern to the printing data in response to the second part making a first setting for adding the first ground pattern; a fourth part to obtain information indicating whether a second setting for adding a second ground pattern is made in the printing apparatus; and a fifth part to disable the second part from accepting the first setting in response to the fourth part obtaining the information indicating that the second setting is made in the printing apparatus, and enable the second part to accept the first setting in response to the fourth part obtaining the information indicating that the second setting is not made in the printing apparatus. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090059279 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus using a management code including a plurality of layers to designate a charging destination in performing charging based on a result of processing performed by an image processing apparatus includes a determination unit configured to determine whether a conflict exists in print setting items corresponding to respective layers included in the management code, and a setting unit configured to, if it is determined that no conflict exists in the print setting items corresponding to respective layers, set, for the print job, a print setting based on the management code and, if it is determined that a conflict exists in the print setting items corresponding to respective layers, set, for the print job, a print setting based the management code and a policy for determining a print setting for the conflicting print setting items. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090059280 | IMAGE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, DEVICE AND METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Personal address books of users are stored in an address server. Each user registers, with the personal address book of his/her own, conditions (transmission conditions) that should be satisfied when other users transmit image data to the user. The conditions are registered in correspondence with addresses of the other users. When one of the other users transmits (as a transmission source) to the user (as a transmission destination) who has set the transmission conditions, from an MFP, the transmission conditions, which were set by the transmission destination user with respect to the transmitter, are downloaded from the address server to the transmission source MFP. And then the MFP transmits the image data to the transmission destination user under the downloaded transmission conditions. This enables the transmission destination user to cause the image data to be transmitted thereto under such conditions that match the needs of the transmission destination user. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090059281 | Printing System, Printer, Host Computer, Printing System Control Method, And Program - A printing system enables easily recognizing the status of a printing process. The host computer | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090059282 | DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A digital broadcast receiving apparatus for receiving a digital broadcast signal including print information, the apparatus being configured to communicate with a printing apparatus and to receive a print request, is provided. The apparatus comprises: a first obtaining unit configured to obtain first information regarding a period of duration of a print process that is being executed by the printing apparatus; a second obtaining unit configured to obtain second information regarding an existing period during which print information that corresponds to the print request is included in the digital broadcast signal that is being received; a determination unit operable to determine whether or not the existing period ends earlier than the period of duration based on the first information and the second information; and a controller configured to control issuance of an instruction to suspend the print process that is being executed based on a determination result by the determination unit. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090059283 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A digital multifunction peripheral includes a communication unit which inputs document image data, a processing circuit which processes the document image data from the communication unit, a print unit which prints an image corresponding to the document image data processed by the processing circuit, and a memory which holds a ground pattern image file which is generated by converting ground pattern image data into a machine dependent format extractable only by the processing circuit and is registered from outside. The processing circuit extracts the ground pattern image data from the ground pattern image file in a case where document image data of a ground pattern print object is input from the communication unit, and embeds the ground pattern image data into the document image data. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090059284 | JOB-SUBMISSION-REQUEST APPARATUS AND METHOD - Under circumstances where each of a plurality of servers controls print jobs submitted to at least one output apparatus, jobs intended for the same printer are submitted to the output apparatus in the order of requests made by a user. If there is a print server performing print processing for a printer specified as the submission destination of a print job, the print server is instructed to execute printing. Consequently, under circumstances where each of plural print servers controls print jobs submitted to printers, print jobs intended for the same printer can be submitted to the printer in the order of requests made by client PCs. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090059285 | PRINTING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PRINTING APPARATUS - There is provided an arrangement that contributes to practical use of a product adapted to generate an instruction adapted to handle information relating to post- processing to be performed on printed material. Specifically, there is provided a printing system including a generation unit adapted to generate an instruction, and a controller adapted to control a printer to generate printed material without generating the instruction by the generation unit in a case wherein the instruction does not need to be generated. The controller is adapted to control the generation unit so as to generate the instruction along with the printed material being generated at the printer in a case in which there is a need to generate the instruction. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090059286 | PRINTING SYSTEM, CONTROLLING METHOD, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printer is caused to perform a checking print for a job in a case that a predetermined user's instruction is received via a user interface. The printer is caused to perform the checking print for the job without receiving the predetermined user's instruction in a case that the job meets a predetermined condition. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090059287 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image processing apparatus which permits service providing an image forming that has high priority is selected as an image processing apparatus for storing count information by using service information representing whether each image processing apparatus permits counting the usage of printing materials in order to allow charging of service for providing the image forming associated with each user identification information, and a priority table for storing count information based on the contents of image forming. When image forming is executed, the count information representing the contents of the executed image forming is transmitted to the selected image processing apparatus, thereby causing the selected image processing apparatus to store the count information. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090059288 | IMAGE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND IMAGE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - An image communication apparatus notifies a client apparatus of a URI of an image to be transmitted by an electronic mail. The client apparatus accesses to the URI of the image. The image communication apparatus requests input of a password from the client apparatus. The client apparatus determines a password and transmits it to the image communication apparatus. The image communication apparatus encrypts the image based on the acquired password and transmits it. The client apparatus decrypts the encrypted image based on the determined password. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090059289 | DISPLAY SYSTEM, DISPLAY METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING DISPLAY PROGRAM - A display system configured to display a print preview of a roll paper image and a print area includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a roll paper width, and a horizontal length of a set paper size, a print-area determination unit for determining a print area based on the acquired roll paper width and horizontal length, a determination unit configured to determine whether the determined print area is displayable in a preview area, a calculation unit configured to calculate a scaling required to display the entire print area in a preview according to a vertical length of the print area, and a display control unit configured to, if it is determined by the determination unit that the entire print area is not displayable, preview a roll paper image and a print area based on the scaling calculated by the calculation unit. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090059290 | IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION-PROCESSING METHOD - An image-forming apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive a start instruction and an end instruction entered by a service engineer who performs a maintenance work for the image-forming apparatus. A first holding unit is configured to store first counter information obtained by the image-forming apparatus in a case that the reception unit receives the start instruction. A second holding unit is configured to store second counter information obtained by the image-forming apparatus in a case that an operating state of the image-forming apparatus satisfies a first end condition. A generation unit is configured to generate maintenance information based on the second counter information stored in the second holding unit if the operating state of the image-forming apparatus satisfies the first end condition and further satisfies a second end condition before the reception unit receives the end instruction from the service engineer. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090059291 | Image forming apparatus - At the time of changing a communication destination, when there is a registered program referencing a communication destination related to the change, a main control section 11 confirms a user's intention related on whether to reflect in an appropriate registered program the change related to the communication destination, and according to the user's intention thus obtained, decides whether to reflect the change related to the communication destination in the appropriate registered program. Thereby, even when there is the change related to the communication destination, the change related to the communication destination can be properly conducted through preventing an erroneous transmission to a destination against the user's intention. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090059292 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, PROGRAM, STORAGE MEDIUM, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND METHOD SUITABLE FOR THE PRINTING SYSTEM - There is provided an image forming apparatus capable of realizing a trial printing function that minimizes unnecessary consumption of time and supplies. Images that are inputted are accumulated in a memory. An output mode is set and a setting is made as to whether trial printing is to be carried out in the output mode or not. A CPU provides control to read out a corresponding image from the memory according to the set output mode and form the readout image on a sheet. When it is determined that the trial printing is to be carried out during image formation according to the set output mode, the CPU provides control to set the number of trial print pages according to predetermined conditions and carry out the trial printing for the set number of trial print pages. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090059293 | PRINT ENGINE CONTROLLER FOR DOUBLE-BUFFERED PROCESSING - A print engine controller for a pagewidth inkjet printer includes an interface for connection to an input data bus to receive page data to be processed prior to printing. A data bus is connected to the interface to communicate data to various circuitry components of the controller. A memory is connected to the data bus and is configured so that as one page is loaded another previously loaded page is read from the memory to permit the controller to act in a double-buffered manner. A print engine pipeline is connected to the data bus and is configured to read the page data from the memory and process the page data into a form suitable for printing by the pagewidth inkjet printer. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090059294 | METHOD OF DELIVERING FACSIMILE - A method of communicating through facsimiles is disclosed. The method starts by receiving a message and a destination facsimile number from a first user. A unique reply number is allocated and recorded in a pending reply list. The message and the reply number is then transmitted to the destination facsimile number. Upon receipt of a received facsimile and a received reply number addressed to the first user, it is determining whether the received reply number matches an entry in the pending reply list. The received facsimile is delivered only if a match is found. The reply number is also removed from the pending reply list. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090066990 | Image processing system, image processing method, image processing program, and image forming apparatus - An image processing system processes image data. A log creating part acquires log information regarding processing of the image data. A log saving part saves the log information. A document data saving part saves as document data the image data and a log ID for identifying the log information. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090066991 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLONING DOCUMENT PROCESSING DEVICES VIA SIMPLE NETWORK MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL - The subject application is directed to a system and method for cloning of document processing devices via simple network management protocol. A management information base object is first retrieved corresponding to commonly configurable parameters of document processing devices. Object identifier data associated with the commonly configurable parameters is then displayed. Selection data is thereafter received corresponding to a selected subset of the object identifiers. A selected source of the configuration data is received corresponding to source data. The configuration data is then retrieved based upon the received source data. Target data is then received corresponding to selected document processing devices for which a configuration thereof is desired. Retrieved configuration data is then communicated to each of the selected document processing devices according to the received target data corresponding to the selected subset of object identifiers. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090066992 | AUTOMATED PRINT SHOP SERVICE CAPABILITY DETERMINATION - A print shop management method or system is used for a print shop. The method or system uses a knowledge base containing device data elements and service data elements. Each device data element represents a device in the print shop, and each service data element represents a service that may be implemented by one or more of the devices. A workflow management system implements an automated reasoner that, when a new device is added or one or more parameters of a device in the print shop are modified, uses semantic reasoning to select a service that may be implemented by the modified device, updates the knowledge base to include a new device element for the new or modified device; and automatically associates the new device element and the selected service. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090066993 | REMOTE PRINT DEVICE MANAGEMENT - A method and system for print device control includes a set of networked print devices that communicate with an application server, and a separate hosted server that sends commands to the application server. A firewall restricts communication between the hosted server and the application server, but the hosted server may deliver commands to the application server in response to queries that the hosted server receives from the application server. The application server then identifies which of its print devices are relevant to each command, and the application server delivers the commands to the relevant print devices for implementation. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090066994 | METHOD AND SYTEM FOR REMOTE MANAGEMENT OF PRINT DEVICES - A method of controlling a print device using an instruction corresponding to a command received from a remote location. A second server may transmit a query directed to a first server. The second server may be prevented from receiving unauthorized communication from the first server by a firewall. If the first server has a relevant command available, the second server may receive a response to the query. The response may include the relevant command. The second server may determine a print device for which the command is relevant. An instruction corresponding to the relevant command may be sent from the second server to the print device. Communication between the print device and the second server may not be restricted by the firewall. The printing device may implement the instruction. If the first server does not have a relevant command available, the transmitting may automatically repeat until the first server has a relevant command available. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090066995 | Integrated adaptable accounting system for a print job - A system for accounting for a print job includes a print device having a database, and a server having a database. The print device and the server communicate via a network. The print device and/or the server have means for dynamically updating accounting information for the print job that communicates with the print device and the server via the network. The accounting information resides in the database of the print device and/or the database of the server. A method for accounting for a print job includes providing at least one print device having at least one database and at least one server having at least one database. The method includes communicating between the print devices and the servers via a network for dynamically updating accounting information for the print job stored on the databases of the print devices and/or the databases of the servers. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090066996 | Printing System, POS System, Connection Device, Control Method of Printing System, and Program Therefor - A printing system has an interface unit ( | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090066997 | SHEET PROCESSING SYSTEM - A sheet processing system comprises a plurality of sheet processing devices, a primary sheet conveyance path, a secondary sheet conveyance path, and a controller which controls the sheet processing devices. The controller uses the primary sheet conveyance path to execute one job, and uses the secondary sheet conveyance path to execute another job in parallel with that one job. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090066998 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION COMMUNICATION METHOD - When an information processing apparatus is present in a communication area of a first communicating unit, the first communicating unit transmits communication setting information and setting information indicating a process on substance information to the information processing apparatus. A second communicating unit establishes a communication with the information processing apparatus based on the communication setting information, and transmits the substance information to the information processing apparatus. A determining unit determines which of a communication by the first communicating unit or a communication by the second communicating unit is possible. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090066999 | DEVICE SYSTEM, SOURCE DEVICE, AND TRANSMISSION METHOD - A system includes a transmitting unit configured to transmit an application and data related to the application from a source device to a destination device and a notifying unit configured to notify the source device of the number of times the application has been used in the destination device. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090067000 | MULTIFUNCTION SYSTEM AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD - The present invention provides a multifunction system and a control method thereof which enables output of conference materials of appropriate content at an appropriate timing and in an appropriate location, without making the conference organizer worry about the needs and rank of conference attendees. To accomplish this, the multifunction system of the present invention comprises a server which manages attribute information of members, a server which manages reservation information of conferences, and a print server which manages output of conference materials. The print server acquires attribute information corresponding to attendees of the conference included in the reservation information from the member management server, and outputs the conference material for each attendee based on the attribute information of each. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090067001 | PRINTER, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The object of the present invention is to provide a printer capable of efficiently processing print data corresponding to a plurality of images in the main scanning direction, as in the case of an index print, with a limited memory capacity, thereby improving the throughput, and an image data processing method for executing the operations of the printer. An image data processing section accesses original image data including partial images of a plurality of images printed through one main scanning, and generates bit image data by executing predetermined image processing. An image data control section temporarily stores the image data in a primary buffer, and when necessary, reads out a part thereof from the primary buffer band by band, copies the read data to a band (secondary) buffer, and sends the data to a print processing section. Therefore, it is no longer necessary to access the original image data to obtain each portion of the partial images and execute predetermined image processing each time when the necessity arises, thereby improving the processing efficiency. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090067002 | METHOD OF AUTHENTICATING PRINT MEDIA USING A MOBILE TELEPHONE - A method of using a mobile telephone to authenticate a print medium, the mobile telephone being configured for printing on print media predetermined as authentic. The print media has coded data in the form of a plurality of coded data portions, each coded data portion encoding a signature fragment. The mobile telephone has a printhead, a processing means, a print path extending past the printhead and a sensor adjacent the print path. The method comprising steps of using the sensor to sense the coded data provided on a surface of the substrate whilst the print medium is moving along the print path, using the processing means to interpret the plurality of coded data portions and determine the signature fragments from each of the coded data portions, determining a signature from the signature fragments, using the signature to assess the print medium authenticity, and using the printhead to print onto the print medium in the event that it is authentic. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090073484 | Hospitality Digital Photo Processing - A process for providing printed photos from memory cards via network from a hotel room using a memory card reader, device to display photo(s), and a display. The on screen menu system of the photo viewer or PPV system allows for selection, processing, and billing of the photos. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090073485 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image forming system according to the present invention includes plural image forming apparatuses equipped with control panels and a server that is connected to the respective image forming apparatuses through a network and manages data of a user interface commonly usable in the respective control panels of the respective image forming apparatuses and supplies the user interface to the respective image forming apparatuses. In this image forming system, even when user interfaces of the respective image forming apparatuses are originally different from each other, it is possible to realizes, for each user or for each department, a common user interface on the control panels. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090073486 | Method and system for adaptive control of imaging node - Methods and systems for adaptive control of an imaging node allow subsystems of the imaging node to dynamically register authorized commands with a pre-parser after which the pre-parser authorizes inbound line commands for execution by reference to the dynamic registrations. The methods and systems permit highly extensible and granular control over the imaging node, for example, by allowing a user to dynamically unlock and control registered options of the imaging node that are not otherwise controllable, for example, via a standard management protocol or proprietary Web interface. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090073487 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND JOB CONTROL METHOD - An image forming apparatus executing a job based on authority of an account and capable of controlling a job instructed by an authorized user is disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes a certification ticket generation unit generating a certification ticket corresponding to the job and account information of the account instructing the execution of the job; a job information generation unit generating job information of the job; a certification ticket validity determination unit determining whether the certification ticket is valid; a job validity determination unit determining whether the execution of the job by the account is valid based on the job information corresponding to the certification ticket that has been determined valid by the certification ticket validity determination unit; and a job control unit executing the job, the execution of the job having been determined valid by the job validity determination unit. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090073488 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, OPERATION SUPPORTING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An information storing unit stores file information on an electronic file on which a user's operation is to be performed. An operation-candidate storing unit stores content information on contents of the operation. A selection-probability storing unit stores a probability value of selecting the operation. A similarity storing unit stores a similarity value of the operation between different users. A probability calculating unit calculates a function-selection-probability value for selecting an operation candidate for the electronic file, by using the file information, the content information, the probability value, and the similarity value. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090073489 | Communication apparatus - A communication apparatus for transmitting a document to a recipient address specified out of multiple address-book addresses displayed based on address-book data stored in an address book includes a controller configured to control a display order of the address-book addresses displayed in accordance with one transmission-address specifying mode selected out of a plurality of transmission-address specifying modes. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090080011 | NETWORK PORT SETUP FOR PRINTER DRIVER FOR A NETWORKED PRINTER - A method and apparatus for setting up a printer driver for a networked printer by providing a dedicated configuration button on the printer. During printer driver setup, the user pushes the configuration button on the printer to cause the printer to broadcast a configuration event over the network the printer is connected to. The configuration event contains information regarding the printer's network address. The host computer that is performing a printer driver setup process will receive the event, which allows the host computer to automatically perform printer driver installation. This process eliminates the need to manually find out the printer's network address or type the network address on the host during printer driver setup. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090080012 | Enhancements to job ticket handling during multiple job submission - System and method enhancing Job Ticket handling during multiple job submissions. The system parses through the job tickets associated with all user selected jobs and collect information about specified job parameters and their values. The job ticket options available in all output processing and devices specified and the collected job ticket information can be displayed. The user selected job can be filtered according to the job ticket values selected by the user. The system presents an interactive summary view for the user selected job parameters and values. After the user is satisfied with the job programming of all jobs, which can be reviewed during pre-processing (e.g., within a DFE or automated prepress system) the user can submit the jobs for printing. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090080013 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM - When information on addition and change of data which is stored in an apparatus and dynamically changes is set as a monitoring target, the information is accumulated in a syndication DB ( | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090080014 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes: an information storage that stores information; a request accepting section that accepts a predetermined request for the information; a setting section that, for each of the information, sets whether the predetermined request is allowed; a setting storage that stores a setting by the setting section; a determining section that, with respect to the information corresponding to a request accepted by the request accepting section, reads out a corresponding setting from the setting storage, and that determines allowance/non-allowance of the predetermined request; and a process executing section that, in a case where the determining section determines allowance of the predetermined request, executes a process corresponding to the predetermined request on the information. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090080015 | PRINTER DRIVER FOR INTERACTIVE PRINTER - A printer driver for printing a document at a printer. The printer driver is configured to: (i) receive a visual description for the document from a first memory, the visual description describing a graphic impression for printing; (ii) send print data corresponding to the graphic impression to the printer; and (iii) archive the visual description for a page of the document in a second memory. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090080016 | COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR PRINTING A PAGE AND GENERATING INTERACTIVE ELEMENTS - A computer system for printing a page at a printer. The computer system is configured to: (i) receive a visual description for the page, the visual description describing a graphic impression for printing; (ii) identify a URI text string in the visual description; (iii) generate a corresponding input description for the visual description, the input description describing a URI corresponding to the URI text string and a spatial extent of the URI text string on the page; and (iv) archive the visual description and the corresponding input description. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090080017 | PRINTER DRIVER CONFIGURED FOR RECEIVING PRINT IMPRESSION IDENTITY FROM A PRINTER - A printer driver for printing a page at a printer. The printer driver is configured to: (i) receive a visual description for the page, the visual description describing a graphic impression for printing; (ii) send print data corresponding to the graphic impression to the printer; and (iii) receive a physical impression identity from the printer. The physical impression identity is encoded in a tag pattern disposed on the page printed by the printer. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090080018 | TERMINAL DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS TO SOLVE PRINTING ERROR AND METHOD OF SOLVING PRINTING ERROR THEREOF - A terminal device includes an inbox driver unit to provide information of one or more printer drivers, and a controller to select from the inbox driver unit one of the one or more printer drivers that responds to an error, which occurs in an image forming apparatus due to the printer driver, based on information of a printer driver supportable by the image forming apparatus. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090080019 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus for storing input image data in a storage device, and executing a print job by reading out the image data from the storage device, including: a temperature acquiring section which obtains the temperature of the storage device; a calculation section which calculates the expected completion time of the print job according to a data writing speed of the storage device at the temperature obtained by the temperature acquiring section; and a notifying section which notifies to a user the expected completion time calculated by the calculation section. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090080020 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - When a print area is filled with an initial number a of thumbnails (reference images) and a margin β is left in a print area, a total number γ of thumbnails are added from each video image so that the margin in the print area is fully filled with the thumbnails and a waste of a paper is prevented. As the number of thumbnails of frames in a video image, it becomes easier to recognize content of the video image. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090080021 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PRINTING REQUEST MAKING METHOD - The present invention provides an image processing apparatus including a print screen display unit configured to display in a display device a print screen including document information items regarding documents stored in a device which communicates with the image processing apparatus through a network, a print request unit configured to request a server which communicates with the image processing apparatus through the network to print a document corresponding to a document information item selected from among the document information items included in the print screen, and a print-request limitation control unit configured to prevent a new print request from being issued for a period of time from when the print request unit requests the server to print the document to when registration of print reservation information regarding a print reservation of the document in a print reservation information management unit is detected. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090080022 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PROVISIONAL RESERVATION - A print-request controlling unit requests a print-reservation executing unit to execute provisional reservation of a print job and requests a server communicatable over a network to print a document if the result of the provisional reservation in response to the request received from the print-reservation executing unit indicates that the print job has been provisionally reserved. The print-reservation executing unit receives the request to execute the provisional reservation from the print-request controlling unit, provisionally reserves the print job in response to the received request to execute the provisional reservation, and notifies the print-request controlling unit of the result of the provisional reservation indicating that the print job has been provisionally reserved when the print job is provisionally reserved. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090080023 | Remote access apparatus and remote access system - A plurality of image processing apparatuses | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090086254 | Systems and Methods for Dynamic Printer Configuration - Systems and methods are provided for dynamically altering printer configurations during the processing of a print job based on analysis of rasterized bitmap data for at least one page face derived from print job data. In some embodiments, if analysis of rasterized bitmap data indicates that the reverse face of a page contains no data when the printer is printing in duplex mode, then the configuration of the printer may be set to single-sided so that the duplex unit on the printer can be bypassed. If both faces contain image data then the printer is set to duplex mode. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090086255 | Systems and Methods for Print Accounting - Systems and methods are provided for maintaining page face counts that reflect the number of pages with printed image data. In some embodiments, if analysis of rasterized bitmap data indicates that the reverse face of a page contains no data when the printer is printing in duplex mode, then the configuration of the printer may be set to single-sided so that the duplex unit on the printer can be bypassed. If both faces contain image data then the printer is set to duplex mode. In particular, when printing in duplex mode, if a reverse page face is blank and does not contain image data, then the blank page face is not included in the page face count. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090086256 | CONDITIONAL CONTENT PRINTING - A method of conditional content printing may include receiving a job, wherein the job includes a base layer and a first conditional content layer. One or more printing parameters may be received. The job may be automatically processed by a resource based on the one or more printing parameters to produce a first document and a second document. Both the first document and the second document may include the base layer. The first document may include the conditional content layer. The second document may not include the conditional content layer. A sheet may be printed for the first and the second document. The sheet for the first document may include the base layer and the first conditional content layer. The sheet for the second document may include the base layer. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090086257 | Method and system for energy saving redirection and orderly queuing of rendering jobs - A plurality of rendering devices in communication with a network are configured with an active mode and an inactive mode, wherein in the active mode a rendering device is either in a rendering state or constitutes components ready to render. In response to receiving a rendering job request, it is determined if any rendering device of the plurality of rendering devices is currently an active mode rendering device. If an active mode rendering device is available via the network, a rendering queue wait time is estimated with respect to the active mode rendering device and an activation wait time is estimated for an inactive rendering device on the network. The estimated rendering queue wait time is compared to the estimated activation wait time and the rendering job is rendered on the rendering device associated with a shorter estimated time, thereby saving energy by maintaining the majority of rendering devices in communication with the network in an inactive mode. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090086258 | System and method of document reproduction - A document reproduction system includes an optical scanning device configured to output an electronic representation of a document comprising both machine printed and non-machine printed elements; and a computing device in communication with the optical scanning device. The computing device is configured to distinguish between the machine printed and non-machine printed elements in the electronic representation of the document. The computing device is configured to selectively print or store only the machine or non-machine printed elements based on user input. A method of document reproduction includes scanning a document having both printed and non-printed content to produce an electronic image; and automatically distinguishing between the printed and non-printed elements in the electronic image of the document. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090086259 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY FOR A NEW VERSION OF A PAGE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE - A method of providing backward compatibility for a newer version of a page description language to a system comprising a computer and a printer coupled to the computer, where the printer is configured and arranged for operation with an earlier version of the page description language and has not been updated for the newer version of the page description language, includes providing an updated printer driver with a component that incorporates information about the printer to convert a file in the newer version of the page description language into a file in the earlier version of the page description language while substantially retaining a same visual appearance of the file when printed and compared to the file printed by a printer configured and arranged to print the file using the newer version of the page description language. The updated printer driver is stored on the computer. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090086260 | FAX APPARATUS AND DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD THEREOF - A data management method of a fax apparatus, the data management method includes setting a storage option of fax data, receiving at least one fax data, and storing at least one received fax data as a single file according to the set storage option. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090086261 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An information processing apparatus generates print data in response to a print request, stores the print data in a storage unit, and enters a standby state for waiting for a print-data transmission request. An image forming apparatus transmits the print-data transmission request to the information processing apparatus corresponding to input identification data for uniquely identifying the information processing apparatus, receives the print data from the information processing apparatus, and prints out the print data. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090086262 | JOB EXECUTING APPARATUS FOR EXECUTING A JOB IN RESPONSE TO A RECEIVED COMMAND AND METHOD OF EXECUTING A JOB IN RESPONSE TO A RECEIVED COMMAND - A job executing apparatus is provided with a job ID creation device configured to create a job ID in a case where a first command and an external apparatus ID of an external apparatus are received, a sending device configured to send the job ID to the external apparatus, a storing device configured to store combination data of the job ID and the external apparatus ID, a second command determination device configured to determine whether or not combination data received with a second command is stored in the storing device, and a job executing device configured to execute a job corresponding to the job ID received with the second command in a case where a positive determination is made, and configured to prohibit executing the job corresponding to the job ID received with the second command in a case where a negative determination is made. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090086263 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM THEREOF - An object is to reduce a document generating time period of a form or the like, and to generate an appropriate document having correct calculation results even if it is necessary to calculate the aggregate of calculation target data extending over a plurality of pages. To achieve the object, the information processing apparatus is a system for generating a form by filling a plurality of insertion data into a template, which has a requesting unit configured to request one or more other apparatuses to execute processing of filling part of the plurality of insertion data into the template, wherein the requesting unit decides, according to the difference between two consecutive insertion data in the plurality of insertion data, the part of the insertion data the one or more other apparatuses are requested to fill into the template. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090086264 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTER, ADMINISTRATING DEVICE FOR THE NUMBER OF SHEETS, AND PROGRAM - A printing system, provided with a first administrating section for administrating the number of sheets remaining until the number of printed sheets reaches to a predetermined upper limit of the number of sheets, a second administrating subsection for administrating the number of reserved sheets being under a waiting condition for being printed and outputted in the printing section, and a judging section for comparing the total number of sheets of the number of reserved sheets and the number of scheduled sheets indicated in a printing permission request with the number of remaining sheets when receiving the printing permission request. The judging section judges from the comparison whether or not the printing requested by the printing permission request is to be permitted, and transmits the judgment result as the response to the printing permission request. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090086265 | PRINT PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD - A printer driver for generating print job data to be transferred to a printer in response to a drawing instruction determines, based on combining condition, whether the received drawing instruction can be combined with another drawing instruction. If the printer driver determines that the received drawing instruction can be combined, the printer driver stores the received drawing instruction as intermediate data. If the printer driver determines that the received drawing instruction cannot be combined, the printer driver combines intermediate data of already stored drawing instructions into a single item of print job data and outputs the print job data to the printer. The combining condition is that the received drawing instruction meets all of three conditions. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090086266 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND PRINTING METHOD - When a print job is interrupted in an in-store terminal due to an error, such as a paper jam and shortage of consumables, or user's instruction, the in-store terminal issues a resumption receipt on which identification information of the interrupted print job is printed. When the user inputs the identification information on the resumption receipt into another in-store terminal that is supposed to resume printing, resumption order information is downloaded from the in-store terminal to the other in-store terminal, thereby immediately resuming the interrupted print job. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090086267 | PRINTING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINT JOB, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A printing apparatus has a filter ID, the number of deleted print jobs, and a print job deletion filter including at least one filtering condition registered therein. The filtering condition includes a job attribute, a keyword, and a search method. Upon receiving a print job including print data and job information from a print server system, the printing apparatus determines whether the job information contained in the print job satisfies the filtering condition. If the job information contained in the print job satisfies the filtering condition, the printing apparatus deletes the print job identified by the job information. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090086268 | PRINT CONFIGURATION PROGRAM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A printing setting program is provided that can be executed by an information processing apparatus for setting a printing condition. The printing setting program has: a plurality of setting sections, each of the plurality of setting sections having a setting item for setting a printing process; a displaying section adapted for displaying the setting section; a detecting section adapted for detecting a change of the setting item; and a memorizing section adapted for memorizing setting item information relating to the setting item detected as changed by the detecting section, wherein one of the plurality of setting sections displayed in a front of the plurality of setting sections at a start of the printing setting program is determined according to the setting item information memorized in the memorizing section. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090086269 | Image Forming Apparatus and Image Forming System - An image forming apparatus contains: an internal device that performs a service; a message processing unit that parses a message according to service definition data, the service definition data including syntax definitions of an interface part of the service and designation of a protocol to be used for the service; and a control unit that controls the internal device according to a request obtained from a result of parsing the message by the message processing unit in order to execute the service. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090086270 | PRINTING DEVICE, METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR EXECUTING PRINT JOB - There is provided a printing device, comprising: a data receiving unit configured to receive print job data; a buffer used to store the print job data; a judgment unit configured to judge whether the print job data received by the data receiving unit can be stored in available space of the buffer; and a deletion target extraction unit configured such that, in response to the judgment unit judging that the print job data received by the data receiving unit can not be stored in available space of the buffer, the deletion target extraction unit extracts deletion target print job data which can de deleted from the buffer, from among one or more pieces of print job data stored in the buffer. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090091778 | System and Method for Printing Forms - A method, computer program product, and printing system for selecting an identifier chosen from a plurality of identifiers defined within a storage device of a printing system. A form is selected that is chosen from a plurality of forms defined within the storage device of the printing system. The selected form is modified to associate the selected form with the selected identifier, thus defining a modified selected form. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090091779 | PRINT MODULE, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, PRINT SYSTEM, PRINT UNIT, INK SUPPLY UNIT, PRINT METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention provides a print module, an information processing device, a print system, a print unit, an ink supply unit, a print method and program, all capable of quickly and easily meeting demands for a print medium size change, particularly to increased sizes, while at the same time coping with demands for faster printing speed. To this end, this invention constructs the print heads ( | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090091780 | PRINTING CONTROL METHOD AND PRINTING SYSTEM - An object of the present invention is to provide a printing control method and a printing controller which are capable of performing high-quality printing in a short period of time, and which are capable of reducing human error. To achieve this end, the printing control method is used to control a printing system, which is equipped with a server to store printing data which contains platemaking data and related information, a printing machine equipped with a plurality of printing presses, a terminal unit for acquiring the printing image data and outputting command information to the printing machine, detectors for detecting a state of a printed page, and controllers for controlling the printing presses based on the printing data and detection information. In a pre-printing step, the operating conditions of the printing machine are loaded from the server, a supply of ink is preset based on the printing data, one of a plurality of sets of data for selection is selected as printing data, platemaking data is displayed on a display unit, and the state of arrival of the platemaking plate data to the terminal unit and the data that arrived are confirmed. In a printing step, feedback control employing the detection information is performed based on the data sent from the terminal unit. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090091781 | Print controlling apparatus and information processing apparatus - To restrain that an adjustment is performed by a printer driver by matching an order for setting items by a user and a priority order between the items when an adjustment is performed by a printer driver. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090091782 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming device includes an image forming section, a connection section, a request receiving section, an illegality detection section, a notice section and a web page creation section. The image forming section performs image formation on a medium. The connection section communicates with an information processing device. The request receiving section receives a request from the information processing device through the connection section. The illegality detection section detects an illegal access to the request receiving section through the connection section. The notice section notifies, to the information processing device, a detection result by the illegality detection section through the connection section. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090091783 | PRINTING DEVICE AND PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing device is connected to a host apparatus and a lower level printing device. When the printing device receives printing target data from the host apparatus, it sends the same printing target data to the lower level printing device. A printing unit prints the printing target data on a recording medium on a page by page basis. A data-delete command issuing unit, for each printed page printed by the printing unit, issues a print data deleting command to the lower level printing device to instruct the lower level printing device to delete a portion of the printing target data corresponding to the printed page. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090091784 | Controlling Program and Image Forming Apparatus - There is described a network system that includes a plurality of image forming apparatuses, which are coupled to each other through a network, and each of which makes it possible to output guidance by emitting an audible voice from an image forming apparatus located in the vicinity of the specific user who has instructed any one of the other image forming apparatuses to implement a print job. Each of the plurality of image forming apparatuses includes: a communication section to bilaterally communicate information with other image forming apparatuses; an authenticating section to authenticate whether or not the specific user resides in a peripheral area of the image forming apparatus concerned; and a voice outputting section to output the guidance for the specific user by emitting the audible voice. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090091785 | Printing Apparatus And Printing Method - The present invention is intended to prevent appearance of streaks in head scanning direction at the joint of print data of the image to be printed. Print data composed of a multiplicity of dot information is supplied to a printing head having a plurality of dot forming elements arrayed along a sub-scanning direction. The printing head and the printing medium relatively move in main scanning direction and sub-scanning direction each other, and an image is printed on the surface of the printing medium. In the print data supplied by every main scanning action of the printing head, a deformed data portion of concave and convex shapes of waveform are formed, for example, so that dots may not be arrayed parallel continuously in the main scanning direction of the printing head, at the joint of the ends of the sub-scanning direction. The concave and convex shapes at the joint side of the print data, and the concave and convex shapes at the joint side of other print data adjacent to the print data are printed in mutually fitted state. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090091786 | Controlling Program and Image Forming Apparatus - There is described a network system that includes a plurality of image forming apparatuses, which are coupled to each other through a network, and each of which makes it possible to output voice guidance from an image forming apparatus located in the vicinity of the specific user who has instructed any one of the other image forming apparatuses to implement a print job. Each of the plurality of image forming apparatuses includes: a communication section to bilaterally communicate information with other image forming apparatuses; an authenticating section to authenticate whether or not the specific user resides by the image forming apparatus concerned; and a voice outputting section to output the guidance for the specific user by emitting the audible voice; wherein, when the print job is suspended, select one of the image forming apparatus to carry the voice guidance to the specific user and output the guidance again. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090091787 | IMAGE FORMATION SYSTEM AND APPLICATION PROGRAM INSTALLATION METHOD - In an image formation system in which a plurality of image forming apparatuses operates cooperatively as a single virtual device, an instruction is accepted that designates an application to be installed and an apparatus as the destination for installing the application. Based on the functions of the plurality of image forming apparatuses that constitute the virtual device, it is determined whether or not the application to be installed operates on the apparatus that is the installation destination. In accordance with the determined result, an apparatus as an installation destination for installing the application and an installation method are displayed to allow selection of the apparatus as the installation destination and the installation method. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090091788 | IMAGE SENDING APPARATUS, IMAGE SENDING SYSTEM AND IMAGE SENDING METHOD - An image sending system including a server and a plurality of image sending apparatuses. The server (i) receives sending method specification information specified by a receiver and indicating a sending method for image data addressed to the receiver, (ii) records the sending method specification information and an identifier of the receiver in association with each other, (iii) and receives updated sending method specification information and rewrites the recorded sending method specification information with the updated sending method specification information. Each image sending apparatus (i) receives a selection of an identifier of a receiver of image data to be sent, (ii) obtains from the server the recorded sending method specification information and identification of the receiver, and (iii) when the identifier of receiver in the received selection matches the obtained identifier of receiver, sends the image data | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090091789 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a reading unit, a printing unit, a control unit configured to control a reading job for causing the reading unit to execute reading processing and a printing job for causing the printing unit to execute print processing, and a setting unit configured to perform setting as to whether to permit execution of a second job while a first job is in execution, wherein the first job is one of the reading job and the printing job, and the second job is the other of the reading job and the printing job. The control unit controls the reading job and the printing job based on the setting performed by the setting unit. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090091790 | COMPUTER SYSTEM WITH WIRELESS PEN AND RELAY PAIRING - A computer system includes a printer configured to print visible information and invisible coded data tags on print media. A pen-type device includes an image sensor configured to sense the data tags and wirelessly transmit associated sensed data. A relay is configured to receive the transmitted data. One or more servers are interfaced to the relay, and are configured to process the received data from the relay and to perform an action based upon the received data. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090091791 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR THIRD-PARTY ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL OF REMOTE IMAGING JOBS AND IMAGING DEVICES - Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems and methods for third-party administrative control of remote imaging jobs and imaging devices. In some embodiments, administrative controls may be used in conjunction with the remote user interface features to restrict access to the imaging device by remote user devices, remote user interface applications, and/or walkup users. In other embodiments, a server may provide a discovery process for imaging devices coupled thereto and may maintain a central repository for device capabilities information. The server may further emulate remote user interface capabilities for those imaging devices that do not directly support such features. In still other embodiments, a monitor process may be spawned to monitor status of the imaging device and jobs thereon and to control the state of job processing on the imaging device. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090091792 | Method for Delivering Greeting Cards - A method for delivering a greeting card using a form in which information relating to at least one interactive element associated with the delivery of a greeting card, and an identity indicative of the at least one interactive element are determined, print data indicative of the information and the identity is generated, and then transferred to a printer. The printer is responsive to the print data to print the form including the information and coded data relating to the at least one interactive element, the coded data being coincident with the information. This allows a sensing device placed in an operative position relative to the information to sense at least some of the coded data and generate indicating data using the sensed coded data. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090091793 | PRINTER FOR PRODUCE COOLING AND STORAGE APPARATUS - A printer for use in an apparatus for storing and cooling produce is provided. The printer has a printer module, collector and page binder. The printer module is provided in a compartment door of the apparatus and has a media store storing pages of media in a vertically disposed manner and a pagewidth printhead arranged vertically beneath the media store for printing on the vertically disposed pages of media as they pass the printhead from the media store. The collector is provided in another compartment door of the apparatus at an interface of the compartment doors to receive the vertically disposed printed pages and hold the printed pages in the vertically disposed manner. The page binder is positioned between the printer module and collector for binding multiple printed pages by applying adhesive to each printed page as it passes from the printhead without interrupting their movement past the printhead. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090097054 | Method and system for recovering lost printouts - A method and system that facilitate recovery of lost printouts in shared print environments. The method and system enable an owner who believes that his or her lost printout may have been inadvertently taken from a shared imaging node to alert other users of the shared imaging node who are most likely to have taken the lost printout. More particularly, the method and system generate and transmit a lost printout alert to users whose printouts were output by the shared printer close in sequence to the lost printout. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090097055 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An image forming system includes: an image forming unit that forms an image on paper sheets, plural post-processors that execute post-processing for paper sheets on which an image has been formed by the image forming unit, a calculator that calculates a waiting period for image forming that post-processing by a post-processor in response to a first print request entails, a selector that selects out of succeeding print requests a print request that requires the use of a different post-processor from the post-processor being used for the first print request as a second print request according to the waiting period calculated by the calculator, and an image forming controller that controls the image forming unit so as to execute image forming in response to the second print request selected by the selector in the waiting period for the image forming in response to the first print request. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090097056 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming method to be used with an image forming apparatus includes receiving a command to perform a direct printing operation with respect to a document; determining whether a direct printing standard, which is used to perform the direct printing operation with respect to the document, is satisfied, and displaying a message enabling a user to select whether to perform the direct printing operation if the direct printing standard is not satisfied. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090097057 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An apparatus for executing image processing by a plurality of serially connected image processing modules stores, in memory, set values for the plurality of image processing modules and image data to be processed by the plurality of image processing modules, adds headers to respective ones of the set values and image data that have been read out of the memory and transmits the result to a top image processing module among the plurality of image processing modules. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090097058 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, HOST APPARATUS CONNECTED THERETO AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A host apparatus to transmit image data on a task object to an image forming apparatus, and the host apparatus includes a user input unit to receive a user's selection for a plurality of task options to perform a plurality of tasks for a single task object, a host communication unit to perform communication with the image forming apparatus; and a host controller to control the host communication unit to generate a single set of image data corresponding to the plurality of task options and transmit the single set of image data to the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus receives image data corresponding to a task object from a host apparatus, and the image forming apparatus includes a print communication unit to perform communication with the host apparatus, and a print controller to interpret information corresponding to a plurality of task options included in the image data received through the print communication unit in a unit of page. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090097059 | ELECTRONIC FILE APPROVAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An electronic file approval management system includes information terminal devices for a creator creating an electronic file and for an approver approving the file. The device for approver includes an electronic information transmitter-receiver storing and retrieving information with the device for creator, an input unit being input an approval result, a first print data converter converting the file into first print data, a first approval information extractor extracting first approval information, and a key creation unit creating an approval key. The device for creator includes a creation unit creating the electronic file, an electronic information transmitter-receiver for the creator storing and retrieving information with the device for approver, a second print data converter converting the file into second print data, a second approval information extractor extracting second approval information, and an approval key authentication unit determining whether to approve based on collation of the second approval information and approval key. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090097060 | PRINTING SYSTEM, CONTROLLING METHOD, STORING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - A printing system which enables to improve its flexibility, convenience, and/or productivity by utilizing a post-processing by a post-processor connected to a printer without printing by a printer. An execution request is received for a specific type of job executing a post-processing by a post-processor connected to a printer without printing by the printer. The post-processor is caused to execute the post-processing for a first printed matter previously generated for the specific type of job without printing by the printer when receiving the execution request. Print data is received which is utilized for generating the first printed matter. The printer is caused to generate a second printed matter corresponding to the first printed matter, by using the print data. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090097061 | MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND MANAGEMENT METHOD - A management server receives a notification from an image forming apparatus as to an operation mode of the image forming apparatus in response to an operation performed by a service person. The management server detects a status change in the image forming apparatus from the received notification. The management server then produces a replacement part list in accordance with management information stored in the management server and in accordance with the notified operation mode of the image forming apparatus and the detected status change. The management server transmits the produced replacement part list to the image forming apparatus. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090097062 | PRINT SYSTEM, PRINT METHOD, AND MOBILE TERMINAL USED IN PRINT SYSTEM - A print system that acquires the contents for printing from a server provided on a network via a mobile terminal and that prints the contents through a printer is provided to reduce unauthorized duplication of the contents. The server issues the print right corresponding to the print data in response to a request for the contents from the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal requests the print data by transmitting the acquired print right to the server. The server determines whether the transmitted print right is valid, and transmits the print data when the print right is valid. The mobile terminal transfers the transmitted print data to the printer. When the print data is transmitted to the mobile terminal, the print right is invalidated in the server. When the mobile terminal transfers the transmitted print data to the printer, the print data is deleted in the mobile terminal. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090097063 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes an identifying unit configured to identify a printing capability of an apparatus that is a transmission destination of first image data, and a converting unit configured to convert the first image data, which has been instructed to be printed with a transparent recording material, into second image data that can be printed by the transmission destination apparatus, on the basis of the identification result of the identifying unit and information attached to the first image data. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090097064 | PRINTING APPARATUS, JOB PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORING MEDIUM - A printing apparatus which enables to efficiently improve the productivity of the printed matter and to efficiently supply the resource. It is determined whether a printing interrupting factor occurs regarding a job for which a printing process is performed. When it is determined that the printing interrupting factor occurs regarding the job, a subsequent job following the job is controlled to be performed in priority to the job. When the job, regarding which, it is determined that the printing interrupting factor occurs, is the job related to image quality adjustment, the subsequent job is restricted to be performed in priority to the job regarding which, it is determined that the printing interrupting factor occurs. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090097065 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus that can reduce the number of signal lines that can respond to interrupt processing by conducting I/O control that can acquire irregularly generated sensor detection signals. Identification control means of the image forming apparatus uses the data line in the period other than when conducting identification control of the detection means or the drive means to acquire the data of the specified detection means as valid data. Delay of the detection response time to irregularly generated signals can be minimized by using the data line other than when conducting identification control of the detection means or the drive means to acquire irregularly generated detection signals. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090097066 | JOB HISTORY MANAGING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A job history managing system which is capable of efficiently narrowing down a corresponding job, even if image information has been leaked, and eliminating variation in search results to realize the search result with a high accuracy. The job history managing system has a client PC | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090097067 | OPTIMIZING RASTER OPERATION FUNCTIONS DURING PRINT JOB PROCESSING - Methods for processing print jobs in rendering devices include modifying a raster operation function to have fewer variables than originally specified by the print job. Processing may also include executing the modified function and determining how many variables the function originally includes and whether such is one or more. Preferably, the modifying of the function includes determining whether a variable of the function has a black or white identity, such as a black or white ink or a black or white image, stencil or character. It may also include determining whether a destination variable remains unaltered in a to-be-painted area. Printers having stored computer executable instructions for performing the steps are also disclosed as are host devices that may direct or control the printer to perform the same. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090097068 | DEVICE AUTHORIZATION SYSTEM USING OPTICAL SCANNER - A method and apparatus for controlling access to a device having a scanner that is used for scanning images into memory and a plurality of features. The method comprises optically scanning a tag with the scanner, receiving information from the tag during the scanning process, and determining whether a bearer of the tag can access the device at all based upon information scanned from the tag. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090097069 | EXTENSIBLE FRAMEWORK FOR PARSING VARYING FORMATS OF PRINT STREAM DATA - A method of parsing print stream data including the steps of intercepting a data file from at least a portion of the print stream data, reading at least a portion of the data file and determining if said data file is of a format having subset formats. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090097070 | EXTENSIBLE FRAMEWORK FOR PARSING VARYING FORMATS OF PRINT STREAM DATA - A method of parsing print stream data including the steps of intercepting a data file from at least a portion of the print stream data, reading at least a portion of the data file and determining if said data file is of a format having subset formats. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090103124 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, MOBILE DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - This invention further improves the operability of a mobile device by changing the operation screen of the mobile device in accordance with the operation status of the mobile device or that of an image forming apparatus in a communicable state when the mobile device and image forming apparatus become communicable with each other. When it is detected that the mobile device exists within a range of a predetermined short distance, status information is acquired from the mobile device to determine whether a file is selected in the operation screen of the mobile device. Information which designates an operation screen to be displayed on the mobile device is transmitted on the basis of the determination result. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090103125 | DECODING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND DECODING METHOD - An acquiring unit divides one line of image data in a main scan direction into blocks for every n consecutive pixels to acquire compressed pixel data generated by compressing each of the divided blocks. A first switching unit alternately switches a first or second data retaining unit defined as a write destination of the decompressed pixel data. A second switching unit alternately switches the first or second data retaining unit defined as a readout source of pixel data such that the pixel data are read out from the first or second data retaining unit not defined as the write destination of the pixel data by the first switching unit. A controller controls output of the pixel data from the first or second data retaining unit. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090103126 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WHICH SUPPORTS INTERNET PROTOCOL (IP) MANAGEMENT AND METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus including a network interface unit to connect to a terminal, and an IP management unit to control the network interface unit to set a new IP address to be a main IP address and set the current IP address to be a sub IP address, if the current IP address is changed by the terminal. A user may use the printing operation of the image forming apparatus conveniently even when the IP address of the image forming apparatus is changed. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090103127 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR COMPILING INFORMATION FOR USE IN A COMMAND SCRIPT FOR A PRODUCT DISPENSING SYSTEM - Information for use in a command script for a product dispensing system is compiled by sniffing packets associated with a print job that contains information associated with a product to be dispensed, filtering the packets so as to remove fields not associated with the print job, and combining the filtered packets to generate contiguous data associated with the print job. A command script for a product dispensing system is generated by receiving data associated with a print job that contains information associated with a product to be dispensed, extracting the information associated with the product from the print job data, organizing the information associated with the product into discrete informational units, and generating the command script based on the organized discrete information units. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090103128 | JOB PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF AND STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - It is confirmed whether or not a job that instructs the execution of multiple processes using the XML language includes a process that cannot be executed by a job processing unit, and in the case where it has been confirmed that the job includes a process that cannot be executed by the job processing unit, the job processing unit is caused to execute a process that the job processing unit is capable of executing from among the multiple processes. Processes that cannot be executed by the job processing unit are ignored, cancelled, or processed according to a pre-set specification. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090103129 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGING DEVICE, AND METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING SAME - A technique of directly and simply operating image data stored in an external storage device using a camera is provided. To accomplish this, an image processing device connectable to a network, comprises a connection unit configured to connect to an imaging device, an acquisition unit configured to acquire image data captured by the imaging device from an external device on the network, in accordance with a user operation on the imaging device, and a display control unit configured to display the image data acquired by the acquisition unit and image data stored in the imaging device in accordance with a display unit of the imaging device. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090103130 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An object of the present invention is to provide an image forming apparatus which can guarantee the originality of a document consisting of a plurality of pages. To achieve the object, an image forming apparatus of the present invention includes an extracting unit that extracts fiber information from paper media; a first storage unit that synthesizes and storing fiber information extracted from pages of a first paper medium consisting of a plurality of pages by using the extracting unit as first fiber information; a second storage unit that synthesizes and stores fiber information extracted from pages of a second paper medium consisting of a plurality of pages by using the extracting unit as second fiber information; and a comparing unit that compares the first fiber information and the second fiber information and determining whether these match each other. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090103131 | MONITORING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR REQUEST PROCESSING - A first image processing apparatus detects pressing of a call button, and issues call-button pressing identifying information serving as request identifying information. The first image processing apparatus searches for another image processing apparatus, and when detecting a second image processing apparatus, the first image processing apparatus transmits the issued call-button pressing identifying information to the detected second image processing apparatus. Furthermore, the first image processing apparatus transmits the call-button pressing identifying information serving as the request identifying information and image processing apparatus identifying information of the first image processing apparatus to a management apparatus. When detecting pressing of a call button of the second image processing apparatus, the second image processing apparatus transmits the call-button pressing identifying information received from the first image processing apparatus and image processing apparatus identifying information of the second image processing apparatus to the management apparatus. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090103132 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINT SETTING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A printing system has a terminal apparatus and a printing apparatus that are interconnected via a network. The terminal apparatus includes an obtainer that gains access to the printing apparatus and obtains print setting screen data stored in the printing apparatus, a display that displays on itself a print setting screen according to the obtained print setting screen data, an input part that inputs print setting data via the print setting screen displayed on a display thereof, and a transmitter that transmits the inputted print setting data to the printing apparatus. And the printing apparatus includes a receiver that receives the print setting data from the terminal apparatus, and a code generator that generates an appropriate print controlling code for the received print setting data. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090103133 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING PRINT PRODUCTS AND SYSTEM FOR ORDERING PRINT PRODUCTS - A method for producing a print product is described where the product is defined by a master manuscript, ordered by an ordering system for print products and printed according to the print manuscript, in addition, an ordering system is described for print which includes a definition module for defining a product through a master manuscript, and includes a transmission module for transmitting to a vendor for print products and to facilitate the designation of a creator of the master manuscript as a recipient of a commission when the print is ordered through an ordering system on the internet, such that the ordering system initially reads an identification feature of the creator of the master manuscript from the master manuscript, and an order to produce the print product is associated with the creator, and the ordering system includes an identification module, by which a creator of the master manuscript can be identified, and an association module, by which the order can be associated with the creator. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090103134 | Information display apparatus, information display method and information display program - An information display apparatus includes a touch panel, and a storage/management unit for storing objects input from the touch panel and other information. The storage/management unit includes a memory space ( | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090109464 | Print Options For Productivity - In an embodiment, a document processing application selects, based on an objective for a print job, one or more document processing devices and/or one or more parameter values for processing the print job. The objective may be selected by a user. Examples of objectives for a print job include fastest time to process the print job, the lowest cost to process the print job, the least amount of labor required to process the print job, the lowest cost of labor required to process the print job, and the highest quality finished product. The print job is sent to a printing device and a finishing device, one or both of which may have been selected, based on the objective, by the application. Any selected parameter values (whether selected by the application, or manually selected) are sent to the appropriate document processing device. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090109465 | CONTROLLING PAGE SCANS - A system may include a tracking module that is arranged and configured to track usage of a device, a command module that is arranged and configured to generate a command to control page scans, where the command to control the page scans is based on the usage of the device, and an execution module that is arranged and configured to receive the command to control the page scans and to execute the command to control the page scans. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090109466 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A technology is provided that suppresses a noise that an image forming apparatus makes in the course of an operation thereof from interfering with a user who is watching television. When a printer | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090109467 | SYSTEM FOR GENERATING PRINT DATA PROVIDING INTERACTION WITH COMPUTER SOFTWARE - A system for enabling user interaction with computer software. The includes a computer system for determining information related to an interactive element, determining an identity indicative of the interactive element, determining a layout defining an arrangement for at least one of coded data indicative of the identity and the information, generating print data indicative of the identity, layout and information, transferring the print data to a printer which prints a form in response thereto by printing the information coincident with the coded data, receiving indicating data indicative of the interactive element from a sensing device which senses the coincident coded data to generate the indicating data, identifying, using the indicating data, the interactive element, and performing an action associated with the interactive element. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090109468 | DOCUMENT PRINTING TECHNIQUES - We describe a portable paperless electronic printer for displaying a printed document on an electronic paper display. The paperless electronic printer includes an input to receive print data from an output of a printer driver of a computerised electronic device, a non-volatile electrophoretic display to provide an electronic paper display of stored said print data for a said document page to mimic said document page when printed on paper; and a processor coupled to said input, to non-volatile memory, and to said non-volatile electrophoretic display and configured to input said print data, to store said data derived from said print data in said non-volatile memory, and to provide to said non-volatile electrophoretic display data for displaying a said document page derived from said stored data. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090109469 | OFFICE MACHINE AND FAX RECEIVING MODE SWITCH METHOD THEREOF - A fax receiving mode switch method of an office machine connecting with at least one host device, via a network and communicating with an external fax machine, is provided with: requesting a response to the at least one host device; and switching a mode of the office machine based on whether there is any response from the at least one host device. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090109470 | DATA TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A data transmission apparatus acquires transmission processing information that includes a transmission destination for transmitting data, notification information related to transmission of data to the transmission destination, and a notification destination for notifying the notification information. The data transmission apparatus transmits data to the transmission destination included in the transmission processing information, and notifies the notification information to the notification destination included in the transmission processing information. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090109471 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND APPLICATION EXECUTING METHOD - An image forming apparatus simplifies function customization or expansion, and enables accurate reproduction of conditions attached to a stored document without causing a strong dependency among individual components when the stored document is reutilized. The image processing apparatus includes a first filter that controls a data input process, and a second filter that controls a data output process, the first filter and the second filter constructing an application. A setting condition is set for each of the first filter and the second filter. In response to an instruction to register a stored document, a condition ID that is assigned to the setting condition is acquired. The condition ID and the image data are stored in a database in association with one another. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090109472 | Image Transmission System - The subject matter of the present invention described herein is an image transmission system in which an image transmission apparatus uses configuration that has been set in a server. The image transmission apparatus acquires identifiers from the server, and displays the identifiers on a UI screen based on the acquired identifiers. Upon receiving a selection from the UI screen, the image transmission apparatus acquires an address corresponding to the selected identifier from the server, and uses the address for transmission of image data. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090109473 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An application obtains printer capability information from a printer driver. Subsequently, the application obtains the text string information corresponding to a function based on the printer capability information obtained from the printer driver. Subsequently, the application performs instructions for displaying the characters of the function displayed on a printer driver screen using the characters of the obtained text string information. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090109474 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes an input unit configured to obtain image data and to perform an input process on the image data to produce input image data, an input filter configured to control the input process performed by the input unit, an output unit configured to perform an output process on processed image data, an output filter configured to control the output process performed by the output unit, a process filter connecting between the input filter and the output filter to control processing of the input image data, and another output filter configured to control an output process for storing given image data and conditions concerning outputting of the given image data in a storage unit. The other output filter is coupled to one of the input filter and the process filter in response to receiving an instruction to store the given image data. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090109475 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - In order to display the more detailed print status of an electronic document having a tree structure, information about the tree structure is added to a print command. Furthermore, for information management, the information about the tree structure is associated with a corresponding page. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090109476 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING METHOD AND PROGRAM - To print, by discriminating a second user, print data unprintable by first user's printing authority, a control method for an image forming apparatus, printing print data specified by user discrimination information, comprises: reading discrimination information; obtaining printing authority information corresponding to first user discrimination information for discriminating a first user specified by discrimination information of the first user; judging whether input print data can be printed based on the printing authority information corresponding to the obtained first user discrimination information; determining, if judged that the input print data is unprintable based on the printing authority information corresponding to the first user discrimination information, printable print data based on printing authority information corresponding to second user discrimination information for discriminating a second user specified by discrimination information of the second user; and printing the printable print data. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090109477 | SERVER APPARATUS, MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND METHOD - A server apparatus configured to manage log information corresponding to job information transmitted from a host computer to a printer includes a storage unit storing the log information received in a temporary storage area, an issue unit configured to issue identification information identifying the log information, a generation unit configured to generate authentication information based on the identification information and authenticate the identification information, a transmission unit configured to transmit the identification to the host computer, a reception unit configured to receive, from the image processing apparatus, identification information and authentication information extracted by the image processing apparatus from job information received by the image processing apparatus from the host computer, a determination unit configured to determine whether log information corresponding to the identification information is stored in the temporary storage area, and a notification unit configured to notify the image processing apparatus of the determination result. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090109478 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, WORKFLOW REGISTERING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus, in which an operator can register a workflow with an easy operation, the usage of a routine task function can thus be facilitated, and the work efficiency of the operator can be improved. A plurality of functions for an image processing are provided with the image processing apparatus capable of executing a process including a combination of the plurality of the functions as a workflow. An operation unit receives an operation by an operator for the image processing apparatus. A storing unit stores the operation, which is received by the operation unit, by the operator as an operation history. An extracting unit extracts operation information for causing the workflow to be executed from the operation history stored in the storing unit. A registering unit registers the operation information extracted by the extracting unit. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090109479 | FORM GENERATION SYSTEM AND FORM GENERATION METHOD - Embodiments of the invention relate to a form management system that generates a form ID of the form to be created, on the basis of a form data ID, which is generated based on a template ID generated from a form template and form data to be overlaid thereon. In addition, the form management system may be capable of identifying and managing the form template and the form data for the generated form. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090109480 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - In the case of disposing regions of various sizes within a page, many blank areas appear and a layout result that is visually attractive could not be obtained. Therefore the present invention determines the starting position of a new row or column, using the difference in sizes of the multiple regions disposed in each row or column. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090109481 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store shared printer drivers classified into a plurality of product categories each including one or more printing apparatuses, and correspondence information between the shared printer drivers and the printing apparatuses, an acquisition unit configured to acquire product specifying information for specifying a printing apparatus from among the printing apparatuses, a determination unit configured to determine a shared printer driver corresponding to a product category corresponding to the product specifying information acquired by the acquisition unit based on the correspondence information stored in the storage unit, even if the shared printer driver is not included in the correspondence information, a setup unit configured to perform setup using the shared printer driver determined by the determination unit. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090109482 | Image processing device and method of the same - An image processing device comprises an operation module configured to input designation settings of a designated transmission destination of image data, an approved transmission destination information storage sector configured to store approved transmission destination information including transmission destinations that have been approved for receiving the image data, and a controller configured to control transmission of the image data by comparing the designated transmission destination received at the operation module and the transmission destinations stored in the approved transmission destination information storage sector. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090109483 | Image processing apparatus and application execution method - A disclosed image processing apparatus includes one or more input units each configured to input data subject to image processing; one or more output units each configured to output a result of the image processing; a first filter configured to control input from a corresponding one of the input units; and a second filter configured to control output to a corresponding one of the output units. An application is constructed by connecting the first and second filters. The image processing apparatus further includes a third filter disposed between the first and second filters and configured to convert an image data type. During job execution, the third filter inquires about image data types processable by the first and second filters, and performs, when the types are different, conversion from the image data type processable by the first filter into the image data type processable by the second filter. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090109484 | Information processing apparatus and information processing method - An information processing apparatus and an information processing method capable of easily customizing and expanding a function are disclosed. The disclosed information processing apparatus includes a parts controlling unit causing software parts to execute a process based on connecting relationships each related to input/output of information between plural software parts; an image data set acquiring unit, as one of the software parts, acquiring image data set and outputting the acquired image data set to software parts connected to an output of the image data set acquiring unit in the connecting relationships; and an information extracting unit, as one of the software parts, extracting information recorded in a pattern embedded in the image data set input from software parts connected to an input of the information extracting unit in the connecting relationships. The parts controlling unit connects the information extracting unit at the output of the image data set acquiring unit. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090109485 | Image processing apparatus - An image processing apparatus is connected to a specific network for processing an image according to image information input to the image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus includes an apparatus information storage unit for storing apparatus information of other apparatus connected to the network; an inquiry unit for inquiring an operational state of the other apparatus according to the apparatus information stored in the apparatus information storage unit; a determining unit for determining the operational state of the other apparatus according to an inquiry result of the inquiry unit; and a switching control unit for switching an operational state of the image processing apparatus between an active state and a power save state according to a number of apparatus that the determining unit determines as being in the active state. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090116053 | Approach For Managing Print Errors Using A Print Agent - An approach for managing print errors using a print agent includes a spooler process initiating a print agent in response to receiving error data that indicates that a printing device cannot currently process print data. The print agent provides printing device discovery services that determine other printing devices that are available to process the print data and allow a user to redirect the print data to another printing device. The print agent may also provide error logging functionality that allows the creation of an error log. The error log contains information about the errors that prevented the printing device from processing the print data. The error log aids users and/or administrative personnel in diagnosing and/or addressing the errors. The use of a print agent in this manner provides users with more information about printing errors and also allows users to select an alternative printing device to process print data. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090116054 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR IMAGE FORMING - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit to form an image, a wireless LAN connection unit to connect to a network via wireless, a cause estimating unit to estimate a cause in a case where a connection to the network can not be established by the wireless LAN connection unit, and a display unit to display the estimated cause. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090116055 | Transforming partially specified processing instructions and PDL data into a product description - A rule based system can produce a formal product description when only partially specified processing instructions and page description language (PDL) files are available. The PDL files contain product content data and can contain product description data. The partially specified processing instructions can be obtained from PDL file metadata or from other sources such as a Job Definition Format (JDF) Graybox. A knowledge based reasoning module can use the product description data and partially specified processing instructions to produce a formal product description from which a process network can be automatically produced. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090116056 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes an image scanner unit arranged to generate image data by scanning an original document, at least two output units arranged to output the image data scanned by the image scanner unit, a data table arranged to store a destination with respect to each output unit for at least two recipients, an output specifying unit arranged to specify, in advance with respect to each recipient, the valid output unit for the recipient to receive the image data, a recipient specifying unit arranged for the operator to specify the recipient at the time of output of the image data, and an output control unit arranged to determine a destination based on the data table, the valid output unit specified by the output specifying unit, and the recipient specified by the operator by using the recipient specifying unit, and to output the image data via the output unit that corresponds to the destination. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090116057 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A user efficiently prints a book as desired during the generation of a job. When a form is assigned a flag indicating a last page of the book, a page containing the form assigned the flag is set as the last page of the book and is added to a number of pages that have already been drawn to calculate the total number of pages, and the number of blank pages necessary to place the page containing the form assigned the flag on the last page of the book is determined. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090116058 | IMAGE OUTPUT APPARATUS - An image output apparatus including: an image processing section for processing an image; a printing section that prints the image; a display section that displays the image; an instruction section that allows a user to instruct execution of a print job, and execution of a display job; and a job control section that controls the jobs to start the execution of the print job or the display job in response to the instruction, wherein when the job control section receives instructions to start print jobs and/or display jobs, the job control section controls the jobs to register the print jobs and/or the display jobs in a queue and start these jobs in the order, and when an instruction for a display job in the queue is again received from the instruction section, the job control section controls the jobs to move the display job to the forefront of the queue. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090116059 | PRINTING APPARATUS COMPRISING A PRINT MODULE AND A FINISHING MODULE - A printing apparatus with a print module and a finishing module, in which three delivery timing parameters communicate between the finishing module and the print module via an interface which is designed in such a way that only information bits are passed, resulting in an errorless finishing of sets of sheets. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090116060 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROLLING METHOD AND MEDIUM - A print control apparatus comprising a storage unit configured to store restriction information which restricts print functions, a determination unit configured to refer to the data storage location specified by the restriction information, compare the attributes of the electronic data stored in the data storage location and the attributes of the print data, and determine whether or not a condition specified in the restriction information is met, and a control unit configured to restrict printing of the print data when it is determined that the condition is met, and configured not to restrict printing of the print data when it is determined that the condition is not met. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090116061 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An output job in an image forming apparatus not connected to a network is managed. To accomplish this, an image forming apparatus in an image forming system includes an input unit which inputs document data stored in a recording medium, a verification unit which verifies the validity of the document data on the basis of verification information associated with the input document data, an output unit which forms and outputs an image on a print medium on the basis of the document data, and an output log storing control unit which, when it is determined that the document data is valid, stores, in the recording medium, output log information containing no output image, and when it is determined that the document data is invalid, stores output log information containing the output image in the recording medium. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090116062 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A plurality of control boards can be connected to each other via a high-speed bus. An image forming unit performs an image forming process, which is housed in a casing. A slot is arranged on any one of a plurality of side surfaces perpendicular to a bottom surface of the casing, which is elongated in a direction perpendicular to the bottom surface and guides the control boards to inside of the casing. The control boards are connected in parallel to each other. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090116063 | PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, METHOD AND MEDIUM - Disclosed is a printing control apparatus for acquiring print data having attribute information stored by an application, and creating output data, which is output to a printer, using the print data acquired. The apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to refer to the attribute information included in the print data and acquiring settings information, which satisfies a condition, from at least one item of settings information that has been stored previously in a storage area; a generating unit configured to generate final print settings by superimposing print settings, which have been set in the settings information acquired by the acquisition unit and satisfying the condition, on print settings that have been set in a printer driver; and a creating unit configured to create output data in accordance with the final print settings generated by the generating unit. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090116064 | VARIABLE PAGE PRINTING SYSTEM - The present invention relates to an image processing device that can implement printing (both printing of variable pages and non-variable pages) of an entire document and printing of only variable pages in a simplified manner. The device includes a selecting unit, a determining unit, and outputting unit. The selecting unit selects a printing mode. The determining unit determines whether the selected printing mode is an ordinary printing mode or a variable page printing mode. The outputting unit outputs printing data for a variable page and a non-variable page when the selected printing mode is determined to be the ordinary printing mode the determining unit, and outputs printing data for the variable page when the selected printing mode is determined to be the variable page printing mode by the determining unit. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090116065 | Image forming apparatus and image forming system - An image forming apparatus capable of reprinting image data once printed without requiring a server system for integrally managing image data is provided. A storage section individually provided in an image forming apparatus stores inputted image data, and an information generating section generates log information of the image data to record on an IC card outside the apparatus. Then, based on position information included in the log information, a data reading section specifies a storage section in which desired image data is stored among storage sections provided in a plurality of image forming apparatuses capable of implementing data communication, and reads the desired image data from the specified storage section. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090116066 | Sending device, information output device, presence server, content transmission system, and output condition transmission method - A printing terminal | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090122333 | COOPERATIVE JOB FLOW CREATING APPARATUS, COOPERATIVE JOB FLOW CREATING METHOD, SERVICE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SERVICE PROCESSING METHOD, MANAGEMENT SERVER, FLOW CONVERSION METHOD, JOB FLOW EXECUTION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - To create a job flow having machine type dependence and commonly usable among different types of devices, a CPU of a client PC displays first task information relating to tasks usable in a first print processing device and creates a first task cooperative job flow executable in the first print processing device. Then, the CPU of the client PC creates definition information of the first task cooperative job flow based on an edit instruction entered using the first task information. Furthermore, the CPU of the client PC produces definition information of a second task cooperative job flow executable in a second task processing device based on the definition information of the created first cooperative job flow as well as based on second task information relating to tasks usable in the second print processing device. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090122334 | PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing system includes a printing machine and a terminal device that are mutually connected via a network. When an instruction for new authentication data registration is given by the terminal device at a time of receiving an instruction for security printing, the printing machine receives the instruction for the registration. When newly received authentication data is input from an operation unit, the printing machine permits printing of print data in accordance with the instruction for the security printing. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090122335 | IMAGE EDITING APPARATUS - An image editing apparatus includes a storage unit arranged to store, along with image data, index data as an index of the image data. In the index data, a character string extracted from the image data and area information indicating an area that includes the character string are recorded in association with each other. The image editing apparatus also includes a filter setting unit arranged to set filter setting information including information regarding a filter pattern that is applied to the area, and an image editing unit arranged to edit the image data based on the area information and the filter setting information. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090122336 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus stores therein selected to-be-transmitted image data and the predetermined transmission order of image data, and displays a list of the stored to-be-transmitted image data according to the predetermined transmission order. When receiving an instruction to edit the transmission order of a displayed list of image data, the information processing apparatus displays stored to-be-transmitted image data according to an edited transmission order, and stores the edited transmission order. When receiving an instruction to fax, the information processing apparatus combines to-be-transmitted image data into a single image data to transmit the combined image data to an image transmitting apparatus, based on the stored edited transmission order. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090122337 | HOST APPARATUS FOR AN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND AN IMAGE PRINTING METHOD THEREOF - An image printing method of a host apparatus connected to an image forming apparatus, the method includes selecting an image to be successively printed over a plurality of recording pages, disposing the image to be successively printed on at least one of top, bottom, right and left positions of at least one of the plurality of recording pages, generating printing data of the image to be successively printed over the plurality of recording pages, and transmitting the printing data to the image forming apparatus. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090122338 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A disclosed image forming apparatus is used in an image forming system in which a print request apparatus to be used by a user and plural image forming apparatuses are connected via a network. The image forming apparatus includes a print unit configured to print a print data piece, a communications unit configured to communicate with the print request apparatus and the other image forming apparatuses, a storage unit configured to store printing performance information pieces of the image forming apparatus and the other image forming apparatuses, and a selection reporting unit configured to select, when a print request is received from the print request apparatus, one of the image forming apparatuses which has a most suitable printing performance capability for the print request based on the printing performance information stored in the storage unit and report the selected image forming apparatus to the print request apparatus. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090122339 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE CAPABLE OF ORGANIZING DUPLICATED ADDRESS BOOK RECORDS - A communication device includes a storing section, a determining section, and a storage controlling section. The storing section is configured to store a plurality of communication contact data, each communication contact datum including a set of a plurality of data entries identifying a single communication contact. The determining section is configured to determine whether any two or more of the plurality of communication contact data stored in the storing section include common data entries. The storage controlling section is configured to store the set of data entries included in the communication contact data determined to have common data entries in the storing section as a single communication contact datum when the determining section determines that there exists a plurality of communication contact data including common data entries. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090122340 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINT JOB, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON - A data communication section receives, from an input section, print job congestion information of all image forming apparatuses connected to a UWB wireless communication network and information to obtain distance between the information processing apparatus and the image forming apparatuses and orientation of the image forming apparatuses when viewed from the information processing apparatus. A calculating section calculates, based on the received information and a volume of data of print jobs to be outputted, to obtain the most efficient assignment of the print jobs for a unit of the number of copies. A control section controls the print jobs assigned by the calculating section and transmission of the print jobs to the image forming apparatuses from the data communication section. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090122341 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - If there is a setting of a specific function such as a stamp or the like, print setting information including information to realize the specific function is returned to a system so as to be stored into a spool file. The print setting information in the spool file is obtained. Whether or not the information to realize the specific function is included is discriminated. If it is determined that the information to realize the specific function is not included, a command to print an image corresponding to the page is formed. If it is determined that the information to realize the specific function is included, a command to print an image in which the specific function has been performed to the page is formed. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090122342 | Information processing system, program, recording medium, and history information displaying method - When a transmission history such as a job is displayed, specific information is quickly retrieved from the transmission history by displaying an image included in the transmission history as a thumbnail. An information processing system includes an MFP that includes a function of transmitting image data and a client PC that instructs transmission of the image data to the MFP and the MFP and the client PC are connected to each other through a network. The client PC includes an HDD that stores therein, for each transmission job, a transmission history that includes image data that the client PC instructs the MFP to transmit, a history data creating portion that creates a thumbnail image by converting the image data of the stored transmission history into a thumbnail, and a display data control portion that causes the thumbnail image created by the history data creating portion to be displayed. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090122343 | Transmission terminal, information output device, and content transmission system - Prior to transmission of content data, a personal computer | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090122344 | Image processing apparatus and control method thereof - An image processing apparatus, connected to a display apparatus so as to receive an image containing characters and to output the received image at a reduction rate which is set, includes a character size determination unit which determines a character size of an image which is received, a display control unit which displays a reduction rate-related setting screen for performing a reduction rate-related setting which is related to the reduction rate to the display apparatus on the basis of the determined character size so that a recommended reduction rate-related setting in which a character size of an output image is in a predetermined range and a non-recommended reduction rate-related setting which is other than the recommended reduction rate setting can be distinguishable from each other, and a reduction rate-related setting receiving unit which receives the reduction rate-related setting using the reduction rate-related setting screen. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090128843 | Application-based profiles of printer driver settings - A method for managing printer driver settings using application-based profiles, comprising: applying the print settings for the application using application-profile name table and print settings table, and applying selective lock-in print settings process based on the user's administrative privilege status. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090128844 | SYSTEM OF A PLURALITY OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUSES, DISPLAY METHOD THEREIN AND SERVER DIRECTED THERETO - An image forming apparatus MFP requests, when a user operates the image forming apparatus, input of a user ID for identifying the user. The image forming apparatus MFP obtains customizing information corresponding to the input user ID from a server SRV, and in accordance with the obtained customizing information, changes display mode of an operation panel. The customizing information is formed allowing setting by each user of the image forming apparatus MFP, and each user can arbitrarily set the display image to be convenient for use by the user. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090128845 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PDF DOCUMENT DIRECT PRINTING METHOD THEREOF - A PDF (portable document format) document direct printing method of an image forming apparatus having a memory, the method includes comparing a size of the PDF document with an available capacity of the memory; transmitting the PDF document that is larger than the available capacity of the memory to at least one external device if a determination is made that the size of the PDF document is larger than the available capacity of the memory; receiving the PDF document from the external device, and forming an image corresponding to the received PDF format. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090128846 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - Embodiments of the invention generally relate to the printing of an image. In one version, first image data representing a first background image of a first size is stored in a memory. A printing apparatus is connected via a network to a server that stores second image data representing a second background image of a second size that is greater than the first size. A condition for printing is set based on image data representing an image to be printed. Based on the set condition, the image data representing the image to be printed is synthesized with the first image data representing the background image that is stored in the memory or the second image data obtained from the server by accessing the server via the network. Printing is performed based on the synthesized image data. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090128847 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING METHOD, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND HOST APPARATUS - A printing system has a host apparatus including a generating unit that generates print data and an output unit that outputs the print data generated by the generating unit, and a printing apparatus having an input unit that receives the print data output by the output unit and a printing unit that performs printing based on the print data received by the input unit. The printing system can include an appending unit, a storage unit, a selection unit, and a control unit. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090128848 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE SCANNING APPARATUS, AND REMOTE DIAGNOSIS METHOD FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus sets setting information for forming an image, detects, using a media sensor, characteristic information of a recording medium on which an image is formed according to setting by the setting information, forms an image on the recording medium, the characteristic information of which is detected by the media sensor, on the basis of the setting information, stores, as log data, the setting information for forming an image on the recording medium and the characteristic information of the recording medium detected by the media sensor, and transmits the log data to an image diagnosis apparatus that diagnoses a state of image forming processing in the image forming apparatus. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090128849 | PRINT SYSTEM, CLIENT-TERMINAL DEVICE, AND PRINT-CONTROL METHOD - A terminal-server-printer driver generates job-ticket data including function-restriction information set by a manager. Upon receiving a print instruction, the job-ticket data is added to print-job data and the print-job data is transmitted to a print-control module. The print-control module selects a first printer deriver and/or a second printer driver for processing based on details on the print-job data, and outputs the print-job data and the job-ticket data in accordance with the first printer driver and/or the second printer driver. The first printer driver and/or the second printer driver rewrites the print-attribute settings thereon without fail on the basis of the job-ticket data, and transmits drawing data generated on the basis of the rewritten print-attribute settings to a printer. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090128850 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - It is determined whether fixed data used for a plurality of pages is merged with variable data different from the fixed data on a page-by-page basis or on a record-by-record basis. If it is determined that the fixed data is merged with the variable data on the page-by-page basis, the fixed data is merged with the variable data and print data composing printed pages into which at least one insertion page is inserted for every predetermined number of pages is generated. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090128851 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, DATA STORING METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING PROGRAM EXECUTING THE DATA STORING METHOD - A data storing method of an image forming apparatus which is capable of being connected to a portable storing apparatus includes selecting a data which is to be stored in the portable storing apparatus, selecting a backup target file among a stored file in the portable storing apparatus and encrypting the backup target file if a storing space of the portable storing apparatus in which the selected data is to be stored is insufficient, deleting the backup target file and backing up the encrypted backup target file, and storing the selected data in the portable storing apparatus. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090128852 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORD MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - An information processing system comprises a device with which network settings are associated, information processing devices connected to the device via a network, a registration unit in which identification information (specifying each information processing device storing the network settings of the device and controlling it using the network settings) is registered, a change information generating unit which generates change information (for incorporating a change in the network settings associated with the device into the network settings stored in each information processing device) upon a change in the network settings associated with the device, a first transmission unit which transmits the change information to each information processing device specified by the identification information registered in the registration unit, and an addition unit which additionally registers identification information specifying an information processing device in the registration unit upon installation of an application regarding control of the device in the information processing device. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090128853 | IMAGE-PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION-PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE-PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION-PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE-PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION-PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information-processing apparatus includes a print-job-transmission unit operable to transmit a print job to a first image-processing apparatus, and a driver-information-transmission unit configured to transmit at least one driver-information item including a driver list which is the list of at least one driver existing on the information-processing apparatus to the first image-processing apparatus upon receiving cancellation information indicating that the transmitted print job is cancelled by the first image-processing apparatus. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090128854 | Image reading apparatus, image forming apparatus and computer readable information recording medium - A first part calculates corrected image data for each pixel in the range in which the reading parts of the adjacent image sensors overlaps in the main scan direction, for correcting the image data for a position shift less than an amount corresponding to one pixel in the main scan direction of the image sensors. A correcting method is determined in such a manner that a position shift amount to be corrected increases in a step-by-step manner as moving from a base portion to an end portion in the range in which the adjacent image sensors overlap in the main scan direction. A second part multiplies the image data corrected by the thus-determined correcting method by a weighting factor determined according to a position in the main scan direction in the adjacent image sensors. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090128855 | Method and apparatus printing e-mail - An e-mail printing method and its apparatus print an e-mail directly received from an e-mail sender. A printing apparatus is designated as/assigned a domain name, thereby providing a print destination. The print-destination domain name is included in the e-mail by the e-mail sender and the e-mail is transferred to the e-mail printing apparatus as designated by the e-mail sender using the print-destination domain name. Accordingly, a receiving mail server is bypassed, allowing quick/direct printing of the e-mail in real time, and eliminating an e-mail printing failure caused by malfunctioning of the receiving mail server. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090128856 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MODELING PRINT JOBS - A system and method for modeling print jobs provides a central server that is accessible to remotely located print shops. The remote print shops are able to communicate with the central server to forward print job parameters and to receive the output from a modeling program to enable the print shop to run “what-if” scenarios to maximize print shop efficiency. The central server is also provided with various other print shop tools to assist with print shop design and organization. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090135444 | METHOD TO PROTECT SENSITIVE DATA FIELDS STORED IN ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS - A computer implemented method, a computer program product, and a data processing system control the presentation of sensitive data within a document. A request to open a document is received. Responsive to receiving the request to open the document, sensitive data within the document is identified. Responsive to identifying sensitive data within the document, the occurrence of an expiration date for the sensitive data is identified. Responsive to identifying the occurrence of the expiration date for the sensitive data, the sensitive data is redacted to create an edited document. The edited document is then displayed to the user. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090135445 | DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEPTION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PRINTING INFORMATION CONTENTS IN THE APPARATUS - A digital television ( | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090135446 | DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM TRANSMITTING DATA TO PRESTORED DESTINATION ADDRESS, ADDRESS MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, DATA COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, ADDRESS MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND ADDRESS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - In order to facilitate updating of information on a destination of data, a data communication system includes a server and an MFP capable of communicating with each other. The MFP transmits to the server an update requesting signal including a source address of an e-mail received from another apparatus and related information on the source, transmits an address request to the server and receives user address data from the server, and transmits data to at least one destination address included in the received user address data. The server stores the user address data having destination addresses and related information on the destinations associated with each other, and in receipt of the update requesting signal from the MFP, rewrites the related information associated with the source address included in the update requesting signal by the user address data with the related information included in the update requesting signal. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090135447 | Printing Device, Method and Computer Readable Medium for Print Process - There is provided a printing device comprising: a data receiving unit configured to receive data transmitted from an external computer via a network; a print unit configured to execute a print process based on the data received by the data receiving unit; a prohibition unit configured to accept a command for prohibiting execution of the print process; an analysis unit configured to analyze the data received by the data receiving unit; and an execution control unit configured such that if a command other than a print command is contained in the data received by the data receiving unit, the execution control unit executes the command other than the print command even in a state where execution of the print process is prohibited through the prohibition unit. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090135448 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus receives first print setting information of a document file to be printed from a printing apparatus via a network, and analyzes it. Based on the analysis result, the information processing apparatus generates divided document files by dividing the document file into data each to be output on one print sheet. The information processing apparatus generates second print setting information by rewriting the first print setting information so as to obtain the same print results of the divided document files as those of the document file before division. The information processing apparatus encrypts each generated divided document file to generate an encrypted divided document file. The information processing apparatus transmits the encrypted divided document file and second print setting information to the printing apparatus via the network. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090141302 | AUTOMATED USER FEEDBACK - A method and printing device print a feedback form in response to activation of a customer feedback option of the printing device. The printing device and the feedback form instruct the user to supply feedback comments on the feedback form and cause the feedback form to be scanned using the printing device. The method and printing device identifying the feedback form in response to the scanning of the feedback form and capture the feedback form as a feedback form image. The method and printing device transmit the feedback form image from the printing device to a feedback collection entity. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090141303 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND PRINTER SPECIFYING METHOD - There is described a printing system, which includes a plurality of printers and a user terminal device, while makes it possible to easily and securely specify a printer desired by the user. The user terminal device is provided with: a command transmitting section that transmits the printer retrieving command to the plurality of printers; a command judging section that determines whether or not specific information is attached to the printer-retrieving command response; and a display controlling section to display the specific printer in a recognizable manner on a printer selecting screen. Each printer is provided with: a command processing section that determines whether or not the user information added to the printer retrieving command coincides with the other user information inputted and stored in advance; and a command responding section that transmits the printer-retrieving command response to the user terminal device, when the two user information coincide with each other. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090141304 | COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM FOR MANAGING IMAGE FILES AND IMAGE FILE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS - An original image file and a shortcut image file corresponding to original image data representing the original image file are provided for file management. An address tag representing a location in which the original image file is stored and an additional information tag such as information on printing of the original image file or information on layout are stored in a particular data region in the shortcut image file. In a case where the additional information represents information on image processing to be performed before printing, when an instruction of printing of the shortcut image file is issued, the image processing is performed on image data of the original image file and a resultant image data is printed. Basic data of a thumbnail image included in the shortcut image file is obtained by performing processing represented by the additional information tag on the thumbnail image data. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090141305 | Data processing apparatus - A data processing apparatus has a first controller which specifies an output mode for image data to be processed and a second controller which determines whether the image data is stored in a memory or not based on the output mode specified by the first controller. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090141306 | CALIBRATION SYSTEM - A calibration system includes a plurality of printers, a grouping unit, a printer-selecting unit, a corrections data acquiring unit, a group determining units, and a print-data creating unit. A set of condition data is set for each printer. The grouping unit allocates each printer into either one of at least one group, based on the set of condition data for each printer. The printer-selecting unit selects, for each group, a printer among at least one printer belonging to the each group. The correction data acquiring unit acquires, for each group, one set of correction data created by the selected printer. The group determining unit determines one group, to which one of the printers that is desired to perform printing belongs. The print-data creating unit creates a set of print data based on the set of correction data corresponding to the determined group. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090141307 | DOCUMENT SCANNING SYSTEM - A document scanning system includes a scan apparatus adapted to scan a document and to create and store electronic raw data representing the scanned document. An input system permits a user to input settings for the scanned document. A start mechanism causes the scan apparatus to start a scan process. A a processing unit is adapted to process the raw data and to create a formatted document file representing the scanned document. The input system is adapted to permit the user to input format settings for a document after the start mechanism has started the scan process for that document, and the processing unit is adapted to process the raw data in accordance with the format settings. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090147293 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UTILIZATION OF TRANSFERABLE SETTINGS FOR MULTIPLE DOCUMENT OUTPUT DRIVERS - The subject application is directed to a system and method for utilization of transferable settings for multiple document output drivers. An initial document output driver associated with a document processing application and at least one document rendering device is first accessed. Next, selected document output settings associated with the initial document output driver are then received from an associated user. A save setting instruction is then received from the associated user via the initial document output driver. Responsive to the received save setting instruction, the selected document output settings are stored in an associated data storage. Thereafter, via at least a second document output driver, the saved document output settings are selectively retrieved so as to configure an output of an associated electronic document via the second document output driver. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090147294 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ASSESSING RESOURCE UTILIZATION IN A PRINT PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT - A method of assessing resource utilization in a print production environment may include receiving a plurality of utilization profiles where each utilization profile corresponds to a utilization of a resource in an enterprise. For at least one resource in the enterprise, a computing device may determine a distance between a utilization profile for the resource and a utilization profile for one or more other resources in the enterprise. The computing device may convert one or more distances into at least one visualization, and a report management system may generate a report comprising the visualization. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090147295 | PAPER NAME DATABASE IN A PRINT SHOP MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A method for managing a print shop system having a plurality of printers connected to a management server is described. A paper name database is maintained on the server and each printer, and contains a plurality of paper name definitions each associating a paper name to a plurality of paper attributes such as paper size, weight, etc. The paper name databases are synchronized with each other. When creating a job ticket on the server, the operator specifies the paper name but does not need to specify the paper attributes. The server generates a job ticket containing the paper name and/or the paper attributes (retrieved from the paper name database using the paper name entered by the operator). When a printer receives a job ticket that contains a papa name, it retrieves the paper attributes associated with the paper name from the local paper name database and executes the job. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090147296 | COLLECTING RESOURCE USAGE INFORMATION IN A PRINT SHOP - A method used in a print shop for collecting and tracking the amount of resources used for a print job is described. The print shop includes a plurality of copy production devices such as printers and finishing devices and a server for managing them. Each copy production device collects information regarding actual resource usage for a copy production job, such as the amount of paper used, the amount of toner used, the number of staples used, etc., and provides the information to the server after the job is executed. The server generates total resource usage information for executing the job, and stores the information. The actual perjob resource usage information may be analyzed to enable the print shop to set a price structure that more accurately reflects and ultimately recaptures the cost incurred. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090147297 | System and method for image editing of electronic product design - Electronic document design systems and methods allowing a user engaged in customizing an electronic product to select an image container and modify the placement, scaling, and displayed portion of an image associated with the image container. Upon user selection of an image container from the product design, an image pane is presented to the user which displays the base image associated with the selected image container and at least one active control on either or both of the image container and the image pane which allow the user to modify which portion of, and how the portion of, the base image appears in the electronic product design. The image editor tool is displayed simultaneously with the product design to allow the user to immediately see the resulting changes in the product design due to modifications, using the active control(s), of the placement or scaling of the selected image container or of the cropping of the base image or magnification of the portion of the base image appearing within the image container. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090147298 | Image reading device and printing system - Image reading device, when connected directly with a printer supporting a predetermined communications standard, enables the printer to print an image with a size or a layout desired by a user, irrespective of the internal setting of the printer. The inventive devices comprises an image detecting portion reading an original image, an image data generating portion generating an original image data, an image data outputting portion which outputs an image data with a communication mode which can be received by a printer supporting a predetermined communication standard and which renders an image represented by the image data printable with the printer, and an image modification processing portion modifying the original image data based on an image data for modification obtained by reading a reference image containing a predetermined pattern printed through the printer, and thereby an original image will printed with a desired size or a desired layout. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090147299 | STATUS MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD - The system comprises a local network including several printing devices provided with a diagnostic unit collecting various device working data's; and at least a connecting device connecting a plurality of printing devices, whereby the connecting device is adapted for collecting data's from a plurality of printing devices and for storing said data's in a digital repository, whereby said digital repository is in a form readable by a processor comprising instructions for treating at least some data's of the digital repository. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090147300 | COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS AND PRINTING SYSTEM - An computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for controlling printing, the process includes: accepting a first printing instruction; accepting a second printing instruction; storing, when the first printing instruction is accepted, a first print job corresponding to the first printing instruction in a storage unit; and outputting, to a printing apparatus, when the second printing instruction is accepted, both (i) a second print job corresponding to the second printing instruction and (ii) the first print job stored in the storage unit. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090147301 | HOST APPARATUS FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PRINTING ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT METHOD THEREOF - A printing account management method of a plurality of image forming apparatuses includes: displaying representations of a plurality of image forming apparatuses; generating a printer group including at least two image forming apparatuses selected from the plurality of displayed representations of the image forming apparatuses; and setting account information corresponding to the generated printer group. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090147302 | PRINTING METHOD, RECORDABLE MEDIUM RECORDED WITH A PROGRAM TO EXECUTE THE METHOD AND HOST APPARATUS - A printing method includes converting an image data which is created by an application program into an EMF (Enhanced Meta File), storing the EMF converted from the image data, displaying information with respect to the stored EMF, selecting at least one stored EMF of a plurality of stored EMFs, and converting the selected EMF into a printing data. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090147303 | PRODUCING PRINTED PRODUCTS AND ASSEMBLY FOR CARRYING OUT SAID METHOD - The method for producing printed products in which said printed products are composed of printed sheets and for verification of the composition, composition information on at least one printed sheet characterizing said printed sheet with respect to predetermined printed sheet properties is evaluated, whereby during analysis, the composition information of at least one printed sheet is compared to the information of at least one more printed sheet to be assembled using said composition information for production of the same printed product. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090147304 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINTING PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - The present invention aims that in a printing environment holding only a print instruction and a print data, a printing system capable of updating, changing, correcting, etc. only an additional drawing object is provided by holding an instruction about printing of an additional drawing object (added information) based on the print instruction. In printing out print data on a target page with an additional drawing object added, a job ticket generation means generates a job ticket according to the information about an additional drawing object and instruction information about the printout. Printout means perform printout based on the job ticket generated by the job ticket generating means. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090147305 | Image Forming Apparatus Having a Function of Mediating Data Transmission Between a Reception Part and a Job Execution Part - An image forming apparatus has at least one job execution part that executes a job based on data received according to a print protocol. A data reception part receives data transferred according to the print protocol. The data reception part exists depending on a kind of the print protocol. A mediation part mediates transmission of the data between the data reception part and the job execution part. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090147306 | PRINT SYSTEM, IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION-PROCESSING METHOD - Administration such as the administration of the upper limit of a user is performed in an administration server, so as to control printing for each user, and data of a permission list is updated in a printer, so as to perform communication control and interrupt a communication performed for a client apparatus after the job execution. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090147307 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING USAGE OF PRINTERS - The present invention provides a method and apparatus for analyzing usage of printers. A method in accordance with an embodiment includes: obtaining from at least one printer information about a plurality of print tasks performed by each printer, wherein the information about print tasks at least contains information of print requesters, print document attributes, and print time of each of the print tasks; and transforming the information about print tasks into an organizational representation based on information of organizational structure containing the print requesters. In the present invention, entities having a costly pattern are identified by mining historical usage data of the printers, thus driving the redesign of business process associated with the entities, performing print policies optimization on each entity associated with the printers based on the mined historical usage data, thereby reducing unnecessary paper consumption. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090147308 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS PRINT CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus which is capable of generating XPS data having a data sequence suited to print settings for non-normal-order printing, from XPS data generated as a print spool file for normal-order printing. In the information processing apparatus, a layout filter receives an XPS document from a filter pipeline manager, and acquires print setting information indicative of print settings from the XPS document. Then, the layout filter determines a data sequence for printing based on the acquired print setting information. Then, the layout filter changes layout information described in the received XPS document according to the determined data sequence, and rearranges data files in the XPS document in a sequence determined based on the changed layout information, to thereby generate an XPS document. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090147309 | DRIVER MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREFOR - A driver management apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive a network entry message sent by unicast according to a search protocol for one-to-one connection from a device connected to a network, a determination unit configured to determine an operation environment in which the device executes a job sent from a client apparatus connected to the network, and an installation unit configured to install a driver for operating the device that has sent the network entry message according to the operation environment determined by the determination unit. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090147310 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPRINTING WITH A DESIRED BINDING WIDTH HAVING DIFFERENT PRINT SETTINGS - This invention provides an image processing method and apparatus capable of easily reprinting the same print data in various output forms at a high speed without any large-capacity storage device, in which when a page image corresponding to print data input from an external device is to be generated, the print data is analyzed to generate the page image, print data of at least one job is held, a page image of at least one page that is generated by analyzing the print data is held, and when reprinting is designated, either of the spooled print data and page image is read out to perform reprinting. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090153897 | Method, System and Program Product for Reserving a Global Address Space - A method of operating a data processing system includes each of multiple tasks within a parallel job executing on multiple nodes of the data processing system issuing a respective system call to request reservation, without allocation of backing storage in physical memory, of a global address space defined by a range of effective addresses as global shared memory accessible to all of the multiple tasks within the parallel job. At least two of the tasks within the parallel job allocate global address spaces including a same effective address. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090153898 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus enables a user to widely select a desired transfer method, in relation to methods of transferring image data to be output to a transfer destination. To accomplish this, the image processing apparatus allows the user to set instruction information for instructing a transfer method of image data, and decides on a transfer method based on the set instruction information if the image data is color data. This transfer method includes a first transfer method of transferring color image data, a second transfer method of converting color image data to monochrome image data and transferring the monochrome image data, and a third transfer method of storing color image data in a storage unit and transmitting a report showing that image data has been received to a transfer destination printer. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090153899 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE INPUT/OUTPUT APPARATUS, AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing system in which a plurality of image input/output apparatus can communicate with one another via a communication medium is provided. The information processing system includes a transfer unit configured to transfer a job from a first image input/output apparatus to a second image input/output apparatus; and a generating unit configured to generate a job handle used to identify a job on the first image input/output apparatus from the second image input/output apparatus, the job handle allowing the job to be manipulated. When the job is to be transferred by the transfer unit, the job handle generated by the generating unit is transmitted from the first image input/output apparatus to the second image input/output apparatus before the transfer of the job. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090153900 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINT CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - When an instruction to transfer a print job, which has been issued from a print data source to Device A, to Device B is made, a transfer request for the job is issued from Device A to Device B ( | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090153901 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING PROGRAM - The image forming device capable of executing an authentication print printing includes: a communication interface for receiving job data; a job data property deriving unit for deriving a property of the job by referencing data contained in the job data other than data explicitly indicating to execute/not to execute the authentication print printing and outputting the property as job property data; an authentication print setting deciding unit for deciding whether or not to execute the job as the authentication print printing; an authentication unit; a user authentication unit for outputting the result of the user authentication; and a job executing unit for executing the job related to the job data. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090153902 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, JOB EXECUTION INSTRUCTING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING JOB EXECUTION INSTRUCTING PROGRAM - In an information processing apparatus, if a target file to be used for job execution, which is stored in a directory, is detected as being dragged and dropped into an icon instructing to execute a job, the directory storing the target file is detected from the target file itself. And a job execution condition applied to the detected directory, which is stored in an execution condition storage, is given to the target file. And then, a controller outputs a job execution instruction to a job execution apparatus, in order to execute a job about the target file under the job execution condition given thereto. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090161144 | AVOIDING DEADLOCK IN NETWORK PRINTING - A method and apparatus for printing over a network where a user at a client device is able to print to a network printer via a server device. The server device includes a print driver that initializes an asynchronous communication channel, sends notification message data to a client device over a network via the asynchronous communication channel, receives data from the client device in response to delivery of the notification message data, and requests user input data from the client device for printing. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090161145 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REPRODUCING AN IMAGE USING A MULTI-FUNCTION PERIPHERAL (MFP) - System and method for reproducing an image using a multi-function peripheral (MFP) is disclosed. In one aspect, the method comprises receiving a source page at a MFP, wherein at least a portion of the source page is to be reproduced. The method further comprises displaying an editable electronic image of the source page in a display of the MFP along with a measuring element indicating the size of the editable image. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090161146 | PREPARING AN ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT OF CONTINUOUS INFORMATION FOR DOCUMENT EXCHANGE THAT SUPPORTS CONTINUOUS AND PAGE-BY-PAGE PRINTING - An approach that prepares an electronic document of continuous information for document exchange that simultaneously supports continuous and page-by-page printing is described. In one embodiment, there is an electronic document generator tool for document exchange that includes an input component configured to receive input with respect to preparing the electronic document of continuous information for continuous and page-by-page printing. The input comprises an indication to represent the electronic document of continuous information in a page-based file format for document exchange and an indication of target page sizes with respective unprintable margins that are desired for printing the electronic document of continuous information. A printable area customization component is configured to customize the electronic document of continuous information into a page-by-page electronic document that is suitable for both continuous and page-by-page printing without loss of information, scale changes and/or gaps of continuity. The printable area customization component is configured to determine a custom page size that represents the continuous information and prints to the target page sizes without loss of information, scale changes and/or gaps of continuity. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090161147 | Personal document container - Systems, methods and devices for personal electronic document management are provided. The system includes a multifunction peripheral having an interface module connected thereto. The interface module includes a processor circuit with instructions for manipulating electronic files. The interface is configured to be capable of creating, modifying and accessing a personal document container. The personal document container is an XML Paper Specification (XPS) File. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090161148 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes an accepting unit, a selecting unit, a first forming instruction generating unit and a second forming instruction generating unit. The accepting unit accepts a forming instruction for forming an image. The selecting unit selects a first image forming apparatus and a second image forming apparatus which form an image on recording media based on the accepted image forming instruction and have a different performance from each other. The first forming instruction generating unit that generates a first forming instruction for causing the first image forming apparatus to form a page that can be formed by the first image forming apparatus. The second forming instruction generating unit generates a second forming instruction for causing the second image forming apparatus to form another page that cannot be formed by the first image forming apparatus. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090161149 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, RECORDING MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND DATA SIGNAL - An image processing device, which includes a reading section that reads image information on both sides; an inquiry section that inquires operational authority; and an execution section that executes a desired operation if the operational authority exists, wherein the document is synthesizedly printed, and the image processing device further includes: an extraction section that extracts added image information; a first determining section that, if the added image information is not extracted, determines whether the information is included in a next surface or in a preceding surface; a second determining section that, if included, determines whether a attribute is imparted to the information, and whether a logical page number agrees with a logical total number of pages; and an image processing section that, if the attribute is imparted and the numbers agree, ignores the image information of the printing surface, and subjects image information of another surface to image processing. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090161150 | LASER COLOR COPY IMAGE PROCESSING INDEPENDENT OF CLASSIFICATIONS - An apparatus and a method are described for processing and reproducing a document including both text and half-tone images without generating undesirable image artifacts. A band-pass FIR filter with a predetermined frequency response is used to transform pixels in an input image to sharpen text edge and smooth pre-half-toned areas, and perform error diffusion and cluster dot screening methods on the transformed pixels. The FIR filter has unity gain at DC to preserve image brightness. An integrated error diffused cluster-dot screening approach is used to suppress moiré and other image artifacts, while providing a robust, crisp output. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090161151 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus and method of printing an image in the image forming apparatus connected to an image storage device, the method including: selecting at least one image stored in the image storage device; setting up print options with regard to the selected at least one image; starting a transmission of image data corresponding to the selected at least one image from the image storage device to the image forming apparatus before the setting up of the print options is completed; and printing the image data according to the setup print options. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090161152 | Document management device, document management method, and computer program product - An operating unit selects a piece of document data from among a plurality of pieces of document data from a document database. A relationship-information searching unit searches a relationship information database that stores relationship information in the form of parent-child relationship between the pieces of document data, for the relationship information pertaining to the selected piece of document data. A related-document-list creating unit creates from the retrieved relationship information, a list that indicates a hierarchical relationship between the selected piece of document data and other pieces of document data. A display unit displays the pieces of document data related to the selected piece of document data on a single screen based on the list. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090161153 | MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A management server obtains, from an image forming apparatus whose counter type set to be displayed therein is determined to be obtainable, the counter information, specifies a counter type to be assigned in a table of commonly displayed counters specified on the basis of a plurality of counter types set to be displayed in a plurality of image forming apparatuses from the plurality of image forming apparatuses, assigns the counter type in the table of commonly displayed counters, and obtains counter information for the counter type assigned as the commonly displayed counter from an image forming apparatus whose counter type set to be displayed is determined to be unobtainable. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090161154 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A communication device, having a first connecting unit for connecting to a network and a second connecting unit for connecting to an information processing apparatus, receives data from the network through the first connecting unit. The device includes a processing unit that processes the received data and a rejection information registering unit that registers rejection information indicating a specific source, wherein the communication device is not allowed to process data received from the specific source. When receiving data, the device determines whether information indicating a source of the received data is registered in the rejection information registering unit. When determining that the information indicating the source of the received data is not registered, the device transmits confirmation data to the information processing apparatus through the second connecting unit, and allows the processing unit to process the received data in accordance with the result of transmission of the confirmation data. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090161155 | IMAGE OUTPUT APPARATUS AND IMAGE OUTPUT METHOD - An image output apparatus including a first storage unit and a second storage unit having a slower data access speed than the first storage unit, an input unit configured to input image data, a setting unit configured to set a threshold of remaining amount of the first storage unit, a detection unit configured to detect the remaining amount of the first storage unit in which the image data is stored, a determination unit configured to determine whether the remaining amount is smaller than the threshold, a control unit configured to control the storage units so that, when the determination unit determines the remaining amount is smaller than the threshold, image data which is smaller than the image data input by the input unit among the image data stored in the first storage unit is transferred to the second storage unit. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090161156 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing system capable of properly selecting a printer driver without putting load on the user, and generating print data using the selected printer driver even when the operating apparatus cannot communicate directly with an information processing apparatus having a print data-generating function. The printing apparatus generates a list of printer drives notified from information processing apparatuses, and sends the list to the operating apparatus when requested. The operating system selects a printer driver from the list and sends information of the selection and image data to the printing apparatus. The printing apparatus sends the image data to an information processing apparatus provided with the selected printer driver. The information processing apparatus generates print data from the image data and sends the print data to the printing apparatus. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090161157 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus displays printing progress information about a document that has been instructed to be printed by a user through an application. The information processing apparatus has a display unit configured to display the progress of print processing using information regarding the document structure and the number of pages of the document. The information processing apparatus also has an updating unit configured to update the displayed information in accordance with the progress of print processing of the document. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090161158 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING REPLY MAIL GENERATING FUNCTION AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image forming apparatus includes a mail reception unit configured to access a mail server based on designated mail account information and perform reception of an electronic mail, a mail management unit configured to store the electronic mail received by the mail reception unit in a readable state, a reading unit configured to read a document image and generate document image data, a detection unit configured to detect electronic mail identification information contained in the document image data, a retrieval unit configured to search for an electronic mail corresponding to the electronic mail the mail management unit identification information, and a printing unit configured to perform printing of the electronic mail stored in the mail management unit. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090161159 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image processing apparatus capable of executing a plurality of types of jobs includes a storage unit configured to store an integrated document including image data and a plurality of types of accompanying information related to the image data, a receiving unit configured to receive an instruction for executing a job for the integrated document stored in the storage unit, a deletion unit configured to delete at least a part of the accompanying information of the integrated document for which the instruction for executing the job is received by the receiving unit if the job for which the instruction for execution is received by the receiving unit is a predetermined type of job, and an execution unit configured to execute the job for which the instruction for execution is received by the receiving unit. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090161160 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - Disclosed is an image forming apparatus to form an image based on an XPS file including, a plurality of storage sections each of which has a different free storage space and a different access speed; and a control section to refer to information concerning usage frequency of each individual file stored in the XPS file to select the storage section to store the individual file subjected to a data decompression, to data-decompress the individual file, and to store the data-decompressed individual file in the selected storage section. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090161161 | RECORDING SYSTEM AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREFOR - A recording system in which a DSC and a PD printer are directly connected to each other via a general interface, image data is transmitted to the PD printer from the DSC, and the data is printed, wherein a communication procedure is established by applications installed into the PD printer and the DSC, each of a plurality of functions serving as the printing system are assigned to either the DSC and the PD printer, data and a command are transferred between the functions assigned to the DS and the PD printer, and recording is performed by the PD printer based on image data supplied from the DSC. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090168091 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING EXTENDED PRINTER PROPERTIES - A method for providing extended printer properties to a thin client is described. The method comprises communicating with a print server associated with a printer to scrape or grab an image of an extended printer properties interface for the printer from the print server display. The scraped image is then displayed at the client. User inputs input by a user on the image are then communicated to the print server for application to a print job. Changes to the displayed image, resulting from the user inputs, can be returned to the client. The print job can be transmitted to the print server in portable document format. A print server and a distributed computing network for implementing the method are also described. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090168092 | JOB MANAGEMENT AND SCHEDULING METHOD FOR NETWORK SYSTEM - A job management and scheduling method for network system, characterized in which a job queue is pre-constructed and a job management module is used to process a job request sent by the application layer. When the job management module determines that the hardware device needed for the job request is available, it would store the job entity into the job queue and output a completion message to the application layer where the job queue executes the stored job entities independently. Based on such a method, the job management module responds to the job request of application layer in a short period of time to enable the application layer to carry out the next job request without waiting. The job queue could adjust the job entity execution order or update the parameter settings according to data dependency, privilege value, or parameter settings to execute the job request quickly and accurately. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090168093 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING DUPLEX AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT FEEDING (DADF) FUNCTION AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus having a duplex automatic document feeding (DADF) function, and a control method thereof includes a DADF unit to feed a document along a duplex path, an image scanning unit to scan the document and output scan data, a storage unit to temporarily store the output scan data, and a controller to control the DADF unit to re-scan a first side of the document using the duplex path, if a full memory error occurs while the first side of the document is scanned. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090168094 | Recording control device, recording control method, and program - A printer driver for controlling a recording device enables easily and accurately configuring functions of a recording device that functions that are difficult to configure. When information specifying whether the transportation means of the printer | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090168095 | Printing Method, and Printing System and Image Forming Device Therefor - A printing method for printing a file stored on an external storage device attached to an image forming device includes steps of transmitting printing instruction information including first print instructing device information that specifies a print instructing device, from the print instructing device configured to issue a printing instruction to the image forming device, to the image forming device, determining whether the first print instructing device information included in the printing instruction information transmitted by the print instructing device is identical to second print instructing device information stored on the external storage device that specifies a print instructing device, and printing the file stored on the external storage device with the image forming device based upon the printing instruction information, when it is determined that the first print instructing device information is identical to the second print instructing device information. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090168096 | PRINT PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND PROGRAM - It is determined whether device information having an ID coincident with that of device information included in the print settings of received print data exists. If it is determined that the device information having the ID coincident with that of the device information included in the print settings exists, print processing is executed for the received print data in accordance with the ID-added device information and print settings. If it is determined that the device information having the ID coincident with that of the device information included in the print settings does not exist, paper type information set in the print settings is displayed. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090168097 | CONTROL DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A disclosed control device includes a first unit configured to generate image data of multiple images to be superposed one on the other to form a single image and transmit the image data. The second control unit transmits to the first control unit a horizontal sync reference signal for achieving synchronization of the images in a horizontal direction. Based on the horizontal sync reference signal, the first control unit transmits to the second control unit a transfer clock signal that indicates transmission timing of the image data and an effective area signal that indicates an effective area of the image data. The first control unit asserts the effective area signal for an effective-area-signal assertion period that occurs between two consecutive reference-signal assertion periods during which the horizontal sync reference signal is asserted. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090168098 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - Proposed is an image processing apparatus in which the data processing method is changed over in suitable fashion in accordance with job settings when binding is performed. To accomplish this, the image processing apparatus is such that when stored image data is processed, the output format is determined from a job ticket and processing for dividing image data is controlled in accordance with the output format determined. In accordance with the output format determined, the apparatus changes over the output timing of divided page image data. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090168099 | Image Forming System, Image Forming Device, and Method and Computer Readable Medium for Image Forming - There is provided an image forming system, comprising an image forming device and an information processing device communicatably connected to the image forming device. The image forming device comprises an information obtaining unit to obtain at least one of target data and information specifying the target data from one of internal and external memories; a transmission unit to transmit the obtained information to the information processing device; and a image formation unit to execute an image formation process for data generated by converting the target data into data having a data format which the image forming device is able to handle. The information processing device comprises a conversion unit configured to convert the target data into the data having the data format based on the obtained information; and a second transmission unit configured to transmit the converted data to the image forming device. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090168100 | PRINT-JOB DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM, A PRINTER PROGRAM AND CORRESPONDING METHODS - A computer-readable storage medium and computer-implemented method of distributing a print-job including receiving, from a printer, a request to send a print job to the printer, converting the print job from a first format to a second format, sending the print job to the printer in the second format, wherein the second format is compatible with the printer, and wherein the second format is selected from a plurality of different formats depending on the identity of the printer from which the request to send a print job was received. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090168101 | DATA PROVIDING SYSTEM AND DATA PROVIDING APPARATUS - A data providing system is provided with a data providing apparatus, a data utilizing apparatus configured to be connected with the data providing apparatus in a communicable manner, and a communication apparatus configured to be connected with the data providing apparatus in a communicable manner. The data utilizing apparatus is configured to send an identification information-sending request to the data providing apparatus, output identification information sent from the data providing apparatus, send the identification information to the data providing apparatus, and utilize data sent from the data providing apparatus. The communication apparatus is configured to allow a user to input the identification information and to designate data specifying information, and send the input identification information and the designated data specifying information to the data providing apparatus. The data providing apparatus is configured to send the identification information to the data utilizing apparatus in accordance with the identification information-sending request sent from the data utilizing apparatus, store the sent identification information, store an association of the identification information and the data specifying information sent from the communication apparatus on a condition that the identification information sent from the communication apparatus has been stored, and send data to the data utilizing apparatus. The data is specified by the data specifying information associated with the identification information sent from the data utilizing apparatus. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090168102 | PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing system includes a printing device and a printing data processing device. The printing device is configured to perform printing. The printing device includes a status data generating unit that generates status data indicating a status of the printing device. The printing data processing device includes a status text storing unit, a first voicing unit, an acquiring unit, and an inputting unit. The status text storing unit stores status text data corresponding to the status data. The status text data explanatorily indicates the status of the printing device corresponding to the status data with words. The acquiring unit acquires the status text data corresponding to the status data from the status text storing unit. The inputting unit inputs voicing text data that is based on the acquired status text data into the first voicing unit. The first voicing unit voices text based on the inputted voicing text data. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090168103 | Information Processing Device, Information Processing Method and Computer-Readable Record Medium - An information processing device equipped with a data generating unit which generates print data from original data based on setting information (information on parameters which are selected in regard to multiple setting items, respectively) comprises an object generating unit which generates an object corresponding to possible setting information and a display control unit which makes a display unit display the objects which have been generated by the object generating unit while relatively increasing display level of relevant objects (objects relevant to an application that generated the original data) compared to other objects. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090168104 | PRINTING DEVICE, PRINT CONTROL DEVICE, PRINTING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORD MEDIUM - There is provided a computer-readable record medium storing computer-readable instructions that cause a print control device (for controlling a first printing unit which prints a document image on a sheet) to execute a positional data determination step of determining positional data representing positions of one or more fill-in areas for document image data corresponding to the document image, an addition instruction step of instructing the first printing unit to add an identifier (to be used for acquiring the positional data determined by the positional data determination step) to the sheet, and a print instruction step of instructing the first printing unit to execute the printing of the document image corresponding to the document image data on the sheet to which the identifier is added according to the instruction by the addition instruction step. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090168105 | Spooling Strategies Using Structured Job Information - Spooling strategies are described for producing job information that conforms to a hierarchical structure, and then storing the job information in a spool storage. The job information is then retrieved from the spool storage and consumed. The structured job information includes a multi-level hierarchy of nodes, including a job level that represents the entire job, a document level that represents a document to be processed within the job; a rendition level that represents a rendition of the document to be processed; and a page level that represents a page associated with the rendition. In addition, filter logic processes job information based on capabilities of a target entity utilizing the job information. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090174891 | RIGHT INFORMATION MANAGING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A right information managing device includes: a right information storage that associates both old right information and new right information with a target user, and that stores, as first right information showing the right to use of the target user for an information processor, the information associated with the target user; a detecting unit that detects a start of a use of the information processor based on the new right information by the target user; and a use limiting unit that limits the use of the information processor based on the old right information by the target user in accordance with a result obtained by the detecting unit. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090174892 | Server device, image forming apparatus, and image processing system - An image forming apparatus, a client PC, and a thin client PC are connected to a server device via a network. The client PC, or the thin client PC, transmits a printing instruction to the server device and the server device transmits the printing instruction to the image forming apparatus. In a thin client environment, a network between the server device and the image forming apparatus can be a narrowband network. Therefore, the server device compresses the whole printing instruction and then transmits the compressed printing instruction to the image forming apparatus. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090174893 | PRINT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A print management system is provided with a printer having a tag reader that reads a unique identifier of an IC tag attached to a medium, a log server that acquires information related to printing on the medium as a log, an ID management server that receives the identifier read by the tag reader, links the identifier to the time of printing on the medium or time at which the information of the IC tag is received and holds them in a storage and a print log integrating server that transmits the identifier of the IC tag attached to the medium to the ID management server, acquires the time at which the identifier is received from the ID management server, acquires logs in the vicinity of the time from the log server, links the log and the medium, stores and manages them in the storage. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090174894 | PRINTING CONTROL SYSTEM, PRINTING CONTROL SERVER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND PRINTING CONTROL METHOD - To provide a mechanism for causing a printing apparatus in which a user logged to display data printable by the user, there is provided a printing control method in a printing control system in which the image forming apparatus includes the steps of transmitting the input user identification information to the printing control server, and displaying the printing data information list received from the printing control server, so that the printing data printable by the image forming apparatus and the printing data not printable by the image forming apparatus can be discriminated from each other. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090174895 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING ROUTING OF PRINT JOBS - A computer-implemented method for controlling routing of print jobs, the computer-implemented method includes determining whether a print job meets at least one predetermined criteria and sending a notification based on a result of the determination. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090174896 | PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing system includes a printing device, and a printing data processing device. A status data generating unit generates status data indicating a status of the printing device. A storing unit stores status image data that graphically indicates a content of the status data. A text data generating unit generates status text data that explanatorily indicates a content of the status image data with words. A data editing unit edits the window data to include the status text data and the status image data. A display unit displays the window by using window data such that the window displays an image corresponding to the status image data and a text corresponding to the status text data. A specifying unit specifies the text on the window. A voicing unit voices the specified text based on the corresponding status text data. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090174897 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An information processing apparatus that reflects edited content in a process flow when the process flow has been created based on a template and the template forming the basis of the process flow has been edited. To accomplish this, the information processing apparatus, which executes processes in accordance with process flows, creates a process flow that describes the process content of tasks, based on a process flow template. At this time, the information processing apparatus edits the template used by the process flow when editing of the template is instructed, and changes a portion corresponding to the template of the created process flow into the changed content of the edited template. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090174898 | PLURALITY OF IMAGE PROCESSING IN IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM HAVING ONE OR MORE NETWORK-CONNECTED IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUSES - An image processing apparatus in an image processing system in which a plurality of image processing apparatuses is connected via a network performs processing as below. The apparatus judges a type of data, sets priorities of image processings for the data in accordance with the judged type, obtains a plurality of image processing capabilities provided for the plurality of image processing apparatuses via the network, and determines a processing route along which the data is processed through the plurality of image processing apparatuses. Image processings for the data are performed in the image processing system by transferring the data along the determined processing route. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090174899 | Method and Apparatus for Asynchronous Print Analysis - The disclosed print tracking software takes the process of asynchronous print analysis currently available in the prior art in which the final print tracking events, such as billing and enforcement, occur in a nonlinear, non-sequential or non-temporal fashion, and expands on this model by achieving similar non-linearity at the front-end analysis phase by re-arranging the timing in which the printing and print analysis takes place within the print software. A print stream extraction component places print stream data from a print job in a known cache location. The print job continues to a printer while independently a software monitor component checks for new cache data and if new cache data is found, invokes an analyzer component which writes print related statistics to a data store for subsequent billing and reporting purposes. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090174900 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING PROGRAM - The image forming device includes: an image data input unit that receives image data of a document; a set password acquisition unit that acquires information regarding a password from the image data received by an image data input unit; an image data input completion determination unit that determines whether or not all image data of the document is received by the image data input unit; an input password receiving unit that starts reception of input of the password, when the image data input completion determination unit determines that the image data input unit receives all image data of the document; a password verification unit that performs verification between an input password and a set password; and a job execution unit that cancels execution limit of a job based on a verification result to execute the job. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090174901 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING PROGRAM - There is provided an image forming device that executes a job, being prescribed processing regarding image data, with execution of the job of this image data restricted by a password set in the image data. The image forming device includes: a password input unit that inputs the password necessary for releasing a restriction of executing the job; a password receiving unit that receives input password information, being information regarding the inputted password; a job execution instruction receiving unit that receives a job execution instruction after the password receiving unit receives the input password information; and a password verification unit that receives the job execution instruction and verifies the inputted password with a password set in the image data, wherein the job is executed by using the job image data based on a verification result of the password verification unit. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090174902 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA TO ENHANCE IMAGE PROCESSING IN A COLOR REPROGRAPHIC SYSTEM - Methods, systems, and media to enhance image processing for a color reprographic system are disclosed. Embodiments of the invention may calibrate a component like scanner and/or printer in response to user input and/or coupling the component to the reprographic system. More specifically, embodiments may generate correction parameters that describe differences in color values between an image scanned by a scanner or an image printed by the printer by comparing the outputs to known characteristics like color values for the image. Some embodiments comprise a graphical user interface (GUI) to communicate with the user, allowing the user to select user preferences to change, for example, the brightness of an image being copied. Further embodiments incorporate network and phone system interfaces to communicate with remote components as well as to receive input from and/or output to other systems via email, facsimile, etc. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090174903 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF REMOTE MONITORING OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A method and system for monitoring and controlling machines, such as printers, copiers, facsimile machine and other image forming machines. A server is used for transmitting and communicating information among machines and computers. The server acquires, after machine installation, reference values and during operation, current condition information. The server evaluates this information with the reference values such that a response to the machine may be executed remotely. The server also may update the reference values which change during operation. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090174904 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS HAVING A CAPABILITY OF HALTING A PRINTING PROCESS FOR OFF-LINE PROCESSING, AND METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING PRINTING PROCESS INCLUDING HALTING THE PRINTING PROCESS FOR OFF-LINE PROCESSING - A printing process is preset for each page of a print job such that the printing process is halted when a page needs off-line processing, and the printing process is resumed in response to an operation to resume the printing process. After the print job is started, a CPU determines for each page whether off-line processing is specified to be performed. If the current page is specified to be subjected to off-line processing, the printing process is halted. If an operation to resume the print processing is detected, the printing process is resumed. Thus, after the print job is started, a user can make a confirmation in terms of the printing state of the printer before printing for the particular page is started. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090174905 | SCANNER CHARACTERISTIC ADJUSTMENT - A method and system sense print a calibration feature towards an edge of a medium, scan the feature to determine a parameter and adjust a characteristic of the scanner based on the parameter. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090174906 | OPEN SYSTEMS PRINTING - A method for open systems printing including routing print jobs automatically from different types of source computers to different types of printers without the source computers selecting printers for each print job. The method including routing print jobs automatically from an arbitrary number of source computers to an arbitrary number of printers without the source computers selecting printers for each print job. The method using a print server for use with different types of source computers and different types of printers, the print server directs print jobs received from the source computers to the printers without the source computers selecting printers for each print job. The print server being for use with an arbitrary number of similar types of source computers and an arbitrary number of similar types of printers, the print server directing print jobs received from the source computers to the printers without the source computers selecting printers for each print job. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090180135 | Device to transfer photo images into digital data - A kind of device to transfer photo images into digital data includes a body wherein photo taking mechanisms are set inside and insert-fit grooves and positioning mechanisms are set with internal lighting assembling plates at the other side. The integrated photo clamps for clamping photos are put in the interior of the body through insert-fit grooves. By usage of simple operations, the images on the taken photos by photo taking mechanisms can be transferred into digital data for convenient storage, modification, or copying then printing the new photos. Thus, the present invention is rich of convenience and advancement. | 07-16-2009 |
| 20090180136 | ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT GENERATING APPARATUS - Provided is an electronic document generating apparatus capable of easily generating an electronic document from a document while controlling the document per document and capable of supporting the generated electronic document to be managed per electronic document. The electronic document generating apparatus ( | 07-16-2009 |
| 20090180137 | DEVICE SETTING SYSTEM, DEVICE SETTING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM SAVING DEVICE SETTING PROGRAM - A device setting system comprises a host unit; and a device to be connected to the host unit. The host unit comprises a host unit controlling unit that activates the automatic setting module with a device to be connected being specified, each time the device driver is activated, requests, using the automatic setting module, the specified device to transmit device setting information, obtains, using the automatic setting module, device setting information from the specified device, and allows, using the automatic setting module, device settings based on the obtained device setting information to be reflected in the device driver. The device comprises a device storing unit that stores device setting information; and a device controlling unit that transmits the device setting information to the host unit in response to a request obtained from the host unit. | 07-16-2009 |
| 20090180138 | Multifunctional machine and synchronization system - A multifunction machine according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a clock means for recognizing time; a settings information storing means that stores settings information and an updated time; a synchronization target information storing means that stores synchronization target information that specifies synchronization target multifunction machines whose settings information is to be synchronized; a sending means that sends updated settings information and the updated time of the settings information to the synchronization target multifunction machines when the settings information stored in the settings information storing means is updated by a user's operation; a receiving means that receives the settings information and the updated time sent from other multifunction machines; and a synchronization/update means that updates the settings information stored in the settings information storing means based on the received settings information. | 07-16-2009 |
| 20090180139 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROL METHOD AND MEDIUM STORING A PRINT CONTROL PROGRAM THEREOF - A print control apparatus of the present invention includes a database configured to manage counter information of an image forming apparatus; an obtain unit configured to periodically obtain the counter information from the image forming apparatus; an update unit configured to update the database based on the obtained counter information; a halt unit configured to halt the periodic obtaining of the counter information in response to start notification of processing based on a print job in the image forming apparatus; and a restart unit configured to restart the periodic obtaining of the counter information in response to completion notification of processing based on the print job in the image forming apparatus. | 07-16-2009 |
| 20090180140 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINT SETTING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus that communicates with a printer and makes print settings of a printer driver, where the information processing apparatus includes an elimination unit configured to eliminate a conflict state occurring between a plurality of print settings set for the printer driver based on a state of at least one parameter associated with the plurality of print settings and a conflict condition which can define two print settings, where the conflict condition is set for the plurality of print settings in advance. | 07-16-2009 |
| 20090180141 | Image Forming Apparatus, Charge Server and Image Forming System - An image forming apparatus has a communication interface, a processor, and a storage unit. The storage unit stores a job log and a job log transmission program. The job log transmission program causes the processor to transmit a job log of a finished job via the communication interface to a charge server connected to a network. The job log transmission program causes the processor to execute the steps of:
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| 20090180142 | Job scheduling system for print processing - A user equipment issues a job for a plurality of documents to a printing system by one operation. The user equipment assigns attributes to the job, the attributes including the specification of collation/uncollation, the designation of processing start instruction wait, the designation of exclusive processing, and the designation of password input wait. The printing system effects printing of the plurality of documents corresponding to attributes of the documents under control of a job scheduling device. The job scheduling device carries out the pausing of documents included in the job, the modification of attributes, addressing of document receiving failures, and search of a document whose format is to be converted, thereby making it possible to efficiently print the plurality of documents. | 07-16-2009 |
| 20090185212 | Multiproduct printing workflow system with dynamic scheduling - A method for end-to-end printing, including entering into service level agreements with each of a plurality of partner systems that enable customers to order personalized print products, wherein a service level agreement designates maximum delays for finishing customer print orders, receiving customer print orders forwarded from the plurality of partner systems, each print order specifying at least one personalized print product, serializing the print orders into a plurality of work items, each work item corresponding to a part of a personalized print product that is to be printed on printable material, dynamically assigning priorities to the work items, dynamically advancing the work items through a plurality of print processing states, wherein each processing state processes work items in order of their priorities. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090185213 | PRODUCTIVITY OF DIGITAL PRINTING OF JOBS WITH DIFFERENT SIZES OF PAPER - A method of maximizing usage of a photoreceptor particularly a photoreceptor belt in digital printing by intermixing page images of different sizes on the belt when the user has requested multiple print jobs requiring different sheet sizes, or a single document job requiring sheets of different sizes. If no combination of intermixing different page image sizes will maximize belt usage, the method prints page images of the same size. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090185214 | Systems and Methods for Print Resource Management - Systems and methods consistent with some embodiments presented provide methods for print resource management. In some embodiments of methods for print resource management print data comprising PDL data may be parsed to identify reusable resources in the print data. The reusable resources may be converted to a common internal format and stored. In some embodiments, reusable resources may be rendered to obtain a rendered version of the reusable resource, which may be stored. In some embodiments, the stored rendered version or a rendered form of the stored formatted version of the reusable resource may be used in a bitmap image for a page whenever the reusable resource is referenced during the creation of the bitmap image for the page. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090185215 | METHOD FOR THE OPERATION OF A DATA BUS, AND DATA BUS SYSTEM - In a method or system for operation of a data bus to which multiple bus participants each with a respective serial number specific to them are connected, a new bus participant is connected to the data bus. A request bus message is generated by the new bus participant, the message containing a preliminary participant identification number as an identifier derived from a serial number of the new bus participant. The request bus message is sent to a master processor system for assigning a final participant identification number for the new bus participant after a receipt of the request bus message with the preliminary participant identification number. The final participant identification number has fewer digits than the serial number of the new bus participant. The final participant identification number is used by the new bus participant as an identifier for further bus messages. Upon connection of said new bus participant, a time offset for said request bus message from said new bus participant to said master processor system is determined in addition to the preliminary participant identification number, said time offset being derived from the serial number of said new bus participant so that a simultaneous transmission of request bus messages from said new bus participant and any other new bus participants to said master processor system with the same preliminary participant identification numbers is avoided. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090185216 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE PRODUCTION OF A PRINT PRODUCT - The invention discloses a method for controlling the production of printed matter using a Management Information System (MIS), where first of all the MIS uses a request formulated by a customer to create an offer for producing the printed matter and transmits MIS order data to a print input stage system, and the print input stage system then uses an order formulated by the customer to create print input stage order data for at least one system which produces the printed matter. To simplify the handling of discrepancies between the order and the offer, it is proposed that the print input stage system transmit the print input stage order data to the MIS and that the MIS use the print input stage order data to control production of the printed matter. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090185217 | Image delivery system - An image delivery system includes an image delivery server, a plurality of image processors, and an information processor, which are connected by a network. The image delivery server delivers a print job to the image processor. The image delivery server includes a data recording unit, a setting recording unit, an updating unit, and a delivery unit. The setting recording unit receives delivery job data and records the received data in the data recording unit. The delivery job data includes at least image data and delivery job setting information for the image processor. The updating unit can update the recorded delivery job setting information based on input from the image processor. The delivery unit delivers a print job to the image processor based on the updated delivery job setting information. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090185218 | Printing System, Printing Device and Printing Device Maintenance Method - A printing system in which a printing apparatus and a host device are connected on a network, wherein the printing apparatus has a starting unit that, when power is turned on under prescribed conditions, starts up the printing apparatus based on a prescribed network setting differing from that used during regular use while retaining the network setting used during regular use, and the host device has: a recognition unit that recognizes the printing apparatus started up based on the prescribed network setting differing from that used during regular use, and an inspection unit that acquires prescribed information from the printing apparatus after the printing apparatus has been recognized. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090185219 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A process-flow calling unit calls existing flow definition data defining a process flow of image data from a distribution management apparatus connected via a network. A list display unit displays thereon a list of existing flow definition data called by the process-flow calling unit. A process-flow generating unit generates new flow definition data, when desired flow definition data does not exist in the list displayed on the list display unit. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090185220 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus which makes it possible to provide restricted access thereto without requiring an information processing apparatus to have a special authentication function. The image forming apparatus receives authentication information input by a user using a user interface, and receives a connection request transmitted from the information processing apparatus. When receiving the connection request, the image forming apparatus determines whether or not the user has been authenticated based on the received authentication information. If the user has been authenticated, the image forming apparatus permits execution of processing from the information processing apparatus thereto, whereas if not, it refuses execution of processing from the information processing apparatus. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090185221 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - An information processing apparatus which has a processing function of processing information and includes a data providing device, a storage device, a setting device, a determination device, and a changing device. The data providing device provides data to the information processing apparatus, and the storage device stores data. The setting device is provided to selectively set a prohibited state and an allowed state of the processing function. The determination device determines whether or not provided data provided by the data providing device is identical with set data which is stored in the storage device as data to be used in a case of performing a processing function set by a user. The changing device instructs the setting device, when it is determined that the provided data is identical with the set data, to change one of the prohibited state and the allowed state previously set to the other state. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090185222 | Planar Mapping of Graphical Elements - Planar rendering is described. In an implementation, a method includes approximating a shape that corresponds to an overlapping portion of at least one graphical element that is translucent with another graphical element. A color is computed for the approximated shape from respective colors of each of the graphical elements and the translucence of the at least one graphical element. The approximated shape having the computed color is formed into a communication for output to a printer. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090185223 | DOCUMENT PRINTING PROGRAM, DOCUMENT PROTECTING PROGRAM, DOCUMENT PROTECTING SYSTEM, DOCUMENT PRINTING APPARATUS FOR PRINTING OUT A DOCUMENT BASED ON SECURITY POLICY - In a document protecting system, a distributor terminal implementing a document protecting program obtains an encryption key to encrypt a document file, associates a print request to the document file, and encrypts the document file by the encryption key. And a user terminal implementing a document printing program obtains a decryption key of document file being encrypted, decrypts the document file based on the obtained decryption key, obtains a print requirement associated with the document file, and executes a printing process so as to satisfy the print requirement. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090190157 | METHODS FOR OPERATING USER INTERFACES OF A DEVICE CONTROLLABLE AT A PLURALITY OF ACCESS POINTS - Methods for operating the user interfaces (UIs) of a device such as an MFP device while the device is under simultaneous user operations from different access points. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090190158 | METHOD FOR SAVING PRINTER PAPER - A method for saving paper on a printer, including: providing a user interface that includes a buffer option window on the print window for storing, in a buffer that is located in a directory that can be chosen by a user, a plurality of separate documents to be printed without having to open a new window and without having to change print properties; a user clicking on the buffer option window of the user interface to store in the buffer a first document to be printed; the user clicking on the buffer option window of the user interface at least once more to store in the buffer at least a second document to be printed; and the user clicking on the buffer option window of the user interface to print the first document and at least the second document, along with only a single title page. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090190159 | Systems and Methods for Generating and Communicating Enhanced Portable Document Format Files - A method for converting a facsimile includes receiving the facsimile via the public-switched telephone network, generating an enhanced portable document format (EPDF) file that includes information in addition to image information and communicating the EPDF file to an e-mail server. The EPDF file can then be communicated as an attachment to an e-mail message addressed to the intended recipient of the facsimile. A facsimile processing system includes a public-switched telephone network interface, a packet-switched network interface, a mail transfer protocol server, an input agent, a job processor and a translator. The input agent identifies and forwards the incoming facsimile to the job processor. The job processor determines when an EPDF file is desired and communicates appropriate instructions to the translator. The translator generates the EPDF file in response to the instructions and the image information from the facsimile. The translator integrates signatures and repositionable notes in outbound facsimiles. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090190160 | LABEL CREATING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME - A label creating method for creating labels to be attached to checked fixtures comprises these steps: providing a label creating system ( | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090190161 | Printing apparatus and method of controlling the same - A printing apparatus is provided for obtaining pickup information of users and determining a print order in accordance with the pickup information in consideration of different pickup patterns of the users for picking up printed documents, and a method of controlling the printing apparatus, in order to minimize time and effort of users. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090190162 | Print control device, information display method for print control device, and information display program for print control device - A print control device that executes a plurality of filtering units sequentially and in parallel to generate print data of a document includes: an acquisition unit that acquires print information that at least includes attribute information related to the attribute of the document on which the filtering units are executed and status information that indicates a status in which the print data are generated, from the respective filtering units; and a display unit that displays information display areas for the filtering units, arranged in a predetermined direction in order of which filtering unit is executed first, and that displays the attribute information and status information of the print information in the information display area for each filtering unit. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090190163 | Image reading apparatus and method of reading image - An image reading apparatus reads the image of an original document. An original document reading section scans an original document to read the image of an original document. A scanned data producing section produces scanned data based on the image read from the original document. A communication section receives a read command from the external apparatus, the read command containing a first item of identification information and a command to read the image from the original document, and transmits scanned data produced in the scanned data producing section to the external apparatus. A user inputs a second item of identification information through an inputting section. If the first item of identification information and the second item of identification information coincide, then a controller allows the original document reading section to scan the original document. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090190164 | Method and apparatus for forming image - In an image forming apparatus, a setting management unit acquires at least one of first setting data and second setting data. The first setting data is information that specifies data to be included in the identification image from among the identification data and the second setting data is information that specifies a position of the identification image. An output control unit outputs (e.g., prints) output data including the identification image that is created based on at least one of the first setting data and the second setting data that is acquired by the setting management unit. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090190165 | Link system - In a link system in which a plurality of MFPs and a server apparatus is connected so as to enable data communication over a network, a remote connection driver of the MFP starts an application on the server apparatus by remote control and at the time, on the basis of an operation start signal transmitted from the MFP, a device setting manager of the server apparatus identifies as a remote operation host apparatus the MFP having transmitted the operation start signal, and automatically sets the MFP as the MFP by which the application is used. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090190166 | PRINT PROCESSING SYSTEM - In a print processing system, a storage server temporarily stores print data generated on a user client PC; a multifunction apparatus then obtains the print data from the storage server and prints the data, according to user's operation on the multifunction apparatus; and a management server manages a storage status of the print data on the storage server. The user client PC transmits to the storage server, bibliographic information associated with the print data concurrently when transmitting the data. The storage server stores thereon the print data obtained from the user client PC and transfers to the management server, the bibliographic information obtained from the user client PC. The management server manages the storage status of the print data on the storage server, based on the bibliographic information obtained from the storage server. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090190167 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND PROGRAM - A printing system having a printing apparatus and a post-processing apparatus connected to the printing apparatus, and a method for controlling the printing system, are provided. When an in-line job is received that is set to perform a printing process by the printing apparatus and a post-process by the post-processing apparatus with respect to a sheet printed by the printing process, it is determined whether or not the in-line job is to be separated into the printing process and an off-line process of performing the post-process by the post-processing apparatus without performing the printing process. When it is determined that the separation is to be performed, the printing apparatus is caused to execute the printing process and print information for executing the off-line process is held. When a user's instruction to execute the off-line process is received, the off-line process is executed with respect to the sheet printed by the printing process. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090190168 | DOCUMENT PROCESSING SYSTEM - A document processing system is disclosed that is capable of processing both fixed-format and unfixed-format hand written paper documents. The document processing system includes an encoding unit that encodes a sheet ID for identifying a hand written first document on a sheet to generate a coded sheet ID; a decoding unit that decodes the coded sheet ID; a document-sheet ID association unit that associates the sheet ID with a document ID assigned to a computerized second document; a printing unit that acquires the sheet ID and prints the coded sheet ID on the first document; a sheet ID management unit that manages the sheet ID; an information acquisition unit that acquires the sheet ID decoded by the decoding unit, and hand-written data from the first document on which the coded sheet ID is printed; and a process-sheet ID association unit that associates the sheet ID with a process ID of a process for processing the hand-written data acquired by the information acquisition unit. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090190169 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a display section, a storage section, and a continuation reception section. The display section displays a plurality of setting items, and the setting items relate to only one of the plurality of functions. The storage section stores a single or plurality of groups of setting items relating to a function in a time-series manner. The continuation reception section receives an option of whether or not the provided function is continuously executed. When receiving the option, the continuation reception section causes the display section to display the group of the setting items and to display the history data in a list to select one from the single or plurality of groups of the setting items. When receiving the option for not continuously executing the provided function, the continuation reception section initializes setting of the provided function and clears all the history data. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090190170 | Electronic Device And Control Method For An Electronic Device - An electronic device and control method can detect tapping operations on the device housing to control executing processes, and whether tapping operations are accepted can differ by individual print job. The receipt printer has an impact sensor. The control unit of the receipt printer detects tapping while processing print data and while printing when print data containing a wait-for-tapping-operation and cancel printing command is received, and cancels printing when a predetermined tapping operation is detected. When print data containing a wait-for-tapping-operation and start printing command or wait-for-tapping-operation and cut paper command is received, starting printing or the cutting operation of the automatic paper cutter is suspended and tapping is detected. When the predetermined tapping operation is detected, the suspending printing operation or cutting operation starts. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090190171 | APPROVAL WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An approval workflow management system capable of preventing a mismatch from being caused between a document of which the contents have been confirmed for approval, and an electronic document stored in a file server, for approval, thereby enhancing the reliability of an approval workflow. The approval workflow system is formed by connecting client computers, MFPs, a file server, and an approval information management server to a network. When an MFP receives a request for printing a file, from the client computer, the MFP requests the file server to restrict editing the file, and the approval information management to approve the file. When the approval information management server notifies the MFP that approval of the file has been successful, the MFP requests the file server to cancel restriction of editing the file. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090190172 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image forming apparatus switches a line of image data, to be read out from a storage unit, to another, depending on a position in the line in a scanning direction such that the curving of a scanning line is offset, and reducing trouble in reading out image data in units of rectangular image data blocks A data processing section performs image processing based on a plurality of rectangular image areas generated by dividing image data stored in a memory section. An image reading unit reads out the image data as the rectangular image areas, and transfers the rectangular image areas to the data processing section. A printer section forms an image by scanning a photosensitive member with irradiation light based on the rectangular image data areas. A DMA controller stores positional information indicative of line-switching positions. The rectangular image data areas are read out according to the positional information. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090190173 | PRINTER AND PRINTER CONTROL METHOD - A thermal printer and a control method for a thermal printer enable increasing throughput before a printing process starts by starting a duplex printing process without waiting to convert all print data into the front print buffer and back print buffer, enable executing a duplex printing process on a print medium without using a front print buffer and a separate back print buffer, and enable switching between simplex printing and duplex printing according to a specific command. The control method includes a step S | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090190174 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING OF GROUND PATTERN - In order to prevent illegal copying more effectively in an image forming apparatus, when a specified ground pattern for preventing copying is detected in input image data, the detected ground pattern is emphasized in the image data. Alternatively, information for detecting the specified ground pattern is stored in a storage device, in order to detect the ground pattern with the stored information. When the ground pattern is not detected, a ground region in the image data is analyzed further to determine whether a different ground pattern exits or not. When a ground pattern is detected, information for detecting the ground pattern is stored in the storing device. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090190175 | System For Sending E-Mail Message Via Printed Form - A system for sending an e-mail message. The system comprises comprising a printed form having a plurality of location-indicating tags printed thereon. Each tag contains coded data identifying a location of the tag on the form and an identity of the form. The system further comprises an optically imaging pen for writing a message on the form. The pen comprises a marking nib for writing a handwritten message on the form, an image sensor for imaging the tags when writing the message on the form, and a processor for computing positions of the nib using the coded data contained in the imaged tags, an inferred multiple degree-of-freedom perspective transform of the imaged tags and a known geometry of pen optics. A computer system receives indicating data generated by the processor and initiates sending of the e-mail message to a designated recipient address. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090190176 | EFFICIENT PRINTER CONTROL ELECTRONICS - An apparatus (such as a printer) including a combination engine controller circuit board having a integrated circuit (IC) chip configured to process (format) incoming data as well as to control the operations of the apparatus is disclosed. The IC chip is adapted to receive and process data as well as to control the operations of the apparatus. For this reason, the IC chip is referred to as a combined controller IC. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090195810 | PRINTER DRIVER APPARATUS AND METHODS - Disclosed are methods of controlling operation of a printer, apparatus and computer-readable medium. The embodiments control operation of a printer by receiving a print command from a user, in response to the received print command, displaying to a user a print user interface including selectable editing settings, the selectable editing settings including settings for varying attributes of a document to be printed, the editing settings for varying formatting of the document to enhance editing by hand of the printed document; receiving from a user a selection of the editing settings; and controlling printing of the document to print on the printer by varying formatting of the document using the selected editing settings. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090195811 | METHOD FOR PRINTING TEXT-ONLY CONTENT OF PDF DOCUMENTS - A method for printing only text objects within a PDF document is described. PDF data is transmitted from a host computer to a printer, along with job information that specifies a text-only mode. If printer controller detects that the text-only mode is specified, it interprets only the text objects within the PDF data. As a result, only text objects are printed on the recording medium, and the graphics and image objects are not printed. The interpretation step preserves position, font, size, and style (e.g. bold, italic, underline) of the text objects. Representation may be generated and printed on the recording medium to indicate the presence of graphics or image objects in the original PDF document. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090195812 | Printing information service system and method based on RFID technology - A printing information service system and a method of providing printing information, based on radio frequency identification (RFID) technology. The system and method retrieve a printing status of a user of a printer, locate the user from among users each having a RFID card by determining whether personal identification information stored in the RFID card of the user is acquired depending on a communicating distance between the RFID reader equipped in the printer and the RFID card of the user, and provide information by displaying the printing status of the user identified by the personal identification information, on the printer, when the personal identification information is acquired as a result of the determining. The system and method provide printing information to different locations of the user, and individually informs the print completion status, thus greatly improving the convenience of printing by the user. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090195813 | Image forming apparatus management system and image forming apparatus management method - An image forming apparatus carries, an image apparatus management apparatus or a client apparatus carries out authentication of a user based on user information input by an operator, the user information is then used by the image apparatus management apparatus to obtain a toner save rate of the user, which is then transmitted to the image forming apparatus or another image forming apparatus which then carries out an image forming process based on the toner save rate. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090195814 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Embodiments of the invention relate to an information processing system that is triggered by a detection of a medium removing action, detects a user's action of leaving a sheet discharge tray from which the user has removed the medium, and counts the number of carrying-away users. The information processing system counts as the number of outputting users the number of users who have issued an instruction to output a medium. Based on the number of users who removed and left and the number of outputting users, the information processing system sends a notification prompting to check a carried-away medium or a medium that the user is about to carry away from the sheet discharge tray. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090195815 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESSING METHOD FOR THE SAME - When an instruction to shut down an image forming apparatus is provided, a list of tasks is generated and displayed based on the characteristics and operation state of each task. If an instruction to cancel a displayed running task is provided, processing of the task is canceled and shutdown processing is performed. Thus, user convenience can be improved by displaying whether or not the running tasks are cancelable when an instruction to shut down the image forming apparatus is provided. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090195816 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND PROGRAM - It is analyzed whether print data includes first image data common between pages and second image data different between pages. When a specific discharge device is designated as a discharge device for discharging a printing medium printed based on the print data, and it is analyzed that the print data includes the second image data different between pages, print processing is controlled not to print the second image data. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090195817 | DOCUMENT PROCESSING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In a document processing system, whether processing of a workflow specified by a cancellation instruction is in execution is determined based on whether identification information of the workflow specified by the cancellation instruction coincides with that of a workflow associated with document data. When the processing of the workflow corresponding to the cancellation instruction is in execution, the processing of the workflow is canceled. When the processing of the workflow is not in execution and the contents of processing to be executed by another image forming apparatus are designated in a selected workflow, the cancellation instruction is transmitted to the other image forming apparatus specified based on the log information. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090195818 | IMAGE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, IMAGE STORAGE DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image transmission system | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090195819 | Information Processing Apparatus and Program - An image processing apparatus includes: an operation section which accepts a job setting operation; a memory section which memorizes an element of a job set through the operation section; a display section, and a controller, wherein the controller is configured to control the display section to display a plurality of jobs so as to display elements memorized in the memory section of the plurality of jobs on the display section, accept selecting elements from two or more jobs of the plurality of jobs through the operation section, and generate a new job including the elements selected. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090195820 | Information Processing Apparatus, Program and Information Processing Method - An information processing apparatus including:
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| 20090195821 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND MEDIUM STORING AN IMAGE FORMING PROGRAM THEREOF - An image forming apparatus for storing document data for which output setting data is set comprises an acquisition unit configured to acquire device configuration information of the image forming apparatus and device configuration information of a print post-processing apparatus which is connected to the image forming apparatus and has a paper transport path not connected to the image forming apparatus; a change unit configured to change the output setting data of the stored document data using the device configuration information acquired by the acquisition unit; and a processing unit configured to process the document data using the output setting data changed by the change unit. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090195822 | JOB PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A job processing apparatus which processes job data in cooperation with another job processing apparatus is provided. The job processing apparatus comprises an analysis unit configured to analyze a processing status of predetermined job data, and a determination unit configured to determine, in accordance with the analyzed processing status, whether the job processing apparatus has an operation authority to the job data. The job processing apparatus also comprises a prohibition unit configured to prohibit an operation of the job data when the job processing apparatus is determined not to have the operation authority. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090195823 | DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT METHOD - A document management apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive a notification indicating that an icon for a first document has been drag-and-dropped onto an icon for a second document via a display screen, and an application unit configured to apply a print setting stored in the first document to the second document in response to the receiving unit receiving the notification indicating that the icon for the first document has been drag-and-dropped onto the icon for the second document. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090195824 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - An image forming device connected to a network includes a data administration unit, a creation source information generation unit, a raster data generation unit and a printer unit. The data administration unit stores printing data in a memory unit and generate identification data that identifies the printing data stored in the memory unit. The creation source information generation unit generates creation source information that specifies the own device as a creation source. The raster data generation unit rasterizes the printing data and generates raster data with the creation source information. The raster data with the creation source information includes the rasterized printing data, the identification data and the creation source information. The printer unit prints the raster data with the creation source information on a printing paper. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090195825 | PRINTER - A printer is provided with a receiving device, a storage device, a printing device, a cancel input device and an invalidating device. The receiving device is configured to receive a print command. The storage device is configured to store an association of print data and a print command receiving time at which the print command has been received by the receiving device. The printing device is configured to print the print data. The cancel input device is configured to input a cancel command. The invalidating device is configured to invalidate printing of the print data associated with the print command receiving time that is earlier than a cancel input time at which the cancel command has been input. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090195826 | Communication Apparatus - A communication apparatus includes: a reading unit which reads original document data from a read target original document having plural pages, on a page-by-page basis; a transmission unit which transmits original document data read by the reading unit; an acquisition unit which wirelessly acquires identification information capable of identifying a set of pages to be transmitted by the transmission unit in one communication, from a wireless tag attached to each page of the read target original document; an identification unit which identifies whether a combination of pages of the read target original document corresponds to a combination of pages of a specific set original document based on the identification information; and a transmission controller which controls the transmission unit to transmit the original document data from the read target original document based on a result of the identification unit. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090195827 | RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A radio communication device and multifunction device are provided. The radio communication device includes a radio communicating unit which receives data according to a radio communication method using one of a plurality of radio channels provided in a frequency band and changes the radio channel according to a period; a data processing unit which performs processing using the data; a communication status determining unit which determines, for each channel, whether a communication status of the radio channel is good; a ratio changing unit which changes a ratio of setting a good channel whose communication status is determined as good, and a ratio of setting a not-good channel whose communication status is determined as not-good; and a setting unit which sets either the good channel or the not-good channel as the radio channel in the radio communication method according to the ratios changed by the ratio changing unit. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090195828 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A communication apparatus is provided. The communication apparatus includes: a reading unit which reads original document data from a page of a transmission original document; a transmission unit which transmits original document data read by the reading unit to a designated destination; an acquisition unit which wirelessly acquires identification information capable of identifying a specific original document transmitted by the transmission unit in one communication from a wireless tag attached to each of a plurality of pages of a target original document; and an extraction unit which extracts the specific original document from the target original document based on the identification information acquired by the acquisition unit. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090195829 | PRINTING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A dummy driver in a terminal server determines whether an interface that cannot be used by a printer driver which is directly accessed by an application needs to be used in a print setting set by the application. If the dummy driver determines that the interface which cannot be used by the printer driver needs to be used, the dummy driver generates a print setting using a print setting that does not need to use a unique interface. Then, validation of the print setting is performed by a printer driver in a client and the print setting is replaced with a print setting of on a common interface. Then, the printing process is executed by the print setting generated by the printer driver in the client. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090195830 | PRINT PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINT PROCESSING METHOD, SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A CPU of an image forming apparatus, such as a color electrophotographic copying apparatus, reads print step information from a memory, such as a USB memory, that stores print image data and print step information relating to a plurality of print steps for producing a print of the print image data and a progress state of the print steps. The CPU updates the progress state of the print steps stored in the memory subsequent to the print step being performed by a printer in the image forming apparatus, displays a next print step to perform based on the read print step information, and controls the printer. The image forming apparatus thus avoids leaks of the print data, and prevents useless printing and erratic job processing. Thus, even an inexperienced operator can provide sophisticated high quality print service using the image forming apparatus. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090195831 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND PRINTING SYSTEM - There is disclosed a printing system which can limit users who access a hot folder as a common folder, and need not prepare for another server only for user management. In a printing system of this invention, a management server monitors digital data stored in the hot folder, and limits users who can access the hot folder. When the management server detects that print data is input to the hot folder, a user verification dialog is displayed on a computer as a print data input source to make user verification. When the user verification has succeeded, the digital data input to the hot folder is printed using a printer; when the user verification has failed, the print process of the digital data input to the hot folder using the printer is canceled, thereby limiting the user who accesses the hot folder. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090195832 | Online Image Processing Systems and Methods Utilizing Image Processing Parameters - The present invention allows for online image processing. A sample embodiment of the system comprises an Image Processing Means with one or more predetermined graphical layers, residing on the Image Processing Means. The Image Processing Means has the ability to obtain one or more substitute layers and repeat a set of predetermined steps using predetermined layers, substitute layers, and image processing parameters to create a new image. A sample embodiment of the method comprises the steps of determining graphical layers (predetermined graphical layers), steps (predetermined steps), and image processing parameters for creating an image. A substitute layer maybe obtained from a remote User. The predetermined steps may be repeated using predetermined graphical layers and the substitute layer, thus, creating a new image. The image may be further delivered to the User. Described systems and methods may allow users to create complex digital images using remote servers, without the use of graphical tools on the user's computer. Even users without substantial technical or artistic skills may create complex digital images. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090195833 | Printer For Duplex Printing With Transfer Rollers - A printer is provided having a print media feed mechanism for feeding print media along a feed path, opposed transfer rollers for simultaneously contacting both sides of the print media as the print media is fed along the feed path, and printheads for printing on the transfer rollers so that material printed on the transfer rollers is simultaneously transferred to both sides of the print media by the transfer rollers. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090201527 | Operations panel and image forming apparatus - An operations panel is disclosed that comprises plural operations blocks attached to a main body of an electronic apparatus; a selection information output unit that outputs a selection information item indicating a selection item selected in the operations block; a display operations block that is removably attachable to the main body, including a display unit that shows display selection items used for selecting operational functions, a selection detecting unit that detects the selected display selection item, and a display control unit that causes the display unit to show the selection items corresponding to the operations blocks together with the display selection item when the display operations block is removed from the main body; and a selection information retrieving unit that retrieves, as the selection information item, a selection result detected by the selection detecting unit of the display operations block removed from the main body. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090201528 | METHODS FOR PRINTING MULTIPLE FILES AS ONE PRINT JOB - A method is disclosed for selectively printing multiple PDF files currently open in a PDF viewer (including editor) application. A GUI lists all PDF files currently open within the viewer. A user selects files from the list and specifies page ranges for the selected files. The PDF viewer submits data from the user-selected files to a printer as a single print job. In one implementation, the viewer generates a master PDF file from the selected files and transfers it to the printer. In another implementation, the viewer interprets the PDF data in the selected files into PDL data and transfers it to the printer. In another implementation, the viewer generate a separate PDF file containing selected data for each open PDF file, composes a job ticket using the generated PDF files and transfers the job ticket and the generated PDF files to the printer. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090201529 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, APPARATUS, METHOD AND CONTROL PROGRAM - An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus connected to a host device via a network. The host device transmits a power-off notification notifying the image forming apparatus on the network that power is to be turned off, together with job information identifying a job, when the host device is powered off. The image forming apparatus searches whether or not there is a job identified by the job information upon receiving the power-off notification from the host device, reads the job identified by the job information out from a job saving unit, transmits the job to the host device and deletes the job that has been transmitted to the host device, from the job saving unit. Further, the host device saves the job transmitted from the image forming apparatus that has received the power-off notification, in a storing unit, and then turns off the power. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090201530 | PRINT JOB SEPARATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - An apparatus and method are disclosed for separating print jobs. Print jobs may be separated by alternating between outputting entire print jobs in straight and askew orientations. Print jobs may also be separated by outputting jobs in a straight orientation and outputting a separator page between each print job in an askew orientation. In one embodiment, separator pages may be input from a specified input tray that may contain sheets of a different color than that used for print jobs. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090201531 | PRINT JOB ASSIGNMENT METHOD ALLOWING USER-PRIORITIZATION - A method implemented in a print job management apparatus for processing print jobs in a multiple-printer print shop environment is described. Each print job specifies job ticket parameters representing printing requirements. Each received job is processed by comparing the printing requirements of the job with capabilities of the printers. If a printer cannot satisfy all printing requirements of the job, it is eliminated as a candidate printer. Then, from all printers that can satisfy all printing requirements of the job, one printer is selected based on a pre-defined priority preference and the job is submitted to the selected printer. The printer priority preference is created by the operator based on cost and other factors. The operator can also select an alternative execution mode where, among all printers that can satisfy all requirements of the job, the one with minimum wait time is selected. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090201532 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING A URL SHORTCUT NAME CORRESPONDING TO A WEB PAGE AND PRINTING THE WEB PAGE WITH THE SHORTCUT NAME - A system and method are provided for creating a URL shortcut name corresponding to a web page and printing the web page with the shortcut name. The system includes a printer in operative communication with a processor configured for accessing a network and the at least one web page identifiable by a corresponding URL; a memory storing a shortcut name corresponding to the URL; and at least one application software module having a set of programmable instructions configured for execution by the processor for enabling said printer to print the shortcut name on a web page printout corresponding to the at least one web page. The system further enables providing the shortcut name in an URL address window of a network browser, determining the corresponding URL from the shortcut name, and accessing the at least one web page using the determined URL. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090201533 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING AN EFFICIENT SHIPPING STRATEGY FOR SHIPPING PRINTED MATERIAL - A system and related method for creating an efficient shipping strategy for shipping printed material is disclosed. The system includes a communication component, an analysis component and a shipping component. The communication component communicates printing instructions. The printing instructions include image data and at least one job parameter. The analysis component communicates with the communication component and determines at least one physical property of a print job when formed according to the printing instructions. The shipping component generates shipping information in accordance with the at least one physical property. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090201534 | METHOD FOR GENERATING SIMULATED INSERT SHEETS FOR A PRINT JOB - A printing method is described where, when a print job requires printing multiple copies of a document and a simulated insert sheet option is selected as a part of the print job requirements, simulated insert sheets are automatically generated and inserted between the printed copies that are outputted to the output tray of the printer. The simulated insert sheets are printed using the same paper as the document. The simulated insert sheets may be numbered, and may include a printed pattern extending to an edge of the sheets. The layout and content of the simulated insert sheets may be specified by the printer driver or the printer itself. The method can also be used with copiers when making multiple copies of an original document. Further, simulated insert sheets can be used to separate groups of pages within a single document, such as chapters or sections. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090201535 | Posting server, sending terminal, posting server control method, and sending terminal control method - Prior to delivery of content data, SIP servers | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090201536 | Posting server, printing terminal, posting server control method, and printing terminal control method - When a printable term is set for content data, a posting server | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090201537 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a data reception unit for receiving data sent from another electronic device via a predetermined network; a state detection unit for detecting a current status regarding at least an image forming operation; a data storage unit for storing a plurality of image data corresponding to a plurality of states beforehand; a data selection unit for selecting, based on the current status detected by the state detection unit, at least one of the plurality of the image data stored by the data storage unit; and a data transmission unit for transmitting, when a predetermined request is received from the another electronic device via the predetermined network, the image data selected by the data selection unit to the another electronic device according to the predetermined request. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090201538 | Image processing method and image processing apparatus - An image processing apparatus processes image data that contains a confidential image portion. The image processing apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives designation of the confidential image portion; a generating unit that generates specification information that specifies the confidential image portion; an adding unit that adds the specification information to the image data thereby generating first processed image data; and an output unit that outputs the first processed image data. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090201539 | ADDRESS BOOK TRANSMISSION PROGRAM, ADDRESS BOOK TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND ADDRESS SERVER - The present invention provides a computer-readable recording medium having recorded therein an address book transmission program for causing a computer, which includes a storage that stores therein one or more pieces of address book data, to transmit the pieces of address book data to a data transmission apparatus, each of the pieces of address book data corresponding to one or more senders, the address book transmission program causing the computer to execute: a receiving step of receiving, from the data transmission apparatus, apparatus information indicating a state of the data transmission apparatus; a reading step of reading a piece of address book data that corresponds to a sender out of the pieces of address book data stored in the storage; a judging step of, based on the apparatus information received in the receiving step, specifying a use mode that shows how the data transmission apparatus uses address book data, and judging whether or not the piece of address book data read in the reading step is appropriate to the specified use mode; an editing step of, if a result of the judging step is negative, editing the read piece of address book data so as to be appropriate to the specified use mode; and a transmitting step of transmitting the edited piece of address book data to the data transmission apparatus. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090201540 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINT SETTING CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - If a print setting of a print job causes any conflict (device conflict) in a network printer when the print job is executed, an information processing apparatus registers the print setting as a device conflict rule in a device conflict rule database. Then, the information processing apparatus performs a conflict determination based on device conflict rules registered in the device conflict rule database in addition to conflict rules registered beforehand in a conflict rule database. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090201541 | SYSTEM FOR OPTIMAL DOCUMENT SCANNING - A method of controlling a scanner to improve automatic recognition and classification of scanned physical documents for a document analysis system, which receives and processes jobs containing at least one electronic document from a plurality of users to automatically recognize and classify the job documents into document categories, is disclosed. The method comprises, using a scan control system, obtaining the capability of, and existing scanner settings for, the scanner upon receiving a command to initiate scanning of physical documents; saving the existing scanner settings of the scanner; automatically commanding the scanner to use new scanner settings, wherein the new scanner settings are selected in accordance with the capability of the recognition system; commanding the scanner to begin scanning operation with the new scanner settings; and automatically resetting the scanner settings of the scanner back to the saved existing scanner settings upon completing of the scanning operation. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090201542 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image processing system readily provides a client PC with preview of a target image for printing or transmission. In accordance with a request from a client PC (information transmission direction i), a server | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090201543 | DOCUMENT READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A document reading apparatus includes an integral display portion integrally provided with the area sensor portion and a main CPU for controlling screen display of the integral display portion, in which a document placed on a screen of the integral display portion is read by the area sensor portion. The integral display portion has an operation area for displaying various operation keys of the document reading apparatus on its screen, and the main CPU detects an area of the document placed on the screen by the area sensor portion and sets an area other than an area where the document is placed as the operation area of the document reading apparatus. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090201544 | Communication Apparatus and Program Thereof - A communication apparatus includes: a communication section which executes a facsimile communication with a remote communication apparatus; a communication history control section which stores communication history information for each facsimile communication and controls a communication history; a log information storage section which stores log information relating to the facsimile communication by correlating to the communication history information; a code information generation section which generates code information being able to compress and display the log information; a print data generation section which generates print data for printing the communication history information and the code information of the log information correlated to the communication history information on a recording sheet such that the communication history information and the log information are comparable on the recording sheet; and a print section which prints the print data. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090201545 | FACSIMILE TRANSFERRING SYSTEM - A facsimile transferring system is supplied capable of preventing a paper on which facsimile data transferred from his/her work place is printed from leaving as it is at a place where the destination person does not exist. In the system, an entering/leaving room managing equipment and a facsimile apparatus are furnished at plural places respectively; and a transfer/notification processing server transfers received facsimile data to one of the facsimile apparatus on the basis of entering/leaving room management information, wherein the transfer/notification processing server includes a destination person whereabouts managing section that specifies a whereabouts place of destination person of the received facsimile data on the basis of entering/leaving room management information, and a facsimile apparatus controlling section that transfers the received facsimile data to the facsimile apparatus furnished at the whereabouts place of the destination person on the basis of a control of the destination person whereabouts managing section. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090201546 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing system to perform image processing. The image processing system includes an image processing device and a data processing device communicably connected to the image processing device. The data processing device includes a setting screen display unit to display a setting screen to input setting data for the image processing device, and a transfer unit to send the setting data input through the setting screen to the image processing device. The image processing device includes a production unit to create a data management table in which the setting data received from the data processing device and management data for specifying the setting data are associated with each other, a storage unit to store the data management table in a storage medium, and a reading unit to read out the setting data stored in the storage medium based on the data management table. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090201547 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM USING A MANAGEMENT APPARATUS TO MANAGE SOFTWARE COMPONENTS - An image forming system includes a plurality of image forming apparatuses, a management apparatus configured to manage and operate the image forming system, and a plurality of communication control apparatuses each configured to control data communication between the management apparatus and a corresponding image forming apparatus, wherein the management apparatus includes a software component storing unit configured to store one or more software components in a predetermined storage area of a storage device of the management apparatus, the one or more software components being each configured to generate print data recognizable by a corresponding image forming apparatus and a selecting unit configured to select a software component from the one or more software components in response to the print request, the selected software component being used to generate print data corresponding to the image forming apparatus selected as a printing apparatus. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090201548 | PRINTER DRIVER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A printer driver and an image forming apparatus for appropriately combining additional information (such as a stamp) and an original to print the combined image data. The printer driver according to one embodiment of the present invention, relates to a printer driver connected to a printer for registering form data transmitted from the printer driver, and for combining the registered form data and contents data. The printer driver transmits transparent data as form data and a command indicating that the form data is transparent data, to the printer. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090201549 | Facsimile Machine - A facsimile machine is provided. The facsimile machine includes a first reading unit which reads an image of an original placed on a platen; a second reading unit which reads an image of an original while feeding the original; a transmitting unit which is configured to execute a first transmission operation to transmit the image of the original read by the first reading unit as facsimile data and a second transmission operation to transmit the image of the original read by the second reading unit as facsimile data; a transmission inhibition unit which inhibits the first transmission operation by the transmitting unit; and a release unit which releases the inhibition of the first transmission operation by the transmission inhibition unit. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090201550 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STORING IMAGE AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image storage system includes a plurality of image processing apparatuses that execute image processing on image data in collaboration with one another; a storage unit that stores information on the image data; a transmitting unit provided in at least one of the plurality of image processing apparatuses and transmitting the information on the image data to the storage unit; an information acquisition unit that acquires apparatus information on the plurality of image processing apparatuses; and a determination unit that determines, from the plurality of image processing apparatuses, an image processing apparatus that transmits the information on the image data, which is processed by the plurality of image processing apparatuses in collaboration with one another, to the storage unit based on the acquired apparatus information. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090201551 | PRINTING APPARATUS, DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - A printing apparatus includes a first acquisition unit configured to acquire a print setting of document data from a document management apparatus, a determination unit configured to determine whether the document data can be printed using the print setting acquired by the first acquisition unit, an output unit configured to output information about a result determined by the determination unit to the document management apparatus, a second acquisition unit configured to acquire, from the document management apparatus, printing availability determination information about a determined result as to whether document data can be printed with the printing apparatus, a display unit configured to display the printing availability determination information acquired by the second acquisition unit and printing apparatus information on a display apparatus, a third acquisition unit configured to acquire document data designated by a user from the document management apparatus by requesting the document management apparatus to transmit the document data, and a printing unit configured to print the document data acquired by the third acquisition unit. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090201552 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Provided are a data processing apparatus and method that make it possible to detect improper resource data that has been stored in a printer. The data processing apparatus, which is connectable to an image forming apparatus that refers to resource data when an image is formed, first acquires information relating to resource data that has been stored in the image forming apparatus and stores the information on a hard disk. Next, improper resource data is detected by control exercised by a CPU in the processing apparatus based upon the acquired information relating to the resource data. After prescribed processing is executed with respect to improper resource data that has been detected, information relating to prescribed resource data is provided to the image forming apparatus via a network controller. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090207435 | IMAGE SCANNING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE SCANNING METHOD - An image scanning apparatus according to the invention includes: a scanning unit configured to scan each of plural images from plural originals that are inputted; a rotation designating unit configured to designate rotation of the plural images that are scanned, so that an orientation of the plural images that are scanned coincides with a desired image orientation; a first image rotating unit configured to rotate the image that is scanned, in accordance with the designated rotation of the image; an orientation determining unit configured to determine whether the image orientation rotated by the first image rotating unit coincides with the desired image orientation or not; and a second image rotating unit configured to, for an image determined as not coinciding by the orientation determining unit, further rotate the orientation of the image so that the orientation coincides with the desired image orientation. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090207436 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, SERVER, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus comprises: a first specifying unit that, in a document of a plurality of sets represented by document data, specifies definite form portions whose images are identical in each set of the plurality of sets; a second specifying unit that, in a document of a plurality of sets represented by document data, specifies variable portions whose images are to be substituted in each set of the plurality of sets; and an output unit that outputs a definite form portion page having an image of the definite form portion specified by the first specifying unit and a variable portion page having an image of the variable portion specified by the second specifying unit. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090207437 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming device includes: a processing unit that executes a prescribed process; a user interface unit that displays information related to the executed process, and that receives a setting of content of the executed process; a communication unit that is connected to an external device, that obtains process content information and content of the setting in the user interface unit from the external device, and that obtains operator information; a storage that stores the process content information and the operator information so as to be coordinated with each other; a user specifying unit that specifies a user; and a control unit that controls content of a display specified based on the process content information to be displayed on the user interface unit, and considers content of a setting specified based on the process content information to be received by the user interface unit. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090207438 | Print system - A print system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of client computers, one or a plurality of print servers that store jobs received from the client computers in a memory unit and process the jobs, a plurality of printers that receive a job from the print servers and perform print processing and a network that the client computers, the print servers and the printers are connected to. On receipt of a job from the client computer, in order to notify that the job received from the client computer is stored in the memory unit, the print server transmits job information of the received job to the printers on the network. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090207439 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING METHOD AND PRINTER - A printing system can suppress an increase in the processing load of a printer, and facilitate print management. To accomplish this, a printing system includes an authentication unit with which a printer authenticates a user based on account information the user inputs using a host device, a token generating unit with which the printer generates, after the user has been authenticated by the authentication unit, a token containing print function restriction information by referring to information in which the user, and application and the print function restriction are associated with one another, and transmits the token to the host device, a command generating unit with which the host device receives the token to generate a command containing the print function restriction information, and transmits the command to the printer, and a printing unit with which the printer receives the command and executes printing subject to print function restrictions. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090207440 | BILLING SYSTEM, SERVER APPARATUS AND BILLING APPARATUS - A disclosed billing system includes a client apparatus, a multi-functional peripheral, a server apparatus and a billing apparatus. A communication unit of the billing apparatus sequentially transmits first account balance information read from a storage medium to the server apparatus; receives from the server apparatus a copy permission signal which is then transmitted to the multi-functional peripheral; receives from the multi-functional peripheral a copy-output signal regarding a copy output having been performed on the multi-functional peripheral, the copy-output signal being then transmitted to the server apparatus; and receives copy billing information transmitted from the server apparatus according to the transmitted copy-output signal. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090207441 | Job Processing Apparatus and Method for Controlling the Job Processing Apparatus - A job processing apparatus includes a first job-receiving section that receives a panel operation job produced by operating a control panel in a mode, and a second job-receiving section that receives non-panel operation jobs other than the panel operation job. A control panel mode-identifying section is also provided to identify which mode the control panel is in when the second job-receiving section receives any one of the non-panel operation jobs. A non-panel operation job-identifying section identifies which non-panel operation job has been received by the second job-receiving section. An execution timing control section controls when the non-panel operation job received by the non-panel operation job-receiving section is executed, according to the identified non-panel operation job and the identified mode of the control panel. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090207442 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives image data; an extracting unit that extracts specific information from the image data; a first recognizing unit that recognizes destination information from the specific information; and a control unit that outputs the image data, wherein, when the first recognition unit recognizes a plurality of destination information, the control unit outputs the image data to respective destinations corresponding to each of the plurality of the destination information. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090207443 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A client apparatus is coupled to a server apparatus via a network in an information processing system. In the server apparatus, installing of a plug-in file in a first storage apparatus is detected, binary image data of the detected plug-in file are written to a first storage area, and the binary image data of the plug-in file is copied to the client apparatus. In the client apparatus, copying of the binary image data of the plug-in file in a second storage area is detected, the binary image data of the plug-in file stored in the second storage area is written in an executable state within a second storage apparatus, and the plug-in file in the second storage apparatus is read as a program. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090207444 | Printer and control method for a printer - A printer enables selecting the process used for printing to the end of the print data when a no-paper state occurs during printing. The printer | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090207445 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A technique for providing a first information processing apparatus configured to acquire first identification information as information for identifying the information processing apparatus, searching for a second information processing apparatus capable of wireless communication, acquiring a second identification information as information for identifying the second information processing apparatus that was found, comparing the first identification information and the second identification information, changing the first identification information when the first identification information and the second identification information are identical, and notifying when the first identification information is changed. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090207446 | PRINTING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, PROGRAM, AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A client PC that can cause an image processing apparatus to print a job including multiple printed materials in one job, and has a describing unit to describe information relating to post-processing performed as to a portion of printed material of the multiple printed materials printed by the image processing apparatus, as a statement of instruction, and outputs the statement of instruction described with the describing unit with an outputting unit. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090207447 | MANAGING PRINT JOBS - Methods for creating a customized document using a downloadable product design tolls executing in the user's browser. A template for a partially completed product design is selected by the user and downloaded to the user's computer for editing by the user at the user's computer using the downloadable design tools. While viewing the product design template, the user can enter text or other content into the template elements. The completed product design can be uploaded to the server for production of the corresponding printed product. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090207448 | Communication Terminal Device and Communication System - A communication terminal device includes a communication unit, an archive determination unit, an archive data creating unit and an interface unit. The communication unit receives data from another communication terminal device. The archive determination unit searches whether or not archive information is included in the data received by the communication unit to determine whether or not the received data is archive data. When the archive determination unit determines that the data is not archive data, the archive data creating unit processes the data into archive data by adding archive information to the data. The interface unit transmits the archive data to another different communication terminal device. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090207449 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE MONITORING OF PRINT SYSTEMS - A system and method for remotely monitoring and servicing user's print system including the ability to diagnose a problem with a user's print system based on properties monitored from such system and creating a query that predicts the source of the problem based on past history for this print system and other user's print systems. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090213413 | Method for online printing digital project - A method for online printing a digital project includes the steps of: separating at least one image from a digital project template; replacing the digital project template with an executable file; encapsulating an executable code into the executable file; converting the image into at least one thumbnail; writing the executable file, the thumbnail, and related information into an image file; uploading the image file to a server via a network; extracting the image file by the server, so as to read out the executable file, the thumbnail, and the related information; reading a corresponding project template from a database of the server according to the executable code; attaching the thumbnail back to the project template according to the related information in the image file, so as to recover a preview image of the digital project and print the project image by a printer. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090213414 | Printers and Printing - A printer control system ( | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090213415 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING PROGRAM, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, SERVER, PROCESS EXECUTION INSTRUCTING PROGRAM, AND PROCESS EXECUTION INSTRUCTING METHOD - In order to execute a process using a result of a process executed in a server, an MFP includes: a browsing portion to receive a Web page from the server and cause the server to execute a process determined by the Web page based on an instruction input according to the Web page; a control information storing portion to accept control information upon reception of a setting command from the server, and store the control information in association with control identification information for identification of the control information; an identification information transmitting portion to transmit the control identification information to the server; and a process execution portion, upon reception of a job execution command from the server including the control identification information and the process execution result by the server, to execute a process based on the process execution result and the control information associated with the control identification information. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090213416 | Printing System and Information Processing Apparatus - A printing system includes an information processing apparatus, an image forming apparatus, and a printer driver storage device. The information processing includes a first printer driver to operate during preparation of general print data, the image forming apparatus prints based on print data, and the printer driver storage device stores a second printer driver to operate during preparation of specific print data having an instruction specialized for the image forming apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes a printer driver acquisition unit acquiring the second printer driver, a printer connection detection unit, and a print data preparation unit preparing the print data using one of the printer drivers. The printer connection detection unit allows a user to select whether to acquire the second printer driver, allows the printer driver acquisition unit to acquire the second printer driver, and allows one of the printer drivers to correspond to the image forming apparatus. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090213417 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus that prevents fraudulent alteration of the working life of a replaceable unit is provided. The unit includes a first memory that can store the consumed amount of the unit, and a second memory that has a plurality of flags. “OFF” of each of the flags is not changeable to “ON”. The image forming apparatus includes a portion that counts upward a stored value of the first memory associated with use of the unit and the portion initializes the first memory when the stored value of the first memory exceeds the maximal value. The portion changes the state of any one flag in “ON” of the second memory to “OFF”. The image forming apparatus also includes a portion that judges the working life of the unit based on the stored value of the second memory and the portion signals the working life. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090213418 | MANAGEMENT SERVER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND MANAGEMENT METHOD THEREFOR - A management server manages a plurality of image forming apparatuses capable of executing a data communication and executes processing for dispatching a service engineer with respect to an image forming apparatus. The management server executes first detection processing for detecting an image forming apparatus that requires the dispatch of a service engineer based on first analysis processing executed by using either one or both of operation information and failure information about the plurality of image forming apparatuses stored on RAM. The management server executes second detection processing for detecting an image forming apparatus that requires the dispatch of a service engineer based on second analysis processing executed by either one or both of the stored operation information and failure information about the plurality of image forming apparatuses in response to the first detection processing having detected the image forming apparatus that requires the dispatch of a service engineer. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090213419 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND PROGRAM - The problem of the present invention is to be capable of executing color shift correction processing also in consideration of a mechanical inclination component in an image forming device. For solving the problem, the image forming device according to the present invention comprises information processing unit, first measurement requesting unit, holding unit of curve information, notifying unit of curve information, receiving unit of a measurement pattern image, measurement processing unit, determining unit of a result of the measurement processing, and second measurement requesting unit. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090213420 | Method for the automatic detection of at least one property of at least one component of an apparatus for the production of printed products - A method for the automatic detection of at least one property of at least one replaceable component of an apparatus for the production of printed products is disclosed and such an apparatus and a system for the production of printed products are disclosed. The property of the component of the apparatus or of the system is detected by using an electronic device for a wireless detection of component-related data. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090213421 | Printer and computer-readable recording medium - A personal computer connected to a USB port of a printer through a management table managing writing on an ordinary storage region in FLASH ROM recognizes the ordinary storage region in the FLASH ROM of the printer as a removable drive which is a USB mass storage class device. Accordingly, an execution file of an application program stored in a portion of the ordinary storage region in the FLASH ROM can be read with a usual access from the personal computer, enabling the application program to be executed without being installed. When the application program is executed on the personal computer, periodic accesses are made to the ordinary storage region of the printer, and when an access fails, the application program is terminated. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090213422 | Apparatus, method, and system for processing character data - An apparatus, method, and system for processing character data is provided, which selects a format of the character data to be used for generating print data. When a user instruction for printing character data according to character command data specifying the output of the character data is received, the format of the character data is selected based on the character command data. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090213423 | Printing device and printing system - A printing device includes a processor, an attribute managing part configured to be activated by the processor to communicate with a host device and to control an authentication printing job received from the host device, a memory configured to store authentication printing job data and user information extracted from the authentication printing job data, and a deleting part configured to delete the authentication printing job data and the user information stored in the memory based on predetermined results of communication between the attribute managing part and the host device. As a result, the user is not required to consider whether the time for which the authentication printing data is stored should be extended. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090213424 | Image forming system - An image forming system includes an image processing device and an image forming device. The image processing device includes a print job accepting unit, a job data creating unit, a differential job data creating unit, and a job data transmit unit. The image forming device includes a communication unit, and a print controller that forms images based on basic job data and diversion job data restored by the difference integration unit on a recording medium. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090213425 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image processing apparatus acquires information included in application data created by an application but not in image data generated by interpreting the application data, adds the acquired information to the generated image data generated based on the application data as attribute information (meta data) of the generated image data, and outputs the generated image data and the attribute information which has been added to the generated image data to an external device. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090213426 | Printing Device and Computer-Readable Record Medium Storing Program for Printing Device - A printing device comprises a communication unit which executes communication with a mail server on a network, a connection unit to which a portable storage medium can be connected, a printing unit which executes printing, and a control unit which executes a mail acquisition process of acquiring an e-mail including a body and an attached file from the mail server via the communication unit, printing the body with the printing unit, and storing the attached file in a portable storage medium connected to the connection unit. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090213427 | Resource Entity using Resource Request Entity for Verification - A first entity is provided having a first bit-pattern, resource data, a first base key, and a first variant key which is the result of applying a one way function to a second base key and the first bit-pattern. The first entity is configured to receive a request from a second entity to perform an operation on the resource data, where the second entity has a second bit-pattern and a second variant key which is the result of applying a one way function to the first base key and the second bit-pattern, perform the operation in the request to generate a response, digitally sign the response using the first base key to generate a digital signature, and send the response and the digital signature to the second entity so the second entity can verify the response using the second variant key. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090219562 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND PROGRAM - A data processing apparatus that can flexibly deal with various needs of a user while effectively utilizing a memory unit thereof that can store a plurality of data. The data processing apparatus, which is equipped with a memory unit capable of storing data, executes processing of transmitting the data of the memory unit to an external apparatus and erasing the data of the object of transmission to the external apparatus from the memory unit. An acceptance of a specific user request related to processing of the data transmitted to the external apparatus is allowed in a case where the data has been transmitted to the external apparatus. The data processing apparatus executes processing using the data transmitted to the external apparatus in a case where the acceptance of the specific user request is performed via the user interface unit. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090219563 | AUTOMATED PRINT-RELATED WORKFLOW - An automated print prepress workflow, including a memory; a processor communicating with the memory; and a job ticket stored in the memory, is provided. The job ticket includes a plurality of print job related parameters and a set of print job related information. The workflow further includes a conditional branching arrangement defining a plurality of print job prepress development paths, each one of these plurality of paths including one or more print job prepress development operations. Prepress development of the print job may include automatically branching to one of the plurality of print job prepress development paths responsive to the processor reading one or both of the (1) the one or more of the plurality of print job related parameters and (2) at least part of the print job related information set. One or more of the print job prepress development operations may be automatically adaptively processed. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090219564 | METHOD OF IMPUTTING, ARCHIVING, CONSULTING, AND TRANSMITTING A DOCUMENT TO A RECIPIENT BY MEANS OF A CAMERA - The method according to the invention comprises the capture and storage of an image of a document with the aid of a camera possibly integrated into a communication terminal, with transfer of the image into the memory of the terminal, the transmission by the terminal, to a server, of the image associated with complementary information, the extraction, correction and possibly interpretation by the server of the document-related information contained in the image, the reconstruction of the document with the aid of the information extracted, corrected and possibly interpreted and the archiving of the document while taking account of the information contained in the reconstructed document. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090219565 | Image forming apparatus - An image forming apparatus for receiving data from a host device to print on a print medium includes a termination code string comparison table for storing a detection termination code string to detect a termination code string from the data; and a reception control unit for detecting a candidate of the termination code string from the data. The reception control unit compares the candidate with the termination code string to determine whether the termination code string matched to the candidate is stored in the termination code string comparison table. The reception control unit determines the candidate to be the termination code string when the reception control unit determines that the termination code string matched to the candidate is registered in the termination code string comparison table. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090219566 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, SECURITY CONTROL METHOD AND SECURITY PROCESSING PROGRAM - A method of security control in an image forming apparatus that carries out print processing based on XPS data, which includes, at least, a first step of decompressing compressed XPS data in a secondary storage device (for example, an HDD), a second step of converting the decompressed XPS data into bit map data, a third step of carrying out print processing based on said bit map data, and a fourth step of specifying the elements having levels of importance above a prescribed level, which has been set in advance among constituent elements of said XPS data decompressed in a secondary storage device, and erasing the specified elements by overwriting after said print processing. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090219567 | Image processing apparatus and image processing method - An image processing apparatus for receiving a plurality of images, saving the plurality of images, and executing image processing includes an identifying unit for identifying a first image and a second image from the plurality of the images, an image recognizing unit for recognizing information on the second image from the first image, and a processing setting unit for setting processing for the second image based on recognition at the image recognition unit, wherein the images are processed based on the setting set at the processing setting unit, thereby automatically processing documents of plural types and greatly reducing work loads on the operator such as operator's setting paper and instructing start operation. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090219568 | NETWORK SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION, AND CONTROL PROGRAM - Property information of a driver is newly set or updated via a simple operation on a network. First, property information is created. When a driver is installed or updated, the created property information associated with the driver is transmitted from a server device to a client device, which in turn sets the property information of the driver. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090219569 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus including a packet processing unit configured to process a packet includes a transfer unit configured to transfer the packet processing unit to another information processing apparatus when the information processing apparatus shifts to a power saving state, and an apparatus information transfer unit configured to transfer the apparatus information about the information processing apparatus, which is referred to by the packet processing unit, to the another information processing apparatus when the information processing apparatus shifts to the power saving state. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090219570 | PRINTING APPARATUS - The present invention provides a printing apparatus that enables sender to know which file is printable, and which file is unprintable when plural files are attached in a receiving mail and two kinds of printable and unprintable files intermingle in the plural files. The printing apparatus which can print the file attached in a receiving mail, comprises a judging section which judges whether or not the attached file in the receiving mail is printable; and a transferring section that, if the attached file is unprintable on the basis of a judgment result of the judging section, generates a transfer mail which contains information to specify the unprintable file and transfers the transfer mail to a predetermined transfer destination. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090219571 | PRINT JOB CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINT JOB CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM THEREOF - There is provided a print job control apparatus including an acquiring unit configured to acquire post-processing function information of a digital printing apparatus, a determination unit configured to reference the post-processing function information and the print job, and determine to use either a post-processing function of the digital printing apparatus or a post-processing apparatus for post-processing, a first generating unit configured to generate a print job to be executed using the post-processing function of the digital printing apparatus, a second generating unit configured to generate a print job to be executed using a post-processing apparatus, and a sending unit configured to send the print jobs generated by the first or second generating units to the digital printing apparatus and the post-processing apparatus. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090219572 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store attribute information about a job executed on the image forming apparatus, a detection unit configured to detect a jam that has occurred on the image forming apparatus, and a generation unit configured to generate a test job in which a print setting is set based on a type of the jam detected by the detection unit and the job attribute information corresponding to the jam and stored on the storage unit. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090219573 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING COMPUTER-BASED POSTAGE STAMPS - The present invention provides a method and apparatus for creating computer-based postage that may be used on any date and with an undetermined addressee includes generating a request to print postage, determining the means for generating the request, determining the master serial number for label stock, tracking the master serial number and printing the postage. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090219574 | System and method for the preparation of identification cards utilizing a self-service identification card station - A self-service identification card station is disclosed providing a method for creating, customizing, and dispensing identification cards utilizing information provided by a purchaser about the intended identification card recipient. A purchaser may customize the identification card with the information the purchaser would like to include on the identification card. The self-service identification card station provides for the production of such customized identification cards from identification card blanks stored within the station that are printed with appropriate information on demand. The self-service identification station also allows the purchaser to customize the background of the cards. The self-service order station may be utilized in a retail outlet for public use or at a private location for employee use. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090219575 | PREPARATION OF AGGREGATE JOBS FOR PRODUCTION - System and method for automated scheduling and creation of gang shells specifying gangs of individual jobs for production to be created and produced in the future. Individual jobs and related production parameters and order information are retained electronically in a database of pending jobs awaiting production. Based on production capacity at the production facility and the production parameters of the individual pending jobs in the database, a plurality of gang shells having defined production parameters, but not having specific individual jobs associated therewith, are defined and used for scheduling equipment and personnel at the production facility during a work shift or other desired period of time. The specific individual jobs for a gang are selected from the database relatively shortly prior to the gang's scheduled production time. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090231609 | Smarter Printing - A print log is provided that stores first print jobs that have been used for printing and that include first settings. A print queue is provided that stores second print jobs that have not been used for printing and that include second settings. First settings from a selected print job in the print log are used as corresponding second settings for anew print job. The new print job is placed in the print queue to be used in response to a printer corresponding to the new print job being available. Another method is disclosed that provides a print log storing print jobs that have been used for printing. A print queue stores print jobs to be used for printing. A new print job is formed from a selected print job in the print log. The new print job is placed in the print queue and is printed. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090231610 | ARRANGING PRINT JOBS FOR PERFECT BOUND IMPOSITION - A method for arranging print job pages for printing by a digital printer and finished in a prefect bound manner including preparing the print job pages ( | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090231611 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR RECEIVING PRINTING ORDERS - A print order can be placed easily by use of a printing order reception apparatus. A printing order reception apparatus | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090231612 | Image processing system and backup method for image processing apparatus - Each of a plurality of image processing apparatuses includes a module storing unit that stores therein a registered function module and a backup unit that backs up the stored function module and restores a function module based on backup data of the function module. An external storage device stores therein the backup data of the function module. When an error occurs in a first image processing apparatus, the backup unit of a second image processing apparatus restores the function module corresponding to the first image processing apparatus based on the backup data of the function module stored in the external storage device. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090231613 | Image processing apparatus and method of controlling the same - An image processing apparatus that can be connected to a printer includes: an image data storage unit that stores image data of a first data format which can be printed by the printer and image data of a second data format which cannot be printed by the printer; a print image designating unit that allows a user to designate image data to be printed from the image data storage unit; a print job generating unit that generates image data identification information corresponding to the designated image data and generates a print job including the image data identification information; and a print job transmitting unit that transmits the print job generated by the print job generating unit to the printer. When the designated image data is the image data of the second data format, the print job generating unit generates the image data identification information and generates the print job, without converting the second format into the first format. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090231614 | Image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, and image processing method - An image processing apparatus includes a timing signal generation unit, a delay time information output unit, and a drive unit. The timing signal generation unit generates a timing signal showing timing at which an image forming unit is driven to form an image on a recording medium that is transported by a transport unit. The delay time information output unit outputs delay time information showing a delay time from the time at which the timing signal is generated to the time at which the image forming unit is driven with delay so that positions of pixels formed by the image forming unit are offset within the range of one pixel with respect to a transport direction. The drive unit drives the image forming unit after the delay time shown by the delay time information. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090231615 | JOB PROCESSING SYSTEM, SERVER APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND JOB PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus transmits photographic data of a job operator and identification information of the job operator to a server apparatus. The server apparatus calculates a matching rate for each piece of identification information based on a comparison between photographic data registered beforehand in a storage device and the received photographic data. Then, the server apparatus transfers the calculated matching rate to the information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus performs processing based on the matching rate to reduce the data amount of the photographic data of the job operator. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090231616 | METHOD AND CONVERTER UNIT TO TRANSFER CONTROL INFORMATION BETWEEN AT LEAST TWO PROCESSING UNITS OF A PRINTING OR COPYING SYSTEM - In a converter unit to convert control information to be transferred between at least first and second processing units of a printing or copying system, at least one first data interface is provided according to a first interface standard for exchange of control information between the converter unit and at least the first processing unit. A control signal interface is provided for at least one signal line between the converter unit and the first processing unit, the signal line being associated with one control signal. At least one real-time-capable second data interface according to a second interface standard is provided for exchange of control information between the converter unit and at least the second processing unit. The converter unit converts data conforming to a signal state of the control signal into data according to the second interface standard and conforming to the real-time-capable second data interface. The converter unit outputs the data according to the second interface standard via the second data interface or converts real-time-relevant data supplied to the converter unit via the second data interface into a signal curve of the control signal corresponding to the data and outputs the signal curve via the control signal interface. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090231617 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - Print data is generated to form an image on a printing medium by superposing a plurality of types of printing materials in some or all pixels of an output image in an order complying with the intensities of the light scattering characteristics of the plurality of types of printing materials. The generated print data is transmitted to a printing apparatus. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090231618 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, SETTING OPERATION SUPPORT METHOD AND SETTING OPERATION SUPPORT PROGRAM - The present invention provides a technique to support a setting operation as to a processing performed using identification information of a communication terminal on an associated network, in the communication terminal connected via the network. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090231619 | System, Apparatus, and Method for Outputting Authentication Job - An authentication output apparatus, connected to a job storage device for communication, performs an output operation for outputting an authentication output job and a standard output job. The job storage device stores the authentication output job. The authentication output apparatus performs the output operation by reading from the job storage device the authentication output job relating to a user upon the user being authenticated. The authentication output includes a job receiver that receives the standard output job, a job transferring unit that transfers the received standard output job to the job storage device, an output instruction unit that reads from the job storage device the standard output job related to the user upon the user being authenticated, and an output executing unit that performs the output operation to output the read standard output job. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090231620 | PRINTING OF PRINTING JOB SAVED IN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH CHANGED PRINT FORMAT - A job ticket included in a received printing job is analyzed to determine a processing method. The job ticket specifies a print format and the processing method used to output data for printing. When the processing method is determined to be a printing and saving process, the data is outputted for printing by generating printing data based on saving data and the job ticket, and second intermediate data for reprinting is generated from first intermediate data and thus saved. The printing data is a base for the first intermediate data that is a base for data for printing, and reflects the print format. The saving data is included in the received printing job, does not reflect the print format, and is suitable for changing the print format. The second intermediate data does not reflect the print format, and is suitable for changing the print format. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090231621 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE SYSTEM - A printer system | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090231622 | DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL APPARATUS - A data transmission apparatus transmits first and second data to transmission destinations, respectively. Upon completion of transmission of the second data, the data transmission apparatus instructs the transmission destination of the first data to confirm transmission processing of the first data that is transmitted before the second data is transmitted. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090231623 | PROCESSING SYSTEM AND PROCESSING METHOD FOR PROCESSING SYSTEM - When color measurement is performed, a printer driver of a host apparatus | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090231624 | IMAGE INPUT-OUTPUT APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND JOB EVENT-RECORDING SYSTEM - An image input-output apparatus capable of recording information enabling events of image data items output by output jobs to be tracked, while suppressing load on a network and a server. If an executed job is an output job, a job event of the output job is recorded in association with a job event of an input job in which image data used in the output job is input. If the job event is of an output job, the job event of the input job associated with the job event of the output job is transmitted to a server together with the job event of the output job, whereas if the job event is of an input job, and image data input by the input job is not used in any other job, the job event of the input job is not transmitted to the server. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090231625 | SENDING APPARATUS, RECEIVING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF THESE APPARATUSES, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A sending apparatus transmits a call to a receiving apparatus to send image data. If a response from the receiving apparatus to the call indicates that the receiving apparatus is in a non-receivable status, the sending apparatus secures a communication channel for sending the image data to the receiving apparatus until the receiving apparatus sends a notification that the receiving apparatus has shifted to a receivable status. A receiving apparatus notifies a sending apparatus of a non-receivable status, when the receiving apparatus receives a call to send image data from the sending apparatus while it is in the non-receivable status. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090237707 | IMAGE TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, FACSIMILE DEVICE, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, IMAGE TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND COMPUTER DATA SIGNAL - An image transmission apparatus includes an address instruction unit that is configured to instruct an address of a destination, a transmission interruption instruction unit that is configured to, after transmission to the address of the destination instructed by the address instruction unit is instructed, instruct interruption of the transmission, and a retransmission instruction unit that is configured to, when the transmission is instructed to be interruption by the transmission interruption instruction unit, instruct transmission of a newly fetched image in a state that the address instructed by the address instruction unit is maintained. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090237708 | DOCUMENT PROCESSING APPARATUS, DOCUMENT PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A document processing apparatus includes: a storage that stores a manner of a document on which a document processing is performed in a series of tasks; a creating unit that creates an instructing image including an image of information identifying the document, an image of the manner, and an image of a first entry column on which an information indicating that a manner of an actual document is different from the stored manner is entered; an output unit that outputs the instructing image; a receiving unit that receives a read-instructing image corresponding to the instructing image, the read-instructing image being read by an image reading device; an extracting unit that extracts first information entered on a second entry column provided in the read-instructing image and second information identifying the document; and a storage that correlates the first information and the second information, and that stores the correlated information. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090237709 | INSTRUCTION INFORMATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, INSTRUCTION INFORMATION MANAGING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - a computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for controlling print mode, the process includes: accumulating successively inputted print instruction information items in an accumulation region until an output instruction to a print device is issued; outputting to the print device in an instructed mode of a first mode and a second mode based on the output instruction. Selected instruction print information items out of the accumulated print instruction information items are outputted in the first mode, and all the accumulated print instruction information items are outputted in the second mode. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090237710 | METHOD OF TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING DATA BETWEEN IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND PORTABLE STORAGE DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - A method of transmitting/receiving data between an image forming device and a portable storage device includes reading information about the portable storage device from the portable storage device when such is connected to the image forming device, transmitting/receiving data with respect to the portable storage device according to the read information, stopping the transmitting/receiving of data when the portable storage device is disconnected during the transmitting/receiving of data, and resuming the transmitting/receiving of data when the portable storage device is reconnected to the image forming device and the disconnected portable storage device and the reconnected portable storage device are the same. When the connection between the image forming device and the portable storage device is lost and the transmitting/receiving of data therebetween is stopped, the transmitting/receiving of data between the image forming device and the portable storage device can resume when the connection is restored. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090237711 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DATA SAVING METHOD FOR AN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus comprising: a storage unit for saving administrator data and user data therein; and a user data setting unit for saving a portion of the user data that is different from the administrator data, as the user data in the storage unit. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090237712 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an operation unit that accepts an operation instruction; a printing unit that prints a document image on an image forming medium in accordance with the accepted operation instruction; a print-preview-image generating unit that generates a print preview image of the document image; a display unit that displays on a display screen the print preview image of the document image and an image of a medium frame showing edges of the image forming medium, the print preview image being superimposed on the image of the medium frame; and a control unit that, when a print preview image frame of the document image displayed on the display screen is operated to be moved, enlarges/reduces the print preview image of the document image in accordance with the amount of displacement of the print preview image frame and displays the enlarged/reduced print preview image. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090237713 | Print managing apparatus, print managing method, and program - A print managing apparatus is provided, which is able to reduce the possibility of information leakage due to the printed material, without implementing a new function in the network printer. When there is a directive to perform printing, the print managing apparatus generates a release key, incorporates the generated release key in the print data, and transfers the print data to the network printer. Then, the print managing apparatus displays on the display device, a screen prompting for a release key that corresponds to the release key, which is printed on a printed medium together with the print data. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090237714 | Image processing apparatus and image processing method - In a first route, image data from an image reading unit is processed by both a first image processing block and a second image processing block and sent to a storage unit, and in a second route, the image data processed by the first image processing block is stored in the storage unit and image data from the storage unit is processed by the second image processing block and sent to the storage unit. The control unit switches a process of the second image processing block according to a result of a process of the first image processing block, and switches an input source to the second image processing block according to a process content of the second image processing block. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090237715 | Network synchronizing system and information processing apparatus - A network synchronizing system includes plural apparatuses. A first apparatus includes a first recording unit to record personal data of one or more users who can use the first apparatus to share the personal data with other apparatuses. A second apparatus includes a first setting unit to record personal data of one or more users who can use the second apparatus; and a first control unit to compare the personal data recorded in the first setting unit and the first recording unit and update the personal data recorded in the first setting unit of the second apparatus with the latest personal data for each user. The first control unit determines that users are the same user when data uniquely provided for the users in the personal data recorded in the first setting unit and the first recording unit are the same. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090237716 | Printing system - A printing system is provided. A user directs an instruction apparatus to an electronic board in a state where an image of image data to be desirably printed is displayed, and presses a file selection button. While pressing the file selection button, the user directs the instruction apparatus to a printer desirably caused to print, and while directing the instruction apparatus to the printer, the user releases the file selection button. When the print instruction button is pressed while the instruction apparatus being directed to the printer, desired image data is printed from the printer to which the instruction apparatus is directed. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090237717 | Printer and information managing system - A printer includes: a print unit performing a printing operation; and a control unit having an operating system and a device driver installed in an operating system layer, a first application installed in an application layer other than the operating system layer so as to transmit and receive information to and from the print unit through the device driver, a transmission information acquiring module installed in the operating system layer so as to acquire transmission information which is information based on the information transmitted and received between the first application and the print unit through the device driver, and a second application installed in the application layer so as to receive the transmission information and to output processing information which is information based on the input transmission information. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090237718 | DOCUMENT READING APPARATUS - When reading of the documents set on the document feed tray is given priority by user designation, the documents set on the document feed tray are read first, then the document set on the platen plate is read. When reading of the document set on the platen plate is given priority, the document set on the platen plate is read first, then the documents set on the document feed tray are read. Even when originals are composed of documents that can be set on the document feed tray and an original that cannot be set on the document feed tray, use of the above configuration makes it possible to achieve copying of the originals as one job. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090237719 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing system according to the invention includes an image processing apparatus having an editing unit for editing document data into description language data interpretable to a terminal apparatus, an extracting unit for extracting a portion of the description language data as extracted data based on the conversion table for converting a preset command, a converting unit for converting the extracted data to converted data based on the conversion table, and a producing unit for producing transmission data by adding the converted data in a command format to the description language data and includes an image forming apparatus for printing images based the converted transmission data upon removing the comment format. The printing system can reduce a load on the side of the image forming apparatus. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090237720 | IMAGE READING DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD FOR JOB EXECUTION - An image reading device and associated method for job execution are provided. An interrupted job storage unit of the image reading device is configured to interrupt a first job and to store an interrupted job information that relates to the first job in the storage unit when a job setting initiation sheet that indicates an initiation of a second job is received while the first job is being executed. An interruption job confirmation unit is configured to set the second job as an in-execution job when the job setting initiation sheet is received. An interrupted job reading unit is configured to read the interrupted job information that relates to the first job from the storage unit and to set the first job as the in-execution job when a job setting termination sheet that indicates a termination of the second job is received. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090237721 | PRINTING METHOD TO LOAD FILTER DYNAMICALLY AND RECORDABLE MEDIUM WITH PROGRAM TO EXECUTE THE PRINTING METHOD AND HOST APPARATUS - A printing method which dynamically loads a filter, a recordable medium with a program to execute the printing method, and a host apparatus. The printing method uses filter setting information having at least one filter corresponding to a print option of a print document, the printing method can include selecting a print option, changing the filter setting information corresponding to the print option, and applying the printing option according to the changed filter setting information and transmitting print data. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090237722 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus managing a display device and configured to function as a Web client, and a document management apparatus managing document information usable for a process target of the image forming apparatus and list information of the document information and configured to function as a Web server. The document management apparatus is coupled to the image forming apparatus via a communication network. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090237723 | ELECTRIC APPARATUS - When an accepting unit is removed from a main unit, a situation of the main unit is detected whether belonging to waiting situations, operation situations, malfunction situations, or the like. A display part then displays images in accordance with the detected situations. The display part is arranged on the accepting unit that is removable from the main unit. Therefore, it is possible to change images displayed on the display part in accordance with the situations of the main unit at the time when the accepting unit is removed. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090237724 | PRINT SETTING PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PRINT SETTING PROCESSING METHOD - A print setting processing apparatus includes a functional information acquisition unit configured to acquire functional information which is set for each of a plurality of printer drivers, a classification unit configured to classify the functional information into a common item applicable to the plurality of printer drivers and a specified item applicable to at least a part of the printer drivers and display the classified functional information, a generation unit configured to generate integrated functional information including the common item and the specified item, and a transfer unit configured to transfer the integrated functional information to the printer drivers. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090237725 | REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM THEREFOR - An image processing apparatus capable of being remotely controlled by an information processing apparatus via a network includes a request transmission unit configured to transmit a remote control request to the information processing apparatus via the network, a detection unit configured to receive changing information for changing a setting value for the image processing apparatus from the information processing apparatus via the network and detect a content of the change of the setting value based on the changing information, and a display unit configured to display a message for prompting an operator of the image processing apparatus to determine whether to permit changing of the setting value according to the content of the change of the setting value detected by the detection unit. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090237726 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, OPERATION RECORDING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus including an acquisition unit configured to acquire log data recording operation of the image forming apparatus, a first storage unit configured to store the acquired log data in a volatile memory, a calculation unit configured to calculate a total size of the log data stored in the volatile memory, a determination unit configured to determine whether the calculated total size of the log data has reached a threshold value, a second storage unit configured to store the log data from the first storage unit when the total size of the log data in the first storage unit has reached the threshold value, and a changing unit configured to change the threshold value according to an operation state of the image forming apparatus. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090237727 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image processing apparatus including an input information acquiring unit configured to acquire entry information entered in defined areas of an input sheet as image information. The apparatus also includes a data format information acquiring unit configured to acquire corresponding areas of a format sheet as image information. The apparatus also includes a correlating unit configured to correlate the entry information entered in the defined areas of the input sheet and the corresponding areas of the format sheet. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090237728 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus communicable with an image processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus including a transmission unit configured to transmit a job that requests execution of image processing, a switching unit configured to automatically switch a transmission destination of the job to the image processing apparatus during a communication with the image processing apparatus, and a unit configured to revert the transmission destination of the job, after completion of the communication with the image processing apparatus, to a setting before the transmission destination of the job was switched by the switching unit. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090237729 | PERIPHERAL DEVICE AND NETWORK SYSTEM - A peripheral device includes a connection portion which is connectable to an information processing device and a storage medium. The connection portion is configured to allow data transfer between the storage medium and the information processing device. The peripheral device further includes a function execution portion that performs a function according to data transferred from the information processing device. The peripheral device still further includes a detection portion that detects a state of the data transfer between the function execution portion and the information processing device. Moreover, the peripheral device includes a notification portion that notifies the information processing device that the storage medium is not connected to the connection portion, irrespective of whether the connection state of the storage medium to the connection portion is connected or not, when the detection portion detects a start of the data transfer between the function execution portion and the information processing device. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090237730 | PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS - When multiple printing apparatuses which perform tandem printing have been decided, icons of the respective printing apparatuses are displayed on a screen and the number of print copies which has been allocated to each printing apparatus is displayed. A user can see the setting contents at a glance. When the user performs an operation of changing a size of the icons, the display of the number of print copies is changed. Depending on the size of the icons, the number of print copies is changed. In this way, the user does not need to perform operations many times for confirming and setting the tandem printing, and the user can confirm the setting in the tandem printing easily. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090237731 | Printing System, Printer and Driver Program - A printing system includes: a printer which generates bitmap data from received print data to perform printing for each predetermined range, generates an intermediate code from the print data to generate the bitmap data from the intermediate code when the print data is expressed by a printer control language, and generates the bitmap data from the intermediate code when the print data is expressed by the intermediate code; and a host device which transmits the print data to the printer to issue a print request. When the printer receives the print data expressed by the printer control language and memory shortage occurs during the generation of the intermediate code, the printer notifies the host device of the memory shortage. The host device receiving the notification generates the intermediate code of the predetermined range in which the memory shortage occurs, and transmits the generated intermediate code as the print data to the printer. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090237732 | PRINT CONTROL METHOD, PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROL PROGRAM FOR PERFORMING COMPUTER-EXECUTABLE PRINT DATA PROCESS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEMORY MEDIUM - Display control is made so as to obtain an optimum setting picture plane in accordance with a change in designation of an outputting method of a distribution printing, a multiple-address printing, an automatic substitute printing, or the like without allowing the user to be conscious thereof. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090237733 | System For Delivering Greeting Using Interactive Form - A system is provided for delivering a greeting using an interactive form. The system has means for generating print data to include an interactive element associated with the delivery of the greeting card and an identity indicative of the interactive element, and means for transferring the generated print data to a printer. The printer is responsive to the received print data to print the form with the interactive element and coded data encoding the identity coincident with the interactive element such the interaction with the printed interactive element using a sensing device enales sensing of the coded data. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090244592 | Systems and Methods for Processing Page Description Languages - Systems and methods consistent with embodiments presented provide methods for processing page description language (PDL) objects embedded in Personalized Print Markup Language (PPML) page descriptions while retaining the ability to process supported native PDL documents. In some embodiments, PPML print data can be parsed to identify a language object written in at least one client PDL. A language processor for the client PDL can then be invoked using a language entry point function. In some embodiments, a language entry table or table of language entry points can be used to map the PDL to the language entry point function. Methods are also presented for processing page layout data in accordance with the PPML layout when processing PDL objects using the client PDL language processor. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090244593 | Systems and Methods for Parallel Display List Rasterization - Methods for performing rasterization on a display list are presented, wherein the display list can include bands associated with a virtual page object belonging to a first class of virtual page objects in the display list. In some embodiments, the method comprises: parsing the virtual page object to identify at least one geometric band; identifying at least one available rasterization process to rasterize the at least one geometric band; creating a second virtual page object including the geometric band, wherein the second virtual page object belongs to a second class of virtual page objects derived from the first class of virtual page objects; sending the second virtual page object including the geometric band to an available rasterization process; and rasterizing the one geometric band using the available rasterization process, wherein the rasterization process operates on the geometric band in the second virtual page object. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090244594 | Approach For Printing Policy-Enabled Electronic Documents Using Locked Printing - An approach is provided for printing policy-enabled electronic documents using locked printing. A printing device includes a user interface, a print process for processing print data and printing documents and a locked print process. When print data is received by a printing device, a determination is made whether an electronic document contained in the print data is a policy-enabled electronic document. If so, then the print data is treated as locked print data by being stored on the printing device and not immediately processed for printing. In response to both successfully verifying a user and a request to print the electronic document via a user interface at the printing device, a determination is made whether the user is authorized by a policy to print the electronic document. If so, then the print data is processed and the electronic document is printed at the printing device. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090244595 | Approach For Processing Print Data Using Password Control Data - A printing device includes a locked print module that is configured to examine print data received by the printing device and determine whether the print data should be processed as locked print data. If so, then the print data is stored on the printing device and not immediately processed for printing. The locked print module also authenticates a user and allows the user to request printing of the print data. The user is queried for a password and if successfully verified, the locked print module determines a password type of the password associated with the print data and identifies password control data stored on the printing device that corresponds to the password type. The locked print module processes the print data based upon the password control data to generate processed print data and causes the processed print data to be printed at the printing device. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090244596 | APPROACH FOR PRINTING POLICY-ENABLED ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS USING LOCKED PRINTING AND A SHARED MEMORY DATA STRUCTURE - According to approach for printing policy-enabled electronic documents, when a locked print module determines that an electronic document contained in the PDF print data is a policy-enabled electronic document, the locked print module causes the PDF print data to be stored on the printing device and not immediately processed for printing. A PDF-to-postscript conversion module generates and stores in a common data structure in the shared memory a request for security data for the PDF print data. A policy client module retrieves the request from the common data structure in the shared memory, obtains security data for the PDF print data from a policy server, and stores the security data in the common data structure in the shared memory. The PDF-to-postscript conversion module uses the security data to decrypt the PDF print data and then converts the decrypted PDF print data into postscript data for printing by the printing device. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090244597 | PRINT SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING SIZE BASED ON REMAINING PAGES - A method includes receiving a print request, the print request including a number of pages to be printed; determining an approximate number of sheets of paper in a printer cache; if the number of pages to be printed is greater than the approximate number of sheets of paper in the printer cache, determining whether the print request indicates that page reduction is allowed; if page reduction is allowed, shrinking the pages to be printed for printing multiple pages on each sheet such that all pages will be printed on the available number of sheets of paper in the printer cache; and if page reduction is not allowed, not shrinking the pages. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090244598 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USER-SPECIFIC DISCOVERY AND INITIATION OF A DEFAULT DOCUMENT PROCESSING DEVICE - The subject application is directed to a system and method for user-specific discovery and initiation of a default document processing device. First, a computing device is placed in data communication with an associated data network. Device data corresponding to document processing devices accessible by the computing device is then retrieved. Via the associated data network, data communication is established between the computing device and the document processing devices. The relative location between the computing device and each of the document processing devices is then determined according to the established data communication. A default document processing device subset is thereafter selected from the available document processing devices based upon the determined location. Operation of the document processing device subset is then enabled via the computing device. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090244599 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An information processing device includes a communication unit that communicates with a designated information processing device, and a controller that, when the communication unit attempts communication with the designated information processing device and the attempt fails, controls the communication unit so as to attempt communication with the designated information processing device by using identifying (ID) information on a transmission source used when a communication attempt with the designated information processing device has succeeded. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090244600 | BILLING AND REMITTANCE PAYMENT SYSTEM - A system and a computer program product process billing documents and payments. The system includes one or more processors for processing billing documents and for processing payments, and one or more databases in communication with the one or more processors. The one or more databases store information generated by the one or more processors. The computer program product enables a computer system to process billing documents and payments. The computer system has a computer readable storage medium bearing software instructions. The computer program product has software instructions for enabling the computer system to perform predetermined operations, and the predetermined operations include: providing print rules that control the production of billing documents; providing remittance rules that control processing of the payments; and storing images related to the billing documents and the payments. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090244601 | Systems and Methods for Color Data Compression - Systems and methods are provided for transferring image data to a printing device over a network connection. The image data comprises at least one image block associated with a first print page, wherein the image block comprises a plurality of color blocks, each color block being associated with a distinct color plane. In some embodiments, a transition delay may be computed for the transfer of a second print page immediately succeeding the first page. The transition delay is computed based on a function of a physical offset between successive color planes in relation to an order in which the color planes are processed on the printing device and the volume of data in the image block. Further, scheduled transfers of image data associated with the second print page may be delayed by the computed transition delay. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090244602 | Image processing apparatus - An image processing apparatus includes an input control unit, a processing unit, an output control unit, a first sending unit, and a second sending unit. When an output request including a unique identifier and a data generation condition of image data is received, the first sending unit writes the image data corresponding to the unique identifier in the processing unit. The processing unit compares the image data written by the first sending unit with the data generation condition thereby determining a processing condition, processes the image data based on the processing condition, and outputs the processed image data to the output control unit via the second sending unit. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090244603 | Print data generation apparatus and computer-readable medium storing print data generation progam - A print data generation apparatus generates print data to be used for printing a print result including a plurality of lines on a tape-shaped print medium. The print data generation apparatus includes an input device that inputs a plurality of character strings for the plurality of lines to be printed on the print medium, a storage device that stores the plurality of character strings for the plurality of lines, and a print data generation device that generates the print data in which each of the plurality of character strings are repeatedly arranged in a predetermined character size defined for each of the plurality of lines and at predetermined spacing in each of the plurality of lines until the print result reaches a predetermined length. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090244604 | Photograph printing system - When an order reception unit receives a determination result indicating that a user who has inputted identification information is a registered user, the order reception unit receives an order for photograph printing from the user without prompting the user to input personal information. A photograph printing device then performs photograph printing in accordance with the order received by the order reception unit. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090244605 | Printing method and printing apparatus - There is provided a method of printing a plurality of printing materials on a medium for producing a printing material in which a second image is printed on a first image. The method includes alternately repeating printing the first image in a first area included in a print area and printing the second image in a second area that is included in the print area and is located on the downstream side of the first area in the transport direction, based on image data that includes the first image and the second image that are printing targets, and transporting the first image that is printed in the first area to the second area. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090244606 | DATA UTILIZATION DEVICE, DATA UTILIZATION METHOD, AND DATA UTILIZATION SYSTEM - A data utilization device is provided. The data utilization device includes an information storing unit; a first command receiving unit that receives a first command from a terminal device; a second command transmitting unit that transmits a second command to a server specified by the first command; a server registration item receiving unit that receives server registration items from the server; a third command transmitting unit that transmits a third command including the server registration items to the terminal device; a server registration information receiving unit that receives server registration information from the terminal device; a fourth command transmitting unit that transmits a fourth command including the server registration information to the server; a response receiving unit that receives from the server a response to the fourth command; and a storage control unit that stores the data utilization information if the response is an affirmative response. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090244607 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM - Provided is an information processing apparatus which suitably collects information necessary for performing a cause analysis when a communication failure occurs. To accomplish this, when communication is performed between an information processing apparatus | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090244608 | Image-Output Control Device, Method of Controlling Image-Output, Program for Controlling Image-Output, and Printing Device - An image-output control device includes a detection unit that detects a predetermined image from a target image and an output control unit that outputs menu display, which is a menu display that can receive selection of a process to be performed for the target image and the predetermined image, for each predetermined image detected from the target image to a predetermined output target. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090244609 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - This invention provides a communication apparatus, which designates, when a line designated as that used for a specific application falls into a disabled state, another line as a new line used for the specific application. To accomplish this, even when at least one of a plurality of lines falls into a disabled state, and when the line in the disabled state is designated as a line used for the specific application, the communication apparatus designates a line other than the line in the disabled state among the plurality of lines as a new line used for the specific application. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090244610 | IMAGE OUTPUT APPARATUS - An image output apparatus may be configured to create one piece of image data in a bit-mapped format from PDL data described by a page description language, and output a plurality of pieces of image data as one page of an output image. The image output apparatus may input data files. The data files may include at least two data files, one of which may be described by a first page description language and the other of which may be described by a second page description language. The image output apparatus may determine, for each of the data files, with respect to at least one page of PDL data included in the data file, a position in which one piece of image data corresponding to the PDL data is to be disposed within the output image. The image output apparatus may create, for each of the data files, with respect to at least one page of PDL data included in the data file, one piece of intermediate language data described by an intermediate language from the PDL data. The image output apparatus may create, for each piece of the intermediate language data, one piece of image data from the piece of intermediate language data, and write the one piece of image data in a position within a memory corresponding to the determined position with respect to the original PDL data of the one piece of image data. The image output apparatus may output the plurality of pieces of image data as one page of the output image in accordance with the stored contents of the memory. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090244611 | Printer, Printer System and Printer Management Server - A printer includes a storing section configured to store prior expansion related information used for determination of whether the prior expansion process is to be executed, a self-based updating section configured to, on the basis of an event arising in the printer which makes it necessary for the printer to update the prior expansion related information, update the prior expansion related information stored in the storing section, and a reception-based updating section configured to, subsequent to updating of the prior expansion related information in another printer or other printers of the same type as the printer, receive the updated prior expansion related information, and update the prior expansion related information stored in the storing section in accordance with the received prior expansion related information. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090244612 | DATA TRANSMISSION DEVICE, AND METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM THEREFOR - A data transmission device, configured to be connected with terminal devices via a network, includes an image acquiring unit configured to acquire image data, an identifying data acquiring unit configured to acquire user identifying data to identify a user of the data transmission device, a first file creating unit configured to create a first file that includes the image data acquired by the image acquiring unit, a second file creating unit configured to create a second file that includes the user identifying data acquired by the identifying data acquiring unit and data to specify the first file created by the first file creating unit, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the first file and the second file to a destination one of the terminal devices. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090244613 | FACSIMILE APPARATUS - A facsimile apparatus, including: a receiving device which receives facsimile information; an identifying information providing portion which provides identifying information for identifying the facsimile information received by the receiving portion; a facsimile information storing device which stores the facsimile information and the identifying information provided by the identifying information providing portion in a state in which the identifying information is corresponded to the facsimile information; an outputting controlling section which controls at least one of a display device and an outputting device to output the facsimile information corresponded to the identifying information; an outputted information storing device which stores outputted information indicating that the facsimile information has already been outputted by the outputting controlling section; and an informing section which informs the outputted information stored in the outputted information storing device, in a state in which the outputted information is combined with the identifying information corresponded to the outputted information. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090244614 | Image Processing Apparatus, Image Processing Method, and Computer Program for Image Processing - An image processing apparatus includes an organ detecting unit that detects an organ area including an image of an eye in a target image and a red-eye detecting unit that detects a red-eye area including an image of a red eye by using the organ area. The red-eye detecting unit detects the red-eye area in accordance with a first detection process from the organ area and detects the red-eye area in accordance with a second detection process that is different from the first detection process from a remaining area acquired by excluding the organ area from the target image. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090244615 | Image Scanning Apparatus and Image Scanning Method - An image scanning apparatus includes an input unit configured to input a scanning job, a scanning unit configured to scan a document according to the scanning job and generate image data of the document, and a storing unit configured to store the scanning job. The scanning unit performs scanning according to the scanning job inputted by the input unit and, thereafter, performs scanning according to the scanning job stored in the storing unit. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090244616 | PRINT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM USING A BILLING CODE - A print management system includes an image processing apparatus and a server that manages a print log of a print document processed by the image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus includes a designation unit configured to designate a billing code of the print document, and a transfer unit configured to transfer the billing code designated by the designation unit and image data generated from the print document to the server. The server includes a determination unit configured to determine a log level of the print log that stores the print document based on the billing code received from the image processing apparatus. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090244617 | FACSIMILE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OUTPUTTING DISTRIBUTION DESTINATION INFORMATION - A facsimile apparatus, including: a receiving device configured to receive facsimile information; a facsimile information storing device configured to store the facsimile information received by the receiving device; a distribution destination storing device configured to store an addressee of the facsimile information and distribution destination information indicating a distribution destination of the facsimile information addressed to the addressee, in a state in which the distribution destination information is corresponded to the addressee; and a controller configured to execute controls for operations of the facsimile apparatus, wherein the controller includes an outputting section configured to output the distribution destination information stored in the distribution destination storing device in correspondence with the addressee. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090244618 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE SELECTION METHOD - An aspect of the present invention provides an image processing apparatus, comprising: a monitor which displays various information; an input device with which a user performs an input operation; an identification device which identifies the user who has performed the input operation with the input device; an image reading device which reads images; an image selection device which, according to the input operation with the input device, selects an image which is a predetermined processing target, from the images read by the image reading device, the image selection device identifying a plurality of users who have performed input operations for selecting images, by the identification device, and selecting the image which is the processing target, for each of the users who have performed the input operations for selecting the images; and a processing device which executes a process with the image selected by the image selection device as the processing target. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090244619 | AUTOMATIC AND TRANSPARENT DOCUMENT ARCHIVING - An automatic archiving system that makes document archiving largely transparent to the user. In one embodiment, documents scanned in or printed during the course of office equipment operation are automatically archived. For example, an office local area network (LAN) may interconnect a copier, a printer, a fax machine, and a document management workstation. Whenever, a document is copied, printed, or faxed, a document image is archived by the document management workstation without further user intervention. A single user command results in the document being copied and archived, printed and archived, Of faxed and archived. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090244620 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROGRAM OF CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In order to implement and manage an optimal system in the printing business and POD market, in an image forming system which comprises a plurality of devices including at least one of an image forming device which can print data in a storage unit that can store data of a plurality of jobs including data of a first job and data of a second job which is input after the data of the first job, and a sheet processing device which can execute a sheet process for a sheet printed by the image forming device, a schedule associated with a plurality of work flows including a first work flow that includes a plurality of process steps using a plurality of devices of the image forming system required to complete the first job, and a second work flow that includes a plurality of process steps using a plurality of devices of the image forming system required to complete the second job can be set. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090251718 | DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING OF PRINT JOBS - A method and apparatus for distribution of a print job for digital printing by distributing elements of the print job between a plurality of processing means. The method and apparatus includes receiving a common job file (CJF) ( | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090251719 | PERFORMANCE MONITORING AND CONTROL OF A MULTIFUNCTION PRINTER - A method and system for monitoring performance of a multifunction printer (MFP) throughout the lifetime of the MFP. The MFP may include a task run-time controller to collect performance information from the MFP and to transmit the performance information to a receiver such as a host, an MFP front panel, or a website. The task run-time controller may include a high resolution timer to collect task execution times or idle time for tasks running on the MFP. The task run-time controller may also receive internal task scheduling policy alterations based on an analysis of the performance information. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090251720 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRINT JOB MANAGEMENT - A method and apparatus for managing print jobs for a printer is disclosed. The method may include receiving image data for printing a print job, the print job having more than one page and including one or more document and the image data being received only one time for each print job, receiving a signal to print the print job, wherein the received signal indicates that at least one page of the print job is to be printed in a different quantity than other pages in the print job, and printing the print job according to the received signal. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090251721 | CONTROLLLING A DOCUMENT PROCESSING WORKFLOW - In an embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises receiving an application identifier value associated with a printed application; receiving a media size; receiving a machine identifier value associated with a first document processing machine; determining programming instructions for a second document processing machine based on said received application identifier value, media size, and machine identifier value. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090251722 | DOCUMENT PROCESSING APPARATUS, DOCUMENT PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM AND COMPUTER DATA SIGNAL - A document processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit, a detection unit, a specifying unit and an output unit. The acquisition unit acquires document data containing pieces of page image data corresponding to pages of documents. Each document is formed by stacking and half-folding sheets. The detection unit detects pieces of page image data corresponding to pages to be printed on a same side of a same sheet in the documents, from the page image data contained in the document data. The specifying unit specifies pieces of page image data corresponding to respective pages of each document, from the page image data contained in the document data based on a detection result. The output unit outputs data, which is based on pieces of page image data corresponding to respective pages of at least one of the documents, based on a specifying result. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090251723 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes: plural drawing processing units that perform the image processing based on designation of an image processing command which designates plural input types of image processing; and a determination unit that determines whether the respective image processing designated with the image processing command is performed by one of the plurality of drawing processing units, or performed by the plurality of drawing processing units, based on image processing time necessary for execution of the respective image processing designated with the image processing command. The image processing apparatus also includes a power source controller that, in a case where the determination unit determines that the respective image processing designated with the image processing command is performed by one of the plurality of drawing processing units, reduces power consumption of other drawing processing units than the one drawing processing unit, in comparison with a case where the respective image processing designated with the image processing command is performed by the plurality of drawing processing units. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090251724 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming system includes a terminal apparatus and an image forming apparatus executing a process in response to a request from the terminal apparatus. The terminal apparatus sends user identification information to the image forming apparatus, receives from the image forming apparatus a token issued to a user logging into the image forming apparatus, and sends a service request associated with the token to the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes a network processing unit that communicates data using a predetermined protocol with the terminal apparatus; a login processing unit that permits the user to log in when the user identification information is valid and sends the token to the terminal apparatus; a determination unit that determines whether the token is valid upon receipt of the service request; and a service providing unit that executes a process designated by the service request when the token is valid. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090251725 | PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS AND PRINTING CONTROL METHOD - In a printing control method arranged to control a printer via a network by using a computer, stored print setting data is referred to when direct printing is specified, either one of original document data and print data in which the original document data is described in a page description language is selected as data to be transmitted to the printer, the original document data is transmitted to the printer when the original document data is selected, and the original document data is converted into the page description language and then transmitted to the printer when the print data is selected. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090251726 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming system includes: a print controller which generates image data based on a print job; and an image forming apparatus which controls the print controller and performs a printing operation based on the image data, wherein the image forming apparatus includes: a first interface section which connects with a first line for receiving the image data from the print controller; a second interface which connects with a second line with which a client can connect, the second line for communicating with the print controller; and a control section which executes a first control which, through the first line, executes an initial setting which enables the print controller to be used through the second line, and a second control which executes of the print controller after the initial setting is executed through the second line. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090251727 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus including a hardware device, at least one application program configured to execute an operation utilizing the hardware device, an operating system, a first device driver and a second device driver to manage the hardware device, a first storage unit configured to store the first device driver and the second device driver, and a second storage unit configured to include a storage area for operating the first device driver and the second device driver using the operating system. The operating system controls the first storage unit and the second storage unit to load the second driver on the storage area in response to booting of the information processing apparatus. The operating system also controls the first storage unit and the second storage unit to load the first device driver on the storage area when a predetermined condition is satisfied after booting the information processing apparatus. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090251728 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processor includes a display part displaying a configuration pattern combining values set for corresponding two or more of printing conditions; a management part managing default values for the printing conditions for an image forming apparatus; a recording part recording the configuration pattern and optionally setting an identifier as a value for the individual printing conditions, the identifier being indicative of the individual default values; and a setting part, in response to the identifier being set for at least one of the two or more of the printing conditions in the recorded configuration pattern, obtaining one of the default values corresponding to the at least one of the two or more of the printing conditions from the management part and setting the obtained one of the default values for the at least one of the two or more of the printing conditions in the configuration pattern. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090251729 | OUTPUT DEVICE AND ITS CONTROL METHOD - When a user logs in to an MFP (S | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090251730 | DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS, DISTRIBUTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MRDIUM - A distribution apparatus includes a storing unit configured to store in a storage medium information about firmware used in an image forming apparatus associated with information about a printer driver that corresponds to the firmware, an acquisition unit configured to acquire information about a printer driver in a terminal apparatus, a first distribution unit configured to distribute a printer driver corresponding to firmware which a user instructs to distribute, based on the information acquired by the acquisition unit and the information stored by the storing unit, and a second distribution unit configured to distribute the firmware which the user instructs to distribute. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090251731 | Execution log generation apparatus and method - An execution log generation apparatus generates an execution log upon receiving, for each job operation, job operation data indicating content of a job operation performed in a job procedure from a job processing apparatus that performs job processes through job procedures. The execution log generation apparatus includes a definition file holding unit that holds a definition file in which job operations performed in the job procedures are defined along a flow of the job processes and the job procedures, and in which output items to be output as execution logs for the each job operation are listed in a common format; and an execution log output unit that selects, from the definition file, an output item corresponding to a job operation contained in the job operation data, and outputs, as an execution log, the same output item as the selected output item from the job operation data. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090251732 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes: plural drawing processing units that perform the image processing based on designation of an image processing command which designates plural types of image processing; and a determination unit that determines whether the respective image processing designated with the image processing command is performed by one of the plurality of drawing processing units, or performed by the plurality of drawing processing units, based on image processing time necessary for execution of the respective image processing designated with the image processing command. The image processing apparatus also includes a power source controller that, in a case where the determination unit determines that the respective image processing designated with the image processing command is performed by one of the plurality of drawing processing units, reduces power consumption of other drawing processing units than the one drawing processing unit, in comparison with a case where the respective image processing designated with the image processing command is performed by the plurality of drawing processing units. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090251733 | INFORMATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, INFORMATION OUTPUT SYSTEM, PORTABLE TERMINAL, AND INFORMATION OUTPUTTING METHOD - An information management apparatus | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090257080 | SIMPLIFIED WALK-UP PRINT DRIVER INSTALLATION - An apparatus and method for loading and configuring a print driver onto a PC/workstation such that upon completion the PC/workstation is fully enabled to send print jobs to a printer connected on a network includes a unique methodology which eliminates virtually all of the steps, data entry, and decision points that a user would typically encounter. This printer-resident system includes the ability to have the target printer, upon a simple printer front panel pushbutton request, synthesize a complete installer program that is then written to a removable storage device, e.g., USB flash drive. Once written, the storage device is removed from the printer and installed on the user's PC/workstation. The user then accesses the flash drive contents and runs the installer program executable. The installer program, owing to the fact that it was created on the target printer, has all the information needed for a one-click, fully automated installation process. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090257081 | EXPECTED TIME TO COLLECT A PRINT JOB - A time-to-collect measure is disclosed which may be used in generating a model for predicting an expected time-to-collect for print jobs. In the case of incomplete data, an algorithm recovers an optimal assignment of links between submission and collection events which allows a time to collect to be computed for one or more prior print jobs. A printing system may incorporate a time-to-collect system for making decisions based on the measure, such as the scheduling of pending print jobs or planning placement of printers. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090257082 | Capturing, processing, managing, and reporting events of interest in virtual collaboration - A method starts when a print job is received from a workstation. The print job includes an identification of an initial printer. The method ranks the abilities of the available printers to process the print job to identify the best printer for the print job. If the initial printer is not ranked as the best printer, the method presents a question/statement to the workstation (to the user through the workstation) regarding whether to redirect the print job to the best printer. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090257083 | Electric apparatus and electric system - An electric apparatus and an electric system comprise: a control panel to accept instructions for operations; and a part to detect and control situations of the operations. The operations, carried out by the electric apparatus and the electric system, are in accordance with the instructions. Furthermore, the electric apparatus and the electric system comprise a remote control to accept instructions about situations and setups of the part. It is configured to accept instructions about the situations and setups of the part, only through the remote control. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090257084 | Image Processing Method, Computer Readable Recording Medium Stored With Image Processing Program, And Image Processing Apparatus - A printer controller as an image processing apparatus having a plurality of processing units executes grouping a plurality of objects into one group for overlapping objects one of which overlaps with another object among the overlapping objects, and another group for independent object which does not overlap with another object. The printer controller calculates the drawing area for each of the groups obtained in the grouping process, and distributes the groups into the number of parallel processes to be executed by the plurality of processing units based on the calculated drawing area of each group. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090257085 | GENERATION OF A WEB PAGE INCLUDING MENU ITEMS FOR WEB PAGES - An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of Web page generating units each configured to perform processing responsive to an HTTP request and to generate a Web page for displaying information about a result of the processing; a menu information integrating unit configured to acquire from each of the Web page generating units information about URLs of the Web page generating units and information about menu items to be displayed for allowing the Web page generating units to be utilized, and configured to integrate the acquired information into a first storage file; and a menu page generating unit configured to generate based on the first storage file a Web page inclusive of the menu items for allowing Web pages generated by the Web page generating units to be utilized. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090257086 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image forming apparatus that permits alteration of print data during execution of a print job for the print data stored in an external apparatus. Upon generation of an interruption job during execution of the print job for the print data, an MFP suspends the print job. If free space in a memory is less than the capacity required for execution of the interruption job, the MFP erases the print data in the memory and carries out the interruption job. When the interruption job is completed, the MFP transmits to another MFP a request for transmission of copy data of the print data and restarts the print job for the copy data of the print data transmitted from the other MFP in response to the transmission request. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090257087 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR STORING PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus configured to generate a print job to execute bookbinding printing is provided. The information processing apparatus includes an identifying unit configured to identify a position of a pre-printed sheet where a page to be arranged on a background image of the pre-printed sheet is printed at the time of execution of the bookbinding printing, a selecting unit configured to select the pre-printed sheet to be used in the bookbinding printing from a plurality of different pre-printed sheets set in the printer so that data indicating content of the page to be arranged on the background image of the pre-printed sheet is printed at the position identified by the identifying unit, and a generating unit configured to generate the print job so that the printer prints the data using the pre-printed sheet selected by the selecting unit. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090257088 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - According to an embodiment of the present invention, when image data is output from an image forming apparatus, even if the specified sheet feeding unit is changed, an image positional shift function can be utilized. In an image processing apparatus, a factor according to which readjustment may be provided is generated, such as switching of sheet feeding trays or rotation of an image. In this case, the image processing apparatus can transmit a readjustment request to an external controller. The external controller receiving the readjustment request from the image processing apparatus changes the adjustment value and carries out a RIP processing again. Then, the external controller can re-transmit the image data subjected to the RIP processing to the image processing apparatus. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090257089 | Method and System for Managing Print Jobs for a Shared Printer - The present invention provides a method and system for managing print jobs for a shared printer. The system comprises a plurality of computers, a hub and a printer. Each of the computers coupled to the hub store a print control program for generating print jobs and sending the print jobs to the printer through the hub in response to print requests received from the computers automatically. The print control program generates an error printing control function when the printer fails to process the print jobs, and a temporary storage function when the printer is busy. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090257090 | Image Processing System - The present invention provides a display screen based on a display pattern of an image processing apparatus. Instruction data in which process information representing as a series of processes at least one process performed to document data and UI information for setting execution contents of the processes are described is acquired, and the UI information is extracted. A screen structure is generated on the basis of the UI information, and a screen of screen information obtained by reflecting the setting information on the screen structure is displayed. In this manner, a display screen having versatility and expandability can be provided. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090262382 | Network System, Cable Set, and Method and Program for Controlling Network System - A network system is provided with a cable set having a nonvolatile memory module mounted thereon, and a printer connected by the cable set. The printer is provided with a set information read means for reading set information for performing initial setting of itself from a nonvolatile memory module of the connected cable set, and an initial setting means for performing initial setting based on the read set information. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090262383 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVED MULTI-PROCESSING UTILIZATION IN A PRINTING CONTROLLER - Methods and systems for enhanced parallel processing of data objects in a print job sent to a printing device having multiple processors. The entire print job (or any portion thereof) is spooled by an enhanced driver module on an attached host system and the data objects are re-ordered to allow for improved opportunity for parallel processing of the data objects on the multiple processors of the printing device. Capacity or capability information may be stored in a profile describing desired ordering of data objects to enable opportunity for parallel processing of the re-ordered data objects in the print job. The profile information may be statically configured for the printing device or may be dynamically determined through communication with the printing device. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090262384 | PROCESSING OF ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS TO ACHIEVE POSTAGE OPTIMIZATION - A method is suitable for processing a plurality of electronic documents designated for processing and delivery to a plurality of recipients, each recipient having a zip code associated therewith. Each electronic document is assigned a plurality of attributes, and the documents are sorted into one or more attribute groups based on the attributes, such that the electronic documents of each attribute group share at least one of the attributes. Output groups are then formed from the electronic documents of each attribute group based on the zip code associated with each electronic document, such that the electronic documents of each output group have similar zip codes. The output groups can then be routed to processing sites for processing the electronic documents to form physical documents for delivery to the recipients. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090262385 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SAVING AND LOADING USER CONFIGURATIONS FOR A MULTI-FUNCTION PERIPHERAL (MFP) - System and method for saving and loading user configurations for a multi-function peripheral are disclosed. In one aspect, a multi-function peripheral (MFP) comprises a storage unit having stored therein a software module. The MFP further comprises a control unit configured to execute the software module to a) retrieve a set of user configurations from a portable storage medium at the MFP, and b) load the retrieved user configurations to the MFP. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090262386 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REUSING PROCESSED DATA IN AN IMAGING DEVICE - A method for reusing data in an imaging device is described. An imaging job is received at an imaging device. The imaging job includes file system information and a document in a first format. It is determined whether the document has been previously processed by the imaging device. The document is processed if it was determined that the document had not been previously processed by the imaging device. The processing provides a processed document in a second format. The processed document is saved if it was determined that the document had not been previously processed by the imaging device. A previously saved processed document is reused that corresponds to the document if it was determined that the document had been previously processed by the imaging device. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090262387 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM AND COMPUTER DATA SIGNAL - An image processing apparatus has a function of processing a plurality of jobs in parallel. The image processing apparatus includes a job processing section, a language information receiving section, a job managing section and a display controlling section. The job processing section processes each job. The language information receiving section receives language information relating to each job. The job managing section manages the plurality of jobs while associating each job with the language information relating to each job. The display controlling section displays display information relating to each job in a language corresponding to the language information relating to each job. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090262388 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An image forming method and apparatus, the image forming method including: requesting networked image forming apparatuses to perform a user authorization; receiving account information corresponding to the user authorization request, from one of the image forming apparatuses; determining whether to perform an image forming operation, based on the received account information; and performing the predetermined image forming operation, according to the determination. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090262389 | IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS CAPABLE OF RECEIVING POWER FROM A PLURALITY OF POWER SOURCES AND CONTROL METHOD PERFORMED IN SUCH IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS - If commercial power is received (YES at step S | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090262390 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR STORING AN OPERATION CONTROL PROGRAM - Devices and methods wherein if a predefined recognition dot pattern designed to prohibit an image data outputting is detected from image data acquired by an image data acquiring unit, outputting of the image data is prohibited, and if a predefined recognition mark to cancel image data outputting prohibition is detected, the outputting of the image data is permitted. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090262391 | Image processing apparatus - An image processing apparatus obtains a job identification condition from a host device. When the image processing apparatus receives an input job, it also obtains a primary processing condition, uses the primary processing condition and the job identification condition to determine whether the job was input under a given condition, and if so, notifies the host device. In reply, the host device sends the image processing apparatus a secondary processing condition, and the image processing apparatus executes the input job according to both the primary and the secondary processing conditions. An administrator at the host device can use this capability to supervise and manage the use of the image processing device by other users. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090262392 | Printer drive, printer driver program recording medium, print data importing device, print data importing program recording medium, and installer recording medium - One embodiment of a printer driver according to the present invention includes a document data obtaining means for obtaining document data indicated by a received print instruction, a conversion means for converting the obtained document data into print data written in page description language, a transmission-use data generation means for obtaining application information indicating an application program that issued the print instruction and inserting the application information into the print data and a transmission means for transmitting the print data into which the application information was inserted to a printer device. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090262393 | Print Control Apparatus and Printing Apparatus - In the case that a control section takes out a print job from an output queue, the control section notifies a terminal device being a transmitting source of the print job of a termination notice that a period to permit to change a print condition related to the print job has been terminated. However, when the control section receives a change request to change the printing condition for the print job before notifying the termination notice, the control section replaces the print job registered in the output queue with a print job having a changed printing condition in accordance with the change request. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090262394 | Printer Driver and Method of Printing Print Data - A printer driver conserves recording paper by removing blank space formed at the top and bottom of each page when printing. The printer driver | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090262395 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - With reprinting of a print job, in the case that a job ticket strictly defining the output article form is not transmitted, the output article at the time of a first printing and the output article at the time of reprinting may differ, whereby the client may not be able to obtain the desired output article. The present invention provides control to execute reprinting processing employing a setting value used for the actual printing processing. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090262396 | STRUCTURED DOCUMENT CONVERSION APPARATUS, STRUCTURED DOCUMENT CONVERSION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A structured document conversion apparatus is configured to convert structured document data that contains document data in a plurality of nodes in a tree structure and can associate a print attribute with each of the plurality of nodes. The structured document conversion apparatus reflects a print attribute of a lower node in other portions. The structured document conversion apparatus deletes the lower layer print attribute. The structured document conversion apparatus generates structured document data in which the print attribute is associated with a highest hierarchical layer in the tree structure. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090268229 | Multifunction Peripheral Browser Control for Application Integration - A multi-functional peripheral (MFP) browser having integrated scan, print, and/or e-mail functionality may be integrated within a system and support methods of scanning, printing and e-mailing via the MFP display. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090268230 | COMPENSATION SYSTEM FOR PRODUCTION PRINTING ENVIRONMENT - A system is provided for planning compensation for a document processing arrangement including a plurality of document processing related cells with each document processing related cell including a plurality of document processing related devices functioning cooperatively to create a cell throughput. In practice, a processor may be instructed to read both a stored functional description of each device in at least one of the plurality of document processing related cells and a set of job processing related information. Responsive to such reading, the processor performs a simulation with the simulation being used to generate a simulated throughput value representative of a predicted output of the at least one of the plurality of document processing related cells within a time interval. In turn, compensation for an operator responsible for operating the at least one of the plurality of document processing related cells is varied on the basis of the simulated throughput representative of the predicted output of the at least one of the plurality of document processing related cells within the time interval. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090268231 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF FORECASTING PRINT JOB RELATED DEMAND - A system and method are provided for performing forecasting with respect to total demand data (including two or more demand components) collected in a print production environment. Each demand component (comprising a set of demand component related points corresponding with a first time scale) may be processed in such a way that a demand component related point can be forecasted with demand component related points corresponded with the second time scale. Both the forecasted demand component related point and demand component related points corresponded with the second time scale can then be corresponded with the first time scale. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090268232 | DIGITAL PRINTING SYSTEM HAVING OPTIMIZED PAPER USAGE - A method for manufacturing printed page products includes defining a plurality of subbatches each comprising one or more of the pages, creating layouts for the pages in the plurality of subbatches, separating the plurality of subbatches into N groups each comprising a total number of pages equal or less than M, minimizing the difference between the total pages in the N groups and M×N, and printing the layouts of the pages on a stack of sheets each configured to contain layouts for N pages. The layouts of the pages in the stack of sheets are positioned in N columns. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090268233 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INVENTORY CONTROL OF SECURE STOCK IN FEEDERS AND FINISHERS - A method and system for auditing security stock usage including displaying one or more data on a graphical user interface (GUI); extracting a first set of information into a first log file from the one or more data displayed on the GUI; commencing a print run on a printer; extracting a second set of information into a second log file after the print run terminates; and determining a number of sheets of security stock used from the first log file and the second log file. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090268234 | METHOD FOR CHANGING PRINTER DRIVERS IN INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - The information processing apparatus according to the present invention is an information processing apparatus comprises a determination unit that determines whether a combination of a source application and a destination printer driver is a combination of a first type application and a first type printer driver or a combination of a second type application and a second type printer driver; and a changing unit that changes the printer driver properties referenced by an operating system to properties value that satisfies the combinations in the event that the determination unit determines that the source application and the destination printer driver are neither of the combinations. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090268235 | TERMINAL APPARATUS FOR PRINTER DRIVER PACKAGE FORMATION AND PRINTER DRIVER PACKAGE FORMATION METHOD - A method of generating a printer driver package, the method including: receiving a command to generate the printer driver package; collecting data to be included in the printer driver package in response to the command; and generating the printer driver package based on a printer driver pre-installed in the terminal apparatus using the collected data. Accordingly, a printer driver package is generated using the updated or modified printer driver, so user convenience can be improved. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090268236 | Printing System and Printer Driver - In a printing system, in response to a request for duplex printing of print object data, the control portion of an information processing apparatus executes a first printing process according to a first printer driver, to generate first printing data and print information based on the print object data. The first printing data is used by a first printing apparatus for printing on the first surface of a recording medium. The control portion further executes a second printing process according to a second printer driver, to generate second printing data based on the print information. The second printing data is used by a second printing apparatus for printing on the second surface of the recording medium. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090268237 | Image Processing System, Printer Driver, Scanner Driver, Printing Device and Reading Device - An image processing system, a computer readable medium, a printing device and a reading device are provided. The image processing system includes an operation unit which inputs commands; a setting unit which performs setting processing for setting, in accordance with commands from the operation unit, a performance condition including an independent setting item, the independent setting item comprising first and second fields for setting different values, respectively, for the front side and the back side of a sheet material; and a performance unit which processes the front side and the back side of the sheet material in accordance with the performance condition set by the setting unit. The printing device includes a print unit that performs double-sided printing on a sheet material; the operation unit; the setting unit; and a control unit that controls the print unit to perform double-sided printing in accordance with the print condition. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090268238 | Image Forming System, Image Forming Apparatus, and Job Management Program - An image forming system for communicably connecting a data processor and an image forming apparatus can include a registration unit for registering a print job based on a print request, a printing unit for conducting print processing based on a print job registered in the registration unit, an authentication unit for, when the print job is a locked job with an unlocking condition, prohibiting print processing of the locked job until the unlocking condition is fulfilled, and a prohibition unit for prohibiting print processing of a normal job, which is registered in the registration unit after registration of the locked job, without the unlocking condition. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090268239 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus determines whether a combination of print setting data and drawing data is a standard combination. The information processing apparatus converts the drawing data into drawing data of another format or converts the drawing data into image data if the combination of the print setting data and the drawing data is determined not to be the standard combination. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090268240 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus that converts image data into print data is provided. The apparatus includes a conversion unit configured to generate first and second print data from the image data using an error diffusion method, each piece of second print data corresponding to one of the plurality of passes; and a printing unit configured to print the second print data. The conversion unit converts the image data into the first print data using the error diffusion method, generates constraint specifying the non-print pixels in the first print data as non-print pixels in the second print data, and converts the image data into the plurality of pieces of second print data, each piece of second print data being used in one of the plurality of passes, through an error diffusion method with the constraint. The printing unit prints the second print data in each of the plurality of passes. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090268241 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING A PRINT JOB AND A TERMINAL DEVICE USING THE SAME - A method of controlling a print job using a universal print driver of a terminal device connectable to a plurality of image forming apparatuses. The method can include selecting one of the plurality of image forming apparatuses, selecting pre-stored printing options of the plurality of image forming apparatuses, determining whether the pre-stored printing options are available on the image forming apparatus for which the universal print driver is selected, and displaying that the pre-stored printing option is unavailable, if at least one of the pre-stored printing options is unavailable. Therefore, a user can easily recognize information regarding unavailable pre-stored printing options. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090268242 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND PRINTING APPARATUS - In a printing system, a first apparatus transmits, to a printing apparatus, a printing instruction containing location information indicating the location of printing content on a network. When receiving the printing instruction, the printing apparatus updates the location information contained in the received printing instruction in accordance with a medium setting indicating a recording medium on which printing is to be performed, and issues a request for printing content corresponding to the updated location information through the network. In response to the request from the printing apparatus, a second apparatus transmits the printing content corresponding to the updated location information to the printing apparatus through the network, and the printing apparatus receives the printing content and performs printing of the printing content on the recording medium. Accordingly, printing content suitable for a printable region of a medium on which printing is to be performed can be easily acquired and printed. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090268243 | Method and Apparatus for Sending and Receiving Facsimile Transmission over a Non-Telephonic Transmission System - An interface is provided for connecting a standard telephone line and/or a standard facsimile machine with a distributive communication network interface such as a personal computer, whereby facsimile signal present on the telephone line or at the facsimile machine may be transmitted via the Internet to a remote station without the use of long distance or international telephone signal carriers. The facsimile signal may be sent or received via the network using the network, without interfering with the capability to receive and send facsimile signals in the normal manner via a standard telephone line. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090268244 | Print output apparatus and print output system - The present invention includes an offset processing section that performs offset processing for shifting a sheet to be outputted in a sheet width direction, a banner output section that prints a job attribute of a print job on a sheet, a job attribute determination section that determines the job attribute of the print job, and a control section that sets offset processing or banner output in the unit of a job attribute or in the unit of a job. When a job attribute of a preceding print job and a job attribute of a subsequent print job are different, offset processing and banner output are executed. When the job attribute of the preceding print job and the job attribute of the subsequent print job are the same, any one of offset processing and banner output is executed. Thereby, printed sheets can be easily obtained in the unit of a job attribute such as in the unit of a user. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090268245 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREFOR - An image processing apparatus for managing a memory device having a plurality of storage areas including a storage area storing out-of-use information and a free area storing no information, the image processing apparatus comprises memory control unit adapted to determine whether or not there is a storage area storing the out-of-use information based on a request for storing information and determining the storage area storing the out-of-use information as an area for storing the information, in a case where the storage area exists; and information writing unit adapted to overwrite generated information to the storage area determined by the memory control unit. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090268246 | Method of Enabling or Disabling Verification Process - A method is provided of enabling or disabling a verification process of a first entity in response to a predetermined event. The first entity has at least one associated bit-pattern and at least one variant key. Each variant key has been generated by applying a one way function to: a base key; and one or more of the at least one bit-patterns, respectively; or one or more alternative bit patterns. Each alternative bit-pattern is based on one of the at least one bit-patterns. In the method, it is determined that the predetermined event has happened, and at least one of the first variant keys is enabled or disabled in response to the predetermined event. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090268247 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ON-LINE PLANNING UTILIZING MULTIPLE PLANNING QUEUES - Features described herein relate to concurrently processing multiple batches of job requests for one or more machines and/or components thereof, using a plurality of job planning queues. Each batch of job requests is allocated to a planning queue, and each planning queue comprises an unplanned subqueue that stores unplanned jobs, an unsent subqueue that stores planned jobs waiting to be executed, and a sent subqueue that stores planned jobs that have been output to the machine(s) for execution. A job planner and related components determine which unsent subqueue has the fewest planned jobs at a given point in time, and selects an unplanned job from the unplanned subqueue in the same planning queue as the identified unsent subqueue. The planner then generates a plan for the selected job and inserts the planned job into the unsent subqueue for eventual output to the machine(s) for execution. In this manner, the unsent subqueues for each planning queue are maintained with substantially equal numbers of planned jobs ready for execution, which improves throughput by ensuring that all machines and/or associated components are kept busy. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090273800 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPILING PRINT JOB SEGMENTS OR COMPOSITE PRINT JOBS IN A PRINTING SYSTEM - A system is provided for compiling a multi-part print job. The system is adapted to receive a first print job part at a first print system gateway, and responsive to determining that the first print job part is part of the multi-part job, the first print job segment in memory. A second print job segment is received at a second print system gateway and responsive to determining that the second print job part is part of the multi-part job, the second print job segment in memory. When a selected condition is met, both the first and second print job segments are released from memory for processing as the multi-part print job with an electronic document processing system. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273801 | System and Method for Proximity-Based Printing - A system and method for proximity-based printing are disclosed. A method may include communicating access point proximity information from an information handling system to a print server, the access point proximity information including information regarding the proximity of the information handling system to one or more network access points. The method may also include receiving printer proximity information from the print server, the printer proximity information based at least on the access point proximity information and including information regarding the proximity of the information handling system to one or more printers. The method may additionally include displaying the printer proximity information to a user interface. The method may further include receiving from the user interface a user selection of a printer and communicating the user selection to the print server. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273802 | IMAGE OUTPUT SETTING CONTROL SYSTEM, IMAGE OUTPUT SETTING CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE OUTPUT INSTRUCTION APPARATUS, MANAGEMENT SERVER, IMAGE OUTPUT APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM AND COMPUTER DATA SIGNAL - An image output instruction apparatus includes an output condition reception section and an output instruction section. The output condition reception section receives, for each predetermined range of a document to be output, a setting of an output condition concerning an image output process. The output instruction section provides a first output instruction to a first image forming apparatus based on the output conditions for the respective predetermined ranges received by the output condition reception section. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273803 | Printer, terminal, and printing system - A printer includes a printer memory that stores information, a printer communication device that performs communication with a terminal, a printing device that prints based on print data, a receiving device that receives operating state information, the operating state information indicating that an operating state of the printer is one of a storage device state and a printing device state, the storage device state being an operating state that causes the terminal to recognize the printer as a device capable of using the printer memory, and the printing device state being an operating state that causes the terminal to recognize the printer as a device capable of printing by using the printing device, and a switching device that switches the operating state of the printer to one of the storage device state and the printing device state, based on the operating state information received by the receiving device. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273804 | DOCUMENT PROCESSING APPARATUS, DOCUMENT PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An object is to reduce operation load on a user when correcting the positional shift of tab document data with respect to a tab sheet. This invention provides a document processing method of a document processing apparatus, which includes acquiring tab sheet information to be used for printing, determining, based on the acquired tab sheet information and document data containing tab print data to be printed on the tab portion of a tab sheet, whether the tab print data is allocated on the tab portion of the tab sheet, and if it is determined that the tab print data is not allocated on the tab portion of the tab sheet, shifting the tab print data, based on the acquired tab sheet information and the document data containing the tab print data, so as to be allocated on the tab portion of the tab sheet. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273805 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINT MANAGING METHOD - Each time printing is performed by an MFP, a controller control unit counts up a billing counter value stored in a billing-counter recording unit. Additionally, each time a print job is completed, the controller control unit stores a job history of the print job in a job-history storage unit. A job history of a print job that is in progress at a predetermined counting time is divided into a plurality of job histories and managed by a job-history managing application. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273806 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINT DATA FORMING METHOD, PRINT CONTROL PROGRAM, AND MEMORY MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus for forming print data to be print-processed by a printer is constructed by: designation receiving means for receiving designation of a duplex printing, discriminating means for discriminating the number of pages in the case where data to be printed has been arranged on a recording paper, and command adding means for receiving the designation of the duplex printing by the designation receiving means and, in the case where it is determined by the discriminating means that the number of pages of the recording paper on which the data to be printed has been arranged is equal to an odd number, adding a command to urge a forced paper ejection in the printer lest a blank page of the last page is logically counted in the printer. A print data forming method and a print control program for realizing such an apparatus and a memory medium which stores such a program are provided. When the last page is printed as a blank page in the printer in a duplex printing mode, the print data is formed lest the last blank page is counted up by a counter. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273807 | Method of Obtaining a Copy of a Previously Printed Document - A method of enabling a user to obtain a printed copy of a document previously printed by the user is provided. A history list of documents previously printed by the user is maintained. A list document is printed at a printer. The list document includes history items from the history list and a user interface element associated with each history item. The user interface element allow is the user to indicate a request for a copy of a previously printed document associated with the history item by sensing the interface element in the printed list document using a sensing device. When request data is received from the sensing device, the copy is retrieved and printed. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273808 | RESUBMISSION TO ALTERNATE PRINTERS TO HELP EFFICIENT PRINTING AND SPACE PLANNING - A method starts when a print job is received from a workstation. The print job includes user printing options and an identification of an initial printer. The method ranks the abilities of the available printers to process the print job to identify the best printer for the print job according to, among other items, printer proximity. If the initial printer identification creates a print policy violation, the method presents a question/statement to the workstation (to the user through the workstation) regarding whether the print job should be redirected to the best printer and provides an automated resubmit option at the workstation. If the resubmit option is activated, the method automatically submits the print job to a different available printer, without requiring the user to manually input the printing options. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273809 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING PORTRAITS - A system of producing digital portraits and associated methods are provided. One method includes capturing a plurality of images with a digital recording device and displaying the images in the predetermined groups, such as in groups of two or three images. The customer selects desired images, which can be digitally modified in a variety of ways, and the selected images are electronically transmitted to a digital printer. The digital printer is maintained by an unrelated and distinct third-party host. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090279119 | PRINTING SYSTEM WITH DYNAMIC SAMPLE PAGE PREVIEW - A printing system is provided having interactive sample page preview and selection capabilities. An operator or user of a printing system, such as a xerographic copier, laser printer, or multi-function device, may visually confirm the print quality of pages printed by the system by requesting that a sample page, i.e., an extra copy of a page being printed within a print job, be printed and delivered to an alternate output tray for inspection. The present disclosure provides the ability to print the sample and show what was printed as a preview on the screen. The present disclosure additionally provides a preview of the sample page prior to its printing and delivery to an alternate tray. Based upon the previewed image, an operator may choose to print a sample page corresponding to that image, or choose another page. Additionally or alternatively, sample pages may be printed based on temporal criteria and system parameters. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090279120 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INDICATING THE PRINT STATUS OF AT LEAST ONE IMAGE OF A PRINT SEQUENCE - A printing system and method are provided for indicating the print status of a print job, including the print status of individual images of a print sequence having a plurality of images. The printing system and method provide for a printer and a computing device adapted to be connected to each other in order for the computing device to generate and transmit the print sequence having at least one image to the printer for printing thereof. The printing system and method further provide for a display for displaying the at least one image of the print sequence via at least one user interface. The at least one user interface is configured for displaying at least one identifier identifying the print status of the at least one image. The at least one user interface displays the at least one image of the print sequence as a plurality of thumbnails. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090279121 | Prioritizing Print Requests for a Configurable Shared Network Printer - A computer implemented method and program product for configuring and prioritizing local network print requests. In one embodiment, a printer shared on multiple networks is configured to a set of parameters defined by an administrator for prioritizing the print requests received from users on a local network. A first print request is received from a first user on a remote network. The first print request originating from the first user on a remote network is printed. A second print request is received from a second user on a local network. A determination is made whether a match to the set of parameters is present. In response to determining a match to the set of parameters is present, the first print request is interrupted in order to print the second print request on the printer. The first print request from the remote network is resumed once the second print request from the local network is completely printed. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090279122 | DUAL-HEAD OR HYBRID PRINT DRIVER SUPPORTING XPS AND GDI PRINT PATHS WITHOUT PERFORMING DATA CONVERSION BETWEEN XPS TO EMF OR VICE VERSA - A method is provided for improving printing performance of a print job from a Graphics Device Interface (GDI) based Windows® application submitted to an XPSDrv printer driver which is utilized by a filter pipeline service, wherein a required conversion from an existing GDI/device driver interface (DDI) to an XML Paper Specification (XPS) performed by a GDI-to-XPS conversion unit is eliminated to reduce latency. The method includes replacing the GDI-to-XPS conversion unit with a printer graphics driver which converts DDI calls into raw spool data; and adding a dual head filter as a first filter to the filter pipeline service to handle the raw spool data generated from the printer graphics driver. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090279123 | JOB SCHEDULING IN A WORKFLOW ARCHITECTURE - Job schedulers and associated methods of scheduling jobs are disclosed. A job scheduler in one embodiment includes a job queue and a schedule processor. The job queue receives and stores a plurality of jobs to be executed on the devices, such as in a print shop. Each of the jobs defines one or more process to be performed for the job. Each of the processes in a job defines one or more operating parameters for the devices. To schedule the jobs that are stored in the job queue, the schedule processor identifies the processes from the jobs that define one or more common (i.e., the same or equivalent) operating parameters for a device. The schedule processor then schedules the jobs for execution based on the processes that define common operating parameters. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090279124 | METHODS AND STRUCTURES FOR CONVERTING JDF INFORMATION INTO COMMANDS FOR A PRINTER - Methods and structures for processing JDF elements for a printing system by translating JDF elements into corresponding command language strings for output to a printer. The command language strings are associated with a priority value. The generated command language strings are output in an order based on the associated priority values so that the intended semantic and scope of the JDF elements may be maintained in the generated command language strings. The translation may use one or more translation tables to match a JDF element path name for a received JDF element with one or more entries in one or more translation tables. The matching table entries may specify a corresponding command language string and a priority value to be output to a printer. The generated command language strings and associated priority values may be stored in a memory structure to permit output in the desired order. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090279125 | METHODS AND STRUCTURE FOR GENERATING JDF USING A PRINTER DEFINITION FILE - Methods and structure for generating a JDF job ticket using a printer definition file (e.g., a PPD or GPD) corresponding to a selected printing system. The printer definition file may be a text file that associates a JDF element with each available feature of the corresponding printing system. The JDF elements for specify print parameters to effectuate the available feature according to JDF specifications. A JDF job ticket is thus generated by defining print parameters from selected available features in the printer definition file. The available features in the printer definition file may be presented to an application program or to a user. The application or user may select desired features from those presented. The JDF elements corresponding to the selected features are output and stored as a JDF job ticket representing a print job to be processed by the selected printing system according to the defined print parameters. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090279126 | JDF PROCESSING IN A PRINTING SYSTEM - Print controllers and associated methods of processing JDF job tickets in a printing system are disclosed. A print controller in one embodiment includes a storage system that receives a printable file from a host system, and stores the printable file. The print controller further comprises a JDF interpreter that receives a Job Definition Format (JDF) job ticket that is associated with the printable file from the host system. The JDF interpreter parses the JDF job ticket to identify printing parameters defined for the printable file. The JDF interpreter then issues device control commands for the printing parameters in the JDF job ticket. Thus, JDF job ticket processing is performed in the printing system instead of in the host system. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090279127 | Mechanism for data extraction of variable positioned data - A method is disclosed. The method includes generating one or more Tag Logical Elements (TLEs) in a variable location within a page of an Advanced Function Presentation (AFP) document. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090279128 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SCREEN TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND SCREEN TRANSMISSION PROGRAM EMBODIED ON COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - In order to transmit a screen in a shortened period of time, an MFP includes a request command receiving portion to receive one of a plurality of predetermined request commands from a PC, a history storing portion to store a piece of history information including the received request command, a predicting portion to determine a predicted command among the plurality of request commands based on the stored piece of history information, a predicted screen creating portion to create a predicted screen in accordance with the determined predicted command, and a transmitting portion to transmit the predicted screen when a request command received by the request command receiving portion is the same as the predicted command. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090279129 | HIGH-RESOLUTION PHOTOGRAPHIC PLOTTING PROCESS AND ARRANGEMENT FOR TRACING A HIGH-RESOLUTION COMPUTER-STORED GRID IMAGE ON A FLAT PHOTOSENSITIVE CARRIER - In a partial image, certain image dots are deflected optically in x direction with reference to imaginary undeflected image dots, and the x deflection of an image dot is less than the length of the side of an image dot. The image is traced by a light-controlling unit (preferably a semiconductor chip with tilting-mirror elements) with light-controlling elements arranged similar to a matrix. A computer program loads the light-controlling unit with a control pattern for tracing each partial image. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090279130 | PRINTING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROCESSING METHOD - This invention provides a flexible method capable of appropriately determining whether 2-path printing can proceed especially to second-path processing, in order to apply a conventional upper limit management mechanism to a 2-path printing system. According to this invention, when executing 2-path printing, the printing system performs upper limit management based on the sheet count of use for a user. When executing second-path print processing, even if the count of sheets used by the user in first-path print processing has reached an upper limit value, print processing is permitted in second-path print processing. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090279131 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Conventionally, pixel data are converted into the tile sequence. According to this invention, span information or run-length information during conversion into pixel data from vector data such as a display list converted from a page description language is converted into the tile sequence before rendering into pixel data. This can greatly reduce the amount of data temporarily stored for conversion into the tile sequence. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090279132 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A plurality of scenes included in moving image data stored in a storage medium are detected, still images included in at least two scenes among the plurality of detected scenes are extracted, and images including the extracted still images are printed on the storage medium. The printed images include the plurality of extracted still images in areas corresponding to time periods of the corresponding scenes. As a result, the content of each scene constituting the moving images recorded in a CD or a DVD and a reproducing time period of the scene can be easily figured out by looking at a result printed on the label of the CD or the DVD. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090279133 | PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS AND PRINTING CONTROL METHOD - When the processing of process steps of a print job that includes job definition information showing the process steps of a printing process and information relating to drawing data used in printing is executed by devices, a printing control apparatus connected to the devices determines whether the processing content of a target print job has been changed by the devices from a processing content defined by the job definition information, and, if determined that the processing content has been changed, collects the job definition information defining the changed processing content. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090279134 | Data Transmitting Apparatus, Data Transmitting Method, and Recording Medium Capable of Transmitting Image Data to Specific Destination by Simple Operation - A destination input screen is displayed, and it is determined whether a start button is depressed. If the start button is depressed, it is determined whether a destination is already input on the destination input screen. If the destination is input on the destination input screen before the start button is depressed, the input destination is set. A scan and transmission processing is executed. If the destination is not input on the destination input screen when the start button is depressed, a registered destination is set to the destination. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090279135 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive information indicating capability of each image forming apparatus from a plurality of image forming apparatuses via a network, a capability determination unit configured to determine, by using the information received by the receiving unit, whether a number of predetermined capabilities of an image processing apparatus that have been implemented, is equal to or higher than a predetermined ratio to the number of a plurality of image processing apparatuses, and a transmission unit configured to transmit, to an image processing apparatus serving as a distribution destination, a combination of information including the predetermined capabilities of the image processing apparatus as a setting, if the capability determination unit determines that the number of the predetermined capabilities of the image processing apparatus that have been implemented, is less than the predetermined ratio. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090279136 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, JOB PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - When an image forming apparatus executes printing based on a structured text including page entity information and a structure portion in which a link to the page entity information is set, the image forming apparatus corrects the structure portion of the structured text by deleting a link to a printed page entity if suspending the print of the structured text is instructed. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090279137 | JOB MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, JOB MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An MIS server sends, to a color MFP, a job ticket including information of post-processing apparatuses (in single or combined use), which have abilities to execute post-processing instructed by a print job, along with print contents data. Accordingly, even when the other post-processing apparatus than the apparatus that has been initially scheduled by the operator to be used is actually used, the job ticket needs to be not output again. Therefore, time and efforts required for the operator can be reduced. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090279138 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing system which makes it possible to find a user-friendly substitute apparatus with ease. The image processing system includes a plurality of image processing apparatuses. An operation history management module collects operation information indicative of details of operations executed in each of the image processing apparatuses and stores the collected operation information as operation history information in a database. Search conditions for searching for a second image processing apparatus to be substituted for a first image processing apparatus, from among the image processing apparatuses, are input via a search condition input screen. A management server searches for image processing apparatuses satisfying the search conditions from among the image processing apparatuses by referring to the operation history information. The management server generates search result screen information for causing a display section of the first image processing apparatus to display results of the search. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090279139 | PRINT JOB MANAGEMENT DEVICE, PRINT JOB MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - When it is set by a user to use a nearline finisher with priority, if a print job that uses an inline finisher is to be processed, the print job using the inline finisher is divided into a print job to be executed with the inline finisher and a print job to be executed with the nearline finisher. In contrast, when it is set by a user to use the inline finisher with priority, if a print job that uses the nearline finisher is to be processed, a portion to be executed with the inline finisher and a portion to be executed with the nearline finisher are aggregated, thereby converting the print job to a print job for the inline finisher. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090279140 | RELAY DEVICE FOR RELAYING DATA FROM A SENSING DEVICE TO A COMPUTER SYSTEM - A relay device is provided which is configured to relay data processed by a sensing device to a computer system and which has a memory storing an ID of the relay device, a first interface for receiving, from the sensing device, region data of an interactive surface and a sensing device ID, the region data being extracted by the sensing device through sensing coded data on the interactive surface, and a second interface for transmitting the received sensing device ID and the relay device ID to the computer system, receiving, from the computer system, permission to communicate the received region data based on a registration of the sensing device with the relay device recorded in the computer system, and transmitting the received region data to the computer system when said permission is received. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090284783 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - There is provided an image forming apparatus that is connected to a plurality of other image forming apparatuses via a network, including a function presenting unit that presents required functions of a job to be transferred from the image forming apparatus a transfer destination candidate presenting unit that retrieves, from among the a plurality of other image forming apparatuses, an image forming apparatus that supports the required functions of the transferred job by comparing the required functions of the transferred job and a function supported by the other image forming apparatuses, and presents the retrieved apparatus and a transfer destination candidate re-presenting unit that presents another image forming apparatus that supports the remaining required functions when one or more of the required functions of the transferred job are de-selected. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090284784 | Image Processing Apparatus And Method For Controlling Image Processing System - The present invention can provide an image processing system in which a job setting screen is displayed on a local apparatus in consideration of the capabilities of the local apparatus and a remote apparatus when a plurality of image processing apparatuses cooperatively execute a job. To accomplish this, in the present image processing system, the local apparatus acquires function information on the remote apparatus when the plurality of image processing apparatuses executes one job in cooperation. Furthermore, the local apparatus controls the display contents of a setting screen used when an operator sets a job setting in order to restrict a job function based on the acquired function information and function information on the local apparatus itself. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090284785 | IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMATION SYSTEM - An image formation device stores therein print data targeted for secure printing received through a network. When a user is authenticated by a user authentication part, the image formation device reads the print data targeted for secure printing to execute a print job. The image formation device includes a job management part for managing the stored print data targeted for secure printing. When a print job is not executed at a point in time after the elapse of a predetermined period of time after the receipt of the print data targeted for secure printing, the job management part encrypts the print data using a certain encryption key, and transmits the encrypted print data to an intended device connected to the network. Namely, when a printout of the print data targeted for secure printing received through the network is not obtained at a point in time after the elapse of a predetermined period of time, the print data is transmitted to another device connected to the network with the security of the print data maintained. As a result, a printout of the print data is obtained by another image formation device. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090284786 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In an information processing apparatus which can edit print data capable of including an image resource, provided is a method which performs suitable image processing on a character stamp image by embedding an image rendering a character string of a stamp and attaching information for distinguishing the embedded image. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090284787 | OUTPUT EFFICIENCY OF PRINTER FORMING IMAGE BY INTERPRETING PDL AND PERFORMING OUTPUT BY USING PRINT ENGINE - A printer according to the present invention receives a PDL via a network. Thereafter, the printer creates metadata by interpreting the received PDL and extracting rendering attribute information used in each page. The printer generates vector data from the PDL. Based on setting information on the printer, the printer generates a display list from the vector data. The generated vector data, display list and metadata are stored in a storage device in the printer in association with each other. Thus, output efficiency is improved. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090284788 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An electrophotographic image forming apparatus increases resolution in the main scanning direction. To accomplish this, the image forming apparatus includes a light source having N light-emitting portions each configured to emit a light beam based on an input image signal, an input unit which inputs image data, a signal generation unit which extracts one-scanning image data corresponding to one scanning based on the input image data, and generates N image signals that form one-scanning image data upon composition, and a scanning control unit which scans a single track on a photosensitive body by N light beams emitted by the light source to form a latent image corresponding to one-scanning image data on the photosensitive body. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090284789 | INFORMATION DISPLAYING AND PRINTING SYSTEM - An information displaying and printing system that reduces the time to wait for printing of content displayed on a displaying apparatus to complete is provided. An image forming apparatus transmits an image data and an identification information of the image data stored in a registration information database to a displaying apparatus. The displaying apparatus receives an image data and an identification information of the image data, displays the image data, and transmits a print request with the identification information to the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus searches for an identification information coinciding with the identification information received from the displaying apparatus by referring to the registration information database, reads the image data from the registration information database, and prints the image data. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090284790 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT THAT CAUSES THE APPARATUS TO EXECUTE THE METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING THE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes a communication unit to communicate with an external device, a receiver to receive a signal from an identification information transmitter that transmits at least one of identification information of a user of the external device and identification information of the external device, a measurement circuit to measure strength of a received signal, a storage unit to store correlation data between a relative distance to the identification information transmitter and the strength of the received signal, a calculation circuit to calculate from the field intensity of the received signal the relative distance based on the correlation data, an operation controller to control operation of the information processing apparatus based on a result of calculation of the relative distance, and a correction unit to correct the correlation data based on the field intensity of the received signal from the identification information transmitter disposed at a predetermined range. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090284791 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image processing system includes a first image processing apparatus and a plurality of other image processing apparatuses that are connected with each other via a network. The image processing system includes a sharing unit included in at least the plurality of other image processing apparatuses and configured to store information stored in a storage unit of the first image processing unit to share the information, a determination unit configured to determine an image processing apparatus to use the information to be shared from the plurality of other image processing apparatuses when the first image processing apparatus is not available, and an alternative operation unit configured to perform an alternative operation for a function of the first image processing apparatus using the information shared by the sharing unit of the image processing apparatus determined by the determination unit. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090284792 | PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A processing apparatus enabling initial settings to be easily configured as a user desires e.g. upon purchase of the apparatus without unpacking the apparatus from a shipping carton. The processing apparatus comprises a wireless communication unit operable by an AC power supply or a battery, and an EEPROM operable by the AC power supply or the battery and stores initial settings information for the apparatus. An MCU of the processing apparatus determines whether electric power is currently supplied from the AC power supply or from the battery. Further, the MCU determines whether or not power-on history information on the AC power supply has been stored. When the battery is used and no power-on history information has been stored, the MCU rewrites the initial settings information stored in the EEPROM, based on initial settings information received from a dealer's PC by wireless communication. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090284793 | METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR RECEIVING ORDERS FOR PRINTS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR USE IN THE METHOD AND SYSTEM - Orders for prints of image data are received at an order receipt server connected to a user terminal by way of a network. A plurality of entry web pages each corresponding to one of a plurality of brands are prepared in the order receipt server, and the order receipt server is caused to receive orders for prints under the brand corresponding to the entry web page to which the user terminal is connected. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090290186 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING SMART BANNER PAGES FOR USE IN CONVEYING INFORMATION ABOUT A RENDERED DOCUMENT TO A USER - A computer-implemented method and system for conveying information associated with a rendered job is disclosed herein. In general, data can be automatically generated, in response to a request by a user to render a job via a rendering device, wherein the data includes information indicative of the job. Thereafter, the data can be rendered for the user in a displayable format in association with the rendering of the job via the rendering device in order to convey to the user sufficient information indicative of how the job was processed and rendered via the rendering device in the event that the user encounters unexpected processing and rendering of the job. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090290187 | ENHANCEMENTS TO VI RECORD JOB TICKETING AND PROCESSING - Job tickets containing scoped instructions can control the processing of a PDL file to produce a data stream that is efficiently processed by a rendering device such as a raster image processor or printer. Job tickets contain instructions for processing a PDL file. A scoped instructions controls processing of only those PDL file sections within a certain scope. Scope can be specified on a per instruction basis. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090290188 | Reception method for online print ordering system - Disclosed herein is a reception method for an online print ordering system. In the reception method, the case in which a single image file includes various types of print entities is determined to be normal and then composition files are enabled to be created for the respective entities, thereby improving the efficiency of the print ordering system and customers' convenience of use. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090290189 | Electronic document managing apparatus - An integrator acquires an electronic document and revised documents revised by different revisers (administrative department, accounting department) in parallel, and makes reference to the electronic document to judge whether each partial document is not disclosed in each revised document with respect to each sub-document in the electronic document. When each sub-document is not disclosed in at least one of the revised documents, whether each sub-document is to be disclosed is determined in regard to each sub-document based on a policy P that specifies disclosure/nondisclosure of each sub-document divided from the electronic document, and a revised document obtained by integrating the revised documents is created based on a determination result. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090290190 | Priority Order Determination Method and Priority Order Determination Program for Print Job, and Printing System - A priority order determination method for print jobs in a printing system which can execute normal print jobs by submitting the print jobs and confidential print jobs by logging-in after submission of the confidential print job, the method includes: prioritizing a second print job relating to confidential printing over a first print job relating to normal print job, in a case when login for the second print job is requested during printing of the first print job and the second print job has been submitted before the first print job. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090290191 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming apparatus includes: a radio communication portion that transmits and receives data over radio communication to and from a storage medium in which identification information for user identification is stored; a display input portion that displays a function setting screen and receives a function setting; and a control portion that controls operation of the apparatus and forces the display input portion to perform a display changeover depending on an exposure state of the storage medium if the radio communication portion obtains the identification information from the storage medium. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090290192 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An object of the present invention is to provide an image processing apparatus which provides an image with an extended region of a size suitable for performing block processing. In order to achieve the object, the image processing apparatus according to the present invention includes an input unit for inputting image data and printer setting information of the image data; and an extended region computing unit for dividing the image data into a block region and computing an extended region of the divided block region based on the printer setting information. The apparatus also includes a generating unit for generating a processed block region with the extended region added to the block region; and a processing unit for performing image processing on the processed block region produced by the generating unit. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090290193 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, ACCESS CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING ACCESS CONTROL PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus includes: a communication interface accessing Web addresses; a memory for storing predetermined addresses; a first determination unit for determining whether the image forming apparatus is in a first state that access of the image forming apparatus is limited to the predetermined addresses or a second state that the image forming apparatus is permitted to access any addresses; a second determination unit for determining whether a designated address is included in the predetermined addresses, when the image forming apparatus is in the first state; and a permission unit for giving to the communication interface permission to access the designated address, when the designated address is included in the predetermined addresses. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090290194 | APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING SLIDE SHOW FUNCTION AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An apparatus for displaying a slide show function and method of controlling the same are disclosed, by which a still image file of a user-specific group can be outputted in the course of performing a slide show function and by which a plurality of still image files can be automatically sorted and stored. The present invention includes reading additional information for at least one or more still image files to which the slide show function is applied, grouping the at least one or more still image files into at least two groups using the read additional information, and if a prescribed key input is received in the course of executing the slide show function, displaying the still image files of the group different from the group to which the currently displayed still image file belongs. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090296131 | Image data processing apparatus and image forming apparatus - In the image data processing apparatus of the present invention, one or more job icons each of which is indicative of the presence of a received job are displayed in a screen of a touch panel, and when any one of the displayed job icons is operated, an information window disclosing detail information concerning the operated job icon is additionally displayed. As a result, a limited display area of the touch panel can be effectively utilized, so that this enables the user to easily find not only a processing status of the received job but also detail information of the job. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090296132 | METHOD FOR CALCULATION OF AN IMPOSITION LAYOUT - A method for calculating properties of printing elements which are part of a print job includes providing a range ( | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090296133 | NETWORK SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE DATA STORING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM RECORDING IMAGE DATA TRANSMITTING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a display, an obtaining unit obtaining second data containing information for identifying the link information having no image data in a corresponding storage position among the plural pieces of link information contained in the first data, a display control unit making the display selectively display first link information having image data in a corresponding storage position and second link information having no image data in the corresponding storage position in different formats based on the second data, and a transmission unit transmitting image data generated by a scanning unit to the corresponding storage position. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090296134 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PRINTING JOB - A method of controlling a printing job of an image forming apparatus having an image forming unit. The method of controlling a printing job includes transforming scanned data into printable data, and determining a time to start driving the image forming unit according to the type of data scanned, starting driving the image forming unit at the determined start time, and printing the scanned data transformed into printable data. The time required to perform a printing job is thereby reduced, and scanned data can be output normally. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090296135 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - An image forming apparatus to which a composite service that can cause a plurality of devices to collaborate can be set, and in which a currently used control program and an upgraded control program can be stored, includes a determination unit configured to determine whether the composite service is available with a combination of a control program for the image forming apparatus and a control program for another device, and an activation unit configured to activate the control program for the image forming apparatus if the determination unit determines that the other device is usable for the composite service. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090296136 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, LOG RECORDING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming device is capable of executing an application. In the image forming device, a determining unit is configured to determine, in response to a request of execution of a communication process from the application, whether the communication process is an encrypted communication based on contents of a call stack which stores the request. A log recording unit is configured to record log information of the communication process in a storage device when the communication process is determined as being an encrypted communication. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090296137 | Printing system and printer - A printing system includes a printer in which particular information is set to designate the printer is a qualified printer, and a host device for transmitting print information created by a particular application to the printer. The particular application has an information adding unit that adds information to the print information. The printer has a decision unit that decides whether the information added to the print information matches the particular information stored in the printer, and a print processing unit that prints the print information only if this is the case. This arrangement enables qualified electronic form data to be printed only by a qualified printer, and a qualified printer to print only qualified electronic form data, without requiring significant modifications of existing printer programs or electronic form data specifications. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090296138 | Image forming apparatus and image forming system - What is disclosed is an image forming apparatus that receives a job of a printing from outside of the apparatus with an instruction of changing a condition of transfer that corresponds to said job and that is valid only for said job. And, the image forming apparatus including: a transferring unit for transferring an image formed with a toner based on said job, a memory section for memorizing, and a setting section for setting a condition of transfer. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090296139 | Selection of image data for output - Either image data or image generation record information is analyzed to determine an image quality parameter relating to image quality, and an output target decision regarding selection of image data as an output target is performed on the basis of the image quality parameter. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090296140 | Printer controller - A printer server obtains request information relating to RFID label production of the operator output from a terminal, selects a printer that can deal with tag attribute information of an RFID tag circuit element or communication type information contained in the request information from among a plurality of RFID label printers and outputs a signal corresponding to the request information to the selected RFID label printer. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090296141 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING REAL-TIME COMMAND USING THE PRINTING APPARATUS - There are provided a printing apparatus and a method for processing real-time commands using the same. The printing apparatus is able to be stably operated without any mechanical troubles such as degraded performance of the printing apparatus, which are caused when real-time commands are analyzed and processed on a receive interrupt routine, by detecting real-time commands from data transmitted from the host computer, separately storing the detected real-time commands in a real-time command buffer and processing the stored real-time commands in preference to the other data. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090296142 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - Interpret processing of received PDL data and determination whether a command includes group information are performed. CPUs that are available for processing are searched, and based on the group information and information about divided objects, to which CPU each processing of the divided objects is to be assigned is determined. The CPUs to which the processing is assigned convert the received data into intermediate data suitable for processing in a printing unit. The plurality of CPUs are instructed to perform image generation processing based on the generated intermediate data in parallel for each processing unit. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090296143 | JOB PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - In an image processing method in which a plurality of image processing apparatuses perform image processing in cooperation with each other, an image processing apparatus that issues a job sends an announcement notice informing that the job will be sent to image processing apparatuses designated to perform image processing in cooperation. When an image processing apparatus that has received the announcement notice receives a request to display job status from a user, it requests other image processing apparatuses that work in cooperation for job status information based on the announcement notice. Upon receiving responses to the request, the image processing apparatus notifies a user of the job status information. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090296144 | JOB PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - In an image processing method for performing image processing by causing a plurality of image processing apparatuses including a first image processing apparatus and a second image processing apparatus to work in cooperation, an image processing apparatus that issues a job sends an announcement notice informing that the job will be sent to image processing apparatuses designated to perform image processing in cooperation. When excluding the first image processing apparatus designated as a cooperative device from cooperation, an instruction to abort transition of the job is sent to the first image processing apparatus based on the announcement notice. Alternatively, an instruction to abort transition of the job is sent to the second image processing apparatus that transitions the job to the first image processing apparatus. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090296145 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A method for controlling an image forming apparatus configured to form an image on a sheet by transferring an image generated based on input image data onto an intermediate transfer member page by page and further transferring the image transferred onto the intermediate transfer member onto the sheet includes transferring an image of a first page onto the intermediate transfer member based on the input image data, determining whether the image of a second page, which follows the first page, can be transferred side by side with the image of the first page during a time period in which the intermediate transfer member having the transferred image of the first page is rotated to a transfer position for the image of the second page, controlling, if a result of the determination is negative and predetermined information has been received, the image of the second page to be transferred side by side with the image of the first page after rotating the intermediate transfer member at least one revolution after transferring the image of the first page onto the intermediate transfer member, and controlling, if the result of the determination is negative and the predetermined information has not been received, the transferred image of the first page to be transferred onto the sheet, without transferring the image of the second page side by side with the transferred image of the first page, after transferring the image of the first page onto the intermediate transfer member. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090296146 | MANAGING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PROCESSING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A temporary object is registered in a document managing system in advance on the basis information about an object that a user wants to use. Then, when an object is registered by another user, it is determined whether the registered object is a similar object corresponding to the temporary object. If the registered object is a similar object, the user is notified of that fact, and the temporary object in target document data is updated with the similar object. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090296147 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - There is provided an image forming apparatus which shortens the time taken for circumference detection and measures the circumference at high precision without obstructing downsizing of the apparatus. To accomplish this, the image forming apparatus detects, at an arbitrary timing, the physical pattern of the image-formed surface of a rotation member that changes over time. In the second round, the image forming apparatus detects the second pattern at a timing a predetermined time after the arbitrary timing. By using the detected patterns, the image forming apparatus obtains information associated with the circumference of the rotation member. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090296148 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit for forming a plurality of images on sheets; a receiving unit for receiving job information including identification information for identifying types of the plurality of images and determination information for determining timing of forming the plurality of images on the sheets, from an external instrument; and a control unit for identifying the types of the plurality of images based on the identification information received by the receiving unit, determining the timing of forming the plurality of images on the sheets based on the determination information received by the receiving unit, and allowing the image forming unit to form the plurality of images based on the identified types of the images and on the determined timing. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090296149 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICE, MANAGEMENT DEVICE, AND TERMINAL DEVICE - A communication system, information storage device, management device, and terminal device which enable information transmission which takes into consideration the circumstances on the receiving side, are provided. An external equipment | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090296150 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDED WITH IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - At an extended function server side, user information is received, and a user authentication process is executed. When the authenticity is established, an extended function table is read out, and an extended function list is generated in correspondence with users, based on the extended function table. Then, determination is made as to whether there is an extended function list set in correspondence with a user When there is an extended function list set in correspondence with a user, the extended function list is transmitted. At the MFP side, the extended function list transmitted from the extended function server is received. Then, the received extended function list is registered. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090296151 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - In an image forming system, an information processing apparatus (host computer) outputs print data to a printer connected to the apparatus through an interface. The apparatus includes an interface identifying module for identifying the type of the interface, a query module for determining, based on the identified interface type, a quantization method for quantizing print data and/or a compression method, and an image processing module for performing quantization and/or compression on the print data by the determined quantization method and/or compression method. The apparatus outputs, to the printer, the print data processed by the image processing module. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090303518 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - The present invention provides an image processing apparatus and an image processing system which facilitate management against unauthorized use by creating a job log according to a usage status of a user. A creation section creates a different job log for each individual user. The job log has storage conditions of image data included in the job log set according to a storage level. The storage conditions are a color of an image, a resolution of the image data and whether or not necessary to create OCR data of the image data. To increase efficiency of a follow-up research by using such a job log, the storage level of the image data relating to the user having performed unauthorized use is raised. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090303519 | PRINTING CONTROLLER, GUI DISPLAY METHOD, PRINTER DRIVER, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A printing controller having a printer driver configured to display a GUI using language-dependent files containing the display character strings of corresponding languages is disclosed. The printing controller includes a compressed language-dependent file into which the language-dependent files are compressed, a language selection part configured to cause one of the languages which one is used by the printer driver to be selected, and an expansion part configured to expand one of the language-dependent files related to the selected one of the languages from the compressed language-dependent file. The printer driver displays the GUI using the one of the language-dependent files expanded by the expansion part. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090303520 | PARTS IN A PRINT JOB REFERENCED BY MULTIPLE PARENTS - A method for sharing printing elements ( | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090303521 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SHARING OF A USB PRINTER TO ALL CLIENTS - Embodiments herein disclose a method of a client PC virtualizing a USB printer present on the network, only when a print job is given to the client PC and freeing the USB printer as soon as the print job gets over, hence making the USB printer available to other client PCs present on the network. A USB Printer connected to a USB Server in a network can be shared among multiple Client PCs available on the network where the client PCs are running on a Windows platform. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090303522 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTIVELY PRINTING USING A NETWORKED PRINTER - The present disclosure is directed to selective printing of a print job based on the printing capabilities of a networked printer. Print jobs can be sent to a print server and sorted based on various printing requirements. The print jobs can then be sent to printers capable of printing the print characteristics. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090303523 | PRINTING PROCESSES AND PRINTED PRODUCTS - A system for generating an electronic document for use in a printing process is described. The electronic document comprises a plurality of printable sheets, and each printable sheet comprises an array of printable regions. The system comprises receiving means arranged to receive content for each of a plurality of users and assigning means arranged to assign a selection of printable regions for each user in dependence on the received content for each user and to assign the content for each user amongst the selection of printable regions assigned to that user. The system is arranged to receive the content and assign a selection of printable regions such that the content for each user, varies across the selection of printable regions assigned to that user. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090303524 | Operation control program, operation control method, image forming apparatus, and memory resource allocation method - An operation control program controls a computer provided in an image forming apparatus to serve as: a service section which discriminates an operation of a service requested by a user, and constructs a job corresponding to the operation by selecting one or a plurality of job scenarios prepared in advance as constituting element of the job and using the selected job scenario; and a job performing section for executing sequentially a processing indicated by each job scenario constituting the job constructed by the service section. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090303525 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT MANAGES CHARGING - An image forming apparatus analyzes a specified job to identify processing operations composing a process and a processing amount such as the number of copies and obtains unit prices set for the respective processing operations, from a charging map associated with a user who is an issuer of the job. By set documents being scanned, the number of documents are identified and charges are calculated based on the number of documents, the number of copies, and the obtained unit prices. The calculated charges are presented. When, at that stage, an instruction to perform the job is made, a copying process is performed. Then, after the copying process, charges are calculated based on the actual number of copies made and the unit prices. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090303526 | DOCUMENT DATA UPDATE INFORMATION CREATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, DOCUMENT DATA UPDATE INFORMATION CREATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A document data update information providing system has a document data accumulation apparatus and an image forming apparatus interconnected via a network. The document data accumulation apparatus creates update information of document data selectively among those accumulated in the document data accumulation apparatus, by an update information creator. The image forming apparatus transmits a request for update information of document data, thereby obtains the selectively created update information and displays it on a display. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090303527 | NETWORK FILE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND SCANNER DEVICE - A network file processing system comprising: a scanner device connected to a network, for reading a document and generating image data; and a plurality of file servers connected to the network, each having an area to save data to, in which: the scanner device comprising: an acceptance request issuance unit for sending multicast acceptance requests for the image data to the plurality of file servers across the network after generating the image data; a data transmission unit for transmitting the image data to at least one of the plurality of file servers that has returned a reading response; and a related information saving unit for saving related information associated with the image data. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090303528 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - Identification information pieces used for establishment of a connection between an image processing apparatus and a portable terminal are generated and also linked to the data process conditions registered in advance. The generated identification information pieces are displayed on a display in a style allowing users to understand their linkages to the process conditions. Among those displayed thereon, a specific identification information piece is entered on the portable terminal and transmitted to the image processing apparatus, according to user instruction. Receiving the identification information piece, if the image processing apparatus judges that the identification information piece is appropriate, a connection between the image processing apparatus and the portable terminal is established by using the identification information piece, and then data processing is performed on the data to be processed and other data, under the process condition linked to the identification information piece used for establishment of the connection. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090303529 | Network system and printer driver - A network system includes a print server to which a printer is connected, a file server, and one or more client terminals, wherein the print server, the file server, and the one or more client terminals are connected together on a network. The client terminal includes a printer driver that controls the printer, a first setting file in which setting information of the printer driver arranged in a first folder, in which the printer driver is arranged, is stored, and a second setting file in which the setting information arranged in a second folder other than the first folder is stored. When the setting information is newly created or changed, a third file in which the setting information is written is arranged in the file server. In addition, address information of the third file that is arranged in the file server is stored in a memory area of the print server. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090303530 | Image processing apparatus and image processing method - The image processing apparatus has a confidential printing function of saving image data transmitted from an information processing apparatus once to perform printing in accordance with print instruction given by predetermined operation input to the image processing apparatus. When print instruction for the image data saved in the image processing apparatus is given, output characteristics comparing portions compare output characteristics of the image processing apparatus at the time when the image data was saved with output characteristics of the image processing apparatus at the time when print instruction was given. If it is determined that there is a difference of a predetermined value or more between the compared output characteristics, the image processing apparatus regenerates image data to be printed based on the output characteristics of the image processing apparatus at the time when printing was instructed. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090303531 | SYSTEM, SERVER, SERVER CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present invention provides a system that registers, in a second information processing apparatus, device information unique to a peripheral device capable of connecting to a first information processing apparatus, wherein the first information processing apparatus includes an addition unit configured to add, to the device information, information indicating whether the device information was manually inputted to the first information processing apparatus in response to operations of a user or was automatically inputted to the first information processing apparatus by the peripheral device, and the second information processing apparatus includes a registration unit configured to register, in the database, device information to which has been added the information indicating the device information was automatically inputted, and device information to which the information indicating the device information was manually inputted has been added and that has been determined to not yet be registered in the database, in association with user information. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090303532 | NETWORK DEVICE AND WORKFLOW PROCESSING SYSTEM - A system which executes a workflow without a management apparatus immediately notifies the user of an error which has occurred in a device. When an error occurs in a job in a device which is executing the workflow, the device which shares the workflow with other devices transmits the log of the error to a device of the end stage of the workflow in accordance with the flow of the workflow. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090303533 | ADVERTISING APPARATUS WITH HOOK - A hook apparatus includes a front side and a back side. A hook extending from the front side is included for hanging objects. A shelter structure extends from the front side positioned around and apart from the hook. The shelter structure may serve as a second hook for hanging objects. A communications device extends from the body, at least a portion of which is above and spaced apart from the shelter structure. The back side of the hook apparatus is adapted to be secured to a surface. An interface adapter plate between the back side and the mounting surface may be provided to enable the securing. The communications device includes a display device that is either passive or capable of interactive communication of information. The apparatus may be operationally coupled to a remote server to alert vendors to deliver purchased products, services, and/or to provide emergency services to the user. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090303534 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A printing apparatus performs a printing process for a printing job including at least one print data and a series of process commands from a host apparatus. A session setup unit sets up a session with the host apparatus and other printing apparatus. A status obtaining unit obtains a status of the other printing apparatus that is in session with the printing apparatus. Upon performing the print process, a job synchronizing unit maintains a synchronization of the print job with the other printing apparatus that is in session with the printing apparatus. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090303535 | DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT METHOD - There is provided a technology of realizing adequate management of a version number suitable for the actual contents of each of the documents without imparting respective IDs to a plurality of documents which are management objects. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090303536 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - After a printing process of multiple copies starts, a process on print data received from a host starts. In a continuous process, a process of performing printing on the basis of generated image data and a process of once accumulating processed image data in an external image forming device, reading the accumulated image data, and printing the image data are dynamically switched therebetween. If the time for reading the image data accumulated in the external image forming device and processing the image data is longer than the time for printing generated image data in the continuous process, the process of performing printing on the basis of the generated image data is selected. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090303537 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - When a user selects an existing image forming apparatus and a virtual image forming apparatus, a job log acquisition unit acquires a job log from the selected existing image forming apparatus. A simulation unit calculates a processing speed of the existing image forming apparatus and a processing speed of the virtual image forming apparatus. The simulation unit performs job processing using the virtual image forming apparatus, and acquires a job log. The simulation unit compares the job log of the existing image forming apparatus and the job log of the virtual image forming apparatus, calculates a replacement effect, and outputs the replacement effect. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090303538 | IMAGE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND IMAGE COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image communication apparatus comprising a first FAX communication unit configured to make communications with a partner apparatus according to a first FAX communication function using a public telephone network, a second FAX communication unit configured to make communications with a partner apparatus according to a second FAX communication function using an IP network, an accepter unit configured to accept an operation designation of the first and second FAX communication functions, and a limiter unit configured to limit the first and second FAX communication functions based on the operation designation accepted by the accepter unit. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090303539 | USER INTERFACE FEEDBACK USING SCANNER LIGHT SOURCE - An image forming apparatus includes a scanning region and a user interface region adjacent to the scanning region. In the user interface, a first illuminated indicator corresponds to a function of the image forming apparatus. A light source is operable to illuminate an object in the scanning region. A first light conveying member is coupled to the illuminated indicator and operable to receive light from the light source. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090303540 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATING METHOD IN IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus according to the invention prevents communication with computers connected via a network from being uniformly restricted, and restricts the communication with the computers in accordance with a kind of received data or a kind of data process. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090303541 | SYSTEM FOR PRINTING AND INTERACTING WITH A DOCUMENT - A system for printing and interacting with a document. The system comprises a computer system, a printer connected to the computer system and an optically imaging pen. When the computer receives a request for printing the document, it allocates a document identity and determines coded data for the document. The printer prints the document including visible information and the coded data. The printed document is interactive with respect to the optically imaging pen, which reads the coded data and sends corresponding data to the computer system for interpretation. The sent data may be used to generate an e-mail. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090303542 | PRINTER FOR PRINTING INTERACTIVE FORMS - A printer is provided having an interface for receiving print data, a printhead for printing a form, using the received print data, by printing information related to at least one interactive element associated with the delivery of a greeting card, and coded data at least partially indicative of the at least one interactive element, at least some of the coded data being coincident with the information, a transceiver for receiving indicating data from a sensing device, the sensing device when placed in an operative position relative to the information, sensing at least some of the coded data and generating indicating data using the sensed coded data, the indicating data being at least partially indicative of the at least one interactive element, and a processor for transferring the indicating data to a computer system to allow the indicating data to be interpreted. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090303543 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus and image processing system make it possible to easily and fast perform electronization processing of reading a large quantity of manuscripts with a plurality of image processing apparatus to generate the images read from the large quantity of manuscripts as a piece of electronic data. To accomplish this, the image processing system is equipped with multi function peripherals (MFP) | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090310165 | AUTOMATIC DETECTION AND RECONFIGURATION OF DEVICES - Described is a technology by which movement of a shared network device (e.g., a printer or storage device) to a different network machine triggers an automatic reconfiguration of the device and/or the network machines, so that those machines remain able to share that device. Configuration data may be pushed to the network machines, pulled by the network machines, and/or provided to a server by which the network machines may access the confirmation data. Reconfiguration may include creating a system user account and modifying the permissions associated with the device so that the other machine has access permission to use the device via the created account. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090310166 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing system comprising: a terminal device; and a printing apparatus. The terminal device comprises: a job information generation unit for generating job information including identification information on a job issuer, and identification information with respect to the permitted recipient; and a job information transmission unit for transmitting the job information generated by the job information generation unit. The printing apparatus comprises: a permitted recipient information reception unit for receiving the identification information with respect to the permitted recipient; a job information reception unit for receiving the job information transmitted from the job information transmission unit; and a job execution unit for executing a printing process based on the job information including identification information with respect to a permitted recipient, which matches the identification information with respect to the permitted recipient received by the permitted recipient information reception unit, and outputting printed material related thereto. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090310167 | IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS, PRINTING METHOD AND PRINTING PROGRAM - An image formation apparatus includes an acquisition unit for acquiring image data from a server, a display unit for displaying first image data of a first image size based on the image data acquired by the acquisition unit, a printer for printing the image data on a recording medium, a setter for setting a size of the image data printed on the recording medium, and a specification unit for specifying second image data of a second image size corresponding to the first image data so that the printer prints the second image data of the size of the image data set by the setter. The acquisition unit acquires the second image data of the second image size specified by the specification unit. The printer prints the second image data of the size set by the setter. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090310168 | PRINTING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, WEB PAGE PRINTING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus is provided with: a job data reception processing portion that receives a command to print a web page and a conditional expression used to search for that web page from a terminal; a print execution processing portion that causes a printing device to print a web page based on the received command; a web browser portion that causes a search engine to search for a web page based on the received conditional expression and receives the results of that search; and a window display processing portion that causes the obtained results to be displayed in a display. The web browser portion furthermore obtains a web page selected by a user from the displayed results, and the print execution processing portion causes the printing device to print the obtained web page. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090310169 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS OF EFFICIENTLY STORING INFORMATION RELATING TO CLIENT APPARATUSES IN NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - A plurality of MFPs are connected to a data transfer system, and one of the MFPs functions as a representing MFP. The representing MFP monitors a connection status of the MFPs and a PC to the data transfer system. Upon detection of a change in the connection status, the representing MFP assigns the PC connected to the data transfer system after the change to each of the plurality of MFPs in an order up to a maximum number of PCs that can be connected, and has information necessary for carrying out data transfer to the PC be stored in the MFPs connected to the data transfer system in a distributed manner. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090310170 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE FOR REPRODUCING CONTENTS INFORMATION - An information processing device includes a plurality of modules for realizing a plurality of functions. The information processing device reproduces contents information and expects information which is to be inputted based on the functions relating to the reproduced contents information. Further, based on the expected information, the information processing device controls operations of at least some of the plurality of modules. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090310171 | PRINTING INSTRUCTING APPARATUS, PRINTING INSTRUCTING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Disclosed is a, printing instructing apparatus to instruct printing in an image forming apparatus, the apparatus including: a storage section to store a plurality of pieces of printing setting information, each piece of the information including a plurality of printing conditions regarding a plurality of setting items, respectively; a display section; an operation section to receive a selection of a piece of printing setting information to be applied at the time of printing execution among the plurality of pieces of printing setting information stored in the storage section; and a control section to obtain the selected printing setting information from the storage section, to respectively compare the printing conditions of the setting items in the selected printing setting information with those in reference printing setting information, and to recognizably display information indicating a difference between the selected printing setting information and the reference printing setting information in the display section. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090310172 | PRINTING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PULL PRINTING METHOD, PULL PRINTING PROGRAM EMBODIED ON COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - In order to reduce the number of times of authentication when printing data stored in a server is printed, an MFP includes: a printing data receiving portion to receive printing data from a server; a job executing portion to execute a job; a user authenticating portion; a job generating portion to generate a reserved job to form an image of printing data associated with the authenticated user; a suspending portion to temporarily prohibit the reserved job from being executed; a job identification information issuing portion to issue job identification information; a transmission demanding portion to transmit to the printing server a printing data transmission demand that demands transmission of the printing data and contains the job identification information; and a releasing portion to release the prohibition of execution of the reserved job when the printing data received in response to transmission of the printing data transmission demand is received together with the same job identification information as the reserved job. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090310173 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, VOICE GUIDE METHOD THEREOF AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes: a data memory that stores in itself voice guide data pieces; a voice output portion that outputs the voice guide data pieces stored in the data memory; and a controller. The controller prohibits a first voice guide data piece from being outputted according to a job by the voice output portion, while a second voice guide data piece is being outputted according to another job thereby. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090310174 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A selector selects one or more than one document files among those recorded in a memory, according to an instruction issued by a user, and a judgment portion judges whether by the simplified mode or the detailed mode the selected document file data should be outputted, according to an output condition that is determined in advance. And then, according to the judgment result, an output portion is controlled so that the selected document file could be outputted by the simplified mode or the detailed mode. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090310175 | PRINTING DEVICE, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - When a printing device is in a state in which a printing process of a print job including at least one print data and a series of process commands from a host apparatus cannot be executed, a printing processing unit transfers a printing right corresponding to the print job that is left unprinted to other printing device. When the printing device is in a state in which the printing process can be executed and if the printing right corresponding to the print job that is left unprinted is transferred to the printing device from the other printing device, the printing processing unit executes the printing process. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090310176 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus compares vector data of a target document and vector data of a stored document stored in the image processing apparatus, converts each of the vector data of the target document and the vector data of the stored document into text data and extracts a difference between the text data converted from the vector data of the target document and the text data converted from the vector data of the stored document to generate and store difference data in a text format. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090310177 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus, to which an accessory device is connectable, includes a control unit configured to control the image forming apparatus to start a preparation operation in which an image forming unit can form an image in response to a power supply, and a storage unit configured to store a connecting state between the image forming apparatus and the accessory device. The control unit determines, in response to the start of the power supply, whether the accessory device has been connected to the image forming apparatus before the power supply is stopped, with reference to information stored in the storage unit. Then, the control unit controls the image forming apparatus to start the preparation operation without waiting for the receiving of the information about the accessory device therefrom if the accessory device has not been connected to the image forming apparatus. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090310178 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING PROGRAM - An image forming device for executing an authentication print job including: a communication interface unit for receiving print data; a job data holding unit for holding job data based on the print data for the authentication print job; a user authentication unit for outputting the result of the user authentication to a control unit; a job execution unit for executing a job based on the job data; a job list generating unit for generating a list of the authentication print jobs; a display unit for displaying the list; and the control unit for, in receiving the result of the user authentication, acquiring a number of the authentication print jobs of the user authenticated by the user authentication, wherein, when the number is greater than or equal to a predetermined number, the control unit causes the job list generating unit to generate the list of the authentication print jobs of the authenticated user, the display unit to display the list, and the job execution unit to execute the authentication print job of the authenticated user. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090310179 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS USING LICENSE INFORMATION, METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus configured to communicate with an image forming apparatus is provided. The information processing apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive destination information transmitted from the image forming apparatus, a destination determining unit configured to determine the destination of the image forming apparatus by using the destination information transmitted to the receiving unit, a totalizing unit configured to totalize a number of image forming apparatuses associated with the determined destination, an operating-environment determining unit configured to determine the current operating environment based on the number of image forming apparatuses totalized by the totalizing unit, and a function limiting unit configured to limit at least one function of a program presented to the image forming apparatus based on the current operating environment determined by the operating-environment determining unit. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090310180 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE WHICH PERFORMS SETTING OF DEVICE BASED ON INFORMATION ACQUIRED - When a user uses an image processing device, the image processing device accesses a private PC of the user connected to a network to request acquisition of environmental information. A printer driver in the private PC collects various settings (including desktop theme, application settings, and device driver settings) from within the private PC. The settings are transmitted to the image processing device. The image processing device, based on the acquired setting information, changes the panel display, application settings, and others. This simplifies setting of the image processing device. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090310181 | DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM FOR DEVELOPING AND DELIVERING PHOTOGRAPHS - Methods, systems, and computer program products for delivering a hard copy print of a captured image are disclosed. A photo medium containing a captured image and a recipient address are received. A photofinishing location is selected based on the recipient address. Electronic data representing the photo medium is sent to a photofinisher associated with the photofinishing location. A photofinisher produces a hard copy print from the electronic data. The photographic print is delivered to a recipient at the recipient address. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090316181 | PRINTING CONTROL PROGRAM AND PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIA - [Task] When data is printed to a printing device from a computer, the printing is approved or not approved according to the data contents. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090316182 | METHOD OF INTEGRATE MANAGING INTEGRATED FACSIMILE DATA AND SYSTEM THEREOF - A method and system for managing facsimile (fax) data in an integrated manner. The system includes an integrated fax server, and a fax terminal configured to transmit and receive fax data via a first communication network and to transmit both the transmitted and received fax data to the integrated fax server via a second communication network. The integrated fax server stores fax data received from the fax terminal in a database. The fax terminal includes a fax machine connector configured to receive fax data from a fax machine, a first communication network connector configured to transmit and receive fax data via a first communication network, and a server interface unit configured to transmit fax data to the integrated fax server. Accordingly, the integrated fax server manages transmitted and received fax documents with increased efficiency and security. Thus, the difficulty of managing fax documents due to spacial restriction is diminished. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090316183 | Performance Of A Locked Print Architecture - Techniques are provided for processing a job, such as a print job or a facsimile (fax) job. A printing device comprises multiple modules that are developed in different programming languages. An inter-process communication channel is established between (a) a first module that is developed in a platform-independent programming language and (b) a second module that is developed in a platform-dependent programming language. The first module receives user input that identifies a particular print job. In response to the user input, the first module sends, via the inter-process communication channel, one or more instructions to the second module, which retrieves the print job, decrypts the print job, and causes the print job to be executed. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090316184 | Printing condition setting apparatus, printing condition setting method, and computer readable recording medium stored with printing condition setting program - A printing condition setting apparatus having a setting parameter data storage unit for storing a plurality of setting parameter data each including at least one setting parameter registered by the user's operation among a plurality of setting parameters specifying printing conditions; a setting parameter data reception unit for receiving the user's selection of one setting parameter data among a plurality of setting parameter data stored in said setting parameter data storage unit; and a setting parameter data call unit for calling up said one setting parameter data selected by the user to display the setting parameters included in said setting parameter data on a specific operating screen. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090316185 | BILLING AND PRINTING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, AND JOB PROCESSING METHOD FOR THE IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - Under a contention between a copy job and a print job, it is possible that a general user misunderstands that the payment he has made for the copy job is mistakenly used on the print job requested by another user. One solution to avoid such undesirable possibility is to display information indicating that the billing process is correctly done. Yet, the general user may fail to notice the display. In view of this, a billing and printing system prevents occurrence of job contention as long as the balance of payment made by a general user remains. An MFP included in the system does not accept any print job if a balance of received payment remains, and does not accept any payment if there is a queued print job. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090316186 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING HUMAN-BODY COMMUNICATION FUNCTION AND METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATION IN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - When a key input unit or a touch panel is pressed, a control unit identifies the commanded function. Then, the control unit causes a human-body communication unit to start processing for establishing human-body communication with a portable device worn by a user. On receiving user information from the portable device, the control unit makes reference to an authentication table and determines whether or not there is an entry for the received user information therein. Further, the control unit determines whether or not use of the identified function, out of the functions corresponding to the received user information, is allowed. The control unit performs display on the touch panel, according to the result of the determination. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090316187 | DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM AND COMPUTER DATA SIGNAL - A document management system includes a storage section, a reference electronic manuscript acquisition section, an edit part identification section and a document editing processing section. The storage section stores at least one of an electronic manuscript and an electronic document generated by combining plural electronic manuscripts. The reference electronic manuscript acquisition section acquires a reference electronic manuscript used for identifying a reference position of an edit part in an edit electronic document that is an electronic document to be edited and is read from the storage section. The edit part identification section identifies the edit part in the edit electronic document based on the reference electronic manuscript. The document editing processing section performs editing processing for the edit part identified by the edit part identification section, in units of electronic manuscripts. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090316188 | Data Processing Apparatus - A controller of a data processing apparatus recognizes connection of a USB memory to a USB terminal. The controller reads designation information stored in the USB memory. The designation information specifies a process to be executed by the data processing apparatus. The controller outputs an instruction for executing a process specified by the designation information to each portion of the data processing apparatus, such as a scanner portion or a printer portion, based on the designation information. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090316189 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, JOB EXECUTION SYSTEM, AND JOB EXECUTION METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes: a receiving portion that receives an authentication print job sent by a user; a comparison portion that compares identification information received through the user's input with identification information included in image data; a job execution portion that executes the authentication print job in the case where the comparison between the received identification information and the identification information included in the image data has succeeded; and a password storage portion that stores identification information in the case where the authentication print job is in the process of being received in order to enable the comparison made by the comparison portion with respect to the authentication print job that is being received. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090316190 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PRINT SERVER, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORED WITH IMAGE FORMING PROGRAM - If a user's instruction concerning at least one of print interruption and print cancellation is received by one of a plurality of printers while a print job is being executed split among the plurality of printers, a command for causing other printer that is executing printing processes based on the print job corresponding to the printing to execute a processes corresponding to the instruction is issued from the one of the plurality of printers. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090316191 | Image Forming System, Image Forming Method and Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming system includes an information processing apparatus, an image forming apparatus that is connected to the information processing apparatus so as to communicate with each other, a splitting unit that splits a page to be printed into a plurality of areas according to a preset splitting rule, a setting unit that respectively sets a print condition, which affects a usage amount of a color material used for printing, for each of the plurality of areas, and a printing unit that prints the page to be printed based on the print condition set to each of the plurality of areas. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090316192 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICE AND RECEPTION CONTROLLING METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICE - An aspect of the invention provides a communication terminal device that comprises: a communication counterpart information notification contract determination unit configured to determine if a counterpart communication terminal device communication received through a line has a communication counterpart information notification contract; and a communication controller configured to change a communication time parameter when the communication counterpart information notification contract determination unit determines that the counterpart communication terminal device of the received communication has the communication counterpart information notification contract. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090316193 | INPUT APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An input apparatus for a user to input an instruction into a body apparatus is disclosed. The input apparatus includes: a projection unit configured to project images of a plurality of virtual keys onto a projection area on a floor surface; a position detection unit configured to detect position information of a foot of the user put on the projection area; and a key detection unit configured to detect a virtual key corresponding to a position of the foot of the user from among the virtual keys based on information on the images of the virtual keys and a result of detection by the position detection unit. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090316194 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - Each of a plurality of image reading units reads an image of an original and outputs image data. An image processing unit performs an image processing on the image data based on either one of a read characteristic of the image data and a parameter set according to the read characteristic of the image data. A storing unit stores therein the image data. A printing unit prints the image data processed by the image processing unit. A communication unit exchanges the image data stored in the storing unit with other image forming apparatus for sharing printing of the image data. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090316195 | MULTI-DIMENSIONAL DATA REGISTRATION INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FOR DRIVING ARRAY-ARRANGEMENT DEVICES - A multi-dimensional data registration integrated circuit is configured for driving array-arrangement devices. The array-arrangement devices comprise a plurality of first hierarchy sets, each which comprises a plurality of second hierarchy sets. The multi-dimensional data registration integrated circuit comprises a first hierarchy address selection circuit, a second hierarchy address selection circuit and a data supply circuit. The first hierarchy address selection circuit scans the first hierarchy sets, and selects a unit of the first hierarchy sets to activate it. The second hierarchy address selection circuit scans the second hierarchy sets. The data supply circuit writes a plurality of data into each designated unit of the second hierarchy sets according to the scanning sequence of the second hierarchy address selection circuit. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090316196 | FINISHER AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - Disclosed is a finisher to perform finishing processing on a paper ejected from an image forming apparatus, including: a control section to switch an adjustment amount to be used in the finishing processing based on information of paper grain of the paper. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090316197 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - A type detecting part detects types of drawing objects included in a printing job. A rate detecting part detects a rate of each type of drawing object. A storing part stores the rate of each type of drawing object as a count value of a statistics counter which counts predetermined units of drawing objects for each type of drawing object. A comparing part compares a previously set printing quality with a recommended printing quality which is derived from count values of statistics counters. A changing part changes the previously set printing quality to the recommended printing quality when the previously set printing quality is different from the recommended printing quality. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090316198 | PUBLICIZED INFORMATION BROWSING SUPPORT SYSTEM, PUBLICIZED INFORMATION BROWSING SUPPORT METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMPUTER PROGRAM - A system receives a Web page and prints the same onto paper. Then, an image depicted on the paper is read. A written image that has been added to the paper after printing the Web page is obtained by comparing the Web page with the image. The latest version of the Web page is outputted together with the written image as required. A flag indicating whether or not a user has browsed the latest version is stored. Further, an update date/time of the Web page is received at every predetermined time. If the Web page has been outputted to the user, the flag of the user is updated to “already-read”. If the Web page is determined to have been updated based on the update date/time indicated in the received update date/time information, or if the written image has been obtained, all the flags are updated to “unread”. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090316199 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMPUTER PROGRAM - A terminal is provided with an image obtaining portion that obtains an image including a code representing a location of a web page, a web page obtaining portion that obtains the web page based on the code included in the image, a calculation portion that compares the image except the code with the web page to calculate a degree of relevance between the image except the code and the web page, and a print controller that issues a command to print the image with the code excluded if the degree of relevance is lower than a predetermined threshold, and to print the image without excluding the code if the degree of relevance is equal to or greater than the predetermined threshold. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090316200 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, LOG CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image forming apparatus for performing functions, includes a storage region configured to store logs of network services that execute the functions, wherein the storage region is divided into plural function segments each corresponding to one of the functions; a managing unit configured to manage the logs in groups formed by grouping together the network services in terms of the corresponding functions; a recording unit configured to record the logs of the network services into each of the function segments in the storage region according to the corresponding functions; and a stopping unit configured to stop the network services in terms of the groups managed by the managing unit, based on storage state information indicating an available space in each of the function segments in the storage region. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090316201 | DISPLAY-INTEGRATED IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - A large-format display is attached to a rear side face of a digital multifunction peripheral in an integrated manner, with a first display screen facing outside and a second display screen facing inside. A device control portion of the digital multifunction peripheral is connected to an external server apparatus via an external network. In this digital multifunction peripheral, various pieces of information managed by the server apparatus are displayed on the first display screen and the second display screen of the large-format display, and when switching the display of the display screens sequentially with time, the display of the first display screen and the display of the second display screen are switched with a time lag. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090316202 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS WHICH DOWNLOADS DATA VIA NETWORK, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND DATA PROCESSING PROGRAM EMBODIED ON COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - In order to facilitate designating page data, an MFP includes an operation portion to accept a user operation, the operating portion having a plurality of keys, a data acquiring portion to acquire a Web page written in a markup language, an extracting portion to extract link information included in the acquired Web page, and an assigning portion to assign to at least one of the plurality of keys an assignment command to execute a process on data stored in a link destination which is specified by the extracted link information. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090316203 | FAX TRANSMISSION SERVICE - A facsimile communication system and method for receiving an electronic facsimile, wherein the facsimile communication system provides access to the received electronic facsimile to a desired recipient having access to the internet, is disclosed. The facsimile communication system includes a facsimile device adapted to transmit an electronic facsimile a server system having a server input adapted to receive the electronic facsimile, a processor adapted to convert the electronic facsimile into a converted facsimile having a desired format and a database adapted to store the converted facsimile, and a user system adapted to access the database for retrieving the converted facsimile. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090316204 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An apparatus is provided which includes a storage unit configured to store original data; a determining unit configured to determine whether or not a user who gives an instruction to transmit the original data to another apparatus is the creator of the original data when the original data is transmitted to the other apparatus; and a transmitting unit configured, as a result of the determination by the determining unit, if the user is the creator of the original data, to transmit the original data in a data format that allows editing by the other apparatus; and if the user is not the creator of the original data, to transmit the original data in a data format that disables editing by the other apparatus. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090316205 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE SENDING APPARATUS - In one embodiment of the invention, an image processing apparatus is provided with a display unit that displays an operation screen, and is provided with an input processing unit that processes input of comment information to the operation screen of the display unit, and an output processing unit that outputs the comment information that has been input-processed by the input processing unit to the display unit. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090316206 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, JOB EXECUTION METHOD THEREOF AND RECORDING MEDIUM - If a job executed on the data to be processed is stopped due to interruption of a wireless communication with an image processing apparatus and a portable terminal, which happens to occur while the image processing apparatus is receiving the data to be processed, which is transmitted by the portable terminal, the image processing apparatus examines if the portable terminals connected before and after stop of the job execution are one and the same, and requests the portable terminal to retransmit the data to be processed. And then the image processing apparatus resumes executing the job on the data to be processed, which is retransmitted in response to the request. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090316207 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING THEREIN CONTROL PROGRAM FOR IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus which can execute an image process which is desired by a client while minimizing a connection time and an interactive communication between the client and the image processing apparatus is provided. To accomplish the above object, according to the invention, there is provided an image processing apparatus for receiving an agent including an operation train via a network and allowing an image processing unit to execute image processes. This apparatus is constructed by: control means for controlling the image processing unit; interpreting means for interpreting the operation train of the agent; and message output means for outputting a message to the control means in response to the operation train interpreted by the interpreting means. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090316208 | Image Inputting Apparatus, Image Outputting Apparatus, And Composite System That Includes Image Inputting Apparatus And Image Outputting Apparatus - An image-inputting apparatus into which an image is inputted is disclosed. The apparatus includes an information receiving section that receives a first item of information; a decision section that makes a determination as to whether the first item of information should be permitted to use the image-inputting apparatus, the determination being made based on the first item of information inputted into the image-inputting apparatus and a second item of information that has been registered previously in the image-inputting apparatus; and a transmitter that transmits the first item of information to an image-outputting apparatus. The image-inputting apparatus outputs the image to the image-outputting apparatus in accordance with the determination made by said decision section and a reply received from the image-outputting apparatus in response to transmission of the first item of information. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090323098 | METHOD FOR BATCH FILE PRINTING AND RELATED USER INTERFACE - A batch file printing method is described. A user opens a file using an application, and issues a print request. From the print dialog box, the user chooses to set printing preferences. The print preferences dialog box includes tabs for setting various printing references, and an additional batch file printing tab for selecting a number of files to be printed as the same batch using the same printing preferences. The batch file printing tab includes a file list box showing the files to be included in the batch and buttons allowing the user to add files to or remove files from the list. The selected files, along with the currently open file, are printed at once using the same printing preferences set by the user. The selected files may be in different folders, and may be different type of files. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090323099 | PRINTING METHOD AND PRINTER DRIVER PROVIDING USER INTERFACE FOR GENERATING OUTPUT FILES - A printing method is described that allows the user to conveniently either print a document, or generate an output file from it in a desired image file format and save the file for late use, or both at once. The user opens a document using an application, and issues a print request. From the print dialog box, the user chooses to set printing preferences. The print preferences dialog box includes an “output file” tab allowing the user to specify whether an output file is to be generated, specify an output file format, specify a destination for saving the output file, and specify whether hard copies of the document are to be printed on the printer. The method may be implemented as a part of a printer driver program. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090323100 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING FAX-DATA, FAX SERVER, AND FAX SYSTEM AND METHOD THEROF - Provided are a fax data transmission controller, a fax server, a fax system. and a method of providing the fax system. The fax data transmission controller can store fax data received via a public switched telephone network (PSTN), and transmit the stored fax data to a fax server, to a facsimile, or to a user computer. The fax server can filter fax data that is received or to be transmitted, and perform authentication on the content of the fax data. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090323101 | Image Processing System and Image Processing Condition Setting Program - In an image processing system including an image processing portion configured to process an image according to a plurality of processing conditions which are individually settable to a set value, a control portion displays a first setting screen on a display portion, so that the set value of at least one processing condition can be changed on the first setting screen according to an external input. The control portion additionally displays a second setting screen on the display portion in response to change of the set value of a processing condition on the first setting screen, so that the second setting screen includes information on at least one relevant processing condition associated with the changed processing condition, and the set value of the at least one relevant processing condition can be changed on the second setting screen according to an external input. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090323102 | JOB PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME,AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A job processing apparatus includes a display unit that displays a job setting screen for receiving a job setting, an obtaining unit for obtaining information indicating a configuration of the job processing apparatus after the job processing apparatus is started, and a display control unit that causes the display unit to display a first job setting screen before the obtaining unit obtains the information indicating the configuration of the job processing apparatus. The display control unit causes, after the obtaining unit obtains the information indicating the configuration after the job processing apparatus is started, the display unit to display a second job setting screen based on the obtained information indicating the configuration. The display control unit also causes the display unit to display the second job setting screen which has taken over setting of a job via the first job setting screen. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090323103 | MAINTENANCE SYSTEM OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND MAINTENANCE METHOD OF THE SAME - A maintenance system of an image forming apparatus is composed of an image forming apparatus and a central management apparatus connected to it via a communication line. The image forming apparatus is composed of an image forming unit for forming an image, an information output unit for outputting intra-machine information of the image forming unit, a voice information input unit for inputting voice information of a user of the image forming unit, and a first communication controller for outputting the intra-machine information and voice information via the communication line. A central management apparatus is composed of a second communication controller connected to the communication line for inputting the intra-machine information and voice information which are outputted from the image forming apparatus, an emotional condition recognition unit for recognizing the emotional condition of the user of the image forming apparatus on the basis of the voice information received by the second communication controller, a support data storage unit for storing beforehand support information corresponding to the intra-machine information and emotional condition, a main controller for extracting the corresponding support information from the support information storage unit on the basis of the intra-machine information received by the second communication controller and the emotional condition of the user recognized by the emotional condition recognition unit, and an input/output unit for reporting the support information extracted by the main controller to an operator. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090323104 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a state determination unit configured to determine a state of a machine body, an input determination unit configured to receive an operation of a user, and a content delivery unit configured to perform content delivery using a transmission system of terrestrial digital broadcasting based on a request signal from the state determination unit or the input determination unit. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090323105 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including: a display section for executing display based on image data including a plurality of images; a first image processing section for generating first images respectively corresponding to the images included in the image data, to which an image process based on information of a job is not executed; a second image processing section for generating a second image obtained by executing the image process based on the information of the job to the image data of the first image currently displayed in the display section; and a control section for causing the display section to display the first image corresponding to the image data to which the job is set and to switch the currently displayed first image to the corresponding second image after completing a generation of the second image by the second image processing section. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090323106 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM CODE THAT CAUSES THE IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM TO EXECUTE THE METHOD - An image processing system to perform image processing using an image processing device having a function appropriate for a request from a user. The image processing system includes multiple image processing devices each having a different function and connected to a network, a function data storage unit to store function data of each of the multiple image processing devices, a unit to compare the function data stored in the function data storage unit with the request input by the user to obtain a function not implemented in the image processing system, and a display unit to display the function not implemented in the image processing system. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090323107 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, ACTIVATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming device includes an information storage part which stores sales package information and function package information. A function package information updating part increments, when activation of a sales package is performed, an activation component number of each of program components of the sales package in the function package information, and sets a flag of one of the program components to an activated state when the flag of one of the program components prior to the activation indicates a deactivated state. A starting information updating part registers a component identifier of one of the program components into starting information when the flag of one of the program components is changed from the deactivated state to the activated state by the activation. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090323108 | IMAGE OUTPUT SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, IMAGE INPUT APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND IMAGE OUTPUT APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image output system connecting an image input apparatus and an image output apparatus by a close proximity wireless communication, and outputting by the image output apparatus of image data transmitted from the image input apparatus by the wireless communication. The image input apparatus detects a connection condition of the wireless communication, generates a script for defining an output processing according to at least a user operation, and transmits the script to the image output apparatus when the disconnection is detected after image data transmission, and the connection is detected again after disconnection detection. The image output apparatus detects the connection condition of the wireless communication, suspend output processing of the image data when the disconnection is detected during the image data output processing, and controls the image data output processing according to the script received from the image input apparatus when the connection is detected again. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090323109 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus sets print setting information applied to a document upon printing and finishing information applied to a printed matter of the document and designates a first printing apparatus for executing the printing. In the case where the first printing apparatus can execute a process regarding the set finishing information, the information processing apparatus transmits print data including the print setting information and the finishing information to the first printing apparatus. In the case where the first printing apparatus cannot execute the process regarding the finishing information, the information processing apparatus designates a second printing apparatus for executing the process regarding the finishing information, transmits the print data including the print setting information to the first printing apparatus and transmits the print data including the finishing information to the second printing apparatus. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090323110 | RELAY SERVER FOR PRINT SERVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - File name data is transmitted from a mobile telephone to a relay server. The file specified by the file name data is read from a database and transmitted to a print service server. In response, a reservation code is transmitted from the print service server to the mobile telephone via the relay server. The user of the mobile telephone goes to a store where a printer has been installed and inputs the reservation code to the printer. The reservation code is transmitted from the printer to the print service server and the file corresponding to the reservation code is transmitted to and printed by the printer. Since the mobile telephone need only transmit the file name data in a case where printing is performed at the printer, data traffic through the mobile telephone is reduced. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090323111 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image processing controller suspends an operation of hardware when receiving instructions of an interrupt of an event that should be executed with higher priority than rendering, such as a copy job, during execution of rendering by the hardware. Then, an information processing controller executes the rendering, which was being executed by the hardware, by software. Accordingly, even if an interrupt to suspend the operation of the hardware occurs during rendering by the hardware, the rendering can be completed as quickly as possible without waiting for restart of the operation of the hardware. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090323112 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PRINT DATA PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus judges whether or not a close-range wireless communication with a portable terminal is enabled during a period until a printer completes printing out print data. Based on a result drawn from the judgment and a print operation status of the image forming apparatus itself, which is indicated until completion of printing out the print data, the image forming apparatus deletes the print data from the memory or keeps the print data recorded in the memory. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090323113 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image forming apparatus includes setting means configured to set writing start address for each line of image data, based on information for correcting distortion of a scanning line, correction means configured to read the image data from storage means on a line-by-line basis in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction of the image, and execute correction processing to write the image data in the storage means from the writing start address set by the setting means on a line-by-line basis in the second direction of the image, output means configured to read the image data corrected by the correction means from the storage means on a line-by-line basis in the first direction of the image to output the image data. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090323114 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Upon receiving, from a source image forming apparatus, image data that has been subjected to a preceding stage of image processing in the source image forming apparatus, an image forming apparatus of the present invention judges whether or not the image data has added thereto related information, such as the model name of the source image forming apparatus, which specifies the contents of the preceding stage of image processing. In a case where the image data has related information added thereto, the image forming apparatus performs an image conversion process on the image data according to the related information so that the image data can be compatibly subjected to a subsequent stage of image processing in the image forming apparatus, and then stores the image data in a hard disk. This makes it possible to output a high-quality image even in a case where an image processing operation for image-quality adjustment is separately carried out in different image forming apparatuses. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090323115 | SCAN-TO-EMAIL WITH EXPORT LIMITATIONS - A scan-to-email function in a networked scanner device checks a destination email address entered by the user at the local user interface of the scanner against pre-programmed criteria for allowed email addresses. If the destination email address does not fulfil the criteria, the scan-to-email process is automatically stopped. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090323116 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE HAVING THE CAPABILITY OF PERFORMING INFORMATION EXHANGE BETWEEN A FACSIMILE MEDIUM AND AN ELECTRONIC INFORMATION MEDIUM SUCH AS AN E-MAIL MEDIUM - A communication device allows a user to get access from the outside via an external public line to obtain e-mail data stored in a device connected to an internal system via a computer network such as a LAN without causing a reduction in security. More specifically, the communication device is connected to a LAN via a LAN I/F and also connected to the public line via a line I/F. If the communication device receives a remote operation command via the public line, a CPU of the communication device gets access to a post office of an e-mail server so as to get e-mail data in accordance with the remote operation command. The obtained e-mail data is converted to facsimile image data and transmitted by means of facsimile to a specified destination. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090323117 | PRINTER RESOURCE SHARING IN A MEDIA EXCHANGE NETWORK - Systems and methods of printer resource sharing in a communication network are provided. In one embodiment, the system may comprise, for example, at least one communication device, a communication network, print server software, and at least one personal printer resource. The communication device may be deployed at a location. The communication network may be communicatively coupled to that communication device. The print server software may receive from the communication device via the communication network a request for printing of information content. The print server software may respond by coordinating the printing of the information content. The at least one personal printer resource may be communicatively coupled to the at least one communication device. The print server software may reside outside of the at least one personal printer resource, and the at least one personal printer resource may be accessed for printing by the communication device via the communication network. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090323118 | DEVICE TO EDIT DOCUMENTS FOR PRINTOUT AND METHOD THEREOF - A device and method of editing documents created in different application programs and stored in a storage unit of a printer to create a new document according to a minimum unit. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090323119 | METHOD OF DELIVERING GREETING CARD USING FORM AND COMPUTER SYSTEM - A method is provided of delivering a greeting card using a form and computer system. The form includes an interactive element associated with delivery of the greeting card and tags encoding data relating to the interactive element. The method is carried out in the computer system and includes receiving indicating data generated by a sensing device through interaction with the interactive element, identifying, using the received indicating data, the interactive element, and delivering, using the identified interactive element, a greeting card. The sensing device senses the tags through the interaction, decodes the data encoded by the sensed tags and generates the indicating data to include the decoded data. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100002251 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND PROGRAM - It is determined whether or not a change request for changing an array of a plurality of items of job information on a job list screen to a second array being different from a first array is inputted via a user interface. If it is determined that the change request is inputted, a job list screen is displayed in which the array of the plurality of items of job information is changed to the second array. Display contents of the user interface are changed in response to a user operation with respect to a print job displayed on the job list screen. If the change request is inputted prior to the user operation, the job list screen in the second array is redisplayed upon the conclusion of processing due to the user operation. If the change request is not inputted prior to the user operation, the job list screen in the first array is redisplayed. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100002252 | PRINT SYSTEM AND PRINT CONTROL METHOD AND PRINTING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM THEREOF - A print system having a printing apparatus and a post-processing apparatus, and a print control method thereof are capable of executing an inline job requiring printing by the printing apparatus and post-processing by the post-processing apparatus and an offline job that does not include print processing by the printing apparatus but requires post-processing by the post-processing apparatus, and allow a recovery process for carrying out unfinished processing in the inline job when the inline job is interrupted during execution thereof. On the other hand, if the offline job is interrupted, that offline job is canceled and, if there is a job that is unaffected by a cause of the interruption, execution of that job is allowed. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100002253 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, HOST CLIENT, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND MANAGING METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus, a host client, an image forming system and a managing method thereof are provided. The managing method of an image forming system which includes an image forming apparatus, and a host client which is connected to the image forming apparatus, includes determining whether a predetermined event of the image forming apparatus happens or not, informing at least one host client whether to perform an uninstalling of a printer driver which corresponds to the image forming apparatus or not if the predetermined event happens, selecting the uninstalling of the printer driver depending on the informing, and deleting the printer driver of the host client depending on the selecting. Thus, the present general inventive concept provides an image forming apparatus, a host client, an image forming system and a managing method thereof efficiently managing a control program corresponding to the image forming apparatus. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100002254 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming apparatus includes a shared processing unit configured to define processes used in common by a plurality of function implementing units, and a management unit configured to store in memory a logic name and identification information identifying a function implementing unit for each of the plurality of function implementing units such that the logic name and the identification information are associated with each other, and to generate a logic unit based on a logic name associated with given identification information contained in a request if the given identification information contained in the request is stored in the memory, the logic unit serving to cause a function implementing unit identified by the given identification information to perform processing, wherein the shared processing unit is configured to request the logic unit generated by the management unit to process a requested item contained in the request. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100002255 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus connected to a network in which a plurality of devices having a transmission request reception function for transmitting a transmission-requested image to a designated destination is installed and including an address book used for registering destination data indicating the designated destination includes an address registration unit configured to register, in the address book, transmission request destination data designating one of the plurality of devices and the destination data in association with each other, an address designation unit configured to designate the destination data registered by the address registration unit, an image designation unit configured to designate an image to be transmitted, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the image designated by the image designation unit and the destination data designated by the address designation unit to the device designated by the transmission request destination data associated with the destination data. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100002256 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An object of the present invention is to provide an image forming apparatus and an image forming method by which image data are prepared for performing image processing at high speed and while saving memory. Vector data are generated from data scanned by a scanning unit. In this process, a printing direction is determined from a content input from an operating unit or information on an outputting device. If the printing direction and the scanning direction differ, control of an order of the data is performed to prepare a document after rotation. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100002257 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - Even when vector data contains resolution dependent data, the vector data is generated at a resolution of quality without deterioration even if the vector data is output from any device on a network. When spooling the vector data, an MFP | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100002258 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A printing apparatus includes a first acquiring unit configured to acquire a print target document; a second acquiring unit configured to acquire update history information about update history of the document acquired by the first acquiring unit; a third acquiring unit configured to acquire print history information about print history of the document, a generating unit configured to generate print image data based on the document, a receiving unit configured to receive a command to print the document, an identifying unit configured to, when the receiving unit receives a command to print the document, identify, as print target image data, the print image data that includes an image of an updated page in the document, based on the update history information acquired by the second acquiring unit and layout information included in the print history information acquired by the third acquiring unit, out of the print image data generated by the generating unit; and a printing unit configured to execute printing based on the print image data identified by the identifying unit. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100002259 | DOCUMENT READING DEVICE, AND IMAGE TRANSMITTING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING DOCUMENT READING DEVICE - A document reading device is provided that may perform preview display to enable read contents to be checked if it is determined that a blank sheet exists among read document images. This document reading device includes a document reading portion, a blank-sheet determining portion that determines blank-sheet image data among document image data read by the document reading portion, and a preview displaying portion that performs preview display for image data excluding the blank-sheet image data determined by the blank-sheet determining portion, and the preview displaying portion is capable of performing re-preview display of all the image data read by the document reading portion for the image data excluding the blank-sheet image data displayed in the preview display. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100002260 | SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR TRANSMITTING ELECTRONIC MAIL USING A CONVENTIONAL FACSIMILE DEVICE - This invention relates to a system for combining an electronic mail (email) address or addresses and/or facsimile telephone numbers into a fax message, so that when received by a server the fax document is processed and transmitted as an email attachment to the email addresses or a fax message to the telephone numbers of the intended fax recipients. This allows the user to be able to send faxes and emails from a conventional fax machine or personal computer without having an Internet connection. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100002261 | PRINT SYSTEM INFORMATION PROCESSING APPRATUS, PRINTING METHOD AND PROGRAM - Secrecy of printed matter is raised and charges for a storing area are more accurately charged. According to the invention, a printing apparatus is instructed so as to store print data corresponding to a print request into one of a plurality of storing areas. The print data is transmitted to the printing apparatus. The user is notified of authentication information corresponding to the print data stored in one of the plurality of storing areas. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100002262 | DISPLAY TERMINAL AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT THEREFOR - A display terminal that displays a file such that the file can be viewed includes storage device that stores files in groups, selection device that selects a file to be printed from among the files stored in the storage device, and printing instruction transmission device that transmits to the printer a printing instruction of a file that indicates a predetermined attribute, among files in a group to which the file selected by the selection device belongs. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100007909 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DELETING SECURE PRINT JOBS - A method and apparatus for deleting secure print jobs sent to an image production device is disclosed. The method may include receiving a secure print job and secure print job delete instructions from a user that include a secure print job expiration time, setting a secure print job delete timer based on the secure print job expiration time, determining if the secure print job delete timer has expired, wherein if it is determined that the secure print job delete timer has expired, deleting the secure print job, otherwise determining if the secure print job has been printed, wherein if it is determined that the secure print job has been printed, the secure print job delete timer is set to zero. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100007910 | ECONOMIC MODEL FOR PRINTING WITH A PEER NETWORK OF PRINTING DEVICES - At least two printing devices receive a print job from a user that has printing data and printing specifications. Each of the printing devices calculates an ability score based on each printing device's ability to meet each of the printing specifications. The printing devices each output their ability score to the user. The printing devices then receive an indication as to which printing device is the selected print device, and instructions to print the print job are thus sent from the user to the selected print device. Then, the selected print device prints the print job on tangible media to produce a tangible output. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100007911 | Method and system for augmenting imaging device with non-native job settings - A method and system for augmenting an imaging device with non-native job settings without unduly complicating the processing of imaging jobs that utilize only native job settings is disclosed. In one aspect, an imaging device comprises a processor, a user interface communicatively coupled with the processor and a network interface communicatively coupled with the processor, wherein under control of the processor in response to job settings selected on the user interface for an imaging job the imaging device selectively invokes via the network interface an external process to process the imaging job per at least one selected job setting based on a determination of whether at least one selected job setting is non-native to the imaging device. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100007912 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM AND COMPUTER DATA SIGNAL - An image processing apparatus includes an image receiving unit, an extraction unit, a determination unit, an area conversion unit and an image concealing unit. The image receiving unit receives an image. The extraction unit extracts a portion having been additionally written in the image received by the image receiving unit. The determination unit determines an area to be concealed in the received image based on the additionally written portion extracted by the extraction unit. The area conversion unit converts the area determined by the determination unit. The image concealing unit conceals the area determined by the determination unit in the received image using an area obtained by the conversion of by the area conversion unit. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100007913 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming system for obtaining a counter value of a requested event comprises an image forming apparatus storing counter reference sequence data and counter values and a terminal apparatus specifying event types for the counter values using the counter reference sequence data and obtaining the counter value of the requested event type. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100007914 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus linked to a network includes a central processing unit CPU, a power management unit, a physical layer, a packet engine unit, a packet filter, and a transmission control unit. The packet engine unit transmits a packet to the network. The packet filter receives a packet from the network. The transmission control unit controls packet transmission. The power management unit supplies power to the physical layer, packet filter, and packet engine unit but not the CPU during a low-power mode. The packet engine unit includes an identification data generator, a message data generator, and a packet frame generator. The identification data generator generates identification data. The message data generator generates message data. The packet frame generator generates a packet by combining the identification data and message data. The transmission control unit transmits the packet periodically during the low-power mode. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100007915 | IMAGE SENDING APPARATUS - Provided is an image sending apparatus capable of preventing that, in sending image data with additional information such as sending source information added thereto, the additional information is overlaid on a part other than a margin of the image data. The image sending apparatus is provided with an image display portion for displaying a preview of image data and is capable of sending the image data with additional information added thereto. The image sending apparatus is provided with a display control portion for displaying information showing an adding position at which the additional information is added to the image data subjected to a preview display on the image display portion in the preview display. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100007916 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - An information processing system in which a source information processing apparatus is capable of performing a job cooperatively with a destination information processing apparatus, is provided. The system includes an instruction unit configured to cause the source information processing apparatus to submit a cooperative job to the destination information processing apparatus, and a control unit configured to restrict manipulation of the submitted cooperative job at the destination information processing apparatus and to enable the manipulation of the cooperative job according to an instruction from the source information processing apparatus. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100007917 | CONFIGURABLE DOCUMENT SERVER - A configurable document server is described. In some embodiments, the configurable document server can enable administrators to set an option that prevents documents from being routed to users when the configurable document server experiences some types of errors. When the configurable document server determines that such an error condition exists, it may prevent the routing of the corresponding document. By preventing documents causing errors from being routed, the configurable document server enables administrators to improve the accuracy of document workflow and thereby improve productivity of users. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100007918 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An information processing apparatus capable of freely and dynamically defining a releasing procedure of a using limitation of an apparatus and an deleting procedure for information held in an apparatus by a manager. An acquisition unit acquires information about an expiration date of the apparatus. A first determination unit determines whether the expiration date expires based on the acquired information. A limitation unit limits use of the apparatus when the expiration date expires. A registration unit registers a specific processing procedure executed by the apparatus as work flow information. A second determination unit determines whether the work flow information has been registered. A third determination unit determines whether a user instructs an execution of the processing procedure when the work flow information has been registered. An execution unit executes the processing procedure under the use limited condition, when the user instructs the execution of the processing procedure. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100007919 | DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - In a document management apparatus, a document search unit is configured to operate under the control of a main controller to search for document entities and objects from a document information storage unit via a document information operation unit and acquire document entities and objects found in the search operation. A degree-of-association calculator is configured to operate under the control of the main controller to calculate the degrees of association between objects for the objects stored in the document information storage unit and register the calculated degrees of association in a degree-of-association information storage unit via a degree-of-association information operation unit. A degree-of-association information search unit is configured to operate under the control of the main controller to search for degree-of-association information between objects from the degree-of-association information storage unit via the degree-of-association information operation unit and acquire the degree-of-association information found in the search operation. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100007920 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus capable of efficiently using a removable medium when the removable medium is used instead of a memory provided in the image processing apparatus. The apparatus includes a RAM for storing image data, a removable medium I/F to which the removable medium is coupled, and a CPU. The CPU confirms the remaining capacity of the RAM and determines based on the remaining capacity confirmed during execution of a job and a job operation mode whether the job can be continued by using only the RAM. When it is determined that the job cannot be continued, image data to be saved is selected according to a predetermined priority order, and the selected image data is saved from the RAM onto the removable medium. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100007921 | DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, DISPLAY METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM THEREFOR - A display device capable of informing a user of a plurality of condition information items correctly even if a display area is restricted. A determination unit determines whether a plurality of conditions should be displayed on a display unit. A first display unit displays the condition information items showing the respective conditions to be displayed in turn in contracted messages, which are created by contracting the respective condition information items so as to be fitted within a display area of the display unit, when the determination unit determines that the plurality of conditions should be displayed. A second display unit displays the condition information item showing the condition to be displayed in a detailed message, which does not contract the condition information item, when the determination unit determines that one condition should be displayed. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100007922 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND PROGRAM FOR IMPLEMENTING THE CONTROL METHOD - An image forming apparatus which is capable of bringing processing devices, such as sheet feed devices and post-processing devices connected respectively to the image forming apparatus, into operable states in timing optimal for carrying out an image forming job, thereby improving productivity and operation rate of the image forming apparatus as well as saving energy. A print job is analyzed to determine at least one sheet feed device and at least one post-processing device to be used in executing the print job, and states of the determined devices are checked to determine at least one of the sheet feed device and the post-processing device to be caused to start a preparatory operation in advance before the print job is executed. Power supply to the at least one of the sheet feed device and the post-processing device is turned on in timing such that the preparatory operation is completed in time for the start of execution of the print job. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100014112 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - Device B requests a network service of device A, and devices B and A are set in a client mode and server mode, respectively. Further, a mode is set in which the console unit of device A is controlled from that of device B, and image data scanned and created by the scanner of device B is processed as image data scanned by that of device A. In response to process start designation input from the console unit of device B, device A designates device B to scan an image using the scanner of device B. In response to the designation, device B transmits image data scanned by the scanner of device B to device A. Device A executes a process corresponding to setting information for the image data. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100014113 | IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - An image-forming apparatus has an image-forming mode during which an image is formed on a recording medium and a power-saving mode in which power consumption is reduced relative to in the image-forming mode, and comprises: a continuously-powered unit powered in the image-forming mode and the power-saving mode; and a non-continuously-powered unit powered in the image-forming mode but not in the power-saving mode, wherein the continuously-powered unit includes: a communication unit connected with an external network; a storage unit storing data input via the communication unit; and a processing unit performing processing based on data stored in the storage unit when the power-saving mode is switched to the image-forming mode. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100014114 | Printing system - A printing system includes a plurality of printing apparatus; a plurality of host devices sharing the printing apparatus; and an administrative server for administrating the printing apparatus and the host devices. In the printing system, the printing apparatus, the host devices, and the administrative server are connected to with each other through a network. The printing apparatus are operated one of a plurality of operation modes. The administrative server instructs the printing apparatus to operate one of the operation modes according to mode setting information. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100014115 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus configured to control an image forming apparatus and a post-processing apparatus configured to execute post-processing on a product output by the image forming apparatus includes a registration unit configured to register a job ticket, a searching unit configured to search for a job ticket that can be used for issuing an instruction to the post-processing apparatus from among the job tickets registered by the registration unit, and an instruction unit configured to issue an instruction to the post-processing apparatus by utilizing the job ticket extracted as a result of the search by the searching unit. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100014116 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - The present invention provides an image forming system, an image forming apparatus, an image processing apparatus, and an image forming method which can reduce an increase in the amount of data even when printing image data with a high resolution. In the present invention, obtained PDL data is divided into vector data and raster data according to attributes of objects, and based on edges of each object of the vector data, an irradiation timing of a light emitting device when printing the object is obtained, and a vector print signal for printing the vector data from the timing is generated. A generated vector print signal is scanned by the light emitting device, and according to a resolution of the raster data, the raster data is scanned by the light emitting device. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100014117 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, BILLING METHOD THEREOF AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus comprises: an image data obtainer that obtains image data by a Web browser from a Website via a network; a printer that prints out the obtained image data and other image data; and a billing portion that bills a usage fee if the Web browser is used, meanwhile discounts the usage fee to be billed if the Web browser is used and also the image data obtained by the Web browser is printed out by the printer. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100014118 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - An image forming system capable of determining whether a detected communication speed reaches a communication speed needed for printing the received printing data successfully according to printing ability of an image forming apparatus. A detection unit detects a communication speed of wireless communication executed between the image forming apparatus and an information processing apparatus. An obtainment unit obtains a communication speed needed so that the image forming apparatus successfully prints the print data that is received by using wireless communication according to a printing ability of the image forming apparatus. A determination unit determines whether the communication speed detected by the detection unit reaches the communication speed obtained by the obtainment unit or not. A notification unit notifies a user that the detected communication speed is insufficient when the determination unit determines that the communication speed detected by the detection unit does not reach the communication speed obtained by the obtainment unit. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100014119 | MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR PRINTING AN INTERFACE SURFACE IN RESPONSE TO RECEIVED DATA - A mobile telecommunications device is disclosed. The mobile telecommunications device includes an image sensor for sensing coded data from a printed interface whilst the mobile telecommunications device is used to physically interact with the printed interface. The mobile telecommunications device also includes a processor configured to decode the sensed coded data. The data generated by the processor is then transmitted to a computer system via a mobile telecommunications network and using a transmitter of the mobile telecommunications device. A receiver of the mobile telecommunications device receives response data via the mobile telecommunications network in response to the data being transmitted. An integral printer mechanism of the mobile telecommunications device is configured to print another interface onto print media. The other interface also includes coded data, but is at least partially based on the response data. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100020346 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINTING OF A PRINT JOB IN A PRINTING SYSTEM - A system and method of controlling printing of a print job in a printing system is provided. The print job includes a first section and a second section, with each one of the first and second sections including copyrighted content for which copyright clearance is required prior to printing. In one example of operation, the first and second sections are stored in memory and it is determined that copyright clearance is unavailable for one of the first and second sections. In response to such determining, either (1) printing of the one of the first and second sections is prohibited until it can be determined that a selected condition has been met, or (2) at least one operation is performed with respect to the one of the first and second sections so that only pages for which copyright clearance has been obtained can be printed. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100020347 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINTING OF A PRINT JOB IN A PRINTING SYSTEM - A system for controlling printing of a print job in a printing system is provided. In practice, a first value corresponding with a first proposed number of prints to be produced with the printing system is stored in a memory communicating with the controller. When the first value exceeds a number for which copyright clearance is available, a controller changes the first value corresponding with the first proposed number of prints to be produced to a second value corresponding with a second proposed number of prints to be produced. Additionally, when a selected condition is met the controller uses the second value corresponding with the second proposed number of prints to be produced to control the number of prints produced by the printing system. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100020348 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINTING OF A PRINT JOB IN A PRINTING SYSTEM - A system for controlling printing of a print job in a printing system is provided. In practice, a first value corresponding with a first proposed number of prints to be produced with the printing system is stored in a memory communicating with the controller. When use of the first value for printing the print job would cause the copyright royalty to exceed a selected threshold, the controller changes the first value corresponding with the first proposed number of prints to be produced to a second value corresponding with a second proposed number of prints to be produced. Additionally, when a selected condition is met the controller uses the second value corresponding with the second proposed number of prints to be produced to control the number of prints produced by the printing system. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100020349 | System and Method for Location Based Printing for Healthcare Data - Certain embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems for location and/or rules based printing for healthcare data. Certain embodiments provide a printing system for printing health care data. The printing system includes a user device and a plurality of printers. The printing system further includes a processor operably connected to the user device and to the plurality of printers that is configured to associate a location with the user device, and to select at least one printer from among the plurality of printers to provide a print out requested from the user device based on the location associated with the user device. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100020350 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS TO CONTROL A POWER SUPPLY, AND METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus for controlling power supply is provided. An image forming apparatus includes at least one cover unit to be mounted in the image forming apparatus, at least one replaceable unit to participate in an image forming operation of the image forming apparatus, a sensing unit to sense whether the at least one cover unit is opened or closed, and a main board unit to cut off the power supply to the at least one replaceable unit for a predetermined period of time when the at least one cover unit is opened or closed. Accordingly, stable operation is enabled. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100020351 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes: a plurality of different conversion processing systems that converts page description language data into raster image data; a conversion control unit that controls each of the different conversion processing systems to convert page description language data to be inspected into raster image data; and a difference information outputting unit that outputs difference information in a case where there is a difference among the raster image data as conversion results obtained by the conversion processing systems. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100020352 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus, wherein a SOAP processing section determines, when a communication processing section receives a document data request message from a client apparatus, whether a request message for causing an image reading apparatus to read a document image and to generate document data and requesting transmission of the document data or a request message for requesting transmission of the document data within a document box is represented by the document data request message, generates a response message containing the document data corresponding to the document data request message, and causes the communication processing section to transmit the response message to the client apparatus. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100020353 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including: a data storage device that stores a user registration information item and/or user group registration information item as address book data; a communication processing section that receives a registration request message described in XML so as to include a plurality of user registration information items and/or user group registration information items; a SOAP processing section that extracts, when the communication processing section receives the registration request message from a client apparatus, each of the plurality of user registration information items and/or user group registration information items that are specified in the registration request message; and a control section that registers the user registration information item and/or user group registration information item that are extracted from the SOAP processing section in the address book data. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100020354 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - This invention provides an image forming apparatus capable of smoothly controlling option apparatuses while suppressing power consumed by conveyance, compared to a conventional technique. To achieve this, the control unit of the image forming apparatus issues a control instruction by serial communication via a common communication line to drive not all but two or more option apparatuses at once. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100020355 | PRINT CONTROL MECHANISM BASED ON PRINTING ENVIRONMENT - An image forming apparatus implements a print restriction depending on the environment of the image forming apparatus, such as who is or is not near the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus communicates with a short-range wireless terminal for authenticating print data with reference to access right information in which document identifying information identifying the print data is associated with wireless terminal identifying information identifying the short-range wireless terminal. The image forming apparatus includes an acquiring unit for acquiring the wireless terminal identifying information from the short-range wireless terminal; a determining unit for determining whether the printing of the print data should be permitted or not based on the wireless terminal identifying information acquired by the acquiring unit and the access right information; and a control unit for controlling the printing of the print data depending on a result of the determination made by the determining unit. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100020356 | PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - Print commands are saved in increments of pages, based on usable storage capacity, at the time of printing processing of a first copy, so that page spacing to save the print commands is as uniform as possible. At the time of printing processing of the second copy, the stored print commands are reused and transferred to a printer, and the print commands not stored are generated again. The transferring and generating of the print commands are performed in parallel. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100020357 | Image Outputting Apparatus - An image outputting apparatus includes: a consumables residual quantity detecting unit which detects a residual quantity of consumables; a job attribute determining unit which determines a job attribute of a print output job; and an output availability determining unit which determines whether a print output is available, wherein the output availability determining unit performs a first determining process of determining whether to perform only the print output or to perform the print output while storing the print output job data in accordance with the job attribute determined by the job attribute determining unit, when the consumables residual quantity detecting unit detects that the residual quantity of the consumables is equal to or less than a predetermined quantity. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100027049 | RECEIVING STATION FOR MOBILE HOST EQUIPMENT, AND METHOD OF SHARING RESOURCES USING THE STATION - The invention relates to a receiving station ( | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100027050 | DYNAMIC BRIDGING OF WEB-ENABLED COMPONENTS - In an embodiment, a data processing method comprises receiving and storing a set of associations each identifying two or more data processing components and one or more associated actions; receiving a combination of an association and an action that can be performed on the association comprising a first data processing operation and a second data processing operation; generating and sending, over a network, to a first component that implements the first data processing operation, a first request to perform the first data processing operation; receiving result data from the first component; generating and sending, over the network, to a second component that implements the second data processing operation, a second request to perform the second data processing operation using the result data. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100027051 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND PRODUCT FOR EFFICIENT PRINT OPERATIONS - A method, apparatus, and product for reducing resource footprints for printer operation outputs, comprising: specifying a print job rendering criteria; receiving a request to print a print job having a page number amount; and automatically selecting and printing a portion of the print job as a function of the print job rendering criteria, wherein the portion has a page number amount smaller than the print job page number amount. The print job rendering criteria may comprise a set maximum number of pages to print during one printing session, where the portion to print is less than or equal to the maximum number of pages. Where the print job comprises a plurality of document components, automatically selecting and printing a portion of the document may comprise selecting a subset of the plurality of components as a function of the identified component relevance to each selected component and printing the representation. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100027052 | Method and system for unified batch job processing - A more holistic approach to batch job processing simplifies batch job creation, improves user understanding of batch job status and prevents unwanted batch job printing outcomes. In the approach, before printing any print element (e.g. file, document) in a batch job that includes supported print elements and unsupported print elements, a support status indication is outputted for each of the print elements and the user is required to input a group print instruction before the approach proceeds to print the supported print elements. The approach in some embodiments also allows the user to input a group cancel instruction instructing to cancel the batch job without printing any of the print elements and allows the user to input a change instruction requesting modification of one or more unsupported print elements in an attempt to convert them into supported print elements. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100027053 | JOB CONTROL METHOD, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND JOB CONTROL SYSTEM - A job control method includes: acquiring, from electronic information accepted, set information set for each setting item contained in the electronic information; setting the set information, which is acquired in the acquiring step, for an usable state in the job within a job item contained in a plurality of job items whose executing procedure are preset, the plurality of job items including a first job item and a second job item; and changing the set information, which is used in the job within a first job item, into an unusable state in the job within a second job item to be executed after the first job item has been executed. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100027054 | COMPUTER NETWORK INCLUDING A PRINTER CONTROL DEVICE WITH WEB SERVER INTERFACE AND RELATED METHODS - A computer network may include at least one network printer, a plurality of network computers for generating print jobs for the at least one network printer, and a network print server coupled to the plurality of network computers for queuing the print jobs for the at least one network printer. Moreover, the computer network may further include at least one printer control device coupled between the network print server and the at least one network printer. The at least one printer control device may be configured to provide remote access to the at least one network printer via the World Wide Web (Web) using a Web communications protocol, communicate the print jobs from the network print server to the at least one network printer, and isolate the network print server from remote access communications formatted in the Web communications protocol. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100027055 | Image forming apparatus and preview display method - An image forming apparatus is provided that is capable of, in displaying a preview of image data to be output, confirming a confirmation point in accordance with an operation mode immediately without performing a user operation such as enlarging, reducing or shifting. The image processing apparatus (illustrated as a digital multi-functional peripheral) is capable of operating in each of a plurality of operation modes. The image forming apparatus is provided with an image display portion such as a touch panel for displaying a preview of image data and a set value storage portion such as control memory for storing a display set value in displaying a preview image at first on the image display portion for each operation mode. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100027056 | Image forming apparatus, program, and preview display method - Provided is an image forming apparatus that enables to confirm a finish state in a preview reliably so that unnecessary image formation processing due to setting errors by a user is able to be prevented and that processing load for performing a preview display at high speed is reduced. On a preview screen before performing image formation, a preview image showing the entire page of image data is displayed. When a information about finishing such as forming a punch hole, staple, and a paper fold are set to recording paper on which the image data is printed, these as information about finishing are displayed out of a recording paper area of the preview image. In addition, for example, an arrow indicating a position of the actual punch hole to the recording paper is also displayed as a part of the information about finishing together with the punch hole. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100027057 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING WORKFLOW INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF ACTIVITIES AND WORKFLOW CONTROL METHOD - A method for controlling a workflow of a control apparatus configured to control a workflow including a plurality of activities includes determining a process included in an activity to be executed. If the activity to be executed includes a scan process of a document and an upload process of scan data generated by the scan process, the method further includes storing upload destination data so that a scanning apparatus connected to the control apparatus via a network uploads the scan data to an upload destination that is determined corresponding to the upload process. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100027058 | IMAGE SENDING APPARATUS - A digital multi-functional peripheral is provided with a touch panel for displaying various information, a reading portion for reading an original and inputting image data, an NCU for sending the image data, a preview image generating portion for generating a preview image of the image data, and a panel control portion for causing the touch panel to display the preview image of the image data before performing image sending by the NCU. When an instruction to start reading of an original by a user is received, the panel control portion causes the touch panel to display a sending destination confirmation screen for confirming a sending destination of the image data, and after the confirmation input is performed by the user to the sending destination confirmation screen, causes the touch panel to display the preview image of the image data. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100027059 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PREVIEW DISPLAY METHOD - The image processing apparatus is provided with a preview image generating portion for generating a preview image of image data to be output in the unit of an output job, and an image display portion such as a touch panel for displaying the generated preview image. The image display portion displays a generation stop key for stopping generation of the preview image during the generation of the preview image so as to be selectable by a user, and displays a different screen in accordance with a generation state of the preview image when the generation stop key is selected by a user operation. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100027060 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PREVIEW DISPLAY METHOD - An image forming apparatus is provided that makes it possible to visually identify whether or not additional information is added to image data to be output in a screen in which a preview is displayed easily. The image forming apparatus is provided with an image display portion such as a touch panel for displaying a preview of image data and is capable of outputting such as printing the image data with additional information added thereto. When image data to be output is output with additional information added thereto, a digital multi-functional peripheral synthesizes an existence image showing an existence of the additional information, instead of the additional information, with a preview image to display on the image display portion in displaying the preview image. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100027061 | IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image reading device includes a charge-coupled device that generates and outputs an image signal, a timing generator that outputs a frequency-modulated clock, a modulation signal detector that detects a modulation signal being a signal corresponding to a change in frequency of the clock, an amplitude controller that controls an amplitude of the modulation signal, and a signal combining unit that superimposes the modulation signal after the amplitude is controlled on the image signal. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100027062 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, JOB PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - When a printer driver receives print data from an application, a layout filter lays out pages. After that, when an overlay filter determines that automatic overlay printing is set, the overlay filter reconfigures the document structure of the print data. Then, a render filter performs printing on the reconfigured print data. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100027063 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus capable of participating in an information processing apparatus having plural information processing apparatuses communicating with one another via a network. The information processing apparatus includes a network control unit capable of being connected to the network; an error monitor configured to monitor if an error exists in the information processing apparatus; and a controller configured to request another information processing apparatus to execute a function which is inexecutable due to an error in the information processing apparatus. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100027064 | INPUT DEVICE, AND MULTI-FUNCTION PERIPHERAL - An input device including a frame in the form of a rectangular parallelepiped body which is supported by a base and which is movable between a first angular position in which an angle of a lower surface of the frame with respect to a horizontal upper surface of the base is smaller than a predetermined threshold value, and a second angular position in which the angle of the lower surface of the frame as seen in the first angular position with respect to the horizontal upper surface of the base is not smaller than the threshold value, a first input portion disposed on an upper surface of the frame as seen when the frame has a horizontal posture in the first angular position, in which a lower surface of the frame is parallel to the horizontal upper surface of the base, a second input portion disposed on a side surface of the frame as seen when the frame has the horizontal posture; and a detecting portion configured to detect an operation by an operator of the input device on at least one of the first and second input portions. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100027065 | PRINTING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR A PRINTING DEVICE, AND A CONTROL PROGRAM - Without needing reserve printers of plural different types in preparation for an equipment failure, printing as desired can be quickly resumed by simply connecting a replacement printer. The printer | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100027066 | DISPLAY-INTEGRATED IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A display-integrated image forming apparatus is provided that requires no large disposition location and an extremely simple disposition operation and that is capable of acquiring sufficient advertising effects for pedestrians on sidewalks. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100027067 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus transmits a print job including input image data to an image processing apparatus connected thereto, and includes: a determination unit that determines whether a width and/or height of the input image data is smaller than a predetermined threshold, and whether a scaling factor for the image data at a time of output is one or less; a color value determination unit that determines color values of pixels constituting the image data in the case that it has been determined that the width and/or height of the image data is smaller than the predetermined threshold and that the scaling factor for the image data at the time of output is one or less; and a transmission unit that, in the case that it has been determined that the pixels constituting the image data have the same color value, transmits replacement image data having a smaller size. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100027068 | IMAGE TRANSMITTING APPARATUS - An image transmitting apparatus is provided that automatically displays an address before transmission if a user gives an instruction for adding a mark such as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “IMPORTANT”. The image transmitting apparatus of the present invention is the image transmitting apparatus transmits image data to a specified address includes an image adding portion that adds a predetermined specific image to the image data in accordance with a user's operation, wherein displays a specified address of image data before transmitting the image data to which it is indicated to add the specific image and transmits the image data with the specific image added in accordance with a user's confirming operation. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100033753 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVE REDACTION OF SCANNED DOCUMENTS - The subject application is directed to a system and method for selective redaction of scanned documents. A tangible document is scanned so as to generate electronic image data, and an image of the tangible document is generated on an associated touch screen display in accordance with the electronic image data. Tactile input is received on a first area of the touch screen corresponding to a first perimeter portion of a selected redaction boundary area and on a second area of the touch screen corresponding to a second perimeter portion of the selected redaction boundary area. Image data is then obfuscated corresponding to the selected redaction boundary area. The touch screen display is updated such that image data is hidden in the selected redaction boundary area, and image data inclusive of obfuscated image data in the selected redaction boundary area is stored in an associated memory. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100033754 | Layout print system, method for viewing layout document, and program product - There is provided a layout print system including a storage storing electronic data sets having unique document IDs, and a printing image generating apparatus generating printing image data based on the stored electronic data sets. The printing image generating apparatus includes an acquisition section acquiring the electronic data sets, an identification section identifying a document form type for the electronic data sets, a weight value determination section determining weight values for the electronic data sets, and a printing image generating section generating a printing image data by arranging the electronic data sets on a layout template based on the weight values and attaching identification information to the electronic data sets. The layout print system further includes a printer printing the printing image data, and a display apparatus including an information identification reader reading the identification information on a printing medium and displaying a desired one of the electronic data sets. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100033755 | Image forming apparatus, image processing apparatus, and image forming system - An image forming apparatus and an image processing apparatus form N copies of image data that fit a single physical page of print medium. A data receiving section receives print data from an external apparatus. An image reducing section produces a first item of image data based on the print data by reducing a size of an image that corresponds to the print data by a factor of N, N being an integer greater than 1. An image data producing section produces a second item of image data containing N copies of the first item of image data, the N copies of image data fitting a single physical page of print medium. An image printing section prints the second item of image data on the single physical page of print medium. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100033756 | Image communication apparatus, image communication method, and computer program product - An image-data receiving unit receives image data from other image communication apparatus. A storing unit stores therein the image data. An output unit outputs the image data stored in the storing unit. A reading unit reads the image data output by the output unit. An extracting unit extracts a difference between the image data read by the reading unit and the image data stored in the storing unit. A determining unit determines whether the difference extracted by the extracting unit satisfies a predetermined condition. A control unit controls a transmission of a message to other image communication apparatus based on a result of determination by the determining unit. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100033757 | Image Processing Device, Print Data Generating Method, and Recording Medium - Provided is a print data generation method of generating print data, which is described by a predetermined printer description language and used in a predetermined printing apparatus, by using an image processing device. The method includes receiving first print data, which is described by the predetermined printer description language and generated by a device driver used for printing of the printing apparatus, from the device driver. In addition, the method also includes generating second print data, which is obtained by processing image correspondence data as data corresponding to at least portion of an image part of the received first print data. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100033758 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming system wherein, when there is an instruction to print a plurality of copies of the same image, a plurality of copies to be printed are allocated to each of a plurality of printers and distributed printing is performed, with this image forming system including a distributed print control device wherein, if it has been determined that confirmation printing in which each of a plurality of image forming apparatus prints only one copy cannot be performed normally in at least one of the printers, a plurality of copies to be printed are allocated to each of the printers having been determined to have performed normal confirmation printing, out of a plurality of printers, whereby distributed printing is performed. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100033759 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORED WITH INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus to be used in a printing system having a client apparatus connected to an image forming apparatus via a network, and a server apparatus that manages setting parameters of printing conditions that can be set up on said client apparatus, said information processing apparatus being able to serve as the client apparatus and comprising: a judgment unit for judging whether said information processing apparatus is a client apparatus or not, with reference to identification information concerning said image forming apparatus stored inside said information processing apparatus; and a setting screen control unit for providing a setting screen that allows a user to select said setting parameters if it is judged that said information processing apparatus is not a client apparatus, and for providing a setting screen that allows a user to modify setting values of said selected setting parameters and prevents the user from modifying setting values of the remaining setting parameters if it is judged that said information processing apparatus is a client apparatus. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100033760 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A information processing apparatus includes a transmission unit configured to transmit data to the outside based on a set transmission address, a reception-unit configured to receive address data for setting the transmission address from an information terminal via a communication medium, and a display unit configured to display, when the address data received by the reception unit contains a plurality of addresses, a selection screen for prompting a user to select an address to be set as the transmission address among the plurality of addresses according to reception of the address data, and a setting unit configured to set, when a number of addresses contained in the address data received by the reception unit is one, the address as the transmission address without displaying the selection screen. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100033761 | PRINT CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS - Upon designating bookbinding print, preview images are displayed in a layout after bookbinding. When “store” of intermediate data is designated in a print process, a spooler ( | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100033762 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING PRINTING ORDERS IN SERVER-BASED NETWORKS, AND CORRESPONDING SERVER-BASED NETWORK - A system and method processes print jobs in server-based networks as well as a relevant network. The system and method provides a printer driver with a printer-independent first part installed on a server and a printer-dependent second part installed on an end device. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100033763 | COMPUTER NETWORK SCANNING - A computer network scanning system and method for fulfilling a scan order using at least one scanner node on a computer network. The computer network scanning includes at least one computer terminal adapted to receive input for the creation of the scan order, at least one order entry server computer configured to create and distribute the scan order, and at least one scanner node, each scanner node configured to process scan orders set to or received by the scanner node. The computer network scanning method includes the steps of creating a can order, submitting he scan order to a scanner node, processing he scan order at the scanner node, and updating the computer network scanning system of the completion of the scan order. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100039661 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE FACSIMILE MESSAGE RETRANSMISSION - The subject application is directed to a system and method for remote facsimile message retransmission. At least one document and identification data corresponding to a user are received for association with a facsimile transmission. Destination address data is then received, and facsimile transmission is commenced. Whether the transmission is successful is monitored, and a notification message is generated to the user, which message includes information relative to the monitored transmission of the document. Login data associated with the document is then received from an associated thin client interface. Update data, corresponding to an output of the monitoring that indicates a failure of a facsimile transmission of the at least one document in accordance with received address data, is received via the thin client interface. A facsimile retransmission, electronic mail transmission, or storage operation of the document is then commenced in accordance with the update data. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100039662 | PRINTER CONTROL DEVICE WITH PRINTER CONFIGURATION CONTROL FEATURES AND RELATED METHODS - A computer network may include a network server, a network printer having a printer identifier associated therewith, and a plurality of network computers coupled to the network server for generating print jobs to be directed to the printer based upon the printer identifier. Each print job may have a printing permission level associated therewith. Moreover, the computer network may further include a printer control device coupled between the network server and the network printer and configured to determine the printer identifier associated with the network printer based upon printer communications, identify the printer control device to the network server using the printer identifier to access the print jobs from the network computers, and selectively enable printing of the print jobs by the network printer based upon the respective printing permission levels associated therewith. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100039663 | PRINTING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, PRINTING MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Insertion of a watermark corresponding to the content of a file at the time of the printing of the file is made possible. Importance and/or confidentiality is defined per keyword in advance, and the watermark to be inserted is defined based thereon. At the time of the printing of the file, a keyword search within the file is performed, and the watermark to be inserted is automatically selected based on the search result (see FIG. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100039664 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, ADDRESS STORING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING ADDRESS STORING PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus includes a memory, an operation unit for accepting first and second commands, a communication interface for receiving a Web page from an external address over a network based on the first command, a display for displaying the received Web page, a detecting unit for detecting input of the second command relating to the Web page during display of the Web page, and a storage control unit for storing an address of the Web page as historical information in the memory, when the detecting unit detects input of the second command relating to the Web page during display of the Web page. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100039665 | PRINTING DEVICE, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR A PRINTING DEVICE - A printing device, a printing system that uses this printing device, and a control method for the printing device can report the output of a print medium in real time without changing the software application of the external device. A print job reception unit receives a print job from an external device | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100039666 | RECEIPT ISSUING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR A RECEIPT ISSUING DEVICE, PRINTING DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR A PRINTING DEVICE - A receipt issuing device, control method for a receipt issuing device, printing device, and a control method for a printing device can eliminate issuing unnecessary receipts without requiring changing the application of the host device. A transaction information reception unit | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100039667 | RESTRICTING REPLIES TO COMMUNICATIONS - A method of communication is disclosed. The method starts by receiving a document and a destination communication address from a first user device. A unique number associated the first user device is allocated and recorded in a pending reply list. The document and the unique number are then communicated to the destination communication address. Upon receipt of a received document and a received reply number, the method performs the additional steps of: determining whether the received reply number matches an entry in the pending reply list, and delivering the received document to the user device associated with the unique number matching the received reply number. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100039668 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD ALLOWING FLEXIBLE OUTPUT SETTINGS FOR INDIVIDUAL PIECES OF OUTPUT DATA - In order to allow flexible output settings for individual pieces of output data, in a hot folder, names relating to pieces of output data (e.g., subfolder names or print data names) and pieces of output setting information are set in association with each other. Thus, a job ticket is generated using a piece of output setting information associated with a name relating to a piece of output data input to the hot folder. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100039669 | Wireless information apparatus for universal data output - A data output method for rendering at an output device content accessible with an information apparatus, includes obtaining at the information apparatus one or more rasterization parameters corresponding to the output device and conforming at the information apparatus at least part of the data content into one or more output images with said one or more rasterization parameters. An intermediate output data is transmitted from the information apparatus to an output controller that is distinct from the information apparatus and associated with the selected output device, the intermediate output data including said one or more output image. The intermediate output data is converted at the output controller into an output data acceptable for rendering at the output device. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100046023 | CLIENT DEVICE TO SET JOB PROFILE AND METHOD THEREOF - A client device to set a job profile for an image forming apparatus, the client device including: a driver unit to receive job option information from the image forming apparatus; and an application program unit to execute an application program for generating a user interface (UI) that provides a job profile corresponding to the received job option information. If the job profile is selected through the UI, the driver unit controls the image forming apparatus to perform a job by applying the job option information corresponding to the selected job profile. Accordingly, a user can easily perform the job setting. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100046024 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A FRANKING MARK, AND DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT SAID METHOD - There is provided a method and system for the production of a postage indicium, whereby the postage indicium is made available to an operating unit using an intelligent document. An exemplary method comprises making a query as to whether the postage indicium has already been printed before in response to the document being opened. The exemplary method also comprises checking whether there is access to a network as part of a checking step. The exemplary method additionally comprises printing the postage indicium via a program for controlling printing if a network connection exists between a franking client and a franking server, and if, on the basis of a query to the franking server, it is ascertained that that postage indicium has not been printed before. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100046025 | Tape printer - A CPU in a control circuit part powers off a tape printer when a pressing signal is continuously input from a power switch during a predetermined time on condition that the tape printer is connected to a LAN, in other words, on condition that a LAN connection signal is input from a communication control circuit part. Also, the CPU powers off the tape printer at the almost same time when the pressing signal is input from the power switch on condition that the tape printer is not connected to the LAN, in other words, on condition that the LAN connection signal is not input. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100046026 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming method and image forming apparatus for printing a print data file provided from an external device such as a cellular phone or a universal serial bus (USB) memory device. The image forming apparatus displays the print data file, sets a print profile of the print data file based on a user's input, prints the print data file based on the print profile, and shares the print profile with the external device. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100046027 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CLIENT, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD IN IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming apparatus, a client, an image forming system and a control method in the image forming system, the system including: an image forming apparatus and a client connected to the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes an embedded web server storing data on a plurality of executing windows respectively corresponding to a plurality of display items of the image forming apparatus. The client includes a display unit and a selection unit to select at least one display item to be displayed from among the plurality of items provided by the image forming apparatus. Accordingly, the client displays, through the display unit, the executing window based on data on an executing window corresponding to the display item of the web server. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100046028 | HOST APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PRINTING DATA PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus for shortening an engine driving start point, includes an interface to receive printing data including a first page of a printable document as rasterized data and page information from a host apparatus; an engine unit to perform printing; and a main controller to print the rasterized data first by driving the engine unit using the page information in response to the printing data received through the interface. Thus, the printing speed is enhanced. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100046029 | DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A document management system includes an image input unit for reading a paper document, an image output unit for printing document image information, and a task management system for managing a task. The task managed by the task management system is identified for a document image input operation, and an input condition that is set in advance for the identified task is acquired. The image input unit reads the paper document in accordance with the acquired input condition. Document image information that is inputted by the image input unit is registered in association with the task managed by the task management system. For a document image output operation, an output condition that is set in advance for the identified task is acquired. The image output unit prints the document image information in accordance with the acquired output condition. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100046030 | Method of Performing an Action Using a Printed Medium - A method of performing an action is disclosed. The method starts by sensing a print medium to obtain data encoded on a surface of the print medium. The data encodes at least a print media identifier. The print media identifier is determined from the data and a digital copy of a document is retrieved, the digital copy being associated with the print media identifier and including one or more hyperlinks. The digital copy of the document is displayed and a selection of one of the hyperlinks is received from a user. A predefined action designated by the selected hyperlink is then performed. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100046031 | Printer With Vertical Media Flow Path - A printer is disclosed. The printer includes a print media supply station for storing print media. The printer further includes a print engine station arranged to receive print media from the print media supply and to print on the print media. A binding assembly station is also included which is configured to apply adhesive along an edge of each sheet of print media after printed upon, and to compile the print media into a bound stack. A receptacle station receives the bound stack. The print media supply station, the print engine station, the binding assembly station and the receptacle station are arranged vertically. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100046032 | Method for Ensuring Reliable Transmission of DCN Signal by a Gateway - A method for ensuring reliable transmission of a DCN signal by a gateway is disclosed. When acting as a sending gateway, the gateway packs a DCN signal detected into an IFP packet and sends the IFP packet to the IP side, then, reports a fax end event to a Soft Switch after a designated delay period; and the Soft Switch issues a State Switching Command for switching the two gateways back to voice state after receiving the fax end event. When acting as a receiving gateway, the gateway modulates a DCN signal detected and sends the modulated DCN signal to a receiving facsimile machine; if a switching command issued by a Soft Switch is received during sending the DCN signal, the gateway delays the switching; if the gateway has not received a switching command after the DCN data is sent, the gateway initiatively reports a fax end event. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100053662 | DOCUMENT TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A document transmission system includes a document provider, a document receiver, and a network transmission system. The document provider is utilized for providing a document. The document receiver is utilized to receive a paper with data to provide a document. The network transmission system is utilized for respectively providing network addresses to the document provider and the document receiver, and for transmitting the document from the document provider to the document receiver according to the network addresses. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100053663 | Systems and Methods for Printing on Recycled Media - Apparatus, systems, and methods consistent with disclosed embodiments provide for managing the printing of documents using recycled media. In some embodiments, a printer comprises at least one input tray capable of holding print media; at least one image sensor capable of detecting recycled print media; and a print engine capable of placing marks on documents. The print media received from the input tray is routed to an output tray without marking by the print engine, if the image sensor detects recycled print media in the print media feed path during the processing of a non-recycled print; otherwise the print media is routed to a print engine on the printer. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100053664 | RUN COST OPTIMIZATION FOR MULTI-ENGINE PRINTING SYSTEM - In accordance with one aspect of the present exemplary embodiments, a method for scheduling at least one print job for a plurality of printers of a given type is provided. The method includes determining a job length for the at least one print job. The method further includes scheduling a sequence of printing by the plurality of printers based the job length such that a subset of the available plurality of printers is cycled up, and printing the at least one print job with the subset of available printers when the job length is less than at least one predeterminable threshold. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100053665 | Print optimization mechanism - A method is disclosed. The method includes receiving a print file, removing images from the print file, replacing each image with a reference to the image, storing each image removed from the print file; and printing the print file. Each image is retrieved from storage to be printed upon encountering a reference to the image during printing of the print file. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100053666 | IMAGE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image communication apparatus includes: a first receiving unit that receives image data through a first communication method; a second receiving unit that receives image data through one kind or two or more kinds of second communication methods; a determining unit, when the image communication apparatus receives a call for receiving image data through the first communication method and the first communication unit cannot receive the image data since the first communication unit is used to receive other image data, determines one communication method out of the second communication methods according to a standard; and an informing unit that informs a caller about the determined second communication method and information indicating that the first communication unit cannot receive the image data specified by the call. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100053667 | Printing Device and Computer-Readable Record Medium Storing Program for Printing Device - A printing device comprises a communication unit which executes communication with a mail server on a network, a connection unit to which a portable storage medium storing setting information can be connected, a printing unit which executes printing, and a control unit which executes a mail printing process of acquiring a specified e-mail from the mail server via the communication unit by use of the setting information stored in the portable storage medium connected to the connection unit and executing printing based on the acquired e-mail with the printing unit. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100053668 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image forming apparatus that may include a communication interface unit to receive an Extensible Markup Language (XML) Paper Specification (XPS) file, a determination unit to determine whether printing options set for the received XPS file are supported by the image forming apparatus, and a user interface unit to display a message that a printing option set for the received XPS file is an unsupported printing option if the printing option is not supported by the image forming apparatus. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100053669 | Image processing apparatus - An image processing apparatus communicates image information with an external apparatus. A communication portion includes a connector though which the image information is communicated. A controller controls the communication portion to be either active or non-active in response to a control signal. A cover covers the connector when the cover is mounted to the image processing apparatus. A switch and the cover may be interlocked with one another such that the switch generates the control signal either when the cover is mounted to the image processing apparatus or when the cover is dismounted from the image processing apparatus. A cable may be connected between the connector and the external apparatus, and the switch and the cable may be interlocked such that the switch generates the control signal either when the cable is inserted into the connector or when the cable is pulled out of the connector. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100053670 | PRINTING CONTROL METHOD, PRINTING CONTROL TERMINAL DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A printing control method including receiving a command to print an XML paper specification (XPS) file; determining whether the XPS file contains a preset tag; separating a page to which the preset tag is attached from the XPS file, and converting the separated page into page description language (PDL) data; and transmitting the XPS file from which the page has been separated and the PDL data to an image forming apparatus, and a printing control terminal device and an image forming apparatus to execute the printing control method. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100053671 | IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM, IMAGE FORMATION METHOD, AND CONSUMABLES MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An image formation apparatus, which includes: a detector unit that detects a status of consumables; a prediction unit that predicts a run-out timing of the consumables on the basis of the status detected by the detector unit; a transmission unit that transmits the status detected by the detector unit to a management apparatus as consumables information; a reception unit that receives run-out timing information indicating a run-out timing predicted by the management apparatus on the basis of the consumables information transmitted by the transmission unit; and a notification unit that notifies the run-out timing of the consumables on the basis of the run-out timing information received by the reception unit if communication with the management apparatus is possible, or notifies the run-out timing of the consumables on the basis of the run-out timing predicted by the prediction unit if communication with the management apparatus is not possible. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100053672 | Printer Control Method, an Apparatus and a Printer Using the Method - A printer control method includes the following steps: setting triggering conditions for executing functional items and for startup a configuration menu; executing a functional item if the key information had fulfilled the triggering condition for executing the functional item; and launching a configuration menu if the key information had fulfilled the triggering conditions for startup the configuration menu. By setting the triggering conditions for executing functional items and for startup a configuration menu, then determining whether the key information has fulfilled the triggering conditions for executing functional items and for startup a configuration menu, the printer directly executes the functional item as long as the key information has fulfilled the triggering condition for executing the functional item. When the printer is powered on, it skips the step of launching the configuration menu, operates conveniently and saves paper. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100053673 | DOCUMENT SUBMISSION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE SAME - A document submission management system calculates predicted values of the amount of consumption of consumables used for printing processing according to an order from a user, estimates the cost of the printing processing based on the predicted values, and transmits the estimated cost to a client terminal of the user. A user interface allowing placement of an order briefly displays the cost for a print option. For the cost estimate, the cost of printing form data used in printing processing is registered in advance in a memory in the document submission management system, so that time required for the calculation of the estimate is reduced. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100053674 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, JOB EXECUTION METHOD THEREOF AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A display accesses an external server via a browser installed on an image processing apparatus, and displays on itself via the browser, a job instruction screen of the external server, based on screen data of the job instruction screen. When a user specifies a job, a job issuance requester requests the external server to issue the job and accordingly the external server issues the job. And a receiver receives the issued job and a job executor executes the received job. And then, a display controller makes the display to display a screen that matches a result of the receiver's job receipt and/or a job execution status of the job executed by the job executor. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100053675 | OPEN/CLOSE JUDGMENT OF OPENING OF DEVICE - A printer is disclosed which determines whether or not an opening of the printer is open or closed. The printer includes an opening/closing mechanism for opening and closing the opening of the printer housing. The printer includes a controller configured to determine whether the opening is open or closed based on a light receiving state of a light receiving portion. The light receiving portion receives light from a light sending portion. A first movable body with a plurality of openings is moveable between the light sending and receiving portions. A movement transmission mechanism moves the first moveable body according to movement of a second moveable body. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100053676 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND SERVER - An image processing device including a communication interface unit; a user interface display unit which provides information to a user; a user interface input unit having a hardware key which receives an input from the user; a web-browser section which receives page data from a web server, structures a display screen on the user interface display unit based on the page data, and displays the display screen on the user interface display unit; a data analysis section which determines whether an operation on the hardware key is to be valid or invalid based on the page data; and a hardware-key control section which controls validity/invalidity of the operation on the hardware key based on the determination made by the data analysis section. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100053677 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTER AND TERMINAL DEVICE THEREFOR, AND RECORDING MEDIUM CONTAINING PROGRAM FOR PRINTER OR TERMINAL DEVICE - A printing system has a printer and a terminal device. The printer has a first data receiving unit to receive print data and layout data request that requests the terminal device to transmit layout data representing an arrangement of objects, a layout data generating unit to generate the layout data based on the print data, and a second data transmitting unit to transmit the layout data to the terminal device. The terminal device has a first data transmitting unit to transmit the print data and the layout data request to the printer, a second data receiving unit to receive the layout data from the printer, a preview image generating unit to generate preview image data representing a printing result with the use of the layout data, and a display unit to display a preview image represented by the preview image data on a display unit. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100053678 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING CONTROL METHOD - A printing apparatus includes: a reading section which performs scanning in a readable range; a flexible flat cable (FFC) which is connected to the reading section; a printing section which performs printing on the basis of readout data acquired through the flexible flat cable; and a positioning section which positions the reading section at a predetermined position other than the readable range. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100053679 | PRINTING SYSTEM, JOB PROCESSING METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing system high in flexibility and/or user-friendliness which make it possible to use only post processing by a post-processing unit connected to a printing unit without requiring printing by the printing unit. An execution request receiving unit receives a request for execution of one of an inline job requiring post processing by the sheet processing unit after execution of printing by the printing unit, and an offline job requiring post processing by the sheet processing unit connected to the printing unit, without requiring printing by the printing unit. A controller performs control such that the offline job is executed by the sheet processing unit prior to an inline job associated with an execution request received earlier by the execution request receiving unit than an execution request associated with the offline job. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100053680 | PRINTING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing system that conveys sheets printed by a printing unit to a sheet processing unit connected to the printing unit and causes the sheet processing unit to perform post processing on the sheet. When an inline job is temporarily stopped in which sheets printed by the printing unit are conveyed to the post-processing unit, and post processing is caused to be executed on the sheets by the post-processing unit, if an offline job is executable in which sheets are fed from a predetermined sheet feed section without executing printing by the printing unit, and post processing is caused to be executed on the sheets by the post-processing unit, the offline job is permitted to be executed. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100053681 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM - A host computer executes an application to create variable print data. Then, the host computer executes an application to optimize the created variable print data. Then, the host computer executes a device driver to send the optimized variable print data to an image forming apparatus. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100053682 | Image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, image processing method, and computer-readable storage medium containing image processing program - An image processing apparatus of the present invention includes: a blank document determination section determining whether or not input image data is image data of a blank document, regardless of a process mode set for setting a process with respect to the input image data; a storage device storing the input image data in association with a determination result made by the blank document determination section; and a control section (i) reading out the input image data from the storage device and (ii) excluding the input image data determined as image data of a blank document by the blank document determination section, from images to be displayed by the image display device, when the image display device carries out a preview display of the input image data. This configuration makes it possible to carry out a preview display in which a blank document (blank page document) is skipped, without reading the document again. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100053683 | Universal Imaging Cartridge Chip - Provided is a universal imaging cartridge chip capable of activating a plurality of types of imaging machines. In one embodiment, the universal imaging cartridge chip interprets a signal to identify a type of imaging machine. The universal imaging cartridge chip then selects the correct data for the identified imaging machine from the universal imaging cartridge chip data base. The imaging machine may then be activated with the correct electrical handshake and other required data. In another embodiment, the universal imaging cartridge chip contains the correct electrical handshake and other required data to activate a plurality of imaging machines, and communicates the correct electrical handshake and other required data to the imaging machine. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100060924 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND DRIVER FOR VIRTUAL FULFILLMENT - A system for virtual fulfillment is also disclosed. The system has one or more distributed fulfillment devices. The system also has one or more fulfillment controllers coupled to the one or more distributed fulfillment devices. The system further has a client and a virtual fulfillment driver installed on the client. The virtual fulfillment driver is configured to: a) render a document; b) bundle the rendered document into an order for later communication to the one or more fulfillment controllers; and c) communicate the order to the one or more fulfillment controllers. A related method, virtual fulfillment driver, and machine executable instructions embodied on a machine readable medium are also disclosed. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100060925 | Controlling Sensitive Information Leakage in Printing - Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to controlling sensitive information leakage in printing. In aspects, one or more interception units sit in the print path(s) of a device. The interception unit(s) receives print data that is generated on the device and extract information from the print data. The extracted information is used to determine whether the print data include sensitive information. If the print data includes sensitive information, a policy is applied and the print data may or may not be forwarded towards a printer. Otherwise, the print data is forwarded towards a printer without applying a policy. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100060926 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DELIVERING DOCUMENTS - The present disclosure provides methods and apparatus for delivering documents. A web based application server transmits a document to a distribution management system. The distribution management system then translates the document if necessary (e.g., from a spreadsheet to a PDF and a fax) and sends the translated document to one or more destinations such as email inboxes, printers, and fax machines. For fax deliveries, the distribution management system sends the document to a particular client device that is associated with the fax destination. For example, the client device that actually transmits the fax may reside at a company, and the fax machine may be at a customer of that company. In this manner, fax transmissions appear to come from the correct source (not the distribution management system), and transmission charges associated with the fax are incurred by the appropriate company (not the company associated with the distribution management system). | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100060927 | Apparatus for communicating with RFID tag, apparatus for producing RFID labels and label image management system - There are provided a reader antenna configured to carry out radio communication with a RFID circuit element provided at a RFID label and provided with an IC circuit part storing information and a tag antenna capable of transmission/reception of information and a display portion configured to specify a tag ID of at least one RFID circuit element, to get information from the specified RFID circuit element via the reader antenna, and to display at least a part of print image data of the RFID label corresponding to the RFID circuit element, which is a target of the information acquisition before completion of the information acquisition. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100060928 | PRINTING METHOD OF ATTACHED FILE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM EMPLOYING THE SAME - An attached file printing method of an image forming apparatus, and image forming apparatus and system employing the same are provided. The attached file printing method of an image forming apparatus includes: determining whether there is a printable attached file in a printing target original document or not; converting at least one of the original document and the attached file to a printing data depending on the determining result; and printing the converted printing data. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100060929 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A digital multi function peripheral as an image forming apparatus reads, if an external storage device is connected to an external interface, a print data file including setting information concerning printing and image data for printing from the external storage device connected to the external interface, receives an instruction for change to a print setting different from a print setting based on the setting information included in the print data file read from the external storage device, and prints, if the instruction for change of the print setting is not received, the image data for printing included in the print data file according to the print setting based on the setting information of the print data file and printing, if the instruction for change of the print setting is received, the image data for printing included in the print data file according to a print setting designated by a user. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100060930 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR USE THEREIN - A data processing device includes a storage section, a path retrieving section, a judging section, and a print job creating section. The storage section stores a path for accessing to a predefined storage area. The path retrieving section retrieves a path of a storage area storing print data to be printed. The judging section judges a relationship between the path of a predefined storage area and the path of a storage area. The print job creating section creates a secure print job containing the print data when the judging section makes a prescribed judgment that the path for accessing to a predefined storage area and the path of a storage area are in a prescribed relationship, the secure print job is transmitted to a printer for printing the print data under a restricted circumstance. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100060931 | Document management system - This disclosure discloses a document management system comprising: a scan apparatus provided with an optical reading device configured to optically read a paper medium to be processed and to create image data corresponding to said paper medium; a radio frequency identification (RFID) label producing apparatus configured to produce an RFID label to be affixed onto said paper medium, having a tag communication device that carries out radio communication to an RFID tag circuit element provided with an IC circuit part storing information and a tag antenna that transmits and receives information in reading by said optical reading device; and a database configured to store said image data corresponding to said paper medium and tag identification information of said RFID tag circuit element provided at said RFID label corresponding to said paper medium in association with each other, provided inside said scan apparatus or separately from said scan apparatus. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100060932 | Image processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer program product - An image processing apparatus includes a job-data analyzing unit configured to analyze print job data to check a command contained in the print job data; an image generating unit configured to generate an image corresponding to the print job data analyzed by the job-data analyzing unit; a value acquiring unit configured to acquire a value of an item from the command contained in the print job data analyzed by the job-data analyzing unit; a code generating unit configured to generate a code for the value acquired by the value acquiring unit; a superimposing unit configured to superimpose the code generated by the code generating unit onto the image generated by the image generating unit; and an instruction output unit configured to output an instruction to the image generating unit to generate the image and output an instruction to the value acquiring unit to acquire the value. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100067039 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ADVERTISING TO PRINTERS - A system for printing documents includes a printer; a replaceable cartridge coupled to the printer and providing a consumable to the printer for printing the documents; and a printer driver configured and arrange to be disposed on a device coupled to the printer for assisting in providing the documents to the printer. The system is configured and arranged to print or display advertising to a user in conjunction with the printing of documents. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100067040 | DOCUMENT PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM, DOCUMENT PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM AND COMPUTER DATA SIGNAL - A document processing apparatus includes an acquiring unit and an output unit. The acquiring unit acquires first document data containing page image data corresponding to pages of a document. Each page of the document has a first end and a second end opposite to the first end. The output unit outputs second document data in which an order or a direction of the page image data is changed, when the first document data contains first page image data indicating that an image is drawn in a first area corresponding to the first end of at least one of the pages of the document and second page image data indicating that an image is drawn in a second area corresponding to the second end of at least one of the pages of the document and when page numbers of the first and second page image data have a predetermined relationship. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100067041 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A LABEL, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, NETWORK NODE AND SYSTEM FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD - There is provided a method and system for producing a label that can be applied onto a mailpiece. An exemplary method comprises providing a data service via a network node, the data service being performed in a provider server of a service provider. The exemplary method also comprises performing a one-time printing of the label via a control program, such that an intelligent document is transmitted from the provider server via a network to a user client, the one-time printing being done if a network connection exists between the user client and the provider server, and if, on the basis of a query to the provider server, it has been ascertained that that label had not been printed before. The exemplary method additionally comprises transmitting a message from the user client to the provider server when the label is printed for the first time. The exemplary method further comprises logging the printing in the provider server in response to the message. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100067042 | Image forming apparatus and data transferring method - A plotter repeats a process of standing by until the next line synchronization timing after data transfer for one line and transferring DMAC control information requesting data transfer for one line to an MCH for each line synchronization timing whereby image data for one page is transferred. Therefore, data transfer from the MCH to the plotter is processed by continuous posted requests, so that float with respect to a line period can be made longer without transmitting a plurality of data transfer requests from the plotter to the MCH in the split method. Thus, a high data transfer performance can be realized with an inexpensive circuit because the cost for mounting a buffer memory or the like on the circuit is not needed. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100067043 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In an MFP, a system controller is connected to an engine via a universal transmission line and a dedicated transmission line. When MFP is powered, the system controller sends a mode signal to the engine via the dedicated signal line. If the mode signal indicates that the power mode is to be set to a normal mode, the engine activates predetermined components. The system controller and the engine then establish communication via the universal bus. After establishing the communication, if the mode signal indicates that the power mode is to be set to a mode other than the normal mode, the system controller sends a setting command to the engine via the bus to set the power mode to any of a plurality of power-saving modes. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100067044 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a display; a memory for storing first information indicating an acquisition source of image data, second information indicating an editing process of the image data and third information indicating an output destination of the image data associated with one another as a setting information group; an accepting unit for accepting the first information to the third information; a display control unit for displaying images used for accepting the first information to the third information on a first area to a third area, respectively, of the display; and a registration unit for, when the accepting unit accepts at least two pieces of information of the first information to the third information, registering the at least two pieces of information of the first information to the third information as the setting information group in the memory. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100067045 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING OPERATION CONTROL PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus includes: a display unit that displays an image; a web browser that causes the display unit to display thereon a web page; and an operation setting unit that receives from a user and stores an input of operation settings relating to the operation of the image forming apparatus, and of web page display settings relating to web page display control by the web browser. Upon launching of the web browser, the operation setting unit outputs the web page display settings to the web browser. The web browser displays the web page on the display unit according to the web page display settings. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100067046 | CHARGING SYSTEM, CHARGING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING CHARGING PROCESS WITH IMPROVED USER CONVENIENCE - A charging management server is informed of an ED number stored in an IC card, and a user charging table of the charging management server is read. A new user charging list is transmitted to an MFP. In the case where the MFP receives a cooperative job to be executed by a cooperative server, a sub charging list is generated. The generated new sub charging list is transmitted together with image data to the cooperative server. The cooperative server executes the job on the basis of charging a fee for the job. As the job is executed on the basis of charging, the sub charging list is updated. In parallel with the execution of the cooperative job by the cooperative server, the WP can perform a normal job according to the charging list. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100067047 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM - A display control apparatus includes: a display unit that displays an image; a web browser that causes the display unit to display thereon a web page; an operation state detection unit that detects an operation state of an image forming apparatus; and a panel application that causes the display unit to display in a status area thereof an operation state detected by the operation state detection unit. The web browser causes the display unit to display in an area outside the status area thereof the web page. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100067048 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - In a conventional image processing apparatus configured to display a preview image of a representative page of an image file including a plurality of pages and including a plurality of pieces of image data, it is difficult for a user to easily recognize, from the preview image, the content of the image file stored in a storage medium. In a technique according to the present invention, a page having a high evaluation value is detected, and a reduced image of the detected page is produced. The resultant reduced image is displayed as the preview image thereby allowing a user to easily recognize the content of the file. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100067049 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming device includes an embedded information job control part configured to connect software components and control execution of an embedded information job that embeds information into image data or extracts embedded information from image data. The embedded information job control part includes a common part configured to perform a first process that is common to respective kinds of the embedded information job, and a specific part configured to perform a second process that is specific to a kind of the embedded information job. The specific part includes a combination of the software components connected in a predetermined order to perform the second process, the combination corresponding to the kind of the embedded information job. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100067050 | JOB EXECUTION SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, JOB EXECUTION METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A job execution system includes a terminal apparatus and an image processing apparatus. The terminal apparatus includes an accepter that accepts a value set by a user for one or more than one setting item to execute a job by the image processing apparatus and a transmitter that transmits the job including the accepted value, to the image processing apparatus. In the image processing apparatus, a judger judges whether or not there exists a setting item for which the value “to be specified” is set in advance, among those included in the job received by a receiver, to execute the job. And if it judged that there exists, a job executor puts on hold execution of the job and a display portion displays a setting screen that allows a user to specify a value for the setting item for which the value “to be specified” is set in advance. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100067051 | PRINTING CONTROL SYSTEM, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING A PRINTING APPARATUS PROGRAM - A printing control system comprising a printing apparatus, a server providing content and connected to the printing apparatus via a network, and a viewing terminal connected to the printing apparatus, the printing apparatus includes a content request transmission device that transmits a content request to the server; the server includes a print command information storage device that stores print command information that indicates whether printing is to be performed, and a first content transmission device that transmits the content and the print command information to the printing apparatus when the server receives the content request; the printing apparatus further includes a printing control device that print the content, if the received print command information indicates that printing is to be performed, and a second content transmission device that transmits the content to the viewing terminal, and the viewing terminal includes a second content receiving device that receives the content. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100067052 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING INFORMATION, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An area extracting unit extracts area information from a page of document information for each area of different types arranged on the page. A relation extracting unit extracts relation information indicating a relation between the area information and the page of the document information that is an extraction source of the area information, from the page of the document information. A registering unit registers the area information and the relation information in area correspondence information stored in a storage unit in association with each other. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100067053 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND REMOTE-SCAN IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - In the image processing device, method and system of the present invention, a destination identifier of an image file is stored, the destination identifier indicating one of a plurality of external stations as a destination station which receives the image file from the image processing device through a network. At least one of a sender identifier of the image file, a subject identifier of the image file and a scan condition of the image file is stored. The image file is transmitted, together with at least one of the sender identifier, the subject identifier and the scan condition, through the network to one of the external stations indicated by the stored destination identifier. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100067054 | SPATIALLY SELECTIVE UHF NEAR FIELD MICROSTRIP COUPLER DEVICE AND RFID SYSTEMS USING DEVICE - A system having a UHF RFID transceiver is adapted to communicate exclusively with a single electro-magnetically coupled transponder located in a predetermined confined transponder operating region. The system includes a near field coupling device comprising a plurality of lines connected in parallel with an unmatched load. The near field coupling device may be formed, for example on a printed circuit board with a plurality of electrically interconnected traces and a ground plane. The system establishes, at predetermined transceiver power levels, a mutual electro-magnetic coupling which is selective exclusively for a single transponder located in a defined transponder operating region. Also included are methods for selective communication with the transponder in an apparatus such as a printer-encoder. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100073705 | PRINT JOB ASSIGNMENT METHOD ALLOWING USER-PRIORITIZATION - An automatic job assignment method implemented in a print job management apparatus for processing print jobs in a multiple-printer print shop environment described. Each print job is processed by comparing the printing requirements of the job with capabilities of the printers to find one or more candidate printers that can satisfy all job requirements. Then, from all such candidate printers, one printer is selected by evaluating real-time conditions of the printers, such as wait time, device status, periodic maintenance (PM) count, operation history, etc., and the print job is submitted to the selected printer. The real-time conditions and the order in which they are evaluated are set by the operator. The process can also be run in an alternative mode where one of the candidate printers is selected based on a pre-defined fixed priority preference. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100073706 | PRINTING OF PROOF COPY WITH REDUCED RESOURCE USAGE IN A PRINT SHOP MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A proof copy printing method implemented in a print shop. When a user desires to print a proof copy of a print job while reducing resource usage, the user activates a GUI screen, which allows the user to conveniently set multiple parameters that will achieve reduced resource usage. When printing the proof copy, the values set on the GUI screen are used to temporarily override the corresponding parameter values specified in the job ticket without modifying the job ticket itself. When the user desires to print the job normally, the user activates the GUI screen to cancel the proof mode. The system then prints the job using the job parameter values specified in the job ticket. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100073707 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING VIRTUAL CLOUD PRINTING - A streaming printer that facilitates virtual cloud printing may include a network interface that receives engine-ready data from a cloud computing grid. The streaming printer may also include a raster input storage that temporarily holds the engine-ready data that is received via the network interface. The streaming printer may also include an engine cache storage that persistently holds the engine-ready data. The streaming printer may also include an output engine that outputs the engine-ready data. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100073708 | OPERATION APPARATUS, PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An operation apparatus includes: an execution request unit that requests a processing apparatus, which executes a predetermined processing, to execute the predetermined processing; a first receiving unit that receives a notification, from the processing apparatus to which the execution of the predetermined processing is requested, that the execution of the predetermined processing can not be requested due to generation of an error; and a register unit that registers, in a case where the notification is received by the first receiving unit, information that the processing apparatus can not be used, in association with the processing apparatus. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100073709 | METHODS, DEVICES AND SYSTEMS FOR ENCODING GRAPHICAL PRIMITIVES - Encoding a graphical element for processing can utilize an edge pair format in which the graphical element is divided into multiple objects, where each object contains exactly two edges which do not cross or self-intersect. Another format is a run-length encoding (RLE) format in which the graphical element is divided into multiple lines, where the RLE format includes an X start position, a Y start position, a length of a first of the lines, and, for each subsequent line, indications of right and left edge steps relative to the immediately proceeding line. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100073710 | INFORMATION-PROCESSING DEVICE, AN INFORMATION-PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND A STORING MEDIUM - An information-processing device includes: an execution unit that executes a first part of a process, based on process instruction data representing a process including a first part and a second part of the process, the first part and the second part of the process performed by the information-processing device and an external device, respectively; an instruction unit that instructs the external device to execute the second part of the process; a receiving unit that receives data from the external device regarding the history of the second part of the process; and a memory that stores data regarding the history of the first part of the process and data received by the receiving unit. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100073711 | METHOD OF MONITORING A SEQUENCE OF DOCUMENTS - A method of monitoring a sequence of documents passing along a transport path is described. The method including: operating a radiation transmitter with a control signal at a first, working, level to cause radiation at a first intensity to impinge on one side of a document as it passes an inspection position in the transport path; receiving at a radiation receiver, radiation from the transmitter that has passed through the document, the radiation receiver generating an output signal with a level related to the intensity of the received radiation; and monitoring the output signal to detect the presence and/or a characteristic of the document. A calibration process is carried out between successive documents, the calibration process including: operating the radiation transmitter with a control signal at a second, calibration, level to cause radiation at a second intensity less than the first intensity to be transmitted towards the receiver, and adjusting the level of the resultant output signal from the receiver to a predetermined value. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100073712 | PRINT JOB ASSIGNMENT METHOD ALLOWING USER-PRIORITIZATION - An automatic job assignment method implemented in a print job management apparatus for processing print jobs in a multiple-printer print shop environment described. Each print job is processed by comparing the printing requirements of the job with capabilities of the printers to find one or more candidate printers that can satisfy all job requirements. Then, from all such candidate printers, one printer is selected by evaluating real-time conditions of the printers, such as wait time, device status, periodic maintenance (PM) count, operation history, job ticket history, etc., and the print job is submitted to the selected printer. The real-time conditions and the order in which they are evaluated are set by the operator. The process can also be run in an alternative mode where one of the candidate printers is selected based on a pre-defined fixed priority preference. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100073713 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND SYSTEM TO TRANSFER DOCUMENT - A document transfer method, document transfer apparatus and document transfer system. The document transfer method includes transferring a document and metadata required to request an additional transfer of the document from a sending device to a receiving device, editing the transferred metadata to request an additional transfer of the document, storing the edited metadata in the receiving device, and additionally transferring the document based on the stored metadata by the sending device. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100073714 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, MANAGEMENT SERVER, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDED WITH MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDED WITH IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing system that can remove users' burden in implementing services by external devices. The image processing device includes the information receiver that receives a list of internal and external service identifiers each of which identifies a corresponding internal and external service, the reception unit that displays the list, receives a selection of an internal or external service identifier, and receives a designation of object image data, and the data transmitter that transmits the selected external service identifier and the designated object image data. The management server includes the information storage unit that stores the list, the information transmitter that transmits the list, the data receiver that receives the external service identifier and the object image data, and the requester that transmits the external service identifier and the object image data to the external device and requests to implement the external service identified by the external service identifier. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100073715 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROCESSING PRINTING OPERATION THEREOF - A method of processing a printing operation in an image forming apparatus in which a plurality of printing jobs are processed in a single printing job includes generating connection information to unify a plurality of printing jobs, changing the plurality of printing jobs to a single printing job using the connection information, and printing data corresponding to the single printing job. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100073716 | Method and Apparatus for Forming a Document Set - A method for forming a document set is described. The document set is formed from rectangular sheets and includes an envelope sheet and at least one insert sheet where the at least one insert sheet and the envelope sheet are selected from a range of industry standard rectangular sizes. The method further includes the steps of printing the envelope sheet with envelope information, the envelope information including a unique code identifier and also printing each of the at least one insert sheets with insert information, the insert information including a unique code identifier and then collating the envelope sheet and the at least one insert sheet to form the document set. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100073717 | REAL-TIME SYNCHRONIZATION OF FRONT AND BACK SIDE PRINTING IN DOUBLE-SIDED WEB PRINTING - A system and a method for synchronizing printing of images on both sides of a web in a double-sided web printer includes a method including printing a first image on a first side of the web by a first printing device; printing a second image on a second side of the web, opposite the first side, by a second printing device; sensing a position of the web, relative to the second printing device, by a web position measuring device; real-time communicating an electronic printing position signal, representative for the printing position of the first image on the web, between the first printing device and the second printing device; and printing the second image synchronized to the first image based on the electronic printing position signal and the position of the web relative to the second printing device. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100073718 | SALES DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, STORE PRINTER SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A sales data processing apparatus is connected to another one or more sales data processing apparatuses and a plurality of printers via a communication network. Printer identification information and address information on the communication network is set on each printer. The sales data processing apparatus includes: a communication section to transmit and receive data to and from the printers and another one or more sales data processing apparatuses; a storage section to store a printer network table in which printer identification information and address information, for each printer are associated with one another; an inquiry section to transmit inquiry data for requesting the printer identification, information and address information set on each printer, to each printer; and an update section to update the printer network table when the printer identification information and address information are received from each printer in response to the inquiry data. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100073719 | FACSIMILE APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR - A mechanism for reserving a line for use in facsimile transmission before issuance of a user's instruction to execute facsimile transmission is provided. To accomplish this, when a user has initiated settings for facsimile transmission (step S | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100073720 | PRINT SYSTEM FOR CONFERENCING AND PRINT METHOD THEREOF - A print system for conferencing includes a plurality of print apparatuses that are provided in a plurality of conference locations and interconnected via a network; a storage that registers in itself, data of conference material and information of prospective attendees from the respective conference locations; and a detector that detects the start of a conference. Each of the print apparatuses obtains and records the registered data of conference material and information of prospective attendees from the conference location where the print apparatus is provided, then prints as many copies of conference material as the number of the prospective attendees, if the start of a conference is detected. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100073721 | SCANNER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A scanner, an image forming apparatus including the same, an image processing method of the scanner and a printing method of the image forming apparatus. The image processing method includes acquiring an environment image, acquiring a main scan image by scanning a document on a flatbed, and extracting a document image from the main scan image using the environment image when the document is scanned with the cover in an open position. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100073722 | Image forming system and image forming method - An image forming system including an image reading apparatus and a printing apparatus connected to the image reading apparatus through a communication line, in which the image reading apparatus includes a font information acquiring unit which acquires font information indicating a type of a font installed on the printing apparatus, a print data generating unit which generates desired print data by using the font information acquired from the font information acquiring unit, and a print data transmitting unit which transmits the print data generated by the print data generating unit to the printing apparatus, and in which the printing apparatus prints out the desired print data on the basis of the print data transmitted from the print data transmitting unit. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100073723 | PRINTING METHOD AND APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROL METHOD, AND MULITMEDIA APPARATUS - A printing method and apparatus, a print control method, and a multimedia apparatus are provided. The printing method includes receiving a multimedia file or additional information of the multimedia file from a multimedia apparatus; interpreting the multimedia file or the additional information of the multimedia and obtaining at least one item included in the additional information; and printing the obtained at least one item. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100073724 | PLUG-IN SOFTWARE PROGRAM, FUNCTION EXTENSION METHOD, AND FUNCTION EXTENSION DEVICE - A paper size that can be created using an application software program (hereinafter abbreviated as an application) operating on a computer often has a maximum value, and maximum values differ from application to application. Thus, in order to obtain a printout of a size larger than the maximum paper size of an application, cumbersome operations have been needed such as calculating a paper size (including an aspect ratio) while taking the maximum paper size of the application into consideration, setting the paper size in the application, and calculating and setting an enlargement ratio of a printer driver. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100073725 | Optimized Printing Of Electronic Documents - Approaches for the optimized printing of electronic documents are provided. The approaches are applicable to a wide variety of contexts and implementations and include generating an estimated processing time for an electronic document and reporting the estimated processing time back to a client device. Generating an estimated time to process includes processing at least a portion of the print data. Further, the approaches include re-ordering a processing queue based on the estimated processing time for the electronic document, and additionally based on an in-queue time for each print data in the processing queue. Further, any user-designated priority may be factored into the re-ordering of print data in the processing queue, or in the alternative, bypass the optimization process entirely. These approaches may be implemented on a printing device, a print server, a client device or any other device capable of utilizing these approaches. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100073726 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PRINTING APPARATUS, AND THEIR CONTROL METHOD - This invention relates to a printing apparatus or information processing apparatus, which is connected to a peripheral device management apparatus and holds updatable resource data. The printing apparatus or information processing apparatus asynchronously receives an output job and resource data used upon processing the output job from the peripheral device management apparatus connected to it. Upon receiving the resource data, reception of a new output job after the reception of the resource data is stopped. When it is determined that the process of a print job, which has already been received and queued, is complete, the held resource data is updated by the resource data received by a reception unit. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100079787 | VARIABLE DATA PRINTING METHOD UTILIZING SEPARATE PRINTERS FOR DIFFERENT CONTENT - A variable data printing (VDP) method is disclosed in which different types of contents on each piece of the VDP production, such as color form contents and black and white contents, are printed using different types of printers, such as color printers and black and white printers, respectively. The color form content is printed first to form partially printed sheets. Partially printed sheet carrying different color contents are loaded into different input trays of the black and white printers. The black and white content is printed on the partially printed sheets using the black and white printers. When printing the black and white content, the color data in the input VDP data is excluded. The job tickets for the black and white print jobs specify the input trays to be used so that the appropriate partially printed sheet is selected for each black and white print job. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100079788 | VARIABLE DATA PRINTING METHOD UTILIZING MULTIPLE PRINTERS - A variable data printing (VDP) method is disclosed. The method takes advantage of the capacity of a print shop to increase overall throughput of a VDP production. The shop management software running on a server provides the ability for a print shop operator to divide the VDP production and submit it to multiple printers so that each printer prints different pieces of the production. In one method, the operator enters a division rule to divide the VDP production based on the variable data. In another method, the server automatically determines how to divide the VDP production based on performance of the printers and other the volume of the VDP production. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100079789 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF PERFORMING PREPRESS OPERATIONS USING A SHELL DOCUMENT - A method of performing prepress operations with respect to a print job may include receiving, by a prepress workflow system, a document to be processed by a workflow, and automatically generating a shell document corresponding to the received document. The shell document may include a plurality of shell pages, and each one of the plurality of shell pages may include an external reference that corresponds to one of the plurality of received pages. The method may include performing, by a processor, one or more first prepress operations on one or more of the shell pages to produce a modified shell document, performing, by the processor, one or more second prepress operations on one or more of the received pages to produce a modified received document and merging the modified received document and the modified shell document to form a merged document. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100079790 | Systems and Methods for Automating Printer Configuration - Apparatus, systems, and methods consistent with disclosed embodiments permit the automatic configuration of printers based on the generic physical characteristics of print media by using a product code associated with the print media. Printer configuration settings associated with the product code are retrieved and used to automatically configure an input tray holding the media. In some embodiments, the product codes can be scanned using a sensor coupled to the input tray. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100079791 | SCANNING APPARATUS, NETWORK SCANNING SYSTEM, AND NETWORK SCANNING METHOD THEREOF - A scanning apparatus, a network scanning system and a network scanning method thereof, the network scanning method of the scanning apparatus that is connected to a host apparatus including: receiving inherent information with respect to the host apparatus that is a transmission target of a scan image of a scanned item; searching for one or more scanning protocols supported by the host apparatus by using the received inherent information; and displaying the one or more supported scanning protocols found in the searching. Thus, an error in a network scanning setting may be reduced, and user convenience may be improved. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100079792 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A determining unit calculates an estimated time until drawing data is transmitted to an engine, and transmits the drawing data, a print instruction, and the estimated time to the engine. An activating/terminating unit activates or terminates each unit of the engine. A confirming unit inquires the controller of presence of drawing data of a next page, and acquires an estimated time. An activation/termination controlling unit controls the activating/terminating unit when it is judged that the estimated time is longer than a sum of a time required for activating units of the engine and a time required for terminating the units. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100079793 | SYSTEM, SERVER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present invention provides a server which distributes firmware to an image forming apparatus, the server including a determination unit configured to determine whether the firmware distributed to the image forming apparatus is released now, and a transmission unit configured to, when the firmware determined by the determination unit not to be released now has not been applied to the image forming apparatus, transmit instruction information containing an instruction to prevent application of the firmware to the image forming apparatus, and when the firmware determined by the determination unit not to be released now has been applied to the image forming apparatus, transmit instruction information containing an instruction to obtain either of alternative firmware and downgrade firmware to the firmware and apply the obtained firmware. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100079794 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND INPUT METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus and an input method thereof are provided. The input method of an image forming apparatus which includes at least one hard key and a touch screen, including displaying a screen with at least one input selection option on the touch screen, receiving a selection of the at least one hard key and a touch selection of at least one of the input selection options of the displayed screen, and performing an operation corresponding to the received hard key selection and the received touch selection. Thus, a shortcut key using a hard key and a touch screen together may be provided, thereby reducing inconvenience for a user to navigate to a menu and to input data. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100079795 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes an input unit which receives input of image data containing a plurality of drawing objects overlapping each other, a pixel data generation unit which generates a plurality of pixel data corresponding to the respective drawing objects, a pixel data compression unit which compresses the plurality of pixel data into pieces of run-length information corresponding to the plurality of pixel data, a selection unit which selects, based on drawing information of the drawing object, either of composition of the pixel data and composition of the run-length information to be performed, a pixel data composition unit which composites the pixel data, and a compressed pixel composition unit which composites the run-length information. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100079796 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication system includes: a communication device; and a data receiver that is configured so as to be capable of being connected to the communication device. The communication device includes: a content summary receiving unit that is configured so as to be capable of receiving content summary data transmitted from an external device, the content summary data including at least positional data and title data for content data; and a positional data transmitting unit. The data receiver includes a scheduled port querying unit that is configured to transmit to the communication device a query querying the communication device for a scheduled port. The communication device further includes: a scheduled port notifying unit that, upon receiving the scheduled port query from the data receiver, transmits to the data receiver a scheduled port notification indicating the scheduled port. The data receiver further includes: a determining unit that determines whether the scheduled port indicated in the scheduled port notification is available; and an availability notifying unit that transmits to the communication device an availability notification indicating the scheduled port that is determined as being available. The communication device further includes: an active port setting unit that sets the scheduled port indicated by the availability notification as an active port; and an active port notifying unit that transmits to the data receiver an active port notification indicating the active port. The positional data transmitting unit transmits the positional data for the content data to the data receiver through the active port at a prescribed timing and according to the prescribed communication protocol. The data receiver further includes: an active port receiving unit that receives the active port notification from the communication device; and a positional data receiving unit that is configured so as to be capable of receiving, via the active port indicated in the active port notification, the positional data for the content data outputted from the communication device. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100079797 | Image Scanner and Image Scanning System - An image scanning system comprising an image scanner and a terminal, wherein the image scanner comprises an image storing unit to store the image data; a terminal designation unit to designate the terminal as a transmission target; a terminal storing unit to record correspondence data to associate the image data with the terminal; an information notification unit to transmit a notification of information concerning image data to the designated terminal; a request receiving unit to receive a request for image data; and an image transmission unit to transmit the image data associated with the designated terminal for which the request has been received, and the terminal comprises: an indication unit to make an indication in response to receipt of the notification; and a request transmission unit to transmit the request to the image scanner when a user operation for requesting image data is received. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100079798 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM THEREFOR, AND MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus which performs variable printing in accordance with print data containing a fixed object and a variable object determines whether the fixed object overlaps another fixed object. When the image processing apparatus determines that the fixed object overlaps the other fixed object, the image processing apparatus generates data by performing the first image forming processing to combine the fixed object and the other fixed object or the second image forming processing to process the fixed object or the other fixed object. The image processing apparatus stores the generated data. The image processing apparatus extracts the stored data, combines it with the variable object to generate print data, and outputs the print data. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100079799 | Media Processing Device, Control Method for a Media Processing Device, and a Control Program for a Media Processing Device - A media processing device and a control method therefor separate the control unit that detects state changes and the control unit that controls executing processes according to a state change. The media processing device has a label printer | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100079800 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND PROGRAM - The execution of an image processing job is limited using a printing amount by an image processing job that has already been executed and a printing amount that is scheduled to be printed by an image processing job that has already been transmitted but not yet executed. To accomplish this, a multi-function peripheral manages a first printing amount that has already been printed by a executed print job and a second printing amount that is scheduled to be printed by a print job that has been transmitted from the multi-function peripheral to a printer and that has not yet been executed in association with a user ID, and determines, before transmitting the print job, whether or not the total of a third printing amount that is scheduled to be printed by the print job, the first printing amount and the second printing amount exceeds an upper limit amount. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100079801 | Image Forming Device and Management System for Image Forming - An image forming device includes an image forming unit configured to execute an image formation process to form an image on a recording medium based on an image formation job, and an information writing control unit configured to write history information based on the image formation job into an external storage device connected to the image forming device via a network, wherein the information writing unit writes the information into the external storage device before completion of the image formation process based on the image formation job by the image formation unit. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100079802 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus capable of processing image data having plural pages includes a page designation unit, a page extraction unit, and an output unit. The page designation unit receives designation of a page to be printed. The page extraction unit extracts page data in a unit of pages from the image data based on the page designated through the page designation unit and page information included in the image data. The output unit outputs the page data extracted by the page extraction unit. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100079803 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus is supplied capable of sending error report information to management server address without user information when there is no permission of user. The image forming apparatus, comprising: an image generating section for generating image data; a storing section for storing history information representing history of apparatus operation on the basis of the generated image data; a trouble detecting section for detecting trouble that occurs in the apparatus; a displaying process section that at least displays a screen of respective items contained in history information corresponding to current image data selectively, when trouble is detected; a selection instruction receiving section that receives a selection instruction of respective items from the displayed screen; a generating section that generates trouble report information containing the respective items in the selection instruction; and a sending control section that sends the generated trouble report information to an external apparatus. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100079804 | Printer Having Web Server Function - A printer may comprise a command file storage unit, a receiving unit, a command file sending unit, and a first data sending unit. The command file storage unit may store a command file including a first command, a second command, and a third command. The first command is a command for sending a request for first data. The second command includes design data, and is a command for converting the first data into second data in accordance with the design data. The third command is a command for displaying a web page in accordance with the second data. The receiving unit may receive a request. The command file sending unit may send a response including the command file when a request for the command file is received. The first data sending unit may send a response including the first data when the request for the first data is received. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100079805 | NETWORK INTERFACE APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A mechanism which can avoid, as much as possible, a difference of picture quality that is caused by restricting color printing according to an authority and forcedly performing monochromatic printing is provided. A mechanism which restricts the color printing according to the authority without deteriorating performance is also provided. The processing refers to a color restricting mode in user information or a color restricting mode in setting information. When the referred color restricting mode indicates “force”, if the user does not have the authority in which a color job can be printed, the job is forcedly converted into monochrome. In case of “analyze”, if the user does not have the authority in which a color job can be printed, the job is analyzed. If it is the color job, a forced monochromatic printing or print inhibition is performed. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100079806 | Image forming device, image forming system and image forming method - An image forming device includes an image forming unit in communication with a printing data memory unit and configured to print first and second printing data on a front side of a recording medium, and a recording medium re-feeding mechanism unit configured to re-feed the recording medium to the image forming unit to enable the image forming unit to over-print one of the first printing data and the second printing data on the front side of the recording medium at the image forming unit. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100079807 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION - The invention relates to a method for generating a printout of a section of a global position-coding pattern in a system comprising a computer unit and a printer unit connected to the computer unit. The method is characterized by the steps of generating in the computer unit boundary information that describes the boundaries of the section in the global position-coding pattern; transmitting the boundary information from the computer unit to the printer unit; generating graphical information in the printer unit by means of an algorithm that defines the global position-coding pattern and on the basis of the boundary information, which graphical information describes pattern symbols in the section; and printing out the graphical information on a base by the printer unit. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100085594 | PRINTER-RESIDENT DEFAULT JOB TICKET - A print controller in a printing system includes a storage system that stores a default job ticket. The print controller also includes a reduced-job-ticket interpreter. The print controller receives a printable file from a host system. The reduced-job-ticket interpreter receives a reduced job ticket associated with the printable file and builds a final job ticket using data from the reduced job ticket and the default job ticket. The print controller then prints the printable file in accordance with the final job ticket. In some embodiments, the print controller receives a PostScript printable file from the host system and the reduced-job-ticket interpreter receives a reduced job ticket in JDF format | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100085595 | Method and apparatus for high-speed inkjet printing - Image data for printing an image on a printable medium at high speed with an inkjet printer is received in memory in the form of 512 pixels, or a multiple thereof, wide with a resolution of 360 dots per inch, and saved as an 8 bit color TIFF file with no compression and thereafter stripped into multiple printing columns, one for each color, the columns being positioned in a printing flow order with a spacing between columns of 512 pixels, or a multiple thereof, and then this stripped image data is saved as a four bit bitmap file. The printing medium objects are sequentially conveyed under the printheads whereby the stripped image data is printed onto the printing medium by the inkjet nozzle columns to generate the image. UV ink is employed, together with a UV curing light source to provide high-speed curing. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100085596 | METHOD OF ATTACHING AND SENDING FILE THROUGH WEBMAIL FROM IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS TO PERFORM THE METHOD - An image forming apparatus which logs into an external webmail server by using a web browser included in the image forming apparatus, the webmail is written on a webpage of the webmail server, a file to be attached to the webmail is selected, and the selected file is attached to the webmail so as to send the webmail to the webmail server. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100085597 | METHOD OF RETRIEVING THE STATUS OF BUSINESS OFFICE APPLIANCES - Status information of one or more business office appliances operating behind a firewall are retrieved remotely by a service management application. The service management application transmits, via electronic mail from a first network behind a first firewall to a second network behind a second firewall, information that identifies the one or more business office appliances. A device management application at the second network receives the information and, based on the information, communicates instructions to one or more business office appliances. The instructions are executed on the one or more business office appliances without requiring re-boot of the business office appliances. Results of executing the instructions are used to generate a response document that is sent back to the service management application and/or to a database on the first network. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100085598 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMPLEX JOB EXECUTION METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes: an accepter that accepts a complex job including a plurality of jobs to be executed cooperatively by a plurality of image processing apparatuses including this image processing apparatus itself; a job controller that makes the plurality of image processing apparatuses including this image processing apparatus itself, cooperatively execute the plurality of jobs included in the accepted complex job; a job administrator that administers execution states of the respective jobs included in the complex job and generates job information pieces indicating job details and execution states of the respective jobs; and a memory that records in itself the generated job information pieces. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100085599 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DRIVER SETTING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus capable of reducing the labor of a user to create at least one definition file for use in installing drivers on respective ones of a plurality of devices. A server connected to printers accepts input/edition of print information necessary to install printer drivers selected by the user on printers, and accepts selection of printers on which printer drivers applied with the input/edited print information are installed. Methods for creating at least one definition file necessary to Install the drivers on the selected printers are presented for selection, and at least one execution file is created in accordance with the selected creation method. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100085600 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided a method for image processing to transfer scanned data of a document read by an image reading apparatus to an application which is operated in an information processing apparatus connected to the image reading apparatus. The method includes obtaining an execution path of an application which is currently operated in the information processing apparatus, and transferring the scanned data to the image reading apparatus by using the execution path. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100085601 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A communication device capable of accessing a network device is provided. The communication device includes a clock, a location information storage to store summary location information, a summary information obtaining system to obtain content summary information, a summary information storage to store the obtained content summary information, a display system to display the information concerning the contents generated based on the content summary information during a predetermined time range, a time range setting system to set the predetermined time range on basis of a source of the content summary information, an extractor to extract the content summary information which is set to be displayed in the display system during the predetermined time range, and a display controller to control the display system to display the information concerning the contents which is included in the extracted summary information. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100091317 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS FOR SCANNING AND IMPORTING DOCUMENTS - A system, method, and apparatus for scanning and importing documents is disclosed. Specifically, the disclosed system provides a device for scanning documents and importing and forwarding scanned documents based on document identifiers. Documents are received and reviewed for entry into the document management system. An identifier is associated with each document based on the level of available information about the document. An identifier is assigned to each document. Each document with its assigned identifier is scanned. Documents are then imported into the document management system or forwarded to a recipient for additional review. Separator identifiers may be used to increase efficiency. Further, the system may allow certain users to use reporting functions to access information about the document management system and the recipients of documents. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100091318 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTIPLE QUEUE OPTIONS FOR A SINGLE LOGICAL PRINTER - Systems and methods for managing multiple spool options for a single printer. A spool option is associated with a print job. The spool option specifies whether the associated print job is ready to print or specifies a scheduled time to print the print job. The print job and its associated spool option are sent to a single logical printer defined in the system. The print job is queued in a queue based on the spool option. In an exemplary embodiment, a first queue is used for print jobs that are ready to be printed and second queue is used for print jobs having spool option specifying a scheduled time to print. Both queues are managed by job spooler functions associated with a single printer in the computing system to eliminate the problems of defining multiple logical printers for different queuing/spool options. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100091319 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRINTING QUEUED PRINT JOBS - A system for printing queued print jobs includes a user interface and a job submission component. The user interface communicates user input. The job submission component submits print jobs to at least one print queue. The job submission component communicates with the user interface to receive the user input therefrom. The job submission component includes at least one parameter associated with printing an identification sheet with all of the at least one print job in the at least one print queue when a predetermined condition occurs, the predetermined condition includes at least one of a temporal condition, a periodic temporal condition, a threshold number of pages, and a threshold number of print jobs in the at least one print queue. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100091320 | Front Panel Display Recordation - A system and method are provided for printing a screenshot displayed on a multifunctional peripheral (MFP) front panel. At an MFP front panel display, the method presents a screenshot, and an MFP processing unit stores the screenshot in a tangible memory medium. In response to recording a print screen command at a front panel user interface (UI), the MFP processing unit extracts the screenshot from memory and converts the extracted screenshot into a cyan, magenta, yellow, and key (black) (CMYK) printable format recognized by a print engine. Then, an MFP print engine prints a screenshot hardcopy. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100091321 | PHOTO PRINTING DEVICE - A photo printing device includes a microprocessor, operable to receive photo printing data, a printer, configured to print photographs from the photo printing data, an order sorter, having a plurality of moveable bins for receiving prints from the printer, and means for conveying information to a user related to operation of the order sorter. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100091322 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus and image forming method therefor, the image forming apparatus including: a communication interface to receive an XML paper specification (XPS) file; an XPS emulator unit to replace redundancy of the received XPS file with a parsing object and to render the XPS file in which the redundancy has been replaced; and a controller to output the rendered XPS file. Accordingly, resources used to output the XPS file are reduced. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100091323 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND DOLLY DESIGNATION METHOD - A printing system includes, for example, a printing apparatus which forms an image on a sheet, and a plurality of dollies which are assigned different dolly identification information and used to stack the sheet discharged from the discharging port of the printing apparatus. The printing system also includes a designation unit which designates a dolly to be used for a print job, and an output unit which outputs alert information when the dolly designated by the designation unit is not allocated at the discharging port. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100091324 | PRINTING SETTING APPLICATION PROGRAM, PRINTING CONTROL PROGRAM, PRINTING SETTING APPLICATION APPARATUS, AND PRINT SETTING APPLICATION METHOD - A print setting display device includes: a print job data acquiring section which acquires print job data representing printing targets classified in accordance with a plurality of classification units; and a print setting acquiring section which acquires setting completion information representing print settings corresponding to the classification units; and a display control section which allows a predetermined display unit to display information representing the printing targets, the classification units, and the setting completion information. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100091325 | FIELD DATA CENTER - The present invention provides, among other features, a device and method for removably enclosing other devices. This device is ruggedized and mobile while also providing protection to the other devices from harsh conditions. Further, this device may integrate and/or contain electronics capable of providing power to other devices. The power components should be able to receive power from an AC or DC source and output, to one or more devices, AC and/or DC. This device is adapted for use in the agricultural harvesting process. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100091326 | Printing System, and Printing Method and Recording Medium - A printing system is provided which includes a printer, a job control section that supplies print job data to the printer, and a determination section that determines whether to execute printing of the print job data. In the printing system, the job control section generates determination information, which is information relating to printing the print job data, before the print job data are supplied to the printer. In the printing system, the determination section determines whether to execute printing of the print job data depending on the determination information and information relating to the status of the printer. In the printing system, the job control section supplies the print job data to the printer, when the determination result shows that the printing is possible. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100091327 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus capable of defining each of a plurality of executable functions as one work item and executing a plurality of workflows each combining the work items includes a setting change reception unit which receives a setting change for a setting item of a work item that constitutes a preprocess workflow and reflects the contents of the setting change on an associated setting item of a work item that constitutes a post-process workflow, a data generation unit which generates data including the execution result of the preprocess workflow and the contents of the setting change, an analysis unit which analyzes, based on the generated data, whether a setting change has been done for the setting item of the work item that constitutes the post-process workflow, and a workflow execution unit which controls execution of the post-process workflow based on the analysis result. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100091328 | Printing Apparatus, Data Storage Medium, Interface Device, Printer Control Method, And Interface Control Method - An interface device backs up printer settings and operating history data of printer so that the settings and history data can be easily restored. A nonvolatile memory | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100091329 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - This invention provides a first communication apparatus, which makes a facsimile communication via a packet communication network and can describe different contents image header information each including a date, time, source information, destination information, and the like in image data having a predetermined number of pixels upon sending the image data to a plurality of destinations, and a communication method. This invention also provides a second communication apparatus which makes a facsimile communication via a packet communication network and has a first mode in which image header information such as a date, time, source information, destination information, and the like can be described in image data having a predetermined number of pixels and can send the image data, and a second mode in which image data having one of various resolutions and an indefinite number of pixels can be sent. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100097630 | PRINTER DRIVER WITH CONTEXT BASED RESTRICTIONS - According to aspects of the embodiments, there is provided methods of controlling operation of a printer, apparatus and computer-readable medium. The embodiments control operation of a printer by receiving a print command for printing from a user, and displaying a print user interface including selectable document settings and context based restrictions. Context based restrictions allows a system administrator to flexibly manage users access to a device features and capabilities. A variety of restrictions can be specified including time-based, capacity-based, and application-based. This invention also prevents the user from submitting a job with a restricted feature. Advantages are a clear, understandable presentation of restrictions to the user so the user knows what features the user cannot access. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100097631 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY RECONFIGURING A PRINT DRIVER FOR AN IMAGE PRODUCTION DEVICE - A method and apparatus for automatically reconfiguring a print driver for an image production device is disclosed. The method may include receiving a request to print a print job from a user, wherein the print job includes one or more print job parameters, determining if the one or more print job parameters violate one or more print policies, wherein if it is determined that the one or more print job parameters violate one or more print policies, notifying the user that the one or more print policies have been violated, prompting the user to select to have the print driver reconfigured to adhere to the one or more print policies that were violated, determining if the user selected to reconfigure the print driver, wherein if it is determined that the user selected to reconfigure the print driver, reconfiguring the print driver to adhere to the one or more print policies that were violated, and sending a signal to print the requested print job. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100097632 | VERTICAL PRINT - A method, a system, and a computer program product for controlling printing across a plurality of network devices. The method, system, and computer program product perform functions which generate a locked print job to be distributed to the plurality of network devices, which assign a user identification for identification of the locked print job at the network devices, and which assign a user password for print job authorization of the locked print job at the network devices. The method, system, and computer program product function to broadcast with a multiple network device identification print job information of the locked print job to the plurality of network devices. The system includes an originating network device of the plurality of network devices, which generates the locked print job to be distributed to the plurality of network devices. The originating network device is configured to assign the user identification and the user password for identification and print job authorization of the locked print job at the remote network devices. The originating network device is configured to broadcast with a multiple network device identification the print job information to the plurality of network devices. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100097633 | Knowledge-Based Content Sub-Setting Method For Variable Information Printing - A method receives a variable information print job and determines if any of the personalized content exceeds the size of a corresponding content area of the template. If the personalized content exceeds the size of a corresponding content area of the template, the method resolves such size inconsistencies (between the personalized content and the content area) by selectively removing and/or filtering portions of the personalized content according to the knowledge-based rules. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100097634 | FAX MESSAGE SEARCHING AND FAX CONTENT DELIVERY - A system for providing an internet fax service has an engine to process a raw fax document, received for a user of the internet fax service, using digital character recognition to produce recognized text or an associated formatted text document. A conversion engine may convert the raw fax to native file format being one of a) word processor format, b) spreadsheet format, c) slide presentation format, or d) another format that can be read on a user interface. An internet server is to make the native file format document available to the user over an internet. A fax content processing unit is to perform keyword scanning of the recognized text, and then allows the user to search for stored faxes by keyword. Other embodiments are also described. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100097635 | Printer upgrade mechanism - A method for providing computer services is disclosed. The method includes a print server receiving a data file including updates for a printer, parsing the file to acquire one or more update options and defaults for the printer and storing the update options and defaults for the printer in a database. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100097636 | IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMATION METHOD, IMAGE FORMATION INSTRUCTION APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMATION INSTRUCTION METHOD, IMAGE FORMATION SYSTEM, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM AND COMPUTER DATA SIGNAL - An image formation apparatus includes an accepting unit, an acquiring unit and a formation unit. The accepting unit accepts an image formation instruction and input of information for specifying image supply destinations. The acquiring unit acquires an image formation condition that is specified in advance for each image supply destination. The formation unit forms images based on the acquired image formation conditions. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100097637 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An image forming method and apparatus, wherein the image forming apparatus is wirelessly connectable to one or more mobile devices and the image forming method comprises connecting the image forming apparatus to the one or more mobile devices, determining whether the image forming apparatus has been previously connected to the one or more mobile devices, obtaining a first photo list stored in the one or more mobile device, if determined that the image forming apparatus has been previously connected to the one or more mobile devices, comparing the obtained first photo list with a second photo list stored in the image forming apparatus, updating the second photo list in consideration of the obtained first photo list if determined that the obtained first photo list is different from the second photo list, and displaying the updated second photo list. Thus, the image forming apparatus performing a plurality of printing operations can complete the plurality of printing operations very rapidly. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100097638 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING SCAN DATA - Provided are a scan data processing method and apparatus. The method includes: performing a wireless communication connection with a predetermined user device during a scan mode; detecting user profile information corresponding to a user address of the predetermined user device; and controlling scan data based on the user profile information. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100097639 | Space Context Copy/Paste Method and System, and Space Copier - A space context copy/paste method and system using ontology, and a space copier are disclosed, in which various contexts in a space are sensed using various detection means under a ubiquitous environment and are stored in a database by time, and a context of a specific space to be copied or pasted by a user is stored in a space file using a space copier, so that a user is able to paste the stored space file into a specific space using various output means. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100097640 | IMAGE SCANNING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - Image scanning apparatus and method of receiving a new scan job, determining whether the new scan job is a multi-scan job, and when the new scan job is a multi-scan job, individually performing the multi-scan job using the plurality of scan units. Accordingly, in the process of performing a scan job, a user can perform a new scan job without waiting. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100097641 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, TERMINAL DEVICE, USER INTERFACE CONTROL METHOD, SETTING CHANGE REQUEST TRANSMISSION METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA STORING PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes: a first change unit that changes a setting content of a provided function based on a setting change request received from an external device; a second change unit that changes a setting content of a provided function based on a setting change request inputted from an operation part of the apparatus; a storage unit that, when a setting content of a function is to be changed, stores necessary/unnecessary information indicating presence/absence of necessity not to receive a setting change request from a device other than the external device or the operation part of the apparatus to change the setting content, by each function; a determination unit that, when the first and second change units are to change a setting content of a function, determines whether or not exclusive processing not to receive a setting change request from the other device is necessary, based on the necessary/unnecessary information stored in the storage unit; and a controller that, when the determination unit determines that the exclusive processing is necessary, controls the first and second change units not to receive a setting change request from the other device. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100097642 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING METHOD, MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image processing apparatus that extracts multiple still images from a moving image and performs an image process. A parameter indicating characteristics of moving image data are extracted, and a number of multiple still images is determined based on the parameter indicating characteristics of the moving image data. Then, based on a determined number of still images, multiple still images are extracted from the moving image, a extracted multiple still images are saved as a single file, and the image process is carried out using a saved multiple still images. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100097643 | AREA SPECIFYING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND AREA SPECIFYING METHOD - An area specifying apparatus, which is portable, includes a position acquiring unit that acquires positions of respective radio communication apparatuses through radio communication therewith, a distance measuring unit that measures distances from the area specifying apparatus to the respective radio communication apparatuses while the area specifying apparatus is being moved, a position calculating unit that calculates positions of the area specifying apparatus based on three or more of the positions of the respective radio communication apparatuses and corresponding three or more of the distances from the area specifying apparatus to the respective radio communication apparatuses, and a position transmitting unit that transmits the positions of the area specifying apparatus to each of the radio communication apparatuses so that each of the radio communication apparatuses can specify a physical area enclosed by a line connecting the positions of the area specifying apparatus as a specified area. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100097644 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SERVER APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image processing apparatus includes a connection unit configured to connect to a server apparatus, an acquisition unit configured to acquire a user interface (UI) component concerning a service which can be used by a user in a client terminal apparatus and has an output format capable of processing the output format of the service by a device of the image processing apparatus among services provided by the server apparatus from the server apparatus, a generation unit configured to generate a preview component for an output material based on an output setting of the UI component acquired by the acquisition unit and an output setting of the UI component of the device of the image processing apparatus, a combining unit configured to combine the UI component acquired by the acquisition unit, the UI component of the device of the image processing apparatus, and the preview component generated by the generation unit into a single UI screen, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the UI screen to the client terminal apparatus. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100097645 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM THEREOF - An information processing apparatus searches for an apparatus that has a transmission destination that can be accessed from an image forming apparatus on a network when a transmission destination of file transmission processing cannot be accessed from the image forming apparatus, generates a process flow including processing in which the image forming apparatus transmits a file to the transmission destination in the apparatus found through the search and transmits the generated process flow to the image forming apparatus, and generates a process flow including processing for moving the file from the transmission destination in the apparatus found through the search to a designated transmission destination and stores the generated process flow in the information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus executes the generated process flow when the end of the processing is notified from the image forming apparatus. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100097646 | SCANNING OPTICAL APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A scanning optical apparatus capable of forming a preferable image, includes a light source unit, a rotational polygon mirror having a plurality of deflection surfaces for deflectively scanning a light flux emerged from the light source unit, an incident optical system for imaging the light flux as a line image on the deflection surfaces; and an imaging optical system which has one or more imaging lenses, images the light flux that has passed through the rotational polygon mirror on a surface to be scanned, and brings the deflection surfaces and the surface to be scanned into a conjugate relationship with each other in a sub scanning section, in which at least one of the imaging lenses of the imaging optical system has a lens surface formed into a non-arcked shape in the sub scanning section, and is held by a holding member so as to be movable. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100097647 | PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINTING CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - When input print data is data for normal printing, a hot folder control manager changes information on the property rights of the print data to a holder to whom a quota of a shared folder is not set (holder on whom use limit is not imposed). Then, the hot folder control manager moves print data changing information on the property rights to a normal printing hot folder. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100097648 | DISPLAY CONTOROL APPARATUS AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A display control apparatus includes a communication control unit configured to control a first communication for receiving a video signal based on image data from a printing apparatus using a first communication protocol for receiving a video signal, and a second communication for sending image data to the printing apparatus using a second communication protocol for sending data to be used for printing. The communication control unit performs control to communicate with the printing apparatus using the second communication protocol in response to a storage medium being connected to the display control apparatus, and performs control to communicate with the printing apparatus using the first communication protocol in response to receiving a notification indicating that a storage medium is connected to the printing apparatus. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100097649 | Printer controller, printing server, and print system - A printer controller is operable to make an information processor execute a process of outputting a print data to a printing machine provided with a plurality of sheet feeders and adapted to set up feeder information, and have the information processor work as a feeder information acquirer, a printing condition setup acceptor, a print data generator, and a feeder setter, the feeder setter serving to set up a sheet feeder in which placed print sheets have an identical size to a sheet size set up as a printing condition, as a sheet feeder for print, the print data generator serving to generate the print data to have an image frame formed by the print data oriented in accordance with an orientation of print sheets placed in the sheet feeder as set up, while forming the image frame in accordance with a type of print sheets placed in the sheet feeder as set up. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100097650 | ADMINISTRATOR TERMINAL CONNECTED TO IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CLIENT, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME, AND REMOTE INSTALLING METHOD FOR DRIVER THEREOF - An administrator terminal connected to an image forming apparatus and a client, an image forming system including the same, and a method to remotely an install a driver. The method to remotely an install a driver in an administrator terminal connecting with at least one image forming apparatus and at least one client includes searching for at least one image forming apparatus connected to the administrator terminal, selecting at least one client sharing and using the searched image forming apparatus, selecting an image forming apparatus server according to a network connection type of the image forming apparatus, and installing the driver of the image forming apparatus on the at least one selected client through the selected image forming apparatus server. Thus, at least one client is selected among clients where the driver is installed, and the driver is simultaneously installed according to the selected clients, thereby saving time and cost and providing a convenience to a user. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100097651 | PRINTER AND PRINTING METHOD - A program execution unit determines a kind of an error and an error recovery method referring to an error recovery content management table and an error recovery method setting table, which are previously stored in a memory, from a kind of an error detected in a print language analysis step of a RIP. Information that an error occurs is given to user via an information unit so that user selects and prints necessary page of a print job, which is not printed. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100097652 | Method Of Printing A Compressed Image Having Bi-Level Black Contone Data Layers - A method of printing a compressed image includes the steps of receiving the image, having a bi-level black data layer and a continuous tone (contone) CMYK data layer, from an image host; expanding the image by decompressing the two data layers in parallel; halftoning the contone CMYK data layer into bi-level CMYK data layer; compositing the bi-level black data layer over the bi-level CMYK data layer to form a composited bi-level CMYK image; separating the color planes of the composited bi-level CMYK image, and separating each color plane into even and odd pixels; storing the odd and even pixels of each color plane in respective odd and even FIFOs for each color; and printing the composited bi-level CMYK image with a pagewidth printhead onto a print medium. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100097653 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MODELING PRINT JOBS - A system and method for modeling print jobs provides a central server that is accessible to remotely located print shops. The remote print shops are able to communicate with the central server to forward print job parameters and to receive the output from a modeling program to enable the print shop to run “what-if” scenarios to maximize print shop efficiency. The central server is also provided with various other print shop tools to assist with print shop design and organization. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100103444 | AUTOMATED PREPRESS METHODS FOR IMPROVING PAGE PARALLEL RIP PERFORMANCE - Systems and methods are presented in which a print job is segmented into multiple parts or chunks prior to facilitate raster image processing by including in each of the parts the print job preamble, one or more page portions, and only those resources required for the page portions, and the generated chunk files are provided to one or more raster image processing components for rendering or printing. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100103445 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING A DOCUMENT WORKFLOW - A method of processing a document workflow includes the initial step of providing a document workflow system including a grid computing system in communication with at least one I/O device. The document workflow system is configured to process at least one print job. The method also includes the step of partitioning the processing of the at least one print job between the grid computing system and the at least one I/O device. The grid computing system is configured to process at least one non-physical component of the document workflow and the at least one I/O device is configured to process at least one physical component of the document workflow. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100103446 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRINTING DOCUMENTS WITH SEMI-TRANSPARENT GRAPHICAL ELEMENTS - A method of processing a page for printing includes processing each component of the page, or a portion of the page, into a display list. A plurality of element streams is generated from at least a portion of the display list. Each component of the element streams is identified as being an invariant component or a varying component. For each invariant component, it is determined whether that invariant component has been serialized into at least one of the element streams and, if not, the invariant component is serialized into at least one of the element streams and stored. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100103447 | Systems and Methods for Testing a Printer - A method for testing skew in a printer includes receiving at a printer a request to print a test page, and in response to the request, printing a test page. The test page includes (a) a first symbol defining a first symbol boundary and (b) a second symbol sized smaller than the first symbol boundary such that the second symbol fits inside the first symbol boundary when the test page is folded. The relationship between the size of the first symbol boundary and the size of the second symbol corresponds to a predetermined acceptable amount of skew in the alignment of the first and second symbols on the test page. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100103448 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VOUCHER AND PROMOTIONAL COUPONING SYSTEM - A method and apparatus are provided for the creation and management of promotional coupons or vouchers. When used in a mixed gaming and promotional couponing system, a printer appends printed indicia to printed output when receiving data on an auxiliary port configured for printing promotional coupons. In addition, the printer, upon receiving data on the auxiliary port, may analyze the received data in order to suppress data for generating certain patterns which are not desirable to appear on the printed output. Suppressed data may include text, barcode, graphic, line, and box data used for printing vouchers but not promotional coupons. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100103449 | METHOD OF TRANSMSITTING LOG INFORMATION ON DOCUMENT USING METADATA AND HOST DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND SYSTEM USING THE SAME METHOD - There are provided a method of transmitting log information on a document using metadata which can manage log information based on the metadata, and a host device, an image forming apparatus and an image forming system using the same method. The method includes: setting up metadata for receiving log information on a document in a host device; storing the set up metadata and printing data of the document; outputting the document; generating the log information on the document; and transmitting the log information using the metadata. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100103450 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, IMAGE DATA CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - An image forming device connectable to plural external devices controlling image data through a network including: a setup unit configured to set up an identification name and communication identification information for the image forming device and the external devices, the communication identification information having a setup content different based on a communication method; a device information control unit; a registration unit configured to associate the identification name with the communication identification information and to register these into the device information control unit; a source candidate display unit configured to display an identification name list registered in the device information control unit as candidates which can be chosen as a source of the image data; and an acquisition unit configured to acquire the image data from the plural external devices based on the communication identification information associated with the identification name. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100103451 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE CAPABLE OF COMPLETING ACCESS OPERATION TO RFID ON RECORDING MEDIUM - There is provided an image forming device that includes a conveyor section, an image forming section, an accessing section and a control unit. The conveyor section conveys recording media in a conveying path, the recording media including a recording medium having a data storage unit attached thereto and a recording medium with no data storage unit attached thereto, the data storage unit storing data or being capable of storing data. The image forming section forms an image on the recording medium. The accessing section is disposed at an access position along the conveying path and accesses the data storage unit to execute an access operation to write data into or read data from the data storage unit. The control section is configured to control the conveyor section and the accessing section to bring the recording medium having passed the access position back to the access position and to access the data storage unit attached to the recording medium which has brought back to the access position to execute a re-access operation to write unprocessed data into or read unprocessed data from the data storage unit, the unprocessed data being such data that remained unprocessed with the access operation. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100103452 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING PAGE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE DATA FOR PARALLEL PROCESSING - Provided is a method and apparatus of creating printing data, the method includes: classifying a plurality of objects that are to be printed into a plurality of groups; generating a page description language (PDL) section for each group to include commands for establishing attributes that are to be used in their respective group; and creating PDL data for the objects by combining the PDL sections. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100103453 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE PRINTING SYSTEM - In a printing system that registers a schedule of print jobs before printing and that executes the print jobs in order of registration, a print server receives a print request of print jobs and requests a print device to register the print jobs. The print server abandons the print jobs after the request of the registration of the print jobs. Meanwhile, the print device that has received the registration of the print jobs registers the print jobs in the schedule, and the print device instructs the print server to execute the print jobs according to the schedule. The print server acquires the instructed print jobs, generates print data based on the print jobs, and transfers the print data to the print device. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100103454 | Image Forming Method, Image Forming Apparatus, and Image Forming System - An image forming method includes: dividing input image data; transmitting first divided data to a first image processing unit; transmitting second divided data to a second image processing unit; image-processing the first divided data transmitted to the first image processing unit; image-processing the second divided data transmitted to the second image processing unit; and forming an image based on the first divided data image-processed by the first image processing unit and the second divided data image-processed by the second image processing unit. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100103455 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes a light source which irradiates an original with light, an imaging unit which images by condensing reflected and scattered light from the original via a plurality of reflecting mirrors and imaging mirrors, and a photoelectric conversion unit which converts, into an electrical signal, the reflected and scattered light imaged by the imaging unit. The imaging unit is an imaging optical system which is adjusted such that the difference between the spectral characteristic at an end portion in the main-scanning direction of the image reading apparatus and that at the central portion in the main-scanning direction becomes 5% or less at the peak wavelength of the light source. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100103456 | Apparatus and system of image processing apparatus, and medium storing image processing control program - An apparatus, system, and a method of image processing, and a recording medium including an image processing control program are disclosed. The system allows a user to select one or more image processing condition items, and stores the user selection as item setting information. Based on the item setting information, the system displays an instruction screen which displays an image processing condition specified by the one or more image processing condition items selected by the user. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100103457 | Image forming apparatus and print system - An image forming apparatus is connected to a plurality of networks including a network connected with an image processor and includes a storer for storing in memory a plurality of address sets each composed of a first kind address of the image forming apparatus and a first kind address of the image processor, and a communication controller to employ the plurality of address sets stored in memory of the storer, for a sequence of trials of connection with the image processor to determine a connectable address set to use for communications with the image processor, as the image processor is adapted for storage of a plurality of address sets each composed of a first kind address of the image processor and a first kind address of the image forming apparatus. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100103458 | Printer And Printer Control Method - A printer that can acquire information related to print job execution can shorten the waiting time between print jobs even when print jobs are received continuously. In a printer that prints according to print jobs, a command interpreting and data conversion unit | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100103459 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DOCUMENT NUMBER ADDING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a setting unit configured to set adding a document number indicating a copy number and executing a page iterative imposition for imposing a plurality of same pages on a plane of a sheet (i.e., a physical page) and a document number adding unit configured to add different document numbers on logical pages to be imposed on the physical page according to contents set by the setting unit so that a plurality of same logical pages can be imposed on the plane of the sheet (i.e., the physical page). | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100103460 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A printing apparatus is caused to print an image in which elements included in a document are arranged on a page by a print control method. The document, which includes the elements and information for arranging the elements, is acquired. An element disposed on an edge of the page is detected from among the elements included in the acquired document. The printing apparatus is caused to print an image in which the elements included in the document are arranged on the page and in which the element disposed on the edge of the page is expanded to a predetermined output area. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100103461 | USER INTERFACE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A user interface which makes it possible to easily and more accurately configure a user mode. The user interface has an application mode configuration screen for configuring settings for an application mode when executing a job and a user mode configuration screen for configuring settings for a user mode before executing the job. When the user mode configuration screen is to be displayed, it is determined whether or not the application mode configuration screen is being displayed. When it is determined that the application mode configuration screen is being displayed, a liquid crystal display displays user mode items related to settings to be configured for the application mode on the application mode configuration screen being displayed. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100103462 | FACSIMILE APPARATUS THAT CAN TRANSFER IMAGE DATA RECEIVED AS AN E-MAIL MESSAGE TO ANOTHER FACSIMILE APPARATUS - A facsimile apparatus that receives an e-mail message through a local area network, stores image data contained in the e-mail message in a data storage unit, converts the image data stored in the data storage unit into image data that a facsimile terminal can properly handle, and transfers the converted image data to the facsimile terminal. The facsimile apparatus accordingly can transfer the image data contained in the received e-mail message to the facsimile terminal even if the facsimile terminal cannot receive e-mail messages. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100110472 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING A PRINT JOB IN A PRINTING SYSTEM - There is disclosed a system and method of processing a document corresponding with a printable format in a print path. A browser, communicating with a user interface (having a display) and a network, is used to access a services interface, the services interface including at least one selectable service available by way of the network. A browser activating system, communicating with the browser and a print driver, is used to open the browser to display the at least one selectable service of the services interface on the user interface display. Responsive to selecting the at least one selectable service from the displayed services interface, the at least one selectable service is applied to the document corresponding with the printable format. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100110473 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING A PRINT JOB IN A PRINTING SYSTEM - There is disclosed a system and method of processing a document converted, by a print driver, from a first format to a second format. The system includes a workstation with a browser communicating with both a user interface (having a display) and a network. The browser is used to access a services interface, the services interface including at least one selectable service available by way of the network. The browser, responsive to the print driver converting the document in the first format into the document in the second format, is opened to display the at least one selectable service of the services interface on the user interface display. Responsive to selecting the at least one selectable service from the displayed services interface, the at least one selectable service is applied to the document corresponding in the second format. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100110474 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING UNIQUE OBJECT IDENTIFIERS FOR DERIVED OBJECTS - A print control unit coupled with a printer, the print control unit electronically connected to the host to provide one or more base resources to a unique Object Identifier (OID) generator, the one or more base resources including printing instructions. The unique OID generator generates a unique OID relating to a derived resource via a unique OID generation module. The unique OID includes the printing instructions of the one or more base resources. A resource generator internally generates the derived resource. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100110475 | Automatic Print Job Cancellation Mechanism - A method for providing computer services is disclosed. The method includes a printer receiving an expected size of print data from a computer system during a printing operation, the printer receiving the print data, determining if the size of the print data is less than the expected size of the print data and aborting the printing operation if the size of the print data is less than the expected size of the print data. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100110476 | Print Plug-In Isolation - Print plug-in isolation is described. In embodiment(s), a print system input can be received at a print system, and the print system input can be redirected from the print system to an isolation module that isolates one or more print plug-ins from the print system. The print system input can be processed at the isolation module with the one or more print plug-ins to generate print plug-in output, and the print plug-in output can then be communicated back to the print system from the isolation module. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100110477 | DYNAMIC PDL SUBSET SELECTION AND PROCESSING - The page descriptions in a document description describe individual document pages. Some of those pages require special processing. Special processing is accomplished by applying subtasks to page descriptions. The subtasks are associated with subset criteria. A subtask is applied to a page description if and only if the page description meets a subset criterion associated with that subtask. In essence, subtasks are prepress operations applied to and limited to the scope of individual page descriptions with the document description. As such, a modified prepress module is ideal for subtask application. In general, page descriptions are evaluated against the subset criteria and the subtasks applied before the more generalized prepress processing converts the document description into a print ready document description. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100110478 | DOCUMENT PRINTING BY SETTING TIME AND LOCATION BASED ON FACILITY/BUILDING MAP - The subject application is directed to a system and method for location-based document output scheduling. At least one electronic document is first received into an associated data storage. A map is generated on an associated display, which map includes indicia corresponding to alternative facility locations associated with a selected event. The map also includes indicia corresponding to locations of alternative document rendering devices corresponding to the facility. Device selection data is received from an associated user of at least one document rendering device selected from the alternative document rendering devices as well as temporal data corresponding to a time of the selected event. Operation of each selected document rendering device is commenced so as to render the at least one electronic document at a timing corresponding to the temporal data. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100110479 | PACKAGING DIGITAL FRONT END - A package assembly method and system may include a processor, a more printing device, an assembly device, a knowledge base containing a structural design ontology, and a memory structure. A memory structure may contain instructions that instruct the processor to query the knowledge base to obtain a two dimensional package model based on a known three dimensional package model and a set of intents, convert a three dimensional graphic representation to a two dimensional graphic representation using a semantic structure, access a packaging rule set to obtain rules for assembly of a three dimensional package from the model, instruct a printing device to apply the two dimensional graphic representation to the two dimensional package model, and instruct the assembly device to apply the rules for assembly to create the three dimensional package. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100110480 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, IMAGE-FORMING DEVICE, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND COMPUTER DATA SIGNAL - A display control device includes: a request receiving unit that receives a request to display a first image, in which a stack order of images in a visual direction of a user is specified; an obtaining unit that obtains a display priority of an image group to which the first image belongs; a display layer identifying unit that identifies a display layer from among plural display layers divided from a near side to a far side in the visual direction, a position of the display layer becoming nearer in the visual direction as the obtained display priority increases; and a display control unit that causes a display unit to display a screen in which the first image and a second image belonging to an image group identical to the image group to which the first image belongs are arranged in the identified display layer in the specified stack order. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100110481 | HOST APPARATUS CONNECTED TO IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM COMPRISING THE SAME AND MODIFYING METHOD OF BACKGROUND FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A host apparatus connected to an image forming apparatus, an image forming system including the same and a modifying method of a background for the image forming apparatus, the modifying method including: receiving identification (ID) information of at least one image forming apparatus; determining whether to modify the background by the host apparatus with at least one ID information; and transmitting at least one modifiable background corresponding to at least one image forming apparatus if a modification of the background is to be performed. Thus, the host apparatus connected to the image forming apparatus to determine whether to modify a background according to ID information of the image forming apparatus, transmit the modifiable background to at least one image forming apparatus according to the result can save time and costs as well as providing convenience to a user. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100110482 | PRINTING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PRINTING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR THE SAME - A printing apparatus receives a print job from an information processing apparatus. It is determined whether the received print job is a first print job or a second print job. If the results of the determination indicate that the received print job is a first print job, printing onto a printing medium is executed based on the first print job. However, if the received print job is a second print job, the second print job is stored in a storage medium. Then, if a printing instruction for printing the second print job containing printing settings and stored in the storage medium has been made, printing based on the second print job is executed onto a printing medium onto which printing based on the first print job has already been executed, and a process for adding a processing agent to that printing medium is then executed. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100110483 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus prints print image data including both a duplex printing instruction and a simplex printing instruction while reducing or eliminating the development of a sheet interval. When it is determined that a print request includes both a duplex printing instruction and a simplex printing instruction, the maximum number N of transfer sheets that can be placed on a transport path is determined, and an order of output of print images is determined based on the maximum interleave number N. A blank sheet image is inserted in accordance with a switch timing from duplex printing to simplex printing. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100110484 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A user inputs an ID and password, using an operating panel. When a start key is pressed to instruct the start of copying of a document, a dot pattern detection unit detects, from image data, a dot pattern formed according to a predetermined period. When a dot pattern is detected, a display control unit causes an operating panel to display a message indicating that a dot pattern has been detected. When the continuation of a copying operation is instructed, then after the completion of reading of the document, the image log generation unit generates an image log and log information and image log transmit ion control unit transmits the image log and log information to a computer of an administrator. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100110485 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD - An image processing apparatus which has a reading unit configured to read an image of a document and generate image data acquires a process definition file which defines a content of reading processing to be executed and a content of transmission processing for transmitting the generated image data, causes the reading unit to execute the reading processing to generate image data according to a definition described in the acquired process definition file, requests an external apparatus to transmit the generated image data according to the definition described in the acquired process definition file, adds, to the acquired process definition file, a description for causing the external apparatus to execute processing for notifying a result of the transmission by the external apparatus, and makes the request by transmitting, to the external apparatus, the generated image data and the process definition file to which the description is added. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100110486 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image processing apparatus including a reading unit configured to read an image of a document to generate image data based on the read image acquires a process definition file, which defines a content of reading processing to be executed by the reading unit and a content of transmission processing for transmitting image data generated by the reading unit, causes the reading unit to execute reading processing to generate image data according to a definition included in the acquired process definition file, and, when a plurality of process definition files is selected and the selected plurality of process definition files is instructed to be executed, causes the generated image data to be transmitted according to a definition included in each of the selected plurality of process definition files. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100110487 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - Disclosed an image forming apparatus including: a nonvolatile storage section to store a print job; an input section for instructing to store the print job in the storage section; a condition setting section to allow the storage section to store a predetermined condition for enabling execution of the print job so that the predetermined condition corresponds to the print job; and a control section to execute the print job stored in the storage section, wherein the control section executes the print job when the control section judges that the predetermined condition stored in the storage section is met. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100110488 | Image Forming Device - An image forming device, comprising: an image formation unit configured to form an image on a recording medium in accordance with a print command transmitted from an external device; a print history writing unit configured to record print history concerning image formation by the image formation unit in a server connected to the image forming device via a network; and a writing information transmission unit configured to transmit, to the external device, writing information including information indicating whether the print history writing unit has successfully recorded the print history in the server. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100110489 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME BASED ON SPEECH RECOGNITION, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image forming apparatus includes a speech input unit that collects a sound including an ambient sound and a speech from a user for operating the image forming apparatus, a speech recognizing unit that recognizes the speech from collected sound, and an operation control unit that changes, when speech recognizing unit recognizes the speech, an operation state of the image forming apparatus. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100110490 | FACSIMILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A facsimile communication system includes a first facsimile device that transmits image data and a second facsimile device. The second facsimile device includes a first receiving unit that receives the image data; an image-forming unit that forms an image based on the image data on a recording medium having a first storing part that is configured to store stored data; and a notifying unit that notifies the first facsimile device of the stored data. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100110491 | PRINTER, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - A printer that enables to grasp a printer name on an information processing apparatus by a user easily when a printer driver is installed to the information processing apparatus from the printer side. A connection unit connects a portable information storage medium that equips an information processing module provided with an information acquisition unit that acquires and saves device information of the information processing apparatus, and a name saving unit that saves printer name information. An acquisition unit acquires the device information and the printer name information from the portable information storage medium. A registration unit accesses the information processing apparatus based on the device information acquired by said acquisition unit, and to register the printer into the information processing apparatus. A setting unit sets up the printer name acquired by said acquisition unit as a printer name of the printer registered into the information processing apparatus. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100110492 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes a pre-rotation encoded data pair storing unit, a positional relationship storing unit, a post-rotation data pair creating unit, and an image creating unit. The pre-rotation encoded data pair storing unit stores a set of pre-rotation encoded data pairs. The set of pre-rotation encoded data pairs includes a plurality of pieces of pre-rotation encoded data that are data obtained by dividing object image data into a plurality of pieces of divided image data and individually encoding each of the plurality of pieces of divided image data, and pre-rotation position information that represents a position of the pre-rotation encoded data in the object image data, wherein the plurality of pieces of pre-rotation encoded data and the pre-rotation position information correspond to each other. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100110493 | Printer - A printer, which is configured to be connected communicably with a storage device, includes a printing unit configured to print one or more pages with images formed thereon, based on print data, a thumbnail creating unit configured to create thumbnail image data corresponding to each of the pages to be printed by the printing unit, a storage controller configured to store, into the storage device, the thumbnail image data created by the thumbnail creating unit, and a print controller configured to, responsive to the thumbnail image data being successfully stored into the storage device, control the printing unit to print a page corresponding to the thumbnail image data successfully stored. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100118330 | Systems and Methods for Managing Printer Settings in a Networked Computing Environment - Systems and methods for remotely managing printer settings that are associated with a remote printer connected to a client machine. A virtual printer driver, executing on a server, is used to generate and manage generate virtual printer queues associated with remote printers connected to the client machine. Each virtual printer queue intercepts print requests generated by one or more applications executing on the server, these print requests cause the virtual printer driver to either retrieve printer setting information from cache memory, or interrogate the remote printer for printer setting information. The virtual printer driver retrieves printer setting information and associates virtual printer queues with remote printers using the retrieved printer setting information. The virtual printer driver then responds to the print request by generating a graphical interface that incorporates the retrieved printer settings and user-defined printer settings. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100118331 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - When electric power supply is started in response to a power switch being turned on, a control unit determines whether a stored operation mode is a normal mode or a power saving mode with reference to the stored operation mode. More specifically, the control unit determines whether a digital multifunction peripheral is set to operate in the normal mode or the power saving mode before electric power supply to the digital multifunction peripheral is stopped. If the set operation mode is the normal mode, the control unit controls the digital multifunction peripheral to operate in the normal mode. If the set operation mode is the power saving mode, the control unit controls the digital multifunction peripheral to operate in the power saving mode. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100118332 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The inconsistencies of the function included in the print setting resolving process is conducted, and information to indicate that the aforementioned print setting is not been changed is added. Then, based on the added information, it is determined whether the information regarding the print setting is changed or not. Here, in case the data related to print setting is added and also the print setting has not been changed, then the process is not conducted. Moreover, in case the data related to print setting is not added or the print setting has been changed, the process is conducted. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100118333 | PRINT PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - After operation histories are appropriately selected and merged, the merged operation history is converted into a job definition file (A) and transmitted to upstream. When resending the job, the designation of the job definition file (A) is added to the original job definition file and transmitted. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100118334 | Image forming apparatus with print server function, print server activating method in a network, and computer program product - In a network environment having a plurality of image forming apparatuses connected thereto, an image forming apparatus that can reduce down time related to printing without increasing burden on system construction is provided. An image forming apparatus includes a communication unit communicating with other apparatuses through the network, an image forming unit connected to the communication unit through a bus, a print instruction management unit connected to the communication unit through the bus and capable of transmitting a print request, received through the communication unit, to designated one of the image forming apparatuses connected to the network, and a server setting unit determining, by a prescribed procedure, which of the apparatuses having the print server function connected to the network, to be the print server. The print instruction management unit enables or disables the function of the print instruction management unit mentioned above, in accordance with the determination by the server setting unit. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100118335 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image display apparatus includes a control unit configured to display a content on a display unit, a detection unit configured to detect a printing apparatus located at a predetermined distance or less from the display unit, a calculation unit configured to calculate a position on the display unit of the printing apparatus detected by the detection unit, and a transmission unit configured to transmit, to the printing apparatus, data of a content based on the position calculated by the calculation unit among contents displayed on the display unit. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100118336 | PRINTING MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Designation of paper and an operator as intended by an MIS while maintaining automation of job processing was not possible, since management of expendables in a POD device and management of performance information by the MIS were not coordinated. In view of this, the MIS acquires usable print sheet information including division management information from the POD device, and, based on a designation of paper designated by a job and a designation of paper associated with an operator relating to the job, selects appropriate paper that the operator is able to use, from the print sheet information provided by the POD device. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100118337 | PRINTING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINT JOB PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Device capability information associated with a print job is specified, and it is determined whether the specified device capability information is valid in a printing system. If it is determined that the specified device capability information is valid, print processing is done. If it is determined that the specified device capability information is invalid, it is further determined whether the printing system can execute the print job. Then, execution of the print processing is controlled. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100118338 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PREVIEW DISPLAY METHOD - An image forming apparatus is provided with a display control portion for displaying a preview image of image data to be printed, and an original bundle-based processing mode is selectable by an operation portion. The display control portion, in the case of displaying a preview image in the original bundle-based processing mode, generates a thumbnail image, from image data read at each subjob, by reducing image data of a top page, and displays a thumbnail image corresponding to each generated subjob arranged as a preview image on a display portion. In addition, for changing a setting, the display control portion, in the case of displaying a preview image in the original bundle-based processing mode, displays a change key for changing only print conditions of a bundle of originals being displayed as a preview image to be selectable on the display portion by the operation portion. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100118339 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL ADAPTED TO DIRECT DIAL-IN SERVICE AND METHOD OF ESTABLISHING POLARITY - A communication terminal supporting direct dial-in service that can accurately establish polarities of station lines and prevent erroneous operation has a direct dial-in connection function of push-button method, and includes: a polarity determining circuit determining polarities of a pair of station lines; a primary acknowledgement signal transmitting circuit responsive to a reception of a call signal after the polarity determining circuit detected reversal of polarities of the station lines, for transmitting a primary acknowledgement signal to a line; an extension designation signal detecting circuit for detecting, after transmission of the primary acknowledgement signal by the primary acknowledgement signal transmitting circuit, reception of an extension designation signal from an exchange, and a polarity establishing circuit responsive to detection by the extension designation signal detecting circuit of the extension designation signal, for establishing polarities of the pair of station lines determined by the polarity determining circuit. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100118340 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND SERVER THEREFOR - A printing system includes a server and a plurality of printing devices connected with the server via a network. A maximum number of printable sheets is set for each of the printing devices. Upon receipt of a print request, when determining that a remaining number of printable sheets is insufficient, a first printing device issues a transfer request to the server. In response to the transfer request, the server selects a second printing device that cedes at least part of the maximum number of printable sheets therefor, based on respective frequencies of printing operations of the printing devices other than the first printing device, and issues a transfer instruction to each of the first printing device and the second printing device, the transfer instruction causing the first and second printing devices to increase and decrease their maximum numbers of printable sheets, respectively. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100118341 | PRINTER TERMINAL AND POSTING SERVER - A printer terminal that is connected to a delivery system includes a posting server that delivers contents data for printing a content to the printer terminal through the network; and a relay server that relays setup of a session between the posting server and the printer terminal based on a delivery request from the posting server through the network by using a signaling protocol; through the network. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100118342 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus is connected to a memory unit in which a plurality of images is stored, forms an image which is selected by a user from the plurality of images and forms an index image in which a plurality of images which are not selected by the user is disposed. The image forming apparatus includes a group acquisition unit which acquires a group to which the plurality of image belongs from among a plurality of groups into which images are classified; a history registration unit which associates a formed image with the acquired group to be registered as an image forming history when an image selected by the user is formed; and an image forming unit which determines a group in which an image used in the index image is extracted, among the plurality of groups. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100118343 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus for combining a plurality of images includes a first storage control unit configured to cause a memory to store an image obtained by reading a document by a reading apparatus and having a first resolution, a second storage control unit configured to cause the memory to store an image obtained by reading a vicinity of a region to be combined in the document by the reading apparatus and having a second resolution, which is higher than the first resolution, and a determination unit configured to determine relative positions of a plurality of images stored in the memory by the first storage control unit based on the image stored in the memory by the second storage control unit. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100118344 | IMAGE READER, IMAGE READING SYSTEM AND IMAGE READING METHOD - An image reader and an external terminal are connected to each other through a network. The image reader includes a reading unit, a reception section, a data conversion section, a transmission data generation section and a transmission section. The reading unit reads an image. The reception section receives terminal information from the external terminal. The data conversion section converts image data read by the reading unit into a predetermined data format based on the terminal information. The transmission data generation section adds additional information, which relates to processing of the converted image data, to the converted image data to generate transmission data. The transmission section transmits the transmission data to the external terminal. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100118345 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - In an information processing apparatus having a service mode for a service person to carry out maintenance of the apparatus enters for carrying out the maintenance, a registration page is provided for registering the service person as a service person in charge of the maintenance of the apparatus, and an input page is provided for inputting authentication information required for the service person that is registered in the registration page as a person in charge of the maintenance of the apparatus to enter the service mode. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100118346 | DOCUMENT RETRIEVAL USING A PRINTED FORM - A method of retrieving a document from a database of hierarchical electronic document versions is disclosed. Each document version is associated with a unique document instance. In the method a search form is printed. The search form includes a search instruction input field relating to at least one parameter of a search to be carried out within the database and a plurality of coded data tags. Each coded data tag encodes a location of that coded data tag on the search form. The coded data tags are sensed by a sensing device as the sensing device is used to handwrite at least one search term on the search form. Data representing the parameter and the at least one search term is generated, with the data representing the at least one search term being generated from the locations of the coded data tags. Next, a search is carried out within the database based on the at least one search term and parameter in order to identify document versions. A results form is printed, with the results form containing data representing the document versions identified in the search and coded data tags. By sensing one or more coded data tags on the results form, the document version associated with the coded data tag sensed on the results form is retrieved and printed. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100123922 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SET-POINT SHARING AND PURCHASING - A method and a system for operating one or more printers, including: a first database for managing and storing first content within the system; a second database for managing and storing second content within the system; and at least one network connection for connecting the first database and the second database for allowing the first content and the second content to be shared between the first database and the second database; wherein at least one of the first content or the second content include at least one or more printer profiles. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100123923 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF TRANSFERRING IMAGE DATA, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image forming apparatus includes a storage section to store compressed data obtained by compressing image data, an output image memory having a deployment area in which the compressed data transferred from the storage section are deployed, a transferring control section to control transferring of the compressed data from the storage section to the output image memory, an expansion section to obtain the compressed data deployed in the deployment area of the output image memory to expand the obtained compressed data, and a print engine to which the expanded data are supplied. In the mage forming apparatus, the transferring control section controls the transferring of the compressed data to be transferred from the storage section to the output image memory based on capacity of the deployment area of the output image memory and a size of the compressed data. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100123924 | Data communication device, communication control method, and program - A data communication device includes: a communication execution unit that executes serial communication of an asynchronous type; a bit variance detection block that detects a variance between bits in communication data which the communication execution unit receives from a remote communicating party; a timer that measures a low-level pulse width which is a low-level pulse duration and which is determined with the position of the variance between bits detected by the bit variance detection block; and a control unit that performs transmission speed recognizing processing on the communication data according to the low-level pulse width measured by the timer, wherein based on the confirmation that the low-level pulse width is a low-level pulse width equivalent to a bit width compatible with low-speed communication data, the control unit recognizes the transmission speed for the communication data as a low speed. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100123925 | Print device, print system, and method for print operation - A print device according to the present disclosure having a print part for a print operation an image of a print data on a medium includes a memory part configured to memorize a unit price of the medium, and an analysis part configured to analyze whether or not a medium cost determined from the unit price of the medium memorized in the memory part exceeds a predetermined cost, and to create preview data of a print result when the medium cost determined from the unit price of the medium exceeds the predetermined cost. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100123926 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The image forming apparatus determines the type of page description language or file format of received print data even if the image forming apparatus is not capable of handling the type of page description language or file format of the received print data. According to the determined result, the image forming apparatus performs control to process the print data or not to process the print data. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100123927 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus for performing wireless communication with an image processing apparatus includes a specifying unit configured to designate, out of a plurality of directories stored in the information processing apparatus, an opened directory before performing wireless communication with the image processing apparatus, a receiving unit configured to receive image data from the image processing apparatus by performing the wireless communication, and a control unit configured to control the image data received by the receiving unit to be stored in the directory designated by the specifying unit. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100123928 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus of the present invention includes: a reliability determining section which determines, with respect to each of the plurality of document images, reliability of coincidences of respective predetermined directions with a first reference direction, the first reference direction being a predetermined direction which points on a basis of an upward direction of or a downward direction of the information image; and a display control section (i) which divides the plurality of document images into groups so that document images, having a same direction whose reliability value is the highest, belong to a same group, and (ii) which causes a display device to display preview images for the respective groups, each of the preview images indicating at least one document image in each of the groups. In a case where one group contains a plurality of document images, a preview image containing the plurality of document images is displayed. With this arrangement, a user can easily check page orientation of the plurality of document images. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100123929 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus has a function of printing pieces of image data to be printed arranging on one printing paper sheet. In a preview display screen of the image processing apparatus, when a specific piece of image data is selected by a user' s operation from a plural piece of image data, the specific piece of image data is displayed being distinguished. Pieces of image data in the same shooting orientation as that of the specific piece of image data are searched for and their display is similarly varied. At this time, when rotation of the images is selected using a dialogue, the orientation of the pieces of image data is rotated at once by 180°. Thereby, the orientations of pieces of image data shot in a portrait-like posture may easily be adjusted to be same and their images may be printed according to this preview display. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100123930 | WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR THE SAME - A technique is provided that enables efficient determination of the executability of a workflow while considering changes in processing target data that are sequentially processed in the workflow. A workflow management apparatus includes: a processing result acquisition unit which acquires information about processed data that is processed in a processing unit of plural processing units; an execution condition acquisition unit which acquires information about an execution condition of processing in a processing unit located downstream from the processing unit for which the information about the processed data is acquired by the processing result acquisition unit; and an executability determination unit which determines whether or not the processed data with its information acquired by the processing result acquisition unit can be processed in a processing unit located downstream from the processing unit in which the processed data is processed, on the basis of the information about the execution condition acquired by the execution condition acquisition unit. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100123931 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus includes a video controller unit that receives image information to convert the image information into an image signal for image formation, an engine controller unit that controls image formation, a laser driver unit that emits a laser beam, and a plurality of signal lines that connect the video controller unit, the engine controller unit, and the laser driver unit to each other, wherein the laser driver unit detects the laser beam emitted from the illumination element and generates a horizontal synchronization signal which is electrically transmitted via any one of the plurality of signal lines and used as the reference of an image writing timing in response to the detection. Among the signal lines, a signal line for transmitting the image signal or a control signal electrically and a signal line for electrically transmitting the horizontal synchronization signal are used as a common signal line. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100123932 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR - An image forming apparatus capable of preventing unauthorized printing while reducing manager's work load. IP addresses of host computers for which printing should be permitted are registered beforehand in a print permission list. When a print job is received, whether the IP address of a host computer from which the print job has been transmitted is present in the list is determined. If the IP address is not present, the received print job is not printed but stored. Subsequently, when the print job is selected and a print instruction is given, printing is executed. If the print instruction has once been given to the stored print job, the IP address of the host computer is added to the list. Subsequently, printing is executed without any print instruction when a print job is transmitted. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100123933 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS,IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS,METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing system capable of executing a processing flow in a destination image processing apparatus without retransmitting the processing flow from a source image processing apparatus to the destination image processing apparatus when the version of the destination image processing apparatus is upgraded. The source image processing apparatus analyzes whether or not the processing flow is executable by the destination image processing apparatus before transmitting the processing flow, and if it is unexecutable, the source image processing apparatus performs alternate configuration of an inexecutable setting based on the analysis result. The source image processing apparatus transmits the processing flow including the alternate setting to the destination image processing apparatus. If the destination image processing apparatus fails in executing the processing flow, the destination image processing apparatus executes the processing flow based on the alternate setting included in the received processing flow. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100123934 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing system includes an image processing apparatus and an information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus transmits to the image processing apparatus, a job and storage location information indicating a storage location of base data of data included in the job, collectively. Receiving the job and the storage location information, the image processing apparatus records the job and the storage location information in a memory, with interconnections between them. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100123935 | DOCUMENT PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DOCUMENT PROCESSING METHOD - A document processing apparatus reads document data and carries out a preflight check. In the preflight check, the content of the document is interpreted page by page to determine resources that are needed for output. Then, it is determined for each page whether the resources needed for output are available in a printing system. If a resource that is not available is needed, a warning is issued for the page. If the resources are available, intermediate data for a printed output is generated for the page. Then, a result of the preflight check is output. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100123936 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides an information processing apparatus and control method thereof and a storage medium that stores its control program capable of generating a code image with the optimum device in accordance with the amount and/or contents of the information to be encoded, and/or considering the load of the equipment. The information processing apparatus is electrically connected to an image processing apparatus, and includes: a deciding section for deciding on whether to generate a code image by encoding information or to issue a command for causing to generate the code image by encoding the information; and a processing section for generating, when the deciding section decides to generate, the code image by encoding the information and transmitting it to the image processing apparatus, and for transmitting, when the deciding section decides to issue, the command to the image processing apparatus. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100128300 | MOBILE OFFICE SOLUTION - A mobile information technology infrastructure system, including: a server; a broadband network aggregator coupled to the server; at least one wireless communication device coupled to the broadband network aggregator; and a mobile enclosure configured to include the server, the broadband network aggregator, and at least one wireless communication device, wherein the server, the broadband network aggregator, and at least one wireless communication device are aggregated to combine the bandwidth of at least one wireless communication device and to generate information technology services with a single wireless backhaul channel. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100128301 | PRINTING SYSTEM - According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a print system is provided comprising a plurality of networked print engines in communication with one another, a presence detector, and a controller to communicate with the presence detector to determine a user presence and to access usage data of each of the plurality of print engines. The controller combines and shares the user presence and the usage data to adjust operations of the plurality of print engines enabling quick entry to, and quick exit from, power saving mode of at least two of the plurality of print engines. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100128302 | EXCEPTION PAGE PROGRAMMING FOR BANNER SHEETS - Job tickets with banner descriptions and document descriptions are automatically generated by a print shop's DMS. The banner descriptions and the document descriptions are composed of PDL instructions. Document descriptions can be managed and altered without necessarily affecting the job ticket. The banner page PDL instructions are specially designated so that banner pages can not be managed without also managing the job ticket. Preserving the banner page within a job ticket prevents unwanted side effects from disturbing the print shop's work flow. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100128303 | ENHANCEMENTS TO MULTI-PART JOB PROCESSING - Print jobs often contain logically separable sections that can be processed independently and in parallel. Logical separability is often an aspect of different page sizes, color splits, and finishing. Split nodes can examine the page descriptions in a print job to identify splitting opportunities and to split the print job into multiple partial jobs. The partial jobs can then be separately processed to produce work product that is subsequently combined by a join node. The split and subsequently rejoined print job, if incomplete, can then be subjected to further processing, such as packing and shipping. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100128304 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY VALIDATING A WORKFLOW PLAN USING AN AUTOMATED PLANNER - An improved automated planning method and system includes the use of an automated planner for validating a workflow plan with respect to device capabilities. As such, the present invention provides for an improved method and system for implementing and managing workflow plans utilized in printing environments such as, for example, print shops. A plurality of device capability descriptions can be converted into a data indicative of facts and operators for utilizing in a knowledge-based reasoning system. Next, a workflow plan can be converted into properties indicative of a goal state. The goal state and the data indicative of facts and operators can then be utilized in association with a domain-independent or domain-dependent planner to determine if said workflow plan is valid and executable in order to thereby validate said workflow plan. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100128305 | RECEIVER, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, DATA RECEPTION METHOD AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - A receiver includes a first storage unit, plural second storage units, a selector, a storage controller, and a selection controller. The first storage unit stores at least one packet data. The plural second storage units respectively store at least one condition associated with packet data to be stored in the first storage unit. The selector selects at least one storage unit from the second storage units in accordance with a selection signal. The storage controller stores the packet data in the first storage unit if a received packet data corresponds to any condition stored in a selected storage unit, and discards the packet data if it does not correspond to any condition. The selection controller generates a selection signal for selecting at least one second storage unit in accordance with conditions to which the packet data stored by the storage controller corresponds, and transmits the signal to the selector. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100128306 | TERMINAL APPARATUS TO CONTROL A PRINTING OPERATION AND METHOD THEREOF - A terminal apparatus to control a printing operation having a user interface to receive a selection of an optimize option when a command to print a XPS file is received, a filter unit to process the XPS file using at least one filter corresponding to the received optimize option, and a controller to transmit the XPS file which has been processed by the filter unit with the at least one filter to an image forming apparatus. Accordingly, the ease of selecting an optimize option for an XPS file is increased. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100128307 | HOST APPARATUS AND SYSTEM TO CONTROL DUPLEX PRINTING AND METHOD THEREOF - A method of controlling duplex printing and a host apparatus and a system for performing the method. The method includes determining whether a number of total printing pages of printing data is an even number or an odd number, generating a printing command with respect to the printing data based on the result of determination, and transmitting the generated printing command and the printing data to an image forming apparatus. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100128308 | HOST APPARATUS CONNECTED TO IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME, AND REMAINING-DEVELOPER DISPLAY METHOD - Disclosed are a host apparatus connecting with an image forming apparatus, an image forming system having the same, and a remaining-developer display method. The remaining-developer display method in a host apparatus connectable with at least one image forming apparatus, the method comprising: receiving remaining-developer information from the at least one image forming apparatus; selecting at least one among sorting items displayed corresponding to the received remaining-developer information as a reference item; and arranging and displaying the remaining-developer information with reference to the selected reference item. With this, remaining-developer information are dynamically arranged and displayed with regard to at least one image forming apparatus, so that a user can easily grasp the amount of the remaining-developer at a glance. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100128309 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE FORMING PROGRAM THEREOF - A past print job is held as a history; selection of a target item by a user, from among a plurality of types of print setting items that are settable for a print job in which print processing of image data will be performed, is received; with respect to the target item, a search is performed for a past print job in which the content of the target item was set; a list of past print jobs is displayed; selection of a print job by the user, from among the list of past print jobs that was displayed, is received; the content of the target item that has been set for the selected past print job is set to the print job of the image data; and print processing of the image data is performed using the print job for which settings have been set. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100128310 | Method for Reducing Electromagnetic Emissions in a Multiple Micro-Controller Device - A method for reducing electromagnetic emissions in an electronic device having a multiple micro-controllers includes identifying the number of micro-controllers installed in the electronic device. An operating frequency range of the electronic device is determined based on the operating frequency range of each micro-controller. A frequency spacing for each micro-controller within the operating frequency range of the electronic device is then calculated, and an operating frequency is assigned to each micro-controller. The operating frequency of each micro-controller is separated from the operating frequency of each other micro-controller by at least the frequency spacing. Then, the operating frequency of each micro-controller is set at the assigned operating frequency. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100134824 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING VISUAL NOTIFICATIONS RELATED TO AN IMAGING JOB - A method for providing visual notifications related to an imaging job is disclosed. The method may implemented by an imaging device. The method may include receiving the imaging job as input. The method may also include producing desired output for the imaging job. The method may also include causing the display of at least one animated notification that depicts the progress of the imaging job. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100134825 | PREDICTIVE USER INTERFACE MIMICS FOR FINISHING - According to aspects illustrated herein, there is provided a user interface system for preparing an output document of a digital printing device having a user interface, a set of output options for the output document. The user interface enables selection of at least one output option from the set of output options. The system further provides a display device operatively connected to the user interface and configured to display at least one user interface mimic for the output document, with the at least one user interface mimic providing a graphical representation of the output document based on selection of the output options. After displaying the at least one user interface mimic, the user interface allows users to modify the output options prior to printing the output document. Then, the system updates the display of the at least one user interface mimic, based on modifications to the output options, prior to printing the output document. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100134826 | Image forming apparatus and image forming method - An image forming apparatus includes an information storage section, an operation section, an image condition information storage section, a comparison section and an operation control section. The information storage section stores image information and attribute information corresponding to the image information. The operation section has an instruction section through which a user inputs instructions for execution of a process on the image information. The image condition information storage section stores image condition information corresponding to the process. The comparison section compares the attribute information with the stored image condition information. The operation control section changes a state of the instruction section based on results of a comparison of the attribute information and the stored image condition information by the comparison section. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100134827 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR TRANSFERRING DATA BETWEEN AT LEAST TWO PROCESSING UNITS OF A PRINTER OR COPIER SYSTEM - In a method to transfer data between at least two processing units of a printing or copying system, processing information to be transferred between the at least two processing units is split up into first data and second data, the first data comprising at least form-related paper travel information for which a real-time processing is required, and the second data comprising processing information for which a real-time processing is not required. The at least two processing units are connected via a real-time-capable data transmission path for transferring the first data. The at least two processing units are also connected via a switched network connection that provides at least one physical layer to transfer data. The switched network connection is utilized to transfer the second data. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100134828 | FILE TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, METHOD AND FILE VERSION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A file transmission apparatus ( | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100134829 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM THEREOF, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - The information processing apparatus acquires the status of a print job transmitted to the printing apparatus by the information processing apparatus, and retains the status as a list of the print job and the status; and acquires information regarding a print job retained by the printing apparatus, and retains the information as a list of the print job retained by the printing apparatus and the information. The information processing apparatus refers to the list of the print job and the status and the list of the print job and the information and stops the transmission of a print job if the number of jobs that have already been transmitted to the printing apparatus by the information processing apparatus is equal to or exceeds a predetermined threshold value or if the number of print jobs retained by the printing apparatus is equal to or exceeds a predetermined threshold value. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100134830 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINT DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM - A printing apparatus includes a print drawing data storage storing first print drawing data from a print data generation apparatus, an administration information unit storing administration information of the first print drawing data, and an image processing unit. The print data generation apparatus includes a pattern data register registering pattern data corresponding to first image information, a pattern data converter, a first image converter converting the pattern data into the first print drawing data, a second image converter converting second image information into second print drawing data, and an image composition unit combining the first and second print drawing data. The image processing unit determines whether administration information of first print drawing data newly received and already stored in the administration information unit are the same. If so, the image processing unit combines the first print drawing data already stored and the second print drawing data. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100134831 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM - A display control apparatus includes; a display unit; a web display control unit which causes a web page to be displayed; an instruction acceptance image display control unit which causes a download instruction acceptance image to be displayed in a web page; a download instruction acceptance unit which accepts a download instruction in accordance with an operation based on the download instruction acceptance image; a processing acceptance image display control unit which displays a processing acceptance image for accepting an instruction for carrying out printing, saving or transmission in respect of the data to be downloaded, when the download instruction is accepted; and a processing acceptance unit which accepts the selection of any one of the aforementioned processes in accordance with an user's operation based on the processing acceptance image. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100134832 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus configured to allow a plurality of installed applications to be executed includes a storage unit configured to include a storage area storing information about the plurality of applications, and a registration unit configured to receive the application information about the application from an external apparatus without involving the application and to register the received application information into the storage area, wherein the application information includes identification information for identifying the application and usage information to be used by the application. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100134833 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is an image forming apparatus which receives image data from a host device by communication and forms an image based on the received image data on a target, the image forming apparatus including: a communication unit which receives the image data by the communication with the host device; a storage unit which is able to store the received image data; an image forming unit which ejects a fluid, to overlap one partial image forming process with another partial image forming process, in the performing of an image forming process of forming the image on the target by ejecting the fluid from nozzles on a portion of the target and performing a partial image forming process of forming a portion of the image based on the image data stored in the storage unit on the target plural times. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100134834 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING SYSTEM - An image processing apparatus includes: an image processing unit that executes an image process in accordance with an instruction by a user; an accumulating unit that accumulates electric energy consumed in a preparation process of the image processing unit for each user; and a control unit which, if the image processing unit is made usable by the preparation process and executes image processes in accordance with a plurality of instructions by a plurality of users, controls the accumulating unit to allot and accumulate the electric energy for each of the plurality of users. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100134835 | PRINTING DEVICE CAPABLE OF DISPLAYING THUMBNAIL IMAGE OF MOTION IMAGE FILE - There is provided a printing device including: an inputting unit that is configured to be capable of inputting an image file representing a motion image; a generating unit that is configured to be capable of extracting a plurality of frame images from the image file and generating a first output image in which the plurality of extracted frame images are laid out on a single page; a display unit that is configured to be capable of displaying a plurality of first frame display images that correspond to the plurality of frame images and a first display image corresponding to the first output image, the first display image having a first display size and having a plurality of second frame display images laid out therein in an order the same as the order in which the frame images are laid out in the first output image, the plurality of second frame display images corresponding to the plurality of frame images, each second frame display image having a second frame display size that is smaller than the first display size, each first frame display image having a first frame display size that is greater than the second frame display size; and a printing unit that is configured to be capable of printing the first output image. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100134836 | PRINTING DEVICE CAPABLE OF DISPLAYING THUMBNAIL IMAGE OF IMAGE FILE - In order to enable a user to more efficiently select image files to be printed in a printing device, there is provided a printing device including: an inputting unit that is configured to be capable of inputting at least one image file, each image file representing a motion image; a generating unit that is configured to extract a plurality of frame images from each image file and to generate, for each image file, data of a first output image in which the plurality of extracted frame images are laid out on a single page; a display unit that is configured to display a selection screen in which the display unit displays at least one first display image corresponding to the at least one first output image; a selecting unit that is configured to select one of the at least one first display image displayed; and a printing unit that is configured to print a first output image corresponding to the first display image selected in the selection screen. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100134837 | INTEGRATED DATA PUBLISHING SYSTEM - An automated system for manufacturing entire data products to retail standards integrates several manufacturing techniques. This system operates with an “on demand” nature, and is customizable. It is comprised of six basic sections interconnected through a computer network. The customer creates an “order” by choosing from prearranged products, or creates a custom “series” of content of various digital data content. Order Management computer servers receive and process orders. The library gathers the content data with batches then further processes the order to be sent to the manufacturing sections. A printing section makes all booklets, liners, and other the printed materials. A publishing section makes the complete data medium. All components are marked with tracking identification like a barcode. The product and order completion section uses tracking to verify the components, assembling and packaging, either manually or automatically. System verifies completion, shipping information is provided, and final product is delivered. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100134838 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a setting unit to set a printing condition of a job, the printing condition containing a condition indicating whether check print is to be executed or not; an image forming unit to execute image forming processing in accordance with the printing condition set by the setting unit; and a control unit to determine one or more pages to be subjected to the check print based on the printing condition and a predetermined determination condition if the printing condition set by the setting unit indicates that the check print is to be executed, and to cause the image forming unit to execute the image forming processing for the check print with respect to the determined one or more pages. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100134839 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - The present invention is intended to improve operability of an image processing device by reading a document with multiple pages at a time, changing a page addressed to each destination, and transmitting the page to each destination. In order to achieve this, an image processing device | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100134840 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND SYSTEM OF PRINTING DOCUMENT FOR DISTRIBUTION, AND MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM OF PRINTING DOCUMENT FOR DISTRIBUTION - A plurality of sets of a printed document for distribution to a plurality of destinations is generated. For each one of the plurality of destinations, whether to perform conceal processing to document data is determined, and destination-specific print data is generated by performing conceal processing to the document data when it is determined that conceal processing is to be performed and by adding each one of the destination identification information identifying each one of the plurality of destinations to the document data. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100134841 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR THE GENERATION OF AN ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT FROM SCANNED IMAGE DATA - According to the method and system for display screen-aided generation of an electronic document from rastered image data, a group of image data per page and comprising multiple pages is stored. Symbols for associated pages of the group per associated page are displayed in an organized structure in the first screen region. Per page or per region, the image data is separately selected for full display in a second screen display region so that the associated page is accessible for additional processing steps with respect to at least one of the elements selected from the group consisting of a pixel processing and a page processing. Upon touching a symbol of the group with a selection member, a content of the associated page of the group is displayed in an automatically opening, separate display region. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100134842 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANAGING SHARED PRINTER WITH RFID - A system and method of managing a shared printer with radio frequency identification (RFID) includes at least one RFID chip containing information about task permission for users, an RFID transceiver unit to periodically retrieve information about the RFID chip, a controller to determine whether to output a document based on task permission held by a user associated with the RFID chip retrieved by the RFID transceiver unit, and a printing unit to form images on a printing medium in response to a control signal from the controller. It is possible to allow, for example, printing and facsimile transmission by giving specific permission to each user and allows a manager to inspect a use specification by the RFID transceiver unit. The RFID transceiver unit is included in a printer and periodically retrieves information about an RFID chip and determines whether a document is to be output based on task permission held by a user associated with the retrieved RFID chip. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100134843 | Printing Content on a Print Medium - A method of printing content on a print medium is disclosed. The method starts by receiving the print medium in a media feed path. The media feed path includes a sensor module and a printer module. A print media identifier is read from a surface of the print medium using the sensor module. The print medium identifier uniquely identifies the print medium. The content is then on the print medium using the printer module and the content is stored in association with the print medium identifier in a database. The content is retrievable from the database using the print media identifier. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100141982 | DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR COPYING OR BACKUP - When conditions for copying are satisfied while an image sensing apparatus is connected to a PC, copying is executed by only operating the copy button of the image sensing apparatus, and the progress of copying operation can be notified on the image sensing apparatus side. For this purpose, a program monitoring whether a digital video camera is connected is resident in a memory of the PC. When the digital video camera is connected to the PC, it is determined whether a writable optical disk is set, i.e., whether conditions for copying are satisfied. If the PC is ready for copying operation, the program notifies it to the digital video camera. Upon reception of this, the digital video camera turns on a copy button incorporating an LED. When this button is pressed, corresponding information is notified as response data to the PC, thereby starting copying operation. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100141983 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR NETWORKED PRINT MANAGEMENT - A system, method, and apparatus for networked print management without the presence of print servers. The system, method, and apparatus allow a user to submit documents to a multifunction device for printing. The multifunction device (MFD) is in communication with one or more other MFDs over an application server. The application server acts as a request broker to allow one MFD to print a document on another MFD. The user accesses the MFD to view the submitted documents. The one or more other MFDs send any additional documents to the accessed MFD. The user selects one or more of the user's documents for printing by the accessed MFD. The user can also select the user's documents on the accessed MFD and forward them to a second MFD for printing. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100141984 | THROUGHPUT ESTIMATE BASED UPON DOCUMENT COMPLEXITY ANALYSIS - A method receives a print job and analyzes the complexity of the print job to generate complexity factors. The method performs raster image processing (RIP) on the print job and records the time taken to perform the raster image processing of each page of the print job. This generates “RIP times.” In addition, the method records the size of each page of the print job to generate “page sizes.” Then the method prints the print job and records the time it took to process the print job. Then the method determines how each of the complexity factors, the RIP times, and the page sizes contributed to the time it took to process the print job. This generates “complexity factor time values.” The method prints a report of the complexity factor time values detailing how each of the complexity factors contributed to the time it took to process the print job. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100141985 | Print Job Separation - A method for separating multiple print jobs sent by one or more computers to a document printer, the method including printing a first banner at the edge of a top sheet of a first print job, and printing a second banner at the edge of a top sheet of a second print job. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100141986 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing apparatus includes: a printed range store unit configured to store a printed range, which is a part of a first print data that is completely printed; a print completion determination unit configured to determine whether or not the printing of the first print data has been completed; a print job determination unit configured to determine whether or not a second print data correspond with the first print data; an unprinted page determination unit configured to determine unprinted pages of the second print data based on the print range stored by the printed range store unit, when the print job determination unit determines that the second print data correspond with the first print data; and a print control unit configured to instruct a print unit to print based on the second print data and the result of the unprinted page determination unit. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100141987 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING USER SETUP INFORMATION - A user setup information management system including an information processing apparatus and an image forming apparatus connected, wherein user setup information is managed by automatically deleting user setup information when the user setup information no longer is needed. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100141988 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes a data transfer unit configured to transfer print data to an image processing apparatus which is capable of communicating via a network, wherein the data transfer unit recognizes a status of a job based on information of the job on a print queue and pauses or resumes processing to transfer the print data according to the recognized status. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100141989 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An electronic apparatus includes a host controller that serves as a wireless USB host, one or more information processing units that have the function of a wireless USB device that can perform wireless communication with the host controller, a communication unit that can communicate with another electronic apparatus, and a control unit that acquires from the host controller connection information that is information on whether or not the host controller and the information processing unit requested for connection are connected to each other and whether or not the connection can be cut off when a connection request for one information processing unit out of the one or more information processing units is received from the another electronic apparatus through the communication unit, permits connection of the another electronic apparatus and the information processing unit requested to be connected to through wireless communication in a case where the host controller and the information processing unit requested for connection are not connected to each other. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100141990 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image processing apparatus includes: an execution unit that executes a processing request accepted by an acceptance unit and stored in a storage unit; a setting unit which, when the processing request is accepted, sets the stored processing request as a queued processing request if another processing request is executed, and which sets the stored processing request as a permitted processing request if no processing request is executed; a notification unit that notifies a current user that there exists a queued processing request; an instruction unit which, when instructed by the current user, instructs whether or not to permit execution of the queued processing request; and an interrupt control unit which, when the current user instructs to permit the execution of the queued processing request through the instruction unit, controls the execution unit to interrupt the execution of the permitted processing request and execute the instructed queued processing request. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100141991 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes: a document detection section for detecting, according to image data of a document image, an image processing condition to be applied at a time when the document image is displayed or printed; a draw command generation section for generating a draw command for controlling a computer so as to cause the computer to perform display or printing after image processing in accordance with the image processing condition, at the time when the document image is displayed or printed; a formatting process section for generating an image file in which the draw command is added to the image data that has not been subjected to the image processing. This makes it possible to rapidly generate an image file of image data obtained by reading a document and also makes it possible to cause a device that displays or prints the image data to perform appropriate image processing. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100141992 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE IMAGE PROCESSINGAPPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus which is connected to a plurality of information processing apparatuses receives notification information, which includes information about each information processing apparatus and is transmitted from the plurality of information processing apparatuses, and displays an information processing apparatus corresponding to the notification information as a list. When a deletion instruction to delete a specific information processing apparatus from among the information processing apparatuses that are objects to be displayed is accepted, the image processing apparatus deletes the specific information processing apparatus from the list. After the specific information processing apparatus is deleted from the list, the image processing apparatus displays other information processing apparatus corresponding to the received notification information instead of the information processing apparatus that has been deleted, so that the other information processing apparatus can be selected as a transmission destination of image data. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100141993 | Network scanner for global document creation, transmission and management - A network scanner, communication protocols, and client and server programs and are provided which provide an improved way to transmit legally binding documents, obviating the need for outmoded, legacy fax transmissions. Using the network scanner, a document may be scanned and transferred directly into any shared folder inbox residing on any computer attached to the Internet. Enhanced server systems and network communications and messaging protocols are provided that are more practical to use than email for sending documents such as executed legal documents or other documents requiring robust integrity and authenticatability. Similarly, the inventive network scanner, server systems and communication protocols provide improved ways to perform large file transfers and to manage bandwidth to minimize problems associated with uploading/downloading large files as attachments to/from email servers and for enabling user control over VoIP quality during file transmission sessions. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100141994 | Printing Control System - A print system in which a printer and a client personal computer are connected to a network. The printer may include a storage unit configured to store a residual quantity information of sheets of paper in a paper feed cassette, a communication unit configured to transmit said residual quantity information to said client personal computer, and a printing unit. The client personal computer may include a generation unit configured to generating print data corresponding to a print job, and a control unit configured to acquire said residual quantity information and a number of sheets of paper necessary for said print job and compare said residual quantity information and said number of sheets of paper necessary, and when judging an occurrence of exhaustion of sheets of paper according to a comparison results, notifying a user before starting printing in the printer. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100141995 | DOCUMENT ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM, DOCUMENT ADMINISTRATION APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A document administration system includes a plurality of document storing apparatuses, and a server apparatus connected the plurality of document storing apparatuses via a network. Each of the plurality of document storing apparatuses includes a plurality of boxes for storing various information in a sorted manner, and a document storing portion for making the document storing apparatus store a document in one of the boxes. The server apparatus includes a document storing apparatus registering portion for registering information on each of the document storing apparatuses, a box information obtaining portion for obtaining information on the boxes from each of the document storing apparatuses, a storing request receiving portion for receiving a storing request of the document, a storing destination deciding portion for deciding one of the document storing apparatuses and one of the boxes thereof for actually storing the document, based on any one or more of information including information on the document corresponding to the storing request, information on the document storing apparatuses registered in the document storing apparatus registering portion, and information on the boxes obtained by the box information obtaining portion, and a controller for transmitting the document to the document storing apparatuses having the one of the boxes selected by the storing destination deciding portion and making the document storing portion store the document in the one of the boxes. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100141996 | MULTI-DIMENSIONAL INTERPOLATION DEVICE, MULTI-DIMENSIONAL INTERPOLATION METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A data divider divides N-dimensional digital image signals into higher-order bit signals and lower-order bit signals. Reference values corresponding to all combinations of the divided higher-order bit signals are divisionally stored in 2 | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100141997 | CONTENT VIEWING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING CONTENT VIEWING PROGRAM - A content viewing apparatus capable of performing the transfer and copying of a content, includes a display device that displays the content composed of an image or a document, an information acquiring device that acquires route information composed of identification information including at least one of device identification information which identifies a stopover device over which the content has stopped and user identification information which identifies a user of the stopover device, and content information which relates to the substance itself of the content, a route information creating device that creates route information obtained by adding identification information of the content viewing apparatus itself as a stopover device to the route information acquired by the information acquiring device, and a route information storing device that associates the route information created by the route information creating device with the content information and store the associated information into a storing device. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100149583 | MANAGING MULTIPLE WEB SERVICES ON A SINGLE DEVICE - Techniques are provided for managing multiple Web services on a single device. The device includes device metadata and a service manager. Each Web service registers with the service manager. Registration includes providing service metadata to the service manager. The service manager may generate (e.g., at least some) service relationship data based on the service metadata. The service relationship data indicates (either explicitly or implicitly) a relationship (e.g., a dependency) between a first Web service of the multiple Web services and a second Web service. In response to one or more criteria being satisfied with respect to the first Web service, the service manager uses the service relationship data and/or the device metadata to determine that one or more actions should be initiated with respective to the second Web service. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100149584 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRINT QUEUE MANAGEMENT - A method and system suitable for use with a plurality of multifunction devices (MFDs) for managing one or more print queues associated with the plurality of MFDs, the system including a user interface application for permitting users to electronically communicate with a queue managing service (QMS); wherein the QMS automatically detects, identifies, and analyzes the one or more print queues associated with the plurality of MFDs in order to provide a status of the plurality of MFDs and continuously notify the users of the updates relating to the one or more print queues. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100149585 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REGISTRATION DEVICE LOCATION - A method of connecting an image forming apparatus (IFA) to a network and assigning the IFA a network address, selecting a map file image from a plurality of map file images, the selected map file image corresponding to a regional location of the IFA, outputting the selected map file image, selecting a location on the map file image which corresponds to a physical location of the IFA, and storing the location and the network address. An IFA configured to implement the method. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100149586 | METHOD OF DATA COMMUNICATION BETWEEN APPLICATION PROGRAM AND PRINTER DRIVER, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - An application program creates a named shared memory and calls an ExtEscape function, whereby a user interface module of an XPS printer driver stores return data in the named shared memory. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100149587 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, DOCUMENT READING APPARATUS, SERVER APPARATUS, AND DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM - A data processing system is provided, which improves convenience for a user in setting an operation parameter for application software to be executed by a server apparatus connected to an image forming apparatus via a network. An extracting portion of the image forming apparatus extracts a parameter entered by the user from a parameter setting sheet bearing the parameter entered therein, and transmits the extracted parameter to the server apparatus. Application software installed in the server apparatus receiving the parameter apply various kinds of information processing to document image data transmitted from the image forming apparatus, based on the parameter extracted by the extracting portion of the image forming apparatus. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100149588 | FORM CREATION METHOD AND PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS - A print control apparatus of a printing system, which performs overlay printing using a pre-created form, lets a user designate a field in the form for data to be inserted into the field in the overlay printing. In executing overlay printing of plural pages, the data to be inserted into the designated field is analyzed to determine whether or not one same data is repetitive. In a case where it is determined that the one same data is repetitive, the form is not created, but in a case where it is determined that the one same data is not repetitive, the form including the data is created. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100149589 | IMAGE SENDING APPARATUS AND PREVIEW DISPLAY METHOD - Provided is an image sending apparatus capable of preventing an erroneous sending effectively using a preview display without causing a user to feel troublesome with unnecessary confirmation operation. An image forming apparatus (illustrated as a digital multi-functional peripheral) is provided with a setting storage portion (illustrated as a control memory) for storing setting information (illustrated as a table) related to a preview display by a display control portion (illustrated as a panel control portion) for each sending destination. The setting information includes forcible execution information showing whether or not a preview image is displayed forcibly by the display control portion. The display control portion performs a display control based on the stored setting information. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100149590 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PREVIEW DISPLAY METHOD - Provided is an image forming apparatus capable of causing a user to get used to an operation of an apparatus while preventing from executing an unnecessary output by a preview display before outputting, and eliminating trouble of a preview display for a user skilled in the operation of the apparatus. The image forming apparatus (illustrated as a digital multi-functional peripheral) is provided with a setting storage portion (illustrated as a control memory) that stores, for each user, setting information related to a preview display (illustrated as a table) by a display controls portion (illustrated as a panel control portion). The setting information includes forcible execution information showing whether or not the preview image is forcibly displayed by the display control portion. The display control portion performs display control based on the stored setting information. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100149591 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING IMAGE DATA, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMPUTER PROGRAM - A method for transmitting a plurality of pieces of image data is provided. The method includes causing an image forming apparatus ( | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100149592 | IMAGE-PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SERVER DEVICE - The image-processing apparatus includes: a communication interface unit; a user interface display unit which is arranged to provide information to a user; a user interface input unit provided with a hardware-key which is arranged to receive an input from the user; a web browser which is arranged to acquire page data from a web server, structure a display screen based upon the page data, and display the display screen on the user interface display unit; a hardware-key function assignor which is arranged to determine a function to be assigned to the hardware-key based upon the page data; and a hardware-key control unit which is arranged to control the hardware-key in accordance with the determination of the hardware-key function assignment by the hardware-key function assignor. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100149593 | Network scanner for global document creation transmission and management - A network scanner, communication protocols, and client and server programs and are provided which provide an improved way to transmit legally binding documents, obviating the need for outmoded, legacy fax transmissions. Using the network scanner, a document may be scanned and transferred directly into any shared folder inbox residing on any computer attached to the Internet. Enhanced server systems and network communications and messaging protocols are provided that are more practical to use than email for sending documents such as executed legal documents or other documents requiring robust integrity and authenticatability. Similarly, the inventive network scanner, server systems and communication protocols provide improved ways to perform large file transfers and to manage bandwidth to minimize problems associated with uploading/downloading large files as attachments to/from email servers and for enabling user control over VoIP quality during file transmission sessions. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100157351 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING PRINT DELAYS FOR PRINT JOBS - There is disclosed a printing system for processing an electronic document with an original stream having at least two printing related instructions. Responsive to reading the at least two printing related instructions with a controller; the original stream is split into two or more streams. A printer produces (1) one or more sets of prints from one or more of the two or more streams for storage in one or more inserters, and (2) a final set of prints from another one of the two or more streams, the final set of prints corresponding to a hardcopy stream with at least one gap. The one or more sets of prints are automatically stored in the one or more inserters and, pursuant to printing the final set of prints; the one or more inserters are used to insert at least one print from the one or more sets of prints into the at least one gap of the hardcopy stream. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100157352 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF WYSIWYG FINISHING INSTRUCTIONS FOR SPECIALTY PHOTO MEDIA - A method and system for creating a visual representation of instructions required to finish a photo product that utilizes a specialty photo media. A photo job requesting the specialty photo media can be received and the photo job then rendered on the specialty photo media via a rendering device. An ancillary instruction document along with a number of thumbnails representing the photo job can also be rendered via the rendering device. The ancillary instruction document includes a number of instructions required to generate the final photo product on the specialty photo media thereby reducing wastage of very expensive media. The finishing instructions can be alternatively represented as animations on a graphical user interface. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100157353 | Method and Image Forming Device for Generating Print Output - The invention describes a method and an image forming device for generating a print output. The image forming device analyzes an input image with respect to a target media sheet and identifies a white space region. Based on the identification, the image forming device generates a print output by automatically inserting one or more ruled-lines in the identified white space region. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100157354 | CHOOSING THE NEXT DOCUMENT - In one example, a system may suggest an order in which to read documents in a set. When a person has read a document in the set, the system may suggest the next document to read. The next document may be selected based on criteria such as the document's dissimilarity from the document(s) that have already been read. Choosing, as the next document, a document that is dissimilar from documents that have already been read exposes the reader to new information, thereby enhancing the reader's return on investment for the time spent reading the documents. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100157355 | Method For Printing A Handout For An Attendee Of A Meeting - One exemplary method of the present invention is for printing a handout on a printer for an attendee of a meeting of a type having a scheduled starting date and time stored in a storage device and having a meeting location, wherein the handout is stored in the storage device in association with at least the scheduled starting date and time and wherein the printer is adapted for communication with the storage device and is installable at the meeting location. The method includes in response to a printer command, activating the printer to communicate with the storage device to identify the meeting based at least on the stored scheduled starting date and time and on a current date and time. The method also includes in response to a printer command made at the printer, activating the printer to pull print the stored handout associated with the identified meeting. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100157356 | System and Method for Inserting Advertisements - A method, computer program product, and print driver for receiving an indication, on a computing device, of content to be printed on a printing device. A portion of a printable area of the printing device is partitioned into at least two printable areas. A first of the printable areas is configured for including at least a portion of the content, and a second of the printable areas is configured for including one or more advertisements; thus defining a modified print job. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100157357 | IMAGE PRINTING APPARATUS HAVING CLUSTER PRINTING FUNCTION, IMAGE PRINTING SYSTEM AND IMAGE PRINTING METHOD - An image printing apparatus includes an image printing unit which prints an image and has a cluster printing function in which a print job is shared with at least one other printing apparatus over a network. A registration unit registers in the memory unit paper type information of a recording sheet to be used in the print job. A communication unit receives over the network paper type information of recording sheets in each of the plurality of other image printing apparatuses. A determination unit selects at least one candidate image printing apparatus from among the plurality of other image printing apparatus based whether the paper type information received by the communication unit matches the paper type information registered in the memory unit. The image printing apparatus, during cluster printing, shares the print job with the at least one candidate image printing apparatus. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100157358 | Distributed Global Object Cache - A method is disclosed. The method includes receiving an object at a first image transform within a control unit, the first image transform searching for the object in a local cache, retrieving the object from a second image transform upon a determination that the object been previously received at the control unit and processed at the second image transform; and the first image transform performing a raster image process on the object upon a determination that the object has not been previously received at the control unit. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100157359 | Printer Driver Graphical User Interface - A printer driver includes a graphical user interface (GUI) having a plurality of function tabs each associated with a print option function. The function tabs include a quick tab that provides secondary shortcut tabs that enables customized function organization specific to a print job. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100157360 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND TELEPHONE OPERATION SWITCHING METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus and a telephone operation regulating method thereof, the image forming apparatus including a main body that is connectable to an external telephone communication line; a receiver comprising an audio output unit and an audio input unit, connected to the main body; and a sensing unit disposed inside the receiver, to determine whether the receiver is in an on-hook state or an off-hook state. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100157361 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming apparatus, receiving and processing data transmitted from an image processing apparatus, includes a determination unit, first requesting unit, first analysis unit, second requesting unit, second analysis unit, and image forming unit. The determination unit determines whether or not the data are receivable. The first requesting unit requests the image processing apparatus to transmit first data where the determination unit determines that the data are not receivable. The first analysis unit analyzes the first data received from the image processing apparatus. The second requesting unit requests the image processing apparatus to transmit second data serving as image information corresponding to the first data based on an analysis result provided by the first analysis unit. The second analysis unit analyzes the second data received from the image processing apparatus. The image forming unit forms an image based on an analysis result provided by the second analysis unit. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100157362 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINTING CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In response to a request to open a user interface on which print setting is performed, a printer driver receives a change in print setting value set in initial setting. The printer driver processes a job according to the received print setting value. On the other hand, when a request to open the user interface has not been received, the printer driver performs print setting by using initial setting values set previously in relation to a determining condition that can be obtained from the job. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100157363 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus stores user identification information of a first user, and sends a print instruction including the stored user identification information to a print managing server. The apparatus receives print data of the first user managed in association with the user identification information of the first user included in the sent print instruction, and prints the received print data of the first user. The apparatus receives user identification information of a second user while printing of the print data of the first user is being performed and discriminates whether interruption printing of print data of the second user can be performed, and performs interruption printing of the print data of the second user if the interruption printing can be performed. The apparatus restarts printing of the print data of the first user after interruption printing of the print data of the second user is completed. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100157364 | PRINTING CONTROL METHOD AND PRINTING CONTROL TERMINAL DEVICE - A printing control method includes searching for an XML paper specification (XPS) attribute file from an XPS file if a command to print the XPS file is received, determining whether the searched XPS attribute file is located within a preset portion of the XPS file, adjusting a structure of the XPS file if the XPS attribute file is not located within the preset portion of the XPS file, and transmitting the XPS file of the adjusted structure to an image forming apparatus. Accordingly, the speed of the image forming apparatus recognizing the XPS file can be enhanced. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100157365 | METHOD TO GENERATE DIGITAL SIGNATURE, PRINT CONTROLLING TERMINAL, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A print controlling method includes receiving a selection of at least one of XML paper specification (XPS) files, analyzing a digital signature structure of the selected XPS file, generating a digital signature of the XPS file according to the analyzed digital signature structure, and storing the XPS file in which the digital signature is generated. Accordingly, a user can easily generate a digital signature for a previously generated XPS file. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100157366 | HOST APPARATUS CONNECTED TO IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND WEB PAGE PRINTING METHOD THEREOF - A host apparatus connected with an image forming apparatus and a web page printing method thereof. The method of printing a displayed web page includes capturing at least one area on the displayed web page, displaying the at least one captured area in a first area disposed adjacent to the displayed web page, editing the at least one captured area displayed in the first area, and executing the at least one captured and edited area. With this, it is convenient for a user to select, edit and print a desired area from a web page. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100157367 | Method of transmitting changed printer information in real time and network printer using the same - A method of transmitting printer information which can inform a host of changed printer information in real time whenever printer information changes and a network printer using the method. The method includes determining whether or not the printer information has changed and transmitting the changed printer information in real time to a communications network or a predetermined program which communicates with the network printer. The network printer includes a printer information change determination circuit which determines changes in printer information, and a changed information notification module which transmits in real time the changed printer information to a communications network or a predetermined program which communicates with the network printer. The changed information notification module transmits the printer information to the communications network or the predetermined program when the network printer is turned on. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100157368 | PRINT MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH DESTINATION PANEL - A method for managing printers, implemented in a print job management apparatus, is provided. The method includes determining availability of each of the printers in accordance with a pre-defined criteria, and displaying a list of the printers together with the availabilities of the printers on a display monitor. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100157369 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - In a host-base printing system, it is intended to execute a continuous page printing of continuous print jobs with a maximum printing speed specific to a printing engine in a printing apparatus, without a loss in the printing speed. There is provided a host computer system in which a data generation unit generates a print job based on a drawing command entered from an application software, and transfers the generated print job for example to a printer, characterized in that a plurality of print jobs generated in succession are spooled in a system spooling unit, and a print control unit combines plural print jobs entered from the system pooling unit and transfers them as a single print job for example to a printer. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100157370 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR - Disclosed are an image forming apparatus and an image forming method for, in the halted state where trial copying of one set is completed, determining whether a mode has been changed, and for automatically changing a numeral accordingly. According to the present invention, an image forming apparatus comprises: an image input device, for entering an image; a storage device, for storing the image; an image forming unit, for reading the image from the storage unit and for forming the image; and a controller, for providing control for the image forming unit in accordance with a mode set for an image copying process, wherein a function is provided that can set a trial copying mode for an image forming process and can copy one set when the trial copying mode is effective, and that can thereafter temporarily halt the image forming process and enable a mode reset, and wherein for a copying operation performed after the trial copying mode is released, a numeral can be set to a predetermined value in accordance with a mode change effected during a halted state existing immediately before the copying. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100157371 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROCESS CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREOF - A workflow scheduler is provided in which highly correlated processes are scheduled so as to be continuously executed. The workflow scheduler analyzes an input print order, divides the print order into a plurality of processes to carry out the print order, arranges a schedule of the plurality of processes divided, groups a set of processes together from the plurality of processes into which the print order is divided according to grouping attributes of the plurality of processes, the set of processes being associated with each other by the grouping attributes, outputs the plurality of processes whose schedule is arranged by the schedule arranging unit in a recognizable manner, and arranges the schedule of the plurality of processes such that the set of processes is capable of being executed continuously. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100165377 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ARCHIVING PRINTED IMAGES - In a method or system to archive print images, at least one print image generated with aid of a printing or copying system is recorded with aid of a recording unit. Image data corresponding to the recorded print image are generated. The image data are archived in an archive. At least one part of print data used to generate the print image is stored together with the image data in the archive. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100165378 | VARIABLE DATA PRINTING METHOD USING VARIABLE TEXT COLOR DEPENDING ON BACKGROUND - An improved variable data printing (VDP) method is disclosed. A VDP database contains variable data and form data. The variable data includes a plurality of entries each having a plurality attributes. The form data includes images. Each printed piece of a VDP production includes variable data and form data selected based on the variable data attributes. When the printed pieces include a background image and foreground text to be printed over the background image, and when different pieces in the VDP production have different background image, the method automatically selects a text color to print the foreground text over the background image on each piece to enhance visibility and/or aesthetic appearance. In addition, the foreground text color for each piece may be selected based on additional attributes of the variable data. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100165379 | System For And Method Of Transmitting Device Status Information Via Syndication Services - The present invention relates to a method of transmitting device status information via syndication services. Specifically, it relates to transmitting device status information of a printer, scanner, fax, multifunction printing device, or other printing device via syndication services such as RSS, Atom, or other syndication service to a user computer device. The device status information may be received via any syndication service reader or custom configurable client application. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100165380 | Systems and Methods for Processing Packaged Print Data Streams - Systems and methods consistent with embodiments presented facilitate packaged print data processing. In some embodiments, an initial fragment of print data is parsed to determine if the print data occurs in the form of an OPC print package. If the print data is an OPC package, a language processor for a PDL is invoked using a language entry point function for the PDL, which can be determined using a text string that is present in the print job filename and in a Content Types list in a Content Types file associated with the OPC package. If the PDL language processor cannot be determined using the Content Types list then a language entry point may be determined using a file extension associated with the print job. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100165381 | PRINTING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A printing method and a printing system are provided. When printing a file on a client, the client is connected to a printer via a network. A print homepage is shown to the client. Then the client accesses the printer via the print homepage on the client, and sends an coded file to the printer. The printer receives the coded file from the client, and decodes the file to print. The printing system includes a client and a printer. An coded file is stored in the client. The client includes an internet browser. The printer includes a file receiving module to receive the file from the client and a print controlling module capable of controlling the printer to decode and print the coded file. A print homepage is shown on the internet browser. The client accesses the printer and sends the coded file to the printer via the print homepage. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100165382 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electronic apparatus may include an operation panel, a driving device, an image pickup device, a face detection unit, and a control unit. The operation panel may be configured to move. The driving device may be configured to move the operation panel. The image pickup device may be configured to be installed proximate the operation panel, and/or to capture an image of a user. The face detection unit may be configured to detect a position of a facial image of the user within the image captured by the image pickup device. The control unit may be configured to control the driving device such that the operation panel and an optical axis of the image pickup device move according to the position of the facial image detected by the face detecting unit. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100165383 | LINE UTILIZATION IN INTEGRATED DOCUMENT DELIVERY METHOD AND APPARATUS - A document delivery network server having a set of integrated functions including sending, receiving, routing and filing of FAXes and e-mails to other users which achieves numerous advantages over the prior art. The document delivery system is based on a client/server model having both analog and digital Fax line capabilities. The server side provides very highly integrated systems functionality based on industry standard, commercially available hardware and a mix of industry standard and proprietary software components including integrated FAX/modem modules, an embedded OS, embedded plug-and-play driver sets, embedded e-mail gateways, an embedded FAX archive, embedded back-up/restore, proprietary high efficiency line utilization and highly efficient load balancing. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100165384 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING METHOD, PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINTING CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORED WITH PRINTING CONTROL PROGRAM - The printing system comprises: a print data generating unit for generating print data; an image data generating unit for generating image data for each page having a data size of an integral multiple of a specified block size based on the print data; a delivering unit for delivering the image data; an imposing unit for imposing the image data in such a way that images for a plurality of pages will be printed on a sheet of paper; and a printing unit for printing images for a plurality of pages on a sheet of paper, wherein a process for preventing a blank space being formed in a boundary area between the images to be printed on a sheet of paper due to padding data added to the image data in order to make data size of the image data to be an integral multiple of the block size, is executed. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100165385 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An apparatus includes an image processing unit changeable in circuit configuration, and control such that the image processing unit performs processing of a plurality of partial images to be processed by using a first circuit configuration of the image processing unit out of a plurality of partial images being input by using the first circuit configuration of the image processing unit, and makes control such that the image processing unit performs processing of a plurality of partial images to be processed by using a second circuit configuration of the image processing unit out of a plurality of partial images being input by using the second circuit configuration of the image processing unit. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100165386 | PRINT CONTROL DEVICE FOR OBTAINING APPROPRIATE PRINT RESULTS - A print control device includes a data acquiring section, a print control section, a preview-image output control section, and a print-ratio acquiring section. The data acquiring section acquires image data. The print control section controls a printing device to print an image based on the image data on a sheet. The preview-image output control section outputs preview images at a plurality of print ratios. The preview images are indicators of print results to be obtained when the printing device prints, on the sheet, the image based on the image data at the respective print ratios. The print-ratio acquiring section acquires print-ratio specifying information through an input device that can be operated by a user, after the preview-image output control section outputs the preview images. The print control section controls the printing device to print, on the sheet, the image based on the image data at a print ratio specified by the print-ratio specifying information. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100165387 | IMAGE-FORMING SYSTEM - An image-forming system includes a writing unit, an image-forming unit, a determining unit, and a control unit. The writing unit is capable of writing additional data to a first storing unit of a recording medium. The image-forming unit forms an image on the recording medium based on image data. The determining unit determines whether or not the image is normally printed on the recording medium by the image-forming unit. The control unit controls the writing unit to write the additional data to the first storing unit when the determining unit determines that the image is printed normally, and to prevent the additional data from being written to the first storing unit when the determining unit determines that the image is not printed normally. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100165388 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PRINTING CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM THEREOF - An image forming apparatus connected to a network and including a storage part, a printing request receiving part for receiving a printing request from a data processing apparatus via the network and recording the printing request in the storage part, the printing request including a page description language list indicating at least one page description language applicable to the data processing apparatus, a determining part for determining whether the data processing apparatus is to convert electronic data associated to the printing request into printing data based on whether the page description language list includes a page description language processable by the image forming apparatus, a data obtaining part for transmitting first and second requests to the data processing apparatus and receiving the printing data or the electronic data in response to the first and second request; and a printing part for printing data obtained from the data obtaining part. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100165389 | RECEPTION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, RECEPTION MANAGEMENT METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - In a reception management apparatus, when a print button is operated after scheduled visitor information is selected, a badge ID representing print number is assigned to the selected scheduled visitor information and thereby print data of an entry pass associated with the scheduled visitor information is created and output to a printer. At the same time, the badge ID is assigned to and displayed in the scheduled visitor information in the appointment list display window. Further, when a shared button is operated after the scheduled visitor information is selected, the badge ID representing print number is assigned to the selected scheduled visitor information and thereby print data of the entry pass associated with the scheduled visitor information is created and output to the printer. At the same time, the personal information corresponding to the scheduled visitor information is stored in the entry-permitted list as entry-permitted visitor information. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100165390 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A channel selection section selects whether the subsequent processing to the image data is executed by image distribution precedence processing or by gradation lowering precedence processing in accordance with channel information of the image data. That is, in regard to the channels of C, M and K with relatively high density among inks, the image distribution precedence processing excellent in robustness is selected. On the other hand, in the ink of the color with high brightness or low density, even if the print position of the dot is shifted, the density change due to this shift is not so much large. It is possible to restrict an increase in the processing load due to executing the gradation lowering processing after the distribution processing to each of the plural divided images by thus not selecting the image distribution precedence processing in consideration of the robustness. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100165391 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - The present invention provides an information processing method including steps of determining whether or not the print driver of a local printer is the same kind as the print driver of a network printer, and comparing the version of the print driver of the network printer with that of the printer of the local printer for determining which version is newer. When it is determined that the driver of the local printer is the same kind as the driver of the network printer and the print driver of the local printer is newer than the print driver of the network printer, the print driver of the local printer is transferred to the print server. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100165392 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER PROGRAM - A data processing apparatus that requests an external apparatus to execute apart of sequential processing, receives a control request from the external apparatus, and executes the sequential processing in response to the control request that reflects an execution result of the part of the sequential processing performed by the external apparatus, includes a generation unit configured to generate identification information that can be used to determine whether a processing execution request sent to the external apparatus is output via an operation unit of the data processing apparatus, a storage unit configured to store the identification information generated by the generation unit in a storage medium, a transmission unit configured to transmit the identification information generated by the generation unit to the external apparatus, a reception unit configured to receive the control request from the external apparatus. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100165393 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes: a reading unit; a transmission unit and a limiting unit. The reading unit is configured to read a document and create image data. The transmission unit supports a plurality of transmission modes, and is configured to transmit the image data to an external apparatus using at least one selected from the plurality of transmission modes. The limiting unit is configured to limit selectable transmission modes of the transmission unit based on at least one of: a user-designated attribute of the document set by a user; a reading attribute of the reading unit; and a content of the document read by the reading unit. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100165394 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING APPARATUS AND IMAGE-PRINTING METHOD - A printing system that transfers an image composed of pixels of a first resolution, includes a client and a printing apparatus. The client includes a determining unit that, for a pixel block that is of a size of a pixel of a second resolution that is lower than the first resolution, determines whether or not the pixel block is homogenous on the basis of a difference in color information for a target pixel of the first resolution included in the pixel block; an image-data-for-transfer creating unit that creates image data for transfer by changing pixels of the first resolution included in a pixel block that has been determined to be homogenous from the first resolution to the second resolution; and a transmitting unit that transmits the image data for transfer. The printing apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives the image data for transfer and a high-resolution-image-data creating unit that creates image data representing an image composed of pixels of the first resolution by changing pixels of the second resolution in the image data for transfer from the second resolution to the first resolution. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100165395 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus that enables to keep its state in a power saving mode by transmitting image data stored in a storage unit to another image processing apparatus even after entering the state of the power saving mode. A conversion unit converts the image data in a first data format stored in the storage unit into image data in a second data format. A transmission unit transmits both the image data in the first data format and the image data in the second data format that is generated by converting the image data in the first data format by the conversion unit to another image processing apparatus connected via a network, when shifting to a power saving mode. A control unit controls to shift to the power saving mode after transmitting both the image data in the first data format and the image data in the second data format. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100165396 | INFORMATION COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, USER TERMINAL AND INFORMATION COMMUNICATION METHOD - An information communication system comprising a plurality of user terminals which output contents delivered via a network and accept input of comments relating to the contents, and an information communication server which receives the comments input by the user terminals and delivers the comments to a plurality of user terminals, the information communication server comprising: a classification control unit which generates a classification according to user properties of a user terminal, and assigns the classification to the user terminal; the user terminal comprising: a classification selection input unit which acquires one of a first selection and a second selection, all comments transmitted by a plurality of the user terminal are outputted in the first selection, and the comment transmitted by the user terminal assigned same classification of the user terminal is only outputted in the second selection; a comment extracting unit which extracts all the comments delivered by the information communication server as an output comment when the first selection is inputted in the classification selection input unit, and extracts the comment transmitted by the user terminal assigned the classification which is the same as the user terminal in the comments delivered by the information communication server when the second selection is inputted in the classification selection input unit; and an output unit which outputs the output comment extracted by the comment extracting unit with the contents. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100165397 | Information Processing Device and Recording Medium Containing Program Therefor - An information processing device is provided with a display controller configured to display a data display window on a screen of a display device. At least one decision area is defined within the display screen. A storage stores, in association with the at least one decision area printer selection information identifying a printer and/or print setting information. The information processing device further includes a control unit configured to identify a printer to be used based on the printer selection information corresponding to the at least one decision area and/or print setting based on the print setting information if the judging unit judges a dropped position of a data file is within the at least one decision area, print data being generated in accordance with the printer and/or print setting identified by the control unit. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100165398 | Image forming device and image forming method - An image forming device includes a first development unit configured to form a first image on a recording medium with a first developer, a second development unit configured to form a second image on the recording medium with at least one of a plurality of second developers that are different from the first developer, and a print control unit configured to select the at least one of the plurality of second developers for forming the second image. The second developers are transparent developers, and the second image is a transparent image | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100165399 | JOB STATUS MONITORING SYSTEM, JOB STATUS MONITORING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A job status monitoring system includes a job output unit configured to output a job to a job managing unit of an operating system. The job is issued in response to a job issue request. A status of the job output to a printer is monitored by a monitoring unit. The monitoring unit controls the job managing unit by monitoring the status of the job. An application or utility determines the status of the job by obtaining information about the job from the job managing unit and performs display control based on the determined status of the job. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100165400 | PRINTER HAVING CODED TAG GENERATOR - A printer is provided having a tag generator configured to generate tags each encoding first data on an identity of an interface onto which the tags are to be printed and a position of that tag on the interface and second data on a perspective of that tag relative to the interface, and a printhead configured to print the interface with the tags and graphic information. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100165401 | MOBILE DEVICE FOR PRINTING A SECURITY IDENTIFICATION - A mobile telecommunications device is disclosed. The mobile telecommunications device has a media feed path, a sensor module in the media feed path for sensing data encoded on a surface of a print medium, the data encoding at least a print media identifier, a print medium identifier identifying the print medium, processor for determining the print media identifier from the data, communication means for communicating a request to a remote server, the request including the print media identifier, and for receiving a security identification associated with the print media identifier from the remote server, and a printer module in the media feed path for printing the security identification on the print medium. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100165402 | Servicing of wireless terminal print job by unsupported printer - A wireless terminal having processing resources, a user interface including a user input device and a display, and a wireless interface causes a file to be printed to a destination printer that is unsupported by the wireless terminal. The processing resources communicatively couple to the wireless interface and to the user interface and are operable to receive a file via a servicing wireless network and the wireless interface, receive a request via the user interface to print the file, identify a destination printer, determine that the wireless terminal does not support printing of the file at the destination printer, identify a servicing device for processing of the file for printing at the destination printer, and transmit the file to the servicing device via the wireless interface and the servicing wireless network. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100165403 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH CONTROLLER FOR STORING PRINT DATA ACCORDING TO CHARACTERISTIC VALUE - An image forming apparatus is provided with a storage device having storage areas divided corresponding to a characteristic value allocated for each print requesting person. Upon receiving print data and a characteristic value from an external device, the image forming apparatus stores the print data into a storage area which has been allocated the same characteristic value as the received characteristic value. The image forming apparatus subjects print data stored in the storage areas in the storage device to image formation processing on a storage area basis. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100171975 | Focus Image Centering and Printing on a Specified Paper Size - A printing system, which includes a printer and a client computer having executable instructions for creating a print job for producing a large format of an image. The executable instructions include selecting a medium size, displaying an image on a display associated with the client computer, wherein the image is partitioned into a plurality of images, selecting a partition within the plurality of images, and printing the selected partition. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100171976 | Print Job Submission Mechanism - A method disclosed. The method includes a print application determining if capacity is available at a print server to receive print jobs in a print job queue, analyzing the characteristics of the print jobs in the print job queue if there is no capacity available at the print server to receive the print jobs and automatically prioritizing the print jobs in the print job queue based upon the characteristics. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100171977 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing system includes a printer and a printer server connected to the printer. The printer server is installed with a printer driver for driving the printer. The printer server includes a web control module and a print module. The control module provides a user interface (UI) to a connected client. The control module is capable of receiving a first file in an original format from the client and transmitting the first file to the print module. The print module is capable of transforming the first file in the original format to a second file in a format printable by the printer. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100171978 | DELIVERY EXPERT SYSTEM AND METHOD - An automated rule-based system for facilitating delivery of a fax document from a source to a destination over a network where an initial delivery attempt has been unsuccessful. Actions to be taken are based upon a time-variable set of input conditions which may be determined from one or more of the destination, the source, a database of past delivery attempts, and a human analyst. The actions may include one or more of resubmitting the fax document to the network for a next delivery attempt, cancelling the document, sending a request to the source or destination for additional delivery information, and identifying the destination as a technical problem. The input conditions may include an identification of non-business days and non-business hours. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100171979 | WIRELESS PRINTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A printing method includes following steps. A first port of a digital photo frame sends a broadcast signal to search for a printer. The digital photo frame connects to the printer via a wireless connection. The printer responds to the broadcast signal. A second port of the digital photo frame submits a print request to the printer. A third port of the digital photo frame transfers a file to the printer. Then the printer prints the file out. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100171980 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, UNIVERSAL INTERFACE DEVICE, AND METHOD OF USING OPTION UNIT - An image forming apparatus includes a control unit to identify a type of an option unit using pre-stored ID information including information regarding a universal interface to which at least one type of option unit can be connected, a power supply unit, and an option unit connected to the universal interface. A plurality of switches is located along a power supply path between the option unit and the power supply unit. The pre-stored ID information includes the type of the option unit and level of power allowed for the type of option unit. The control unit controls on/off states of the plurality of switches so that power corresponding to the identified type of option unit can be supplied to the option unit. Accordingly, possible damage to the image forming apparatus due to inappropriate connection between the option unit and the image forming apparatus is prevented. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100171981 | DESTINATION SETTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention provides a destination setting apparatus for setting destinations used in communications based on a plurality of communication protocols, the apparatus including an input unit configured to input destination information including a destination and a communication protocol of the destination to a destination list which displays a destination as a communication target, a display unit configured to display a setting screen including setting items settable by each communication protocol, based on the destination information input to the destination list, a determination unit configured to determine if the destination information input to the destination list includes one type of communication protocol or a plurality of different types of communication protocols, and a control unit configured to control to generate a setting screen to be displayed by the display unit based on the determination result of the determination unit, and to display the setting screen on the display unit. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100171982 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM OF THE PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing system, in which an image forming device receives a print job containing PDL data and print settings from a printer server for printing, has a problem that the print setting upon printing an image on a print paper can be changed, but the print setting reflected upon rasterizing the PDL data can not be changed. A printing system is provided with an image forming device comprising an information terminal for generating a print job composed of PDL data and print settings, a printer server to store the print job therein, and an image forming device for printing the print job stored in the printer server, the image forming device rasterizing the PDL data to generate a raster image and printing the raster image according to the print setting, wherein the image forming device can change the print setting before rasterizing the PDL data. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100171983 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND INITIAL SCREEN DISPLAY METHOD - An image forming apparatus having functions pertaining to image formation includes: a display unit for displaying a screen corresponding to each function; a storage unit for storing the screens to be displayed on the display unit and start-up factor information, one of the screens stored as an initial screen related to the start-up factor information, the initial screen being displayed at a time of starting up the image forming apparatus; and a control unit for making the image forming apparatus start when the start-up factor information is input from an information obtaining unit in a state where the image forming apparatus is not in operation, for deciding the initial screen to be displayed on the display unit by comparing the input start-up factor information to the start-up factor information stored in the storage unit, and for making the display unit display the decided initial screen. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100171984 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing system which can distribute suitable distribution values to an apparatus that has newly joined the system. Device information on a plurality of already-connected image processing apparatuses among a plurality of image processing apparatuses connected together for communication with each other is obtained. Device information on a newly-connected image processing apparatus among the plurality of image processing apparatuses is obtained. An image processing apparatus that is to distribute common distribution values to the newly-connected image processing apparatus among the already-connected plurality of image processing apparatuses is determined based on the obtained device information. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100171985 | IMAGE COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - An image communication apparatus for sending an email attached with image data stores an email address corresponding to the image communication apparatus, and obtains another email address different from the email address corresponding to the image communication apparatus, the other email address corresponding to a user who sends the email. The other email address which is obtained is set to a header part of the email, and the email, of which the header part is set with the other email address, is sent to an email server in accordance with SMTP protocol. The email server is notified of the stored email address through a MAIL command used in the SMTP protocol. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100177337 | SELECTIVE ROUTING OF MEDICAL PRINTING REQUESTS - A computer system and method for selectively routing a printing request to the appropriate printer or printing component is provided. Patient-related and treatment-related information are received. The patient-related and/or treatment-related information are utilized to determine required printing features for the printing request, such as, for example, tamper-proof paper. The print request is routed to a printer having the required printing feature or features. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100177338 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSMITTING DEVICE, NETWORK PATH, TRANSMITTAL OPTION AND/OR RECEIVING DEVICE PROTOCOL SELECTION - Disclosed herein are systems and methods related to electronic voice or data communication. More specifically, the systems and methods disclosed herein relate to the selection of transmitting devices, communication network paths, transmittal options and/or receiving device protocols for electronic voice or data communication. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100177339 | ROBUST INSERT PAGE METHOD USING CODE PAGES - According to aspects illustrated herein, there is provided a method, a print making device, and a system for printing a plurality of input document sheets as one or more print jobs. The one or more print jobs include the following steps. First, generating in series a plurality of virtual documents, with the documents including at least one code sheet and the plurality of input document sheets. The code sheet include machine readable code with one or more commands for printing the one or more print jobs being encrypted in the machine readable code. Next, reviewing sheet by sheet the virtual documents, and identifying, from review of the virtual documents, a first code sheet having machine readable code. After that, decoding the machine readable code of the first code sheet to identify the one or more commands for printing the one or more print jobs associated with the first code sheet. Then, printing the virtual documents following the first code sheet which do not include machine readable code based on the one or more commands associated with the first code sheet to define a first print job. Subsequently, identifying a second code sheet having machine readable code, while printing one or more of the virtual documents of the first print job. Followed by, decoding the machine readable code of the second code sheet to identify the one or more commands for printing the one or more print jobs associated with the second code sheet. Lastly, printing the virtual documents following the second code sheet which do not include machine readable code based on the one or more commands associated with the second code sheet to define a second print job. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100177340 | Network Printing System - A network printing system includes user devices, printing devices, a print server, and a logon server. The print server includes a print queue arranged to store print jobs received from the user devices and to send stored print jobs to the printing devices. The logon server is arranged to store logon details for users of the user devices and to store printer information for the users. The print server is arranged to select a printing device to which to send a print job stored in the queue based on the printer information stored in the logon server for the user of the user device from which the print job originated. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100177341 | WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT METHOD - A method for managing a workflow executed in a workflow management system which includes a client apparatus which a user instructs to perform workflow processing, a workflow management server configured to execute the workflow based on an instruction from the client apparatus, and an image processing apparatus which includes the user-specific portal screen, and has a function of registering or deleting an operation button for executing scanning and transmission or printing displayed on the portal screen based on an instruction from the workflow management server. The method includes aggregating setting information about a plurality of the operation buttons, storing the aggregated operation button setting information and a plurality of work items corresponding to the aggregated operation button setting information by associating each other, and registering an operation button for executing an aggregated work item in the portal screen based on the aggregated operation button setting information. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100177342 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - According to the present invention, first a processing burden for image forming is estimated. Furthermore, based on this estimate, programs executed by a plurality of processing units are reloaded. Then, a plurality of processing apparatuses respectively receive data necessary for processing for image forming, and start rendering processing or image processing. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100177343 | Receipt handling systems, print drivers and methods thereof - A method of processing receipts, including: obtaining transaction data including a plurality of categories of information necessary to describe a purchasing transaction of a customer at a store location; obtaining image data representing a receipt corresponding to the purchasing transaction of the customer at the store location; obtaining an e-mail address of the customer; providing an option to print the receipt at the store location and an option to e-mail the receipt to the customer; obtaining a selection of at least one of the provided options; if the option to print is selected, initiating printing of the image at the store location; and if the option to e-mail is selected, sending an e-mail to the e-mail address of the customer, the e-mail including providing at least one of the image data and the transaction data. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100177344 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A management apparatus collects an operation log and a job log from an image forming apparatus by using a job log collection unit and an operation log collection unit. The management apparatus identifies operation log information corresponding to a start operation, of the collected operation logs, as an operation start log information while identifying an operation log corresponding to an end operation as operation end log information. The management apparatus further associates the identified operation start log information and the job log information whose job type of the collected job log matches the job type of the operation end log information, with the operation start log information and the operation end log information. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100177345 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PRINT CONTROL METHOD - An image forming apparatus stores, in a memory, print jobs and execution sequences for forming images of the print jobs, forms the images of the print jobs according to the execution sequences stored by the memory, measures execution time from the start of image formation for a print job being subjected to the image formation, determines whether plural print jobs are stored by the memory, determines, if plural print jobs are stored at least by the memory, whether the measured execution time of the print job being subjected to the image formation reaches designated execution time, and suspends, after the execution time reaches the designated execution time, the printing job being subjected to the image formation and executes a print job of the next execution sequence stored by the memory. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100177346 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, JOB PROCESSING METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM - An apparatus includes a division unit configured to divide the print job into a plurality of data pieces, and a definition unit configured to define an object used for each of the divided data pieces as a reusable object which can be used by each piece of data. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100177347 | IMAGE FORMING PROCESSING CONTROLLER AND METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM THEREOF - To provide a technique for enabling formation of a background pattern image even if a dedicated computer program corresponding to an image forming apparatus caused to execute image formation processing is not installed in an apparatus configured to instruct the image formation processing. An image-formation-processing control apparatus includes: a unit-pattern acquiring unit configured to acquire, via a network, unit patterns used for formation of a background pattern image in image forming apparatuses that are instruction targets of image formation processing; and a PDL-data generating unit configured to generate PDL data in which information used for specifying a shape of a background pattern image that should be formed and the unit patterns used for formation of a background pattern image in an image forming apparatus caused to execute the image formation processing are associated. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100177348 | PAGE IMAGE MANAGING APPARATUS - The present invention provides a page image managing technique that enables editing of N-in-1-arranged page images. A page image managing apparatus includes: a number-of-pages-information acquiring unit configured to acquire number-of-input-pages information indicating the number of arrayed pages of plural page images arrayed in a reading target original document; an image processing unit configured to slice, on the basis of the number-of-input-pages information acquired by the number-of-pages-information acquiring unit, the plural page images from a read image of the original document and apply image processing corresponding to the number-of-input-pages information acquired by the number-of-pages-information acquiring unit to the respective sliced page images; and a storage control unit configured to cause a predetermined storage area to store the respective plural page images processed by the image processing unit as separate page images. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100177349 | PROGRAM DELIVERY SERVER, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM DELIVERY METHOD - A program delivery server includes a collection unit configured to collect log information including actual use records of functions of an image forming apparatus, via a network, a selection unit configured to select at least one program, from among a plurality of control programs, using the log information that the collection unit collected, and a transmission unit configured to transmit a control program selected by the selection unit to the network. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100177350 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND TERMINAL DEVICE INCLUDED IN THE SAME - An image forming system includes a first terminal device and a second terminal device. The first terminal device includes a storing unit that stores image data, a network connecting unit for establishing a connection with another terminal device through the Internet, an inputting unit that accepts input of a facsimile number of the second terminal device, a producing unit that produces peer-to-peer connection information for establishing a peer-to-peer connection with the second terminal device using the network connecting unit, and a facsimile transmitter that transmits the peer-to-peer connection information over telephone lines to the second terminal device in accordance with the facsimile number whose input is accepted by the inputting unit. The second terminal device includes a facsimile receiver that receives the peer-to-peer connection information over the telephone lines from the first terminal device, a network connecting unit that establishes a peer-to-peer connection with the first terminal device through the Internet in accordance with the received peer-to-peer connection information and acquires from the first terminal device image data stored in the storing unit, and a printer that performs printing on the basis of the received image data. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100177351 | COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR OUTPUTTING INFORMATION, AND INFORMATION PROCESSOR AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE USING THE SAME - A computer readable medium has computer readable instructions stored thereon. The instructions, when executed by a processor communicable with an image forming device, cause the processor to perform the steps of transmitting, to a first server connected with the processor via a network, a request for supply of an expendable item for the image forming device, acquiring a first identification for identifying the expendable item to be supplied via the first server, which first identification is transmitted by the first server in response to the request, storing the first identification acquired, onto a database, acquiring a second identification for identifying an expendable item attached to the image forming device, determining whether the second identification acquired is identical to a first identification stored on the database, and outputting first information when it is determined that the second identification is different from any first identification stored on the database. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100177352 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE AND DATA STORAGE DEVICE FOR PERFORMING TIME CERTIFICATION OF DIGITAL DATA - A data storage device for storing changeable data includes a receiving unit configured to receive an instruction from an information processing apparatus, a time certification request unit configured to request time certification of selected changeable data in order to acquire time information to be acquired as a result of time certification, in accordance with the instruction received by the receiving unit, a generating unit configured to generate unchangeable data by adding the selected changeable data with the time information acquired by the time certification request unit, and a storing unit configured to store the unchangeable data generated by the generating unit. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100182629 | USER PREFERENCES IN A MULTI-PART WORKFLOW - A book production method and system are disclosed. The method of book production allows an operator to input preferences for a multi-part workflow. The preferences can be communicated to a printer where the books are printed from a loaded plurality of book parts. There can be a deficient or excess number of loaded book parts in relation to that specified in a print job ticket. The user preferences can dictate how the book printer is to handle any deficiency or excess in the book parts. In such cases, the operator and the book printer can take appropriate action, and the book printer can indicate the status of the print job to the operator. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100182630 | Secure Printing - A method is described comprising associating ( | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100182631 | INFORMATION GATHERING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system, apparatus and method for filling forms, including using a graphical capture device, are described herein. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100182632 | PRINT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A print system includes a relay service system. The relay service system includes a mail server and a print server. The mail server is capable of receiving an e-mail, and extracting a file needed to be printed from the e-mail. The print server is capable of controlling a plurality of printers and printing the file. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100182633 | PERIPHERAL DEVICE AND MOTHED FOR CONFIGURING WIRELESS PRINTING ENVIRONMENT - A device for configuring wireless printing environment includes a wireless network adapter, a storage device, and a wireless printing environment configuring module. The storage device stores a wireless network adapter driver. The wireless printing environment configuring module installs the wireless network adapter driver in a computer and configures a wireless environment for the computer so as to enable the computer to communicate with wireless electronic devices via a wireless network. The wireless printing environment module finds a printer from a network and provides print service for the computer to print a file. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100182634 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus with a printing medium post-handling device having a structure to allow compatibility between apparatuses having different functions includes: an image forming unit which forms an image on a printing media; a post-handling device which includes a mailbox which includes one or more mail bins, sorts printing media discharged from the image forming unit in one or more sorting group, and loads the sorted printing media on the mail bins, and a post-handling unit that includes one or more post-handling bins and performs a post-handling function other than a mailbox function; a post-handling device selecting unit which selectively discharges the printing media to the post-handling device; and a controller which controls the post-handling device such that the one or more post-handling bins is used as an extra mail bin when the number of the sorting group of the post-handling device exceeds the number of mail bins. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100182635 | QUEUE PROCESSOR FOR DOCUMENT SERVERS - A configurable queue processor for document servers is described. The configurable queue processor strives to allocate server resources in an optimal manner such that document servers can process documents efficiently. In various embodiments, the facility includes a configurable queue processor for allocating document flows for handling documents, document transport module for transporting documents between network devices, such as printers, fax boards, and content servers and across local and wide-area networks; functionality for routing optimization with other communications networks, such as messaging services, telephony, and IP networks; and flexible document transport capabilities to workflow applications and multifunction devices (such as all-in-one print/scan/copy/fax/telephone/answering machine devices) and multifunction devices enhanced with video & video capture, messaging, email, network router & gateway capabilities. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100182636 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRINTER OPTIMIZATION - Systems and methods for printer optimization. A method for optimizing a readable dot pattern printed on paper for use with a digital pen is disclosed herein. A test sheet is printed on a selected printer; the first test sheet has a plurality of regions. Each of the regions has a partial digital pattern configured with digitally readable indicia. Each of the indicia has a defined area. An outline is applied to each of the plurality of regions on the test sheet. Ink is applied onto the digital paper using a digital pen within the applied outlines. Data is uploaded from the digital pen to a processor. The smallest indicia readable by the digital pen are determined. A printer control file is updated with the determined smallest indicia. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100182637 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image forming apparatus which performs print processing of image data, comprising: an expansion unit which performs downsampling processing for input image data, and then restores a target pixel of the image data, for which image processing has been performed, to the number of pixels at the time of input; a conversion unit which converts each pixel corresponding to the target pixel, restored to the number of pixels at the time of input by the expansion unit, into a pixel for printing; and a sort unit which reads each pixel corresponding to the target pixel converted by the conversion unit, reads the pixels in a raster order, and sorts the pixels. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100182638 | RECORDING MEDIUM AND INFORMATION PROCESSOR - A computer-readable recording medium is disclosed on which a program is recorded for causing a computer to execute a method for outputting printing data from a printer driver to an output destination. The method includes displaying, while the printer driver is inactive, a change screen for changing the output destination from a first output destination preset in a communication control part by a display part of an output destination changing part; transmitting a change notification including identification information indicating a second output destination input through the change screen to the communication control part by a notification part of the output destination changing part; and changing the output destination from the preset first output destination to the second output destination by the communication control part in response to receiving the change notification. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100182639 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus for transmitting input image data to another image processing apparatus and causing the other image processing apparatus to process the image data. The image processing apparatus transmits a request to acquire first restriction information about a user in using the image processing apparatus in accordance with input of authentication information to specify the user. A request to acquire second restriction information about the user in using the other image processing apparatus is transmitted in accordance with the input. The user's login to the image processing apparatus is completed in accordance with acquisition of the first restriction information regardless of acquisition of the second restriction information. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100182640 | PRINT CONTROLLING SYSTEM, PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINT MANAGING SERVER, PRINT CONTROLLING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A printing apparatus for communication with a print managing apparatus is provided. The printing apparatus receives user input information, and based on the user input information, obtains list information on print data including print data identification information and list information on the user information from the print managing server. The printing apparatus selects print data to be output to another user from the print data indicated by the list information on the print data and further selects, from the list information on the user information, user information on the user which permits the selected print data to be output. The printing apparatus transmits, to the print managing server, the selected print data identification information and the selected user information to register the user identification information. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100182641 | PRINTING CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS - A printing control method includes the following steps: dividing the printing process of the printer into different working processes, obtaining the state information of the printer of different working processes in real time, and controlling the corresponding printing process on the basis of the obtained state information of the printer of different working processes. In addition, a printing control apparatus includes the following units: a unit for dividing the process, a unit for obtaining the state of the printer and a unit is for controlling printing process. The invention can make sure that every par data needed to be printed could be fully printed on the surface in order to realize the printing of the effective par data. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100182642 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM - Finishing settings to be applied to a new subset are selected from finishing settings applied to existing subsets in a file, and when the new subset is set to be inserted into the file, the selected finishing settings are applied to the new subset and the new subset is inserted. When an existing subset in the file is to be replaced with the new subset, the selected finishing settings are applied to the new subset, and the existing subset in the file is replaced with the new subset. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100182643 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - The present invention is to provide an image forming device, an image forming system, and an image forming method that provide greater convenience for users and minimize the capacity of print data to be stored in a server. The image forming device notifies a document information management server of “a deletion permitting instruction” of a document only when two conditions, i.e., “a record that a print job has been successfully completed” and “log out of a user”, are acquired. After inputting a print job into the image forming device, a print server notifies the document information management server of “information that a print job has been input to a printer”. The document information management server has a unit that performs a document deleting process only when two pieces of information, i.e., “the deletion permitting instruction” and “the information that a print job has been input to the printer”, are acquired. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100182644 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus for compressing image data, includes: a compression unit that reduces data into a predetermined bit number per band of image data so as to satisfy a condition related to a predetermined compression and compresses the reduced data; a specifying unit that specifies a minimum bit number among the predetermined bit numbers applied to the bands and specifies bands which are not compressed by the minimum bit number; and a re-compression unit that performs re-compression on the specified bands so that the data is compressed by the minimum bit number. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100182645 | PRINT JOB MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, PRINT JOB MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A print job management apparatus which generates a print job to be transmitted to a printing apparatus according to an accepted print instruction includes a job interpretation unit configured to determine whether an operator processing the print job generated according to the print instruction is designated in the print instruction, a logon management unit configured to confirm a logon state of the printing apparatus if the job interpretation unit determines that the operator is not designated, a job generation unit configured to generate the print job, and a transmission control unit configured to transmit the print job generated by the job generation unit to the printing apparatus, wherein the transmission control unit waits to transmit the print job if the logon management unit determines that the printing apparatus is in a logoff state and transmits the print job to the printing apparatus if the logon management unit determines that the printing apparatus is in a logon state. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100182646 | INTERACTIVE DOCUMENT RETRIEVAL DEVICE - An interactive document retrieval device that has a processor for receiving first indicating data identifying a page identity and one or more locations on a first interactive document having a corresponding page description stored in one of a plurality of servers and, a print engine having a printhead. The processor is configured to use the page identity contained in the first indicating data to determine a network address of a server handling the page description corresponding to the first interactive document, send second indicating data to said network address identified using the page identity, said second indicating data being based on the first indicating data, receipt of said second indicating data by said server initiating a request for a second interactive document such that the processor receives response data corresponding to the second interactive document, and instruct the print engine to provide the second interactive document via the printhead. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100182647 | HANDHELD DISPLAY DEVICE FOR MAGNIFYING PRINTED INFORMATION - A method of magnifying printed content using a handheld display device having a touch-sensitive screen and a transceiver for sending and receiving digital information. The method comprises the steps of: imaging an area of the substrate containing printed content and generating image data using an optical sensor; determining interaction data using the image data, the interaction data identifying a substrate identity; retrieving, using the interaction data and the page description, display data corresponding to the printed content; displaying, on the touch-sensitive screen, display information based on the display data, the display information including displayed content corresponding to the printed content; and interacting with the displayed content via the touch-sensitive screen. Interacting with the displayed content via the touch-sensitive screen magnifies the displayed content on the screen. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100188687 | Printing Device, Printing System, Program And Printing Method - There are provided a printing device, a printing system, a program, and a printing method capable of improving security and user-friendliness. The printing system ( | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100188688 | AUTOMATICALLY UPDATING A PRINTER DRIVER WITH NEW PRINTING DEVICE FEATURES - An approach is provided for automatically updating a printer driver for a printing device to reflect new features of the printing device or installing a printer driver for a newly available printing device. A client device sends a request to the printing device for a default print ticket. The client device also sends a request to the printing device for print capabilities data. Based on the print capabilities data and the default print ticket received from the printing device, a graphical user interface is generated, allowing a user to select, for a print job, print setting values for the one or more print settings supported by the printing device. Based on the print settings values selected by the user and the default print ticket, a print job ticket is generated for the print job and is sent to the printing device for processing. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100188689 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEM BASED ON USER BEHAVIORS AND USER LOCALES - A method and system including a plurality of multifunction devices (MFDs), the method and system further including a storage station having geographically separated MFDs for permitting users to store information generated by the plurality of MFDs in operable communication with the locale aware DFS; wherein the information is stored on a plurality of storage stations based on a weighted undirected graph generated from a plurality of dynamically monitored user behaviors, required level of replications, and selection rules to pick the points of storage. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100188690 | DATA CONVERSION APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND DATA CONVERSION METHOD - A data conversion apparatus is provided with a reception unit, a conversion unit, a display and an edit unit. The conversion unit converts first data having a first format for printing received by the reception unit into second data having a second format for display. The display displays the converted second data. The edit unit performs a display-purpose edit with respect to at least one of the first data or the second data. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100188691 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes an image data conversion unit configured to convert print data into bitmap data, a sheet feeding unit configured to store and feed a sheet on which printing is to be performed, a detecting unit configured to detect an orientation of the sheet in the sheet feeding unit, a print unit configured to print the bitmap data onto the sheet fed from the sheet feeding unit, a determination unit configured to determine whether or not a data orientation in which pieces of pixel data of the bitmap data are arranged matches the sheet orientation detected by the detecting unit, and an image rotating unit configured to rotate the bitmap data when the determination unit determines that the data orientation does not match the sheet orientation, whereby the data orientation matches with the sheet orientation. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100188692 | Printing System, Printing Apparatus, and Printing Method - Provided is a printing system for printing print data described in a page description language by using a printing apparatus, and the system includes a storage that stores an interpreter that interprets the page description language. In the system, the printing apparatus includes an interpreter acquisition unit that acquires an interpreter necessary for interpreting the print data described in the page description language from the storage before executing the printing of the print data, a language interpretation unit that interprets the print data by using the interpreter acquired by the interpreter acquisition unit, and a printing control unit that executes printing based on the print data interpreted by the language interpretation unit, and the storage is connected so as to be accessible from the printing apparatus. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100188693 | Image Forming Device and Replacement - An image forming device to which a replacement is detachably attachable, where in the replacement includes: a non-contact type IC tag that stores data concerning the replacement and is able to transmit the data through a radio signal; a holding member that holds the IC tag; and a shielding member formed to alter a state of the IC tag between an exposed state and a shielded state by changing relatively a positional relationship with the holding member, and the image forming device includes: the detection unit to detect the IC tag; a driving unit to drive at least one of the holding member and the shielding member to change the state of the IC tag; and a controller that identifies the non-contact type IC tag as that in the replacement being attached to the image forming device in response to a fact that the IC tag is intermittently detected. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100188694 | Image reading apparatus, server connected to the image reading apparatus and system including these - An image reading apparatus includes: a document reading unit; a storage storing a user ID and viewing limiting information indicating whether or not viewing of image data is permitted or not, in association with each other for each user; a control unit activating the document reading unit when authentication based on the user ID is successful; and a limiting information adding unit for adding, to the image data, authentication requesting data indicating that authentication is necessary for viewing the image data, in accordance with the viewing limiting information associated with the authenticated user ID. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100188695 | Communication system, information processing system, image forming apparatus and portable information terminal device - An image forming apparatus includes a first wireless communication unit that receives data from a mobile phone, and a reader-writer that transmits an address of the first wireless communication unit to the mobile phone. The mobile phone includes a contact/non-contact IC card that receives the address, and a second wireless communication unit that transmits image data to the first wireless communication unit utilizing the address. When communication is made between the mobile phone and the image forming apparatus, the address of the first wireless communication unit is transmitted to the contact/non-contact IC card through the reader-writer, and the second wireless communication unit transmits data to the first wireless communication unit utilizing the address. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100188696 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing system and a printing apparatus are provided. The printing system includes, a printing unit configured to print image data on a printing sheet, a detecting unit configured to detect an error which prevents the printing unit from printing the image data without preventing a printing sheet from being transported, a writing unit configured to write reference information to a printing sheet based on the detection of the error by the detecting unit, the reference information including at least one of the image data and information for obtaining the image data from a storage location of the image data, and a control unit configured to perform a control of reading the reference information written by the writing unit, obtaining the image data based on the read reference information and printing the obtained image data on a printing sheet by the printing unit. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100188697 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD USING OPERATION DISPLAY PORTION THEREOF - An image forming apparatus includes: a communication portion; an operation display portion that displays at least an address book screen on which a plurality of first input keys for narrowing transmission destination information are displayed, on which the first input key is operated such that a plurality of second input keys for further narrowing the transmission destination information are displayed and on which the displayed second input key is operated such that the transmission destination information is narrowed and the resulting information is displayed along with names; a display control portion that controls a display on the operation display portion; a key operation detection portion that detects a key operation on the input keys including the first input keys and the second input keys; and a storage portion that stores a plurality of pieces of transmission destination information displayed on the address book screen such that the plurality of pieces of transmission destination information correspond to names, respectively. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100188698 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - There is provided an image forming system includes a terminal device and an image forming apparatus. The terminal device comprises a selection display unit that displays a selection message to select whether or not to immediately execute private printing which is executed if an operation unit of the image forming apparatus is operated, and a command transmitting unit that transmits a sleep return command to the image forming apparatus to wake up the image forming apparatus from a sleep state if the private printing is selected to be executed immediately. The image forming apparatus comprises a command receiving unit that receives the sleep return command from the terminal device, and a return processing unit that executes sleep return processing to achieving a state where image formation is possible if the command receiving unit receives the sleep return command. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100188699 | PRINT JOB MANAGING SERVER, PRINT JOB MANAGING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR THE METHOD - The present invention provides a technique capable of preventing, in a system that transmits a print job from a network terminal to a printing apparatus through a print job managing server, useless consumption of a storage area of the printing apparatus and an unnecessary increase in traffic in a network. A print job managing server includes: a transmission-destination-information acquiring unit configured to acquire job transmission destination information for specifying at least one printing apparatus that is a job transmission destination associated in advance with information concerning a transmission source of a print job; and a job transmitting unit configured to transmit the print job to the printing apparatus, which is the job transmission destination, on the basis of the acquired job transmission destination information. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100188700 | PRINT MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH MULTIPLE VIEWS - A method for managing a plurality of pint jobs is implemented in a print job management apparatus connected to printers. The method includes receiving print job, and visually presenting a display screen to a user, the display screen including first, second and third panels for classifying the received print jobs according to processing phase thereof, the first panel being provided for listing print jobs that are awaiting assignment of printers thereto for processing the print jobs, the second panel being provided for listing print jobs that have been assigned to printers and that have not been completed by the assigned printers, the third panel being provided for listing at least one of first and second categories of print jobs, the first category including print jobs that have been completed, the second category including print jobs that have been cancelled. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100188701 | DISPLAYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Such a displaying device that can be easily operated by aged persons and handicapped persons, and an image forming apparatus using the same will be provided. Upon continuously operating an upper button for the predetermined period of time, a set value of a magnification is changed at intervals of numeric change that are different from each other between a voice guide mode activated by a voice guide button and a normal mode. At this time, it is configured in such a manner that the interval of numeric change for the normal mode is smaller than the interval of numeric change for the voice guide mode, i.e., the changing rate of the set value of the magnification for the normal mode is larger than that for the voice guide mode. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100188702 | METHOD FOR MANAGING DESIRED PRINT CONTENT OF A PRINT JOB - A method for producing a printable work comprises determining an electronic template of the printable work including a fixed portion with predetermined content and a customizable portion. A form accessible via a network is provided to allow a user to associate customized content with the customizable portion from the user accessing the form via a network customized content for the customizable portion. Customized content is received from the user and, together with the predetermined content of the fixed portion, defines a customized version of the printable work. The customized version of the printable work is printed. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100188703 | Associating an Electronic Document with a Print Medium - A method of printing an electronic document using a mobile telecommunications device is disclosed. The electronic document is first identified using the mobile telecommunications device. The electronic document is then printed on a print medium in a media feed path of a printer module of the mobile telecommunications device. Coded data encoded on the print medium is also sensed using a sensor module in the media feed path of the printer module. A print media identifier which identifies the print medium is identified from the coded data, and an association between the print media identifier and the electronic document is formed. The electronic document is retrievable using the print media identifier. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100195138 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRACKING DATA BASED ON GOVERNANCE RULES AND POLICIES - A method and system suitable for controlling output capabilities of a plurality of multifunction devices (MFDs), including a data module for analyzing data related to a plurality of tasks sent to the plurality of MFDs by a plurality of users; and a storage station for storing the data gathered from the plurality of tasks sent to the plurality of MFDs; wherein the data is analyzed based on preexisting output governance rules related to the plurality of users and the plurality of MFDs. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100195139 | PRINT RENDERING VERIFICATION - Print rendering verification is described. In embodiments, a PDL (Page Description Language) print file can be received where the PDL print file is generated when a print job of a printable image is initiated. A raster image can then be generated from the PDL print file. The raster image can be compared to a reference image that corresponds to the raster image, where the reference image is a comparative standard by which to evaluate print quality of the printable image. A determination can then be made as to whether the printable image is an acceptable quality based on the comparison of the raster image to the reference image. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100195140 | METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING WORKFLOW FOR PRINT JOBS - A method automatically determines a workflow for a print job via analysis of PDF documents is disclosed. A job synopsis comprising hashed information of a historical print job's document content along with a PDF document-level and object-level metadata and information about workflow nodes and parameters can be stored in a database. The job synopsis of a new incoming print job can then be compared to the historical print job synopses database. If the new print job matches the historical print job within a certain predefined similarity limit, then workflow and parameter information associated with the historical job can be utilized to augment an initial workflow for the incoming print job. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100195141 | PRINT JOB SCHEDULING - A printing system capable of concurrently processing and scheduling a plurality of job streams and including at least one marking engine and multiple print media destination is controlled by a controller that includes a jobs scheduler for determining a schedule for processing queued print jobs using the plurality of concurrent job streams. The job scheduler determines the schedule using a method including: determining a utility function dependent at least upon user preference delay criteria, and the schedule of the queued print jobs; and optimizing the utility function respective to the schedule of queued print jobs. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100195142 | PRINT INFORMATION CONVERSION APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A print information conversion apparatus is provided, the print information conversion apparatus including: a print information acquiring portion that acquires print information in a page description language format; a conversion portion that converts the acquired print information in the page description language format into electronic document information in an electronic document format; an addition portion that adds restoration information to the electronic document information, the restoration information being used for restoring nonreversible information that is contained in the print information in the page description language format and that is not reversibly convertible to the electronic document information; and a print information generating portion that generates print information based on the electronic document information and the restoration information added to the electronic document information. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100195143 | PRINTING METHOD, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND WEB SERVER - A printing method includes a printing program causing: a web server to integrate a plurality of contents with each other to thereby generate a web page, and to transmit the generated web page to a client terminal via a network; the client terminal to transmit a request for printing the web page from a browser screen to the web server; the web server to call a print service of an image forming apparatus in response to the request; the image forming apparatus to transmit to the web server a request for generating a print page corresponding to the web page by the print service; the web server to integrate the plurality of contents with each other to thereby generate the print page and to transmit the generated print page; and the image forming apparatus to receive and to print the print page by the print service. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100195144 | PRINT SYSTEM, RECORDING MEDIUM THAT STORES PRINTING PROGRAM CODES AND METHOD OF PRINTING - A print system includes a print server and a first printer. The first printer receives print job data and executes printing. The first printer includes a job-data communication unit that receives the print job data from the print server; a job-processing-result notification unit that provides the print server with page-by-page print completion information; and a transfer request unit that transmits a request to transfer print job data corresponding to interrupted print job to the print server. The print server receives the print job data from a terminal device and includes a job-related-notification communication unit that receives the page-by-page print completion information; a job-data accumulation unit that accumulates the print job data from the terminal device and the page-by-page print completion information along with the print job data; and a job-data transfer unit that transfers the accumulated print job data to the first printer in response to the transfer request. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100195145 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - An image processing apparatus that is capable of reducing a burden on a user when performing an input operation of a unique setting value to an image processing apparatus that is newly added to a system. An acquisition unit acquires a unique setting value from at least one selected from the other image processing apparatuses via the network, the unique setting value being unique to the selected image processing apparatus among setting values set to the selected image processing apparatus concerned. A display unit displays a setting screen that includes a reference area for displaying the unique setting value acquired by the acquisition unit as a reference value, and an input area for inputting the unique setting value that is set up to the image processing apparatus itself. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100195146 | Image communication apparatus and image forming apparatus including the same - A CPU of an image forming apparatus executes a program including: the step (S | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100195147 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - When receiving a cancel request of a job from a user, a determination is made on whether or not the job as a target for the received cancel request is a virtual job to be processed by cooperating functions of a plurality of image processing apparatus. When it is determined that the job as a target for the cancel request is a virtual job, information regarding the plurality of image processing apparatuses which cooperates to execute the virtual job and an order in which the cancel instruction for the virtual job is to be transmitted to the plurality of image processing apparatuses are acquired, and based on the acquired order, a cancel instruction for the virtual job is transmitted to any of the plurality of image processing apparatuses. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100195148 | DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVER AND DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVER CONTROL METHOD - A print control unit | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100195149 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a rendering time calculating unit configured to calculate rendering times for respective pieces of intermediate data, a rendering control unit configured to determine which of a pre-rendering process and a real-time rendering process is to be performed on the respective pieces of intermediate data based on the rendering times, rendering being performed before output of a piece of intermediate data in the pre-rendering process and rendering being performed in parallel with output of another piece of intermediate data in the real-time rendering process, and the rendering control unit further configured to allow a rendering unit to perform either of the pre-rendering process or the real-time rendering process, a reading unit configured to read the pieces of rendered data, and an output unit configured to output to a printer engine the pieces of rendered data read by the reading unit. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100195150 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes: an applying device configured to generate an output signal and apply the output signal to an image forming device; and a controller configured to generate a control signal to supply to the applying device so as to control a value of the output signal so that the value of the output signal is within a predetermined target range and control the applying device using the control signal in a start-up mode and in a normal mode, the normal mode being subsequent to the start-up mode. In the start-up mode, the controller sets a start control signal value larger than a value of the control signal immediately after a first predetermined time, the start control signal value being the value of the control signal during the first predetermined time, the first predetermined time being from a start timing of the start-up mode. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100195151 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - In an image processing apparatus, when converting an input image into vector data, converting the vectorized image into data in a file format which can be used in application software, and transferring the converted data in the file format, the image processing apparatus acquires information specifying a destination of the transfer and determines the file format into which the vectorized image is to be converted according to the acquired information specifying the destination. With this configuration, it is possible to provide the image processing apparatus and a control method for the same that allow transfer after conversion into an appropriate file format for each use case. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100195152 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - If a position where a previous operator added information and a position where a next operator added information overlap each other with respect to a document, an image processing apparatus notifies the previous operator that information has been added by the subsequent operator, and also notifies the previous operator where the information has been added and the operator that added the information. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100195153 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, PRINTING CONDITION SETTING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PRODUCT - The CPU of a personal computer displays a list of one-click icons, each representing one or a plurality of printing functions, in the icon display area, and selects one one-click icon from the list of the one-click icons displayed in the icon display area, to automatically set a plurality of printing functions corresponding to the selected one-click icons. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100195154 | PRINT CONTROL METHOD AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A system includes a host; a transfer source apparatus; and one or more transfer destination apparatus. The host is configured to send a transfer information command to the transfer source apparatus for instructing the transfer source apparatus to transfer data to the at least one transfer destination apparatus, and to further send the transfer information command to the transfer destination apparatus. The transfer destination apparatus is configured to send confirmation information to the transfer source apparatus after receiving the transfer information command from the host. The transfer source apparatus is configured to start transferring the data to the transfer destination apparatus after receiving the confirmation information from the transfer destination apparatus. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100195155 | MULTIPRODUCT PRINTING WORKFLOW SYSTEM WITH DYNAMIC CADENCE - A method and system for managing print jobs in a printing system, comprising assigning one or more printing resources including at least one printer to a print value stream, the print value stream capable of printing one or more parts from one or more print products, maintaining a prioritized queue of print jobs to be processed by the print value stream, dynamically updating a cadence rate that indicates the maximum number of print units to be printed by said print value stream during a specified period of time, and providing the print jobs from the prioritized queue in priority order to the print value stream at a rate so as not to exceed the cadence rate. The approach is related in principle to Takt Time or Taktzeit. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100202008 | COMPREHENSIVE PRINT JOB SKELETON CREATION - A method and apparatus for efficient processing a page description language (“PDL”) data stream lacking page independence is described. The method and apparatus includes applying a single parsing pass for a PDL job and detecting PDL job producers by creator sniffer ( | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100202009 | Print Job Submission With Sleep Mechanism - A method disclosed. The method includes a print application determining if capacity is available at a print server to receive print jobs in a print job queue, transmitting the print jobs if there is no capacity available at the print server; and entering a sleep mode for a predetermined sleep interval if there is no capacity available at the print server. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100202010 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRINTING A WEB PAGE - A method and system for printing a web page include converting the web page content to an image and segmenting the image into a plurality of regions. At least one of the regions is selected, and the selected region is printed. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100202011 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus is provided and includes: a memory that stores discrimination information and a setting value group associated with the discrimination information, the setting value group including a plurality of first setting values for carrying out processing and; a setting unit that sets second setting values needed for image processing, in which a portion of the first setting values in the setting value group associated with the discrimination information is set as at least a portion of the second setting values; and a processing unit that carries out image processing according to the second setting values. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100202012 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - A set value output circuit includes a first output unit and a second output unit. The first output unit outputs a signal input to a first input when a first timing signal is input to a second input, and continues to output the signal until a next first timing signal is input. The second output unit outputs the signal input to a third input when the second timing signal is input to a fourth input, and continues to output the signal until a next second timing signal is input. A selection unit inputs a selected timing signal as the second timing signal to the fourth input. A control unit inputs the first timing signal to the second input, so that a set value for an image to be formed next is output during image formation using the signal output from the second output. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100202013 | PRINT APPARATUS, A METHOD OF CONTROLLING PRINTING, AND A PROGRAM - A print server ( | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100202014 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing system which is capable of reducing the possibility of the operation of a printing apparatus being stopped due to an error or a paper jam. The printing system includes a plurality of printing apparatuses and an information management server for managing the printing apparatuses. A printing apparatus stores processing result information on print data received from a host PC, and sends the processing result information to the information management server. The information management server manages the processing result information, and determines information for determining an alternate printing apparatus based on the processing result information, in response to an inquiry from the printing apparatus. Then, the information management server sends the information for determining an alternate printing apparatus to the printing apparatus. The printing apparatus sends the print data to the alternate printing apparatus, based on the information sent from the information management server. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100202015 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Each page in document images is divided into regions. Attribute information is assigned to each divided region. Character recognition is performed for a region having a caption attribute, thereby obtaining character information. Metadata of an object is extracted from a region containing an expression synonymous with the character information. Even when the object and metadata exist in different pages, the metadata is associated with the object. The document image is transmitted for each page. Finally, the metadata is transmitted. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100202016 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR PROCESSING IN AN INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus is provided, to which a printer is connected via a network. The device receives print setting information for a document from said client device, a component configured to preserve the received print setting information and a flag which is set for each user in order to show whether a user connected via said printer printed said document or not, transmits print setting information of a document to said printer according to said flag, wherein the document is not printed by a user connected via said printer, and when a user instructed said printer to print the document which was not printed according to the transmitted information and printing according to the instruction resulted in success, updates said flag to show that the user has printed the document and transmits information for changing a display form of the setting information for the document. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100202017 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING COST ALLOCATION OF MAINTENANCE CONSUMABLE - At least the following process is performed in order to properly allocate a cost of a consumable used for other than jobs. An amount of the consumable used for other than jobs is determined, and a cost of the consumable corresponding to the determined amount of the consumable is allocated to costs of a plurality of jobs executed. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100202018 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, POWER-SAVING CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING RECORDED THEREIN POWER-SAVING CONTROL PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus includes: a setting unit configured to cause a storage medium to store, among signals acquired via a network, a signal that is, if acquired, set as a trigger for execution of return processing for returning, from an energy saving state in which one or plural predetermined functions are halted, one or more of the halted functions to a usable state; a signal acquiring unit configured to acquire a signal via the network; a signal determining unit configured to determine whether the signal acquired by the signal acquiring unit is a signal stored as the signal set as the trigger for the return processing; and a function control unit configured to return, on the basis of the determination by the signal determining unit, the one or more of the halted functions to the usable state. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100202019 | PROCESS EXECUTING METHOD, PROGRAM THEREOF, AND PRINT INSTRUCTING DEVICE - Provided is a method of executing a process by a driver by using a storing unit that has a first region capable of storing data and a second region capable of storing data with lower generality than the first region. The method includes storing a print-related value that is a value relating to print in the second region when an excess instruction that instructs the print-related value to be a value that exceeds a predetermined value is given, and giving a print instruction to a printing apparatus by using print setting information including a print-related value stored in the first region at non-storing time when the print-related value is not stored in the second region and giving a print instruction to the printing apparatus by using print setting information including a print-related value stored in the second region at storing time when the print-related value is stored in the second region, in a case of giving a print instruction to the printing apparatus. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100202020 | DOCUMENT PROCESSING APPARATUS, DOCUMENT PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - In a document processing system, a client PC transmits a request to generate a document for which multiple printing is to be prevented to a document generating server. The document generating server receives this request, and determines whether this request is one for generating the document for which multiple printing is to be prevented. Depending on the result of this determination, the document generating server appends a display for unauthorized printing to the document, and appends a button for printing operation in order to carry out printing of the document. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100202021 | METHOD OF CREATING PRINTED INTERACTIVE DOCUMENT - A method of creating a printed interactive document using a printer connected to a computer. The method includes the steps of: (a) receiving a print request for the interactive document at the computer; (b) sending a request for a unique document identity to a server in response to the print request; (c) receiving the unique document identity from the server; (d) indexing the document with the unique document identity and archiving the indexed document in a database; (e) sending the unique document identity and the document to the printer; and (f) printing the graphic content of the document together with coded data coincident with the graphic content onto a substrate so as to create the printed interactive document. The coded data identifies the unique document identity and a plurality of locations on the substrate. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100208287 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRINTING A LOCKED PRINT JOB - A method, apparatus, and system for outputting a locked print job by a printing device connected to a first terminal and a second terminal over a network. The method includes receiving a request including information identifying a second user delegated to the locked print job, to perform the locked print job from a first user, and generating the locked print job in response to the request. The locked print job and the information identifying the second user is transmitted to the printing device over the network. The printing device stores the locked print job, the information identifying the second user, and authentication information that unlocks the locked print job when entered into the printing device and is transmitted to the second terminal associated with the second user. Further, the locked print job is output by the printing device, when the authentication information is entered into the printing device. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100208288 | PRINTING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A printing method for printing a file stored in an e-book connecting the e-book and a printer to a network, where the e-book sends a message to find the printer. The printer responds to the broadcasting message to establish connection between the e-book and the printer. The method further includes sending a printing request to the printer by the e-book, and determining whether the file is a format which the printer can directly print. If the file is not a format can be identified by the printer, the e-book decodes the file to a format can be identified by the printer, and uploads to the printer. Then, the printer prints the decoded file. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100208289 | BAGGAGE TAGGING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AN ADDITIONAL BAGGAGE ROUTING TAG - A baggage tagging system in which information about additional baggage routing is communicated to an airline computer or server, and an additional routing tag including the additional baggage routing data is generated and is attached to a traveler's bags. An initial tag used for air travel is printed at a remote location and attached to the traveler's bags. By utilizing the initial and additional routing tags, the traveler's bags are efficiently routed from the pick-up location to a selected destination. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100208290 | DELETION OF UNWANTED REPLY MESSAGES IN E-MAIL PRINTING - Methods and systems receive an instruction to print an accumulation e-mail message through a graphic user interface of a computerized device. The accumulation e-mail comprises an original e-mail message and one or more reply e-mail messages made to the original e-mail message. The methods and systems automatically identify boundaries between the e-mail messages within the accumulation e-mail using the computerized device; automatically truncate the original e-mail message and one or more of the reply e-mail messages from the accumulation e-mail message to create a modified accumulation e-mail message using the computerized device; and automatically print the modified accumulation e-mail message using a printing device. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100208291 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus, connectable with plural image processing apparatuses via a network, which performs image processing. UI setting data is received from an another image processing apparatus, and it is determined whether or not a function included in the received UI setting data can be executed by the apparatus itself. If it is determined that the function cannot be executed by the image processing apparatus, a first image processing apparatus which can execute the function is retrieved on the network. Then setting is changed such that the function is substitutionally executed by the first image processing apparatus. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100208292 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus is provided. The image processing apparatus includes, a transport unit configured to transport a sheet, an access unit configured to access a storage medium attached to the sheet transported by the transport unit, a determination unit configured to determine whether access by the access unit is normally completed, and a change unit configured to, when the determination unit determines that access is not normally completed, change control to the transport unit such that a passing time during which a sheet transported by the transport unit passes an access range of the access unit increases. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100208293 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A control method for controlling a communication apparatus used for transmitting a file with efficiency and reliability according to a time required for the conversion processing when a file as a transmission object is converted into transmission data, and the control method includes converting an input file into transmission data, transmitting the transmission data obtained by the conversion processing, measuring a time required for the conversion processing, and controlling the communication apparatus based on the measured time so that, if a file whose time required for the conversion processing is greater than a predetermined value is to be transmitted, communication with the destination is started and the transmission data is transmitted after the conversion processing is executed, and if a file whose time required for the conversion processing is not greater than the predetermined value is to be transmitted, the conversion processing is executed after the communication with the destination is started, and the transmission data obtained by the conversion processing is transmitted. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100208294 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An application is determined based on an application list and output settings transmitted from a delivery server. Application information is transmitted to a user by a job completion notification, and displayed on a PC. The user can know an appropriate application which reduces his print work. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100208295 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A situation can occur in which the seating location of a user is moved due to personnel changes within a division or the like, and the user has to use a different nearby image forming apparatus. In such a case, with conventional technology, it is not possible to efficiently transfer the settings information used in an image forming apparatus used before the personnel change to the new nearby image forming apparatus. According to the present invention, when an instruction to register an image forming apparatus is made in an application by the user, settings information set by the user is searched for in the image forming apparatuses that are registered in the application and the image forming apparatuses that were deleted from the application in the past, and they are presented as transfer candidates. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100208296 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, SERVER APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus enabling to simplify operations for exchange and setting of configuration information between an apparatus directed to a user and external apparatus. A request unit requests the external apparatus to output information stored in the external apparatus. A determination unit determines whether or not information to be output from the external apparatus is information that can be set as configuration information for the image processing apparatus, based on a response from the external apparatus to the request from the request unit. A presentation unit presents a user with a setup ordering button for the user to order setting of information output from the external apparatus as configuration information for the image processing apparatus if the determination unit determines that the information to be output from the external apparatus is information that can be set as configuration information for the image processing apparatus. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100208298 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive an instruction from a client terminal, an acquisition unit configured to acquire print data from a server based on information about print data included in the instruction received by the receiving unit, a print unit configured to perform printing of the acquired print data, and a first transmission unit configured to create, if an error has occurred when the print unit performs printing, substitute printing information indicating an image forming apparatus to be a candidate for substituting printing, based on identification information for identifying the apparatus, which is included in the received instruction, and to transmit the substitute printing information to the client terminal. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100208299 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming apparatus includes: a communication unit which carries out communication with a plurality of information processing apparatuses and receives image data from the information processing apparatuses. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100208300 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SERVER APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus that makes it possible to exchange setting information by easy operations, thus improving convenience for users. The image processing apparatus is connected to an external device via a network. Screen information including a display for inputting information to the external device and instructing to set the inputted information as setting information on the external device is requested from the external device. An operational screen is displayed based on a response from the external device in response to the request. A user is provided with a display for instructing to set setting information currently set in the image processing apparatus as setting information on the external device when the operational screen is displayed. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100208301 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An information processing apparatus that is capable of saving user's trouble when setting an address of a connection target and capable of providing an ease-of-use environment for setting the address. A first receiving unit receives an address of an image processing apparatus transmitted from the image processing apparatus connected to the network through the network. A second receiving unit receives specific information that requires a reception of an address transmitted from an image processing apparatus connected by a predetermined cable via the predetermined cable. A setting unit sets up the address received by the first receiving unit in a case that the specific information is received by the second receiving unit. A transmission unit transmits its own address with the address set up by the setting unit being destination. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100208302 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A method and system for printing documents based on Java commands. A Java printer receives page layout requests and converts the requests into a rasterized image which is transferred to a recording medium. Page layout can be interactively modified. The Java printer also monitors print requests and is configurable using a World Wide Web interface. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100214594 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING A COPY OF A PRINT STREAM - A method and system for processing a print stream are provided. The methodology includes generating at least one copy of the print stream and transmitting a first copy of the at least one copy of the print stream to a sub-system of said computer system. The methodology further includes transmitting a second copy of the at least one copy of the print stream to a print driver and processing the second copy of the printer stream by the designated print driver. The methodology further includes transmitting the processed second copy to the at least one printer for generating a printout corresponding to the print stream. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100214595 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING PATTERN COLOR SPACE IN PRINT JOB PROCESSING - A method for creating a pattern color space for use during print job processing may include: a) defining a variable portion of the pattern color space, b) defining a fixed portion of the pattern color space, c) defining a bounding shape for the pattern color space, d) defining a procedure for painting the variable and fixed portions within the bounding shape, and e) at least temporarily, saving the pattern color space to a storage device. The variable portion of the pattern color space may be based on variable data associated with the print job and an object within the print job may identify the pattern color space for a color parameter. A system using this method may include a storage device, a digital front end, a print controller, and a print engine. Various methods for using the pattern color space during print job processing are also provided. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100214596 | Routing Component Ready Commands - Commands from a central controller of a printing system are received at a first component of a printing system. The commands include component ready commands and non-component ready commands. The component ready commands are routed unaltered to a second component of the printing system. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100214597 | SERVICE STATION - A service station for a print system includes a dedicated controller and a network interface configured to couple the service station to a central controller of the print system and to other components of the print system over a network. The dedicated controller is configured to allow the service station to perform a task in response to receiving a command indicative of the task over the network from the central controller of the print system without the central controller knowing the details of the task. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100214598 | SYSTEM FOR VISUALLY MANAGING OFFICE DOCUMENT FINISHING OPTIONS - A computer implemented system and interactive method for selecting finishing options for a print job are disclosed. The method includes receiving a print job which includes a document to be printed and associated job ticket information. Printers capable of executing the print job are identified and a user selection of one of the capable printers is received. Finishing options available on the selected printer are displayed and a user-selected one or more of the displayed finishing options are received. A three-dimensional visualization of the document as it would be rendered on the user-selected printer with a user selected finishing option(s) is generated. The print job ticket information can then be updated, based on any user-selected printer and finishing options. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100214599 | Method for printing with XPSDrv printer driver - A method used with the XPSDrv printer driver which reduces the overhead associated with loading the XPS filters is disclosed. The method may be implemented in a dynamic-link library (DLL) loaded by the configure module of the XPSDrv driver or a special function. The DLL or the special function dynamically modifies the XPSDrv driver's filter pipeline configuration file for each print job, so that only a subset of the filters, i.e., filters that are required for that print job, are included in the filter pipeline configuration file. In operation, the user uses the printer driver interface (UI) to set print property settings for the print job, and when the user exits the driver UI, the DLL or the special function modifies the filter pipeline configuration file based on the print property settings set by the user. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100214600 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, DELIVERY SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A disclosed image forming apparatus includes a first control unit controlling functions of the image forming apparatus and including an output unit outputting, provided that first user authentication is successful, first user information including a first user identification information and password combination, and a second control unit controlling execution of a processing flow related to an image data delivery and including an acquisition unit acquiring the first user information including the first user identification information and password combination to be stored as second user information including a second user identification information and password combination in a storage unit, and an authentication control unit controlling second user authentication based on the second user identification information and password combination of the second user information. In the image forming apparatus, the first and the second control units operate in separate processes and respectively carry out the first and second user authentications. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100214601 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO EXECUTE PRINT JOBS - To allow the management of suspended printed jobs while being distinguished based on reasons for suspension and removing the reasons to execute the print jobs, for a plurality of print jobs suspended in the printing apparatus, the print jobs are distinguished based on reasons for suspension to specify the print jobs; information making the specified plurality of print jobs and reasons for suspension recognizable is displayed on a display apparatus; and the printing apparatus is made to execute the specified plurality of print jobs according to a print instruction from a user. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100214602 | IMAGE FORMATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS CAPABLE OF QUEUING AND HOLDING PRINT JOBS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING CAPABLE OF QUEUING AND HOLDING PRINT JOBS - An image formation apparatus obtains an amount of sheets remaining in its accommodation unit and from that amount determines whether a print job of interest can successfully be processed for printing. If so, then the print job of interest is processed for printing. If not, a print notification dialog box is output to provide notification that the print job cannot successfully be processed for printing and that it is necessary to resupply sheets required to process the print job for printing. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100214603 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - A communication device is driven by an on-demand driver installed in an apparatus that includes an on-demand driver generating program that generates the on-demand driver for the communication device based on device information of the communication device. The communication device includes a memory unit that stores therein the device information of the communication device, a responding unit that, in response to a request for obtaining the device information from the on-demand driver generating program, sends the device information stored in the memory unit to the apparatus, and an updating unit that is used in externally updating the device information stored in the memory unit. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100214604 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, OPERATION METHOD THEREOF, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing system in which a portable terminal and an image processing apparatus are capable of communicating with each other contactlessly, includes: the portable terminal apparatus including: a display; and a transmitter that transmits display information indicating what is currently displayed on the display, to the image processing apparatus over contactless communication, and the image processing apparatus including: a receiver that receives the display information from the portable terminal over contactless communication; a memory that records in advance, display information samples and specified operations for the image processing apparatus, with their connections; and a controller that determines an appropriate operation based on the display information received by the receiver, the display information samples recorded in the memory and the specified operations also recorded in the memory, and makes the image processing apparatus perform that determined operation. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100214605 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus for executing image processing on the basis of a command transmitted from a communication terminal is provided. The image processing apparatus includes: a communication unit that performs communication with the communication terminal; an execution unit that executes the image processing on the basis of the command transmitted from the communication terminal; a determination unit that determines whether or not to permit the execution unit to execute the image processing based on the command without passing through a communication terminal serving as a management terminal; and a control unit that prohibits the image processing based on the command without passing through the management terminal when the determination unit determines that the execution of the image processing is not permitted. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100214606 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a controller and an engine. The controller includes a first memory configured to store therein first setting information for driving the image forming element. The engine includes: an image generation unit configured to drive the image forming element; a second memory configured to store therein second setting information for driving the image forming element; and an initialization processor configured to initialize the image generation unit based on the second setting information before a communication between the controller and the engine is established, to compare the first setting information with the second setting information after the communication between the controller and the engine is established, and to execute an initialization of the image generation unit based on the first setting information when the first setting information does not correspond to the second setting information. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100214607 | Controller Device - A method of using a controller device for an electronic cutting machine. The method includes associating at least one of cutting operations and printing operations with glyphs, retrieving the glyphs from at least one of memory of a cartridge in communication with the controller device and memory of the controller device, arranging the glyphs in a screen overlay, and rendering the screen overlay on a screen of the controller device. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100214608 | Method of Displaying Expected Service Life Values Collected by Replaceable Unit in an Electronic Device, and a Display Program - The user of an electronic device can easily know when a replaceable unit needs replacing (the service life). A host computer | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100214609 | Process for storing and accessing documents by facsimile - A method for storing an image of a paper document with the steps of: relating an indexing image with the document, faxing the document and related indexing image to a fax server and storing the image of the document and information conveyed by the indexing image. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100214610 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a data receiving unit for receiving data containing an object such as a text and a graphic; a data retrieving unit for retrieving specific object data from the data thus received with the data retrieving unit; an output layout configuration rule storage unit for storing an output layout configuration rule specified in advance; an output layout configuration rule selection unit for comparing the object data retrieved with the data retrieving unit with the output layout configuration rule stored in the output layout configuration rule storage unit, and for selecting an output layout template matched; an image creating unit for modifying the data received with the data retrieving unit according to the output layout template selected with the output layout configuration rule selection unit to create a print image; and an image forming unit for printing the print image created with the image creating unit. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100214611 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - An image processing apparatus that is capable of executing a process efficiently by reducing a time required for the connection process to a host apparatus that has a high communication frequency among a plurality of host apparatuses connected by the WUSB communication. A generation unit generates connection history information based on information received from a plurality of host apparatuses connected. A detection unit detects a condition in which none of the plurality of host apparatuses is connected. A control unit selects a host apparatus of the highest communication frequency among the plurality of host apparatuses based on the connection history information when the detection unit detects the condition in which none of the plurality of host apparatuses is connected, and to perform a connection process to the selected host apparatus. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100214612 | Computer program product for preparation of production data for a print job using a still image proxy of a page description language image file - A computer program product prepares production data for a print job. The production data includes an electronic document defined by a page description language (PDL). The electronic document is stored in a PDL image file. The production data for the print job is prepared via a processor. The computer program product has computer-readable media encoded with instructions for execution by the processor to create a still image proxy of the PDL image file, electronically manipulate an image display of the still image proxy and record information about the manipulations, and use the information about the manipulations to revise the PDL image file so as to match the PDL image file to the manipulations made to the image display of the still image proxy. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100220350 | Systems and Methods for Configuration of Networked Printers - Methods disclosed permit the configuration of printers coupled to a network. In some embodiments, a configuration message received over a network may be parsed at a printer to extract configuration information local to the printer and configuration information external to the printer. Local configuration information is used to update configuration settings on the printer. Messages are also sent to clients managed by the printer using configuration information for the clients included in the external configuration information. In some embodiments, the configuration messages may take the form of e-mail messages and/or PJL commands. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100220351 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRINTER STATUS DETERMINATION - Methods disclosed facilitate the obtaining and display of status information for printers. In some embodiments, a status request may be sent to a printer requesting the status of parameters whose status is tracked by the printer. In some embodiments, the MIB objects pertaining to parameters specified in the request may be represented using XML and a response to the status request may be sent, wherein the response includes an XML representation of the MIB objects. The requested status information may be displayed by parsing the response to the status request. The methods may be performed in whole, or in part, by one or more of a printer, a computer, and/or a handheld device that may be coupled through Bluetooth or USB connections. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100220352 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a function realizing unit performing a function in accordance with a request sent from a client device in a first description format. A request analyzing unit analyzes the request to acquire function realizing unit identifying information and a request item. A format of the request item is converted into a corresponding data format of the function realizing unit or a second description format, depending on whether the corresponding description format is available. The image forming apparatus generates a response in the first description format based on a response item that is outputted by the function realizing unit in the corresponding data format or in the second description format, indicating whether the request item has been processed by the function realizing unit. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100220353 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - This invention provides an image forming apparatus for accurately specifying the type of the apparatus without increasing cost, and a method of controlling the same. To accomplish this, an image forming apparatus of the embodiment executes a continuous image formation test to specify the model of the self apparatus when a system control unit is connected to an engine control unit. In the continuous image formation, the image forming apparatus measures the period from synchronization signal output by the engine control unit to output of the next print start request by the system control unit, and specifies the model of the self apparatus in accordance with the measured period. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100220354 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING SAME - Upon receiving a job-end event from a printer, a data transfer unit executes job-end processing for completing processing relating to a print job. A communication control unit monitors the processing status of the data transfer unit notifies the job management unit of end of the print job after it has been determined, as a result of monitoring, that the job-end processing has been completed. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100220355 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a spooler for spooling jobs received from an application; a spooler monitor; an archive unit for archiving a job; and a port monitor; the port monitor being configured to: detect if the spooler starts a job, in a case that the port monitor detects that the spooler starts a job, request control parameters from the spooler monitor and archive unit; and in a case that a control parameter received from the archive unit indicates that the job is to be archived, and a control parameter received from the spooler monitor indicates that another operation is to be performed on the job, cause the archive unit to archive the job and cause performance of the other operation. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100220356 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a receiving portion to receive an image data composed of a plurality of pages and a print data including an information indicating a size of characters included in the image data, a decision portion, in case of generating an Nin1 image so as to reduce and print in a page images of different N (N is a positive integer) pages out of the plurality of pages of the print data received in the receiving portion, to decide a value of N within a range where the size of the characters of the Nin1 image is more than a prescribed value based on the information indicating the size of the characters, and a generating portion to generate the Nin1 image according to the value of N decided in the decision portion. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100220357 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information security managing technique for use when a plurality of image processing apparatuses cooperate with each other to process a single job. In a case where a single job is cooperatively executed by a plurality of image processing apparatuses via a network, an image processing apparatus as a cooperation destination determines whether or not an image deletion level designated by an image processing apparatus as a cooperation source in the job is supported. When the image deletion level is not supported, the cooperation-destination image processing apparatus determines whether or not the job can be executed without using an HDD provided in the cooperation-destination image processing apparatus. When the job can be executed without using the HDD, the cooperation-destination image processing apparatus performs control such that the job is executed without using the specific storage medium. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100220358 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MESSAGE DELIVERY USING A SECURE DEVICE AND SIMPLE OUTPUT WITHOUT THE USE OF A PERSONAL COMPUTER - Communication systems and methods for enhancing communications between users featuring a central service which formats messages into a printer-friendly format. The format of the delivered message is based on preference settings established by the recipient or an authorized agent of the recipient. The messages are delivered to a device, such as a printer. Messages can be sent to the service in any format and can include text, photographs, URLs, and/or a variety of file types. The messages are then parsed by the service and formatted for delivery to the device. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100225953 | METHOD AND ASSEMBLY FOR RELEASING AND CONFIGURING SPECIFIC SYSTEM OPERATIONS OF A PRINTER OR PHOTOCOPIER - In a method or arrangement to select instructions to be executed by a control unit of a printer or copier, the control unit is connected with a plug connector arrangement providing an electrical connection to the control unit via a plurality of individual contact terminals. At least one first instruction stored in a first memory region is executed by the control unit in a first operating mode. At least one second instruction stored in a second memory region is executed by the control unit in a second operating mode. The second operating mode is set by at least one of the contact terminals of the plug connector arrangement, and wherein an evaluable signal level is respectively present at the at least one contact terminal. A memory region from which the at least one first instruction is loaded for execution by the control unit is established with aid of the electrical connection. An additional memory region from which the at least one second instruction is loaded for execution by the control unit is established in the absence of the electrical connection. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100225954 | JOB SCHEDULE GENERATION - In some embodiments, job schedules are generated from an answer set or a derivative thereof at least by executing an answer-set program, the answer set including a set of constraints, and the answer-set program indicating, among other things, a set of jobs. The job schedules are stored in a processor-accessible memory system. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100225955 | Print Button Widget - An embodiment of the invention relates to a method including determining when a print button widget on a webpage has been accessed by a user from a communication device accessing the webpage, recording an identity of an online publisher hosting or maintaining the webpage, issuing a print instruction to the communication device for the communication device to create a print job when the print button widget has been accessed by the user, identifying at least one detail of the print job, sending a notification and the at least one detail of the print job to an exchange server, and sharing an online publisher report including the at least one detail of the print job with at least one advertiser | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100225956 | ORTHOGONALITY CORRECTION EMPLOYING SUBSTITUTED IMAGE DATA - A method for forming an image in a skewed recording apparatus comprising a recording head comprising a plurality of recording channels, the method includes providing an image data file comprising a plurality of image data columns; assigning different portions of each image data column to different recording channels; substituting first image data from a first image data column assigned to a first recording channel with second image data from a second image data column assigned to a second recording channel; and operating the recording head to form the image. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100225957 | Driverless Architecture For Printing Systems - Techniques are provided for allowing an application program to print to a new or updated printing device on a network without the user having to perform any updates or reconfigurations that are required with conventional print drivers. The techniques include techniques for retrieving new or updated printing device capabilities data from the printing device on the network, converting the retrieved printing device capabilities to a printer description file, generating print job tickets based on the printer description file, and submitting the print job tickets to the printing device as part of the submission of print jobs to the printing device. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100225958 | Approach For Printing To Web Services-Enabled Printing Devices - According to an approach for printing to Web services-enabled printing devices, a print driver retrieves printing device capabilities data from a Web services-enable printing device and generates printer description data based at least upon the printing device capabilities data. The printer description data specifies display data for one or more features and options currently supported by the Web services-enabled printing device. The print driver generates Graphical User Interface (GUI) data based at least upon the printer description data and provides the GUI data to an application program. The print driver receives application data generated by the application program and generates print data and a print job ticket. The print driver may use the printer description data to generate the print data or the print job ticket. The print driver causes the print data and the print job ticket to be transmitted to the Web services-enabled printing device for processing. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100225959 | PRINT DRIVER LOCALIZATION SUPPORT FROM PRINTING DEVICE TO SUPPORT MULTIPLE USER PROFILES - According to an approach for printing to Web service-enabled printing devices, a print driver is configured to retrieve printing device capabilities data from the Web service-enabled printing device. The printing device capabilities data specifies for a particular feature and a particular option supported by the Web service-enabled printing device, a plurality of languages in which the particular feature and the particular option may be displayed. The print driver generates, based at least upon the capabilities data, printer description data that specifies display data that indicates how the particular feature and the particular option are to be displayed, on a GUI, in the plurality of languages. In response to user input, the print driver generates, based at least upon the display data and language data that specifies a particular language, GUI data which, when processed, causes the particular feature and the particular option to be displayed on a GUI in the particular language. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100225960 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRINTING AN ADVERTISEMENT WITH A DOCUMENT - Presented is a method and system for printing an advertisement with a document. The method includes receiving a print request for a document from a user, converting the requested document into a vector graphics format document, selecting at least one advertisement for inclusion into the vector graphics format document, recording the vector graphics format document into a print driver queue enabled to print advertisements, inserting at least one advertisement into the vector graphics format document and printing the advertisement with the vector graphics format document. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100225961 | MONITORING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A monitoring device includes: a receiving unit that receives information including first use mode information transmitted from a first information processing device; a memory unit that stores the received first use mode information; a creating unit that creates, when the receiving unit receives trouble information together with the first use mode information, a trouble prediction formula corresponding to the trouble information using second use mode information of a second information processing device in which the same trouble as that indicated in the trouble information has occurred; a storing unit that stores the created trouble prediction formula; and a determining unit that determines, when the receiving unit receives third use mode information of a third information processing device, whether or not a trouble in the third information processing device occurs in a high probability based on the stored trouble prediction formula and the received third use mode information. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100225962 | Communication system, information processing system, image formation system, image forming apparatus, mobile information terminal device and information processing device - After a digital multi-function peripheral establishes a connection with a mobile phone once, it rejects connection establishment requests made to a wireless communication section by other devices. Moreover, after a connection is established with a mobile phone once, the digital multi-function peripheral stops sending of the address of the wireless communication section through a reader/writer. After completing the sending/receiving of data, the digital multi-function peripheral and the mobile phone delete the addresses of their partner devices stored in them, respectively, for use in sending/receiving data. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100225963 | MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Upon execution of re-print processing of a variable job, a re-print range is set in consideration of finishing setting information to facilitate a replace operation. Or the range is presented. Also, a re-print range that allows an easy replace operation by the user is set to have the smaller number of pages to be re-printed as much as possible in consideration of subset execution ranges depending on the capability of a printer. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100225964 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING PRINT PROCESSING ACCORDING TO APPROPRIATE TIMING - In a PC connected to an image forming apparatus, an image formation assist program starts at power-on (S | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100225965 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - An image processing apparatus that is capable of preventing an unauthorized connection from a host apparatus which is not permitted to use a device by restricting a host apparatus that performs an association process by a method other than password authentication. A processing unit performs an association process with the host apparatus in order to perform the wireless communication. A storage unit stores a permitted host ID indicating the host apparatus that is permitted to perform the association process by the processing unit. A control unit compares a host ID transmitted from the host apparatus with the permitted host ID stored in the storage unit when the processing unit performs the association process, and determines whether the processing unit performs the association process based on a result of the comparison. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100225966 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRINTING USING A DOCUMENT CONVERSION SERVER - A method of printing a document includes receiving a document at a printer; determining that a file format of the document is not supported by the printer; delivering the document to a document conversion server that is remote from, but coupled to, the printer; converting the document into a converted file format that is supported by the printer using the document conversion server; and delivering the document in the converted file format to the printer. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100225967 | METHOD OF SETTING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A relay station | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100225968 | DOCUMENT MANAGING APPARATUS - A document managing apparatus includes a determining unit which determines whether a document print image can be generated or not when the document is entered in file managing information in which a data file is entered, the data file constituting the document which is a managing target, a print image generating unit which generates the document print image when the determining unit determines that the document print image can be generated, the document print image being entered as the file in the file managing information, an application start-up unit which starts up an application program according to the document when the determining unit determines that the document print image cannot be generated, and a screen dump generating unit which generates a screen dump of the document entered as the file in the information based on the document displayed on a display unit by the application program started. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100231952 | Printing system and method - A printing method and system include identifying a reusable object in a print job. If the reusable object has been previously RiPped and cached, then the RiPped object is loaded for printing. If the reusable object has not been RiPped and cached, then the object is RiPped, cached and loaded for printing. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231953 | CHARACTER OUTPUT DEVICE, CHARACTER OUTPUT METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A character output device includes: a character direction specification unit that specifies a drawing direction of characters for each processing-target region of a processing-target page; a character rotation determination unit that determines as to whether the processing-target page rotates or not based on a relation between the specified drawing direction and a direction of an output medium; and an output unit that performs an output processing based on the determination by the character rotation determination unit. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231954 | PRINTING CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, PRINTING CONTROL SYSTEM AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A printing control device includes: a banner data detecting unit that detects banner data from print data; a data acquiring unit that acquires, when the banner data are detected by the banner data detecting unit, data for designating a printing condition for printing a text located after the banner data in the print data; and a printing condition setting unit that sets, when the data for designating the printing condition for printing the text are acquired by the data acquiring unit, the printing condition as a printing condition for printing the print data. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231955 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF DESIGNING HANDMADE PAPER CRAFTS - A method of designing handmade paper crafts is disclosed. The method includes accessing a server from a client and selecting a three-dimensional view of a paper craft from a database in the server. The server computes a two-dimensional view of the paper craft according to the three-dimensional view of the paper craft. The two-dimensional view of the paper craft is capable of being made to form the three-dimensional view of the paper craft. In the two-dimensional view of the paper craft, a dotted line indicates a to be cut line and a solid line indicates a to be fold line. The client adds pictures or words on the two-dimensional view of the paper craft to create a modified two-dimensional view of the paper craft, and stores the modified two-dimensional view back in the server. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231956 | PRINTER SYSTEM AND PRINTING METHOD - A printer system includes a server capable of communicating with a printer and a client. The server stores a plurality of theme templates for making three-dimensional paper crafts. Each theme template has a plurality of marks to provide indication to make the paper craft. The marks comprise a series of sequence numbers to fold the theme templates according to the sequence numbers, and an angle number to indicate a folding angle. The server accepts edited templates from the client and sends an instruction to the printer to print the edited templates. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231957 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING PRINTING AND PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS THEREOF - A printing control method includes displaying at least one image forming apparatus connectable to a printing control apparatus, receiving selection of an image forming apparatus from among the displayed image forming apparatuses, setting the at least one selected image forming apparatus as a printable image forming apparatus, generating printing data using a printing language corresponding to the set image forming apparatus, and transmitting generate printing data to the at least one selected image forming apparatus. Accordingly, a user may perform a printing job for a plurality of image forming apparatuses operated in different languages using a universal printer driver. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231958 | Information processing system, information processing device, communication device, image forming system and image forming device - A digital multi-function peripheral constantly transmits a signal for starting. When a mobile phone is located within a predetermined distance from the digital multi-function peripheral and receives the signal for starting, the mobile phone then transmits a reply signal to the digital multi-function peripheral. Then, the digital multi-function peripheral connects with the mobile phone by transmitting its identification data to the mobile phone. Further, the digital multi-function peripheral causes, by transmitting data for instructing execution of an application program associated with transmission and reception by the mobile phone to the mobile phone, the mobile phone to execute the application program. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231959 | EXECUTION ORDER DETERMINING DEVICE, EXECUTION ORDER DETERMINING PROGRAM, EXECUTION ORDER DETERMINING CIRCUIT, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - A job control information storing section ( | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231960 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - When a printer apparatus is allowed to execute a printing of a document using paper based on a print setting set by the user, the following processes are executed in order to allow the user to recognize a paper saving print setting. Whether or not there is a print setting which can save an amount of paper compared to the print setting set by the user is determined. If it is determined that a paper saving print setting exists, the user is notified of such a paper saving print setting. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231961 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus comprises a first image reading unit configured to read an image and generate image data; a storage unit configured to store the image data generated by the first image reading unit; a printing unit configured to print, on a sheet, an image describing information for identifying the image data stored in the storage unit; a second image reading unit configured to newly read an image and generate image data; an extraction unit configured to extract the information from the image data which is generated by reading the image one the sheet printed by the printing unit; and a combining unit configured to combine the image data stored in the storage unit and the image data generated by the second image reading unit, based on the information extracted by the extraction unit. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231962 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - There are provided an image forming apparatus which implements divisional control using a plurality of control units without an increase in cost and a control method for the apparatus. To accomplish this, this image forming apparatus includes a master control unit that controls the overall image forming apparatus, a plurality of sub-master control units that control a plurality of functions for performing image formation, and a plurality of salve control units that control loads for implementing a plurality of functions. The master control unit is connected to the plurality of sub-master control units via first signal lines. The plurality of sub-master control units are connected to the plurality of slave control units via second signal lines higher in data transfer timing accuracy than the first signal lines. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231963 | Print Control Apparatus and Printing Apparatus - Disclosed is a print control apparatus that makes it possible to conduct the print controlling operations in the interruption printing mode, so as to optimize the beneficial balance between the interrupting side and the interrupted side. The apparatus includes a job-status parameter acquiring section to acquire job-status parameters including a residual printing time of the first print job, a printing time of the second print job, a first priority degree representing an implementation priority of the first print job and a second priority degree representing another implementation priority of the second print job and a controlling section to determine whether or not the interruption printing operation should be allowed, namely, an availability of the interruption printing operation, based on the residual printing time of the first print job, the printing time of the second print job, and at least one of the first priority degree and the second priority degree. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231964 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A scanner that provides WSD standard scan service does not allow the notification and identification by a client PC of scan parameters, such as a resolution and a reading range, that are selected by a user in push scan on a panel, for example, attached to the scanner body. This prevents the push scan with the user-specified scan parameters. Accordingly, an event that temporarily limits the scanning functions is issued to inhibit the specification of parameters excluding user-specified scan parameters from a client PC. Thus, the client PC can instruct the scanning with the user-specified parameters, and the push scan requested by the user can be implemented. The limitation is valid only to the destination client of the push scan. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231965 | MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREFOR - A management apparatus capable of setting a suitable schedule for transmitting operation information to a plurality of image forming apparatuses, in which a management load and an operation status of a user are fully considered, identifies a plurality of image forming apparatuses which include overlapping department ID and manages the plurality of identified image forming apparatuses in a group when the plurality of identified image forming apparatuses is less than a predetermined maximum value. The management apparatus determines a transmission schedule for each of a plurality of the managed groups so that department counter information is transmitted from the image forming apparatuses belonging to each group at intervals of at least a first time period. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231966 | WORK FLOW EXECUTION SYSTEM AND WORK FLOW EXECUTION METHOD - A work flow execution system in which a plurality of processing apparatuses executes a work flow in cooperation with each other includes a starting processing apparatus which reads a flow file and determines whether a processing apparatus including a sleep function exists in a subsequent work flow. When the processing apparatus including the sleep function exists, a command to return the sleep function when a command executed by the starting processing apparatus is received is registered to the processing apparatus including the sleep function. When the starting processing apparatus receives a command which coincides with the registered return command, the sleep mode is returned to a normal operating mode. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231967 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - Provided is an information processing apparatus which transmits a file of to-be-printed data to a printer to perform printing, including: a determining unit which determines whether or not a data size of the file exceeds the predetermined receivable size of the printer; a reduction condition determining unit which predicts and determines a reduction condition; a reduction processing unit which reduces the data size of the file based on the determined reduction condition; and a re-determining unit which performs determination of the reduction condition of the reduction condition determining unit and the processing of reducing the data size of the file by the reduction processing unit again. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231968 | PRINTING MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, PRINTING MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR THE SAME - A printing management apparatus includes a memory device storing information and having a shared folder for storing a print job from the outside of the apparatus, a standby folder for storing print data to be output to a predetermined printing mechanism, and a converter having a plurality of conversion modules performing a conversion process in which the print job is converted into the print data which is printed in the predetermined printing mechanism to store the data in the standby folder when the format of the print job in the shared folder is supported; an obtaining unit for obtaining the print job stored in the shared folder; and conversion control means for selecting a compliant conversion module from the plurality of conversion modules in the converter, the compliant conversion module performing the conversion process to the print job obtained by the obtaining unit, the compliant conversion module being the conversion module which supports the format of the print job obtained by the obtaining unit. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231969 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - The present invention is directed to an information processing apparatus in which a waiting time for waiting image data in the information processing apparatus can be adjusted, as much as possible, to a time period during which the image data read by the image reading apparatus is acquired by the information processing apparatus through a file sharing system. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231970 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND PRINTER TERMINAL - A printing system including a transmitting terminal that transmits printable print content and a printer terminal that receives and prints the print content, the terminals being connected via an IP network. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231971 | RETRIEVING CONTACT DETAILS USING A PRINTED MEDIUM - A method of retrieving contact details using a print medium is disclosed. Data encoded on a surface of the print medium is sensed using a sensor module. The sensed data encodes a print media identifier which uniquely identifies the print medium, and a two-dimensional position with respect to the surface of the print medium. The print media identifier and the position of the sensor module relative to the surface of the print medium are determined from the sensed data. Contact details referenced by the print media identifier and the position of the sensor module are then retrieved from a database. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231972 | Image Forming System - An image forming system, having means for storing usage histories of latent image carriers, developer, or the like and maintenance cycles of image forming apparatuses and having a function for selecting image forming apparatuses outputting an image based on the usage history data or the maintenance cycles, in order to achieve uniform output image qualities. By managing the usage histories so as to achieve approximately the same deteriorated conditions of the latent image carriers of the image forming apparatuses, the image forming apparatuses can be put in the same condition and thus the output image qualities can be approximately the same in the image forming apparatuses. Additionally, the maintenance cycles can be adjusted to be approximately the same in the image forming apparatuses. Otherwise, maintenance periods can be controlled so as not to overlap in the image forming apparatuses. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100238483 | Image Editing Pipelines for Automatic Editing and Printing of Online Images - A method having corresponding apparatus and computer-readable media embodying instructions executable by a computer to perform the method comprises: in response to a request to print an image stored on a first website, automatically downloading an image editing pipeline for the image from a second website in response to the request, wherein the image editing pipeline describes one or more image editing operations for the image; automatically downloading the image from the first website; automatically generating an edited image based on the image and the image editing pipeline; and automatically printing the edited image on a printer. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100238484 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING PROCESSING TIME FOR A PRINTER AND RELATED APPLICATIONS - An algorithm implemented in a print shop management system for estimating a processing time of a print job by a printer, i.e., how long the print job will take to complete printing and inline finishing, is disclosed. The algorithm takes into account the job's printing requirements and the printer' capabilities in determining the processing time. The estimated processing time is used to improve work flow management of the print shop. Practical applications include: using the estimated processing time to improve print job assignment by the management system; displaying the status of a print job that has been submitted to a printer to show a real-time estimate of when the job will complete the processing; generating an alert prior to a time by which the job must start in order to meet a deadline; and informing downstream operators when the print job will proceed to the next step in the workflow. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100238485 | STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PRINT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, PRINT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND PRINTER SYSTEM - A print management apparatus is provided. A print history of a print job data is stored into a first storage component, when a print data identifier of the print job data containing print data, a print data identifier, and a printing parameter is not stored in the first storage component. A printing parameter in the first storage component served as alert information is stored into a second storage component as an alert history, when the print data identifier of the print job data is stored in the first storage component, and a printing parameter stored in the first storage component is not the same as a printing parameter of the print job data. Whether continuing a print or aborting a print is selected, when the print data identifier of the print job data is stored in the second storage component. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100238486 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRINTING INDEPENDENT OF LOCATION AND USING A UNIVERSAL PRINT MODULE - A system for printing independent of location and using a universal print module comprises a computing device having a print anywhere sending module and a printer having a print anywhere receiving module coupled by a network. The print anywhere sending module is adapted to interface with the computing device to generate a print file. The print anywhere sending module broadcasts the availability of a print file or job and transmits that print job to a responding print anywhere receiving module. The print anywhere receiving module interfaces with the printer to provide the print file and to print the file. The present invention also includes a variety of methods including a method for printing, a method for printing using a universal print module, and a method for printing using the print key. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100238487 | Print system - A print system according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a terminal apparatus, a print server, and a printing apparatus connected to each other via a network. The terminal apparatus includes a transmission unit for transmitting a print job of a user to the print server as a print job addressed to another user. The print server includes a storage unit for storing the print job of the user that has been transmitted from the terminal apparatus, as a print job addressed to the other user, and a transfer unit for transferring the print job addressed to the other user to the printing apparatus in response to a request from the printing apparatus. The printing apparatus includes a transfer request unit for requesting the print server to transfer the print job addressed to the other user stored in the print server. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100238488 | Method and Apparatus for Printing - A print server receiving a print job, adding the print job to a print queue, receive at multiple times from a print system remote from the print queue, a communication checking for the presence of a print job on the print queue, and transmitting to the print system the print job in response to the communication. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100238489 | DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING PRINTER - A distributed processing printer which may include separate controllers and/or separate memory where one controller and/or memory may be used to support legacy applications and another controller and/or memory may be used to support printing promotional materials and/or messages in a manner completely transparent to the legacy applications. The printer is capable of magnetically, electronically, and/or thermally reading, writing, erasing, and/or encoding gaming vouchers, promotional coupons, and rewritable cards. The printer can be integrated into a cashless slot machine and other games and/or a promotional system in a casino that produces gaming vouchers, promotional coupons and messages and/or print on demand player tracking card/vouchers capable of communicating with a game or host. The printer may accept various kinds of media, such as thermally writable media, smart cards, or magnetic strip cards. The printer may include writing, reading, erasing and/or encoding devices within the printer to manage and use the different types of media. In addition, the printer may include control logic and articulated printing mechanisms that prevent the printer from inadvertently manipulating a gaming voucher in an inappropriate manner. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100238490 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - This invention provides an information processing system and control method thereof for reducing a storage capacity requested of a database and preventing the expiration of reference to image data. To accomplish this, in an information processing system according to this invention, when an image processing apparatus is to store the job history of an output job in a database via an information processing server, only attribute information including identification information of image data used to execute the job is stored. If the image data has already been stored in the database, the expiration date of the image data is changed to one added to the attribute information. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100238491 | PRINT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, PRINT MANAGEMENT METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A print management apparatus includes: a device for storing position information of a plurality of printing terminals placed in different locations, information indicating a condition of a file printable by each printing terminal, and print data; a device for receiving position information of a mobile terminal owned by a user; a device for identifying an appropriate printing terminal from among the plurality of printing terminals based on the received position information of the mobile terminal and the position information of the plurality of printing terminals; a device for modifying a file format of the print data so that the print data satisfies the condition; a device for sending the modified print data to the appropriate printing terminal; and a device for extracting position information of the appropriate printing terminal based on the position information of the printing terminals and for notifying the mobile terminal of the extracted position information. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100238492 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - This invention provides an image processing system, which can suppress evidenced document registration by spoofing of a third party upon execution of registration processing of an evidenced document in a server, and a control method thereof. To accomplish this, in an image processing system of this invention, when the user registers an evidenced document in a server as image data, an MFP decides whether or not to register the evidenced document not only by authentication processing based on a user ID and password, but also by determination processing based on a work identifier used to identify a workflow. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100238493 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHODS THEREOF - This invention provides an image forming apparatus which prevents unauthorized printing without impairing the user's convenience. To accomplish this, upon reception of the print job, the image forming apparatus determines if the print job is a storage target job. If the print job is a storage target job, the image forming apparatus temporarily stores the print job in a memory without starting printing. The image forming apparatus creates and transmits a URL which is required to access a Web server included in the self apparatus and is uniquely assigned to the print job, to the external apparatus which transmitted the print job. After that, when an access to the URL is generated, the image forming apparatus starts printing the temporarily stored print job. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100238494 | PRINTER DRIVER, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A printer driver includes a plurality of modules, an interface unit that accepts the addition of plug-in including one or more additional modules for realizing a predetermined function, and a storage unit that stores setting information that defines information related to a partial process for realizing the predetermined function of the plug-in. The plurality of modules performs a process that is the partial process for realizing the predetermined function and cannot be realized in the additional modules included in the plug-in in accordance with the setting information. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100238495 | IMAGE OUTPUT DEVICE WHICH, WHEN AUTHENTICATION MEDIA ARE READ BY AUTHENTICATION DEVICE, EXECUTES JOBS STORED IN STORAGE MEDIUM ON THE BASIS OF RESULT OF AUTHENTICATION - When a plurality of authentication cards are read by an authentication device and the authentication cards are authenticated in an image output device, a binding and printing process is carried out. The image output device combines (binds) jobs associated with the authenticated cards into one job. The order of combining the jobs and the print mode for the combined job are set in accordance with the order in which the authentication cards have been authenticated or the priorities assigned to the respective jobs. The image output device prints the combined job to obtain a set of printouts. It is thus possible to provide the image output device which can output a plurality of jobs collectively, without the need of complicated operations, while maintaining a high level of security. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100238496 | JOB MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A job management apparatus, which managing, by record, a job based on content data which includes designations associated with a content used in variable data print processing, and a job ticket corresponding to the content data, comprising: a metadata extraction unit which extracts metadata from the content data; a metadata classification unit which classifies the extracted metadata as control metadata used to control processes of the job, and as display metadata used to make a display associated with the job; and a generation unit which generates first information used to display, by record, the job using values of the display metadata. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100238497 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image processing apparatus includes an input control unit that receives the input of document data that is a target to be output and the output condition of the document data, an image output unit that outputs the document data in accordance with the received output condition, an HDD that stores therein the output condition under which the document data has been output, as a re-output condition to be set at a time when the document data is re-output, and a display control unit that displays the re-output condition on an operation display unit and, when a dependent item that is determined to be set together with a different item is present in the re-output condition, the display control unit displays a dependence-destination item that is the different item together with the re-output condition. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100238498 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF EXECUTING PRINTING CONVENIENT FOR USERS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING CONTROL PROGRAM FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS RECORDED THEREON - Setting items in a print setting screen are updated and displayed in response to a changing operation. It is determined whether or not print settings are changed from the initial state. If it is determined that print settings are changed from the initial state, a test print button is displayed. If it is determined that print settings are not changed from the initial state, a full print button is displayed. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100238499 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF EXECUTING CONVENIENT PRINT SETTING, METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING CONTROL PROGRAM FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS RECORDED THEREON - A driver core determines whether or not an operation to change print settings in a print setting screen is performed by the user. If a changing operation is not performed, the process is skipped. On the other hand, if a changing operation is performed on an item of print settings through input using a mouse, a keyboard, or the like, the driver core obtains print setting information before the changing operation. Then, history data is created. Then, if it is determined that no identical history data exists, the history data is saved. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100238500 | CONFERENCE SYSTEM AND IMAGE DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD - In order to facilitate printing of an image drawn on an electronic board while improving security, an MFP includes a portion to generate conference identification information in response to reception of a start instruction from an electronic board, a portion to associate the conference identification information with device identification information for the electronic board, a portion to associate image data received from the electronic board with conference identification information lastly associated with the device identification information for the electronic board, a portion to associate user identification information received from the electronic board with conference identification information lastly associated with the device identification information for the electronic board, a portion to authenticate a user, a portion to extract conference identification information associated with the user identification information for the authenticated user, a portion to extract image data associated with the conference identification information, and a portion to output the image data. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100238501 | Printing System, Control Method for Printing System, Print Server Machine, Control Method for Print Server Machine and Computer Program - A printing system includes a client machine into which a printing execution instruction is input; a print server machine communicatably connected to the client machine; and a printer communicatably connected to the print server machine. The client machine includes a printer driver that creates print data in response to the input printing execution instruction and sends the print data to the print server machine; and a status monitor that sends a status request regarding the printer to the printer server machine. The print server machine includes a print server that saves the print data received from the print driver of the client machine and, in response to a predetermined trigger, sends the saved print data to the printer or another server machine for transferring the print data to the printer; and a printer status information proxy that obtains status information regarding the printer from the printer. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100238502 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND PRINTING APPARATUS TERMINAL - A printing system includes a transmitting terminal, which transmits printable printing contents, and a printing apparatus terminal, which receives and prints the printing contents, which are connected to the printing system via an Internet protocol network. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100238503 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND PRINTING APPARATUS TERMINAL - A printing system includes a contents terminal transmitting printable printing contents and a printing apparatus terminal receiving and printing the printing contents, which are connected to the printing system via an IP network. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100238504 | PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing system includes: a host apparatus; and a printer as a device apparatus which is connected to the host apparatus. The host apparatus includes: a data amount determining unit which determines whether data of a printing target file exceeds a storage capacity of a receiving and storing memory of the printer; a starting command converting unit which converts a file transmission starting command to be transmitted to the printer from a batch transmission starting command to an on-demand transmission starting command when the data of the printing target file exceeds the storage capacity of the receiving and storing memory of the printer; and an on-demand transmission control unit which transmits a sub data file to the printer according to reception of the data requirement from the printer after transmission of the on-demand transmission starting command. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100238505 | SCHEDULING SYSTEM - A system suited to scheduling print jobs for a printing system includes a first processing component which identifies preliminary attributes of print jobs to be printed on sheets. A job scheduler receives the preliminary attributes and assigns each of the print jobs to one of a plurality of job queues in time order for printing. Print jobs spanning the same time are scheduled for printing contemporaneously. In one mode of operation, the assignment of the print jobs to the job queues is based on their preliminary attributes and on the application of at least one constraint which affects contemporaneous printing of at least two of the plurality of print jobs. A second processing component identifies detailed attributes of the print jobs. A sheet scheduler receives information on the assignments of the print jobs and their detailed attributes and forms an itinerary for each sheet to be printed. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100245884 | CONSTRAINT EVALUATION AND RE-EVALUATION FOR MANAGING PRINT JOBS - An improved method implemented in a print job management apparatus for processing print jobs in a multiple-printer print shop environment is described. When an operator manually assigns a print job to a printer, the job ticket settings of print job are compared with capabilities of the printer to detect any constraints (i.e. incompatibilities). Messages including textual descriptions of the detected constraints are displayed in a UI, and job ticket settings that caused each constraint are displayed adjacent the corresponding message. The job ticket settings display allows the operator to change values of the job ticket settings and then re-evaluate the job assignment to detect any further constraints. The display and input steps are performed using a single UI. The changed job ticket settings are kept in a temporary version of the job ticket, and the original job ticket is updated with the changed values when the job is finally printed. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245885 | Techniques For Printing To Hotspot Printers - Techniques are provided for printing an electronic document from a client device to printing devices that are registered with a server. The printing devices and device capabilities are retrieved from the server according to location criteria provided by a user. Through a user interface, users view the names, location, and print settings of printing devices that satisfy the location criteria, and maps and directions for the printing devices. Users also modify a printing device's print settings and select printing devices for printing. Users provide login information to login to the document server to retrieve available documents for printing. Print jobs are generated that reflect an electronic document selected by a user and print settings modified by the user and are submitted to a printing device selected by the user. Printing devices also provide user interfaces for users to retrieve electronic documents from document servers without use of a client device. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245886 | METHOD, APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR SWITCHING BETWEEN PRINT MODES - A method, apparatus, system, and computer-readable storage medium for setting a print mode of a printing device. The method includes receiving, from a client device, a request to print a print job at the printing device, and determining a distance between the client device and the printing device. A print mode is corresponding to the print job is set to one of a locked print mode or an unlocked print mode based on the determined distance between the client device and the printing device. The method further includes sending the print job and the corresponding print mode setting to the printing device. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245887 | Methods and Systems for Rendering Data - Aspects of the present invention are related to systems and methods for rendering graphical objects in a printing system. According to one aspect of the present invention a graphic list may be partitioned, and the graphic-list partitions may be rendered “out-of-order” or concurrently. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245888 | Methods and Systems for Rendering Data - Aspects of the present invention are related to systems and methods for rendering graphical objects in a printing system. According to one aspect of the present invention a graphic list may be partitioned, and the graphic-list partitions may be rendered “out-of-order” or concurrently. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245889 | Methods and Systems for Rendering Data - Aspects of the present invention are related to systems and methods for rendering graphical objects in a printing system. According to one aspect of the present invention a graphic list may be partitioned, and the graphic-list partitions may be rendered “out-of-order” or concurrently. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245890 | TECHNIQUES FOR SCHEDULING AND GUARANTEEING PRINT JOBS - Techniques for scheduling and guaranteeing print jobs are presented. Print jobs are scheduled to process on a selected printer at user-defined dates and times. A print queue for the selected printer is managed to ensure that no subsequent print job begins on the printer when that subsequent print job cannot finish before a scheduled start time of a scheduled print job that has been guaranteed the scheduled start time on the printer. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245891 | Systems and Methods for Fast Printing - Methods disclosed permit the accelerated printing of documents. In some embodiments, a method for accelerating the printing of documents utilizes a first pre-processed file, which is obtained by pre-processing a second file. The pre-processed file is associated with stored attribute information for the second file. When a print request is received for the second file, updated file attribute information for the second file is retrieved and used to determine if there are content changes to the second file. In some embodiments, content changes may be detected by comparing the retrieved updated file attribute information with the stored file attribute information. The pre-processed file is used for printing, if there are no content changes to the second file. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245892 | Printing Method for Screen Image - Disclosed is a computer implemented printing method to print on a sheet an image of an object of which data is placed in a clipboard of a computer, the method including the procedures of: the computer activating a printing program installed in the computer; the printing program automatically retrieving the data of the object from the clipboard; the printing program requesting a printer driver installed in the computer to generate a print job to print an image of the object based on the data retrieved from the clipboard; the printer driver transmitting the print job to the printer; and the printer printing the image of the object on the sheet according to the print job. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245893 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes: a communication unit that receives a request that requests a reply and includes a source of the request and a destination of the request; and a controller that returns from a low electric power condition after moving into the low electric power condition of which the power consumption is low, and that controls the communication unit, wherein when the controller is in the low electric power condition, the communication unit returns the reply to the request received and detects a duplication between an identification information that identifies the source and an identification information that identifies the destination based on the request. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245894 | DIRECT-SCAN-TO-PRINT SCANNER AND RELATED METHOD - A scanning device capable of directly sending scanned images to a printing device to be printed and a related method are proposed. An image information is obtained by scanning with an image sensor module, and then stored in a storage device. When a print client detects a print request, a storing server delivers the image information to the printing device through a picture transfer protocol. Accordingly, the image information is to be printed upon a direct link between the printing device and the scanning device without needing a computer serving as a bridge. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245895 | CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND CONTROL METHOD - A control device includes: a determination unit that determines a beginning original document to which a function that lays out a plurality of original documents onto a single sheet with predetermined number of original documents and forms an image is applied; a judgment unit that sequentially judges whether the original document is the object to be laid out onto a single sheet together with other original documents, starting with the beginning original document; an original document number determination unit that determines the number of original documents formed on a single sheet, that is within the predetermined number of original documents and does not make blank spaces, based on the number of original documents to which judgments by the judgment unit are done and judgment results of the judgment unit; and an image forming start unit that makes an image forming unit start to form the image based on the number of original documents determined by the original document number determination unit. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245896 | IMAGE-PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE-FORMING DEVICE, IMAGE-PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image-processing device includes: an obtaining unit that obtains image data; an area extraction unit that extracts an area having a color falling within a predetermined range of a color within a color space, in an image represented by the obtained image data; an effect extraction unit that extracts an effect applied to the image represented by the obtained image data; an effect data obtaining unit that if a type of the extracted effect is included in predetermined plural types of effect, obtains effect data representing a type of effect selected from among the predetermined plural types of effect, excluding a type of the extracted effect; and a generating unit that generates image data representing an image in which an effect of the type represented by the obtained effect data is applied to the area extracted by the area extraction unit. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245897 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An electronic apparatus includes an authority information acquisition unit that acquires a user's authority information; a first storage unit that stores current control information currently used to control the apparatus; a second storage unit that stores current configuration information representing a current configuration of the apparatus; an available control information outputting unit that outputs available control information allowed to be acquired; an instruction accepting unit that accepts an instruction to acquire at least one of versions of available control information output by the available control information outputting unit; an information acquisition unit that acquires control information according to the instruction accepted by the instruction accepting unit; and an updating unit that updates the current control information stored in the first storage unit. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245898 | Image processing device and image forming device - When an image based on RGB image data accepted by the image processing section and the ICU is to be enlarged by the zoom process section of the ICU (or when specification of an area in an image is accepted by the operation section), the leak-preventing identification mark detecting section, the positional relation calculating section and the forgery-preventing identification mark detecting section respectively determine whether patterns respectively representing a leak-preventing identification mark and a forgery-preventing identification mark are included separately in the entire area of the image and in an area to be enlarged (or an area whose specification has been accepted) or not. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245899 | Image forming apparatus - A job managing section stores print jobs as jobs-in-queue when they are received through a receiving section. Each job contains original user information. Each job is a currently executed job when it is being executed by an executing section. An error detecting section obtains error information from the executing section upon an error in the currently executed job. An updating section stores the currently executed job as a job-on-hold into the job managing section if a determining section determines that the currently executed job should be placed on hold. A log-in authenticating section performs authentication of an operator user based on the operator user information inputted by the operator user. Upon successful authentication, a user name comparing section determines whether the operator user information and the original user information contained in the job-on-hold coincide. If they coincide, a displaying section indicates to the operator user that a job-on-hold exists. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245900 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMPUTER PROGRAM - A Multi-Function Peripheral (MFP) is provided with a locked mailbox bin. The MFP receives a print job, calculates a print quantity for a case in which the received print job is executed. If the calculated print quantity for the print job is more than a predetermined quantity, the MFP executes printing based on the print job with the locked mailbox bin designated as an output destination of a printed material. If the calculated print quantity for the print job is equal to or less than the predetermined quantity, the MFP stores the print job in a storage portion. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245901 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING IMAGE PRINT ORDER - An image print order receiving system has an image print order receiving apparatus for receiving an order for printing images. The system include a data obtaining section for obtaining image data for use in printing images, a notice print making section for printing, in a printing medium, a notice print including thumbnail images of at least some of the image data and access information for accessing the image print order receiving apparatus and an image print order receiving section provided in the image print order receiving apparatus, the image print order receiving section being configured to receive an access by a user who has received said notice print manually forwarded thereto and to obtain order information of the image prints. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245902 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING SYSTEM - A multifunction printer receives a printing job. Then, the MFP acquires items of a printing log that is defined before the printing is started. For example, user name, date/time of execution, and job ID information correspond to the items of the printing log defined before the printing is started. Then, the MFP transmits at least one item of the printing log, which is defined before the printing is started, to the server before the printing is completed. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245903 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND PERIPHERAL DEVICE - A communication system including a communication box connected to a public communication line and capable of data communication with a child unit through a digital cordless (DCL) wave and with a multi-function device through a wires LAN (WLAN) wave, and wherein each of the child unit and multi-function device has a light emitting portion and a light receiving portion for optical communication between the child unit and multi-function device. The communication box and multi-function device have respective WLAN communication control portions which are normally placed in a non-operating state, and when the communication box receives facsimile data from the public communication line, the communication box commands the child unit to require the multi-function device to start its WLAN communication control portion, starts its own WLAN communication control portion, and transmit the facsimile data to the multi-function device through the WLAN wave. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245904 | IMAGE TRANSFER SYSTEM, DATA TRANSFER METHOD AND PROGRAM - A first image processing apparatus makes a request to the second image processing apparatus to issue identification information to transfer second image data that a second image processing apparatus has received from the communication apparatus to the first image processing apparatus, and transmits first image data to be transmitted to the communication apparatus, and transmission destination information for identifying the communication apparatus, to the second image processing apparatus via a network. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245905 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - An information processing device transmits and receives information to and from plural devices, which are coupled to the information processing device. A memory unit stores a control program that corresponds to each of the devices. An acquisition unit acquires device information from a selected one of the devices. A determination unit determines whether the selected device is controllable based on the acquired device information. A reading unit reads a control program from the memory unit that corresponds to the selected device, if the determination unit determines that the selected device is controllable. A command generation unit of the relevant control program generates commands for the selected device. A transmission control unit transmits commands generated by the command generation unit to the corresponding device. The transmission control unit transmits a set of the commands generated by the command generation unit in a block. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245906 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an output image forming unit that forms an output image from an image-repeat image which is obtained by arranging a plurality of input images on one recording medium based on predetermined repeat conditions, a preview image generating unit that generates reduced images of the input images, sets arrangement positions of the reduced images based on the repeat conditions, and arranges the reduced images in the arrangement positions in accordance with the repeat conditions, thereby generating a preview image, and a display unit that displays the preview image generated by the preview image generating unit. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245907 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR, IMAGE READING SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR THE SAME - An information processor, which is configured to be connected communicably with an image reader, includes a display unit, an image receiver configured to receive image data from the image reader, a storage controller configured to store the received image data into a first storage area that is assigned to the storage controller, an acceptor configured to, in response to the storage controller storing the received image data into the first storage area, accept a display instruction to display the received image data, a transfer unit configured to, in response to the acceptor accepting the display instruction, transfer the received image data from the first storage area into a second storage area different from the first storage area, and a display controller configured to display, on the display unit, the received image data stored in the second storage area that is assigned to the display controller. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245908 | IMAGE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image communication apparatus that transmits input image data when detecting that a designated recipient has logged in an external apparatus. An MFP as an image communication apparatus includes a scanner for inputting image data and an operation unit for designating a recipient by whom the input image data should be received. When it is detected that the designated recipient has logged in another MFP which is a transmission destination of the input image data, the input image data is transmitted to the transmission destination MFP. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245909 | INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS, METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING INSTALLATION PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is disclosed an information distribution apparatus including: acquiring log information of a job; generating, based on the log information, setting information denoting an operation setting of a device and usable by a program for operating the device; and transmitting an installation program including a set of the program and the setting information, to an information processing apparatus which gives operation instructions to the device. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245910 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A control method for controlling an image processing apparatus, includes causing a sheet processing apparatus to execute a sheet processing of a sheet to be printed by execution of a first print job stored in a storage unit configured to store a plurality of print jobs each of which has received an execution request, controlling a power supply required for the sheet processing to be executed by the sheet processing apparatus, determining whether a second print job in which the sheet processing is executed by the sheet processing apparatus is stored in the storage unit when the sheet processing of the sheet to be printed by the execution of the first print job is executed by the sheet processing apparatus, maintaining the power supply required for the sheet processing by the sheet processing apparatus when the determining step determines that the second print job is stored in the storage unit, and restricting the power supply required for the sheet processing by the sheet processing apparatus when the determining step determines that the second print job is not stored in the storage unit. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245911 | PRINTING CONTROL METHOD AND PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS - A method includes determining whether a program module for varying print settings for a printer driver is participating in print processing when the printer driver executes print processing; and switching a part of the print settings for the printer driver to the print settings according to the program module when the program module is participating in the print processing. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245912 | COLOR PRINTER TECHNOLOGY - The invention provides a method of printing at a POS of register receipts and marketing information in which the required network bandwidth and quantity of ink are both reduced. SVG files are used to specify communications, associated modified image objects are stored locally to the POS, and associated modified image objects are modified version of original objects in which color values are replaced with other color values that result in the same print image, but with printing of less ink. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245913 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM - To enable the operability of image editing process to improve, the first procedure for making configurations relating to a print medium used in printing by a printing device, the second procedure for selecting an image to be printed by the printing device and specifying its print range, the third procedure for making configurations relating to image processing for the image for which the print range is specified, and the fourth procedure for performing printing process of the image data to which the configured image processing is applied are executed. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100253967 | PRINTER IMAGE LOG SYSTEM FOR DOCUMENT GATHERING AND RETENTION - A system and method for document image acquisition and retrieval which find application in litigation for responding to discovery requests are disclosed. The method includes automatically acquiring image data and associated records for documents being processed by a plurality of image output devices within an organization and archiving the image data and associated records as image logs for the processed documents. When a request for document production is received by the organization, the image logs (and/or information extracted therefrom) are automatically filtered through at least one classifier trained to return documents responsive to the document request, and documents corresponding to the filtered out image logs are output. One of the filters may be configured for filtering privileged from non-privileged documents. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100253968 | APPROACH FOR DISPLAYING COST DATA FOR LOCKED PRINT DATA AT PRINTING DEVICES - An approach is provided for implementing locked printing on a printing device with a display of cost data. The printing device includes a locked print process that is configured to determine whether locked printing is to be used for print data received at the printing device. Print data designated for locked printing is stored on the printing device. The printing device displays a cost of printing selected print data for one or more printing devices accessible to the printing device. A user has the option of forwarding the selected print data to a printing device accessible to the printing device for printing based on the displayed cost data. This display of cost data can be in response to a request by the user to (a) display cost data, (b) print the selected print data at the printing device, or (c) print selected print data that has an attribute that exceeds a specified threshold. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100253969 | VARIABLE FINISHING PROGRAMMING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VARIABLE INFORMATION DOCUMENTS - A method and system for applying one or more variable finishing parameters to a rendering job associated with VI transactional printing process. A set of rules can be specified by a user for determining the finishing attributes for the rendering job based on characteristics of the job being rendered. The rendering job can be received for execution and the discrete VI records associated with the rendering job can be discerned. The variable finishing parameters can be applied to the rendering job based on the properties required to determine a correct finishing for a given record, a job ticket resolution, and a post RIP job ticket resolution. The dynamically selected finishing attributes can be applied to the entire document and/or individual records associated with the VI data stream. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100253970 | System and Apparatus for 3D Image Capture and Processing - A jig supports an array of cameras on a platform using a plurality of brackets among which one is immovably secured to the platform at a center of the array while the remainder is pivotally connected to the platform. A computer-implemented system creates an interlaced image. The system includes a trigger mechanism operatively coupled to the cameras to effect nearly simultaneous image capture. A focal target and a sizing reference are provided at a focal position of the lenses. A computer having a processor and a memory executes code that interlaces bands of images captured from each of the cameras, at nearly a single point in time, into an interlaced image and processes the sizing reference and adjusts a size of one or more of the captured images for inclusion in the interlaced image. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100253971 | Image forming apparatus, image processing terminal and image forming system formed including the same - A control unit of an image forming apparatus executes a program including the steps of: calculating a hash value based on image data received from an image processing terminal; if the same image has already been printed by a user of the same group, giving a notice to that effect to the user who requested printing; if request to continue printing is nevertheless issued, printing the image data; updating hash log information of itself if the same image has not been printed; and establishing synchronization of hash log information with other image forming apparatus or apparatuses. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100253972 | PRINTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PARALLEL PROCESSING OF DATA - A computer-implemented printing device for converting a drawing command acquired from a computer into an intermediate language by parallel processing. The printing device includes: an intermediate language code generation unit that acquires a drawing command and printing data written in a page description language and converts it into an intermediate language code; an intermediate language processing unit that processes the intermediate language code generated by the intermediate language code generation unit to generate raster data; and a printing mechanism that performs printing processing based on the raster data generated by the intermediate language processing unit. A computer-implemented control device, control method, and program product is provided for executing the functions performed by the units of the printing device. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100253973 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A VENDING PROMOTIONAL PRINTER - A method and apparatus for a vending promotional printer for use within a vending machine are disclosed. A vending promotional printer includes a coupon database describing a stack of coupons that are specified using a template based couponing printer language. A coupon is selected for creation and issued to the customer based on a matrix of event-based triggers involving factors or parameters known to the vending promotional printer directly or supplied by master promotional controller. Triggers may include the time of day, the date or amount of a cash-out voucher to be issued to a customer, the duration of play on a vending machine, a customer classification, the amount of money or credits added to a game, or a random frequency of coupon issuance having satisfied any or all of the aforementioned factors. The vending promotional printer may further include the ability to store all of the coupons, trigger conditions, and related information resident in the vending promotional printer in a non-volatile fashion thus enabling a host system to download a promotional environment into the vending promotional printer which will run promotional campaigns on behalf of the hosting system. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100253974 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF DELETING PRINTING DATA - In a printing apparatus on a DHCP network, printing data accumulated in the printing apparatus is deleted without troubling a user and shortage of storage capacity is prevented. The printing apparatus is connected through a network to a DHCP server apparatus that stores IP address assignment information including an IP address of each DHCP client. The printing apparatus includes a printing data storage portion that accumulates printing data transmitted from each DHCP client along with the IP address of each DHCP client, and a CPU that determines whether or not each DHCP client is invalid based on IP address lease information stored in the DHCP server and deletes the printing data of the DHCP client which is determined to be invalid from the printing data storage portion. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100253975 | PRINT SERVER AND DATA MANAGING METHOD IN PRINT SERVER - A print server includes a first input unit receiving print data from user terminals, a distribution unit distributing the print data to individual users, a storage unit storing the print data distributed to the individual users in folders of the individual users, a second input unit receiving an access request, header information of which includes apparatus information indicating an apparatus as an access source and an authenticated user name indicating an authenticated user, a user specifying unit specifying a user on the basis of the authenticated user name included in the header information received, and an output unit outputting information, which indicates the print data stored in the folder of the user specified by the user specifying unit, to the apparatus indicated by the apparatus information if the folder of the user exists in the storage unit. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100253976 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF SETTING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus connected to another image processing apparatus via a network is provided. The image processing apparatus includes: a setting information storing unit that stores setting information; a request receiving unit that receives a request relating to setting content of the another image processing apparatus; and a setting unit that executes a setting process of performing setting on the another image processing apparatus on the basis of the setting information stored by the setting information storing unit, in response to the request received by the request receiving unit. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100253977 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus which is capable of improving security of a printout by preventing a user from forgetting to take out the printout, and improving the efficiency of the whole system and user operability. A network section receives a job and a user ID for identifying a user from an external apparatus, and receives a user ID for identifying a user who is to exit from a specific area. It is confirmed whether or not the received user IDs match each other, and if it is confirmed that the received user IDs match each other, it is further checked whether or not the job of the user has been executed. If it is checked that the job of the user has not been executed, an attribute of the job is changed. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100253978 | FACSIMILE DELIVERY THROUGH INTERACTION WITH PRINTED DOCUMENT - A method of delivering a facsimile is provided. The method starts by printing, by a printer, a document on a substrate. The document has printed thereon visible user information and invisible coded tags. Each tag encodes an identity of the document and a location of the tag on the substrate. A sensing device senses the printed coded tags when the sensing device is moved relative to the document by a user so as to compose a message. The message is electronically captured by the sensing device using the identity of the document and a sequence of the respective locations of tags sensed by the sensing device. The message is then transmitted to a recipient address for facsimile delivery. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100253979 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND PROGRAM - Job management information is analyzed to extract post printing process information on a post printing process from the job management information on the basis of the analysis result. A stylesheet corresponding to the extracted post printing process information is selected from a stylesheet storing unit which stores a stylesheet functioning as layout data for laying out and outputting post printing process information in accordance with the output form of an output destination. Work order form data of the corresponding post printing process is generated on the basis of the selected stylesheet and post printing process information. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100259779 | WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT BRIDGING VIRTUAL AND TRANSIENT-PAPER DOCUMENTS - A transient document management system can include a transient document identifier placement module for placing a transient document identifier on a transient physical document, a transient document information retrieval module for extracting information from the transient physical document, and a transient document processing module for performing data processing based on the information extracted from the transient physical document. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100259780 | PERMANENCE ESTIMATION AND POLICY ENFORCEMENT FOR TRANSIENT PRINTING - A computer-implemented method can include receiving a transient printing policy and enforcing the transient printing policy. Enforcement of the transient printing policy can include receiving a request to print a document and, based on the transient printing policy, providing a printing recommendation for the document. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100259781 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE RENDERING OF ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS ON THE GO - The subject application is directed to a system and method for remote rendering of electronic documents. Electronic documents are stored in a data storage of a networked workstation, and a mobile document rendering selection is received. Electronic document output data is communicated to the first of a plurality of rendering devices networked with the workstation, via a driver associated with a processing application on the workstation in accordance with the mobile selection, in conjunction with identification data corresponding to the document output data source. A raster image processor generates bitmapped image data of the output data from the print driver based on the mobile rendering selection and associated identification data. Bitmapped image and identification data is communicated to at least a second device for storage associated memory. Login data is received at the second device and compared with stored identification data. Tangible document output is generated via the second device of bitmapped image data based on the comparison. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100259782 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR THE SAME - A communication system including a communication device and information display devices connected with the communication device. The communication device includes a status storage unit storing status information representing a status of the communication device, a status transmitter that in response to a status request from each information display device, transmits the stored status information to the information display devices, and an error settlement starting information receiver receiving, from one of the information display devices, error settlement stating information representing that error settlement is being started to fix an error of the communication device. Each information display device includes a display unit displaying an operable image when received status information includes an error status representing the error of the communication device, and an error settlement starting information transmitter that in response to the operable image being operated, transmit the error settlement starting information to the communication device. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100259783 | PRINTING SYSTEM, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR THE DATA PROCESSING METHOD - A printing system stores image data obtained by scanning a document with scanning setting information set up at the time of the scan of the document, generates print settings for printing the stored image data by changing the default printing setting information set up for every user stored in the user information storing unit with the stored scanning setting information and transmits stored information for specifying the image data and the generated print settings to a browser device | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100259784 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND POWER CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image forming apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes: an image-formation processing unit configured to perform processing for forming an image; a power control unit configured to control power supply to the image-formation processing unit to make it possible to switch an image formable state for supplying power to enable the image-formation processing unit to immediately perform the processing for image formation and an electricity saving state for reducing the power supply and performing electricity saving; and a power key configured to be once activated to thereby control the power control unit to transition the image forming apparatus from the image formable state to the electricity saving state and activated again to thereby control the power control unit to return the image forming apparatus from the electricity saving state to the image formable state. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100259785 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus for causing a printing apparatus to output content data included in a received print job as an output product according to information carried in a job ticket included in the print job includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire, out of a plurality of processing orders executable by the printing apparatus, information relating to a processing order that is executable by the printing apparatus when the print job is output as the output product, based on the information carried in the job ticket, a determination unit configured to determine the processing order to be executed by the printing apparatus when the print job is output, based on the information acquired by the acquisition unit, and a generation unit configured to generate a job ticket for the printing apparatus to execute the processing order determined by the determination unit. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100259786 | COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING PRINTER DRIVER RECORDED THEREON, COPYING MACHINE, AND MULTI-FUNCTION PERIPHERAL - A computer-readable recording medium having a printer driver recorded thereon, the printer driver causing a computer to operate as a computer including: a setting reception unit that displays a first user interface and receives settings of print settings; and a print data generation unit that generates print data according to the set print settings, wherein, when settings of a plurality of print copies are received via the first user interface, the setting reception unit displays a second user interface and receives settings for dividing the number of print copies into groups per an arbitrary number of copies, wherein, when an instruction for settings print settings to one of the groups is received via the second user interface, the setting reception unit displays a third user interface and receives settings of the print settings of the corresponding group. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100259787 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A client is used in an environment in which a printing method for causing a device to print printing data via a print server coexists with a printing method for transmitting print data to the device without the intervention of the print server for printout. If it is determined that a printer driver to be set up on the local printer is a newer version than that of a printer driver for a network printer and is shared therewith, a printer driver to be set up on the local printer is set up, and setting processing regarding a printer driver on the print server so as to cause the network printer to operate normally is performed. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100259788 | GATEWAY - A gateway converts a signal between a transmitting terminal capable of transmitting printable print contents in accordance with a FAX protocol and a receiving terminal capable of receiving the print contents in accordance with an HTTP protocol and printing the print contents. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100259789 | MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD - A management apparatus which manages a printing apparatus calculate the number of confirmation sheets printed out for confirmation printing from the number of sheets to be printed which is based on a print request and an actual performance number of sheets printed out based on history information of a job corresponding to the print request from the printing apparatus, and analyzes an abnormality of the printing apparatus when it is analyzed that a job whose number of printed confirmation sheets exceeds a predetermined reference value frequently occur. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100259790 | Postal Printer Driver System and Method - There is disclosed a printer control system and method for abstracting the data flow to a printer, or other device, and for using the abstracted information for controlling additional processes with respect to the printer. In one embodiment, the abstracted information is used to print envelope information, such as addressee and/or a postage indicia. The postage indicia can be either generated from the abstracted data or the indicia itself can be abstracted from the data stream. In another embodiment, the process to be controlled is as downline process, such as a folding operation or the printing of information related to the original printed document. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100265533 | IMAGE TRANSMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF TRANSMITTING IMAGE - An image transmitting device for transmitting an image from an image source device to an image output device includes a second connecting interface, an image receiver, a first memory, a wireless transmitter, a processor, and a switch. The image source device includes a first connecting interface, and the image output device includes a wireless receiver. The second connecting interface is connected to the first connecting interface by a cable. The image receiver is used for receiving the image from the image source device. The first memory is used for storing the image received by the image receiver. The wireless transmitter is used for communicating with the wireless receiver and for transmitting the image from the first memory to the image output device. The switch is used for switching on or off the second connecting interface and for driving the processor to switch on or off the image receiver. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100265534 | VISUALIZER AND JOB CONTROL DIRECTOR FOR PRINTING SYSTEMS - A system is utilized to view and configure one or more print job scenarios within a print system. A preference module allows a user to select one or more preferences related to a print job in view of a job set and one or more limitations related to hardware within the print system. A rules component creates one or more rules for use within the print system to output a hard copy based at least in part upon the preferences selected via the preference module. A scheduler receives one or more rules from the rules component and configures the print system to execute the print job according to the preferences and/or the rules. A visualizer displays a scenario associated with each print system configuration, wherein the preferences and the rules can be edited to create one or more scenarios for execution of the print job. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100265535 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING GREETING CARDS DISTRIBUTED WITH ELECTRONIC COMMERCE TRANSACTIONS AS PICK TICKETS - A method, system and apparatus enables on-line selection and personalization of greeting cards over a computer network. The printed personalized greeting card can be shipped alone, or in conjunction other items as a single entity, and serves as any of: 1) a direct source of information for generating a shipping label or an intermediate document used for matching/picking multiple items, 2) as a reference to a file containing data defining the shipping label or packing list used for matching/picking multiple items, 3) as the source of information for generating any of a gift card, gift certificate or addressed envelope that is matched/packaged with the card, 4) as a reference to a data file containing information for enabling generation of a gift card or gift certificate that is matched/packaged with the card, and/or 5) as the actual medium on which the recipient/shipping address is printed. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100265536 | Image processing method and image processing device - An image processing method for managing output jobs that are output to a plurality of logical devices includes: a storing step for storing the output job in a storing part for each plurality of logical devices; an output job managing step for managing the output job stored in the storing part; a grouped information selecting step for selecting grouped information for grouping the output job; and a display control step for displaying the output job stored in the storing part in a grouped manner based on the grouped information. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100265537 | PERIPHERAL COMPONENT INTERCONNECT EXPRESS (PCI-E) SIGNAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A PCI-E signal transmission apparatus and an image forming apparatus using the same are provided. The PCI-E signal transmission apparatus includes a controller board, and at least one unit board which is connected to the controller board through a differential signal transmission cable, which uses a PCI-E protocol, to transceive data. Therefore, it is possible to transmit a signal using an inexpensive cable at a high speed. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100265538 | COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR STATUS INDICATION AND A COMPUTER TO DISPLAY THE STATUS - A computer readable storage medium storing computer readable instructions to control a computer connected with a communication device is provided. The computer readable instructions control the computer to execute steps of storing correspondence information, which defines correspondence between types of a plurality of functions in the communication device and contents of status information indicating possible conditions of the communication device, detecting a type of a function activated in the communication device amongst the plurality of functions, receiving status information transmitted from the communication device, extracting content of the status information corresponding to the detected type of the function with reference to the stored correspondence information, rearranging a display order to have the extracted content of the status information in a higher position within the contents of the received status information, and displaying the received contents of the status information in the rearranged order in a display unit. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100265539 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing apparatus and print control apparatus exchange and acquire unique apparatus information. The print control apparatus determines whether it can process data received from an information processing apparatus. When the print control apparatus determines that it cannot process the data, it transfers the data to the printing apparatus based on the acquired apparatus information, and notifies the information processing apparatus that the print control apparatus has not processed the data. The printing apparatus determines whether it can process data received from the information processing apparatus. When the printing apparatus determines that it cannot process the data, it transfers the data to the print control apparatus based on the acquired apparatus information, and notifies the information processing apparatus that the printing apparatus has not processed the data. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100265540 | PRINTING SYSTEM, SCREEN GENERATION METHOD OF USER INTERFACE OF PRINTER DRIVER EXECUTED IN PRINTING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus and print control apparatus acquire apparatus information required to specify each other's apparatuses by exchanging them. An information processing apparatus determines with reference to a database which stores data to be set in a printer driver and information indicating acquisition source of the data in association with each other whether data to be set in the printer driver is acquired from the printing apparatus or print control apparatus. The information processing apparatus acquires data from the determined printing apparatus or print control apparatus and causes the acquired data to be reflected in the settings of the printer driver. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100265541 | Output Instruction Apparatus and Output Instruction Program - A computer readable recording medium storing an output instruction program for giving output instructions to multiple types of devices, wherein the output instruction program causes a computer to function as a control section which: displays an output setting screen divided into a common setting area for setting a common items common to the multiple types of devices, and an individual setting area for each device type for setting individual items set for each device type, when the output setting screen for setting an output conditions for the multiple types of devices is displayed on the display section; and, generates the output setting information which applies the output conditions set in the common setting area to all the device types, and applies the output conditions set in the individual setting area of each device type to the each device type. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100265542 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The invention provides an image processing device capable of restarting a print job in process without involving a user when a network interruption in the course of receiving the print job is reconnected. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100265543 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME AND PROGRAM OF THE SAME - An image forming apparatus comprises a reception unit configured to receive the print job from the external apparatus, a unit configured to spool the received print job, a development unit configured to develop the spooled print job to a printable data, a unit configured to detect network disruption in the network, and a control unit configured to, in a case of detecting the network disruption in the middle of spooling and developing the received print job, stop the development of the print job for a stop state and set a subsequent print job which is not in the stop state as an object of the development. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100265544 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DOCUMENT PROCESSING METHOD AND PRINTER DRIVER - When a user activates a printer driver recorded in a memory of an information processing apparatus, a setting screen to configure operation setting for the printer driver's matching image forming apparatus is displayed on a display of the information processing apparatus, and in the setting screen, an instruction portion to give an instruction to show the documents stored in a memory area of the image forming apparatus is shown. And when the user gives an instruction by using the instruction portion, a request to show the documents is transmitted to the image forming apparatus. Receiving the request, the image forming apparatus returns to the information processing apparatus, reference information to select a document among those stored in the memory area. And then, a selection screen to select a document among those stored therein is displayed on the display, based on the reference information received from the image forming apparatus. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100265545 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR - The objective of the present invention is to provide an image processing apparatus that can perform selective processing for a plurality of images stored in a multi-image file. To achieve this objective, the image processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a designation unit for designating an image file; a determination unit for determining whether the file designated by the designation unit is a multi-image file; an image information analyzing unit for analyzing image information, stored in the image file designated by the designation unit, when the designated image file is determined to be a multi-image file; a switching unit for switching between user selection and automatic selection of a multi-image file image to be output target; an image information notification unit; an output range designation unit; an output form designation unit; and an output unit. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100265546 | PRINT CONTROL PROGRAM, PRINT CONTROL METHOD, AND PRINTING SYSTEM - If, in the printing window displayed on the display according to the printer driver, the information processor is instructed to start printing, the control unit activates a program, displaying the main setting window at the front of the display. The main setting window shows images of resource saving buttons and a start decision button. Each of the resource saving buttons enables a user to select a printing function that can contribute to a resource saving more effectively than the already selected printing function or functions. The start decision button enables the user to decisively instruct the information processor to start the printing. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100271654 | System and method for providing a peripheral control interface for extending media device functions - There is provided a system and method for extending media device functions using a peripheral control interface. There is provided a media device for controlling a peripheral device where the media device provides a plurality of native functions. The media device comprises a network interface and a processor configured to establish a connection with a network using the network interface, execute a media application to discover a route to a server through the connection, obtain via the route a peripheral control interface for providing a mediation service associated with the peripheral device, and send a command to the server using the route for controlling the peripheral device using the peripheral control interface, which causes the peripheral device to execute a function outside of the plurality of native functions provided by the media device. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100271655 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REPLENISHING CONSUMABLES IN A PRINTING CONFIGURATION BASED ON CONFIDENCE INTERVALS - A system and method for replenishing consumables in a printing system having a plurality of multi-function devices (MFDs), including receiving information related to the plurality of MFDs; enabling at least one of the plurality of MFDs to automatically generate and transmit a notification to a storage station based on at least a portion of the information; selectively tracking one or more parameters within the information received from the plurality of MFDs; comparing the one or more parameters with one or more preset parameters stored in the storage station; and determining a confidence level interval for each of the consumables of the at least one of the plurality of MFDs that generated and transmitted the notification; wherein the consumables are automatically replenished if the confidence level interval is greater than or equal to a pre-established confidence level for at least one of the plurality of MFDs. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100271656 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING PRINT DELAYS FOR PRINT JOBS - Systems and methods for reducing delays in printing print jobs use a RIP or a digital front end generally, to maintain an inventory of pre-ripped ready to print work that can be sent to the print engine to prevent an engine shutdown due to the RIPs inability to keep up with the engine. The systems and methods for reducing delays in printing print jobs can track performance in real time and automatically switch to printing jobs from post-RIP content archive if it is determined that the print engine is at risk of outpacing the RIP or DFE such that printing will be interrupted at the print engine. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100271657 | PRE-CONCATENATION EXECUTION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED PREPRESS PROCESS NODES - A system and method for configuring a pre-concatenation execution mode for an automated prepress process node. A set of prepress operations can be defined and a multi-part job moved from one prepress operation to next in a determined workflow execution path in response to receiving the multi-part job. Each individual part associated with the multi-part job can be processed as a single entity at each prepress operation. A concatenation node associated with the workflow execution path concatenates the individual processed job parts associated with the multi-part job into a single PDL entity. Such a single coherent approach to process the multi-part jobs before concatenation into the single PDL provides greater and easier flexibility in programming customization options. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100271658 | PRINT CONTROL DEVICE, PRINT CONTROL SYSTEM, AND PRINT CONTROL METHOD - A print control device includes a receiving unit that receives print instruction data including item data specifying information for specifying item data to be used from the item data included in a record, and allocation information for allocating a template including plural fields and the item data to be applied to the plural fields of the template; an item data obtaining unit that sequentially specifies the record from an external database having plural records stored therein, and obtains the item data to be used from the specified record on the basis of the item data specifying information; a print data generating unit that sequentially generates print data by applying the item data obtained based on the allocation information to the plural fields of the template on the basis of the allocation information; and a print data transmitting unit that sequentially transmits the print data to an external print device. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100271659 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In accordance with the acceptance of an output instruction to output a single file containing a plurality of images from a user, at least one of the images contained in the file specified to be output based on the output instruction is output. At that time, control is performed so that at least one image is selected from among images associated with each other of the images contained in the file specified to be output based on the output instruction and the selected image is output. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100271660 | COMPUTER - A computer connectable with a printer includes an application unit that outputs first data, an interface that generates second data based on the first data, and a driver unit. The driver unit includes a generating unit, a determining unit, and a reducing unit. The generating unit generates third data based on the second data. The printer prints an image corresponding to the third data. The determining unit determines whether or not the image corresponding to the third data should be printed by the printer. The reducing unit reduces at least one of a first time period required to generate the second data and a second time period required to generate the third data, if the determining unit determines that the image corresponding to the third data should not be printed by the printer. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100271661 | PRINTER DRIVER, RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND PRINTER DRIVER SETTING METHOD - Update initial set values set by a manager are able to be obtained each time a printer driver is activated and changing of a setting such as changing of printing conditions due to ecology-printing etc., and changing of an option configuration such as a large capacity cassette is reflected promptly and reliably. The printer driver includes an access portion which accesses an MFP storing initial set values of the printer driver in each activation, a set value comparing portion which compares initial set values set to the printer driver and initial set values stored in the MFP, and a set value selecting portion which selects either initial set values of the printer driver or initial set values of the MFP based on a comparison result. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100271662 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - In an image forming apparatus which comprises a hardware resource used for image forming processing and a program for performing processing concerning image formation, a type of reading an original during a plurality of originals which include different types of originals in a mixed manner being read, and printing paper sheets on which images have been formed based on the plurality of originals are grouped. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100271663 | Device information management system - A device information management system has a plurality of managed computers connected with devices. Device information of each device is to be transmitted to a requestor upon request thereby. That is, each of the plurality of managed computers has a data spooler that adds jobs in a data queue. The jobs in the data queue is transmitted to the device one by one. An information requesting system transmits a request command that requests a device to return the device information when the number of jobs in the data queue is equal to or less than a predetermined value. Then, an information receiving system receives the device information returned from the device, which is stored in the storage. The stored device information is transmitted to the requestor in response to inquiry therefrom. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100271664 | NETWORK DEVICE CONNECTING SYSTEM, DATA TRANSMISSION DEVICE, DATA RECEIVING DEVICE, AND PORTABLE TERMINAL - A system including a first device connected to a network, a second device connected to the network, and at least one portable terminal is disclosed. Device information of the first device containing connection information for establishing a connection between the first device and the second device is transmitted from the first device to the portable terminal and later transmitted from the portable terminal to the second device. Therefore, the connection between the first device and the second device is established based on the device information. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100277756 | PRINT AND RELEASE PRINT CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A print and release print control system and method for optimizing network transmission and processing of rendering jobs. A document for rendering can be sent to a print driver and a print server specially programmed for performing a print and release operation. The print server includes a personal profile, a print job profile, and a profile associated with a network of rendering devices. The print server can send a job placeholder cover page to each of the designated rendering devices based on user preferences. The job placeholder cover page can be released from a selected rendering device by entering a secure release code. The print server can then detect the selected rendering device in which the cover page has been rendered and send the document to the selected printer. The print server can then clean up the cover pages sent to other printers if the submitted document is rendered. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100277757 | PARALLEL PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing system comprised of a printer and a plurality of processing nodes wherein each processing node is disposed for processing a job file associated with a print job into a printer dependent format. The system further comprises a replicator component attached to the job file. The job file includes multiple instances of a raster image processing (RIP) wherein each RIP instance proposes to a collector component an RIP image for printing. The collector grants permission to image a page to a RIP proposal observed to the collector and then rejects the same proposals from other RIP components. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100277758 | ORDER SYSTEM FOR PRINTED MATTER, AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING PRODUCTION OF PRINTED MATTER - The invention discloses an order system for printed matter, where printed matter is defined in an article-based database in the order system and an order for the production of the printed matter is using an interface in the order system, and a method for calculating production of printed matter, where first an interface in such an order system is used to give an order for production and where, when the order has been given, parameters for the printed matter are taken as a basis for using a calculation module in a Management Information System controlling networked graphical production to calculate the production and in order to trigger the automated calculation when an order has been given using an article-based order system, it is proposed that production-specific parameters for the printed matter be able to be defined in the order system's database and that, when the order has been given, the order system provide the parameters for calculating production of the printed matter via an interface. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100277759 | IDENTIFYING SENSOR AND PRINT DEVICE - Various apparatus and methods are disclosed relating to an identifying sensor that interprets a first identifier and a printing device that prints a second distinct image based upon the first identifier. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100277760 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - In an image processing apparatus including a plurality of image processing units which perform image processing for image data, packet data containing part of image data and an identifier for identifying an image processing unit is generated. When image processing to be executed by a specific image processing unit identified based on the identifier is switched to another image processing, an image processing unit which has received packet data changes the identifier contained in the packet data, and transfers the packet data containing the changed identifier to another image processing unit. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100277761 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INSTALLATION METHOD OF PRINTER DRIVER, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a print system that is a program for managing a printer driver. The information processing apparatus stores a printer driver module of a general-purpose printer driver constituted by a binary object different from the printer driver in a memory of the apparatus already installed with a printer driver. The apparatus searches registration information of a printer already registered in the print system, and determines whether printer-related information registered in the print system can be used in relation to the searched registration information. The apparatus uses information of a printer queue included in the registration information of the already registered printer and the printer-related information to register a printer that uses the general-purpose printer driver in the print system if it is determined that the printer-related information can be used. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100277762 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus comprises: an operation part having a display area and operable to receive an input from a user; a first display part operable to display, in a part of the display area, (i) a first image to be visible only from a range of a first viewing angle and (ii) a second image to be visible only from a range of a second viewing angle that does not overlap with the range of the first viewing angle; an audio output part operable to output an audio explaining the first image; and a second display part operable, while the audio explaining the first image is being output, to display, in a remaining part of the display area, a notification indicating that the audio explaining the first image does not correspond to the second image, such that the notification is visible from the range of the second viewing angle. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100277763 | INFORMATION EQUIPMENT APPARATUS - An information equipment apparatus provided with: an operation section; a communication section which carries out communication with a terminal apparatus storing identification data of an operator related to an operation in the operation section, by using a human body of the operator as a communication path; and a control section which, in coordination with a detection of the operation in the operation section, executes an identification of the operator based on the identification data by carrying out communication with the terminal apparatus via the communication section, and according to a result of the identification, controls a control operation corresponding to the operation in the operation section. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100277764 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus that is capable of accessing a removable storage medium and automatically starting an operation of calibration thereof without waiting for a user to input a job, on an as-needed basis, when a storage medium is mounted therein. A printer engine performs an image forming operation according to data read from the medium, and a controller executes calibration of the printer engine. The controller detects whether or not the medium is inserted, and determines attributes of data stored in the medium. Based on a result of determination, the controller causes the calibration to be selectively started. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100277765 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - The present invention realizes a network printing system capable of accumulating and chasing printed data. Further, by providing a job chasing function on the printer driver side, detailed setting can be done to extract history information of the job chasing function. The detailed setting to extract history information to chase a job can be done only by a specific administrator or user so that the job can be reliably chased, whereas the administrator or user can obtain desired history information. Accordingly, a precise jog chasing system can be established. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100277766 | PRINT APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND PRINT SYSTEM - This invention saves a sensed image in a printer in an environment in which a digital camera can directly communicate with a printer, and a sensed image can be directly printed. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100284033 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR ENABLING SIGNINGS AND DEDICATIONS ON A REMOTE BASIS - A system, method and computer program for enabling signings/dedications on a remote basis is provided. A first computer at a first location is associated with an individual from whom a signature or dedication is required. A second computer at a location where the signing or dedication is required is linked to the first computer so as to provide a two-way audiovisual communication system. The second computer is operate e to receive input from one or more individuals regarding their request for a signature and/or dedication, and to communicate the request to the first computer. The first computer is operable to permit the individual associated with the first computer to review the request, and based on such request provide a signature and/or personalized dedication as an input to an input device connected to the first computer. The first computer transmits the signature and/or personalized dedication from the first computer to the second computer. The second computer is >@5r0+5 to receiving the signature and/or personalized dedication, and provide the signature and/or personalized dedication to a plotting apparatus device connected to the second computer. The plotting apparatus device is >@5r0+5 to apply the signature and/or personalized dedication introduced to the plotting apparatus device to an article, substantially in the handwriting of the individual associated with the first computer, based on the operation of the plotting apparatus device. A computer program for enabling the functions described is also provided. A related method is also disclosed. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100284034 | TOY MAILBOX - A toy mailbox for children includes a storage unit and a media processing mechanism. The storage unit includes a door member for closeably opening the storage unit and an ejection slot configured on a portion of the storage unit. The media processing mechanism is coupled to the storage unit, such that the media processing mechanism is capable of dispensing a media sheet having data content printed thereon, into the storage unit through the ejection slot. Opening the storage unit enables children to access the media sheet from within the storage unit. The media processing mechanism is also capable of printing the data content on the media sheet prior to dispensing the media sheet into the storage unit. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100284035 | METHOD OF STORING PRINT DATA, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM TO PERFORM THE METHOD - A method of storing print data, the method including selecting storage of the print data, receiving user identification information corresponding to the print data, certifying the user identification information by using user identification information that is stored in the image forming apparatus in advance, determining whether at least one document box corresponding to the user identification information exists in the image forming apparatus, and storing the print data in the at least one document box. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100284036 | METHOD OF PROVIDING E-BOOK SERVICE AND SYSTEM THEREOF - A method of and a system for providing an e-book service are disclosed. More specifically, the method of providing an e-book service performed by an e-book server is provided by obtaining a printed document image generated according to a print command of a user for a virtual printer of a first user terminal, registering an e-book corresponding to the printed document image in an e-book database, obtaining a request for reading the e-book registered in the e-book database from a second user terminal, and responding to the request for reading the e-book by sending information on the e-book to the second user terminal. Accordingly, by using the virtual printer installed in the user terminal, a more efficient e-book service can be provided. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100284037 | IMAGE TRANSMISSION APPARATUS - An image transmission apparatus includes an image input unit, an identification data input unit, a receiving unit, a transmission unit, a transmission permitting unit, and a transmission control unit. The image input unit allows image data to be input therefrom. The identification data input unit allows identification data to be input thereto for permission to transmit the image data input. The receiving unit receives transmission information relating to an image transmission request transmitted from an image transmission requester. The transmission unit transmits the image data input. The transmission permitting unit determines whether or not to permit the transmission of the image data based on the identification data input and the transmission information received. The transmission control unit allows the image data input to be transmitted through the transmission unit where the transmission permitting unit determines to permit the transmission of the image data. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100284038 | DATA COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An apparatus includes a connection unit configured to connect to a network, a switching unit configured to switch a communication speed when data communication is performed via the connection unit, and a limitation unit configured to limit switching of the communication speed to set a fixed communication speed when a connection form of the network is a specific connection form. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100284039 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION MANAGING METHOD AND PROGRAM - In a copying apparatus, a storage capacity of an HDD which is used in a unique file system can be changed. In a partition area for image data formatted by a general-purpose file system, an area for a virtual unique high speed file system is provided and a reservation file having a data structure which can be used by the unique file system is constructed. A unique high speed file system accesses such an area, thereby enabling functions of the unique high speed file system to be virtually used and enabling information management of the image data to be made. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100290078 | Parallelization In Printing - Disclosed are various embodiments of various systems that facilitate the printing of documents. In one representative example, one arrangement includes a plurality of raster image processors, a plurality of frame brokers, and a first digital switch facilitating communication between the raster image processors and frame brokers. The arrangement also includes a plurality of printers and a second digital switch facilitating communication between the frame brokers and the printers. A central control system orchestrates a progression of frames of a plurality of documents through the raster image processors and the frame brokers to the printers. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100290079 | CAPACITY PLANNING INCORPORATING JOB SIZE DISTRIBUTION - Methods and systems for determining print capacity are disclosed. A maximum job speed for a document processing device and information pertaining to a plurality of jobs performed by the document processing device may be received. The information may include a job speed and a job size for each job. Sets of first and second jobs may be identified from the plurality of jobs. Each first job may have a job speed greater than a percentage of the maximum job speed. Each second job may have a job speed less than the percentage of the maximum job speed. A job size threshold may be determined based on the job sizes for the first and second jobs. In response to such determination, a linear function based on the one or more second jobs may be obtained. The linear function may be a function of job speed based on job size. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100290080 | RESOURCE PARTITIONING IN A PRINT SYSTEM - A printing system is provided comprising a plurality of resources including idle and non-idle resources having a plurality of image marking engines and a user interface for inputting user determinable priority criteria for a first print job. All of the non-idle resources are assigned to the first print job when the first print job is the only print job; and, a resource fraction of the non-idle resources is assigned to the first print job when there is at least a second print job. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100290081 | SYSTEM OPERATING UNDER WEB ENVIRONMENT AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - In a system operating under a Web environment in which a service providing server controls the provision of services with operating a Web server and a client apparatus provides service with operating a Web browser are connected via a network. The service providing server stores the history of a job with a reference destination address, and determines the status when a job status has changed, determines differing reference destination addresses to be included in the history based on the determined status, creates a file to be used to distribute updated information including the reference destination address from the history, and transmits the file to the Web browser. This arrangement enables the system providing a service in a browser-based environment and on the WWW platform to operate under a Web environment where it is possible to notify a user of an error independently of the status of a job. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100290082 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PRINT CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT - A printer includes a first receiving unit that receives a print job containing a printing requirement, where the printing requirement is set as either an indispensable requirement that is indispensable for executing the print job or a desired requirement that is desirable for executing the print job; a second receiving unit that receives, from each of external image forming apparatuses connected to the image forming apparatus via a network, a printability level indicating whether the external image forming apparatus has a printing function satisfying the indispensable requirement or a printing function satisfying the desired requirement; a selecting unit that selects an image forming apparatus that executes the print job from the external image forming apparatuses by checking the printability level; and a print-operation control unit that sends the print job to the selected image forming apparatus and causes the selected image forming apparatus to execute the print job. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100290083 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a specifying unit configured to specify whether to perform printing as a print control method associated with an identifier of a page according to an instruction received via a specification screen provided by a printer driver, a determination unit configured to determine a page to be printed based on an identifier of a page of document data received from an application and the print control method specified by the specifying unit, and a generation unit configured to generate print data used for printing the page determined by the determination unit. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100290084 | HANDHELD FIELD MAINTENANCE TOOL WITH IMPROVED FUNCTIONALITY - A handheld field maintenance tool with improved functionality is provided. The handheld field maintenance tool includes a keypad, a display, a short-range wireless transceiver and a processor. The processor is coupled to the keypad, the display and the short-range wireless transceiver. The processor is also coupled to memory having a plurality of instructions stored therein, which instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform at least one of remote wireless display; remote wireless keypress injection; and wireless printing. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100290085 | Information processing apparatus processing function-related information and image forming apparatus including the information processing apparatus or a communication apparatus communicable with the information processing apparatus - A CPU of an MFP executes a program including: a step of receiving information collecting combinations of functions set by a user using an MFP connected to a network from a server computer and storing the information in a function combination management table; a step of reading the function combination management table when a function selected in an MFP is established; a step of displaying three functions of higher priority that are combined with high frequency with the established function, as recommendations; and a step of transmitting, when a job is completed, the combination of selected functions to the server computer, as a job ending process. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100290086 | Network System, Terminal and Recording Medium - A network system includes printers as terminals interconnected via a network. Each of the printers can obtain information on the others, and transmit the obtained information together with information on itself to a browser computer as a controller. Therefore, by obtaining the information only from one of the printers, the computer can obtain together with it the information on the others. In this system, it is possible to obtain the information on the printers efficiently without using a server computer. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100290087 | FAX ACCOUNTS - A fax account is described and creates an association between users and documents that are faxed. A fax account allows a user to secure their faxed documents and organize and streamline fax communication via different transports. In at least some embodiments, security is enhanced through the use of an authentication model that authenticates individual users before giving them access to the fax functionality or, more accurately, their fax account. In at least some embodiments, fax accounts also provide users with an infrastructure through which they can manage their documents. In addition, in at least some embodiments, fax accounts can be used to manage and direct received faxes to the intended recipient, thus reducing the possibility of an unintended recipient gaining access to the fax. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100296117 | SCALING IMAGES USING MATCHED COMPONENTS IN A DUAL ENGINE SYSTEM - A method for making adjustable magnified images in a plurality of physically coupled print engines by selecting matched printer components for certain critical components within the coupled print engines in order to minimize the differences in a printed image size in the physically coupled print engines. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100296118 | IMAGE DATA PROCESSOR AND IMAGE DATA PROCESSING PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - It is judged whether or not impositioning is applied to an image, based on layout information. If the image is the imposed one, layout information (storage layout information) for each page constituting one impositioning and output joint information for impositioning based on the storage layout information are generated. A page raster for each page constituting an imposed image is saved without duplication. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100296119 | MODULAR TRANSACTION PRINTER - A modular transaction printer for generating financial transaction records such as gaming vouchers and coupons. The printer uses expansion modules which are self-contained devices to allow for modular expansion and open system architecture of the printer where an expansion module can be plugged into a port of the printer for easy in-field upgradeability, to expand the printer's main controller functionality, and to share the printer resources. Each module snaps in, is hot swappable, and prepackaged to perform certain functions such as promotional printing. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100296120 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - The present invention provides an information processing apparatus that acquires image data from an image supply apparatus, and that transfers the acquired image data to an application, including: a selection unit configured to select a transfer mode when transferring the image data to the application; a first transfer control unit configured to transfer the image data to the application according to a TWAIN standard; a second transfer control unit configured to transfer an image file created based on the image data while maintaining a compression format or a non-compression format, to the application; and a transfer control unit configured to control the transfer using at least one of the first transfer control unit and the second transfer control unit based on the transfer mode selected by the selection unit. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100296121 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENABLING AND IMPLEMENTING REAL-TIME FACSIMILE OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL - Systems and methods are provided for real-time communication (e.g., fax, voice, video) via an IP Network even if a firewall or other restriction element is present or encountered. The real-time nature of the communication is ensured by preestablishing a communication session between a transfer client and a transfer server, between which the firewall or other restriction element is located. Following the preestablishment of the communication session, transmission control messages are exchanged between the transfer server and the transfer client via the preestablished communication session. The preestablished communication session prevents the firewall or other restriction element from blocking or delaying traffic (e.g., fax, voice, video traffic). The preestablished communication session establishes a full duplex communication link without restriction of or by the firewall or other communication restriction element. Accordingly, the firewall or restriction element considers traffic originating from outside of the portion of the IP network where the firewall is located to be in response to a request from the inside the IP Network. Thus, the firewall or restriction element will not act to block or delay the traffic from entry. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100296122 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - To provide a system capable of preventing unintended update of default values of print settings and capable of improving the usability in image forming processing, an information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a CPU that accepts a display instruction from a user to display an interface of a printer driver and does not permit the user to update the default values in a case where the accepted display instruction is a first display instruction for updating the default values relating to the print settings of the printer driver and the update of the default values is not permitted. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100296123 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CONVENIENT FOR USER WHEN EXECUTABLE JOB IS RESTRICTED DUE TO MAINTENANCE OPERATION, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND RECODING MEDIUM RECORDING CONTROL PROGRAM OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - It is determined whether the service mode is turned off. When it is determined that the service mode is turned off, the remote access job history is checked. A CPU then determines whether there is an unexecuted job. When determining that there is an unexecuted job, the CPU inquires of the PC providing an instruction to execute the job whether to re-execute the job. The CPU then determines whether an instruction to re-execute the unexecuted job has been accepted. When determining that an instruction to re-execute the unexecuted job has been accepted, the CPU re-executes the unexecuted job. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100296124 | METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND PRINTING SYSTEM FOR TRAPPING OF PRINT DATA - In a method for trapping of print data with a plurality of objects, transferring the print data together with first trapping instructions and/or parameters in a print data stream for execution of the trapping in a computer or a printing device. With the print data stream referencing resource data that can be repeatedly retrieved and which contain second trapping instructions and/or parameters specific to the printing device. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100296125 | CONTROL OF A COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - A method of controlling a communications device is disclosed. A printer prints on a surface visual information relating to at least one operation of the communications device and coded data portions. Each coded data portion encodes a region identifier which uniquely identifies a region on the surface, and a portion identifier which uniquely identifies the coded data portion. A sensing device placed in an operative position relative to the coded data portions, generate indicating data regarding the region identifier and the portion identifier. A computer system receives the indicating data and determines an operation associated with the region identifier and the portion identifier. Finally, the computer system sends one or more commands to the communications device, thereby effecting the at least one operation. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100296126 | PRINTER AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An input unit inputs RAW data. An image generating unit generates an image from the RAW data using a demosaicking processing. A print unit that prints the image. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100302575 | Method and apparatus for distributing a locked print job - A method, apparatus, and system for outputting a locked print job by a printing device connected to a client terminal over a network. The method includes receiving a request to distribute the locked print job to one or more users. The locked print job is generated in response to the request, and the locked print job and information identifying the one or more users is transmitted to the printing device over the network. The printing device receives the locked print job and the information identifying the one or more users transmitted by the client terminal, and stores the locked print job, the information identifying the one or more users, and authentication information. The authentication information is transmitted to the one or more users. The printing device outputs the locked print job, when the authentication information is entered into the printing device. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302576 | Cache Optimization Mechanism - A method is disclosed. The method includes identifying a received object to be cached, calculating a time to rasterize the object, determining if the rasterize time is greater than a time to reuse a rasterized image of the object, caching the object if the reuse time is greater than the rasterize time and caching the rasterized image of the object if the rasterize time is greater than the reuse time. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302577 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATED CELL DESIGN IN A PRINT PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT - A system for designing cells in a document production environment may include a computing device and a computer-readable medium in communication with the computing device, where the computer-readable medium comprises one or more programming instructions for identifying a plurality of print jobs, comprising one or more functions, where the print jobs are associated with the document production environment, generating a representation for each unique print job and creating one or more workflows. The computer-readable storage medium may also include one or more programming instructions for assigning the workflow to one of a plurality of cells, where each cell may include one or more devices, determining whether one or more of the cells is complex, and splitting at least one workflow within a complex cell. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302578 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF REMOTE MACHINE SERVICING - A service system for servicing a printing system includes a processor, a printing device, and a computer-readable storage medium in communication with the processor. The computer-readable storage medium may include one or more programming instructions for receiving a request to service the printing device, determining a number of carbon credits associated with driving a vehicle from a service center to a location of the printing device, offering a selected number of carbon credits to a customer to incent acceptance of remote repair of the printing device based at least in part on the determining, and causing remote service to be performed relative to the printing device responsive to receiving an acceptance of the offer of the selected number of carbon credits so that the vehicle need not be driven from the service center to the location of the printing device. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302579 | PRINTING AND SCANNING WITH CLOUD STORAGE - Methods and system for printing a print job with cloud storage are disclosed. A web print server is provided for accessing a cloud storage server. The web print server is operable to download a print job from the cloud storage server to the web print server. The web print server downloads the print job based on an identification (of the print job) that is received from a web client remotely over a network. Subsequently, the print web server sends the print job to a printer for the print job to be printed from the printer. In one embodiment, the printer may comprise the web client. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302580 | PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing system includes a host computer and a server computer communicable with the host computer via a network. The host computer includes a first transmitting unit that transmits image data and position data indicating a position of a storage area in a storage unit. The storage area stores supplementary image data. The server computer includes an image acquiring unit, a combining unit, and a second transmitting unit. The image acquiring unit acquires the supplementary image data from the storage area based on the position data. The combining unit combines the image data transmitted from the host computer and the acquired supplementary image data to create composite image data. The second transmitting unit transmits the composite image data to a printer to print an image corresponding to the composite image data. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302581 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a reading section configured to read an original document, a printing section configured to perform duplex printing including printing N sheets on first sides thereof and subsequently printing M sheets on second sides thereof when printing an image of the original document read by the reading section, wherein M is equal to or smaller than N, a determination section configured to calculate a preparation time required to generate print data based on a copy setting which affects the preparation time, and configured to determine the value of N, wherein the determination section determines a smaller value as the value of N, as the preparation time is longer, and a control section configured to control the printing section to perform the duplex printing in accordance with the value of N determined by the determination section. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302582 | Image Forming Apparatus and Image Forming System - An image forming apparatus includes an application management unit that detects a restricted function of which use by a given user is inhibited from among functions within an application. The image forming apparatus further includes a function monitoring unit that registers the restricted function detected by the application management unit, and inhibits the user from executing the restricted function. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302583 | OUTPUT CONTROL APPARATUS, ITS CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLESTORAGE MEDIUM - An output control apparatus which performs output control of data displayed on a display unit includes a detection unit configured to detect an output apparatus located near the display unit, an acquisition unit configured to acquire arrangement position information indicating an arrangement position of the output apparatus, a determination unit configured to determine an output layout of the data according to a relationship between the arrangement position of the output apparatus indicated by the arrangement position information and a display position of the data displayed on the display unit, and a control unit configured to perform control to output the data from the output apparatus with the output layout determined by the determination unit. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302584 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an operation unit for inputting an operation; a job storage unit for storing a job correlating the operation to a sequential operation; a control unit for performing the job; a destination storage unit for storing destination information; and an information searching unit for determining whether the job including an operation of transmission to the destination information is stored in the job storage unit. The control unit is arranged to perform a specific operation when the information searching unit determines that the job including the operation of transmission to the destination information is stored in the job storage unit after the destination information is changed. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302585 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A print control apparatus includes a print job generation unit configured to generate a print job, wherein a final product of the print job comprises a plurality of print parts, wherein the print job generation unit is further configured to cause one or more printers to print the plurality of print parts, and to control said one or more printers to output at least a first one of the plurality of print parts to a first sheet discharge unit and to output at least a second one of the plurality of print parts to a second sheet discharge unit different from the first sheet discharge unit according to a print instruction, a job information sheet creation unit configured to create for each of the print parts, a job information sheet indicating that the print part concerned is related to at least one other print part of the print job and is also configured to cause the or one said printer to print the job information sheet, and a sheet discharge control unit configured to control said one or more printers so that each of the job information sheets is discharged to a sheet discharge unit to which a print part corresponding to the job information sheet is discharged. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302586 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, SERVER APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes: a communicator that is capable of communicating with a support terminal for operation support about the image forming apparatus; a controller that records video data consisting of data exchanged with the support terminal in a memory and further records voice data consisting of a conversation between a user who operates the image forming apparatus and the support staff, also in the memory, with a connection to the video data; and a player that plays the video and voice data recorded therein, according to an instruction given by the user or another user. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302587 | IMAGE PRINTING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PRINTER SELECTION APPARATUS, TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING RECORDED THEREIN PRINTER DRIVER - A certain PC selects an MFP expected to complete a print job the earliest based on the number of print jobs being spooled in each MFP, and outputs the print job to the selected MFP. Despite this, there occurs a problem that it takes longer time to complete the print job than a user thought due to that other PC has output a print job to the selected MFP substantially simultaneously with the certain PC. In view of this problem, according to the present invention, a terminal information management unit included in each MFP manages the default setting number that is the number of PCs that each set the MFP as its default MFP for ordinary use. A PC selects an MFP to which a print job is to be output based on the default setting number collected from each MFP, and outputs the print job to the selected MFP. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302588 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An arrangement which is capable of copying a clear toner image formed by a clear toner. In the image forming apparatus, a scanner section of an MFP reads an original. A CPU of the MFP determines whether or not position information indicative of a position where a clear-toner image formed by a clear toner is formed is contained in an image of the original read by the scanner section. When the CPU determines that the position information indicative of the position where the clear-toner image is formed is contained in the image of the original, the CPU forms the image of the original and the clear-toner image based on the position information. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302589 | Computer program product, information processing apparatus, printer, and system - A set of files making up a plug-in that is to be added to a base printer driver is stored all together in a single plug-in storage file. While no plug-in is added, the plug-in storage file is kept empty. A file making up the printer driver and the plug-in storage file are included as printer driver configuration files, and are described in a file list in a driver information file. When the printer driver is copied to a client computer, the files making up the printer driver and the plug-in storage file are transferred, following the descriptions in the file list. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302590 | SYSTEM FOR RETRIEVING AND PRINTING NETWORK DOCUMENTS - A method for providing print-by-reference functionality includes providing a web page from a printer's embedded web server to a web browser, receiving a URL entered into the provided web page, retrieving a printable document corresponding to the URL, and printing the retrieved document. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302591 | CONTROL OF A DEVICE - A method is disclosed of controlling a function of a device. The device is operative to perform the function in response to a command from a printer. The method starts by printing a control interface containing information relating to the function and coded data. The coded data is indicative of an identity of the control interface and of at least one reference point of the control interface. Next, indicating data is received by the printer from a sensing device. The indicating data contains the identity of the control interface and at least one position of the sensing device relative to the control interface. The sensing device forms the indicating data when placed in an operative position relative to the control interface using the coded data. Finally, the printer issues the command relating to the function to the device. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100309504 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRINTING DOCUMENTS FROM A PORTABLE DEVICE - One embodiment provides a system for facilitating document printing from a portable device. During operation, the system receives a document at a server. Next, the system generates a document optical code corresponding to the document. Subsequently, the system communicates the document optical code to the portable device, thereby allowing the portable device to display the document optical code to a scanning mechanism associated with a printer, Next, the system receives a request, indicating the optical code, from the printer. Subsequently, the system retrieves the document in response to the request, and sends the document to the printer. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100309505 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRINTING DOCUMENTS FROM A PORTABLE DEVICE - One embodiment provides a system for facilitating document printing from a portable device. During operation, the system receives at an email server an email which includes an attached document. Next, the system generates at the email server a document optical code associated with the document, wherein the document optical code can be scanned and recognized by a scanning mechanism associated with a printer. Subsequently, the system attaches the optical code as an additional attachment to the email, thereby allowing a portable device to print the attached document by displaying the optical code to the scanning mechanism associated with the printer. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100309506 | CONSUMABLE SERIAL NUMBER TRACKING IN A MANAGED SERVICES HOSTED ENVIRONMENT - A method stores serial numbers within memories of customer replaceable units that are used within printing devices. When one or more of the customer replaceable units are replaced, the method causes the printing devices to output to a computer the serial numbers of the customer replaceable units that are replaced. The method then analyzes the serial numbers using the computer to determine which specific customer replaceable unit was used within a specific printing device. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100309507 | Systems and Methods for Printer Configuration Management - Systems and methods consistent with disclosed embodiments provide a method for managing a printer configuration menu comprising a plurality of menu options, by associating a menu configuration change field with each menu options, assigning a value to the menu configuration change field, and displaying the menu option as part of printer configuration menu during printer configuration based on the value of the menu configuration change field associated with the at least one menu option. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100309508 | NETWORK PRINT-RELATED SERVICE - To perform a network print-related service, a client computer requests information relating to locations of print-related services accessible over a public network. The client computer receives identifications of locations at which available print-related services are accessible over the public network. According to the identifications of locations, one of the locations is selected for submitting a request for a print-related service over the public network. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100309509 | PRINT DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PRINT DATA PROCESSING METHOD - A print data processing apparatus includes a memory which stores print data configured page by page. The print data processing apparatus further includes an unnecessary page detection portion configured to detect an unnecessary page from the print data stored in the memory. The unnecessary page includes ruled line data and does not include character data. Moreover, the print data processing apparatus further includes an unnecessary page deletion portion configured to delete, from the print data stored in the memory, the unnecessary page detected by the unnecessary page detection portion. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100309510 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES FOR PRINTING FROM A MOBILE DEVICE - In one embodiment, a method provides for receiving, in association with a user identifier uniquely identifying a user, an indication of at least one printing device and storing the indication of the at least one printing device in association with the user identifier. The method further provides for receiving from a mobile device a request to print a document, the request including the user identifier, a selection of a printing device to be used to print the document, and data comprising the document. The method still further provides for placing the document in a print queue for the selected printing device and transmitting the document to the selected printing device for printing (e.g., in response to a query from the printing device as to the status of a print queue associated with the printing device). | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100309511 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus that applies image processing to image data read from a memory, the image processing apparatus including: an image processing input circuit that acquires a command list from the memory by direct memory access and that outputs a command based on the command list; and an image processing circuit that is connected to the image processing input circuit and that sets a register or executes processing of the image data in accordance with the command outputted from the image processing input circuit. The image processing input circuit uses an address instructed by a register control command to acquire image data from a memory by direct memory access if a data acquisition command for instructing data acquisition is acquired from the command list, generates a data processing command including the acquired image data, and outputs the command to the image processing circuit. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100309512 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - A display control apparatus includes a display control unit configured to cause a display device to display a setting screen page to which a setting information item of a predetermined process is input, and to hide the setting screen page in response to an indication position of a pointing device moving out of a display region of the setting screen page. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100309513 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus (MFP) stores a print job received from a terminal apparatus even after printing (S | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100309514 | PRINTER, PRINTER SYSTEM, PRINTING CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING RECORDED THEREON PRINTING CONTROL PROGRAM - A printer includes a communication unit that receives print data via a communication circuit, an environmental information detection unit that detects environmental information indicative of an environmental state at printing, a determination unit that determines whether printing is possible based on the environmental information detected by the environmental information detection unit and a printing unit that executes printing on a print sheet based on the print data received by the communication unit, upon the determination unit determining that printing is possible. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100309515 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A display control apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect a position of a printing apparatus, which is close to or in contact with a display screen, a setting unit configured to set a display area corresponding to a position detected by the detection unit, a generation unit configured to generate a preview image of content data displayed on the display screen, and a display control unit configured to cause the preview image generated by the generation unit to be displayed on the display area set by the setting unit. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100309516 | SCANNING OPTICAL APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - Provided are a scanning optical apparatus including an incident optical system for guiding a light beam emitted from a light source unit to a deflecting unit, an imaging optical system for imaging, on the surface to be scanned, a light beam deflectively scanned by the deflecting unit, and an optical path changing unit which is provided on an optical path between the deflecting unit and the surface to be scanned and includes at least two optical path changing elements. One of an optical path changing element having a minimum reflectance has a reflectance equal to or smaller than 70% in all areas used for image formation. An on-axis light beam deflected by the deflecting unit enters the optical path changing element having the minimum reflectance at a minimum angle of the at least two optical path changing elements. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100309517 | Image Forming Apparatus and Method - Provided is an image forming apparatus including a plurality of resources (for example, circuits) for implementing a plurality of functions and executing jobs in order of priority by using these resources. A conflict judging section determines whether any one of the resources required for a particular one of pending jobs is the same as any one of the resources required for pending jobs having a priority higher than that of the particular job. When it has been determined by the conflict judging section that any one or more of the resources required for the particular job is not the same as any of the resources required for pending jobs having a priority higher than that of the job, a job managing section provides the particular job a right of execution. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100309518 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND NETWORK SYSTEM - An image reading apparatus includes a reading unit; a reading processing unit for reading an image of an original with the reading unit; an operation unit for inputting terminal information of a specific terminal device among a plurality of terminal devices whose terminal information for identification is set in advance; an information request processing unit for transmitting an information acquisition request to the terminal devices through concurrent notification to request specific information; a terminal device determination processing unit for identifying the specific terminal device according to answer information transmitted from the terminal devices relative to the information acquisition request; and an image data transmission processing unit for transmitting image data of the image of the original read with the reading processing unit to the specific terminal device thus identified. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100309519 | Printer driver program product and information processing apparatus - Setting information of a printer driver and setting information of plug-in software added to the printer driver are stored in different folders from each other, and managed independently of each other. At the time of using a function of the plug-in, the printer driver merges the setting information of the printer driver with the setting information of the plug-in, and controls the print setting or a printer device by using the merged setting information. As the setting information of the printer driver and the setting information of the plug-in are stored in the different folders, when the plug-in is removed, as for the setting information, it is only necessary to delete the setting information of the plug-in to be removed; thus, it is easy to remove the plug-in. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100309520 | IMAGE SUPPLY DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF THE DEVICE, AND PRINTING SYSTEM - In this invention, to enable printing of an image that has undergone an image process or print process complying with the desire of a user on an image supply device side, real object handles and virtual object handles are set to, of images to be supplied to the printing device, images that require a predetermined image process and remaining images, respectively. A print job including the object handle of a print target image is issued in accordance with a print instruction. If the handle of an image requested by the printing device in response to the issued print job is a virtual object handle, the predetermined image process is executed for image data corresponding to the handle, and the processed image data is supplied to the printing device. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100309521 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING THEREIN CONTROL PROGRAM FOR IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus which can execute an image process which is desired by a client while minimizing a connection time and an interactive communication between the client and the image processing apparatus is provided. To accomplish the above object, according to the invention, there is provided an image processing apparatus for receiving an agent including an operation train via a network and allowing an image processing unit to execute image processes. This apparatus is constructed by: control means for controlling the image processing unit; interpreting means for interpreting the operation train of the agent; and message output means for outputting a message to the control means in response to the operation train interpreted by the interpreting means. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100309522 | PRINTER CONTROL DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING CONCURRENTLY INPUT PRINT DATA, AND PRINTER APPARATUS WITH A PRINTER CONTROL DEVICE - A printer apparatus is provided which receives concurrent input print data from plural input ports without increasing receiving buffer memory. A controller determines whether an image creator is used by other jobs when starting receiving print data through any one of the plural input ports. When not used, print data related to the current job is stored in a receiving buffer memory and at the same time print data stored in the buffer memory is printed via the image creator. On the other hand, when other jobs use the image creator, the print data related to the current job is stored in a hard disk unit and is printed when the image creating device becomes available. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100309523 | PRINT SYSTEM MOTION SENSOR WITH FEEDBACK CONTROL - A print system has a print engine, a presence detector and a controller. The controller receives the signal from the detector, accesses past usage data, and combines the signal and the usage data to adjust operations of the print engine. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100309524 | JOB PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present invention provides a job processing apparatus which allows a plurality of users to log in, the apparatus including a detection unit configured to detect that a plurality of users has logged in, an accepting unit configured to accept a job execution instruction from a user, a display unit configured to, when the detection unit detects that a plurality of users has logged in, display the plurality of logged-in users so as to be able to identify a user who issues a job execution instruction to be accepted by the accepting unit, among the plurality of logged-in users, and a processing unit configured to, when the user is identified based on the display by the display unit and the accepting unit accepts the job execution instruction, execute a job corresponding to the execution instruction as a job by the identified user. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100315666 | HIGH SPEED PAGE TRANSMISSION - An apparatus to transmit data from a digital front end, to a digital printing head. The apparatus includes at least two digital page processing units, a first processing unit ( | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100315667 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CARBON FOOTPRINT JOB BASED ACCOUNTING - A system may include a processor, a printing device, a communication interface operably connected to the processor, and a computer-readable storage medium in communication with the processor. The computer-readable storage medium may include one or more programming instructions for identifying a carbon credit account associated with at least a user, receiving a print job request from the user, receiving a carbon emission value for the print job request, determining whether to accept the print job request based on the carbon emission value and the carbon credit amount, and performing, via the printing device, the print job request in response to accepting the print job request. The carbon credit account may include a carbon credit amount. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100315668 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND SYSTEM - An electronic device includes a display unit that displays operation information about a user's operation procedure; a communication unit that performs communication with a mobile terminal device; and a transmission unit that transmits, in case that a predetermined operation information is to be displayed on the display unit, image data for displaying the predetermined operation information to the mobile terminal device via the communication unit. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100315669 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND COMPUTER DATA SIGNAL EMBODIED IN A CARRIER WAVE - An information processing device includes a memory that stores instruction data describing a content of processing to be executed on document data and a sequence of the processing, in association with a storing area for storing the document data; and a processing executing unit that executes a first processing on the document data stored in the storing area according to the instruction data associated with the storing area, when the document data is stored in the storing area, and executes a second processing on the document data according to the instruction data set for an upper storing area when the upper storing area is set for the storing area. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100315670 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A first communication device may be configured to receive firmware information sent from a second communication device. The firmware information may include version information of a second firmware that the second communication device has. The first communication device may be configured to send a firmware request to the second communication device in a first case where the version information of the second firmware is newer than version information of a first firmware currently stored in the storing unit. The first communication device may be configured to receive the second firmware sent from the second communication device in response to the firmware request. The first communication device may be configured to update the first firmware currently stored to the second firmware. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100315671 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING SYSTEM - In a conventional system, an eventing method and status inquiry method based on one-to-one communication are not suitable for notifying many unspecified network-connected hosts of the status of an apparatus in accordance with the WSD and UPnP protocols. A multicast packet capable of notifying many unspecified apparatuses of the status using one packet cannot transmit statuses other than connection and disconnection of an apparatus. To solve these problems, when the status of an apparatus changes, an identifier which is contained in a multicast packet and indicates the apparatus itself is sent after being replaced in accordance with the apparatus status without changing a format defined by a standard protocol. Upon receiving the packet, an apparatus determines, from the identifier contained in the multicast packet, whether to acquire information of the apparatus. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100315672 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A data processing apparatus includes a virtual printer driver unit configured to receive job data of a job from an application executing unit, generate image data based on the job data, and generate print setting data by describing a print setting extracted from the job data; an output condition control unit configured to rewrite the image data and the print setting data generated by the virtual printer driver unit and determine an output destination from which the image data is to be printed out, in accordance with a rule including conditions for selecting the output destination and making a change in output contents of the job; and a transmission unit configured to select a printer driver corresponding to the determined output destination and transmit, to the selected printer driver, a print command relevant to a changed job corresponding to the image data and the print setting data that have been rewritten. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100315673 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A file containing multiple image data pieces and a header describing an intended use of the image data pieces is stored, and an instruction to perform processing with use of an image data piece from among the image data pieces is received. Based on the instructed processing and the intended use described in the header, an image data piece from among the image data pieces is determined to be the target of the processing, and then the image data piece determined to be the target of the processing is processed. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100315674 | Information Processing Apparatus - Disclosed is the information processing apparatus, which makes it possible to easily conduct a setting change operation for a plurality of setting items after the concerned setting operation has been completed. The information processing apparatus includes: an operating section to establish a set of setting values corresponding to a plurality of setting items, therefrom; a storage section to store the set of setting values established from the operating section, therein; a display section; and a controlling section to control the display section. When receiving a request for changing the set of setting values established in advance through the operating section, the controlling section controls the display section so as to display at least one candidate of change contents onto the display section, based on differential components between the set of setting values established in advance and another set of setting values stored in the storage section. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100315675 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus capable of transmitting image data to an external device includes a display unit for displaying a list of information indicating transmission destinations to transmit the image data, a selection unit for selecting information in the list, a determination unit for determining whether the selected information satisfies a particular condition, and a transmission unit for transmitting, when the selected information does not satisfy the particular condition, the image data to the transmission destination indicated by the selected information, and transmitting, when the selected information satisfies the particular condition, information indicating that the image data has not been transmitted to the transmission destination indicated by the selected information. The transmission unit transmits, in response to reception from the external device received the information indicating that the image data has not been transmitted of a request to transmit untransmitted image data, the untransmitted image data to the external device. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100315676 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - An apparatus includes a recognition unit configured to recognize a function included in a communication partner and a determination unit configured to determine processing, which the communication partner performs on transmission data, according to the recognized function and a type of the transmission data. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100315677 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE READING METHOD - An image reading method includes generating pattern data for correcting a reading characteristic of a document reading apparatus, displaying the generated pattern data, reading the displayed pattern data, and correcting the reading characteristic of the document reading apparatus based on the generated pattern data and the read pattern data. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100315678 | Method and apparatus of wirelessly connecting a first device to a second device - A system and method for wirelessly connecting a first device to a second device utilizing a contactless smart card or RFID tag provided in proximity with the first device, the smart card or RFID tag containing information allowing the first device to be connected to the second device for the purpose of establishing a one way or two way connection between the two devices. The system and method of the present invention also allows information contained in a credit/debit card to be wirelessly transferred into the first device, either directly or indirectly, through the second device. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100315679 | PRINTER AND PRINTING METHOD USING THE SAME - There is provided a printing method including: receiving at least one of print data and control commands from a host device; storing print image data on the basis of the received print data when there is no previously stored print image data before the receiving of the print data, and storing print image data on the basis of the received print data after deleting previously stored print image data when there is the previously stored print image data before the receiving of the print data; and printing the stored print image data according to a preset control command among the control commands received from the host device. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100315680 | NETWORKED PRINTER SYSTEM, NETWORKED PRINTER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND NETWORKED PRINTER MANAGEMENT METHOD - A networked printer system includes one or more client machines disposed on a network, a plurality of networked printers disposed on the network and connected to the one or more client machine via the network, and an automatic switching unit disposed on the network. The automatic switching unit includes a print request receiving unit receiving a print request issued by the client machine, and a printer information acquisition unit obtaining and storing print history information of each one of the networked printers. The automatic switching unit determines one suitable printer from among the plurality of networked printers based on print data of the print request and the print history information of the networked printers, and transmits the print data issued by the client machine, to the one suitable printer. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100315681 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus extracts, from an electronic document, object data having associated tag information which satisfies a condition specified by a user. The image processing apparatus generates an encoded image pattern which includes object ID information for identifying the extracted object data and electronic document specifying information for specifying the electronic document, and executes print processing of print data which includes the extracted object data and the generated encoded image pattern. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100315682 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM - An information processing device which can communicate with an image processing device on a network is characterized by comprising a search indication unit for issuing a search indication for searching the image processing device on the network, a first transmission unit for transmitting a request for changing a power saving state of the image processing device on the network to a normal state in response to the search indication issued by the search indication unit, a second transmission unit for transmitting a search request for searching the image processing device after the request was transmitted by the first transmission unit, and a designation unit for designating a transmission range of the request transmitted by the first transmission unit, and characterized in that the second transmission unit transmits the search request to the transmission range designated by the designation unit. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100315683 | Systems and Methods for Communicating Documents Via an Autonomous Multiple-Function Peripheral Device - A multiple-function peripheral device includes a packet-switched network interface and an autonomous application programming interface. The application programming interface requests image information from a remote server via the packet-switched network interface in a first mode of operation. The application programming interface sends image information to a remote device via the packet-switched network interface in a second mode of operation. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100321719 | MUTUAL ENGINE CONTROLLER - A printing device has a printing engine that is at least partially made up of a customer replaceable unit or units. An engine controller is operatively connected to the printing engine. The engine controller uses software to control the operations of the printing engine. A non-volatile memory is operatively connected to the engine controller. The non-volatile memory stores values used by the engine controller to control operations of the printing engine. An adapter card is operatively connected to the non-volatile memory and to the customer replaceable units. The customer replaceable unit has a memory unit and the adapter card reads data from the memory unit. The adapter card uses the data to directly alter values within the non-volatile memory by bypassing the engine controller when communicating with the non-volatile memory. Further, the adapter card alters the non-volatile memory without altering the software used by the engine controller. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100321720 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A CONFIGURATION OF A DOCUMENT PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT - A system for determining a configuration of print-related devices in a document environment may include a computing device and a computer-readable storage medium in communication with the computing device. The computer-readable storage medium may include programming instructions for identifying a plurality of environment requirements including one or more required print capabilities and a ratio of users to print-related devices associated with a document environment and, for each print-related device currently in the document environment, identifying a corresponding spatial entity having associated print volume information and associated print capability information, grouping a plurality of the spatial entities into one or more capability groups based on the print capability information associated with the spatial entities, and determining recommended print-related devices for the document environment. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100321721 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, TRANSMITTER, RECEIVER, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING COMMUNICATION PROGRAM - The present invention provides a communication system including: a transmitter section that transmits a signal having a predetermined waveform; plural receiver sections that receive the signal via signal transmission paths; a physical quantity measuring section that measures a physical quantity of the signal transmission paths, based on the transmission time of the signal from the transmitter section to the receiver section; a correction section that corrects a signal received via the signal transmission paths, and corrects a signal transmitted from the transmitter section and outputs the signal to the signal transmission path; and a setting section that sets, in the correction section, a correction amount in accordance with the physical quantity for correcting a signal received via the signal transmission path, and/or a correction amount in accordance with the physical quantity for correcting a signal transmitted from the transmitter section and outputting to the signal transmission path. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100321722 | DOCUMENT PROCESSING APPARATUS, DOCUMENT PROCESSING METHOD, DOCUMENT PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A document processing apparatus includes: an acquisition unit that acquires position information that represents a position of a user who uses a document, and document information that represents the document; a rule management unit that manages a rule to determine a destination of the document information and a process executed to the document information transmitted to the destination; an execution unit that executes the process that includes a process to transmit the document information that the acquisition unit acquires to the destination determined by the rule according to the rule that the rule management unit manages, and is determined by the rule; and a switching unit that switches the rule that the execution unit follows, on the basis of a change of the position information that the acquisition unit acquires. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100321723 | Image processing apparatus and device control method - An image processing apparatus having a display device having a control section is disclosed. The image processing apparatus includes a request unit sending a request from the display device to the image processing apparatus to execute a device control process, the request being processed based on a program executed by a browser running in the display device; an execution unit executing the device control process requested by the display unit, the execution being performed based on a program processed by a Web server running in the image processing apparatus; and a response unit sending an execution result of the device control process to the display unit. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100321724 | MUTUALISTIC ENGINE CONTROLLER HAVING SENSOR COMMUNICATION - A printing device includes at least one printing engine that has many sensors (first sensors and second sensors) and at least one engine controller operatively connected to the printing engine. The engine controller uses software to control operations of the printing engine. Also, at least one non-volatile memory is operatively connected to the engine controller. The non-volatile memory stores values used by the engine controller to control operations of the printing engine. At least one adapter card is operatively connected to the non-volatile memory and to the first sensors and second sensors. The first sensors correspond to the design of the controller and are items designed as original equipment of the printing device. To the contrary, the second sensors correspond to the design of the adapter card and are items designed to be installed in the printing device after the printing device is in post production, customer service. The adapter card receives feedback from the first sensors and the second sensors and the adapter card reads and modifies incoming print jobs before the print jobs are delivered to the controller. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100321725 | MUTUALISTIC ENGINE CONTROLLER HAVING CUSTOMER REPLACEABLE UNIT COMMUNICATION - A printing device includes at least one printing engine that comprises customer replaceable units. At least one engine controller is operatively connected to the printing engine, and the engine controller uses software to control operations of the printing engine. At least one non-volatile memory is operatively connected to the engine controller. The non-volatile memory stores values used by the engine controller to control operations of the printing engine. Additionally, at least one adapter card is operatively connected to the non-volatile memory and to the customer replaceable units. The customer replaceable units each comprise a memory unit. The adapter card reads incoming print jobs before the print jobs are delivered to the controller and the adapter card accumulates and stores statistics relating to print jobs within the memory unit of the customer replaceable units. The adapter card passes the incoming print jobs to the controller in an unaltered manner. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100321726 | MUTUALISTIC ENGINE CONTROLLER COMMUNICATING WIHT PRINTER NON-VOLATILE MEMORY - A printing device includes at least one printing engine that has actuators and sensors. At least one engine controller is operatively connected to the printing engine, the engine controller uses software to control operations of the printing engine. At least one non-volatile memory is operatively connected to the engine controller. The non-volatile memory stores values used by the engine controller to control operations of the printing engine. Further, at least one adapter card is operatively connected to the non-volatile memory and to the actuators and sensors. The adapter card stores data and receives sensor feedback from the sensors. The adapter card uses the data and the sensor feedback to control the actuators by bypassing the engine controller when communicating with the actuators. The adapter card provides adapter card feedback to the non-volatile memory. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100321727 | DOCUMENT RETRIEVING/PRINTING SYSTEM, DIGITAL MULTI-FUNCTION MACHINE, DOCUMENT RETRIEVING/PRINTING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A text print instructions sheet generation unit embeds, in a text print instructions sheet, identification information for specifying a text print instructions sheet after being converted into image data. A sheet data management unit manages layout information that associates the identification information for specifying the text print instructions sheet with the identification information of a document included in a retrieval result. An image analysis unit extracts the identification information for specifying a sheet from the image data, specifies the layout information managed by the sheet data management unit based on the extracted identification information, and performs image analysis based on the specified layout information. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100321728 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The invention relates to an image reading apparatus and to a method of controlling this apparatus. The image reading apparatus acquires a profile capable of being set as processing applied to image data in an information processing device, re-classifies, for the purpose of display on the image reading apparatus, the name of the acquired profile and the settings of the profile, converts this profile name and the settings to items displayed on a display unit of the image reading apparatus, and displays the items on the display unit. The information of a profile selected based upon an item displayed on the display unit is transmitted to the information processing device, and the image data generated by the image reading apparatus is transmitted to the information processing device in response to a request from the information processing device. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100321729 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR THE SAME - The present invention provides an image forming apparatus and its control method that can suitably control processing of originals in a number larger than the maximum placeable number, while suppressing an increase in the cost and complexity of the control. To accomplish this, the image forming apparatus includes an ADF that conveys a plurality of originals sheet by sheet, and stops reading of the originals when the number of originals that have been conveyed reaches a predetermined number. Moreover, when the number of originals that have been conveyed reaches a predetermined number, in a case where a currently performed job is a first type of job, the image forming apparatus performs processing of read originals, and, in a case where a currently performed job is a second type of job, the image forming apparatus waits without performing processing of read originals. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100321730 | JOB PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF JOB PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - It enables to cancel a job transferred from a communication apparatus to a job processing apparatus, even if a user does not perform a complicated operation. To achieve this, there is provided a control method for controlling the job processing apparatus for establishing a communication session with the communication apparatus and communicating with the communication apparatus by the established communication session, the control method comprising: receiving plural images from the communication apparatus by the communication session; holding, in a holding unit, the received plural images as the plural jobs to be processed; and controlling to, in a case where the communication session with the communication apparatus is disconnected while the reception of the plural images is not completed, cancel, among the jobs held in the holding unit, the job corresponding to the image which has been received from the communication apparatus by the communication session. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100321731 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a document table, a document feeder, an opening sensor, an image reading unit, an operation unit, a first memory, a second memory, and a control unit. An original is placed on the document table. The document feeder can open and close an upper part of the document table and conveys the original. The opening sensor detects whether the document feeder opens the document table. The operation unit receives the input of information indicating processing content for the image data. The first memory stores first configuration. The second memory stores second configuration corresponding to the information input to the operation unit. The control unit changes, if the opening sensor detects the opening of the document table, the second configuration stored in the second memory to the first configuration. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100321732 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING POSITION AND VELOCITY OF A HANDHELD DEVICE - Embodiments of the present invention provide a handheld device that comprises an information module for obtaining and/or receiving information pertaining to a surface adjacent to the device, and a position determination arrangement for determining at least one of a position and/or velocity of the handheld device. The position determination arrangement comprises a determination module configured to determine at least one of a relative position of the handheld device and/or a velocity of the handheld device based upon at least one of surface markings located on the surface adjacent the device and/or apparatus markings located on an input apparatus. The surface markings and the apparatus markings are configured to provide absolute position information. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100321733 | Protocol allowing a document management system to communicate inter-attribute constraints to its clients - A system facilitates communication between a control component and a plurality of processing components. One or more processing components performs one or more tasks, each processing component has at least one attribute associated therewith. One or more attribute banks are associated with each of the one or more processing components, wherein each attribute bank stores the at least one attribute. A control component initiates the one or more tasks for each processing component. A universal driver facilitates communication between the one or more processing components and the control component. The driver includes an interrogation component that queries the one or more processing components to receive the at least one attribute associated with each processing component. A constraint evaluator determines combinations of attributes that are supported and unsupported for each of the one or more processing components. An attribute filter categorizes each attribute combination based at least in part on whether it is supported or unsupported. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100321734 | SCANNING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENTERING A USER INPUT INTO THE APPARATUS USING A NON-ELECTRICAL CONTROL DEVICE - A scanning apparatus and method for entering a user input into the apparatus uses a non-electrical control device having a target undersurface, which can be manually manipulated to a particular setting. The particular setting of the non-electrical control device is determined by processing an image of at least a portion of the target undersurface captured by a scan sensor of the scanning apparatus. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100328702 | Printer and Scale for Handling RFID Labels - A label printer for handling labels with RFID tags includes one or more advantageous features such as locating an RF encoder unit antenna in position to read and/or write to label antennas after the label antennas have exited a label output slot of the printer, providing light elements to indicate status of a read and/or write operation to a label RFID tag or a voiding step to void labels when a read and/or write operation is unsuccessful. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100328703 | USER-CONTROLLED COLOR DETECTION AND OPTIMIZATION DURING DOCUMENT ANALYSIS PRIOR TO PRINTING - In a print shop system including a plurality of printers and a print shop management server which manages print jobs, an improved method is described for controlling a document color detection method for purposes of assigning documents to appropriate printers for printing. A user interface is provided for the user to specify a set of criteria for selectively forwarding the color detection task to another server or for rejecting the print job. In a first embodiment, if one or more specified criteria are met, the print shop management server forwards the print job to another server to perform color detection. In a second embodiment, if one or more specified criteria are met, the print shop management server rejects the print job and notifies the user. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100328704 | STACKING PRINT JOBS BEFORE FINAL PRINT - A system for producing continuous print jobs, which includes a printing unit which prints an image and a client computer having executable instructions for creating a print job for producing a continuous print job. The executable instructions include activating a continuous print mode from a list of print properties within a printer driver user interface, and wherein the continuous print mode stacks at least two print jobs in a print job queue until instructed to print; sending at least two print jobs to the print job queue; selecting a final print format for each of the at least two print jobs; processing and formatting each of the at least two print jobs into a single combined print job; and printing the single combined print job. The printing unit and the client computer are connected via a network and/or direct connection. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100328705 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC SHARING AND CUSTOMIZATION IN A FLEET OF MULTI-FUNCTION DEVICES - A method and system for enabling automatic service sharing and custom user interface features in a fleet of multi-function devices. EIP (Extensible Interface Platform) services can be registered via a peer-to-peer discovery subsystem associated with a multi-function device grid infrastructure. EIP service registration information can be submitted and stored in the grid infrastructure. The multi-function devices can be equipped with an enterprise EIP client, which can query the discovery subsystem and apply a corporate policy. The discovery subsystem detects the optimal instance of the service based on loading and availability factors and then returns a reference with respect to the services that allows access to enhanced services. Such an approach enables a fleet of multi-function devices to dynamically discover EIP services and auto populate service options to provide increased capability, reduced complexity, and improved speed. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100328706 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MESSAGE BASED DETERMINATION OF PRINTER CAPABILITIES - Methods disclosed facilitate the obtaining of printer information using commonly available messaging techniques such as e-mail. In some embodiments, the method comprises receiving an email message, wherein the e-mail message includes at least one query requesting information about at least one sub-state of a printer, wherein the printer state is comprised of a plurality of sub-states and the at least one sub-state is one of the plurality of printer sub-states. Information pertaining to the at least one sub-state is obtained and a response is sent to the e-mail request. The e-mail response can include information pertaining to the at least one sub-state. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100328707 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MESSAGE BASED DETERMINATION OF PRINTER CAPABILITIES - Methods disclosed facilitate the identification of printers from among a plurality of network accessible printers based on information about at least one printer sub-state using commonly available messaging techniques such as e-mail. In some embodiments, an email message, which includes queries with search criteria pertaining to the at least one printer sub-state, is received and a sub-state database is queried based on the search criteria pertaining to the printer sub-state to obtain a set of printers that satisfy the search criteria. The sub-state database comprises information that correlates printer identification information with corresponding printer sub-state information of the plurality of network accessible printers. The response to the query is used to respond to the e-mail request with the e-mail response including identification information about printers in the set of printers that satisfy the search criteria. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100328708 | PRINTING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CALCULATING FILE PRINTING TIME - A printing method for calculating printing time of printing a file is provided. The printing method includes following steps. Obtaining the file size, page count of the file, and a plurality of printing parameters stored in a BIOS chip. Calculating an actual printing time and a waiting time between pages of the file according to the file size and pages, and the printing parameters. The sum printing time is displayed. Also, a printing system is provided in present disclosure. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100328709 | SUPPLY CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE-FORMING DEVICE, SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A supply control device includes: a deciding unit that decides an order of plural containers that supply recording media to an image-forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium; a specifying unit that specifies one of the plural containers; a determining unit that determines for each of the plural containers whether recording media stored in the container are available for forming an image, in the order decided by the deciding unit, in which the container specified by the specifying unit is set as a starting point; and a supply unit that retrieves a recording medium from a container whose recording media have been determined by the determining unit to be available for forming an image, and supplies the recording medium to the image-forming unit. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100328710 | CONTROLLER, CONTROL APPARATUS, AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - A controller includes: a sub-control substrate that includes a first memory storing first control information to be used for controlling at least one of a plurality of modules of a processing apparatus, and controls the at least one of the plurality of modules by using the stored first control information while the controller is connected to the processing apparatus; and a main control substrate that includes a second memory and controls an operation of the sub-control substrate; and wherein: if a first operation is performed, the main control substrate acquires second control information that is to be used for controlling at least one of the plurality of modules and is determined from the first control information, and stores the acquired second control information in the second memory, when the controller is connected to the processing apparatus, and a second operation is performed, the main control substrate supplies the second control information stored in the second memory to another controller included in the processing apparatus, and stores the second control information in the another controller. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100328711 | PRINT SYSTEM, PRINTER, AND PROGRAM - A print system provided with an information processor and a printer communicably connected to the information processor. The information processor comprises a transmit section for transmitting a plural sets of print data. The printer comprises a receiving section for receiving the print data transmitted from the transmit section; a storage section for storing the print data received by the receiving section; a printing section for printing the print data stored in the storage section; a determination section for determining whether the printing by the printing section is completed or not; and a control section for controlling the printing section not to print the print data transmitted as the second set when the printing of the print data transmitted as the first set is completed, and to print the print data transmitted as the second set when the printing of the print data transmitted as the first set. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100328712 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A communication apparatus including: a requiring section which transmits a requirement for establishing a state in which and the communication apparatus and a first communication apparatus are communicable with each other via an internet line, to the first communication apparatus via the internet line; a communication establishing section which establishes the state; a calling section which transmits a dial signal to an exchanger via the telephone line and calls a to-be-called apparatus, when the communication establishing section has established the state; a notifying section which transmits a notification about calling of the communication apparatus, to the first communication apparatus via the internet line after the calling section has called; a receiving section which receives an acknowledgment signal transmitted via the internet line from the first communication apparatus having received the notification; and a communication controlling section which controls the communication with the to-be-called apparatus via the telephone line. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100328713 | MODULAR TRANSACTION PRINTER - A modular transaction printer for generating financial transaction records such as gaming vouchers and coupons. The printer uses self-contained expansion modules that plug into a printer port for easy in-field upgradeability. The printer includes a mechanical package to allow modules to be inserted from the printer exterior, an electrical interface to allow modules to communicate with the printer electronics, and a latching mechanism to secure the modules to the printer for easy connect and disconnect from the printer body. Each module includes dynamic memory, non-volatile memory, processor circuitry necessary to accomplish a port or an interface with an outside host device, and a standard bus style interface method for interchangeable expansion modules. By using interchangeable expansion modules, a printer can be configured as a base or basic model. Then depending on configuration requirements, the interchangeable modules can be securely attached to the printer. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100328714 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROLLER THEREFOR - A computer program embodied on a computer readable medium, said computer program configured to control a controller to: output, to a display driver, data for causing the display driver to drive a display of a printing apparatus to display, in a first area of the display, a plurality of images including a first image, wherein the plurality of images are representative of a plurality of respective different types of label data field, and to display a second image representative of the appearance of a label medium occupying a second area of the display that is different from the first area; and in response to receiving, from a selector, information comprising data representative of an operation of the selector by a user to select the first image and data representative of a position within the second area, output, to the display driver, data for causing the display driver to drive the display to display a revised version of the second image representative of the appearance of the label medium; wherein the revised version of the second image comprises a label data field of the type of label data field of which the first image is representative, and wherein the label data field comprised in the revised version of the second image is located at a location determined in dependence on said position within the second area. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100328715 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND PROGRAM - The present invention provides an image processing apparatus that realizes fast image processing in a distribution system equipped with a single mass storage device that reduces the cost for required hardware, and a method for controlling such an image processing apparatus. To accomplish this, the image processing apparatus includes a mainboard, a subboard connected to the mainboard via a bus, and a hard disk | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100328716 | PRINT PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - A print processing apparatus comprises the image processing unit including a plurality of image processing sections that correspond respectively to the plurality of kinds of image processes; a generation unit configured to generate a preview image based on a result of processing by the image processing unit; a display unit configured to display the preview image generated by the generation unit; a use-situation identification unit configured to identify a use situation of the image processing sections; and a selection unit configured to select a preview method from among a plurality of preview methods for generating the preview image, according to the use situation identified by the use-situation identification unit, the selected preview method using an image processing section that is available in the identified use situation of the image processing section. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100328717 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - In an image forming device including a processor unit, a first screen generating part generates a screen to be displayed on an operation panel and displays the screen on the operation panel. A second screen generating part generates screen data to be displayed on an information processing device and transmits the screen data to the information processing device. An application managing part selects, in response to a request of execution of an application, one of the first and second screen generating parts as a candidate for use of the application based on a source inputting the request. The first and second screen generating parts are configured to receive a request of generation of a screen using a common interface, and the application inputs through the common interface the request to the selected one of the first and second screen generating parts. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100328718 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD - An image forming apparatus according to the present invention includes: a paper feed part; a conveying path conveying paper from the paper feed part; a transfer part transferring an image onto the paper; a registration roller timely delivering the paper to the transfer part; a paper detector detecting paper arrival at the registration roller; an image forming part starting image formation; an image processing part transmitting to the image forming part image data used for the image formation; and a control part, based on output of the paper detector, in a case where the paper detector has not detected the paper arrival at a check time point provided before a tip of the image arrives at the transfer part after the start of the image formation, delaying an image formation speed at the image forming part and an image data transmission speed of the image processing part. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100328719 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUSTAINABLE PRINTING - A sustainable printing system includes an advertisement record having an information relating to a printable advertisement, a user record having information relating to a particular user, a printer for generating a visual output on a paper, a user interface in communication with the printer, the user interface including a processor for configuring the visual output generated by the printer in response to a comparison between the advertisement record and the user record. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100328720 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Disclosed is a data processing apparatus including an application execution unit that transmits job data; a print-request-source notification unit invoked by the application execution unit to report print-request-source information specifying a print request source; a virtual printer driver that is invoked upon receiving the job data, extracts job information specifying print settings from the job data, generates a work space for image conversion, and generates drawing data of a higher image format from the job data in the work space; and a transmission processing unit that is generated as a private instance for the job data, selects a printer driver corresponding to output-destination printer information associated with a client or a user of the client, instructs the selected printer driver to print the drawing data, and displays transmission destination information and/or print information determined for the job data on the print request source. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100328721 | PRINT JOB MANAGING APPARATUS, PRINT JOB MANAGING SYSTEM, AND PRINT JOB MANAGING METHOD - Setting information for generating a print job is acquired for plural print jobs. Print job data corresponding to the respective plural print jobs are separately generated on the basis of the acquired setting information in a predetermined document file format that can be edited in at least any one of print job unit, document unit included in the job data, and page unit included in the document. Generated plural job data are stored in a predetermined storage area. The stored plural job data are combined into single job data of the predetermined document file format. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100328722 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - Disclosed is an image forming apparatus to obtain image data and print information including a setting value to generate an added image synthesized to the image data and to form an image based on the obtained image data, the image forming apparatus including: a control section to generate the added image based on the setting value included in the print information and to synthesize the generated added image with the image data to form an image. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100328723 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A system accurately performs function restriction on a user-by-user basis, even in the case of an image processing function that is realizable with use of a plurality of apparatuses. To accomplish this, the image processing system includes a user restriction information management apparatus that has function restriction information and an image processing apparatus that has related restriction information. The image processing apparatus performs a user-designated function based on restriction content of the function restriction information and the related restriction information. There are cases where a restriction function, which is a function that is restricted by the function restriction information, can be realized by combining a plurality of other functions that are different from the restriction function, and related restriction information refers to information for restricting the usage of such other functions. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110002004 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF DETERMINING BATCH SIZES FOR PRINT JOBS IN A PRINT PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT - A system for determining batch sizes for a print job may include a computing device and a computer-readable storage medium in communication with the computing device. The computer-readable storage medium may include one or more programming instructions for receiving a print job having a job size, receiving speed information for each of a plurality of document production devices in a production line, identifying a plurality of batches associated with the print job, performing a discrete event simulation to model a makespan for the print job in processing each of the plurality of batches on the plurality of document production devices using the speed information and repeating the identifying and performing until a plurality of final batches is determined, each having a unique final batch size. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110002005 | MOBILE DOCUMENT IMAGING AND TRANSMISSION - A wireless communication device can send and receive realtime facsimile transmissions over a data channel available to the device. The device can implement a real time facsimile protocol over the data channel, which can generally be a packet switched network connection, such as an IP connection. An image capture device can be employed to obtain an image of a document that can be facsimile transmitted from the wireless device over the data channel. The document image may be converted to a format generally usable with facsimile transmissions. The wireless device can be configured to transmit immediately following image capture, or after a desired number of images are captured. A contact list that may be included with the wireless device may be used to select a destination address for facsimile transmission. A printing device can be the destination address to permit wireless or mobile printing. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110002006 | PRINT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, PRINT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND PRINT MANAGEMENT METHOD - A print management apparatus includes a writing-image processing unit and a job generation processing unit. The writing-image processing unit determines whether print data, to be printed using the print management apparatus, includes both color page and monochrome page, and generates writing-image data of the color page and writing-image data of the monochrome page from the print data. The job generation processing unit prepares a preliminary job ticket for printing the color page and a preliminary job ticket for printing the monochrome page based on an initial job ticket set for the print data when the writing-image processing unit determines that the writing-image data includes both color page and monochrome page. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110002007 | IMAGE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE IMAGE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - An image communication apparatus includes: a display; an input device displaying an address input dialogue on the display, receiving a user input to designate an address of a transmission destination of multicast transmission; storage storing multicast transmission history; an extracting device, connected to the input device and the storage, responsive to the input device receiving an input of an address of a transmission destination of multicast transmission, for extracting, from the multicast transmission history, a multicast transmission history record including the address received by the input device as a transmission destination, and extracting an address different from the address received by the input device, included in the extracted multicast transmission history record, as a candidate of multicast transmission destination; and a control device controlling the display such that the extracted candidate of multicast transmission destination is displayed in the address input dialogue. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110002008 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A configuration of an image forming system that includes an image forming apparatus and at least one of a paper feed apparatus and a post-process apparatus is defined based on system configuration information including a combination of identification information for the apparatuses and setting information for the order of arrangement of the apparatuses corresponding to the identification information without using a dedicated line connection. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110002009 | PRINTER SELECTION SYSTEM - A printer selection system to select a printer for performing output from a plurality of printers includes: a mobile station moved along with a computer; a plurality of base stations fixedly disposed at known positions; and a server connected to the computer that enables data communication, the server including a positioning portion that determines a position of the computer based on a reception result of a radio wave for position detection transmitted from one of the base stations and the mobile station and received by the other, a printer position database portion storing information about positions of the printers, a distance determining portion that determines a distance between each of the printers and the computer, and a printer setting portion that sets a printer having the shortest distance as a printer that performs the output from the computer based on the distances between each of the printers and the computer. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110002010 | IMAGE RECORDING SYSTEM AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - An image recording system includes a print data processing unit for performing a control for recording a predetermined recording failure check pattern after print data is recorded on a recording medium for each job, and a recording failure checking unit for determining whether or not there is a recording failure in a check image based on a recording failure check pattern obtained by capturing the check image with a check image obtaining unit. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110002011 | DATA COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A document transmission apparatus reduces troublesome labor of an operator when transmitting document data, inputted from a scanner or the like, by various transmission methods such as electronic mail, facsimile, remote printing and file transfer. An address book containing a receiver and a plurality of transmission methods for transmitting document data to the receiver is generated. Upon transmission instruction, an appropriate transmission method is selected by the receiver, then document data is converted into data of an appropriate data format, and the converted data is transmitted. Further, a notice of transmission indicating that the document data has been transmitted is transmitted to the receiver of the document data by a method different from the transmission method of the document data. Thus, the document data can be reliably delivered to the receiver. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110007341 | CACHE CONTROL MECHANISM - A method is disclosed. The method includes a compute node retrieving an object, the compute node receiving a local cache indicator associated with the object providing information as to whether the object is to be cached at the compute node and the compute node processing the object. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110007342 | NETWORK BASED PRINT DRIVER CONFIGURATION - What is disclosed is a novel system and method for configuring a client print queue in a networked printing environment. In one embodiment, a client print queue corresponding to a server print queue is initialized on a client device. The server print queue is configured with a default location of a configuration file that contains at least one print queue configuration parameter. In response to a command at the client device to utilize the client print queue, the client device receives the default location of the configuration file and retrieves at least one print queue configuration parameter from the configuration file. The client print queue is then configured, also in response to the command at the client device to utilize the client print queue, according to the retrieved at least one print queue configuration parameter. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110007343 | Variable Data Print Verification Mechanism - A printing system is disclosed. The printing system includes a first printer to print a first type of data to a medium and to print a first barcode on the medium including variable to be printed on the medium and a second printer to print the variable data to the medium based on the first barcode and to print a second barcode to the medium for verification that the variable data has been accurately printed to the medium. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110007344 | Multi-Bit Compression/Decompression Mechanism - A method is disclosed. The method includes receiving a print job, rasterizing the print job to produce rasterized data having a multi bit per pel print format, compressing the rasterized data into compressed data having a data section and a control section including compression control bits corresponding to each data value in the data section and transmitting the compressed data. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110007345 | Mechanism for Synchronizing Documents for Multi-Print Processing - A printing system is disclosed. The printing system includes a first printer to print a first type of data to a medium and to print machine readable data on the medium including a unique identifier (ID), a database to store variable data information associated with the ID and a second printer to read the barcode to acquire the ID, retrieve the variable data from the database using the ID and print the variable data to the medium. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110007346 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING PRINTING ON MEDIA SHEETS IN IMAGING DEVICE - Disclosed is a method for performing printing on a plurality of media sheets in an imaging device. The method includes receiving a change-mode command while printing on a media sheet of the plurality of media sheets. Specifically, the printing is being performed by utilizing a first print mode. Also, the change-mode command comprises a request for changing the first print mode to a second print mode. The method further includes performing printing on subsequent media sheets of the plurality of media sheets by utilizing the second print mode. The imaging device for performing printing on the plurality of media sheets is also described. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110007347 | WEB PRINTING - One embodiment is a method that analyzes a print request that is transmitted over an internet and received at a cloud print system. The method then executes with priorities a list of job tasks to print the print request at a web-enabled printer. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110007348 | PROCESS DETERMINING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROCESS DETERMINING SYSTEM, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, AND PROCESS DETERMINING METHOD - A process determining apparatus includes: an instruction image acquiring unit that acquires an instruction image for instructing a process to be performed on a document image read from a medium having the document image formed thereon; and a determining unit that, when the instruction image acquired by the instruction image acquiring unit is not identified with any of a plurality of registered images to which processes are allocated, determines a process allocated to one of the plurality of registered images that is similar to the instruction image as the process to be performed on the document image read from the medium. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110007349 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - According to an aspect of the invention, an information processing apparatus includes a control unit. The control unit changes a power supply state of the information processing apparatus from a first power supply state where a communication function of the apparatus is activated to a second power supply state where the communication function is inactivated based on a given period and a restoration cause, the control unit keeping the power supply state in the second power supply state in the given period, the control unit keeping the power supply state in the second power supply state after the given period when the restoration cause is detected in the given period. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110007350 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF GENERATING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION-ADDED DOCUMENTS - Provided are a method of generating an additional information-added document and an image forming apparatus performing the method, the method including inputting a property of the additional information to at least one document box in the image forming apparatus, storing a first document, which is an object document, to one of the at least one document box, generating a second document by adding additional information corresponding to a property that is set in the document box in which the first document is stored, to the first document, and storing the second document. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110007351 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, SERVER DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM WITH A COMPUTER PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON - An image processing system in which an image forming device and a server device are connected via a network, the image forming device including an acquisition unit operable to acquire a maximum optional configuration that indicates all optional functions that can be implemented on another image forming device; a creation unit operable to create an external use screen, which is a customized screen for display on an operation panel of the other image forming device, in accordance with the maximum optional configuration; and a transmission unit operable to transmit external setting information corresponding to the external use screen to the server device, and the server device including a customized screen storage unit that stores the external setting information. With this structure, a customized screen for use on the other image forming device can be created to include functions not implemented on the image forming device. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110007352 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Document information that a user wishes to send by FAX is selected from a list of registered document information. If it is determined that a pre-set sending method flag for the selected document information is set to bundled transmission, drawing information generated by each application is converted into common document information. Further, after the converted common document information is merged into a single piece of information, drawing information to be converted via a FAX driver of the document information that the user wishes to send is sent to an image processing apparatus as a single job. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110007353 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A disclosed image forming apparatus includes a filter detection part that detects the filter when the external medium is connected; a filter identification information obtaining part that obtains filter identification information that identifies a filter set by a user from filter setting information when print data subject to printing is received, wherein the filter setting information regarding the filter is added to the print data; a first output part that outputs the print data to the filter via the input/output interface, in accordance with the filter identification information; an input part that inputs the print data on which a predetermined process has been carried out by the filter via the input/output interface; and a second output part that outputs the print data on which the predetermined process has been carried out by the filter to a page description language module. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110007354 | PRINTER AND MESSAGE MANAGING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a printer includes a commodity file configured to store, by commodity, commodity data including at least names of commodities, a message file configured to store massage data allocated to the commodity data and combined with the commodity data, an extracting unit configured to extract, from the message file, the message data allocated to none of the commodity data, a display unit configured to display the message data extracted by the extracting unit, and a deleting unit configured to delete, from the message file, the message data displayed by the display unit. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110007355 | APPARATUS, METHOD, SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR SETTING PRINT STATUS - According to one embodiment, a print status setting apparatus includes a unit configured to display a print setting screen for acquiring a print status of a document, a unit configured to acquire a print status set value via the print setting screen, a unit configured to generate, from the print status set value, first print information represented by a language used by a printing apparatus for print processing, a unit configured to display, on the basis of the first print information, a preview screen to change a print status for each of pages, a unit configured to acquire a print status change set value to change the print status for each of the pages, a unit configured to generate second print information obtained by changing the first print information with the print status change set value applied thereto, and a unit configured to output the second print information. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110007356 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - In an image forming device adapted to acquire image data and distribute the image data, a storage unit stores respective plug-in modules of an input process, an image transforming process, and an output process with respect to the image data. A combining information acquisition unit acquires combining information including plug-in identifiers which respectively indicate the plug-in modules. A combining unit combines two or more of the plug-in modules to generate a virtual plug-in based on the combining information. A flow setting unit sets up a workflow in which the plug-in modules including the virtual plug-in are combined arbitrarily. A workflow control unit controls processes included in the workflow when a message distribution process based on the workflow is requested. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110007357 | Method of Scheduling Photograph Print Jobs - A system and method of scheduling print jobs is provided. In particular, photograph print jobs at a printing facility are scheduled by a scheduling application program which takes into account at least one parameter of each print order as the orders are received, including the time that the order is to be filled and the type of paper to be used. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110007358 | DOCUMENT HANDLING - Apparatus for handling documents comprises an inlet | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110007359 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS AND PRINT CONTROL METHOD - An external controller predicts and calculates a toner consumption amount of each page before printing by using image data after development. The consumption amount is predicted in consideration of an image process in a printer and a designation of a variable print. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110013218 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COORDINATED DOCUMENT PROCESSING AMONG DEVICES HAVING DIFFERING FUNCTIONALITY - The subject application is directed to coordinating document processing operations among devices having differing functionality. A document is received into a first document processing device that has a first set of processing functions. A display is generated on the first device that includes indicia of an available document processing operation having a function of a first set and a secondary function of a second device, with any secondary function outside the first set. Selection data is received of an operation having functions from the first set and one or more secondary functions. Operation of the first device is controlled by a controller operable to control the functions of the first set by the first device on the document. The document is communicated to the second device following completion of any first set functions. The document processing operation is completed by the second device via completion of any secondary functions. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110013219 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS OF FORWARDING A PRINT JOB USING A JOB TICKET - A method, apparatus, and system for forwarding a print job. The method includes transmitting, by a client device, a request to print a locked print job, which includes a print job and is prohibited from being printed until authentication information is entered into the printing device. The printing device receives the request to print the locked print job. The locked print job and the authentication information are stored in a memory. A job ticket that provides the client device access to forward the print job included in the locked print job to at least one other printing device communicatively coupled to the printing device is generated. The job ticket is transmitted to, and received by, the client device. The print job is forwarded to the at least one other printing device. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110013220 | APPLICATION SERVER FOR USE WITH A MODULAR IMAGING SYSTEM - Systems and methods are disclosed for managing autonomous detector and imager subsystems communicating as nodes on a network. In an embodiment, an application server is provided which coordinates use of the autonomous imager and detector subsystems so that appropriate combinations of imagers and detectors are used for particular imaging applications. In another embodiment, the performance of a detector subsystem may be automatically evaluated prior to use, such as by one or more automated routines that monitor or measure factors related to detector performance. Additional systems, methods, and devices are also disclosed. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110013221 | Methods and Systems for Processing Print Jobs - Disclosed is a method for processing print jobs, comprising: determining whether a second print job being processed by an RIP is needed to pause and whether a third print job being processed by a print device is needed to pause according to a priority of a first print job requesting to be printed; storing, where the second print job is needed to pause, a processing state of the second print job and processing the first print job by the RIP; storing, where the third print job is needed to pause, a processing state of the third print job, and printing the first print job by the print device; resuming the processing for the second print job according to the stored processing state of the second print job after the first print job is processed by the RIP; and resuming the processing for the third print job according to the stored processing state of the third print job after the first print job is printed by the print device. According to the present invention, it is possible to proceed with pauses continuously, save costs and simplify manual operations. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110013222 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING IMAGE ATTRIBUTES - An image capturing apparatus includes a housing, a processor module, a sheet feeder, an image capturing assembly, a display module and an operation interface. The image capturing assembly captures both of first and second images of a document sheet, past a scan region and transported by the sheet feeder, and produces first and second image data representative of the first and second images in either a single-sided or double-sided scanning mode. The display module displays representation images of the first and second images. The operation interface receives user input and outputs a selection signal comprising information of selecting at least one of the first and second images. The processor module processes at least one of the first and second image data into output image data according to the selection signal. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110013223 | Communication Control Method and Control Program - In a communication environment in which multiple virtual port drivers use a single communication port, a communication control method enables a first virtual port driver and a second virtual port driver that is occupying the communication port to communicate through the same communication port. The communication control method includes executing a communication process in which the first virtual port driver emulates a specific communication port in communication with a first device driver to which the first virtual port driver corresponds. At least when the second virtual port driver occupies the communication port, the communication control method executes a communication process in which the first virtual port driver emulates, for the second virtual port driver, the second device driver to which the second virtual port driver corresponds. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110013224 | Image Forming Apparatus, Image Forming System, and Server - An image forming apparatus includes a first image data storage unit that (i) stores user identification information and image data in association with each other, (ii) acquires, upon reception of a leaving signal regarding a specific user from an entering/leaving information management device that manages entering/leaving of a user with respect to an area in which the image forming apparatus is installed, the image data having a security level equal to or higher than a first predetermined level associated with the user identification information of the specific user stored in the first image data storage unit, (iii) saves the acquired image data to a server, and (iv) erases the original image data from the first image data storage unit. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110013225 | Print Configuration Engine Integrated with an Online Collage-Based Editor - A print configuration engine implemented in software residing on and executable from a digital medium, the print engine integrated with a graphics user interface (GUI) for creating and editing photo-based projects over a data network, the print engine including a communications link to a compatible print server and printer connected to the data network, a print queue for queuing printing tasks, and an effects filter size-reduction module. The print engine automatically senses via the effects filter size-reduction module if the area of a filter is greater than a pre-defined threshold and if so produces a smaller filter embedded into a bitmap image after which the bitmap image is scaled back up to the filters original size. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110013226 | Print Configuration Engine for Enabling Online Printing of Projects Created in an Online Collage-Based Editor - A print configuration engine implemented in software residing on and executable from a digital medium, the print engine integrated with a graphics user interface (GUI) for creating and editing photo-based projects over a data network, the print engine including a communications link to a compatible print server and printer connected to the data network, a print queue for queuing printing tasks, and an image tiling module. The print engine automatically senses if the pixel size of an image is greater than a pre-defined image size threshold for high resolution printing and if so tiles the image and saves the individual image tiles to memory for later reconstitution. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110013227 | PRINTING USING MULTIPLE PAPER SOURCES - Management of multiple paper sources during printing is provided. A setting screen allows setting a page layout indicating a number of pages to be arranged on a single face of a sheet of paper. An additional setting screen having different setting items allows setting of multiple paper feed sources for a single print job where the paper feed sources include a paper feed source for the first page of the print job and another paper feed source for a page different from the first page. The page layout may be changed in accordance with an operation on a page image indicating a set page layout when the additional setting screen includes the page image. In addition, both setting screens may be provided by a single printer driver. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110013228 | PRINTING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A remote proofing system ( | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110013229 | Imaging Device and Method of Controlling the Same - An imaging device that receives a data stream including bit-map data and commands from a host device is configured to first process a received real-time processing disable command and then to process the data stream including the bit-map data. In another aspect, an imaging device is controlled to receive a real-time processing disable command, and then to receive and process a data stream including bit-map data and commands. In another aspect, an imaging device is controlled to receive a real-time processing enable command, then to receive and process a different real-time command. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110019223 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED GENERATION OF A FULLY PARAMETERIZED WORKFLOW PLAN - An improved automated planning method and system includes the use of an automated planner for generating a plan template and a final plan generator to produce a fully parameterized workflow plan. Such an approach provides for the generation of fully parameterized workflow plans utilized in rendering environments. A plurality of device capability descriptions can be converted into a data indicative of facts and operators for use with an automated planner, which can be either domain-independent or domain-dependent. Next, a formal product description can be converted into properties indicative of a goal state. The goal state and the data indicative of facts and operators can then be utilized with the automated planner to synthesize a plan template. The plan template is then provided to a final plan generator, along with a formal product description, to produce a fully parameterized workflow plan. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110019224 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RE-ORDERING AT LEAST ONE IMAGE OF A SCANNED MULTI-PAGE DOCUMENT - A multi-function machine having capabilities of at least scanning documents is presented. The multi-function machine includes a scanning assembly for generating a plurality of electronic images and a re-ordering subsystem, operatively associated with the multi-function machine, for performing an ordering determination procedure with respect to the plurality of electronic images. The ordering determination procedure further includes (1) analyzing the plurality of electronic images to determine whether the plurality of images are in a pre-selected order, and (2) responsive to determining that the plurality of electronic images are not in the pre-selected order, electronically re-ordering at least one of the plurality of electronic images to conform with the pre-selected order. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110019225 | Image forming apparatus and method of controlling low power thereof - An image forming apparatus and a method of controlling low power thereof are provided. A main power supply unit of the image forming apparatus including a plurality of operation units supplies power and a main controller controls the plurality of operations units in an active mode in which power is supplied to the main controller and the operation units. The main controller enters a standby mode by interrupting power supplied to the main controller and the operation units from the main power supply unit, and data received through at least one communication interface is analyzed to determine whether to convert the standby mode into the active mode. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110019226 | SERVER, PRINTER, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A first server is connectable to a communication device and a second server via a network. The first server includes: a conversion unit; a print data supply unit; a determination unit and an application data supply unit. In a first case where the determination unit determines that the conversion unit can convert specific application data, the conversion unit converts the specific application data into specific print data, and the print data supply unit supplies the specific print data to the print unit. In a second case where the determination unit determines that the conversion unit cannot convert the specific application data, the application data supply unit supplies the specific application data to the second server that can convert the specific application data. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110019227 | DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, DATA PROCESSING PROGRAM AND PRINTING DEVICE - There is provided a data processing system including a display device, a printing device, a generation unit and a writing unit. The display device is provided with a display function, and the printing device is provided with a printing function. The generation unit is configured to generate display data from print data, the display data being displayable on the display device, and the print data being printable by the printing device. The writing unit is configured to write the display data and the print data in the display device, the printing device printing the print data stored in the display device. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110019228 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PRINT MEDIUM - In a case where in an information processing apparatus of setting one of plural printers where communication is possible, as a print output destination to make the set printer perform print output, it is determined whether or not a newly connected printer is present, and the printer is detected and is not set as the print output destination, the output destination is automatically changed to the printer connected by short-distance wireless by automatically changing the setting of the print output destination to the printer in which the detection is detected. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110019229 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS UTILIZATION SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR EDITING PROCESSING CONDITION - A disclosed information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire first processing condition information stored in a server via a network, a processing condition storage unit configured to store the first processing condition information acquired from the server via the network, a display unit configured to display the first processing condition information stored in the processing condition storage unit, an edition receiving unit configured to receive an edition of the first processing condition information displayed on the display unit, an execution unit configured to set the first processing condition information edited by the edition receiving unit to execute information processing based on the set first processing condition information, and a processing condition registration unit configured to register the first processing condition information set by the execution unit in the processing condition storage unit. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110019230 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a detection unit configured to detect approach or contact of a printing apparatus relative to a display apparatus, a first acquisition unit configured to acquire information about a print attribute of the printing apparatus detected by the detection unit, a second acquisition unit configured to acquire attribute information about content data to be displayed on the display apparatus, and a determination unit configured to determine suitability of printing the content data in the printing apparatus, based on the information about the print attribute of the printing apparatus and the attribute information about the content data. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110019231 | RECORDING SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD FOR A RECORDING SYSTEM - A host computer and recording device can be connected using an existing communication interface, and data can be transmitted between the host computer and recording device at high speed. A recording system | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110019232 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DEVICE OPERATION SETTING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus has a first device driver and a second device driver installed thereon to use a first device and a second device, respectively. When the first device driver is activated, an operation setting screen to perform operation setting for the first device is displayed on a display portion. If a user changes the target device from the first device to the second device while performs operation setting via the operation setting screen, the second device driver for the second device takes over a value set using the first device driver and recorded in a memory. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110019233 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT PERFORMS DATA COMMUNICATION USING SIP, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus that inhibits execution of processing for reading data when redirection is inhibited in a transmission mode in which data is not immediately transmitted, thereby being capable of preventing the reading processing from going to waste. When a mode of data transmission is not a direct transmission mode, the apparatus makes a tentative connection. When it is determined from data communication by the tentative connection that a redirect setting has been made by a recipient side, it is determined whether data transmission is permitted. If permitted, image data is read and stored, and then the apparatus makes a reconnection to send the image data stored in the storage section to a redirect destination terminal. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110019234 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, AND PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing apparatus comprises: a storage unit configured to store a power usage of each of one or more other printing apparatuses connected to a power supply system to which the printing apparatus is connected; and a print execution controller. The print execution controller is configured to: keep track of which of the other printing apparatuses are in printing operation; calculate, upon receipt of a print instruction from any of the external apparatuses, a total of power usages of the other printing apparatuses that are in printing operations; inhibit the printing apparatus from printing when an expected power exceeds a predetermined allowable value, the expected power is a sum of the calculated total of power usages and the power usage of the printing apparatus during the printing operation; and allow the printing apparatus to print when the expected power is equal to or below the predetermined allowable value. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110019235 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROCESSING DOCUMENT IMAGES OF VARIOUS SIZES AND ORIENTATIONS - The image forming apparatus receives image data based on multiple document images of various sizes and/or orientations. The apparatus identifies areas that are not yet assigned with document images on a single sheet of paper and identifies whether any document image can be laid out in an identified area. In another aspect of the apparatus, a maximum document image size is detected from multiple document images, and a scale factor is calculated to cause the detected maximum size match with the size of the entire area of the paper or an area obtained by dividing the paper into equal parts. In another aspect of the apparatus, a scaling factor is calculated for each document image to cause the size of the particular document match with the size of an area obtained by dividing the paper into equal parts. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110026069 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING AN IMAGING OPERATION USING A WIRELESS REMOVABLE STORAGE DEVICE - A method for performing an imaging operation using a wireless removable storage device is described. A wireless removable storage device is connected to an imaging device. The wireless removable storage device comprises a wireless transceiver for wireless communications, memory and a communications port for connecting to other devices. Wireless communications are established between the wireless removable storage device and a mobile computing device. An imaging operation is performed relating to a document file, and the document file is communicated between the wireless removable storage device and the imaging device. The document file is also communicated between the wireless removable storage device and the mobile computing device. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110026070 | PRINT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD BASED ON SERVICE COST - A print management system and method for optimizing cost associated with one or more rendering devices (e.g., printers) in a customer environment. A service cost associated with a rendering device can be included in the print management system so that end-users can have the option to perform rendering at a lower service cost rendering device when rendering a complex print document. The service cost and the rendered volume can be recorded by an asset management unit and a helpdesk unit. A real time feedback related to an alternate rendering device can be provided so that the end-user can cancel the current print job and resubmit the print document at the lower cost, comparable, reliable rendering device. Also, automatic job redirection can also be provided by automatically redirecting the rendering job to the lower cost reliable rendering device based on end-user approval or pre-approval. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110026071 | DYNAMIC AND REAL-TIME PRINT SCHEMA DOCUMENTS - A method and apparatus is provided for printing to a Web services-enabled printing device. A print driver executing on a client device receives, from the printing device, printing device capability data that specifies a plurality of features and options currently supported by the printing device. The print driver generates a second version of a PrintCapabilities Document from a first version. The PrintCapabilities Document indicates, in XML, a particular print feature and one or more options for the particular print feature that are indicated in the printing device capability data. A user interface may be generated based on the second version. As a result of one or more user (and/or default) selections, a PrintTicket Document may be generated that indicates that an option of the particular print feature is selected. The print driver generates a print job ticket based the PrintTicket Document. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110026072 | DYNAMIC DEVMODE SUPPORT - A method and apparatus is provided for printing to a Web services-enabled printing device. A print driver executing on a client device receives, from the printing device, printing device capability data that specifies a plurality of features and options currently supported by the printing device. The print driver generates a second version of a DEVMODE data structure from a first version. A portion of the DEVMODE data structure indicates, in XML, a particular print feature and one or more options for the particular print feature that are indicated in the printing device capability data. A user interface is generated based on the second version. A third version of the DEVMODE data structure is generated and indicates that an option of the particular print feature is selected. The print driver generates a print job ticket based the third version of the DEVMODE data structure. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110026073 | APPROACH FOR PROCESSING PRINT DATA WITHOUT A CLIENT PRINT DRIVER - An approach is provided for processing print data without a client print driver. A print agent is configured to discover a conversion service using Web services. A Web services-enabled print service is configured to determine whether print data received from a client is rasterized. In response to determining that the print data is not rasterized, the print service is further configured to transmit the print data to the print agent. The print agent is further configured to receive the print data from the print service and transmit the print data to the conversion service. The print agent is further configured to receive the print data as rasterized print data from the conversion service, and transmit the rasterized print data to the print service. The print service is further configured to receive the print data as rasterized print data from the print agent, and process the rasterized print data for printing. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110026074 | IMAGE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, IMAGE READING DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE - An image communication system, comprising an image reading device; and a communication device, wherein the image reading device comprises an image reading unit; a transmission unit to transmit the image date to a communication device; an evaluation information receiving unit to receive evaluation information indicating that re-reading of the image is necessary from the communication device; and a display unit to display the evaluation information, and wherein the communication device comprises: an image data receiving unit to receive the image data; an image data display unit to display an image corresponding to the image data; a command reception unit to receive an execution command for executing re-reading of the displayed image; an evaluation information generation unit to generate the evaluation information in response to receipt of the execution command; and an information transmission unit to transmit the evaluation information to the image reading device. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110026075 | Image communication apparatus and image forming apparatus including the same - An image communication apparatus includes: a storage device storing an address identifier and frequency of use of an address as a transmission destination; an address display device displaying a plurality of addresses such that an address of high frequency of use is displayed with higher priority than an address of low frequency of use; a designating device allowing a user to designate a transmission destination from a plurality of displayed addresses; an image data transmitting device transmitting image data to a designated transmission destination; and a display changing device for changing, if an address having low frequency of use and displayed without priority among the addresses stored in the storage device is designated as a transmission destination, the manner of display to have the address displayed with priority. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110026076 | PRINTER DRIVER, PRINTER AND PRINTING METHOD - It makes possible that printing is performed without causing a user to be mixed up in outputting a plurality of sets of printed matter concerning the same image information, even when the printing is performed on the same type of sheets between the sets. A printer or a computer connected to the printer performs a setting to print a plurality of sets concerning the image information to be printed and performs a setting to print with addition of different visible additional image information for each set based on a user operation, and generates printing data from the image information to be printed based on the set setting information. The printer executes printing of the printing data. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110026077 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A data processing apparatus including an application for setting print setting information and printer drivers for generating a print job includes a selection unit configured to select a printer driver and a display control unit configured, if a printer driver that cannot generate a print job for outputting a print product reflecting the print setting information set by the application is selected, to display a setting screen that does not include setting items for which whether the set print setting information is reflected in the print product depends on a printer driver type, while if a printer driver that can generate a print job for outputting a print product reflecting the print setting information set by the application is selected, to display a setting screen that includes setting items for which whether the set print setting information is reflected in the print product depends on the printer driver type. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110026078 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus for performing rendering processing includes an input unit configured to input information relating to an object, a classification unit configured to classify a graphic type of the object based on the information relating to the object, and a processing unit configured to switch a processing procedure according to the graphic type classified by the classification unit to generate edge information relating to the rendering processing. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110026079 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a determination unit configured to determine whether user information has been input to a printing apparatus before a print instruction for printing document data is received, and a transmission unit configured to transmit, when the determination unit determines that the user information has been input to the printing apparatus before the print instruction for printing the document data is received, a print job to the printing apparatus to which the user information has been input. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110026080 | REMOTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A disclosed remote management system includes an electronic device; a communication adaptor; and a management apparatus connected via the communication adaptor to the electronic device and configured to remotely manage the electronic device. The communication adaptor includes a network segment specification unit for specifying a network segment to be managed, a device search unit configured to search the specified network segment to find the electronic device in the network segment, a remote management information obtaining unit configured to obtain remote management information from the found electronic device, a format verification unit configured to verify the obtained remote management information, an invalid device information sending/reporting unit configured to send or report electronic device information of the electronic device if the remote management information is invalid, and a change request sending unit configured to send a change request including updated remote management information to the electronic device. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110032561 | Universal Printer Chip With A Single Data Table - The invention is a replacement universal printer chip that utilizes a single data table. The replacement printer chip includes a microcontroller that emulates the chip functions of an entire model line of printers made by the same manufacturer. The universal chip identifies and blocks the overwrite locations in a single data table of multiple models of printers made by the same manufacturer. The single data table chip functions correctly on all machine or printer models of a particular manufacturer. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110032562 | Greenbooks - A computer architecture that integrates desktop productivity applications with various visualization engines and various output engines allowing visualization, modification and formatting of the ultimate output from the application. Methods for accomplishing content visualization, editing and formatting in light of one or more printing option are also provided. Methods and apparatus are also provided for environmentally-friendly printing in booklet form. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110032563 | JOB HISTORY INFORMATION AUDITING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A job history information auditing system includes an image forming apparatus which generates job history information including a log and image data or a link log upon execution of a job, and a data server which saves the job history information in a searchable state. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110032564 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING COOPERATION SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus for generating output data to be output to a printing apparatus, which executes print processing or output processing to a display apparatus according to a definition described in the output data, comprises a holding unit which holds information of the printing apparatus as port information of the printing apparatus, and holds information of the printing apparatus as port information of the display apparatus; a describing unit which describes, in the output data, a definition indicating that the display apparatus outputs the output data when the display apparatus is designated as an output destination of the output data, and a definition indicating that the printing apparatus outputs the output data when the printing apparatus is designated as an output destination of the output data; and an output unit which outputs the output data to the printing apparatus. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110032565 | Image Processing Apparatus - Disclosed is an image processing apparatus, which makes it possible to put an implementation order of an outputting job, inputted by a user and currently in the standby state, forward, even if the concerned user does not conduct specific operations. The apparatus includes: a job inputting section to input an outputting job, while correlating it with user identification information; a job implementation order controlling section to control an implementation order of outputting jobs, based on priority degrees of the outputting jobs; a job implementing section to implement the outputting jobs according to the implementation order of them; a user-identification information inputting section; and a control section to conduct an updating operation for heightening a priority degree of a specific outputting job currently in the standby state, based on an inputting status of the user identification information inputted from the user-identification information inputting section and correlated with the specific outputting job. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110032566 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - The present invention provides a user with information indicating an executable series of processing among the series of processing including a plurality of processes based on attribute information of acquired image data. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110032567 | JOB PROCESSING SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A job processing system including; an operation section accepting an operation of setting of job; a generate section generating a job data based on a setting information related to the setting of the job which accepted a setting completion in the operation section; a first storage section storing the generated job data; an execution section executing the job based on the job data; a detection section detecting computer viruses within the job processing system; and, a control section deciding necessity of the detection based on the job data related to the job. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110032568 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING CONTROL METHOD - A printing apparatus includes a log information acquisition unit configured, if a print source is a print server, to acquire log information from the print server, or if the print source is a client apparatus, to acquire log information from a log management server in which the client apparatus writes the log information, and a control unit configured to execute printing related to a print job when the log information is acquired by the log information acquisition unit. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110032569 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, PRINTING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - In an information processing apparatus, in response to designation of a paper setting via a user interface of a printer driver, a print setting generation unit determines whether the designated paper setting corresponds to a paper type relating to back side paper based on paper type setting information acquired from a printer. Further, the print setting generation unit performs control to prevent a print setting designated as an inhibition rule in the print setting inhibition rule information from being designated by the user interface, if it is determined that the designated paper setting corresponds to the paper type relating to the back side paper and print setting inhibition rule information associated with the paper type corresponding to the designated paper setting is stored in a print setting inhibition rule management database. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110032570 | CAPTURED IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A captured image processing system includes: a designation information accepting section for accepting designation information indicative of a location of a designated region in a captured image; a region determination section for determining an output target region in the captured image based on the designation information; and a corrected data preparation section for (i) obtaining a mapping for converting (a) coordinates of pixels in a quadrangle-shaped region having four edge pixel groups, detected in the captured image, serving as sides of the quadrangle-shaped region, the four edge pixel groups each being in a form of a line segment to (b) coordinates of pixels in a rectangular region of a given size and having upper and lower sides of the rectangular region being substantially parallel in a horizontal direction, and (ii) preparing corrected image data with respect to image data corresponding to the output target region in the captured image data, which corrected image data has been subjected to coordinate conversion based on the mapping prepared by the mapping preparation section. This allows easy output of necessary regions included in an image captured by a portable terminal apparatus, and allows output of an image having no geometric distortion even if image capture is carried out obliquely with respect to a captured image object. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110032571 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPENSATING FOR RESOURCE UNAVAILABILITY IN AN IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - A method and system for providing back-up server functionality in an image processing system. Upon detecting that a primary server is unavailable an image processing device switches processing operations to a back-up server configured to receive information from the image processing device. The back-up server is configured to have substantially similar configuration and operate similarly to the primary server. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110037995 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING DEVICE SPECIFIC PRINT OPTIONS TO REMOTE PRINTING SERVICES - Systems and methods are disclosed for enabling remote printing services to consistently obtain and utilize print capabilities of printing devices across a wide variety of connection topologies. A client device retrieves the print capabilities from one or more printing devices selected for printing a document. The document and the print capabilities are transmitted to a web print service for rending the document. The web print service generates a print job based on the document and the print capabilities of the printing device selected for printing the document. The web print service provides the print job to the selected printing device for subsequent printing. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110037996 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY CREATING PRINT GOVERNANCE RULES AND POLICIES - A method and system for accommodating a plurality of printing systems arranged as an enterprise printing system including a memory for storing printer usage information related to a plurality of tasks performed with respect to the enterprise printing system and a processing module including a tangible processor. The tangible processor is manipulate to (1) analyzing the printer usage information and (2) responsive to said analyzing, automatically generating, at selected time intervals, at least one print governance rule, said at least one print governance rule being used to reduce printing costs for at least one of the plurality of printing systems in the enterprise printing system. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110037997 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PRESENTING REMOTELY SENSED VISUAL DATA IN MULTI-SPECTRAL, FUSION, AND THREE-SPATIAL DIMENSION IMAGES - A system and method for generating visual information from remotely sensed information may include collecting a first remotely sensed image. A second remotely sensed image may be collected. The images may be processed to orient the images in substantially the same orientation. The first and second images may be printed onto a single material, and the single material may be configured to enable a viewer to individually view each remotely sensed image at a different angle when viewing the material. The images may be over different wavelength ranges. In one embodiment, the remotely sensed information is printed on or adhered to a micro-lens array that enables a viewer to see each of the remotely sensed images by altering an angle through which the viewer looks through the micro-lens array. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110037998 | FACSIMILE APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A facsimile apparatus includes an acquisition unit and a first registration unit. The acquisition unit acquires a transmission source number and a reception number of a facsimile reception document. The first registration unit acquires use restriction information corresponding to the transmission source number and the reception number acquired by the acquisition unit from a first storage unit for storing first correspondence relation information in which use restriction information of documents and transmission source numbers and reception numbers of facsimile communication are associated with each other, and registers second correspondence relation information in which the use restriction information and the facsimile reception document are associated with each other in a second storage unit for storing correspondence relation information between documents and use restriction information. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110037999 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE APPARATUS - The invention relates to an image forming apparatus having a hibernation function and a control method of the apparatus. When a transition to hibernation is instructed, it is determined whether or not a job is ongoing, and if it is determined that a job is ongoing, a job suspension request for suspending the ongoing job is issued. As a result, a job execution unit prohibits a new job input in response to the job suspension request, and if the ongoing job involves data reception from an external apparatus, the job execution unit awaits for completion of the data reception and returns the response. In accordance with the response, a pre-processing sequence to be executed at the time of return from the hibernation is generated, and hibernation processing is performed. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110038000 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND PRINTING CONTROL METHOD - A printing system includes a plurality of printers, a plurality of information processing devices and a managing device which are interconnected via a network for data communication. Each of the information processing devices determines whether the number of printing sheets used in printing processes having been requested by the information processing device of concern belongs to a small number category or a large number category. If the number of printing sheets used is determined as belonging to the large number category, the information processing device of concern displays a window informing a user of the number of printing sheets used. On the other hand, if the number of printing sheets used is determined as belonging to the small number category, the information processing device of concern displays a window informing the user of the printing sheet saving rate. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110038001 | PRINTING CONTROL METHOD, A COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INSTRUCTIONS OF A COMPUTER PROGRAM THEREOF, AND AN IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE - A printing control method for a processing device transmitting a first and second document data to an image formation device, the first and second document data including first and second print parameters respectively, each of the first and second print parameters being set by a setup window of a printer driver, includes obtaining the first print parameters of the first document data if printing the first document is instructed, storing the first print parameters in a memory, obtaining the second print parameters of the second document data if printing the second document is instructed after printing the first document is instructed, determining whether or not the second print parameters are equal to the first print parameters, and displaying an information that the second print parameters are equal to the first print parameters on a displaying unit, if the second print parameters are equal to the first print parameters. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110038002 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PRINT PREVIEW PROCESSING METHOD - An image forming device is capable of making data communication with at least one printing device through a network. The image forming device comprises: a print job acquiring part for acquiring a print job created in response to user's instructions for printing; an image forming part for producing a printed output by executing the print job; an event detecting part for detecting occurrence of an event; and a print preview processing part for acquiring a first print preview image showing a printed output to be produced when the print job is executed in the image forming part, and a second print preview image showing a printed output to be produced when the print job is executed in the at least one printing device, and for outputting the first and second print preview images. The print preview processing part acquires and outputs the first and second print preview images when the event detecting part detects occurrence of the event. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110038003 | PRINTING APPARATUS FOR PRINTING RECEIVED PRINT DATA - A printing apparatus includes a communication unit configured to receive print data including first information regarding printing setting information set in advance and second information regarding inhibition information with printing settings inhibited from being changed among the first information, an operation unit configured to be operated so as to change the printing setting information of print data, and a controller configured to inhibit the printing setting information corresponding to the second information from being changed through the operation unit. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110038004 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Whether or not a received drawing instruction is an instruction which needs an arithmetic operating process with a background portion is discriminated. When it is determined that the received drawing instruction is not the instruction which needs the arithmetic operating process with the background portion, the drawing instruction is converted into a drawing command and transmitted to a printing apparatus, and the received drawing instruction is stored as intermediate data. When it is determined that the received drawing instruction is the instruction which needs the arithmetic operating process with the background portion, the intermediate data which relates to the received drawing instruction is extracted from the intermediate data stored by the storing step, a drawing command in which the arithmetic operating process of the received drawing instruction has been executed to the extracted intermediate data is formed and transmitted to the printing apparatus. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110038005 | PERIPHERAL DEVICE AND IMAGE READING DEVICE - The present invention is applicable to a peripheral device which performs processing based on information from an information processing device. The peripheral device of present invention is characterized by a storage unit, which stores in it a program of controlling of designated processing, and stores in it data for controlling the peripheral device, and by a communication unit which sends the program stored in the storage unit to the information processing device, and by a control unit which controls operation of the peripheral device based on an instruction information written into the storage unit upon execution of the program on the information processing device. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110038006 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - The invention enables a user to perform a process to image data stored in an image inputting apparatus even if the user does not leave the image inputting apparatus being close to an image processing apparatus. To achieve this, the image processing apparatus capable of performing wireless communication with the image inputting apparatus is controlled by: automatically obtaining all of printable image data stored in the image inputting apparatus, according to a status that the image processing apparatus comes to be able to communicate with the image inputting apparatus; accepting, from the user, an instruction of the process to the obtained image data; and performing the process to the obtained image data according to the accepted instruction. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110043846 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING MATERIALS USAGE ASSOCIATED WITH DOCUMENT PRINTING - A system for performing a print job request includes a processor, a printing device, and a computer-readable storage medium in communication with the processor. The computer-readable storage medium includes one or more programming instructions for receiving a print job request having a first set of one or more printing parameters, identifying a final page of the print job request, determining a measurement for the final page through the processor, determining a threshold measurement through the processor based on a second set of one or more printing parameters, determining through the processor whether to remove the final page from the print job request based on the measurement and the threshold measurement, removing the final page from the print job request in response, and performing the print job request through the printing device to yield a printed document. The print job request pertains to information displayed on a web site. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110043847 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALLOCATING CONTENT OF ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS - A computer implemented document-processing system comprises at least one processing element including a receiving component, a target-region identifying component a database and a calculating component. The receiving component electronically receives a print-job specification corresponding to at least one printable document. The receiving component electronically stores the print-job specification. The target-region identifying component operatively identifies at least one target region of a printable document of the at least one printable document. The database stores a plurality of data sources and is in operative communication with the target-region identifying component. Each data source is configured to provide printable data for printing within a target region of the at least one target region received by the target-region identifying component. The calculating component electronically calculates a plurality of prices. Each price of the plurality of prices corresponds to printing the printable data within the target region of the at least one target region as received from a respective data source of the plurality of data sources. Each of the plurality of prices is operatively associated with a respective data source. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110043848 | METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING RESOURCE CONSERVATION POLICIES WITH PRINTING DEVICES - A method and apparatus for policy based enforcement of print job attributes is provided. A printing device receives a print job that includes user identification information. The printing device determines a policy associated with the user identification information. The policy indicates how electronic documents associated with that user are to be printed. A command, based on the policy, is inserted into the print job. The command includes at least one of: a) a duplex command; b) a grayscale command; c) an N-up command; or d) a command reducing the use of consumable resources at the printing device. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110043849 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A printing system and method include analyzing a plurality of properties of a document, and for each of a plurality of ink sets, calculating a metric for each of the properties. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110043850 | Image forming apparatus and method of controlling fax thereof - A method of controlling a fax of an image forming apparatus which transmits/receives a fax using a plurality of telephone lines, includes detecting a size of a fax data to be transmitted; checking communication settings of the plurality of telephone lines according to the detection result; detecting whether the plurality of telephone lines are in use; and selecting one of the plurality of telephone lines to transmit the fax data using the communication settings of the telephone lines and whether the telephone lines are in use. An image forming apparatus with a multi-line faxing function capable of transmitting a fax by automatically selecting a telephone line with a favorable communication setting among a plurality of telephone lines, thereby reducing time involved in fax transmission and waste of communication charges. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110043851 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus includes: a memory that memorizes a storage area storing document data; a receiving unit that receives an instruction for creating a second storage area corresponding to a first storage area created by another image forming apparatus; and a creating unit that creates the second storage area associated with information for identifying another image forming apparatus in the memory when the receiving unit receives the instruction to create the second storage area. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110043852 | DOCUMENT OUTPUT DEVICE, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM AND DOCUMENT OUTPUT METHOD - A document output device includes an acquisition unit and a controller. When a printed document is read by a reading device and output of the document on the basis of read document information is instructed, the acquisition unit acquires at least one of attribute information of a document receiver, attribute information of an output instructor, and second identification information inputted by the output instructor. If it is determined, on the basis of a first identification information and the acquired information, that an output of a constituent element specified as an object of output restriction is not permitted, the controller restricts the output of the constituent element which is the object of output restriction in the document. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110043853 | Image forming apparatus, image processing apparatus, image processing system, image processing method, program, and recording medium - A disclosed image forming apparatus capable of delivering image data includes an image forming unit configured to read an image to generate image data, a workflow selection unit configured to receive selection of workflows each obtained by optionally combining input processing, image-conversion processing and output processing plug-ins for processing the generated image data, a storage unit configured to store data identification information for identifying desired electronic data, a data selection unit configured to receive selection of the desired electronic data, an electronic data acquisition unit configured to acquire the selected electronic data based on the corresponding data identification information, and a delivery processing unit configured to carry out delivery processing on the acquired electronic data and the generated image data based on a selected one of the workflows. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110043854 | PRINTER NETWORK SYSTEM, SERVER DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - In a printer network system including a client device and a server device connected to the client device via a network, the server device includes a virtual print processor unit which receives a request of a print job from an application unit of the client device and generates image data as intermediate data and job definition data that define print settings of the print job, and an exclusive access control unit which controls exclusively writing and reading of the image data and the job definition data. The client device includes an output condition control unit which determines one of output destinations meeting conditional information in accordance with predetermined rules. A delivering unit acquires the job definition data and the image data by communicating with the exclusive access control unit, selects a printer driver corresponding to the output destination, and transmits a print command to the printer driver. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110043855 | PRINT DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINT DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A print data processing apparatus includes a first processor and a second processor. The first processor rasterizes a resource of print data corresponding to pages that precede an m-th page, in a case where a plurality of pages of print data share the resource, and generates intermediate data of the m-th page using the rasterized resource without generating any intermediate data of the pages that precede the m-th page. The second processor rasterizes a resource of print data corresponding to pages that precede an n-th page without using a resource rasterized by the first processor corresponding to pages that precede an m-th page and generates intermediate data of the n-th page using the rasterized resource without generating any intermediate data of the pages that precede the n-th page, wherein the n-th page is one of pages that follow the m-th page. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110043856 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus is used in a network environment including a plurality of printing apparatuses and a plurality of client devices which form printing data for realizing a printing processing in the plurality of printing apparatuses. Regarding an association between printing apparatus and driver constituting a selection unit at the time of distributing drivers corresponding to the printing apparatuses, from the information processing apparatus to the client devices, it is possible to prepare and select associations of [N:1], [1:N], and [N:N]. As a result, it is possible to mitigate erroneous association selection and to achieve further simplification in procedures at the time of selection, which leads to a reduction in total cost of ownership (TCO). | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110043857 | WIRELESS PRINTING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING SAME - In a system in which communication between an information processing apparatus and a printing apparatus is possible, the information processing apparatus detects that communication with the printing apparatus has become possible and, in response to detection that such communication has become possible, generates print data based upon data that the information processing apparatus is displaying on a display unit connected to or built in the information processing apparatus, and transfers the generated print data to the printing apparatus. The printing apparatus prints the data received from the information processing apparatus. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110043858 | IMAGE TRANSFER IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM - The present invention provides A method for identifying lost individuals comprising the steps of (a) compiling a first individual data contact; (b) entering the first individual data contact sheet information into a computer mediated contact database; (c) compiling a first individual tag identifier; (d) entering the first individual tag identifier into the computer mediated contact database; (e) relating the first individual tag identifier with the individual data contact; and (f) processing the first individual tag identifier onto image transferable media. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110051174 | METHOD OF QUERYING IMAGE OUTPUT DEVICES ON A NETWORK - A method of querying image output devices on a network, including receiving a search term indicating device-related information to be searched. The method includes first determining whether the search term includes a target device type, and if the first determining step determines that the search term includes the target device type, determining which devices in a list of all devices on the network are of the target device type to generate a device list. Otherwise the device list is set to be the list of all devices on the network. The method further includes second determining if the search term includes a conditional expression, and if the second determining step determines that the search term includes a conditional expression, determining which devices in the device list satisfy the conditional expression, so as to generate a final list of devices. The final list of devices is displayed. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110051175 | DLNA device and image forming method thereof - A DLNA device includes a communication interface to receive at least one of content and content information through the Internet or receive at least one of content and content information which are stored in a device within the DLNA network, a storage unit to store the received content and content information, a user interface to display the content based on the content information and receive a printing command for the content from a user, a printing job generation unit to generate printing data for the content, based on the content information and the printing command from the user, and a controller to control the communication interface such that the generated printing data is printed by the image forming apparatus. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110051176 | Host apparatus connected to image forming apparatus and compatible function information providing method - Disclosed are a host apparatus which is connected to an image forming apparatus and a compatible function information providing method thereof. The method includes: executing the integrated administration program of the host apparatus; receiving function information on at least one image forming apparatus; storing the received function information on the image forming apparatus; determining whether the function corresponding to the stored function information on the image forming apparatus is compatible with the integrated administration program or a sub application program within the integrated administration program; and separately displaying the integrated administration program or the sub application program corresponding to a determination result. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110051177 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes an input section that inputs image information and additional information; and a generating section that, in case that printing of a mirror image of an image according to the image information and a normal image of an image according to the additional information is instructed, generates printing image information for printing the mirror image of the image according to the image information input from the input section, and the normal image of the image according to the additional information input from the input section. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110051178 | IMAGE-READING SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image-reading system includes an image-reading device that includes: a first creating unit that creates, if a control device requests creation of a content of a settings screen, a content of a first settings screen for setting a scan condition supported by the available function of an image-reading unit expressed by stored function information; a generating unit that generates, when a scan condition is set on the first settings screen whose content is created by the first creating unit, first instruction data to read an image in accordance with the set scan condition; and a reading controller that controls the image-reading unit based on the generated first instruction data, so that the image-reading unit reads an image in accordance with the set scan condition. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110051179 | FACSIMILE DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - A facsimile device includes a transmitting unit, a receiving unit, an obtaining unit, and a controller. The transmitting unit transmits, when receiving a transmission instruction of image data while a communication state is established with a first destination of the image data, the image data to the first destination. The receiving unit receives, from the first destination, first destination information indicating the first destination. The obtaining unit obtains second destination information indicating a destination of the image data from the image data. The controller controls the transmitting unit so as not to transmit the image data when the first destination indicated by the first destination information and the second destination indicated by the second destination information are different from each other. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110051180 | MANAGEMENT DEVICE, MANAGEMENT METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A management device includes a receiving unit, a judgment unit, a permission unit and a change unit. The permission unit permits the image forming device to perform a requested image forming processes, if the judgment unit judges that a number of image forming process which have been performed is within a first upper limit value. The change unit sets, if the number of image forming process which have been performed exceeds the first upper limit value through the requested and permitted image forming processes being performed, a second upper limit value used for limiting image forming processes at the next time based on an excess amount from the first upper limit value. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110051181 | Printing system and print control method - A printing system comprises a printer and an information processor, which includes a control unit. The control unit generates a print data file, which includes a resource saving flag and mode information. This information represents either a printing mode or a document filing mode, in which the printer operates. The control unit determines whether one or more specified resource saving functions of the printer are selected for the print data file in a main setting window. If so, the control unit turns on the flag and outputs the print data file as a first print data file to the printer. If not, the control unit turns off the flag and outputs the print data file as a second print data file to the printer. If a user is specified for the second print data file, the control unit outputs the file to the printer, with the mode information representing the document filing mode. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110051182 | PRINT SYSTEM FOR PLACING RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF SCANNED DATA - A printing device includes a printing unit that prints a print-object image corresponding to print data on a recording medium. A placing unit places restriction information on the recording medium if the print data is attached with the first restriction condition. The restriction information is used for attaching a second restriction condition to scanned data that is generated by reading the print-object image printed on the recording medium. The second restriction condition is for placing restrictions on the usage of the scanned data. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110051183 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INSTALLATION METHOD AND UNINSTALLATION METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a storage unit and an installation processing unit. The storage unit is capable of storing an application program and application data that is referred to when the application program is executed. The installation processing unit registers, when installing the application data in the storage device, link data indicating the correspondence between the application identifier of the application program and the data identifier of the application data. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110051184 | SMALL-SIZED SETTLEMENT TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD OF THE SAME - According to one embodiment, when a touch position on a touch panel-type display section corresponds to an image pattern for an operation, the display of the image pattern is changed to the display of the image pattern in a different display form. When the touch is released in this state, the information of the image pattern that is touched is used as an input and processing based on the input information is executed. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110051185 | COMPUTER READABLE INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A program, when executed by a computer processor, carries out setting, for a printing request that is obtained from a printer driver, output destination information used to identify an output destination to which the printing request is output; determining whether a printing port that corresponds to the output destination information that has been set exists based on port management information that associates the printing port with the output destination information; creating a printing port when the determining determines that no printing port that corresponds to the output destination information exists; and storing in job management information the printing port that corresponds to the output destination information or the created printing port, the printing request and the output destination information in such a manner that the printing port, the printing request and the output destination information are associated with each other. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110051186 | IMAGE SCANNING DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM OF IMAGE SCANNING DEVICE - The MFP capable of scanning images acquires from the file server which the server management table associates with the authorized user the file information for the scan data stored in the associated file server, lays out the acquired scanned data on the Web page | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110051187 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus for executing a printing based on a job provided with job setting information, the apparatus includes: a display section which displays two or more job images on a screen, each of the job images representing each of two or more jobs; an operation section for changing a display scale of the two or more job images displayed on the display section; and a control section which controls to display the two or more job images having been displayed on the screen of the display section, as overlapped images in a same display area, based on an operation of changing the display scale in the screen, wherein the control section enables to select each of the overlapped job images displayed in the same display area on the screen. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110051188 | PRINTING SYSTEM, DISTRIBUTING SERVER, PRINTING TERMINAL, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISTRIBUTING SERVER AND CONTROL PROGRAM, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINTING TERMINAL AND CONTROL PROGRAM - A printing terminal which is connectable to a distributing server via a communication line includes a limited number of times data receiving section which receives from the distributing server limited number of times data indicating a limit on the number of printing times of content data to be printed, an accepting section which accepts a user's operation to order printing of the content data, a content data receiving section which receives the content data, a printing section which carries out the printing of the content data upon the accepting section accepting the operation to order the printing, and a printing controller which prevents the content data from being printed by the printing terminal upon the number of printing times of the content data on the printing terminal reaching the limit on the number of printing times indicated by the limited number of times data after the printing is carried out. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110051189 | IMAGE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An apparatus supplies power to a communication unit that communicates with an external apparatus, and manages history information for each communication sequence in the communication unit in a mode where power supplied to a control unit is stopped. At that time, the apparatus assigns identification information unique to the communication unit to the history information when the apparatus is in a mode where power supplied to the control unit is stopped, and makes control when power supplied to the control unit is stopped or when the apparatus returns to the mode in which power is supplied to the control unit so that continuity of the history information managed by the control unit is ensured. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110051190 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An apparatus includes a management unit configured to manage a device that provides a plurality of functions, and a utilization unit configured to utilize one function among the plurality of functions. In the apparatus, the management unit confirms whether a function different from the one function, among the plurality of functions, is available according to management and control data that includes information for constructing a management screen, which management screen being a screen configured to manage the device, and a setting unit sets an argument to an object indicating a link to the utilization unit according to a result of the confirmation. In the apparatus, the utilization unit is configured, if the object, which is displayed on the management screen, is designated, to set the device according to the argument. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110051191 | Image Processing Device Capable of Executing A Plurality of Jobs In Parallel - An image processing device includes an image processing portion, a reception portion, a determining portion and a stopping portion. The image processing portion is configured to execute a plurality of jobs in parallel. Each job requires at least one of a reading process for reading a manuscript, a printing process for printing an image, a facsimile transmission process for transmitting facsimile data and a facsimile reception process for receiving facsimile data. The reception portion is configured to receive a stop request of a job. The determining portion is configured to determine one of a plurality of running jobs as one that is to be stopped when a plurality of jobs are executed at the time of reception of the stop request, and to give a priority to a job that is executed in a state of a high stop emergency degree over a job that is executed in a state of a low stop emergency degree when determining a job that is to be stopped. The stopping portion is configured to stop execution of the job that is determined as one that is to be stopped by the determining portion. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110051192 | Printing system and printer with setting switch - A host device is connected to at least one printer through a network. Before printing, the host device broadcasts a query on the network, selects a printer that replies to the query, and sends printer setting information to the printer. The printer includes a setting switch that can be set to different states to accept or reject the printer setting information. A printer replies to the query only if its setting switch is set to the state that accepts the printer setting information. The setting switch avoids the generation of unnecessary replies and thereby simplifies the selection of the printer, as well as protecting the printer from unwanted alteration of its settings. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110058211 | PRINT JOB MANAGEMENT BASED ON ENERGY PRICING AND LOAD - An approach is provided that prints print jobs based on energy demand data. The print job manager, which is a software application running on an information handling system receives a print request, the print request including a print job. The print job manager retrieves energy demand data. The energy demand data corresponds to a power grid that is a power source for a printer accessible from the information handling system. If the energy demand data indicates a a non-elevated energy demand, then the print job is printed on the printer. On the other hand, if the energy demand data indicates an elevated energy demand, then the print request is stored in a storage and the process waits until the energy demand is not elevated, at which time the print job is printed on the printer. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110058212 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ASSIGNING OPERATORS TO PRINT PRODUCTION CELLS BASED ON RELATIONSHIPS - A system of assigning operators to cells in a document production environment may include a computing device and a computer-readable storage medium in communication with the computing device. The computer-readable storage medium may include one or more programming instructions for identifying a first plurality of cell operators, where each cell operator may be associated with one or more skills, identifying a cell to be staffed, where the cell may be associated with one or more functions, identifying, from the first plurality of cell operators, a subset of cell operators including one or more cell operators who each possess the skills necessary to perform the one or more functions associated with the cell, selecting, from the subset, a second plurality of cell operators based on at least one relationship amongst the second plurality of cell operators, and assigning the second plurality of cell operators to the cell. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110058213 | Print Job Report Customization Mechanism - A method disclosed. The method includes a user selecting one or more attributes to be included in a print report, allocating locations for each of the selected attributes in the print report, receiving a stream of print data, collecting data from the data stream associated with each of the selected attributes and generating the print report by inserting the collected data into each of the allocated locations. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110058214 | Image forming apparatus and low power driving method thereof - An image forming apparatus having a USB communication function includes a control interface unit to perform USB control communication, a data interface unit to perform USB data communication, and a control unit to perform an event in a low power mode according to a signal input through the control interface unit, and to perform an event in a normal mode according to a signal input through the control interface unit and the data interface unit. Therefore, the low power mode may be effectively implemented. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110058215 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A time limit for a printer to be restored to a printable state after an occurrence of a print error that prevents the printer from printing is variably set. If the printer is not in a printable state when an elapsed time since the print error occurred in the printer reaches the time limit being set or exceeds the time limit, a print start command is transmitted to another printer, and a job assignment is switched to the other printer. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110058216 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An information processing apparatus comprises: an acquisition unit configured to acquire different types of job tickets depending on a type of application used for creation; a storage unit configured to store control information which defines an execution condition of a job ticket, wherein the execution condition defined in the control information includes at least one of first information indicating an application which has created a job ticket, and second information indicating an instruction content of the job ticket; a determination unit configured to determine, based on the execution condition represented by the control information, whether the job ticket can be executed; a display control unit configured to display job tickets which are determined by the determination unit to be executable; and an execution control unit configured to execute a job defined in a job ticket selected by a user from job tickets displayed by the display control unit. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110058217 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a plurality of RAMs which are capable of executing self-refresh, a first power supply unit which supplies power to some of RAMs among the above plurality of RAMs, a second power supply unit which supplies power to RAMs other than the some of RAMs among the above plurality of RAMs with supply paths different from that of the first power supply unit, and a controller which controls power supply based on change of operation modes. In the electronic device, when the controller receives a transition instruction to a power saving mode, the controller records programs stored in the plurality of RAMs in the some of RAMs, makes at least the some of RAMs be in a self-refresh state, and stops power supply to the RAMs other than the some of RAMs by the second power supply unit. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110058218 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTER AND PDL PROCESSING APPARATUS - A printing system includes a print processing unit that obtains the rasterized bitmap data and is capable of printing an image based on the corresponding bitmap data, a PDL processing unit that is capable of generating bitmap data by interpreting print data with a predetermined page description language, a first bus with the USB standard for connecting the print processing unit and the PDL processing unit, and a second bus for connecting the print processing unit and the PDL processing unit, wherein the print processing unit transmits print data with the corresponding page description language to the PDL processing unit through the first bus and also executes a predetermined communication with the PDL processing unit through the second bus when obtaining print data with the page description language, and the PDL processing unit generates bitmap data by interpreting print data with the transmitted page description language. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110058219 | Printer driver, information processing apparatus, and computer program product - A printer driver includes: a receiving unit that receives an event for requesting a printer to perform a process; a command generating unit that generates, when the receiving unit has received the event, a command for causing the printer to execute the event based on a script in which a process for generating the command is written; and an outputting unit that performs control to output the command generated by the command generating unit to the printer. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110058220 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - In implementing data transfer using noncontact close proximity transfer, the user operability is improved. The invention includes a communication system having a DSC and printer. Each of the DSC and printer includes a noncontact close proximity transfer function unit which executes, when the DSC and printer are located within a communicable range, connection processing for establishing a connection state in a first communication layer, a print image transfer processing unit which executes, when the connection state in the first communication layer is established, authentication processing for checking whether a connection state in a second communication layer has been established, and executes, when authentication fails, connection processing for establishing the connection state in the second communication layer, and a link control unit which transfers data when authentication succeeds or when the connection state in the second communication layer is established. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110063654 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SORTING PRINT JOBS - The present disclosure is directed to method and systems of sorting print jobs for assignment to a plurality of printers having different printing characteristics. Print jobs can be received, sorted based on the print parameters of the print jobs, combined into print job groupings based on printing prioritizations, and sent to a plurality of printers having printing configurations that achieve the print parameters and the printing prioritizations. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110063655 | SCAN DATA WORKFLOW PROCESSING - Systems and methods are disclosed for scan workflow processing to correctly and reliably generate a final output for a user. A workflow control service identifies capabilities of one or more devices for performing post processing steps defined in a scan workflow. An image scanner is utilized to scan a document to generate scanned document data. The workflow control service provides the post processing steps to the one or more of the devices based on the identified capabilities for each respective device. The devices then perform the post processing steps on the scanned document data to generate a final output. The workflow control service then transmits the output data to a device identified by the workflow to generate the final output. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110063656 | IMAGE DATA SIGNAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND IMAGE DATA SIGNAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - An image data signal transmission apparatus includes plural circuit elements, a configuration unit, an instruction receiving unit and a signal transmission unit. The configuration unit combines ones of the plural circuit elements to configure one of plural kinds of signal transmission circuits which have different transmission characteristics from each other and which transmit a signal to a signal transmission line. The instruction receiving unit receives an instruction indicating the one of the plural types of signal transmission circuits as a circuit to be configured. The signal transmission unit causes the one of the signal transmission circuits, which is configured by the configuration unit in accordance with the instruction received by the instruction receiving unit, to transmit an image data signal. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110063657 | PRINT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE APPARATUS AND PROGRAM THEREOF - The present invention provides a print apparatus and a method of controlling the print apparatus for receiving and processing a job including a setting for post-processing for printed sheets printed in the print process. The print apparatus determines whether or not there is an unexecutable post-processing in a plurality of types of post-processes set for the received job, and if there is the unexecutable post-processing, information for executing a print process corresponding to the unexecutable post-process and the unexecutable post-process is stored in a holding unit. An executable post-process of the plurality of types of post-processes set for the received job is identified, and a print process corresponding to the executable post-process and the executable post-process are executed prior to a print process corresponding to the unexecutable post-process and the unexecutable post-process. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110063658 | CONTROL METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A control method of an information processing apparatus in which a plurality of printer drivers for setting set values in setting items of print data to be output by a printing apparatus are installed, the method comprises: under the control of an operating system having a function of controlling the plurality of printer drivers to share set values set using the plurality of printer drivers, a setting item determination step of determining, upon switching of output target printing apparatuses between a plurality of printing apparatuses corresponding to the plurality of printer drivers, whether or not setting items according to a printing apparatus before switching and setting items according to a printing apparatus after switching include common setting items. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110063659 | CONTROL METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A control method comprises an item determination step of determining, upon switching of output target printing apparatuses between a plurality of printing apparatuses corresponding to the plurality of printer drivers, whether or not setting items in setting information before switching and setting items according to a printing apparatus after switching include common setting items; a set value determination step of determining whether or not set values in the setting information before switching and default set values of the printing apparatus after switching are different in the common setting items determined in the item determination step; and an output step of outputting, when it is determined in the set value determination step that the set values are different, a message indicating that set values different from the default set values of the printing apparatus after switching are set upon switching of the printing apparatuses. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110063660 | PRINTER DRIVER, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING THEREIN PRINTER DRIVER - A printer driver includes an assigning unit that assigns a setting value based on storage location information specifying a storage location for each setting value; a compressing unit that converts each of the setting values thus assigned to have a format identifying each storage location, and generates compressed data therefrom; a storage unit that stores each piece of the compressed data compressed by the compressing unit in a storage location specified by the storage location information; a first decompressing unit and a second decompressing unit that decompress the compressed data stored in the storage location; a setting window displaying unit that displays a print setting window using each of the setting values obtained by decompression performed by the first decompressing unit; and a print data generating unit that generates print data using each of the setting values obtained by decompression performed by the second decompressing unit. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110063661 | PRINTER DRIVER, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A printer driver includes a job command generation module storage unit that stores therein a plurality of job command generation modules for generating a job command, a drawing command generation module storage unit that stores therein a plurality of drawing command generation modules for generating a drawing command to instruct a printer to print an image, a determining unit that determines a combination of the job command generation module stored in the job command generation module storage unit and the drawing command generation module stored in the drawing command generation module storage unit, a generation requesting unit that requests the determined job command generation module and drawing command generation module to generate a command, and a transmitting unit that transmits the generated job command and drawing command to the printer. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110063662 | PRINTER AND PRINT DATA GENERATION METHOD - According to one embodiment, a printer includes a storage unit which stores a format file having a plurality of fields respectively including data of a certain number of digits. The printer further includes a setting unit which associates a certain range of digits in a first field of the format file stored in the storage unit with one item of a plurality of items to be printed, and associates a certain range of digits in a second field different from the first field with the item. Further, the printer includes a generation unit which generates print data by extracting data in a certain range of digits in the first and second fields for the one item of the plurality of items to be printed in response to setting operations of the setting unit. The printer includes a printing unit prints the print data on a recording medium. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110063663 | METHOD FOR PRINTING DOCUMENT OF MOBILE TERMINAL THROUGH PRINTER, AND MOBILE TERMINAL THEREFOR - A method for printing a document of a mobile terminal without a separate printer setup is provided. The method includes performing a wireless auto-connection between a mobile terminal and a printer located near the mobile terminal, and when the mobile terminal transmits a document to be printed to the printer, the printer finds a computer capable of outputting the document, transmits the document to the computer, and prints the document in response to a print instruction received from the computer. Accordingly, a user can print various documents stored in the mobile terminal wherever a printer is located, even without information of the printer. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110063664 | PRINT SETTING SUPPORT APPARATUS AND PRINT SETTING SUPPORT METHOD - A print setting support apparatus includes a content information acquisition section to acquire print content information relating to a content of a printing scheduled to be executed, a determination section to determine, based on the print content information acquired by the content information acquisition section, whether specified favorite setting is to be applied, a setting value acquisition section to acquire information relating to the specified favorite setting when it is determined that the specified favorite setting is to be applied, and a setting application section to automatically apply, as a print setting, a setting content of the specified favorite setting based on the information acquired by the setting value acquisition section. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110063665 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING DEVICE, PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing system including a plurality of host devices and a plurality of printing devices connected. The printing system includes: a storage unit; a first storage processing unit for storing, in the storage unit, a print status of a print job; an information updating unit for monitoring the plurality of printing devices and updates the execution status identification information stored in the storage unit; and a job management unit for determining, based on the print status, whether the print job is to be executed on the one printing device. When a processing request for the print job is sent from another host device while the printing process for the print job sent from the one host device is suspended in the one printing device, the job management unit allows the one printing device to execute the print job sent from the another host device. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110063666 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AMENDING AND EXTENDING HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES OF DOCUMENTS - A method is provided for presenting documents using a binder file stored on a computer-readable storage medium where the documents in the binder file are presentable within a graphical interface that appears as a notebook binder. The method includes opening a printer driver; selecting a binder file from an interface of the printer driver; selecting a section of the selected binder file from the interface of the printer driver; and adding the document to the selected binder file with an indicator for the document specifying the selected section. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110063667 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PRINTING JOB CARRYING OUT METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus associating user identification information with printing jobs and carrying out the printing jobs previously stored, obtains specifying information that specifies the user identification information when a portable recording medium that stores the specifying information is set; requests an authentication part to authenticate the user by using the specifying information; permits logging in of the user when the user has been authenticated; obtains a job list of the printing jobs associated with the user identification information when the user has been authenticated; displays the job list on a display part; receives a selection of one or more printing jobs from the job list; causes printing data of the one or more printing jobs to be printed; and requests stopping of the printing when it is detected that the portable recording medium is unset. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110063668 | PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINTING CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - To make it easier for a user to print at an intended printing apparatus when performing printing with a printing apparatus which is managed by a server, among printers which were accessed by the user who is a request source, and are at the same location as that specified by the user, the printer capable of printing based on the print setting corresponding to that user is determined as the printing destination. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110063669 | PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - A disclosed information processing apparatus in which a printer driver for a plurality of printers is installed includes a change instructing unit instructing a port monitor, which outputs print data acquired from the printer driver to a preset output destination, to set a changed output destination, an identification information acquiring unit acquiring destination identification information which identifies the changed output destination when the port monitor is instructed to set the changed output destination, and a memory unit storing the output destination identification information and limit information indicative of a limit content of a printing function by associating the output destination identification information with the limit information, a search unit for searching the limit information corresponding to the changed output destination identification information in the memory unit; and an overwriting unit changing the limit information for the printer driver based on the corresponding limit information searched for by the search unit. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110063670 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming system comprises: a processing portion provided with a function to execute jobs related to image formation; a position information acquisition portion for identifying a location where the processing portion is installed; a storage portion for storing an area and a function restricted in the area in association with each other, and a control portion for obtaining from the storage portion the function stored in association with the area which includes the installation location of the processing portion identified by the position information acquisition portion is included, and restricting an execution of the job a related to the function of the processing portion. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110063671 | RECORDING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR A RECORDING DEVICE, AND A PROGRAM - A recording device, a control method for a recording device, and a program can record even when recording using a font that is not internally stored by the recording device is specified. A printer | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110063672 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LOG MANAGEMENT, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMPUTER PROGRAM - An apparatus for log management includes an obtaining portion that obtains a first log of a process that has been performed, a second log generating portion that creates a second log by replacing confidential information, which is contained in the first log and is to be kept secret, with second information that is different from the confidential information, and a second log output portion that outputs the second log. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110063673 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OUTPUTTING IMAGE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDUIM FOR COMPUTER PROGRAM - An apparatus for outputting an image is provided. The apparatus includes a detection portion that detects a state of electronic paper placed on a predetermined location, and a transmission portion that sends, to the electronic paper, image data for displaying an image depending on the state of the electronic paper. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110063674 | Information processing apparatus and computer-readable medium including computer program - An information processing apparatus is connected via a network to both an MFP and a virtual-space management server that manages a virtual space that contains a virtual device that is created by virtualizing the MFP. The information processing apparatus includes a display control unit that displays map information on a display unit, wherein a device symbol that corresponds to the MFP is present in the map information at a position corresponding to the position of the MFP in the real world; a receiving unit that receives a selected device symbol in the map information; an output control unit that outputs image data to either a first data storage unit of the MFP that corresponds to the selected device symbol or to a second data storage unit for the virtual device that is created by virtualizing the MFP and corresponds to the selected device symbol. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110063675 | Printing device, printing method, and computer program product - A printing device comprising: a data acquiring unit configured to acquire image data; an image processing unit configured to generate display image data and printing image data based on the image data by with pixel value of a pixel at a first position in an image of the printing image data, performing an image process of modifying a pixel value of a first subject pixel of the printing image data at the first position or another position, the first position being determined according to a first parameter P | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110063676 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS ASSOCIATING WITH OTHER APPARATUSES THROUGH NETWORK - In an image forming apparatus, screen information for displaying a plurality of function options available for a predetermined process is generated. A screen generating program and option information showing the plurality of function options is transmitted in response to an request from an apparatus that is connected through a network and the user uses. The predetermined process is conducted by using a hardware resource when receiving the setting parameter indicating the function option set by the user from the plurality of the function options that the apparatus displays by executing said screen generating program, from the apparatus. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110063677 | PRINT WORKFLOW AUTOMATION - Illustrative systems and methods provide a graphical user interface for establishing parameters for printing and finishing print jobs. In an illustrative system and method, print job parameters are defined, for example: by establishing print parameters corresponding to the position of a document in a print job and/or the position of a page in document; by establishing associations between values of fields in file names and print parameters; and by establishing associations between text at a particular position on a page of a document and print parameters. The user's inputs defining the printing and finishing parameters are stored in a file such as, for example, an XML file. The system retrieves the printing and finishing parameters and formats PDL and JCL commands which can be forwarded onto the printing and finishing system. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110063678 | System and Method for Controlled Monitoring of Pending Document Processing Operations - A system and method for controlled monitoring of pending document processing operations is provided. Each document processing request received by a document processing device is assigned a job name and is associated with a user which together make up a job identification. A user then logs onto the document processing device to view pending jobs, which are displayed to the user by only job identification. Those jobs with which the user is associated are visible to the user on the document processing device, including the status and file name. The user is thereby also able to modify or delete those pending jobs with which the user is associated. Jobs not associated with the user are not visible to the user or details pertaining to those jobs are not visible to the user. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110069339 | NETWORK PRINTING COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method and apparatus that provides means for printer communication. The method and apparatus includes receiving, based on a user logging onto a client device and submitting a print job from the client device, a first print job owner information and logged-on user information, wherein, the first print job owner information and the logged-on user information are associated with each other based on the print job, storing the associated first print job owner information and logged-on user information, receiving a request including a second print job owner information based on the print job, determining whether the second print job owner information is identical to the first print job owner information, determining, when the second print job owner information and the first print job owner information are identical, whether the user is currently logged on to the client device based on the logged-on user information associated with the first print job owner, and displaying information to the user or prompting the user to input information. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110069340 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIA FOR INFORMATION DISPLAYING DEVICE AND FOR THE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A communication system including a communication device, and a plurality of information displaying devices capable of receiving status information of a communication device is provided. Each information displaying device includes a first judging unit to judge whether the received status information includes error settling information, a first display unit to display the error information and an operable image when the judgment is made that the received status information lacks the error settling information, a first transmitter to transmit error settling information to the communication device in response to an operation to the operable image, and a display restrictor to restrict the error information from being displayed when judgment is made that the received status information includes the error settling information. The communication device includes a second transmitter to transmit at least the error information, and additionally with the error setting information. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110069341 | PRINT CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A method to control a print control device having a universal printer driver is provided. The present method comprises searching a plurality of image forming apparatuses, displaying the first list including the searched image forming apparatuses, if the first image forming apparatus is selected from the first list, displaying a driver user interface (UI) corresponding to the selected first image forming apparatus, displaying the second list including at least one image forming apparatus while the driver UI is maintained, and if the second image forming apparatus is selected from the second list, displaying a driver UI corresponding to the selected second image forming apparatus. Accordingly, a user may use the universal printer driver more conveniently. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110069342 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR AND PROGRAM - The present invention provides an image processing apparatus that reduces a memory region for image processing and a processing load when transferring image data to image processing unit; and a control method therefor. To accomplish this, the image processing apparatus inputs an image, divides the image input by the input unit, generates a plurality of tile images, separately packetizes a body region image and a peripheral region image, generates a packet of the body region image and a packet of the peripheral region image, and performs control to store the packet of the body region image and the packet of the peripheral region image generated by the second generation unit in the storage unit in association with each other. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110069343 | SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PRINTING APPARATUS - The present invention provides a mechanism capable of executing print processing by appropriately selecting, in accordance with the power state of a printing apparatus, the first printing mode in which the printing apparatus performs print processing regardless of whether a predetermined condition is satisfied, or the second printing mode in which it performs print processing when the predetermined condition is satisfied. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110069344 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - This invention provides an information processing apparatus that reduces user operations and also the processing load on an image forming apparatus upon instructing the image forming apparatus to execute pull-print processing, and a control method thereof. To accomplish this, the information processing apparatus is connected to an image forming apparatus that stores a plurality of files to be image formed. If the image forming apparatus can interpret the format of the file, the information processing apparatus issues an image forming instruction to the image forming apparatus by designating the storage location of that file. On the other hand, if the image forming apparatus cannot interpret the format of the file, the information processing apparatus transmits data obtained by converting the file into an interpretable format, and issues an image forming instruction of that data to the image forming apparatus. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110069345 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR PACKET CAPTURE SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR - An image forming apparatus that enables a plurality of image forming apparatuses to acquire packet data according to an operation of the image forming apparatus. A packet acquisition control unit of a first image forming apparatus gives a packet acquisition unit of the first image forming apparatus a packet acquisition start instruction and a packet acquisition completion instruction and transmits a packet data acquisition start request and a packet data acquisition completion request to a second image forming apparatus. Packet data acquired by the packet acquisition unit of the first image forming apparatus and packet data acquired by the second image forming apparatus are stored so as to be associated with each other. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110069346 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS FOR OUTPUTTING IMAGE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMPUTER PROGRAM - A system for outputting an image includes first and second image output apparatuses. The first image output apparatus includes a display processing portion that displays an image to be outputted on electronic paper based on a first condition under which a job to output the image is executed, a conditions storing processing portion that stores, in a conditions storage, the first condition in association with a job identifier for identifying the job, and a job identifier storing processing portion that stores the job identifier in the electronic paper. The second image output apparatus includes a reading portion that reads out the job identifier from the electronic paper, an obtaining portion that obtains, from the conditions storage portion, the first condition corresponding to the job identifier thus read out, and a job execution portion that executes a whole or a part of the job based on the first condition thus obtained. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110069347 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING IMAGE DATA, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDUIM FOR COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a display state data obtaining portion obtaining display state data indicating a state of a displayed image that is an image electrically displayed on electronic paper, a display termination control portion controlling the electronic paper to finish displaying the displayed image, a write image data obtaining portion that obtains write image data that is image data of a write image corresponding to an image written on the electronic paper by reading the image written on the electronic paper after finishing the display, and a storage control portion that controls a storage portion to store, therein, displayed image data that is image data of the displayed image, the display state data obtained by the display state data obtaining portion, and the write image data obtained by the write image data obtaining portion, the displayed image data, the display state data, and the write image data being associated with one another. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110069348 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes an image formation section that receives print data and forms an image corresponding to the print data on a recording material, a display section that receives display data and displays a screen image corresponding to the display data, a storage section that stores the print data and the display data, and a control device that executes a print data process for outputting the print data from the storage section to the image formation section, and a display data process for creating the display data to write into the storage section and outputting the display data from the storage section to the display section, and the control device performs scheduling for the print data process and the display data process based on the print data before output of the print data corresponding to an image of one page is started. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110069349 | PRINT DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINT DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A print data processing apparatus includes a first processor configured to read print data and perform print data processing on the read print data, and a second processor which operates in parallel with the first processor and is configured to stop the print data processing if an instruction to wait is input during the print data processing, to execute processing different from the print data processing if an instruction to execute the different processing is issued by the time the wait is released, and to execute the print data processing if the wait is released. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110069350 | PRINTING METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes a receiving unit for receiving a control command including first identification information; an identification information obtaining unit for obtaining the first identification information from the control command thus received; a storage unit for storing second identification information related to a specific user; an identification information comparing unit for comparing the first identification information with the second identification information; and a control command processing unit for performing a first process when the first identification information matches to the second identification information and performing a second process when the first identification information does not match to the second identification information. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110069351 | CREATING DATA ASSOCIATING A SURFACE WITH INFORMATION PRINTED ON THE SURFACE - A system is disclosed for creating association data associating document information with a surface of a print medium the document information is printed upon. The system has a printer for printing the document information onto the surface of the print medium. The print medium has tags on respective surfaces of the print medium. Each tag encodes an identity unique to the surface. The system further has at least one sensor for sensing the tags of the print medium in a media feed path of the printer, and a computer system for creating association data associating the document information printed onto the surface of the print medium with the identity of the surface. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110075190 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTABLISHING PRINTER COMMUNICATION - A imaging device is provided having a transceiver adapted to send and receive wireless communication signals and a contact surface. A contact circuit is adapted to detect contact of imaging device with said contact surface. A controller is adapted to enable communication only between the imaging device and detected imaging device. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110075191 | AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF DEVICE-CENTRIC DISTRIBUTION LISTS - A method and system for managing distribution lists rely on the collection of job log data from shared devices, such as networked printers. For each printer, a usage community comprising users of the shared device, can be determined, based at least in part on the job log data. At least one distribution list of users is generated, based on the usage community. The distribution list can be linked with a mailer program, whereby users in the usage community are grouped together under a common contact address. Updating the distribution list at intervals to reflect changes in the usage community allows a static email address to be used for a varying group of users. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110075192 | METHOD FOR MANAGING RE-ASSIGNMENT OF PRINT JOBS IN CASE OF PRINTER ERRORS - A print shop management method for handling re-assignment of print jobs after a printer error occurs. After a print job is assigned to a printing device, the print shop management system monitors the status of the printers. When a printer error occurs, re-assignment decisions is made based on the severity of the error, so that less severe errors can be resolved by the operator without job re-assignment, while more severe errors cause the print job to be automatically re-assigned to another printer. For some errors, the print shop management system may notify the operator of the error, and wait for a timeout period; if the operator does not respond within the timeout period, the print job will be re-assigned to another printer. The handling of a printer error may be affected by other factors such as time of day, physical proximity of an operator, etc. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110075193 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING OUTPUT OF PRINTING DEVICES - A printing device is provided with an imager to capture an output image of the paper after it is printed on. The output image is compared to an input image representing the image being printed to detect any artifacts in the output image and to determine the type of the artifacts. The types of the artifacts include effects caused by dirty drum, low or missing toner, dirty or wrinkled paper, etc. The printing device performs a responsive action based on the type of artifacts detected, including displaying a diagnostic message, stopping the printing, rejecting the sheet, re-printing, printing subsequent pages with a corrective action, etc. Further, another imager is provided to capture an image of the paper before it is printed on, and the image is analyzed to detect artifacts of the input paper, including dirty or wrinkled paper, wrong paper size, paper skew or misalignment, etc. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110075194 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING IMAGE PRODUCTION DEVICE-RELATED INFORMATION TO A REMOTE SERVICE FACILITY - A method and apparatus for transmitting image production device-related information to a remote service facility is disclosed. The method may include receiving a request to transmit image production device-related information to a remote service facility, image production device-related information being at least one of registration information, diagnostic information, account information, copy count information, alert information, fault information, configuration information, and update information, receiving the image production device-related information, encoding the image production device-related information into one or more machine-readable markings, generating a paper user interface that includes the one or more machine-readable markings, receiving a transmission mode selection, and transmitting the paper user interface to the remote service facility using the selected transmission mode. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110075195 | METHODS OF EXPORTING PRINT JOBS FROM A PRINT SHOP MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - A method implemented in a print shop management system for exporting print jobs from the print shop management program. The exporting method allows selection of an export job ticket format at the time of export. The export job ticket format may be a press device format suitable for consumption by a digital printing device, or an original input format that preserves the format of the original job ticket imported from an external program. For the press device format, an output job ticket in the requested format is generated from scratch based on job parameters stored in a job ticket database. For the original input format, a copy of the original job ticket is read from an input job ticket and exported; optionally, job parameters generated by the print shop management program may be incorporated into the copy of the input job ticket before exporting. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110075196 | Systems & methods for providing variable data printing (VDP) using dynamic font downgrading - Apparatus and methods for providing downgraded fonts for VDP printing application are described. A server system may be configured to generate and/or select a set of downgraded rasterized fonts for delivery to a client system in order to provide limited client-side WYSIWIG display functionality using the downgraded fonts. A client side application may use the downgraded fonts to provide a display-only or draft print only rendering of a VDP print job. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110075197 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING RESOURCE CONSUMPTION DURING PRINT PRODUCTION - A system and method is disclosed for managing resource consumption during print production. The method discloses receiving a print job and a set of print job constraints; calculating a set of printing resources required to produce a print job output from the print job according to the set of print job constraints; measuring a set of available printing resources; producing the print job output from the print job, if the required printing resources are less than the available printing resources; and identifying a set of fall-back print job constraints and repeating the calculating and producing steps using the fall-back constraints, if the required printing resources are greater than the available printing resources. The system discloses various modules for effecting the method and including: a processor, a color transformation module, a printing resource module, a printing module, and a print job dialog module. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110075198 | CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, AND CONTROL METHOD - A control apparatus includes: an execution controller that links a plurality of print commands with each other, makes an image forming apparatus execute the linked print command as a single print command, cancels execution of a cancel target print command and an unexecuted print command scheduled to be executed after the cancel target print command when a cancel command is issued to some of the plurality of print commands belonging to the linked print command, and then makes the image forming apparatus execute the unexecuted print command; and a display controller that creates status information representing an execution state of the plurality of print commands and displays the status information on a display. The display controller distinguishably displays, as the status information concerning the unexecuted print command, at least a first status waiting for execution of the unexecuted print command and a second status waiting for restart of execution of the unexecuted print command after execution of the unexecuted print command has been canceled in connection with cancellation of the cancel target print command. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110075199 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND MULTI-JOB METHOD THEREOF - A multi job performing method of an image forming apparatus which includes a document feeder which loads and feeds a plurality of documents and an operation panel which is used to set a job option includes loading the documents on the document feeder to separate the documents according to an orientation of the documents, setting multi-job options corresponding to the documents from the operation panel, scanning the loaded documents, separating multiple jobs according to the orientation of the scanned documents, and performing the multiple jobs according to the multi-job options corresponding to the separated multi jobs. The image forming apparatus and the multi-job operation method separately performs multiple jobs by using an orientation of a document loaded to a paper without an additional prior operation. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110075200 | PREVIEW AND MODIFICATION OF PRINTABLE COMPONENTS OF A DOCUMENT AT A PRINTING DEVICE - An apparatus, method, system and medium are described that support functionality to receive document(s) to be printed at a printing device, and enable editing the document(s) prior to printing. Modifications to the document(s) may be generated based on the user edits, and a print preview of the modified documents may be displayed and may enable further edits. In some embodiments, the print preview may be provided to the user on a display that is part of the printing device. In some embodiments, the print preview may be provided to the user through a UI presented on a client device. Display of the modified document(s) may be a rasterized image of the modified document(s), generated based on capabilities of a selected printing device. In some embodiments, modifications may be made to an intermediate version of the document(s), and that intermediate version may be cached. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110075201 | Print control program, print control method, printer, and printing system - A print control program comprising:
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| 20110075202 | Printing Device with Job Cancellation Function - A printing device includes a job receiving portion, a printing portion, a control portion and an instruction receiving portion. The job receiving portion is configured to receive a printing instruction of a printing job. The printing portion is configured to print the printing job. The control portion is configured to register the printing job whose printing instruction is received by the job receiving portion in a queue and control the printing portion to print the printing job registered in the queue sequentially. The instruction receiving portion is configured to receive a request instruction for requesting cancellation of the printing job registered in the queue and a confirmation instruction for confirming each printing job to be one that is to be cancelled or one that is not to be cancelled. Specifically, when the request instruction is received by the instruction receiving portion, the control portion sets the printing job registered in the queue to be in a stop condition, and then the control portion deletes from the queue the printing job that is in the stop condition and confirmed to be one that is to be cancelled by the confirmation instruction. If a printing instruction of a new printing job is received by the job receiving portion during an instruction waiting period from a time when the request instruction is received by the instruction receiving portion to a time when the confirmation instruction is received by the instruction receiving portion, printing of the new printing job is started by the printing portion. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110075203 | TERMINAL DEVICE TO BE CONNECTED WITH INTERNET - A terminal device may comprise a memory configured to store a browser application including a first program and a second program, and a processor comprising a first processing unit and a second processing unit. The first processing unit configured to acquire specific data from the internet and display a browser screen including the specific data on a displaying unit, and the second processing unit configured to execute a process. The second processing unit may display a predetermined inputting portion on the browser screen, and acquire new specific data in a case where the predetermined inputting portion is operated. The new specific data may be transformed from the specific data being displayed on the browser screen. The new specific data may have a specific format that a specific printer can interpret. The second processing unit may send the new specific data to the specific printer. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110075204 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS MANAGEMENT METHOD - Provided is an image forming system, including an image forming apparatus connected to a communication network and a server connected to the communication network. The image forming apparatus includes a management service processing unit that transmits a registration request for registering the image forming apparatus as a target of a management service to the server. The server includes a data management unit that receives the registration request and registers the image forming apparatus that has transmitted the registration request as the target of the management service. The management service processing unit periodically collects device information including a state and/or a setting of the image forming apparatus and transmits the device information to the data management unit. The data management unit periodically acquires the device information from the management service processing unit and retains the device information. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110075205 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - In an environment in which many types of drivers are installed, it is cumbersome for a user to select a desired printer from a printer list displayed on a screen, after the user has issued a printing instruction from an application. In an information processing apparatus in the present invention, data which is received from an application in response to an instruction from a user is spooled as intermediate data, printers which are connected to the apparatus itself are retrieved after the instruction from the user, an installation process and creation of a print queue are performed for a printer driver which is compatible with a printer selected from found printers, the intermediate data is passed to the printer driver, and a printing process is performed. Then, a deletion candidate is decided in the created print queues, and the print queue which is the deletion candidate is deleted. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110075206 | TERMINAL AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A terminal on which a device driver for a device is installed, comprising an obtaining section obtaining, from the device, setting method information for a first IP address that is currently set to the device; and a port generating section generating a port corresponding to the device when the device driver is being installed to the terminal. The port generating section generates the port by using the first IP address currently set to the device in a case where the setting method information indicates a first type of setting method where an IP address is set to the device as a result of an user input of the IP address to the device, and generates the port by using a device name currently set to the device in a case where the setting method information indicates a second type of setting method different from the first type of setting method. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110075207 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - An information processing apparatus is disclosed which spools data received from an application in response to a printing instruction from a user, as intermediate data, controls an installation process for a printer driver compatible with a target printer which performs a printing process, passes the spooled intermediate data to the installed printer driver, and transmits a print job generated from the passed intermediate data by using the installed printer driver to the target printer. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110075208 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PRINT INSTRUCTING APPARATUS AND PRINT INSTRUCTING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes: a receiving device receiving print data; a banner page generating function responsive to reception of the print data, for generating a banner page displaying information related to the print data and conditions at the time of forming the image of the page; an image generating function for generating image data based on the print data; an image forming unit, responsive to reception of the print data, for forming the generated banner page and an image generated based on the print data, on a medium; and a security setting storage device for storing security setting related to the banner page. The banner page setting function changes the information to be displayed on the banner page or the conditions at the time of image formation, in accordance with the setting stored in the security setting storage function (S504 to S508). | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110075209 | CONTROLLING DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING DEVICE - A controlling device may be configured to perform a wireless setting process for connecting a target wireless printer to a wireless network according to an automatic wireless setting mode, acquire unique identification information of the target wireless printer from the target wireless printer by performing a communication without usage of an IP layer when the wireless setting process is performed, acquire one or more unique identification information of one or more printers from the one or more printers by performing a communication with usage of the IP layer after an IP address has been set to the target wireless printer, determine a specific printer among the one or more printers as the target wireless printer, generate a print port, which is different from a WSD port, for the specific printer determined as the target wireless printer, and install a printer driver for the specific printer. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110075210 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The number of process flows to be registered is reduced and the number of user's operations is reduced in specifying the process flow. A method for controlling an information processing apparatus for executing information processing according to a process flow previously defining a procedure for the information processing includes storing, in a storing unit, a predetermined condition and change information for changing a part of the information processing defined in the process flow in a case where the predetermined condition is satisfied, determining whether the predetermined condition is satisfied, and executing the process flow after a part of the information processing defined in the process flow is changed using the change information if it is determined that the predetermined condition is satisfied. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110075211 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In a case where both a first group and a second group obtainable by dividing a head rendering object of a second page can be disposed on a same surface of a same paper, the head rendering object of the second page is divided into the first group and the second group and the first group is located on the first page. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110075212 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - A print control apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive a print job, an allocation unit configured to allocate, based on the print job received by the receiving unit, a printing process in which an image based on the received print job is printed on a printing medium by applying a printing agent thereto, and a drying process in which the printing agent applied to the printing medium is dried, and a change unit configured to change, based on a user's instruction, the drying process allocated by the allocation unit. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110075213 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus including a wireless tag reader is described. The wireless tag reader is configured to be located in a first position to read wireless tags associated with consumables when the consumables are inserted into, stationary in, or removed from the image forming apparatus, and in a second position to read wireless tags outside of the image forming apparatus. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110075214 | Image Forming Apparatus - A system and method for tracking consumables associated with an image forming device is described. An RFID reader is positioned to read RFID tags associated with the consumables when the consumables are inserted into, stationary in, or removed from the image forming device. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110075215 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF PRINTING DYNAMIC OBJECTS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus which is capable of easily designating respective moments desired for printing in the case of printing a plurality of dynamic objects each requiring a plug-in. The CPU of the information processing apparatus gives an instruction, to each of a plurality of dynamic objects contained in a displayed Web page, for specifying an image of a dynamic object in predetermined timing. The designated image in the predetermined timing is stored on a dynamic object basis for each of the dynamic objects, and print data for printing the Web page is generated using the images stored as print images associated with the respective dynamic objects. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110075216 | Printing control system and printing system - A printing control system includes: operation means configured to enter a first printing condition including the number of page images to be printed on one side or both sides of one printing sheet; and control means. The control means determines whether or not the first printing condition corresponds to any one of plural change inhibited printing conditions preset and then sets the first printing condition as a final printing condition when the first printing condition is determined as corresponding to any one of the change inhibited printing conditions while causing the display means to display one or more second printing conditions each providing a higher ratio of reduction in the usage of printing sheets than the first printing condition when the first printing condition is determined as not corresponding to any one of the change inhibited printing conditions. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110080607 | System And Method For Print Production Sheet Identification - A system and method is disclosed for print production sheet identification. The method discloses: receiving a set of calibration sheets; collecting an array of pixel samples from at least one of the calibration sheets according to a set of pixel sampling rules to generate at least one reference sample array; capturing an image of a set of physical sheets generated from the set of calibration sheets; collecting an array of pixel samples from at least one of the imaged physical sheets according to the set of pixel sampling rules to generate at least one post-processing sample array; and comparing the post-processing sample array to the reference sample array to determine if the two arrays have less than or equal to a predetermined number of differences. The system discloses: a sampling module, operated by a processor, a scanner, and a comparison module, operated by a processor. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110080608 | Image forming apparatus and job performing method - A job performing method of an image forming apparatus which includes a touch screen making a handwriting input available, the method including displaying a handwriting input window in a part of an initial screen displayed on the touch screen and making a user's handwriting input available; inputting a handwriting by the user in the displayed handwriting input window; comparing the input handwriting with a prestored job; and performing the prestored job by the image forming apparatus according to the comparison result. With this, the image forming apparatus provides the shortcut of a function frequently used by a user in an initial screen and enables a user to easily select and perform a particular function or a job. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110080609 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS TO SUPPORT WIRED AND WIRELESS NETWORK INTERFACES AND NETWORK CONNECTION METHOD OF THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A network connection method of an image forming apparatus to support wired and wireless network interfaces includes receiving a destination address, attempting to connect to a destination corresponding to the destination address by using each of the wired and wireless network interfaces, determining a network interface connectable to the destination, according to a result of the attempt, and transmitting data to the destination by using the connectable network interface. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110080610 | IMAGE COMMUNICATING APPARATUS - An image communicating apparatus includes: a communicating control unit that controls an internet facsimile communication for transmitting/receiving control information and a packet containing image information based on a T.38 protocol; a loss detecting unit that detects a loss of the packet transmitted from a transmitting side in a stage for receiving the image information through the packet based on the T.38 protocol; a complementing information holding unit that holds complementing information for complementing the image information contained in the lost packet; and a complementation processing unit that complements the image information contained in the lost packet with the complementing information held by the complementing information holding unit if the loss of the packet is detected by the loss detecting unit. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110080611 | PRINTER AND DATA UPDATING METHOD - If it is determined that a portable storage medium is held in a medium access unit (Yes in ACT S | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110080612 | HOST APPARATUS CONNECTED TO IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD THEREOF - An information management method of a host apparatus which is connected to at least one image forming apparatus includes executing an integrated administration program which is installed in the host apparatus and integrally manages at least one application, receiving device information of at least one image forming apparatus, storing the received device information of the image forming apparatus, executing one of applications which are managed by the integrated administration program, loading the stored device information corresponding to the executed application; and performing a function of the application by using the loaded device information. With this, the method efficiently uses a storage space and improve user's convenience. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110080613 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROL OF DOCUMENT PROCESSING DEVICES VIA A REMOTE DEVICE INTERFACE - The subject application is directed to a system and method for controlling a document processing device via a remote device interface. Display data is generated corresponding to the control of the document processing device, following which instructions are received from a user corresponding to one or more document processing operations. An image is then generated on a display integrated in the document processing device based on the display data and the received instructions. The display data is then communicated, via an established data connection, to an associated data processing device having both a user data input and a user display. Control instructions for the document processing device are then received from the associated data processing device so as to allow for user control of a document processing operation and a document processing operation is commenced based on instructions received from the data processing device. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110085196 | METHODS FOR PRINTING FROM MOBILE DEVICES - A method and apparatus for printing from mobile devices are described. In one embodiment, the method comprises outputting a machine-readable code associated with the printer; receiving rendered print data specified by the mobile device that scanned and decoded the machine-readable code; and printing the rendered print data. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110085197 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND NETWORK CONNECTION METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus includes a communication interface unit to communicate with a network using a physical layer protocol (PHY), a first control unit that includes a first Media Access Controller (MAC) to perform Media Access Control for the PHY when the image forming apparatus operates in a normal mode, and to control the image forming apparatus, a second control unit that includes a second Media Access Controller (MAC) to perform Media Access Control for the PHY when the image forming apparatus operates in a power saving mode, and a switching unit to switch a data path between the PHY, the first MAC, and the second MAC according to the operation mode of the image forming apparatus. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110085198 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus and a document management method thereof. A document management method of an image forming apparatus which includes an image scanner to scan a document and generate a scanned image, the method includes generating the scanned image by scanning a document including a bar code, determining whether to perform an optical character recognition (OCR) on the scanned image by using bar code information of the generated scanned image, extracting character information of the document by performing the OCR with respect to the scanned image according to the determination result, and setting a file name by using at least one of the bar code information and the extracted character information and storing the scanned image. The apparatus and method set a file name of a scanned document to identify the document without an additional input. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110085199 | PRINTER AND PRINTING CONTROL METHOD - A printer includes an insertion portion on which a first memory having print data stored therein is inserted; and a controller which acquires preset print setting information and performs printing of the print data based on the print setting information. The print setting information may be stored in the first memory. The first memory may be a portable USB memory. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110085200 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND NETWORK SYSTEM (MFP OCCUPIED STATUS) - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus including, a storing section configured to store operation states, a communicating section configured to receive an operation instruction and list the operation states to be viewable from an outside, and an image forming section configured to execute instructed processing according to an instruction. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110085201 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING METHOD, AND PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS - The printing system according to the present invention has a number-of-pages accepting part for accepting user-specified number of pages, which is referred to as splitting unit for splitting a document consisting of a plurality of pages; and a control part for controlling a printer output operation of the document in such a way that each of the split documents obtained by splitting the document from the first page sequentially in the splitting unit will undergo printer output process configured via a printing setting screen. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110085202 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section to form an image on a sheet, an interface to which an external equipment is connected, and a detection element to detect a physical change when the external equipment is connected to the interface. The apparatus may further includes a CPU that releases a power saving mode when it is determined based on the output of the detection element that the external equipment is connected to the interface. The apparatus may further includes a controller to control communication with the external equipment and a CPU that inhibits power supply to the controller until it is determined based on the output of the detection element that the external equipment is connected to the interface. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110085203 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM AND PROGRAM FOR PRINTING - A printing apparatus includes a communication section to receive print data, a storage section to store an address of another printing apparatus that holds the same print data as the print data, and a first control section to transmit first information, which indicates that the print data is already printed, to the another printing apparatus through the communication section. The first information may be a signal to instruct the another printing apparatus to delete the print data or a signal to notify a user that the print data is already printed. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110085204 | CAPTURED IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE CAPTURE METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A portable terminal apparatus includes an encoding section for encoding captured image data by use of a reference data table, and the portable terminal apparatus outputs, to an image output apparatus, the captured image data encoded, to which a common code corresponding to the reference data table and an output machine ID set by an entry by a user are attached. Meanwhile, the image output apparatus, in a case where the output machine ID received from the portable terminal apparatus matches its own output machine ID, decodes the encoded captured image data by use of an inverse transformation table corresponding to the common code, and outputs this decoded captured image data. As a result, it is possible to ensure confidentiality of image data that is obtained by capturing an image with the portable terminal apparatus. Furthermore, even if a problem such as failure or the like occurs to an image output apparatus that is designated to output an image, it is possible to output the image from another image output apparatus. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110085205 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESSING CONTROL METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes: a detection unit which detects connection of an external storage device; a determination unit which acquires path information of one or plural files in the external storage device that is detected as being connected, by the detection unit, and determines which hardware unit should be started up on the basis of the path information; a startup unit which starts up a hardware unit corresponding to the determination by the determination unit; and a processing execution unit which executes processing to the file, using the hardware unit started up by the startup unit. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110085206 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA INPUT CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM FOR IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD - A data processing apparatus capable of transmitting externally received data to a corresponding information processing device even in a case where a plurality of information processing devices are mountable to the data processing apparatus. First device identification information for identifying an information processing device connected to the data processing apparatus is obtained from the information processing device, and first data is received from an external apparatus. When the first device identification information and second device identification information added to the first data match each other, the first data is transmitted to the information processing device connected to the data processing apparatus. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110090528 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING USAGE OF PRINTER RESOURCES - A system and method control usage of resources associated with a printing device by transmitting a print-ready document from a client device, over a network, to a printing device; intercepting the transmitted print-ready document before the transmitted print-ready document is received by the printing device; electronically extracting, using a processor, page, document, or user information from the intercepted print-ready document; electronically, using a processor, comparing the extracted page, document or user information with resource policies associated with the printing device; modifying the page, document, or user information within the intercepted print-ready document when the extracted page, document, or user information is in conflict with resource policies associated with the printing device to ensure that printing of the print-ready document is in compliance with the resource policies associated with the printing device; and submitting the modified print-ready document to the printing device for printing. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110090529 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO SHARE A PRINTER AND PRINT - In one embodiment, an instruction to share a printer is received at a print service, via a network, from a first user that is a member of a social networking service. A print job is received at the print service, via the network, from a second user that is a member of the social networking service. The print job is sent, via the network, to the printer to print. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110090530 | PRINTING DEVICE, PRINTING METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A printing device includes a print data management unit that is capable of storing and managing print data so as to be associated with corresponding identification information used in user identification; an identification information storing unit that stores the identification information; a receiving unit that receives the print data; an identification information obtaining unit that obtains the identification information included in the print data; a registration determining unit that determines whether the obtained identification information is already registered in the identification information stored in the identification information storing unit; an identification information registering unit that registers in the identification information storing unit the obtained identification information when the registration determining unit determines that the obtained identification information is unregistered; and a print data storing unit that stores the received print data in the print data management unit so as to be associated with the obtained identification information. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110090531 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT SENDS IMAGE DATA TO EXTERNAL SERVER, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus that can store a plurality of operations and easily import a template prescribing operations of the image processing apparatus to change GUI definitions. Property information is set which is for setting accompanying information added to image data sent to a server, and has a name part and a value part in which a name and a value, respectively, of the accompanying information are defined. Whether or not information indicative of a second name and information indicative of a second value are included in the value part is determined. When the information indicative of the second name and the information indicative of the second value are included in the value part, the name defined in the name part is converted to the second name, and the value defined in the value part is converted to the second value. The second name and the second value are displayed. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110090532 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM OPERATING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes an acquisition part configured to cause a first screen for selecting a first program to be displayed on a display part, and to acquire the first program selected on the first screen from an external storage part, the first program being capable of having a process thereof dynamically interrupt a second program of the image forming apparatus; and an enablement part configured to apply the obtained first program to the second program. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110090533 | IMAGE INPUT/OUTPUT APPARATUS AND IMAGE INPUT/OUTPUT METHOD - An image input/output apparatus includes an execution unit configured to execute a job for inputting or outputting image data, a storage unit configured to store the image data or reference information referring to the image data as history information, an output unit configured to output image data identified based on history information, and a control unit configured to perform control not to store the history information in the storage unit if an attribute of the job indicates that the job is a media print job for printing image data stored in an external storage media and perform control to store the history information if the attribute does not indicate that the job is the media print job. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110090534 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a storage destination setting unit configured to set a storage destination for storing image data acquired by reading an image of a document by using a reading unit, an input unit configured to input first image data, which is acquired by reading an image of the document by using the reading unit, and second image data, which is acquired by reading an image of a document including a description of a processing instruction by using the reading unit, a determination unit configured to acquire processing instruction information by analyzing the second image data and to determine whether a description included in a processing target field of the first image data is appropriate according to processing target field information and a processing code included in the acquired processing instruction information, a transmission unit configured, if it is determined by the determination unit that the description in the processing target field is appropriate, to transmit the first image data to the storage destination set by the storage destination setting unit, a generation unit configured, if it is determined by the determination unit that the description in the processing target field is not appropriate, to generate processing instruction information to be used in re-storage processing including the storage destination, and an output unit configured to output data including the processing instruction information generated by the generation unit to a printing unit. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110090535 | PRINT INTERMEDIARY SERVER AND PRINT INTERMEDIARY METHOD - A print intermediary server capable of communicating with a web application server and a printing apparatus via the Internet manages information of one or more printing apparatuses, searches information of a printing apparatus requested by the web application server out of the information of one or more printing apparatuses to generate a response to the web application server, associates information indicating a storage location of print data whose printing has been requested by the web application server and information indicating a printing apparatus which has been requested to perform printing, stores the associated information as a print job, extracts, in response to a print job request from the printing apparatus, a print job associated with the printing apparatus which has made the print job request out of the stored print jobs, and generates a print job response to be transmitted to the printing apparatus. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110090536 | System and method for efficient transfer of image data to a service provider - A system and method for efficient transfer of image data to a service provider comprises a digital image source, an image pump, and a communication path to the service provider. The digital image source may be connected to the image pump using any appropriate communication configuration. Digital image data from the digital image source is transferred to the image pump, which may format the digital image data to conform to requirements of the particular service provider. The image pump may also attach customer account information and user service selections to the digital image data. The image pump may then send the digital image data and any attached information to the service provider. The service provider responsively may perform the requested services and return a finished product to the user. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110096353 | PRINTING PROCESS MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL WITH DISTURBANCE PREVIEW - According to aspects of the embodiments, there is provided methods and systems that incorporate a model predictive controller (MPC) in an image reproduction machine with known disturbance information. The MPC uses the control action at a current time in order to minimize the impact of an impending disturbance as well as to maximize current control performance. The impending disturbance is used by the MPC to determine an incremental change that combines steady state and transient state impact on the image reproduction machine. Disturbance such as print media type, image content type, physical dimension of the print media, weight of the print media, and print job data can be employed. Further, control of the image reproduction machine is generated in real time over a receding horizon, for the purpose of minimizing a cost function indicative of image variation, energy consumption, or the like. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110096354 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HANDLING PRINT REQUESTS FROM A MOBILE DEVICE - A method and system for a mobile device to submit a document for printing thereof are provided. A processing system includes a tangible processor and a software module executable by the tangible processor for receiving a print request from a mobile device to print a document. The tangible processor converts the document into a printer ready format and submits the document to a selected printer device of at least two printer devices that the tangible processor is in data communication with to for printing of the document, wherein the receiving, converting and submitting are performed without intervention by a user of the tangible processor. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110096355 | PRINTING IMAGE METADATA - A method for printing image including selecting data to be printed, wherein the data includes image data, setting printing preferences associated with a print job to print the data, submitting the print job, receiving the print job, detecting whether metadata associated with the data to be printed exists in the print job, determining whether any detected metadata is to be printed along with the data to be printed, creating a file to be printed, wherein the file includes the data to be printed and metadata determined to be printed, and printing the file. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110096356 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A RECORD TEMPLATE WITHIN A FILE HAVING REUSED OBJECTS - A system and method is disclosed for identifying a record template within a file having reused objects. The method discloses: identifying, in the input file, a reused object and a set of pages upon which the reused object is located; computing a page distance between at least two adjacent instances of the reused object; generating an object recurrence pattern for the reused object; and reconstructing a record template, based on the object recurrence pattern, thereby identifying the records in the input file. The system discloses a processor, a profiler module, a pattern identification module, and a template reconstruction module for effecting the method. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110096357 | Document Path Mapping Mechanism - A method disclosed. The method includes receiving a Job Definition Format (JDF) job ticket indicating a document file to be printed is located in a JDF file path, mapping the JDF file path to a file path recognized at a print server, retrieving the document file and processing the document file for printing. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110096358 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes: a plurality of labels; a plurality of pieces of setting information which is associated with the respective labels, and each piece of setting information including a setting item related to processing of a device and setting content corresponding to the setting item; an identification section that, when the processing of the device is executed, acquires information for identifying one of the plurality of labels, and identifies the one of the plurality of labels from the information; and an application section that applies setting information associated with the one of the plurality of labels identified by the identification section. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110096359 | Server Computer and Image Forming Apparatus Forming Network Image Forming System - When a user approaches an MFP, a print process based on print data corresponding to the user is executed immediately. MFP executes a program including the steps of: searching for an IC tag held by a user in a designated range (S | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110096360 | NETWORK SCANNING SYSTEM - An image scanner device connected to a general information processing apparatus can be used on a network at a low cost, and further, the firmware of hardware for this purpose can be a maintenance-free firmware, thus user's convenience can be improved. A scanner/network connection apparatus | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110096361 | PRINT CONTROL METHOD AND PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING PRINTING OF STRUCTURED DOCUMENT - A print control method causes a printing apparatus to print an image on the basis of a structured document containing a plurality of hierarchical elements. In the print control method, a print preview image and a tree view showing a hierarchy of the elements contained in the structured document are displayed. In the tree view, the elements are displayed in a selectable manner When an instruction to specify an element is input, an updated print preview image including the specified element is displayed. Thus, the user can easily remove unnecessary part of a Web page on a print preview screen and print the resulting Web page. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110102830 | SETTING CHANGING DEVICE, METHOD AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - A setting changing device includes a display controller, a receiver, and a changing section. The display controller displays a designation screen for at least one of a first designation that designates a first item and an initial value of the first item; a second designation that designates a second item that prohibits changing via the setting screen by a user; or a third designation that designates a third item that prohibits displaying on the setting screen for users. The changing section, on the basis of the at least one of the first designation, second designation and third designation, (a) changes respective settings of the target device drivers, or, (b) generates for each of changeable setting items of the target device drivers, setting data that is referenced by device drivers when the setting screen is displayed. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102831 | IMAGE INFORMATION TRANSMISSION DEVICE, IMAGE INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image information transmission device includes a registration unit, a storage unit, a determination unit, and an image information transmission unit. The registration unit registers an image information transmission instruction describing a destination number specifying a destination of image information and an abbreviated number corresponding to the destination number. The storage unit stores the destination number and transmission setting information used for transmitting the image information to the destination specified by the destination number. The determination unit determines whether or not the destination number described in the image information transmission instruction is contained in the destination number. The image information transmission unit transmits the image information. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102832 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a communication unit, a prohibition unit, an execution unit, and a control unit. The communication unit communicates with an external apparatus. The prohibition unit prohibits the communication unit from communicating with the external apparatus when a command for executing initialization with respect to the image forming apparatus is specified. The execution unit executes a process for accepting set information of the initialization when the prohibition unit prohibits the communication unit from communication with the external apparatus. The control unit executes a process for informing that the initialization should be executed when an elapsed time of a waiting state where input of the set information is not executed exceeds a given period. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102833 | Image forming apparatus, image forming apparatus utilization system, and method for generating image data - An image forming apparatus reading documents based on a scenario and generating image data to transmit the image data with the scenario includes a scenario retrieving unit retrieving scenarios from a scenario storage device; a scenario reception unit receiving the retrieved scenarios; a plural scenario selection identification unit determining whether plural scenarios are received; a scenario destination acquisition unit acquiring, if the plural scenarios are received, delivery destination information from the received the plural scenarios; a duplicated scenario destination identification unit determining whether duplicated delivery destination information is in the acquired delivery destination information; a scenario processing unit carrying out, if the duplicated delivery destination information is contained, processing on one of the plural scenarios to create a processed scenario to transmit the image data once to a destination of the duplicated delivery destination information; and a scenario registration request unit storing the processed scenario in the scenario storage device. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102834 | PRINTING MANAGING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PRINTING MANAGING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a printing managing apparatus includes a log memory, an allowed amount memory, a counting unit, a calculating unit, and an output unit. The log memory stores, in association with user identification information, information indicating a sheet printed by an image forming apparatus according to an instruction of a user or information indicating a sheet discarded by the user. The allowed amount memory stores allowed amounts of sheets usable by users. The counting unit counts the number of un-discarded sheets among sheets printed by a certain user stored by the log memory. The calculating unit calculates a usage ratio of sheets from the number of un-discarded sheets counted by the counting unit and the allowed amount of sheets for the user stored by the allowed amount memory. The output unit outputs information including the usage ratio of sheets calculated by the calculating unit. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102835 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A first processor converts print data of a predetermined logical page to be printed on a first print sheet into an intermediate code, and a second processor converts print data of a logical page other than the predetermined logical page to be printed on the first print sheet into an intermediate code. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102836 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus which has a display device includes a display control unit and a launching unit. The display control unit may cause the display device to display a device management screen corresponding to an image processing apparatus. The launching unit may input identification information indicating launching in response to an instruction via the device management screen to an application associated with the image processing apparatus. In addition, the launching unit may launch the application associated with the device management screen according to the instruction input via the device management screen displayed on the display device by the display control unit. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102837 | PRINT SYSTEM - A controller able to communicate with print devices each of which is configured to print a file on a medium, includes: a storage; a folder specifying unit configured to specify a folder stored in the storage as a print target folder; a destination specifying unit configured to specify one of the print devices as a destination print device; a file analyzing unit configured to analyze a format of each of print target files, which are all files in all hierarchical levels in the print target folder, and to determine whether each print target file is a printable file formats which has one of formats printable by the destination print device; and a transmission unit configured to transmit, to the destination print device, the printable format file. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102838 | Printer Driver, Printer Control Method, and Recording Medium - A printer driver, printer control method, and printer control program can prevent a printer from operating in unintended ways even when an old version of an application that is not multi-application capable is executed through a new version of a dedicated driver that is multi-application capable. A printer driver | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102839 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT STORES PLURAL PRINT JOBS, CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM THEREOF - In a network printer, in order to handle tincture variations, if all the waiting print jobs are held in two types of formats, that is, PDL and half-tone print data generated by expanding the PDL, a required memory capacity is increased. Moreover, if the tincture variations occurs, all the waiting print jobs need rendering again. When the print job is to be stored, the received PDL is expanded, continuous-tone data is generated, and the continuous-tone data is JPEG-compressed. If a compression rate is high, the print job (print image data) is stored in the JPEG format. Even if the compression rate is low, storage of only the PDL or of PDL and the half-tone print data is selected according to expansion time of the PDL. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102840 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus equipped with a processing apparatus which requires a warm-up operation of a predetermined time and performs a predetermined processing to an image-formed sheet includes: a control section to specify whether each of a plurality of input jobs is a first job requiring the processing by the processing apparatus or a second job performing no processing by the processing apparatus, and to determine an execution order of the jobs so that a plurality of first jobs are successively executed when the first jobs are input in addition to the second job; and an image forming section to sequentially execute the jobs in accordance with the execution order of the jobs which is determined by the control section. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102841 | Information equipment and image forming apparatus effectively displaying specific information and method of display - In an image forming apparatus, in order to appropriately notify a user of useful information when a screen saver is cancelled by an operation by the user, a CPU of the image forming apparatus executes a program including the step of: displaying, if the user does not make any operation in a time period of a predetermined length, a screen saver using read display information; displaying, if a user makes any operation while the screen saver is displayed, read end information; and displaying, if the user makes any operation before the time is up while the end information is displayed or if the time is up without user operation, an initial image of the image forming apparatus. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102842 | ELECTRONIC BLACKBOARD - A writing medium includes a board surface on which drawing is executed. A reader reads a drawing object drawn on the writing medium. A power supply switch is located at a front side of an electronic blackboard to execute an on/off operation of the electronic blackboard. A data port is located right above the power supply switch to output the read drawing data to a removable exterior storage medium. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102843 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The above object is achieved by an image forming apparatus connected to a network and used for forming an image on a sheet, comprising: a 1st obtaining unit operable to obtain via the network, with respect to each of one or more image files related to an authenticated user, (i) a corresponding identification information piece and (ii) a corresponding storage-destination information piece indicating a storage destination; a display unit operable to display the obtained identification information pieces; a receiving unit operable to receive a specification of, among the displayed identification information pieces, an identification information piece for an image file that the authenticated user desires to obtain; and a 2nd obtaining unit operable to obtain, via the network, the desired image file corresponding to the specified identification information piece from a storage destination indicated by a storage-destination information piece of the desired image file. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102844 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE HAVING DIVISION MANAGEMENT FUNCTION - In a case where both a division management function which counts the number of pages printed for each division and a color management function which counts the only number of chromatically printed pages for each division are valid, an image forming device executes monochromatic printing even if a division to which a user belongs who has requested the printing is not determined, and executes color printing after the division to which the user belongs who has requested the printing is determined. Furthermore, the image forming device counts the number of monochromatically printed pages by a division undefined counter which is not associated with a specific division, and counts the number of chromatically printed pages by a division counter corresponding to the division to which the user belongs who has requested the printing. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102845 | METHOD OF PRINTING A COPY OF A PREVIOUSLY PRINTED DOCUMENT - A method is disclosed of printing copy of a document previously printed. The method starts by printing a list of documents previously printed by printing a list of history items and coded data associated with respective history items. Each history item corresponds to one of a plurality of documents previously printed. A sensing device then senses the coded data associated with one of the history items, and a computer system receives request data from the sensing device. The request data is dependent upon the coded data sensed by the sensing device. A copy of the document previously printed corresponding to the history item associated with the coded data sensed by the sensing device is retrieved and printed. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110109933 | CUSTOM PAPER INFORMATION CONVERTER - A method for generating custom postscript printer description files, the method including obtaining paper type information, obtaining an original postscript printer description file, converting the paper type information into a postscript printer description format, inserting the converted paper type information into the original postscript printer description file to create a custom postscript printer description file, and storing the custom postscript printer definition file. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110109934 | DLNA (DIGITAL LIVING NETWORK ALLIANCE) DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A digital living network alliance (DLNA) device. The DLNA device includes a communication interface to search for image forming apparatuses connectable to the DLNA device using a DLNA guideline, and to search for contents provided by a web server using a (web) browser; a user interface to receive a command to print at least one of the searched contents, and to receive a selection of an image forming apparatus to perform a printing job from among the searched image forming apparatuses; a content information acquisition unit to obtain information regarding the an address of at least one content to be printed in the web server; a printing job generation unit to generate a printing job including the obtained information regarding the address of the at least one content; and a controlling unit to control the selected image forming apparatus to receive the at least one content using the information regarding the address of the at least one content and to print the content. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110109935 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image processing apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention is communicably connected to an image monitoring apparatus, and can be remotely operated from the image monitoring apparatus. The image processing apparatus includes a display unit that is configured so that display content can be synchronized with a display unit of the image monitoring apparatus, and displays a trouble message when trouble occurs in the image processing apparatus. When the image processing apparatus is remotely operated while the display unit of the image processing apparatus is displaying the trouble message, simulation information is transmitted to the image monitoring apparatus such that the simulation information is displayed only on the display unit of the image monitoring apparatus, and display of the trouble message on the display unit of the image processing apparatus is continued. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110109936 | Real-Time Facsimile Transmission Over a Packet Network - Various methods and systems are provided for real-time facsimile (fax) transmission over a packet network. In one embodiment, among others, a method includes monitoring fax communications across a pass-through connection and controlling transfer of the fax communications to a fax-relay protocol connection based at least in part upon the monitored fax communications. In another embodiment, a method includes monitoring a state of a state machine communicating over a pass-through connection and, responsive to a re-invite to the fax-relay protocol, transferring from the pass-through connection to a fax-relay protocol connection based at least in part upon the state of the state machine. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110109937 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus is provided which efficiently saves power by preventing unnecessary transitions from a power saving state to a non-power saving state. The image processing apparatus processes image data, and is capable of switching an operation mode between (a) a power saving mode in which power consumption is suppressed and (b) a non-power saving mode in which power is more consumed than in the power saving mode. The image processing apparatus includes: a foot sensor and a computing process section for which detects (i) a first conforming state where a person is present within a predetermined distance range in front of the image processing apparatus and (ii) a second conforming state where a direction, in which the person faces, is within a predetermined range which allows an assumption that the person is faces a front side of the image processing apparatus; and a sub control section which controls the operation mode to be switched from the power saving mode to the non-power saving mode, when the first conforming state and the second conforming state are detected in a state where the operation mode is set to the power saving mode. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110109938 | Authenticating a Replaceable Printer Component - A replaceable printer component includes a first memory device and a communication link. The first memory device is configured to store a first secret. The communication link is configured to communicatively link the first memory device to a printer controller when the replaceable printer component is installed in a printing system. The printing system comprises a second memory device storing a second secret. The second memory device is communicatively linked to the printer controller. The printer controller is configured to determine an authenticity of the replaceable printer component based on the first secret and the second secret. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110109939 | Printing System and Method of Operating Same - Disclosed herein is a method of operating a printing system including determining a time of a print problem, accessing a database containing a timeline of print-related attribute changes, modifying one or more print-related attributes, and resubmitting print jobs. In another embodiment, a method of operating a printing system involves storing sets of print-related attributes in a settings repository, the stored sets being available for use in processing future print jobs. Corresponding printing systems also are disclosed. The methods and systems can be used to improve the efficiency and/or quality of high volume printing operations. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110109940 | CONTACT DETAILS RETRIEVAL USING A PRINTED MEDIUM - A system for retrieving contact details using a print medium is disclosed. A sensor module senses data encoded on a surface of the print medium is sensed using. The sensed data encodes a print media identifier which uniquely identifies the print medium, and a two-dimensional position with respect to the surface of the print medium. A processor determines from the sensed data the print media identifier and the position of the sensor module relative to the surface of the print medium. The processor then retrieves contact details referenced by the print media identifier and the position of the sensor module from a database. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110116122 | BANNER PAGES GENERATED WITHIN A PRINTING SYSTEM - Printing systems and associated methods of generating banner pages for print jobs are disclosed. A printing system in one embodiment includes a banner page system for generating the banner pages. The banner page system includes a memory that stores content representing selectable banner messages for banner pages. The banner page system further includes a page generator that receives print jobs. For each of the print jobs, the page generator selects a banner message from the stored content per print job based on criteria defined in the printing system, and generates a banner page that includes the selected banner message. Because the banner messages are selected on a per print job basis, the banner page for each print job is customized for that print job. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110116123 | System And Method For Attenuating Rotating Member Contamination Affecting Uniformity Measurements In An Inkjet Imaging Device - A method enables an inkjet printing system to attenuate image noise in an image of a test strip obtained as print media bearing the test strip travels over a roller in the printing system. The method includes illuminating blank media as the media travels over a rotating member, generating electrical signals corresponding to light reflected by the blank media as the blank media travels over the rotating member, converting the electrical signals to image data of the blank media, printing a test strip on media, illuminating the media as the media on which the test strip is printed travels over the rotating member, generating electrical signals corresponding to light reflected by the media as the media on which the test strip is printed travels over the rotating member, converting the electrical signals to image data of the media on which the test strip is printed, modifying the image data of the media on which the test strip is printed with the image data of the blank media, and storing the modified image data in memory. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110116124 | Image reading apparatus and scanning method - Provided is an image reading apparatus including a DLNA device search unit to search for at least one DLNA device capable of being connected to the image reading apparatus; a communication interface to obtain device information regarding the searched at least one DLNA device; a user interface to receive a scan-to-DLNA command, to display a list of the searched at least one DLNA device, and receive a selection of a DLNA device to which the document is transmitted from among the displayed at least one DLNA device; a scanning unit to generate a scanned image by scanning the document; and a controlling unit to control the communication interface to transmit the scanned image to the selected DLNA device. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110116125 | Printing control apparatus, image forming apparatus, image forming system, and image forming method - A printing control apparatus is provided. The printing control apparatus includes a storage unit which stores at least one image, a profile generation unit which generates a profile to perform quick printing with respect to the stored image, a link forming unit which searches for at least one image forming apparatus in the vicinity of the printing control apparatus in a wireless communication manner, and forms a wireless communication link with the searched image forming apparatus, a communication interface which transmits the generated profile to the image forming apparatus with which the link is formed, and a controller which controls the communication interface to transmit an image which is requested to be transmitted by the image forming apparatus with which the link is formed in response to the transmitted profile. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110116126 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus which registers a printing apparatus connected to a network includes a printing apparatus detection unit configured to detect a printing apparatus connected to the network, a status information acquisition unit configured to acquire status information indicating a status of the detected printing apparatus, an operation content notification unit configured to notify a user of the information processing apparatus of an operation content to be performed on the printing apparatus to be registered, a printing apparatus specification unit configured to, after operations have been performed according to the operation content, determine whether the status of the printing apparatus has been changed based on the acquired status information, and specify a printing apparatus in which a status thereof is determined to be changed as the printing apparatus to be registered, and a printing apparatus registration unit configured to register the specified printing apparatus. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110116127 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides an image processing apparatus in which when a change is made to the functions of apparatuses that execute a cooperative processing flow, the definition of the cooperative processing flow is changed and executed without requiring the user to perform complicated tasks, and a control method thereof. To accomplish this, the image processing apparatus of the present invention confirms, before starting execution of processing in accordance with a cooperative processing flow in which a procedure of cooperative processing performed in cooperation with a plurality of external apparatuses has been defined in advance, whether or not each of a plurality of functions included in the flow is executable by each predefined external apparatus of the plurality of external apparatuses. Furthermore, the image processing apparatus changes the definition of the cooperative processing flow based on the confirmation result and starts to execute the changed flow. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110116128 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM WHICH INCLUDES IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND PLURAL IMAGE FORMING DEVICES - An image forming system includes MFPs and a PC. A control unit in the PC, on receipt of information on a print job, transmits it to each MFP. A CPU in each MFP checks an operating state, a fixing roller temperature, and others in the MFP, calculates power consumption required for executing the print job on the basis of the machine conditions of the MFP and the information on the print job, and transmits the calculation result to the PC. The control unit in the PC displays the required power calculated in each MFP. This allows a user to select an MFP for executing the print job, taking into consideration the required power in each MFP. Accordingly, the image forming device for use in printing can be specified in accordance with the states of the individual image forming devices, so that power saving can be promoted more effectively. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110116129 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus for registering a printing apparatus connected by a network including a printing apparatus detection unit configured to detect the printing apparatus connected by the network, an operation instruction unit configured to instruct a user of the information processing apparatus to execute an initial setting relevant operation on a printing apparatus to be registered, a status information acquisition unit configured to acquire status information indicating a status of the detected printing apparatus, a printing apparatus identification unit configured to detect a printing apparatus in which the initial setting relevant operation is executed based on the status indicated by the acquired status information and identify the detected printing apparatus in which the initial setting relevant operation is executed as the printing apparatus to be registered, and a printing apparatus registration unit configured to register the identified printing apparatus. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110116130 | Processing Print Jobs - Methods for processing print jobs include flagging, or not, to-be-printed objects having PDL-specified math or logic functions requiring hard processing operations, such as two or more inputs. The math or logic functions preferably reside in ink attributes of display list objects corresponding to the to-be-printed objects. To-be-printed pages of the print job become divided into bands. Bands with to-be-printed objects therein have band display lists constructed in the event the to-be-printed objects become flagged. On a band-by-band basis, if bands have band display lists flagged with hard processing operations, contone bands become constructed. The contone bands result from color information blending between overlapping pixels of to-be-printed objects or an object and a contone page. A contone page includes color information of the to-be-printed page in a first color space. To-be-printed objects are rendered in a second color space in device specific page(s) of memory. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110116131 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus for processing a print setting in a printer driver configured to generate data to be sent to and printed from a printing device, the information processing apparatus including storage unit configured to store constraint rules each defining a constraint for avoiding conflict between print settings; an instruction unit configured to instruct fixing of a print setting; and a rule priority setting unit configured to increase a priority of a constraint rule concerning a print setting for which fixing has been instructed is disclosed as an example. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110116132 | INTEGRATED DOCUMENT DELIVERY METHOD AND APPARATUS - A document delivery network server having a set of integrated functions including sending, receiving, routing and filing of FAXes and e-mails to other users which achieves numerous advantages over the prior art. The document delivery system is based on a client/server model having both analog and digital Fax line capabilities. The server side provides very highly integrated systems functionality based on industry standard, commercially available hardware and a mix of industry standard and proprietary software components including integrated FAX/modem modules, an embedded OS, embedded plug-and-play driver sets, embedded e-mail gateways, an embedded FAX archive, embedded back-up/restore, proprietary high efficiency line utilization and highly efficient load balancing. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110122432 | Scanning and Capturing Digital Images Using Layer Detection - A mechanism for scanning and capturing digital images using document layer detection. Upon detecting a document placed on a scanning surface of a scanning device, the illustrative embodiments identify one or more layers within the document. The illustrative embodiments then scan the one or more layers within the document on a layer by layer basis. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110122433 | PAGE PARALLEL RIP PRINTING METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Disclosed are methods and apparatus for operating a page parallel RIP printing system including a plurality of image marking engines (IMEs). According to an exemplary method, a print job is split into a plurality of job chunks, each job chunk grouped by its destination IME; and the job chunks are processed into a printer ready format by a plurality of RIP nodes associated with the job chunk group's respective destination IME. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110122434 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING WIRELESS NETWORK CONNECTION IN THE APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus in which connection of an external device and a wireless network is controlled, the image forming apparatus including: a wireless network interface unit to connect the image forming apparatus to a first wireless network or a second wireless network; a user interface unit in which setting a connection configuration to connect the image forming apparatus to the second wireless network according to a request to connect to the second wireless network is performed while the image forming apparatus is connected to the first wireless network; a determining unit to determine whether connection of the second wireless network is terminated after connection of the first wireless network is terminated and the image forming apparatus is connected to the second wireless network according to the set connection configuration; and a controller, as a result of the determining, if connection of the second wireless network is terminated, to control so that the image forming apparatus is connected to a different wireless network from the second wireless network according to the set connection configuration. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110122435 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An image reading apparatus requests an external apparatus to issue an image read instruction, receives the image read instruction which is sent from the external apparatus in response to the request, and generates image data by reading an image in accordance with the image read instruction. The image reading apparatus accepts an instruction as to whether or not to transfer the image data to the external apparatus. The image reading apparatus transfers the image data to the external apparatus when it accepts the transfer instruction. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110122436 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PROCESSING METHOD THEREFOR - A printing apparatus includes a first processor which is connected to a first memory and converts print data into an image data format based on a page description language, a second processor which is connected to a second memory and performs image processing for print data of the image data format to generate data of a format interpretable by a printing unit, and a communication control unit which externally receives print data and transfers the received print data to either the first memory or second memory based on a descriptor. The second processor determines the format of received print data. When the print data has the page description language format, the first memory is set as the transfer destination in the descriptor. When the print data has the image data format, the second memory is set as the transfer destination in the descriptor. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110122437 | SERVER, PRINT SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A disclosed server connected to one or more clients via a network, includes a response unit responding as an image forming apparatus to a device searching message sent from the client; an associating information control unit associating the client with the image forming apparatus; a storing unit storing driver generation information which enables generation of a driver corresponding to the image forming apparatus on a side of the client; a driver generation controlling unit responding to a driver generation information acquiring request from the client and sending the driver generation information to the client; and a print control unit responding to a print request received from the driver and sending print data corresponding to the print request to the image forming apparatus in response to the print request received from the driver generated by the client and causing the print data to be printed with the image forming apparatus. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110122438 | CONTROL DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING A RECORDING DEVICE, AND A STORAGE MEDIUM - A recording device is made to record text after suitably correlating universal character code characters to font data that is actually stored in the printer. A printer | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110122439 | Image Forming System, Computer-Readable Recording Medium Storing Driver Program, and Image Forming Method for Remote Job Execution - If a logged-in user to a host terminal device succeeds in user authentication via a directory server device, a user-manager server device transmits a job ticket and authorization information corresponding to the logged-in user to the host terminal device. The host terminal device receives the job ticket and the authorization information, generates a job execution instruction responsive to the authorization information, and transmits the generated job execution instruction to an image forming apparatus along with the job ticket. When the job execution instruction is received from the host terminal device, the image forming apparatus executes a job specified by the job execution instruction if the job ticket received along with the job execution instruction is determined to be valid. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110122440 | OPERATION APPARATUS, CONTROLLING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR - An operation apparatus is detachable with respect to a plurality of image processing apparatuses and includes a display unit which can display a selection screen for selecting an image processing apparatus as an operation target from among the plurality of image processing apparatuses The operation apparatus includes a control unit configured to display the selection screen on the display unit if the operation apparatus is started up when the operation apparatus is not mounted on any of the plurality of image forming apparatuses, and establish communication with an image processing apparatus selected via the selection screen. The control unit does not display the selection screen on the display unit if the operation apparatus is started up when the operation apparatus is mounted on any of the plurality of image forming apparatuses, and establishes communication with the image processing apparatus on which the operation apparatus is mounted. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110122441 | DOCUMENT PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A PrintTicket does not necessarily exist in each page of an XPS document. Regarding a page where no PrintTicket exists, the page is printed by referring to a PrintTicket in a higher hierarchical level. Here, when a plurality of XPS documents are combined, a user's intended print result may not be obtained when the PrintTicket in the higher hierarchical level to which the page refers changes before and after combining. Before a combining process is executed, print setting information of a page element is generated based on print setting information of an element in a higher hierarchical level than the page hierarchical level. A combined document is generated by combining a structured document including a page element to which the generated print setting information is added and another structured document including a page element to which the generated print setting information is added. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110122442 | PRINTING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND PHOTO-DIRECT PRINTING APPARATUS - In a printing system in which a digital camera (DSC) and PD printer apparatus are directly connected via a USB, and image data is transmitted from the DSC to the PD printer apparatus and printed, Capability of the PD printer apparatus is transmitted from the PD printer apparatus to the DSC after communication procedures are established by an application (NCDP) installed in the PD printer apparatus and DSC. The PD printer apparatus is caused to execute print operation in accordance with print conditions set by the DSC on the basis of the transmitted Capability. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110122443 | Printer System, Printer, and Image Registration Method - A printer, image registration method, and printer system improve image data processing efficiency by tracking and storing the identical image data that is registered and stored in a printer. The image registration device has a graphics register for registering images in a printer. The graphics register sends the image data to be registered to the printer, receives an identification number from the printer, and records and stores a registered image data information file linking the image data sent to the printer with the printer identification number. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110122444 | METHOD OF OPERATING AN ELECTION BALLOT PRINTING SYSTEM - A method includes receiving a voter list, and receiving a plurality of different types of ballot images. The method includes using a control program to form a side file which associates the ballot images with the voter list, wherein the control program selects a ballot image which corresponds to a selected voter of the voter list. The method includes forming a print job which includes the selected ballot image, and printing the print job to form an unused ballot which includes the selected ballot image. The method includes comparing an image of the unused ballot with the selected ballot image. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110122445 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING PHOTOS ON DIGITAL PHOTO FRAME - A method of displaying photos on a digital photo frame. The digital photo frame has a photo-sized display screen rotatably mounted on a support such that the display screen is configurable in landscape-viewing or portrait-viewing orientations by rotation of the screen. The method includes the steps of: receiving an instruction to display photos stored in a memory associated with the digital photo frame; determining an orientation of the display screen; retrieving only photo image files from the memory that are tagged with an orientation corresponding to the orientation of the display screen; and displaying the retrieved photo image files as photos on the display screen. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110122446 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A client PC | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110128568 | MANAGING DIGITAL IMAGES TO BE PRINTED - Systems, methods and articles of manufacture are disclosed for managing digital images to be shared with and/or printed for a user. In one embodiment, the digital images may be received for the user. That a count of the digital images exceeds a threshold count may be determined. The digital images may be transmitted to a location where they may be printed for the user. The user may be notified when the printed images are ready to be picked up by the user. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110128569 | Image forming apparatus and control method thereof - An image forming apparatus including a main body having an image forming unit forming an image to a printing medium; and a plurality of mail box modules which are disposed to an output side of the printing medium in the main body, each mail box module respectively including a driving unit selectively outputting the printing medium from the main body, and a control circuit unit controlling the driving unit. The control circuit unit includes a shift register having channels corresponding to the total number of the plurality of mail box modules, and, if receiving an identifying ID information of the mail box module from the main body, turns on one channel of the channels corresponding to the identifying ID information; and a multiplexer which outputs an active signal to the driving unit if the channel turned on by the shift register corresponds to a predetermined identifying ID. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110128570 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DOCUMENT DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD THEREOF - A document data management method of an image forming apparatus which is connected to at least one external device by using an IPv6 address which includes receiving the document data from the image forming apparatus, determining whether to assign an IPv6 address to the received document data, assigning a corresponding IPv6 address to the document data, adding the document data information and the corresponding assigned IPv6 address to an IPv6 address information table, and storing the document data in the image forming apparatus, wherein the IPv6 address information table includes storage information of the document data and the assigned IPv6 address information. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110128571 | PERIPHERAL APPARATUS CONTROL SYSTEM, PERIPHERAL APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PERIPHERAL APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - In a network printing system utilizing WSD Print Service, a highly operable peripheral apparatus control system that utilizes a mass storage device and a low-cost shared printer that does not include a function for requesting print data to an information processing apparatus is provided. The peripheral apparatus control system includes an information processing apparatus and a peripheral apparatus mutually connected via a network. The information processing apparatus inputs a job request and a reservation request to the peripheral apparatus. The peripheral apparatus includes a first measurement unit that measures the difference between reception timings of the job request and the reservation request. If the difference between the reception timings is equal to or less than a first predetermined time, a reservation ID is input and a reservation of the job request is accepted. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110128572 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printer performs printing based on a print setting related to a session ID. A Web application transmits print data to the printer together with the session ID. If a print setting related to the session ID is present, the printer performs printing based on the print setting. If no print setting related to the session ID is present, the printer prompts a connection destination to confirm the print setting related to the session ID. When the session ends, the printer deletes the print setting related to the session ID. With the above configuration, issues are solved. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110128573 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT OBTAINS CONTENTS FROM WEB SERVER AND DISPLAYS SAME ON DISPLAY UNIT, CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus that, when contents are obtained from a reliable Web server set in advance, hides an address bar so as to make effective use of a display region of an operation unit in displaying the contents. Contents corresponding to a designated address are obtained from a Web server. The obtained contents are analyzed and displayed on a display unit. The designated address is displayed on the display unit. Obtainment control is provided such that when the designated address is a specific address, obtainment of contents is permitted, and when the designated address is not the specific address, obtainment of contents is inhibited. When contents are displayed while the obtainment control is being carried out, an address is hidden, and when contents are displayed while the obtainment control is not being carried out, an address is displayed. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110128574 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a display portion that displays a condition input screen on which a user enters a condition for a process of printing or scanning an image, a control portion that, when first operation is performed, controls a storage portion to store the condition thus entered, a retrieval portion that, if second operation is performed, reads out the condition from the storage portion, a re-display portion that displays again the condition input screen in a state where the condition thus read out is entered, and a process execution portion that, if third operation is performed, executes the process of printing or scanning an image based on a latest condition stored in the storage portion. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110128575 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - A display apparatus displays a list of functions for application software; stores one or more display modes for disposing setting information in a display component for each of the functions; receives the selected function, generates the one or more display modes of the display component of the function while disposing the setting information in the one or more display modes of the display component and generates a display mode list screen that displays a list of the one or more display modes of the display component of the function; and receives the display mode selected from the display mode list screen, and displays, based on size information of the display component of the display mode, a disposing place candidate for disposing the display component of the display mode on a screen on which the display component of the display mode is to be disposed. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110128576 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING LIGHT SOURCE ELEMENT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH CONTROL DEVICE BUILT THEREIN - Provided is a control device for controlling a light source element configured to irradiate light for reading an image on a document including: a drive portion configured to selectively apply a first drive voltage and a second drive voltage lower than the first drive voltage to the light source element; a detector configured to detect a light quantity of reflected light of the light irradiated to the image; and a control portion configured to control the drive portion and switch between applications of the first drive voltage and the second drive voltage, wherein the control portion controls the drive portion based on a threshold period set in relation to an elapsed period from an application time of the first drive voltage and a threshold light quantity set in relation to the light quantity of the reflected light. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110128577 | COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM HAVING PRINT CONTROL PROGRAM, PRINT CONTROLLER AND COMPUTER EXECUTABLE METHOD USING THE PRINT CONTROL PROGRAM - A computer readable medium having a computer program product stored thereon configures a print controller to perform as a generation section, a storing section, a determination section and an execution section. The generation section is configured to generate a print command based on printing object data that is sequentially input. The storing section is configured to store the print command in a memory without outputting to an image forming section. The determination section is configured to determine which one of processing including outputting, deleting and keeping storing is executed for the stored print command based on a content of printing object data that is input after the printing object data for which the print command has been generated. The execution section is configured to execute the processing that is determined by the determination section for the stored print command. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110128578 | JOB MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING JOB MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND ELECTRIC APPARATUS - In a job management system, a PC includes a job reception section for receiving setting of a job from a user and a job transmitting section for transmitting the job to a multifunction peripheral. The multifunction peripheral includes a job receiving section for receiving a job from the PC, a prohibition determining section for determining whether a combination of functions constituting the job is a target of a prohibition process, a controlling section for executing the job, and a prohibition information transmitting section for transmitting prohibition information indicating that the combination of functions constituting the job is the target of the prohibition process to the PC when the combination of functions is the target of the prohibition process. The PC further includes a prohibition information receiving section for receiving the prohibition information from the multifunction peripheral and a prohibition information storage for storing the prohibition information. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110128579 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing system includes a storage unit that stores printing status information and host apparatus identification information. The printing status information includes a printing status representing whether a printing processing of the print job is interrupted, and the host apparatus identification information represents the host apparatus as a requestor of the print job. The printing system includes a update unit that updates the printing status information based on a monitoring result of the printing apparatus; a job managing unit that judges whether to execute the print job according to the printing status information when receiving a processing request of the print job from the host apparatus; and a printing status information managing unit that decides printing status information to be stored in the storage unit. The printing status information managing unit first deletes, from the storage unit, printing status information on a print job transmitted from a low-ranked host apparatus. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110128580 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS (PRINTING TIME SETTING FUNCTION) - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus including, a data acquiring unit configured to receive data, an image forming unit configured to visualize the data input to the data acquiring unit and output the data onto a sheet medium, and a managing unit configured to store a condition for visualizing the data input to the data acquiring unit and permit the visualization of the data by the image forming unit according to the visualizing condition. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110128581 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - To a multi-functional peripheral, an external terminal is connected by an external user who performs a remote operation or remote monitoring of an operation for the operation screen. The multi-functional peripheral has a specific user determination portion which determines whether or not the external user who has made the connection is a remote monitoring user who performs remote monitoring, and when the external user who has made the connection is not the remote monitoring user, an operation screen during connection displaying information to show that the external terminal is being connected is displayed, and when the external user is the remote monitoring user, a normal operation screen without the information to show that the external terminal is being connected is displayed. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110128582 | Printer, control method, and used amount acquiring method - There is provided a printer that performs print on a medium by color materials, including: an advance information reading and writing section that reads and writes advance information from and in an advance information holder for storing the advance information; a print control section that outputs a print driving controlling print when the advance information is read by the advance information reading and writing section; and a used amount acquiring section that acquires a used amount for the printer based on the print driving signal output from print control section. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110128583 | PRINTER FOR COMMUNICATING COMMANDS WITH HOST DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAID PRINTER - Provided is a printer which receives inquiry information relating to the print setting sent from a host device, sends to the host device reply information based on its characteristic information in response to the received inquiry information, receives print setting information sent from the host device based on the reply information, requests print object data to the host device in accordance with the received print setting information, receiving the print object data sent from the host device in accordance to the request, and prints the received print object data Thereby, the present invention enables a host device to make a printer print document data in the host device without requiring conventional printer drivers. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110128584 | FILE CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINT SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING THEM - Print setting information including information indicating an order of entries of files is created, and a print job is created by appending the print setting information. A sequence of created print jobs to be transmitted is arranged based on the information which is included in the print setting information and indicates the order of entries of files, and process restriction information associated with the print job is acquired from a print device. When it is determined that restriction by the process restriction information is exceeded upon continuously receiving a plurality of print jobs, a succeeding print job is changed so that the process restriction information is not exceeded even when the succeeding print job is transmitted. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110134463 | Control point, image forming apparatus, and printing control method - A control point including a user interface through which at least one file for printing is selected, a communication interface which searches for at least one image forming apparatus using DLNA, a DLNA stack unit which receives device information corresponding to the searched at least one image forming apparatus, an image processor which converts the file for printing to correspond to the image forming apparatus using the device information, a printing job generator which generates printing data regarding the converted file for printing, and a controller which controls the communication interface to transmit the generated printing data to the image forming apparatus. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134464 | PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS AND PRINTING CONTROL METHOD - A printing control apparatus includes a user interface to display at least one of pre-stored hierarchical printing options if a command to print an XPS file is received, an analysis unit to analyze a hierarchical structure of the XPS file, an applying unit to apply a pre-stored hierarchical printing option selected from among the at least one displayed hierarchical printing options to the hierarchical structure of the XPS file, and a communication interface to transmit the XPS file to which the hierarchical printing option is applied to the image forming apparatus. Therefore, a user can hierarchically set frequently used hierarchical printing options in a convenient manner. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134465 | CONTROL POINT, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PRINTING - A control point includes a communication interface to search for one or more image forming apparatuses using digital living network alliance (DLNA), a user interface unit through which at least one piece of content is selected for printing using a user interface of the control point, and through which an image forming apparatus is selected from among the searched image forming apparatuses to perform printing, a DLNA stack unit to set a connection policy regarding connection to the selected image forming apparatus, and to selectively control the DLNA connection status to the selected image forming apparatus according to the connection policy, and a controller to control the communication interface to transmit print data corresponding to the selected content-for-printing and the connection policy to the selected image forming apparatus. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134466 | PRINT SERVER, METHOD FOR GENERATING PRINT SETTING SCREEN, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A print server includes a receiving unit configured to receive, from a printer, user information input in the printer, a storage unit configured to store the user information received by the receiving unit, an acquisition unit configured to acquire user information issued from a client apparatus, and a generation unit configured to generate, when user information that matches the user information acquired by the acquisition unit is stored in the storage unit, a print setting screen based on a function of a printer associated with the user information, and to generate, when user information that matches the user information acquired by the acquisition unit is not stored in the storage unit, a print setting screen based on functions of a plurality of printers. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134467 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE - An image processing device, an image forming device, and a method for processing image for: separating a first print job into a first piece of job setting information and a first piece of image information; having the first piece of job setting information and the second piece of image information associated with each other to store in a memory; generating a second piece of job setting information of a second print job as a new piece of job setting information according to a setting change with respect to the first print job stored in the memory and associating the second piece of job setting information as generated with the piece of first image information to store in the memory; and transmitting a piece of job setting information of a print job to be executed and a piece of image information associated with the piece of job setting information. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134468 | Control point, image forming apparatus and method for processing event - An image forming apparatus is provided, which includes a communication interface (CI) to search at least one connectable control point (CP), an event management unit to set event notification information for the CP found by the search, and if an event occurs in the image forming apparatus, to select the CP to receive a notification of the event based on the event notification information, a storage unit to store the set event notification information, and a digital living network alliance (DLNA) stack to control the CI so that the event is notified to the selected CP. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134469 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - When a preview image is displayed, an area on which a certain finishing process is executed is automatically enlarged and displayed. A control method for controlling an image forming apparatus including a display unit for previewing print results obtained by printing print information to be printed, the control method comprising: determining a preview position and a preview magnification rate of the print results to be displayed on the display unit, based on a post-processing setting for the print information; and controlling a preview of the print results to be displayed on the display unit, based on the determined preview position and preview magnification rate. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134470 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The information processing apparatus which controls a display unit includes a control unit configured to control the display unit to display specific information in area which is different from an area of image in which the specific information is included or configured to control the display unit to display specific information in an area determined according to a position where a user's input operation is detected. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134471 | DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A document management system includes a primary storage server and a secondary storage server. The primary storage server stores document information about a document including owner information for identifying a user having registered the document and group information for identifying a group to which the user belongs in the primary storage server storage device for each group based on the group information included in the document information. The secondary storage server specifies the group information for identifying the group to which the user accessing the document belongs, acquires the document information about the specified group information, and then stores the acquired document information in the secondary storage server storage device for each user based on the information about the user accessing the document. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134472 | MASTER MANAGEMENT SERVER, CACHE MANAGEMENT SERVER,AND PRINT DOCUMENT INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A master management server for managing print document information in a master includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a disposal reference date from a system management server for managing a date used as a reference date in disposal processing of print document information, and a master management unit configured to, if the acquired disposal reference date differs from an executed disposal reference date retained in the master management server, perform disposal processing in which print document information is deleted or is set as a non-target for printing, based on the acquired disposal reference date, and transmit a cache update request, containing print document information for which disposal has been suspended in the disposal processing and the disposal reference date used in the disposal processing, to a cache management server for managing cache of a group identified by group identification information contained in the print document information. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134473 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides a printing system provided with a printing apparatus and a post-processing apparatus, and a control method thereof, wherein, when an instruction is given to execute an off-line job in which a post-process by the post-processing apparatus is performed without printing by the printing apparatus (S | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134474 | NETWORK SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC DEVICE IN NETWORK SYSTEM - In one embodiment, a network system according to the present invention is a network system in which a plurality of image forming apparatuses are communicably connected via a network, and an electronic device capable of independent operation is communicably connected to each of the plurality of image forming apparatuses. The electronic device includes a data input/output unit that sends/receives control data of the electronic device to/from the image forming apparatus to which the electronic device is connected, and the image forming apparatus includes a data communications unit that sends/receives the control data to/from the electronic device connected to the image forming apparatus, and a network communications unit that sends/receives the control data to/from another image forming apparatus via the network. Furthermore, the data communications unit and the network communications unit of each image forming apparatus send the control data of the electronic device to each of the other electronic devices via the network, the data input/output unit of each of the other electronic devices receives the control data, and each of the other electronic devices operates based on the received control data. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134475 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM INCLUDING WEB SERVER, WEB BROWSER-EQUIPPED PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, AND WEB BROWSER-EQUIPPED IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF FORMING IMAGE IN IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming system capable of causing cooperation between operation screens displayed on the respective web browsers of a print control apparatus and an image forming apparatus. When receiving a screen update request from the print control apparatus, the web server determines whether the request is from the print control apparatus or from the image forming apparatus. When the request is from the print control apparatus, the web server transmits screen data for causing the web browser of the print control apparatus to display an operation screen to the print control apparatus, whereas when the request is from the image forming apparatus, the web server transmits screen data for causing the web browser of the image forming apparatus to display an operation screen and screen data for causing the web browser of the print control apparatus to display an operation screen to the print control apparatus. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134476 | PRINTING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing system includes a host computer and a printer. The host computer includes a CPU that requests to the printer a storing job list of storing jobs and determines a plurality of jobs to be collectively printed and a printing order of the plurality of jobs from the received storing job list. The CPU then creates a job list based on the determination and transmits the job list to the printer. The printer includes a CPU that stores the storing jobs, acquires the storing job list according to the request, and transmits the storing job list to the host computer. The printer further includes a printing unit that prints the storing jobs corresponding to the job list. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134477 | Network Printer - A network printer includes a communication unit that conducts communication with a communication terminal connected through a network, and a recording unit. The recording unit can be put in a first power state and a second power state, whose power consumption is lower than that of the first power state, and the recording unit records print data received from the communication unit during the first power state. The communication unit includes a confirmation signal delivery unit that sends a connection confirmation signal to the communication terminal when the print data is not successively received from the communication terminal for a first predetermined time while a session is established and a transition unit that causes the power state of the recording unit to transition to the second power state when a reply to the connection confirmation signal has not been successively received for a second predetermined time. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134478 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE - The communication device has:
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| 20110134479 | Replaceable Printer Component Including a Memory Updated Atomically - A replaceable printer component includes a memory device and a communication link. The memory device includes a memory and a circuit configured to atomically update data stored in the memory. The communication link is configured to communicatively link the memory device to a printer controller when the replaceable printer component is installed in a printing system. The circuit is configured to receive a write request including data, a data length, and an address from the printer controller; copy the data length of data stored at the address to a backup area of the memory; store the data length and the address in the memory; set a write state stored in the memory to a first state; update the data length of data stored at the address with the received data; and set the write state stored in the memory to a second state. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134480 | APPLICATION SERVICE PROVIDER SERVER, DATA SERVER, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - An application server, a data server, and a printer are connected to one another via a communication network. The application server executes application software. Then, the application server generates print data for printing an interim result or final result of processing performed by the application software, and sends the print data to the data server. The data server provides the supplied print data to the printer. The printer performs printing in accordance with the provided print data. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134481 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROCESS CONTROL METHOD, AND PROCESS CONTROL PROGRAM PRODUCT - A disclosed information processing apparatus includes an information processing unit configured to operate as a daemon process; an information displaying unit configured to operate as a process different from the daemon process and display a screen relevant to the information processing unit; a first ending unit configured to end the information displaying unit due to a first factor; and a second ending unit configured to end the information displaying unit due to a second factor different from the first factor. The information displaying unit ends the information processing unit in the event of receiving a request to end from the first ending unit and the information displaying unit does not end the information processing unit in the event of receiving a request to end from the second ending unit. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134482 | PRINTER FOR A CASH REGISTER SYSTEM - The invention relates to a printer for a cash register system that has a computer which has a plurality of interfaces to connect to a cash drawer, a keyboard, a customer display, an operator display, a scanner and/or a monitor as well as a network interface, wherein the printer has a printer housing in which a printer control unit and a printer mechanism are located, and wherein the computer and the printer can be provided with electrical voltage over a power supply unit, wherein the computer is configured as a mini-computer with an extremely small housing with compact dimensions, that the mini-computer is integrated into the printer housing on the one hand and that the mini-computer and the printer can be provided with electrical voltage over a common power supply unit. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110141510 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTELLIGENT ROUTING OF SCAN FILES - The subject application is directed to a system and method for intelligent routing of scan files. Scan data is received from a scan of an associated tangible document from a scanner and character data is extracted via optical character recognition. Data corresponding to a plurality of preselected character sets is stored in memory, each character set associated with at least one routing option set, each routing option set including at least one data routing option stored associatively therewith. Extracted character data is compared to the character sets so as to output at least one corresponding routing option. At least one visual element corresponding to the routing option is displayed on a display and selection data corresponding to the displayed element is received from a user via a user input. A selected routing option received from the associated user is isolated and the scan data is routed to a destination in accordance with received selection data. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110141511 | Printer Settings Customization Mechanism - A method disclosed. The method includes receiving printer settings from a plurality of printers, generating one or more settings profiles based upon the received printer settings; downloading a settings profile to a new printer upon installation; and customizing a graphical user interface (GUI) based upon the downloaded settings profile. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110141512 | MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL ADDRESS INSTALLATION FOR TANDEM PRINT ENGINE CONFIGURATIONS - The present disclosure provides a method of assigning media access control (MAC) addresses to image paths for a printing system. The method comprises: initializing a MAC address to each image path board in the printing system wherein the printing system includes at least two print engines each having an image path board;
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| 20110141513 | DOCUMENT USE MANAGING SYSTEM, DOCUMENT USE MANAGEMENT METHOD, TEMPORARY USE LICENSE ISSUING APPARATUS, DOCUMENT USING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A temporary use license issuing apparatus includes a communicating unit, an instruction receiving unit, and an issuing unit. The communicating unit communicates with a document use managing apparatus storing pieces of management information prescribing scopes of operation authority of respective users over documents and manages users' operations on documents according to the pieces of management information. The instruction receiving unit receives, from a user, an instruction to issue a temporary use license for a document. The issuing unit issues the temporary use license containing document identification information of the document to which the issuance instruction is directed, and operation authority information indicating a scope of operation authority over the document, the operation authority indicated by the operation authority information being within a scope of the operation authority of the user over the document which is prescribed by the management information. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110141514 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image processing apparatus having a function of image processing on a file stored in a storage device includes an interface unit configured to read data from the storage device, an acquisition unit configured to acquire information about files stored in the storage device, via the interface unit, a display unit configured to display the information acquired by the acquisition unit, and a determination unit configured to determine whether the image processing apparatus can process a file stored in the storage device, based on a predetermined size of data of the file stored in the storage device. The display unit displays information acquired by the acquisition unit in a manner reflecting the determination result by the determination unit. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110141515 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The invention provides an image forming apparatus comprising: a combining unit configured to combine an image data and a form image page-by-page; an image forming unit configured to make the image combined by the combining unit to be formed using a print unit for forming the image data and a print unit for forming the form image; an obtaining unit configured to obtain the number of pages of the form image stored in the storage unit; and a determination unit configured to determine whether or not formation of the same number of images as the number of pages of the form image obtained by the obtaining unit has been finished, wherein the image forming unit stops the print unit for forming the form image after the determination unit determines that formation of the same number of images as the number of pages of the form image has been finished. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110141516 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS - A method for transferring image data to be transferred is switched depending on whether print setting is performed to image data transferred from a data processing apparatus. The the control method includes performing print setting to image data to be transferred to the image forming apparatus, determining whether the print setting is performed to the image data according as the data processing apparatus becomes communicable with the image forming apparatus, and controlling the data processing apparatus to transmit the image data and the print setting to the image forming apparatus in a case where it is determined that the print setting is performed, and transmit the image data to be printed according to the print setting set by the image forming apparatus to the image forming apparatus in a case where it is determined that the print setting is not performed. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110141517 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING SYSTEM - Disclosed is a printing system in which any one of plural printers implements a print job outputted by a print instructing apparatus, without employing an exclusive apparatus that controls the plurality of printers so as to determine a processing destination printer. The printer serving as one of the plural printers acquires a print job stored in a storage device and is capable of implementing the print job. The storage device stores the print job received from the print instructing apparatus, therein, and receives accesses from the plural printers. The printer includes: a detecting section to access to the storage device so as to detect the print job stored in the storage device; an acquiring section to acquire the print job detected by the detecting section from the storage device; and a processing section to implement the print job acquired by the acquiring section. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110141518 | INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD - In an information distribution apparatus, if an optimum layout of a plurality of printers is calculated and a printer utilization information list is updated, a determination is made for each client to check whether a printer to be used by each client has been changed. Then, if the printer to be used by a client has been changed, the information relating to the client stored in a currently used printer is moved to a newly used printer. Further, notification information relating to the newly used printer (i.e., information including the printer to be used by the client and the print method of the client) is generated for the client and transmitted to the client. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110141519 | DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present invention can intuitively perform processing such as printing relating to an application program that is opened by an information processing apparatus. Further, the present invention displays an image indicted by data, by a display unit of a data processing apparatus so that a user can easily confirm whether the data that is about to be processed by the data processing apparatus is the desired data. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110141520 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR EXECUTING JOB, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus reads out job ticket data indicating first conditions used for executing a job and a permission to change each of the first conditions and lack thereof. The image processing apparatus, then, reads out a functional conditions table indicating a first group made by grouping second conditions having a common concept and a second group made by grouping the first group having a common concept. Then, the image processing apparatus presents, as options for changing a first condition to which applying a change is prohibited, second conditions included in a first group to which a second condition that is the same as the first condition belongs. The image processing apparatus presents, as options for changing a first condition to which applying a change is allowed, second conditions included in a second group to which a second condition that is the same as the first condition belongs. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110149333 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO SELECT A PAPER SOURCE FOR IMAGE PRINTING - Methods and apparatus for selecting a paper source for image printing are provided. A user accesses a service available from a print server for printing an image. The print server may download the image from a storage server over a network. The print server automatically identifies a list of paper sizes corresponding with a list of available paper sources, and selects a scaling ratio for fitting the image into one of the paper sizes. The print server generates a scaled image based on the selected scaling ratio and sends the scaled image to a printer for the scaled to be printed from a selected paper source. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110149334 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING A PRINT JOB IN A PRINT SHOP - A system for processing a print job in a print production environment may include a plurality of print production devices in a production line, a computing device in communication with the one or more print production devices and a computer readable storage medium in communication with the computing device. The computer readable storage medium may include one or more programming instructions for identifying a processing rate and a buffer size for a first upstream print production device in the production line, and determining an effect on a second upstream print production device in the production line if a downstream print production device associated with a downstream function exhibits a delay condition. The computer readable storage medium may include one or more programming instructions for performing a modification to the production line such that implementation of the modification reduces the effect. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110149335 | PRINTING A PLURALITY OF ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS ON A COMPUTER PRINTER, WHERE THE PRINTER IS LOGICALLY COUPLED TO A PLURALITY OF COMPUTER SYSTEMS - The present invention provides a processor-implemented method and system of printing a plurality of electronic documents on a computer printer, where the printer is logically coupled to a plurality of computer systems. In an exemplary embodiment, the method and system include (1) bundling requests for printing a set of the documents from at least one user of at least one of the computer systems, where the bundling includes (a) delaying each of the requests by a certain amount of time and (b) reordering a print queue so that the documents from the user form a contiguous set of documents from the user, (2) outputting one cover sheet from the printer for the contiguous set, and (3) printing the contiguous set on the printer. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110149336 | Mechanism for Verifying Variable Print Data - A printing system is disclosed. The printing system includes a first printer to print to a medium a first type of data and a shadow image of variable data to be printed on the medium, and a second printer to print the variable data to the medium based on the barcode over the shadow image. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110149337 | DIMENSIONAL DOCUMENT PRODUCTION METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method and system generate a workflow for the production of a three-dimensional document. A knowledge base contains production rules for several dimensional documents. The production rules relate to a plurality of jobs, i.e., units of work involved in the production of a dimensional document. The rules also identify human and/or mechanical resources required to complete each job. The system receives, from multiple service providers, capability information corresponding to each service provider's available resources. The capability information is associated with the production rules and stored in the knowledge base. When a user selects a dimensional document to be produced, the system selects appropriate production rules for the document, accesses the associated capability information, and automatically generates a workflow for the document. The system distributes various jobs in the workflow among at least two different service providers. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110149338 | PARALLEL DECODE FOR RUN LENGTH LIMITED ENCODED DATASTREAMS - Methods and systems for parallel decoding Run Length Limited (RLL) encoded datastreams is disclosed. In one embodiment, a decoding system includes a parsing system, a first decoder, and a second decoder. The parsing system receives a Run Length Limited (RLL) encoded datastream and identifies a first header and a following header from the datastream. The first header defines a first number of subsequent data blocks and a first RLL encoding of the first number of data blocks. The following header defines a following number of subsequent data blocks and a following RLL encoding of the following number of data blocks. The first decoder is operable to decode the first number of data blocks based on the first encoding and the second decoder is operable to decode the following number of data blocks based on the following encoding in parallel with the first decoder to generate an output. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110149339 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DISTINGUISHING XPS FILE - An image forming apparatus including a communication interface to receive printing data from the external device, a determiner to determine whether the received printing data is a compressed file, an extractor to extract a file name in at least one local file header of the printing data, when the received printing data is the compressed file, a distinguisher to determine presence or absence of an XPS file (extensible markup language paper specification file) by comparing an extension of the extracted file name with a predefined extension to distinguish the XPS file, and an image former to print the printing data in the determined XPS file. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110149340 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MANIPULATING A GRAPHIC ENTITY - A system, a method and a computer program product for manipulating a graphic entity. The method includes: receiving first cage vertices information, second cage vertices information and second cage face orientation information; wherein the graphic entity is at least partially surrounded by the first cage and wherein a transformed graphic entity is expected to be is at least partially surrounded by the second cage; transforming the graphic entity to provide a transformed graphic entity in response to information representative of the graphic entity, second cage vertices information and second cage face orientation information. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110149341 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, HOST APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A method of controlling a host apparatus which is connectable with at least one image forming apparatus via a universal serial bus (USB) includes connecting the image forming apparatus having a storage unit in which at least one application program is stored with the host apparatus. The host apparatus recognizes the image forming apparatus as a disk drive corresponding to a mass storage class and displays the mass storage disk drive on a display of the host apparatus. A user of the host apparatus may use an explorer program to select an application stored in the mass storage disk drive. Accordingly, an application program that provides a UI stored in the image forming apparatus is loaded and executed in the host apparatus to enable convenient control and status identification of the image forming apparatus using the displayed UI without an additional installation process. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110149342 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - There is provided a communication apparatus including a communication unit configured to communicate with a control apparatus, which has a recording unit and executes processing in accordance with a command that has been written to the recording unit, an accepting unit configured to accept selection of a command by a user, and a writing unit configured to write the selected command to the recording unit, the communication apparatus comprising: a sensing unit configured to sense connection to the control apparatus via the communication unit; a determination unit configured to determine whether the recording unit has been set to a write inhibit state if the connection has been sensed by the sensing unit; and a notification unit configured to notify the user of the fact that the recording unit has been set to the write inhibit state, if the determination unit determines that the recording unit has been set to the write inhibit state. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110149343 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS HAVING FILE SERVER FUNCTION, AND CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR - An image processing apparatus having a file server function and capable of using a path notification function according to the way in which the image processing apparatus is utilized by a user. The image forming apparatus does not perform a URI notification, if an image data file is stored into a storage unit of the apparatus via the file server function, or if the file is stored via the file server function from an unregistered data storage source, or if the file was not created by an MFP job, or if the file is stored via the file server function and has a registered file type. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110149344 | LOG INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus transmits a log notification request to a server before log transmission. The server responds to the image forming apparatus by appropriately performing scheduling of a log transmission time to disperse a load. The image forming apparatus transmits a log at a time designated by the server. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110149345 | PRINT JOB MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD - A disclosed print job management apparatus includes a job registering unit configured to associate the print setup information with first identifiers, associate the print data with second identifiers formed by adding predetermined symbols to the first identifiers, record the print setup information and the print data in a job information storing unit, and return the first identifiers to the print requesting unit, a job list providing unit configured to return a list of the first identifiers to an image forming apparatus, a job transferring unit configured to return the print setup information associated with the requested one of the first identifiers and the print data associated with the second identifiers corresponding to the requested one of the first identifiers, and a job changing unit configured to change the print setup information recorded in the job information storing unit with the part of the print setup information. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110149346 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - There are provided an image processing apparatus and its control method in which sheet size/type and options can be set every image without reducing the number of images written onto one index sheet. The options include image processes such as addition of a date, VIVID-photo, noise cancellation, automatic photograph correction, face-brightening correction, red-eye correction, etc. Only for the user who desires, a sheet SH2 is used in addition to a conventional index sheet. In the sheet SH2, there can be set every image the sheet size/type and the options of the image processes such as addition of a date, VIVID-photo, noise cancellation, automatic photograph correction, face-brightening correction, red-eye correction, etc. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110157619 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING RASTER IMAGE PROCESSING PERFORMANCE FOR VARIABLE INFORMATION PRINTING HAVING REUSABLE OBJECTS - A method receives, at a processor of a printing apparatus, a variable information print job. The variable information print job is processed into upper planes of the record-specific objects, upper planes of the reusable objects, lower planes of the record-specific objects, and lower planes of the reusable objects. The method stores such objects within a storage medium of the printing apparatus. The method combines ones of the compressed upper planes of the record-specific objects and the compressed upper planes of the reusable objects corresponding to the record of the variable information print job using the processor to create a single compressed upper plane for the record within an output buffer of the printing apparatus and creates an ordered list (corresponding to the record) of lower plane tiles by assembling the compressed lower planes of the record-specific objects and the compressed lower plane reusable objects. The method performs a printing operation for the record of the variable information print job by decompressing multiple ones of the lower plane tiles in a predetermined order to form a lower plane of the record into an output raster page, decompressing the single compressed upper plane of the record into the output raster page, and outputting the output raster page to a printing engine of the printing apparatus to print the record of the variable information print job on print media. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157620 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STOCHASTIC REGRESSION TESTING OF PAGE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE PROCESSORS - Systems and methods consistent with embodiments presented pertain to the stochastic regression testing of software PDL processors. Test input for PDL processors, which include language processors and raster image processors, may be generated by randomly altering the values of one or more of text, graphical object parameters, image object parameters, graphical combination parameters in an existing PDL input file. In another embodiment, test input for PDL processors may be generated by randomly selecting a first token from a lexical token dictionary and combining the first token with at least one of a plurality of second tokens randomly selected from the lexical token dictionary, so that the combination of the first token and the plurality of second lexical tokens satisfies the syntactical rules for the PDL. In a further embodiment, existing tests in a test pool may split and recombined in a syntactically correct manner to generate new tests. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157621 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRINTING WEB PAGE - A system includes a portable electronic device and a web page printing module installed in the portable electronic device. The portable electronic device has an embedded operating system and a web browser for presenting a web page. The web page printing module is capable of converting the web page to a picture format file and then converting the picture format file to a print (PRN) file which is printable by a printer. A printing method associated with above described system is also disclosed. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157622 | DATA DOWNLOADING AND TRANSFERRING METHOD OF E-BOOK READING APPARATUS AND SYSTEM THEREOF - A data downloading method of an e-book reading apparatus, a data transferring method of the e-book reading apparatus and a system thereof are disclosed. The data downloading method comprises the steps of installing a driving module of the e-book reading apparatus on print management interface of an electronic device; connecting the e-book reading apparatus and a data transmission port of the electronic device; launching the print management interface to select the e-book reading apparatus as a printing object; and downloading a file to the e-book reading apparatus via the print management interface. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157623 | SCREEN IMAGE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, SCREEN IMAGE MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM THEREFOR - A screen image management apparatus includes a screen image obtaining unit, an image attribute obtaining unit, an apparatus attribute obtaining unit, and a determination unit. The screen image obtaining unit obtains a screen image including an icon. The image attribute obtaining unit obtains an image attribute that is an attribute of the icon. The apparatus attribute obtaining unit obtains an apparatus attribute that is an attribute of another apparatus. The determination unit determines whether to display, on the other apparatus, the icon included in the screen image obtained by the screen image obtaining unit, based on the image attribute obtained by the image attribute obtaining unit and the apparatus attribute obtained by the apparatus attribute obtaining unit. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157624 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM SETTING CONDITION FOR EXECUTING ACQUISITION PROCESS - In the image-forming system, each image-forming device is selectively capable of performing a test print process to form a test image and an image print process to form an image based on image data. Each image-forming device is configured to be set an execution condition that defines a condition to execute the test print process. Each image-forming device executes the test print process when the each image-forming device satisfies the execution condition. The first detecting unit is configured to detect an execution condition of an image-forming device among the plurality of image-forming devices. The setting unit is configured to set an execution condition of an image-forming device among the plurality of image-forming devices based on the execution condition detected by the first detecting unit such that at least two execution conditions among execution conditions of the plurality of image-forming devices are different from each other. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157625 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM RESTRICTING EXECUTION OF ACQUISITION PROCESS - In an image-forming system, the first determining unit is configured to determine whether at least one image-forming device among the plurality of image-forming device is capable of performing the image print process. The second determining unit is configured to determine whether to restrict an image-forming device among the plurality of image-forming devices to execute the test print process based on a result of determination by the first determining unit. The restricting unit is configured to restrict the image-forming device to execute the test print process when the second determining unit determines to restrict the image-forming device to execute the test print process. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157626 | HOST APPARATUS AND SERVER CONNECTED TO IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PRINTING METHOD THEREOF - A method to pull print, and a host apparatus and a server that are connected to an image forming apparatus, to pull print. The printing method includes generating print data to pull print in the host apparatus, storing the generated print data in the host apparatus, determining whether a predetermined relocation condition is satisfied with respect to the generated print data, and transmitting the print data stored in the host apparatus to the server if it is determined that the predetermined relocation condition is satisfied with respect to the print data. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157627 | PRINTER - A printer may supply edit web page data to an external device for a web browser to display an edit web page. The edit web page may include a first area for displaying an object corresponding to object data to be edited. The printer may receive operation information corresponding to a first type of operation from the web browser. The printer may edit the object data in response to the operation information. The printer may send update information for updating a displaying content within the edit web page to the web browser. The printer may receive a first type of print instruction from the web browser. The printer may perform a print process using the object data stored in the storing unit upon receiving the first type of print instruction. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157628 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus of the present invention includes a first circuit which creates image data on the basis of print job data, a second circuit which causes a printing unit to print an image on the basis of the image data created by the first circuit and is different from the first circuit, and a storage capable of being accessed by the first circuit and the second circuit, respectively. Additionally, when data is transferred in the first circuit and the second circuit, one circuit writes the data in the storage, and the other circuit reads out the data to transfer the data, thereby executing printing of an image. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157629 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A system comprises a plurality of image forming apparatuses, wherein a first image forming apparatus includes: a correspondence determination unit that determines which function in the first image forming apparatus the service provider of the first image forming apparatus corresponds to; a provider determination unit that determines a second image forming apparatus in the plurality of image forming apparatuses that includes the same service provider as the service provider of the first image forming apparatus; a license verification unit that verifies whether license information is assigned to the service provider of the second image forming apparatus determined by the provider determination unit; and an assignment unit that assigns, to the second image forming apparatus to which the license information is not assigned, license information of the service provider from the first image forming apparatus to the second image forming apparatus and server relation information that is information for accessing a server. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157630 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR PRINTING SYSTEM - In a case where a first identifier that is communicated between the printing apparatus and the information processing apparatus in order to specify a type of a printing medium that is used in the printing apparatus, and a second identifier unique to each of a plurality of types of printing media are set in both the printing apparatus and the information processing apparatus, the second identifier set in each of the information processing apparatus and the printing apparatus is obtained. Based on the second identifier set in each of the information processing apparatus and the printing apparatus, the first identifier set in each of the information processing apparatus and the printing apparatus is determined, such that the types of printing medium corresponding to the first identifier set in the information processing apparatus and the printing apparatus match, and a different first identifier is set regarding a printing medium of a different type. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157631 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, NETWORK DEVICE, SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus which stores a job generated by a printer driver in memory unit, and specifies a printer to execute a print process of the stored job in accordance with a request from a client, comprises: determination unit for determining whether a job for which a print instruction is issued by the request is generated by a generic driver; device type specification unit for specifying a device type of a printer capable of printing the job for which the print instruction is issued, based on setting information of the job, when the determination unit determines that the job is generated by the generic driver; and printer specification unit for specifying, as the printer capable of printing the job for which the print instruction is issued, a printer corresponding to the printer information which is managed by a management unit and matches the device type specified. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157632 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME - The request management server receives a print data acquisition request received from the client device located at an external access-limited site, and specifies the print server disposed in the site to which the user device belongs as a device that prints the print data. Then, the request management server provides an instruction to the specified print server about the acquisition of the print data via the client device which has made the print data acquisition request. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157633 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - When displaying an access history, information input from a user's mobile terminal is displayed and catches the eye of many and unspecified persons. In an information processing apparatus according to the present invention, when displaying a plurality of job histories stored, if at least some of pieces of information of the history of a job requested by a mobile terminal is set to non-display, control is performed not to display, out of the plurality of job histories displayed, the at least some of the pieces of information of the history of the job requested by the mobile terminal. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157634 | PRINTING PROCESS DEVICE, PRINTING PROCESS METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PRINTING PROCESS PROGRAM - The printing process device of the present invention is a printing process device for processing printing of an image based on first data containing attributive information showing a encoding system of a character code used for expressing text information and reference destination information showing an information name of a reference destination and second data which is attached with the information name of the reference destination as a data name. The printing process device has: a storage unit for storing information showing a second encoding system which is different from a first encoding system as the attributive information; a judgment unit for judging as to whether or not the encoding system of the first data matches with the first encoding system as the attributive information; and a conversion unit for converting the character code of the first data and the character code of the data name attached to the second data from the character code using the second encoding system stored in the storage unit to the character code using the first encoding system, when it is judged by the judgment unit that the encoding system of the first data does not match with the first encoding system. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157635 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR IMPLEMENTING THE PRINTING SYSTEM AND THE PRINTING METHOD - A printing apparatus includes a generation unit configured to generate first print data and second print data based on input print data, a printing unit configured to generate first image data by executing image processing on the first print data generated by the generation unit and to print the generated first image data on a sheet, a transmission unit configured to transmit the second print data generated by the generation unit to another printing apparatus connected to the printing apparatus, and a conveyance unit configured, in order to print the second print data transmitted by the transmission unit, to convey the sheet having the first image data printed thereon by the printing unit to the another printing apparatus. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157636 | PRINTING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A control method for controlling a printing apparatus for printing an image according to image data includes displaying an image, specifying a type of a gesture according to a locus of coordinate information input by a user via an operation unit, detecting an area where the gesture is made, and performing print setting for printing image data according to the specified type of the gesture and the detected area. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157637 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus selects attribute information in a predetermined layer based on a result of measurement of the number of appearances of attribute information included in print data, determines a priority order of the attribute information based on the number of times of references to a reusable object from a page corresponding to a record that includes the selected attribute information, serially selects attribute information based on the determined priority order, generates intermediate data for a page corresponding to the selected attribute information, and generates image data by rasterizing the generated intermediate data. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157638 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF DISPLAYING OPERATION SCREEN PROVIDED BY SERVER, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus which makes it possible to display respective pieces of information both on operation screens of an image processing apparatus and the information processing apparatus in a mutually-related manner. A print control apparatus as the information processing apparatus is connected to an MFP via a local network and to a web server via a LAN. The print control apparatus analyzes a first operation screen request from the MFP to thereby determine whether or not it is required to update an operation screen displayed on the print control apparatus. If it is required to update the operation screen, the print control apparatus generates a second operation screen request for requesting an operation screen to be displayed thereon, and transmits the second operation screen request. Further, the print control apparatus transfers the first operation screen request to the web server. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157639 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing system to transmit original image data read by an image reading device to an image processing apparatus. The image reading device reads the original image data, performs a variable-length compression operation on the original image data for each block, and transmits compressed data to the image processing apparatus for each unit quantity. The image processing apparatus acquires the original image data size, obtains the total number of the blocks included in the original image data based on the original image data size, and receives the compressed data. The image processing apparatus additionally performs a decompression operation on the received data, obtains the number of the blocks included in the decompressed image data, and displays a receiving progress state from a relationship between the total number of the blocks included in the original image data and the number of received blocks included in the received data. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157640 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image forming apparatus includes a processing flow execution unit configured to combine a plurality of processes using a plurality of functions included in the image forming apparatus to set the processes as a series of processing flow. If an instruction to execute a part of the processes in the processing flow on trial is received from after a set event occurs and before a waiting time elapses, the processing flow execution unit executes the part of the processes in the processing flow on trial, and executes the processing flow if the waiting time has elapsed without receiving the instruction to execute a part of the processes in the processing flow after the set event occurred. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157641 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - In an image forming system configured with image forming apparatuses and an administration server connected with the image forming apparatuses thereof via Internet, the image forming unit, mounted at the image forming section in a detachable manner, stores unit information which includes identification data and information of times of use. An operation section creates unit replacing permission information to permit the image forming unit to be dismounted from the image forming section. A control section receives the unit replacing permission information and reads out the unit information. The communication section transmits the unit information to the administration server. Whereby, the administration server can recognize the image forming unit dismounted from the image forming section and the times of used of the image forming unit just before dismounting, therefore the burden of the service engineer can be reduced. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157642 | PRINTING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A user can easily recognize a settable post-processing position when the user selects settings of post-processing to be performed on document information in a general-purpose file format. The present invention provides a control method for controlling a printing apparatus to which a post-processing apparatus for performing post-processing on a printed sheet is connectable. The control method includes storing, into a storage unit, document information of which file format is a predetermined file format, generating an image corresponding to the document information by analyzing the stored document information, determining a size of the sheet on which the image is printed, obtaining a capability of the post-processing apparatus, and displaying a settable post-processing position on a display unit according to the determined size of the sheet, and the obtained capability of the post-processing apparatus. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157643 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM AND DATA COMMUNICATION ESTABLISHING METHOD - An image processing apparatus associates application information to connect to a server device and a client certificate to transmit to the server device with each other and stores therein the associated application information and client certificate. An application managing part activates a browser with designating transmission of the client certificate which is associated with the application information. The browser transmits the client certificate identified by the application managing part to the server device when a request for transmission of the client certificate is received from the server device. As the result, the image processing apparatus reduces operation load placed on a user to transmit the client certificate to the server device. Moreover, the appropriate client certificate may be transmitted to the server device without lowering efficiency in processing. So, data communication between the image processing apparatus and the server device may be established rapidly. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157644 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Certain embodiments provide an image forming apparatus including: a transmission and reception part to receive printing data and a scheduled number of copies of printing by a USB command from a computer apparatus; a sensor to detect occurrence and removal of an error; a printing part to print the printing data; a storage part to store the number of printed sheets and the scheduled number of copies; a calculation part to calculate a remaining number of copies to be printed based on the number of printed sheets and the scheduled number of copies; and a control part to control the transmission and reception part to transmit the remaining number of copies to the computer apparatus, receive a resumption number of copies having substantially the same value as the remaining number of copies from the computer apparatus after return, and register the resumption number of copies. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157645 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus to communicate through a USB interface with an information processing apparatus and an operation unit. The image forming apparatus includes a change unit, a first determination unit, and a second determination unit. The change unit changes a connection state between a state in which the image forming apparatus as a USB host is connected to the operation unit as a USB device and a state in which the information processing apparatus as a USB host is connected to the operation unit as a USB device. When it is possible to communicate with the information processing unit through the USB interface and the information processing apparatus can control the operation unit, the change unit changes a connection state from a connection between the image forming apparatus (host) and the operation unit (device) to a connection between the information processing apparatus (host) and the operation unit (device). | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157646 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A printing control apparatus including: a file obtaining section that obtains a specified file including one or more sub-files of a first type and a sub-file of a second type; and a print control section that controls a print section, wherein when a first sub-file of the first type includes M (M being equal to or greater than 1) sets of selected image data and a second sub-file of the first type includes N (N being equal to or greater than 1) sets of selected image data, the print control section controls the print section to obtain a first printing result in which M images based on the M sets of selected image data are printed on a first print medium, and N images based on the N sets of selected image data are printed on a second print medium, which is different from the first print medium. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157647 | Replaceable Printer Component Including Memory Storing Data Defined by Tags and Sub-Tags - A replaceable printer component includes a memory and a communication link. The memory is configured to store data in each of a plurality of portions of the memory. Each portion is defined by a tag. Within a first portion of the memory defined by a first tag, the data within the first portion is stored in a plurality of sub-portions of the first portion. Each sub-portion is defined by a sub-tag. The communication link is configured to communicatively link the memory to a printer controller when the replaceable printer component is installed in a printing system. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157648 | Data Pump For Printing - Systems and techniques for printing on a workpiece. In one implementation, a data pump is used to create a packet of image data for a print head assembly. The data pump includes multiple state machines to receive image data from an image buffer on a computer, and a serializer to gather image data from each of the state machines. Each of the state machines is configured to send image data to the serializer at a different instance in time. The serializer is configured to arrange the gathered image data according to when the serializer received the image data from each of the state machines. The data pump also includes an optical fiber communication interface to connect with a communication channel. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157649 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - In response to a print request from a host computer, a port for receiving print data is assigned to the host computer, the host computer is notified of a URI representing the port that serves as a destination of print data, and the port is associated with the URI in a port-status management table. When a connection for sending print data from a host computer is established, the port-status management table is referred to. If the host computer is associated with the port of the connection, printing is executed. After receiving print data, the port is closed, and the port-status management table is updated to cancel the assignment of the port to the host computer. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157650 | ROLL PAPER PRINTING APPARATUS - A roll paper printing apparatus includes a transmission source identification unit to identify a transmission source of print data received from a host interface unit, a transmission source information storage unit to store the transmission source information identified by the transmission source identification unit, a transmission source information comparison unit to compare transmission source information of a preceding print job with transmission source information of a print job which is to be printed next, an uncut printed output identification unit to identify an uncut printed output, and an interrupt printing prohibition unit to prohibit printing of the print job which is to be printed next as interrupt printing if the transmission source information of the preceding print job and the transmission source information of the print job which is to be printed next are different when the uncut printed output is identified by the uncut printed output identification unit. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110164274 | PRINTER SYSTEM WITH INPUT FUNCTION - Disclosed herein is a printer system. When a user presses a button, a button unit generates and outputs a key value corresponding to the button. A printer is directly connected to the button unit, and generates and outputs command data designated for the key value input from the button unit. A host computer receives the command data generated by the printer and sends the command data to one of target computers. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110164275 | PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR PRINT JOB IN THE PRINTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM HOLDING PROGRAM - A printing apparatus receives, from an information processing apparatus, a request for a list of print jobs, from among print jobs that are on hold, that have entered a printable state, detects, from among the print jobs that are on hold, print jobs that were sent from the information processing apparatus and that have entered the printable state, and sends the list of detected print jobs to the information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus requests a list of print jobs, from among the print jobs that are on hold, that have entered the printable state, acquires the list sent from the printing apparatus, and determines whether to print selected print jobs indicated in the acquired list or all of the print jobs indicated in the acquired list. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110164276 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - A print job to undergo print processing is selected from a list of held print jobs. A printing medium type set in the selected print job is selected from a list of feedable printing medium types. At this time, the printing medium type set in the selected print job is displayed preferentially to other printing medium types. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110164277 | PRINT PROCESSING SYSTEM AND PRINT PROCESSING PROGRAM - There is provided a print processing system for storing image data to be subjected to printing processes in predetermined folders on an order-by-order basis and for processing the image data on the basis of the content of a printing-condition file, the print processing system comprising: first-folder setting means for setting first folders on a print-information by print-information basis; first-printing-condition-file setting means for setting first printing-condition files describing the contents of processes for image data, the first printing-condition files being stored in the first folders; second-folder creating means for creating second folders on an order-by-order basis and for storing, in the second folders, image data to be subjected to printing processes; and printing-process executing means for processing the image data in the second folders, on the basis of the contents of the first printing-condition files. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110164278 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - This invention provides an image forming apparatus in which a user is able to select whether or not to execute shared printing. Message data is generated to inquire of a user whether it is allowed to print newly received print data at printing execution time specified by a printing execution time and date specifying portion, and a transmitting/receiving portion transmits the inquiry message to a PC. When an allowed/not-allowed signal is an allowed signal, a print processing control portion changes printing execution time and date of the newly received print data to the printing execution time and date specified by the printing execution time and date specifying portion, and when coming to the specified printing execution time and date, printing of the print data is executed. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110164279 | System and Method for Routing Electronic Documents for Processing Via Transient E-Mail Addressing - The subject application is directed to routing electronic documents for processing using a transient email address. A document processing gateway automatically generates a transient email address in response to a non-electronic mail request to do so. A mail server routes a document processing request directed to the transient email address to a document processing device. Upon completion of the routing process or other similar event, the transient email address is deleted. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110164280 | Image capture apparatus capable of communicating wirelessly and reducing power consumption, and method for controlling the same - A wireless mode between a scanner and an image communication apparatus is changed, in response to completion of image transmission from the scanner to the image communication apparatus, completion of print of the image sent from the scanner to the image communication apparatus, completion of transmission via a communication line connected to the image communication apparatus of the image sent from the scanner to the image communication apparatus, instructions to stop print of the image sent from the scanner to the image communication apparatus, instructions to stop transmission via the communication line connected to the image communication apparatus of the image sent from the scanner to the image communication apparatus, and states of the scanner and the image communication apparatus at a predetermined time and so on. For example, a low power consumption mode and communication mode of Bluetooth communication are switched to each other. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110164281 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A data processing apparatus for executing predetermined printing processes to a file has: a display for displaying a plurality of boxes (folders) associated with a plurality of printing processes (for example, 2up, Duplex, Staple) which can be executed to the file; and a mouse for inputting a moving instruction to the file displayed on the display. When it is detected that the file which is moved by the moving instruction input by the mouse has passed through the plurality of boxes (folders) displayed on the display, the printing processes regarding the boxes (folders) through which the file has passed are executed to the file on the basis of the detection result. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110164282 | PRINTING SYSTEM, JOB PROCESSING METHOD, PRINTING APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - A printing system capable of increasing the working efficiency of an operator engaged in a post-process necessary after printing can be provided. For this purpose, the user interface unit can execute a display which allows the operator to explicitly input, for each job, instruction information in consideration of a post-process necessary after a printing process in a job requiring a printing process by a printing apparatus in a printing system capable of stacking, on a stacking unit, printed materials having undergone the printing process. When the job to be processed is a job for which the operator inputs the instruction information via the display, printed materials of the job for which the operator inputs the instruction information are stacked on the stacking unit while the printed materials are classified every printed materials on the basis of the instruction information input by the operator for the job. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110170132 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus processes a print job which includes electronic document data containing a shared object to be used wholly in the print job, a non-shared object to be used in part of the print job, and position information on each object, and a job ticket indicating print setting information associated with the electronic document data. The apparatus determines a dividing unit for the electronic document data, based on print attribute information contained in the electronic document data and the print setting information in the job ticket associated with the print attribute information, generates, according to the determined dividing unit, multiple electronic document data items each containing the shared object and the non-shared object associated with the dividing unit, but not including non-shared object unassociated with the dividing unit, and sequentially transmits the generated divided multiple electronic document data items to a printer. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110170133 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF FORMING IMAGE AND METHOD OF AUTHENTICATING DOCUMENT - An image forming apparatus includes a communication interface unit to receive print data, a detection unit to detect a plurality of areas having a predetermined size from among print areas of the input print data, a controlling unit to generate a predetermined message as a plurality of image patterns, an embedding unit to embed the generated plurality of image patterns in the plurality of detected areas, and a printing unit to print the print data in which a plurality of image patterns are embedded. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110170134 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND MAINTENANCE METHOD OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a log memory, an analysis unit, a determination unit, an extraction unit, and an output unit. The log memory stores error logs. The analysis unit analyzes an error content based on the logs stored in the log memory. The determination unit determines whether or not a notification of the error analyzed by the analysis unit is sent. The extraction unit extracts a log regarding the error for which the notification is sent, from the log memory, if the determination unit determines that the notification of the error is sent. The output unit outputs an error notification to which the log extracted by the extraction unit is attached. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110170135 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A client personal computer having a hierarchical structure and processing a variable data printing (VDP) document to which metadata can be added includes a UI unit for receiving an instruction to mutually associate a layer of a template corresponding to the VDP document, a print setting editing unit for setting a print setting to the layer of the template according to the instruction, a job ticket output unit for outputting a job ticket including a correspondence relation between the print setting and the VDP document and the print setting, and a VDP job output unit for adding, to the print data, metadata for mutually associating the print setting described in the output job ticket and the layer of the VDP document corresponding to the layer of the template to which the print setting has been set. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110170136 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CERTIFYING AND AUTHENTICATING CORRESPONDENCE (II) - Described herein is a method and system for certifying contents of a correspondence sent from a sender to a recipient. The method comprises: receiving by an information processor over a communication network an electronic file from a sending workstation associated with the correspondence; receiving over the communication network recipient information that represents the recipient of the correspondence; generating a formatted electronic document from the electronic file, the formatted electronic document including coded information for identifying the electronic document; storing a copy of the formatted electronic document in a database; outputting the formatted electronic document as a physical document; delivering the physical document to the recipient; and retaining the copy of the electronic formatted document stored in the database as a certification of the contents of the correspondence as embodied in the physical document sent to the recipient. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110170137 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A printer receives changes to printing conditions by a user when executing reprinting. The printer selects whether to execute reprinting based on application data held in a host computer, or execute reprinting based on printing data held in the printer. If the printer selects executing of reprinting based on application data, the reprint request is sent to the host computer. If the printer selects executing of reprinting based on printing data held in the printer, reprinting is performed based on printing data held in the printer. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110170138 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus that can provide an online support service is provided. The image processing apparatus includes a user operation data retaining section for retaining user operation data in which contents of user's operation performed by a user is recorded, an input section having a help key for instructing start of execution of an online support function, and a support data retaining section for retaining information about a support connecting destination to be connected in the online support. When recognizing pressing of the help key, the image processing apparatus refers to the user operation data so as to gain at least a part of the contents of the operation performed until a time point of the pressing, selects the support connecting destination according to the gained user operation contents with reference to the support data retaining section so as to request connection of communication with the selected support connecting destination. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110170139 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CHARGING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, CHARGING MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus stores therein a use charging table that shows a charging condition with respect to use of the image processing apparatus and a cooperative job charging table that shows a charging condition with respect to execution of a cooperative job. In the case where a received job is an apparatus job to be executed only by the image processing apparatus, the use charging table is read. Charging processing is performed based on the read charging table, and a remaining amount is calculated. In the case where a received job is a cooperative job to be executed by the image processing apparatus and a service providing apparatus cooperatively with each other, the cooperative job charging table is read, and charging processing is performed with reference to the read cooperative job charging table as necessary. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110176162 | PRINTER INSTALLATION AT A CLOUD SERVER - One embodiment is directed to installing a printer at a server. The printer transmits a unique identification and printing properties to the server during installation. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110176163 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM THEREOF - An information processing apparatus is provided that appropriately selects a push-type printing method or a pull-type printing method according to an image forming apparatus that requested data to be printed, thus effectively allowing the image forming apparatus to have the advantages of the respective printing methods. To accomplish this, in the information processing apparatus, when a request from a web browser of the image forming apparatus has been received, the information processing apparatus selects whether to transmit image data to the image forming apparatus by a first method in which image data is transmitted to the web browser as a response to the request from the web browser, or by a second method in which image data is transmitted as a new request without employing the web browser, and the information processing apparatus transmits the image data to the image forming apparatus according to the selected method. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110176164 | Image forming apparatus - Provided is an image forming apparatus including an apparatus body, an operation display unit provided on top of the apparatus body and including an operation display surface that allows an input operation by a user and provides a display for the user, and a supporting member with one end thereof connected to the back of the operation display unit and the other end thereof connected to an upper surface of the apparatus body. The supporting member supports the operation display unit such that the operation display surface faces the front of the apparatus body. Operation display unit connecting sections that connect to the one end of the supporting member are provided on the back of the operation display unit and apparatus body connecting sections that connect to the other end of the supporting member are provided on the upper surface of the apparatus body. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110176165 | Printer System Control Method, Printer System, And Printer - A printer system enables detecting completion of printing a print job on a printer from the computer side without increasing the number of communication transactions between the printer and computer. In a printer system | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110176166 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A disclosed image processing system includes an image forming apparatus and an image processing apparatus connected via a network, wherein the image forming apparatus includes a receiving portion receiving a designation of a workflow produced by arbitrarily assembling a plug-in of an image dividing and converting process for image data and a plug-in of an output process and includes an image dividing and converting process, and a communicating portion transmitting a request for processing the workflow to the image processing apparatus along with the image data, and the image processing apparatus includes a workflow controlling portion carrying out the processes when a request for carrying out these processes is received, and a workflow processing portion carrying out the workflow while dividing the image data by using a length of a longitudinal side of the image data based on a control with the workflow controlling portion. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110176167 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - According to the present invention, a user can properly acquire a desired print product with a few procedures in front of an output device. An information processing apparatus includes a print job output unit configured to output a print job, wherein, if the print job output unit receives a request for pull printing from an output device related apparatus for a first time, the print job output unit compares a capacity of an output target device with a print setting, selects a print job including a print setting matching with the capacity of the output target device from stored print jobs, and outputs the selected print job, and if the print job output unit receives a request for pull printing from the output device related apparatus consecutively, the print job output unit outputs the stored print jobs. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110176168 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, JOB PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In an information processing apparatus providing to a client device a portal page in which a plurality of portlets is aggregated, the information processing apparatus, a retaining unit retains print position information for specifying printed information in each of the plurality of portlets and a designation unit designates a print-designated portlet as a print object from the plurality of portlets aggregated in the portal page and a determination unit determines whether unprinted information is contained in information required for printing the print-designated portlet based on the information required for printing the print-designated portlet designated by the designation unit and the print position information and a creation unit creates a print job in such a manner that the unprinted information of the portlet is printed when the determination unit determines that the unprinted information is contained in information required for printing the print-designated portlet. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110176169 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, DEVICE COOPERATION SYSTEM, SERVICE PROVISION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - If it is determined that a function of an image forming apparatus is unrealizable, a generation unit generates screen information indicating that a service cannot be provided to a user. The screen information generated by the generation unit is transmitted to a client apparatus. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110176170 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD - A printing apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store a plurality of setup programs for respective printer drivers registered by a management apparatus, an update unit configured to set configuration information of the printing apparatus for installing the printer drivers with respect to the stored setup programs and to update the setup programs, and a provision unit configured to transmit information of the stored setup programs to an information processing apparatus according to a request from the information processing apparatus and to provide a setup program selected by the information processing apparatus. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110176171 | MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND MANAGEMENT METHOD - A management apparatus transmits a reservation request for specifying time for turning off power supply of an image processing apparatus in response to determination that current time is in a time period for turning off the power supply of image processing apparatus if a start-up request is received from the image processing apparatus, transmits a start-up response for permitting start-up of functions other than a communication function provided in the image processing apparatus when a reservation response, to the reservation request from the image processing apparatus, including specified time for turning off the power supply of the image processing apparatus is received, and transmits a command for turning off the power supply of the image processing apparatus at the time specified by the reservation response, to the image processing apparatus. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110176172 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a generation unit configured to determine, when a user inputs the number of images to be laid out on one side of a print sheet and an image magnification rate with an input operation via an input screen, an image size based on an image reduction rate for laying out the input number of images on the print sheet and the input image magnification rate, and generate print data for laying out images having the determined size on one side of the print sheet. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110176173 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes an image obtaining unit which obtains image data for each of a plurality of types, and a selection receiving unit which displays the obtained image data and receives selection of one of the displayed image data. The image processing apparatus further includes an image delivery unit which performs a delivery action for delivering the selected image data to the reception device, or a printing unit which generates printed matter of the selected image data. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110176174 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - At least one of a plurality of images included in a single file is specified in accordance with an operation by a user, and another image is selected from among the plurality of images based on the type of the specified image. At least one of the specified image and the selected other image is output. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110181906 | PUBLISHING CONTENT TO SOCIAL NETWORK SITES FROM APPLICATIONS - A device driver such as a print driver may be configured to a web site. A user may select a driver for sending and publishing data to a selected web site. The driver may automatically transform the content data, authenticates the user to the selected web site and send the data for publishing. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110181907 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINTING METHOD, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes an application executing unit and a printing program executing unit. The application executing unit executes an application according to operation content received from an external terminal apparatus and outputs a printing command to print an execution result. The printing program executing unit receives the printing command output from the application executing unit using a pseudo-printing apparatus driver and transmits the printing command from the pseudo-printing apparatus driver to a pseudo-application that can output the printing command to a printing apparatus driver of the external terminal apparatus connected to a printing apparatus through a local area network. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110181908 | IMAGE INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM AND IMAGE INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - In an image information processing device, in order to execute printing with a printing apparatus that applies as a basic form any printing form of plural differing printing forms to print an image, a receiving unit receives image information and instruction information including printing form information and scale information for printing based on the image information. An extracting unit extracts an object whose printing form is to be changed in code image units on the basis of scale designation information. A comparing unit compares a dot pattern that is expanded on the basis of printing form designation information and a dot pattern that is expanded on the basis of the basic form. A determining unit determines, on the basis of the comparison result, whether or not to maintain a designated printing form based on the printing form designation information with respect to the extracted object. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110181909 | Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and program - An image forming apparatus includes: a range designation receiving unit that receives designation of a range of an image to read; a read control unit that performs control to read an image of a predetermined region in addition to the designated range; a detecting unit that detects a code where information to determine a process for the range of the image is embedded, from the read image of the predetermined region; and an image output unit that outputs the read range of the image. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110181910 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROLLING PROGRAM, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND PRINTING SYSTEM - A printer driver installed in an information processing apparatus includes a message queue that receives a request for a print setting used by a first MFP in executing printing, a determining unit that determines a source of the received request, and a display control unit that controls to display a print setting screen based on setting information indicating conditions of settable printing functions depending on the source of the request when the determining unit determines that the source of the request is a predetermined application. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110181911 | IMAGE DISPLAYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAYING METHOD - An image display apparatus includes a face region detecting section configured to detect a face region of a person in each of a plurality of main images; a face importance degree determining section configured to determine a degree of importance within each of the main images of a face region detected in each the main images; and a display position setting section configured to set a common display position of a sub image with respect to the main images based on the importance degree of a face region in each of the main images. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110181912 | RENDERING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING DATA, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A rendering system includes a determination unit and a generation unit. The determination unit determines whether a processing object is a common object capable of being used a plurality of times and rendering of which is time-consuming when deformation thereof is performed. If the determination unit determines that the processing object is not a common object capable of being used a plurality of times and rendering of which is time-consuming when deformation thereof is performed, then the generation unit does not generate a deformed new object. If the determination unit determines that the processing object is a common object capable of being used a plurality of times and rendering of which is time-consuming when deformation thereof is performed, then the generation unit generates a deformed new object. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110181913 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a specification unit configured to specify a layer of a record level from print data of a hierarchical structure having metadata, a display control unit configured to display the metadata contained in the layer specified by the specification unit, a receiving unit configured to receive selection of specific metadata for filter printing from the metadata displayed by the display control unit, and a determination unit configured to determine a record in which the specific metadata received by the receiving unit is set to be a print target. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110181914 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM AND PRINTER DRIVER - A printing apparatus having an input unit through which a print-job is input; a printing unit, which executes the print-job input through the input unit, and which prints an image onto a recording medium; a connecting unit that is connectable to a removable storage medium; and a control unit, which reads identification information of the print-job from the connected removable storage medium when the removable storage medium is connected to the connecting unit, and which causes the printing unit to execute the print-job identified by the read identification information with priority over at least one print-job that starts being input to the input unit at a time earlier than when the print-job identified by the read identification information started being input. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110181915 | COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR GENERATING PRINT DATA FOR PRINTING INTERACTIVE DOCUMENT - A computer system for generating print data for an interactive document. The computer being is configured for: receiving a print request from a user; formatting user information in an electronic document so as to include a first user interactive element; determining advertising material for printing with the user information; formatting the advertising material so as to include a second user interactive element; and generating print data for printing the formatted user information and the formatted advertising material together with coincident coded data on a substrate. The coded data is readable by a sensing device and is indicative of a document identity and the first and second interactive elements. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110188068 | METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR CONSUMABLE VALIDITY VERIFICATION IN PREPAID DOCUMENT PROCESSING DEVICES - Document processing devices and account manager systems are presented which verify validity of pairings of installed consumables and document processing devices for permissive enablement of document processing functionality based on validity of the pairings. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110188069 | Print Job Processing - Processing print jobs on a computer which comprises generating a first print ready job file by a first print module based on an input print job file and generating a second print ready job file by a second print module based on the input print job file. The first print ready job file is compared to the second print ready job file, and if there is at least one difference between the first print ready job file and the second print ready job file, the input print job file is forwarded to a PSP (printer service provider) that is configured with the first print module or the second print ready job file is forwarded to a PSP that is configured with the second print module. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110188070 | DETECTION AND REPLACEMENT OF CONSUMABLE COMPONENTS OF COMPUTER PERIPHERALS - The present invention provides a technique for detecting and replacing consumable components, e.g., printer cartridges, of computer peripherals, e.g., printers. In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, a consumer loads a web page of a printer cartridge supplier. The web page includes a link to a server-based software application for identifying suitable replacement printer cartridges for the consumer. Upon download and activation by the consumer, the software scans the operating system of the consumer's local computer to determine the number and types of printer drivers installed on that computer. Generally, each printer driver is associated with a particular make and model of a peripheral printer connected to the consumer's computer. By determining the types of printer drivers existing on the consumer's computer, the software is able to identify the specific printers belonging to the consumer, and in turn facilitates the recommendation of suitable replacement cartridges and accessories for those printers. A list of those replacement cartridges and accessories is displayed to the consumer, from which the consumer may select and purchase. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110188071 | INFORMATION INPUT DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION INPUT SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, TWO-DIMENSIONAL FORMAT INFORMATION SERVER, INFORMATION INPUT METHOD, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information input device is provided with which a user can easily input information in content for which a link or the like is not set in advance. If a user touches on a medium printed with a dot pattern together with content or a display that displays a dot pattern together with content using a scanner | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110188072 | Image processing system, image inputting apparatus, display controlling apparatus, management method and program for image processing system, and storage medium - An image processing system, connecting a plurality of image forming apparatuses via a network for outputting an input image using one of image forming apparatuses, includes an output-specifying information obtaining unit that obtains output-specifying information including to-be-output image data and information designating one of the image forming apparatuses as an output destination to output the to-be-output image data; an output-able size information obtaining unit to obtain output-able size information linking information identifying each image forming apparatus and output-able image size information at each image forming apparatus; an output-able size information display unit to display an output-able image size of each image forming apparatuses on a display area; an image data converter to convert image data to a data format suitable for the designated image forming apparatus; and an image data transmission unit to transmit the converted image data to one of the image forming apparatuses designated as the output destination. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110188073 | Image processing apparatus, image processing system, and computer-readable recording medium thereof - An image processing apparatus is disclosed, including: a managing part, a use amount storing part, a setting part, and a determining part. The managing part manages a group threshold of a group including multiple members allowed to use the function for a use amount of the function. The use amount storing part stores a value of the use amount for each member. The setting part allocates the group threshold to the multiple members based on a value of a priority for each member in the group, and sets a member threshold for each member. The determining part determines whether a restriction concerning a use of the function is applied to a process of a use request, based on a result from comparing the value of the use amount with the member threshold for the request originator in response to the use request of the function. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110188074 | Print processing device - A print processing device includes a print processing portion, a first setting portion, a second setting portion, a priority information retaining portion, and a control portion. The print processing portion executes print processing on paper, based on a print job request. The first setting portion receives input of setting of priority information. The second setting portion receives input of setting of a time zone where the priority information is set. The priority information retaining portion retains a relationship between the priority information and the time zone. The control portion performs priority processing in which the print job request is preferentially supplied to the print processing portion, the print job request being inputted from the information processing device determined to have a higher priority in the time zone including current time based on the relationship retained in the priority information retaining portion. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110188075 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PRINTER DEVICE - A printing system has a printer device including a communication control portion and a print engine carrying out a print processing, and an information processing device connected to the printer device as external equipment via a USB interface, the printer device being connected to external equipment by the communication function of the communication control portion via a USB interface, and inputting the electric power of the print engine by a print request from the external equipment to perform the print processing in a printer standby state in which the electric power of the print engine is reduced while maintaining the communication function of the communication control portion. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110188076 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A complex machine is provided with a communication unit such as a facsimile communication unit, a communication destination storage that stores a plurality of pieces of communication destination information for communication destinations to be communicated with by the communication unit, a display unit, a display controller that controls the display of the display unit, a communication destination receiving section that receive the communication destination, with which communication is to be carried out by the communication unit, together with the communication destination information from an operator, and a selection criterion storage that stores a selection criterion used to select the communication destinations and communication destination information to be displayed on the display unit. The display controller extracts the communication destination information according to the selection criterion and causes the display unit to display the extracted communication destination information. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110188077 | OPERATING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An operating device is provided with a display unit; a storage storing a plurality of workflows, each of which is composed of a combination of a predetermined plurality of processing items out of a plurality of processing items of an image forming apparatus including the operating device, in advance; a first selection input section for inputting the selection of a processing item out of the plurality of processing items of the image forming apparatus; a searching section for searching a workflow including the same processing item as the selected processing item from the plurality of workflows stored in the storage when the selection of the processing item is input by the first selection input section; and a display controller for controlling the display unit to display an image indicating the extracted workflow as a search result by the searching section. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110188078 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus stores a plurality of conversion conditions for converting input image data and, if the image data is converted according to each conversion condition, information indicating a relationship between a data size of the image data before conversion and a data size of transmission data that is acquired after conversion by associating the conversion conditions and the information with each other; sets the conversion condition for converting the input image data according to an instruction from a user, estimates the data size of the transmission data that is acquired if the input image data is converted according to the set conversion condition, using the stored information; and issues a notification to the user based on a result of the estimation. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110188079 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, WIRELESS DIAGNOSIS METHOD AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes: a first communication section which communicates with an external device having a diagnosis function of a network using a first communication method; a second communication section which communicates with the external device using a second communication method; and a transmission section which transmits a diagnosis signal to the external device through the second communication section. The transmission section transmits the diagnosis signal according to a diagnosis request received through the first communication section from the external device. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110188080 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image processing apparatus that outputs images includes: a storage unit that stores therein a printer driver, in which configurations and functions related to image outputs are described in a text format, and device information indicating configurations related to image outputs in the image processing apparatus; a receiving unit that receives, from an information processing apparatus connected via a communication line, a transmission request message that requests transmission of the printer driver; a reflecting unit that reflects the device information on the printer driver when the receiving unit receives the transmission request message; and a transmitting unit that transmits the printer driver, on which the device information is reflected by the reflecting unit, to the information processing apparatus. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110188081 | ELECTRONICALLY TAGGED PRINTED MATTER, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING PROGRAM, AS WELL AS COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ON WHICH THE PROGRAM IS RECORDED - In IC-tagged printed matter | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110188082 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATING BETWEEN A REMOTE PRINTER AND A SERVER - In order to enable downloading to a mobile printer data items from a server, a method comprising the steps of establishing communication connection end points (“sockets”), communicating with the server, where the communication includes sending a request for authentication to the server, receiving an authentication response, requesting print data portions from the server, receiving the requested print data portions, and notifying the server after each print data portion has been printed. The method also includes the step of terminating their communication connection when a printing session ends or if an error occurs. The method constitutes a printer-server protocol. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110194136 | PRINT CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICE - A print control method and device, wherein the method includes: monitoring a print system port, storing a print task at a preset memory address in the form of job file when the print task exists at the print system port; querying the memory address on schedule, determining the target job file when there is a job file storing at the memory address; querying the printer state, if the printer is idle, sending the target job file; when the printer is in a state of failure, feeding a failure state prompting information back. The solution queries the printer work state before the job file is sent, feeds the prompting information back when the printer occurs failure, detects the print process state of job files, and performs a processing for failure when a print fails. Through the solution, users can know the states of job files in time and missing or omitting of a job file is avoided. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110194137 | PAGE PARALLEL RIP WITH INTERLEAVED CHUNKS - Systems and methods are described that facilitate distributing a raster image processing task for an input file (e.g., an electronic document) across a plurality of nodes (e.g., computers) in a network. The input file is received at a first node, which becomes the controlling node and splits the pages of the input file into interleaved chunks such that adjacent pages are allocated to different chunks (i.e., no chunk contains adjacent pages in the document). Chunks are then assigned to different nodes for concurrent raster image processing. Once complete, the processed pages are returned to the controller node, which logically orders the pages into their original sequential order, and outputs the logically ordered, raster image processed pages to a printer, where they are printed. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110194138 | CONTROL POINT, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR SENDING FAX DATA USING FAX DATA TRANSMISSION FUNCTION OF THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus is requested by a connectable control point to execute a fax job, and includes a communication interface which is requested by a connectable control point to execute a fax job, and receives content corresponding to the fax job; a TTI generation unit which generates a terminal identification (TTI) corresponding to the fax job; an image processor which generates a fax image using the generated TTI and the received content; and a fax unit which transmits the generated fax image | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110194139 | Printing Structured Documents - Print objects ( | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110194140 | WALK-UP PRINTING WITHOUT DRIVERS - The disclosed embodiments provide a system that supports printing from a computing device. During operation, the system uses a discovery protocol to identify printers that can be accessed by the computing device. Next, the system receives a selection of a printer that can be accessed by the computing device. The system then generates printer data for the print job. This can be accomplished in a number of ways. The system can use a driverless printing technique, which involves obtaining printer capability information from the selected printer and generating printer data for the selected printer based on the printer capability information. Alternatively, the system can use a printer-specific driver for the selected printer to generate the printer data. The system can also send the print job to a cloud, which includes one or more servers that provide a printing service, so that the cloud can generate the printer data. Finally, the system sends the generated printer data to the printer. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110194141 | FRAMEWORK THAT SUPPORTS DRIVERLESS PRINTING - The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates driverless printing. This system includes a discovery component configured to identify accessible printers and to facilitate selection of an accessible printer, wherein the discovery component is also configured to obtain capability information from accessible printers. The system also includes a transport component configured to transport data to the selected printer, wherein the transport component is also configured to obtain capability information from the selected printer. Finally, the system includes a page-description-language component configured to generate printer data for the selected printer based on obtained capability information for the selected printer. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110194142 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A printing apparatus according to the present invention comprises a generation unit configured to generate intermediate data based on a print job containing at least one or more reusable data and variable data for each of the reusable data, a conversion unit configured to convert the intermediate data generated by the generation unit into image data, and a storage unit configured to select at least one of the intermediate data of the reusable data and the image data of the reusable data according to a range in which the reusable data is reused, and store the selected data as a cache. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110194143 | MONITORING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, SYSTEM INCLUDING THESE DEVICES CONNECTED AND METHOD FOR MONITORING THE SAME - A monitoring device for an image forming device receives from the image forming device usage information indicating a history of manipulations by a user and reduction information indicating that the image forming device is operating in a reduction mode. When having received reduction information, the monitoring device determines the priority of maintenance work on a function the provision of which has been halted indicated by the reduction information, registers the determined priority in a management table in association, and outputs the registered reduction information and associated priority. When the received usage information indicates a manipulation with respect to a function the provision of which has been halted indicated by the received reduction information, the priority corresponding to the reduction information is determined to be relatively higher than when there is no manipulation with respect to the function the provision of which has been halted indicated by the received reduction information. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110194144 | DISPLAY INPUT DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY METHOD OF THE DISPLAY INPUT DEVICE - A display input device includes a storage unit which stores a program for controlling to display a screen for setting a set item that is selected and registered in advance by calling, an input unit which accepts a setting input, and a display unit which displays a combination image in which a position display image for indicating a current position of the display in the program when the program is called, and a screen number display image indicating the number of setting screens that are displayed or have been displayed for setting the set item included in the program are combined, for each set item included in the program, arranged in the display order of the set item in the program. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110194145 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE APPARATUS - The present invention provides a technology allowing a user to selectively print a web page for a mobile terminal or for a PC. To accomplish this, an image processing apparatus connected to a mobile terminal and a web server accepts designation information, which designates how a web page is printed, when both a first web page for a mobile terminal and a second web page for a non-mobile terminal are present in the web page, receives page information containing the URL of the first web page from the mobile terminal, obtains the second web page corresponding to the first web page from the web server, and executes any one of printing of the first web page, printing of the second web page, and printing of both the first web page and the second web page, according to the accepted designation information. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110194146 | PRINT JOB MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, PRINT JOB MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The printing order is controlled so that printouts are obtained from an image forming apparatus in the order in which the printing client transmitted print jobs. For this purpose, a print job received by the image forming apparatus is captured at the communication packet level and the date & time of starting reception of the print job is managed in a job list. When a print job of interest is input to a print queue manager, it is determined whether there is a previously input job, reception of which has not completed. If so, the previously input job is waited, and when the previously input job is input entirely, the previously input job is registered in a print queue. Subsequently, the print job of interest is registered in the print queue. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110194147 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus which can avert wasteful processing of disconnection from and reconnection to the same host when a currently-connected host and a host that should be connected next are the same. When a print request is received from one of a plurality of hosts, host information indicative of the host is registered so that an order of print requests can be identified. Connection and disconnection to and from the hosts are carried out according to the host information. Printing is carried out based on print data received from the hosts. When a host as a source of a print request received next after a print request from a currently-connected host is the same as the currently-connected host, print data is received from the currently-connected host, and then print data corresponding to the next print request is received from the currently-connected host without disconnecting from the currently-connected host. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110199633 | Halftone bit depth dependent digital image compression - Image processing methods and systems wherein a compression strategy for a digital image is determined using a halftone bit depth. In one aspect of the invention, an imaging node comprises a processor, a storage element communicatively coupled with the processor and a print engine communicatively coupled with the processor, wherein under control of the processor the imaging node compresses a digital image in accordance with compression optimization information obtained using a halftone bit depth, stores the compressed digital image in the storage element, retrieves the compressed digital image from the storage element, decompresses the compressed digital image, color converts the decompressed digital image, halftones the color converted digital image and transmits the halftoned digital image to the print engine whereupon the digital image is printed. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110199634 | PRINTING - A method of printing comprising: storing a plurality of sets of linearization data ( | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110199635 | Printing Method Using Multiple Processors - A method of converting data for printing using a computer is disclosed herein. The computer comprises a first processor having first memory associated therewith and second processor having second memory associated therewith. The method includes converting at least a portion of a page in a printer defined language to a display list using the first processor; transferring the display list to the second memory; converting the display list to at least one bit map using the second processor; and transferring the bit map to the first memory. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110199636 | IMAGE COMBINING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ALIGNING POSITIONS OF IMAGES - An image combining apparatus, which is connected with a white-board device, and an image projecting device, includes an image outputting section for outputting the projective image data to the image projecting device, an operation section for designating any position on a projected image, an image processing section for generating projective image data for displaying a mark, a memory section for memorizing the coordinate positions of two or more standard points, and an image inputting section for receiving the scanned image data from the white-board device, wherein the image processing section obtains the coordinate positions of the certain marks when the two or more standard points have been designated, the image processing section makes correspondence with the coordinate positions of the certain marks and the coordinate positions of the two or more standard points respectively, whereby the image processing position recognizes the position of the projected image on the viewing surface. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110199637 | OPERATION CONSOLE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATION CONSOLE - An operation unit of an image forming apparatus having a plurality of operation modes, allowing accurate and easy input by the user requesting switching of display to a screen image allowing selection of an operation mode, includes: a pilot lamp, a touch-panel display, and hardware keys including a power key, an energy-saving key and a home key. The home key that switches the display on the touch-panel display to an operation mode selecting screen image (home screen image) when pressed is provided closer to the touch-panel display than other hardware buttons. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110199638 | OPERATION CONSOLE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATION CONSOLE - An operation console used in relation to an apparatus as an object of control operated by a user operation includes: a display device having a display area for displaying information to the user; an input device for the user to input a request; and a display control device displaying, if a request for displaying specific information on said display device is input through the input device, the specific information on the display device. The input device includes a plurality of operation buttons for inputting a plurality of requests, corresponding to respective requests, arranged in the vicinity of the display area. Among the plurality of operation buttons, an operation button corresponding to the request for displaying the specific information is provided closest to the display device. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110199639 | OPERATION CONSOLE PROVIDING A PLURALITY OF OPERATION METHODS FOR ONE COMMAND, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATION CONSOLE, AND METHOD OF OPERATION - In an image forming apparatus including a touch-panel display allowing a touch operation and a gesture operation, in order to enable easy customization of print setting screen image, a CPU of the image forming apparatus executes a program including: the step of displaying the print setting screen image in the custom-set display mode; upon detection by a user input, analyzing an input trajectory; if a request for changing preview display is made by a gesture, storing an icon mode with larger preview area as a custom-setting; and changing the preview on the print setting screen image displayed in the icon mode. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110199640 | PRINTING APPARATUS, SERVER, PRINTING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD FOR PRINTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - A printing apparatus, which is capable of making effective use of the extended setting set up once without performing the extended setting each time, and is capable of improving user's convenience. A printing apparatus is connected to an information processing apparatus that instructs printing execution, is connected to a server via a network, and executes printing according to a print job generated by the information processing apparatus. A request unit requests an extended print setting from the server when receiving a request of the extended print setting that extends a predetermined basic print setting from the information processing apparatus. A holding unit holds extended print setting information showing the extended print setting corresponding to the printing apparatus received from the server in response to the request. A sending unit sends the extended print setting information held by the holding unit to the information processing apparatus. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110199641 | Received document input and output device and input and output method of received document - A received document input and output device connected to a network and using a plurality of communication protocols, the document input and output device communicating documents in various data forms with a plurality of information devices, includes a storing part configured to store the documents received via a communication part; a printing part configured to print the documents; a setting part configured to set management information; and a periodic implementation part configured to control the parts processing the document based on the management information and an output of a clock part configured to count day and time. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110199642 | PRINTING SYSTEM, JOB PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing system includes a receive controller that enables by using a user interface unit an input of an instruction during performing of first print processing with a print apparatus, and an operation controller that enables the print apparatus to perform check processing before completion of the first print processing in the case where the instruction is input, the check processing being second print processing by using print data which is used in the first print processing, the operation controller enabling the print apparatus to continue the first print processing after the second print processing. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110199643 | PRINTERS AND PRINTER SYSTEMS HAVING CELLULAR INPUT/OUTPUT - A method includes receiving, with a printer, a cellular communication from a cellular device that provides an indication of a resource that is to be printed by the printer; accessing, with the printer, a network via which the resource can be retrieved; using the indication to retrieve the resource via the network; and printing the resource. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110199644 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - An image forming system has an image forming apparatus which has a printing unit which can perform a printing process of data of a storage unit which can store data of a plurality of jobs and which has a conveying unit which can convey a sheet from the print unit to a sheet processing device which can perform sheet processing, including at least a gluing process, for sheets from the printing unit, the system comprising: a controller adapted to permit a predetermined process related to the gluing process when the job to be processed is a job which meets a predetermined condition, and to inhibit the predetermined process related to the gluing process when the job to be processed is not a job which meets the predetermined condition, thereby overcoming obstacles to realization of an image forming system capable of a gluing process. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110199645 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is a problem that operability is not considered for an image forming apparatus in which multiple web applications are installed. An information processing apparatus determines, upon occurrence of an error during execution of a job instructed through a first web application among the web applications, whether or not a first screen corresponding to the first web application is displayed in the frontmost side on the display screen of the display unit and controls a display unit so that when it is determined in the determining step that the first screen is displayed in the frontmost side, the display unit displays a first error screen for notification of the error in the frontmost side, and when it is determined in the determining step that that the first screen is not displayed in the frontmost side, the display unit does not display the first error screen in the foreground. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110199646 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus may execute a process defined in a job ticket. The image processing apparatus includes a holding unit to hold a job ticket defining a plurality of processes. A display control unit of the image processing apparatus performs control to display, on a display unit, pieces of information about the plurality of processes defined in the job ticket held in the holding unit. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110205576 | DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - Described herein is a document management system and method comprising associating a graphic image with document processing information with an electronic document and further processing at least one of the graphic image and electronic document in accordance with the document processing information. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110205577 | DISPLAY INPUT DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY METHOD OF THE DISPLAY INPUT DEVICE - A display input device includes a display unit which displays a plurality of types of functions as set items, a program which is called to control the display unit to display a screen for setting set items selected and registered in advance, a storage unit which stores information about whether or not to display a set item when the program is called as contents of the program, an input unit which accepts an input about whether or not to display the set items when the program is called, and a display control unit which controls the display unit not to display a set item that is determined to be no display. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110205578 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF PRIVATE PRINTING - There is provided an image forming apparatus includes: a list transmitting unit configured to transmit a handling user list to the first terminal device; an inquiring unit configured to make an inquiry, when notification indicating that a specified handling user is selected, to a second terminal device to which the selected specified handling user is logging in, the inquiry relating to the handling of the execution of the private print; and a job recording unit configured to record, when notification transmitted from the second terminal device and indicating that the handling of the execution of the private print is agreed to is accepted, identification information for identifying the specified handling user thus agreeing and job data that corresponds to the print request accompanied by the private print instruction in association with each other. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110205579 | PRINTER DRIVER DEVICE, PRINT JOB GENERATING METHOD, AND PRINT SYSTEM - Generally, according to an embodiment, a printer driver device includes a print instruction accepting unit which accepts a print start instruction on a print setting screen on an application side, a first display unit, and a job generating unit. The first display unit displays, on a display device, a first display subject corresponding to a detailed registered print setting that is registered in advance, when the print instruction accepting unit accepts the print start instruction. The job generating unit generates a print job based on the registered print setting corresponding to the first display subject when the first display subject is selected by the user. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110205580 | DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, MANAGED DEVICE, INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A device management system includes a managed device and a device management apparatus. The device management apparatus includes an information acquisition unit requesting device information from the managed device. The managed device includes a storage unit, a first information source managing device information that is available via a communication protocol, a second information source managing device information that is not available via the communication protocol, and an information providing unit providing the requested device information to the information acquisition unit. The information providing unit determines whether an up-to-date version of the requested device information is stored in a storage area of the storage unit and obtains the up-to-date version of the requested device information from the first information source or the second information source if the up-to-date version of the requested device information is not stored in the storage area of the storage unit. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110205581 | CONFIGURATION DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, PRINTER, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE CONTROL METHOD - An electronic device includes a storage unit that stores configuration data related to the electronic device, a configuration data writing unit that writes configuration data from the storage unit to the external storage device when electronic device power turns off, a configuration data updating unit that, after the configuration data is written to the external storage device, executes a deletion process to delete the configuration data in the storage unit, or an initialization process that resets the configuration data in the storage unit to a default initialization value, a configuration data reading unit that reads the configuration data from the external storage device when electronic device power turns on, a configuration unit that configures the electronic device based on the read configuration data, and a configuration data deletion unit that deletes the configuration data stored in the external storage device after the configuration unit completes configuring the electronic device. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110205582 | GUIDE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND GUIDE DISPLAY METHOD - A guide display apparatus includes a display portion, an input portion, a guide display portion, a pop-up display control portion, a setting column display portion, and a setting command portion. The guide display portion makes the display portion display a guide screen explaining an operation procedure of an apparatus. The pop-up display control portion makes the display portion display, if the user selects an object on the guide screen displayed by the guide display portion, a pop-up explaining the object while placing a button within the pop-up. The setting column display portion makes the display portion display, if the user operates the button within the pop-up, a column in which to input a setting value of the apparatus. The setting command portion sends the setting value inputted from the input portion in the input column displayed by the setting column display portion to the apparatus. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110205583 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND METHOD OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING INCORPORATING THE SAME - A method for preparing image data for three-dimensional printing in which a digitised (e.g. voxelized) representation of a virtual three-dimensional object (e.g. CAD model) is eroded to create an internal volume for the object. Subsequently, a vector-based surface representation of this internal volume is generated and simply combined with a corresponding vector-based surface representation of the original virtual three-dimensional object to yield a hollowed out model in a format suitable for three-dimensional printing. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110205584 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus determines whether setting value data corresponding to the identification information of the received printer data is present in a storage unit, stores setting value data containing the identification information, the character string information, and the version information in the storage unit when it is determined that the setting value data corresponding to the identification information of the printer data is not present in the storage unit, and updates the character string information and the version information of the setting value data with those of the printer data when it is determined that the setting value data corresponding to the identification information of the printer data is present in the storage unit, and when the version information of the printer data is newer than that of the setting value data. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110205585 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing system including a service platform configured to manage a job related to image processing according to a processing request received via a request receiving program in a distributed environment and one or more computers configured to cause a back-end processing program to process the job, including an execution unit configured to execute a task defined in the job acquired by the acquisition unit under control of the back-end processing program, and a recording unit configured to record information which is a result of processing the task executed by the execution unit and is used to maintain consistency of the image processing system into an area which is protected against writing by the task and managed by the service platform. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110205586 | PRINTING SYSTEM, CLOUD COMPUTING SYSTEM, PRINTING SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A cloud computing system includes an input data storage unit, a data input unit, an output data storage unit, and a data extraction unit. When an execution instruction is externally input, the cloud computing system reads data from the input data storage unit and processes the read data. Then, the cloud computing system stores a result of processing of the data on the output data storage unit. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110205587 | OPERATION PANEL FOR IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS HAVING OPERATION PANEL - An operation panel includes: a display that displays a plurality of setting items for use of a function of the image processing apparatus on a screen; an item selection key that allows a user to select from the plurality of items displayed on the screen of the display; and a plurality of value setting keys that allow the user to set a value for the item selected using the item selection key. And the display further displays a first display area that serves to know which one is currently selected among the plurality of items using the item selection key and a second display area that serves to know which one to use to set a value for the item among the plurality of value setting keys. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110205588 | NETWORK SYSTEM, NETWORK SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A network system includes a first processing unit configured to accept a request transmitted from a client computer and register a job that processes the accepted request into a storage unit. The first processing unit includes one or a plurality of processing units. The network system further includes a second processing unit configured to acquire the job from the storage unit asynchronously with the job being registered into the storage unit and process the acquired job. The second processing unit includes one or a plurality of processing units. The first processing unit transmits authentication information usable to acquire a processing result of the job corresponding to the request to the client computer without waiting for the second processing unit to complete processing of the job registered in the storage unit. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110205589 | STORAGE DEVICE, SUBSTRATE, LIQUID CONTAINER, HOST DEVICE, AND SYSTEM - A storage device includes a storage section, a storage control section that controls access of the storage section, a control section that performs a process of communicating with a host device, and first to k-th (k is an integer of 2 or more) terminals. The control section outputs, to the host device, a response signal to give a notification that the corresponding storage device is connected, through an i-th (i is an integer where 1≦i≦k) terminal among the first to k-th terminals. The control section outputs the response signal to the host device in an m-th (m is an integer where 1≦m≦n) output time period, which corresponds to ID information of the corresponding storage device, among first to n-th (n is an integer of 2 or more) output time periods. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110205590 | STORAGE DEVICE, SUBSTRATE, LIQUID CONTAINER, HOST DEVICE, AND SYSTEM - A storage device includes a storage section, a storage control section that controls access of the storage section, a control section that performs a process of communicating with a host device, a data terminal, a reset terminal, and a clock terminal. The control section outputs a control signal for setting, to a low potential level, a voltage level of the data terminal pulled up at an m-th (m is an integer where 1≦m≦n) clock cycle, which corresponds to ID information of the corresponding storage device, among first to n-th (n is an integer of 2 or more) clock cycles of a clock which is input to the clock terminal. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110205591 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - In conventional printing in which image data is page-spooled and printed, the spool memory is increasing with the progression of higher resolutions. Also, there is the problem that it is difficult to guarantee image generating processing that is synchronized with a high-speed print engine in a vector format structure which requires smaller memory capacity. The image data is therefore divided into a plurality of blocks, and an attribute comprising each block is determined. The image generation processing time is predicted based on the attribute information, preparation processing that converts data for image generation such that image generation processing is executed within the printing time is executed based on the prediction result, and image generation processing that is synchronized with a high-speed print engine is guaranteed. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110205592 | PRINT CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS - Upon designating bookbinding print, preview images are displayed in a layout after bookbinding. When “store” of intermediate data is designated in a print process, a spooler ( | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110205593 | IMAGE HANDLING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESS CONTROLLING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESS CONTROLLING PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image handling apparatus is disclosed, including an operation panel, hardware resources, a transferring part, and an image generation controlling part. The transferring part transfers image handle information input at the input screen to an external apparatus. The image generation controlling part receives and parses image generation information for at least one of the hardware resources to execute an image generation based on the image handle information, from the external apparatus in response to an instruction of the image generation, so that at least one of the hardware resources executes the image generation. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110211218 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRINTING A SCHEDULED PRINT JOB - A method and apparatus for outputting a scheduled print job by a printing device connected to a client device over a network. The method includes transmitting, by the client device, a request to print the scheduled print job to the printing device. The scheduled print job include print data and schedule data corresponding to a scheduled time the print data is to be printed. The printing device stores the received scheduled print job in memory, and executes the scheduled print job at the scheduled time. A determination is made as to whether the scheduled print job was outputted successfully at the scheduled time. Further, a message indicating whether the scheduled print job was outputted successfully, based on the determination, is sent to a predetermined device. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110211219 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SOLICITED ACTIVATION FOR PROTECTED WIRELESS NETWORKING - Methods and apparatus that enable solicited access to a secure wireless network having complex security protocols. In one embodiment, such solicited access is performed using a streamlined or reduced number of user actions and includes an exemplary active/passive scanning protocol and use of an optimized service discovery protocol (SDP). | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110211220 | PRINT SETTING APPARATUS FOR SETTING PRINT CONDITION - A user interface is configured to receive a user instruction when a user sets a print condition for a printer. At least one setting item including a plurality of set contents is set for the print condition. An obtaining unit obtains a status of the printer. Each of the plurality of set contents is a suitable set content suitable for the status of the printer or an unsuitable set content suitable for the status of the printer. A determination unit determines whether a set content set for the one setting item is the suitable set content or the unsuitable set content based on the status of the printer. A control unit executes at least one of a process for restricting the set content, which is determined as the unsuitable set content by the determination unit, from being used for a printing operation and a process for allowing a user to distinguish the set content, which is determined as the unsuitable setting, from another set content in the plurality of set contents which is determined as the suitable set content in the user interface. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110211221 | Method and System for Photo Identification and Distribution - The present invention relates to a method for identifying at least one photo from a set of photos, wherein use is made of tokens, the method comprising steps for:—making at least one subject image recording, such as a photo and/or a video, of a subject as part of a set of recordings by means of an image recording device with a image recording member,—making, as part of the set of recordings and by means of the image recording device, a token information recording of information identifiable by at least one token wherein it is the case that:—the at least one subject image recording can be identified by means of the information from a preceding or following token in the set of recordings. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110211222 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR SAME - Disclosed is an image processing apparatus having a web browser for displaying an operation screen provided by a web server. A request is transmitted (S | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110211223 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a main chassis, an image reader unit, a cover unit, a first movable assembly, which rotatably supports the cover unit to be rotatable with respect to the image reader unit, and a second movable assembly, which rotatably supports the image reader unit to be rotatable with respect to the main chassis. The first movable assembly includes a support member, which supports the cover unit to be vertically movable with respect to the image reader unit, and a frame, which is arranged on the image reader unit and accommodates the support member. The first movable assembly is arranged to have a lower end thereof to be in a lower position with respect to a lower end of the image reader unit. The second movable assembly is arranged in a lower position with respect to the first movable assembly. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110211224 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING AN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An apparatus for controlling an image forming apparatus obtains image data to be formed on a continuous roll sheet that includes front-side image data and back-side image data. The apparatus generates page allocation information that indicates to combine a part of the front-side image data and a part of the back-side image data that are overlapped with each other in the main scanning direction into drawing data. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110211225 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus for performing image processing for document data created by a document creation application to generate print data of each page and sending the generated print data to an image forming apparatus, the information processing apparatus including: a control section for specifying, based on document data, a region where drawing object data included in the document data exists as a drawing object region, and detecting blank space in each print page based on the specified drawing object region. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110211226 | OUTPUT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OUTPUT WITHOUT AN OUTPUT DRIVER - An output device for providing output service to a mobile information apparatus without requiring a device specific output driver installed at the mobile information apparatus. The wireless output device may include an operating system, a wireless communication unit for radio frequency communication, a display screen, and a user interface over the display screen, the output device may include features for installing one or more application software at the output device for expanding the capabilities of the output device, registering the output device with a control point over a network and providing an identification of the output device for enabling one or more mobile information apparatuses to transmit output data to the output device. Subsequent to registering the output device and providing the identification information of the output device, the output device receives output data associated with the identification information from the mobile information apparatus for rendering. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110211227 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - The present invention provides an image processing apparatus that executes process according to a job flow in which cooperation process in a plurality of apparatuses is defined, and that, when a function has been added that is equivalent to process that has been defined in the job flow, can utilize the equivalent added function in the job flow without a user manually re-editing the job flow. The present invention also provides a method for controlling such an image processing apparatus. To accomplish this, the present image processing apparatus, in a job flow in which a plurality of processes are executed cooperatively by a plurality of apparatuses, executes the job flow in an optimized manner using priority information that indicates the priority of apparatuses that execute each process, and mount function information that indicates the function mounted by each apparatus. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110216349 | DELAYED PRINTING FROM A COMPUTERIZED DEVICE - A user of a computerized device creates an item capable of being printed and stores the item within storage of the computerized device. An instruction to perform delayed printing of the item is received from a user of a computerized device when the user is outside a predetermined physical range of at least one printing device. The computerized device detects when the computerized device is within the predetermined physical range of the printing device and, when this occurs, the computerized device provides the user a printing option to print the item on the printing device. If the user selects the printing option, the methods herein forward the item to a conversion device. The conversion device makes the item print ready so that the item can be printed using the printing device. The methods herein then cause the item to be forwarded from the conversion device to the printing device and printed on the printing device. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110216350 | PROVIDING ACCESS TO IMAGES FROM HARDCOPY PUBLICATIONS - A method, device, and system maintain a database of printed publications within a first computerized device. The printed publications each have one or more printable images. The first computerized device receives from a second computerized device (that is operatively connected to the first computerized device) a request for at least one of the printable images within a printed publication within the database. The request has an identifier of the printed publication and at least one page number of the printed publication. The first computerized device transmits display information to the second computerized device to cause the second computerized device to display one or more of the printable images appearing on the page number of the printed publication. The first computerized device receives an image selection from the second computerized device that identifies selected images from among the printable images displayed by the second computerized device. The first computerized device provides the selected images to the second computerized device, or to a printer or print shop. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110216351 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus includes: a print command receiving unit that receives print command information indicating a print command; an authentication determination unit that determines whether or not the print command information received by the print command receiving unit includes authentication requirement information indicating that authentication is required upon print processing based on the print command; a determination unit that, when the authentication determination unit has determined that the print command information includes the authentication requirement information, determines whether or not an originator of the print command information and a user who performs the print processing based on the print command information are different; and a notification unit that, when the determination unit has determined that the originator of the print command information and the user who performs the print processing are different, notifies the user who performs the print processing of presence of the print command information. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110216352 | IMAGE FORMATION CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMATION SYSTEM, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND TANDEM PRINTING SYSTEM - An image formation control apparatus includes a management unit, a communication unit, and a control unit. The management unit manages first image formation processing on a first face of a planar recording medium. The first image formation processing is performed by a first image formation apparatus. The communication unit communicates with a second image forming apparatus configured to perform image formation on a second face of the planar recording medium. The control unit performs control of transportation of the planar recording medium from the first image formation apparatus to the second image formation apparatus or from the second image formation apparatus. A first amount of time to start image formation from receiving an image formation instruction in the first image formation apparatus is smaller that a second amount of time to start image formation from receiving an image formation instruction in the second image formation apparatus. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110216353 | Control point and method for controlling print - A control point including a user interface to select an image forming apparatus to perform a printing job among image forming apparatuses connected using a digital living network alliance, a storage unit to store a lookup table which records at least one of information of printing data formats supportable by the selected image forming apparatus and printing time information, a format selector to select a printing data format based on the lookup table, a driver unit to generate printing data according to the selected printing data format, and a communication unit to transmit the generated printing data to the selected image forming apparatus. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110216354 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, MONITORING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A management system includes an image forming apparatus and a monitoring apparatus. The monitoring apparatus includes a determination unit configured to determine whether the image forming apparatus has a transmission control function for performing change of a transmission destination of collected operational information, a transmission unit configured to transmit to the image forming apparatus having the transmission control function, a command for setting the monitoring apparatus as a transmission destination of the operational information, and transmission setting in which a scheme for acquiring counter information related to charging is set, and a scheme for acquiring failure information is set, and a verification unit configured to verify matching in the counter information. The image forming apparatus is configured to perform transmission of the operational information to the monitoring apparatus in accordance with the command and the transmission setting. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110216355 | COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING PRINTER DRIVER, PRINT CONTROL DEVICE, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING PRINTER SEARCH PROGRAM - A computer readable recording medium recording a printer driver in which the printer driver makes a computer function as a device including a search unit which searches for printers that can be used for printing and a printer information storage unit which stores predetermined information relating to at least some of the printers out of the searched printers, in which the search unit executes searches having the printers of which the predetermined information is stored as a search range. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110216356 | PRINT PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SETTING PRINT MODE - A print processing device includes: a display device that displays a print preview of a print document; a plurality of application programs; an application specifying part that specifies the application program which is used to compose the print document; a print mode setting part that stores print mode setting information; an application determining part that determines whether or not the application program specified by the application specifying part is a program that is likely not to provide to the print mode setting part a print orientation information in correspondence with the print document as actually printed; a print preview display method deciding part that determines a display method of the print preview based on a determination result by the application determining part; and a print preview displaying part that displays the print preview according to the display method decided by the print preview display method deciding part. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110216357 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND JOB EXECUTION METHOD - An image processing system comprises a job cooperation server for executing a predetermined processing necessary for execution of a job; an image processing device for cooperating with the job cooperation server and executing the job; an authentication server for executing user authentication and issuing an underlying ticket corresponding to a user and for issuing a ticket to use the job cooperation server based on the underlying ticket; and an information processing device for acquiring and storing the underlying ticket by sending a request for authentication to the authentication server and for acquiring the ticket to use the job cooperation server from the authentication server with the underlying ticket. The information processing device acquires the ticket to use the job cooperation server from the authentication server with the underlying ticket and transmits to the image processing device. The image processing device executes the job through cooperation with the job cooperation server. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110216358 | MAINTENANCE SYSTEM AND MAINTENANCE METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a management apparatus includes an acquisition unit, a determination unit, a storage unit, a selection unit, and an output unit. The acquisition unit acquires any one of simple data or detailed data including the simple data from a plurality of image processing apparatuses. If the detailed data is acquired, the determination unit determines maintenance data to be applied to the image processing apparatus which is an output source of the detailed data. The storage unit stores the maintenance data in association with related data included in the detailed data. If the acquisition unit acquires the simple data, the selection unit selects the maintenance data associated with the related data similar to the acquired simple data. The output unit outputs the maintenance data as the data for update with respect to the image processing apparatus which is an output source of the simple data. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110216359 | MAINTENANCE SCHEDULING SYSTEM AND MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE CREATING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a management apparatus includes a setting unit, a data converting unit, and a maintenance scheduling unit. The setting unit sets a relation value indicating a relation between the number of operations in an image processing apparatus to be subjected to maintenance scheduling and data indicating the live of a consumable in the image processing apparatus. The data converting unit converts, using the relation value, the number of operations acquired from the image processing apparatus into the data indicating the life of the consumable in the image processing apparatus. The maintenance scheduling unit creates a maintenance schedule for the image processing apparatus using the data indicating the life of the consumable in the image processing apparatus calculated by the data converting unit. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110216360 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING OUTPUT THEREOF - An image forming apparatus and method control an output by using a preview identifying an output result. An output of a document is controlled after identifying a result of the output by using a sample image preview and a real image preview of the document with an option set. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110216361 | COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HOLDING A PRINTER DRIVER, PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HOLDING A PRINTER SEARCH PROGRAM - A printer driver searches for local printers connected to a computer and network printers connected via a network to the computer by including the local printers and network printers in a search criteria. In the case where a local printer has been found, the local printer is selected as a printer that is to execute printing. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110216362 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CHECK CONTROL METHOD - According to an embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes an information adding unit, an execution determination unit, and an execution control unit. The information adding unit determines whether or not to store first information to which a predetermined value is added, in a storage unit, based on a result of analysis of image data, and adds the predetermined value to the first information and stores the first information in the storage unit in association with the image data when the determination is positive. The execution determination unit determines whether the first information with the predetermined value added thereto is in the storage unit or not. The execution control unit controls whether or not check of print quality is to be executed before the execution of print of the image data, based on the result of the determination by the execution determination unit. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110216363 | REMOTE CONTROLLER, PRINTING SYSTEM AND PRINTING METHOD - A remote controller including a connector to which a storing medium storing printing data to be printed is connected. The remote controller may further include a read unit which reads the printing data from the storing medium connected to the connector. The remote controller may further include a transmission unit which transmits the printing data read by the read unit to a printing apparatus. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110216364 | RECEPTION NOTIFYING APPARATUS AND RECEPTION NOTIFYING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a reception notifying apparatus includes a management unit, a reception unit, a processing unit, and a notification unit. The management unit manages notification party information used to give a notification of file reception. The reception unit receives a file. The processing unit processes the received file based on file control information attached to the received file. The notification unit gives a notification of the processing result of the received file based on the notification party information. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110216365 | IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION READER AND PRINTER INCLUDING THE SAME - An identification information reader includes an antenna commonly used for transmission of a radio wave to a radio frequency identification tag and reception of a radio wave that has been modulated with at least identification information and transmitted from a radio frequency identification tag, a transmitter which outputs a radio wave to be transmitted from the antenna, a receiver which demodulates a radio wave received by the antenna to acquire at least the identification information, a directional coupler which is connected between the transmitter and the receiver, guides the radio wave output from the transmitter to the antenna and guides the radio wave received by the antenna to the receiver, and an attenuator which is connected between the antenna and the directional coupler and attenuates the radio wave guided to the receiver to reduce saturation of the receiver due to an increase in voltage standing wave ratio of the antenna. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110216366 | Delivery Expert System, Method and Computer Program Product - An automated rule-based system for facilitating delivery of a fax document from a source to a destination over a network where an initial delivery attempt has been unsuccessful. Actions to be taken are based upon a time-variable set of input conditions which may be determined from one or more of the destination, the source, a database of past delivery attempts, and a human analyst. The actions may include one or more of resubmitting the fax document to the network for a next delivery attempt, cancelling the document, sending a request to the source or destination for additional delivery information, and identifying the destination as a technical problem. The input conditions may include an identification of non-business days and non-business hours. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110216367 | Method and Apparatus for Providing Backup Font Support for Missing Device Glyphs - The present invention provides a method and apparatus in a data processing system for printing characters. Data received includes glyphs for output on an output device, wherein the glyphs are to be output using a selected device font. Monitoring for unsupported glyphs in the selected device font is performed. In response to detecting a glyph unsupported by the selected device font, a back up system font is used to output the glyph to the output device. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110216368 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR EDITING IMAGES FOR A PHOTO ALBUM - For generating photo albums on events such as weddings, the photo albums can always be generated in the same quality. A professional photographer photographs the bride and groom on a wedding. Images are read from a developed film and stored in a file server. A template used for generating a photo album is added with composition information representing composition of images to be inserted in image insertion areas therein. When an operator selects one of the images to be inserted in any one of the image insertion areas with reference to an editing screen having a catalog display field and a template display field, processing information representing a magnification ratio and/or a trimming position is generated based on the composition information so that the selected image has the composition appropriate for the image insertion area. The selected image is processed according to the processing information. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110222104 | PRINTER DISCOVERY WITHIN A WEB PAGE - Systems and methods presented herein provide for printer discovery with a webpage such that a client device may print the webpage via a remote printing service. The client device retrieves a webpage with an internet browser. The webpage includes a printer detection module that detects printing devices of one data network and transfers their printing characteristics to a print server in another data network. The printer detection module is accessible through the webpage. The printer detection module allows for the selection of one or more of the printing devices. The client device transfers the webpage (or the URL of the webpage) to the print server to render the webpage for printing on the selected printing device. The print server renders the webpage according to the printing characteristics of the selected printing device and then transfers the rendered webpage to the selected printing device via the client device for printing. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110222105 | PRINTING INTERNET INACCESSIBLE WEB CONTENT VIA REMOTE PRINTING SERVICE - Systems and methods presented herein provide for printing, via a remote printing service, Internet content retrieved by a client device. The retrieved Internet content is Internet inaccessible to the remote printing service as it is viewable within a private network (e.g., an Intranet). In one embodiment, a method includes retrieving the webpage from a data network with a client device, transferring a request from the client device to the remote printing service to render the webpage for printing, and receiving a response from the remote printing service indicating that the webpage is inaccessible. The method also includes storing data of the webpage in the client device and transferring the stored webpage data from the client device to the remote printing service for rendering and printing. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110222106 | PRINT QUALITY VALIDATION OF PRINT JOBS USING BITMAPPED IMAGE - A method and apparatus capture bitmapped images of pages of a print job that have been raster image processed while being printed by a printing device and collect electronic image data from at least one predetermined area of the bitmapped images of the pages using a computerized device. In addition, the method and apparatus capture at least one scanned image from the predetermined area of sheets of media printed by the printing device according to the print job, using an optical imaging device operatively connected to the computerized device and compare the scanned image to the electronic image data to validate whether the print job printed correctly. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110222107 | METHODS AND STRUCTURE FOR IMPROVED JDF TICKET PROCESSING IN A PRINTING SYSTEM USING AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED TRANSLATION TABLES - Methods and apparatus for generating and utilizing a device capability file and a device PostScript table for processing JDF job tickets within a printing system. Features and aspects hereof generate a device capability file and a device PostScript table from information in a printer description file and a mapping file. The device capability file is used to generate JDF job tickets. The device PostScript table is used in the printing system to translate a JDF job ticket into corresponding device command strings. Constraint information may be generated from the printer description and mapping files and used to validate the JDF job ticket. The constraint information may be integral with the device capability file and/or with the device PostScript table. JDF job tickets may be validated as they are generated, and/or just prior to transmission to the printing system, and/or as part of the job ticket processing within the printing system. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110222108 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND PRINT INSTRUCTION TERMINAL - An image forming system includes: a print instruction terminal; and a print apparatus having a printing unit that prints print data instructed to be printed from the print instruction terminal. The print instruction terminal includes: a setting information receiving unit that receives print setting information including paper attributes; a loading method displaying unit that displays a method of loading paper corresponding to the print setting information received by the setting information receiving unit in a feeding unit of the print apparatus; and a transmitting unit that transmits the print setting information. The print apparatus includes a print controlling unit that receives the print setting information and controls the printing unit to print the print data instructed to be printed from the print instruction terminal based on the print setting information when the paper is loaded in the feeding unit. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110222109 | DOCUMENT PROCESSING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A document processing system includes a unique information acquiring section, a similar document element selecting section and a replacement document data acquiring section. The unique information acquiring section acquires unique information to be recorded. The similar document element selecting section selects one similar document element corresponding to the unique information from each of one or a plurality of groups of similar document elements. The one or the plurality of groups of similar document elements relate to one or a plurality of document elements respectively. The one or the plurality of document elements is contained in document data. The replacement document data acquiring section acquires replacement document data which is generated by replacing the document elements with the respective similar document elements selected by the similar document element selecting section. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110222110 | PRINTING SYSTEM, ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A printing system includes a terminal apparatus and a server apparatus. The terminal apparatus is connected to a printing apparatus through a local area network. The server apparatus communicates with the terminal apparatus through an external communication network on an outside of the local area network and executes an application in response to an operating signal received from the terminal apparatus. The terminal apparatus includes a specifying unit, a research unit, and a selecting unit. The specifying unit specifies a model of a printing apparatus connected to the terminal apparatus through the local area network by executing an environmental research program. The research unit determines whether a printing apparatus driver corresponding to the model specified by the specifying unit is present in either the terminal apparatus or the server apparatus. The selecting unit selects either a first method or a second method. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110222111 | Data transfer device, image processing apparatus, and recording medium - A data transfer device includes a serial interface including plural transmission paths and carrying out a data transfer operation with plural operating frequencies, transfer requesting units issuing a data transfer request to the serial interface, a request monitoring unit, a condition setting unit setting a set transmission path condition including at least one of a number of the transmission paths and an operating frequency used when the data transfer requests are issued to switch statuses of the data transfer requests to statuses of switching data transfer requests, a use transmission path condition determining unit determining the set transmission path condition corresponding to the status of the switching data transfer request as a use transmission path condition when the status of switching data transfer request corresponds to the status of data transfer request by comparing the statuses, and a switching unit switching to the use transmission path condition. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110222112 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD - An information processing system including an image forming apparatus, a relay unit, and a register unit that sends fax sending job information, including fax data generated from document data and setting information, to the relay unit. The relay unit stores the received fax sending data in a memory device, changes a part of fax setting information based on an instruction, sends the fax sending job information to the image forming apparatus in response to a request to acquire the fax sending data from the image forming apparatus, based on an instruction. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110222113 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE RECEIVING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE RECEIVING METHOD - An image processing system including a first image forming apparatus that sends fax data, and a second image forming apparatus that receives fax data sent from the first image forming apparatus via a communication link. The system also includes a first information processing apparatus connected to the first image forming apparatus, and which provides the fax data to the first image forming apparatus. The first information processing apparatus may include an identifier adding unit that adds an identifier indicating a process to be performed on the fax data by the second image forming apparatus, and a data sending unit that controls the first image forming apparatus to send the fax data in response to an instruction from the first image forming apparatus. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110222114 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a first acquisition unit, a storage unit, a second acquisition unit, and an identification unit. The first acquisition unit acquires first identification information for identifying first image data selected as a print target. The storage unit causes a storage device to store the first identification information acquired by the first acquisition unit. The second acquisition unit acquires second image data when print processing is resumed after the print processing is once suspended and acquire second identification information for identifying the second image data. The identification unit identifies image data that matches the first image data from the second image data based on the first identification information and the second identification information. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110222115 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, PRINTING INSTRUCTION APPARATUS, COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORED WITH A PROGRAM FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS OR PRINTING INSTRUCTION APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - The image forming apparatus comprising a judgment unit for judging whether an instruction for preparing a carbon copy exists or not, and a print data preparation unit for preparing a plurality of print data based on a single document data when the judgment unit determines that an instruction for preparing the carbon copy exists. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110222116 | PULL PRINTING SYSTEM, SERVER MACHINE, AND METHOD FOR MANAGING PRINT JOB - An image forming apparatus includes a request portion that requests, from a server machine, access information used for reading out a job, and an access information reception portion that receives the access information. The server machine includes a job reception portion that receives the job and stores the job into a first area, a second area into which the job is to be stored for the image forming apparatus, a storage portion that stores, therein, second read-out information used for reading out the job from the second area, and a response portion that receives a request, and if there is first read-out information used for reading out the job from the first area, then sends the first read-out information to the image forming apparatus as the access information, and otherwise, moves the job to the second area, and sends the second read-out information to the image forming apparatus. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110222117 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus can control display on the web browser to display on an operation screen a name of data whose format corresponds to a format of data acquired in a reading unit or a format of printable data in a print unit, among the data pieces acquired from and managed by an external service. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110222118 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM AND CONTROL APPARATUS FOR PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus with a plug-and-play execution unit includes a plug-and-play control unit and a permission receiving unit. The plug-and-play execution unit can perform predetermined communication processing with an external control apparatus, and the predetermined communication processing is triggered by a connection with the control apparatus when the connection is established via a predetermined communication path. The plug-and-play control unit is configured to prohibit the plug-and-play execution unit from operating in a case where an instruction for activating the printing apparatus according to a specific operation mode is received from an outside source, so that the plug-and-play execution unit is prevented from performing the communication processing. The permission receiving unit is configured to receive permission for execution of plug and play. In a case where the permission for execution is received, the plug-and-play control unit cancels the prohibition of operation of the plug-and-play execution unit. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110222119 | COLORING BOOK DESIGNER KIT - A craft kit, including computer software for the conversion of arbitrary digital images into printable coloring book line drawings, a medium to be used as pages upon which the converted images may be printed through the use of a home computer and printer, and a binding means for binding those pages into a book. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110222120 | PRINTER CAPABLE OF REFUSING RECEIPT OF PRINTED MATERIALS SENT FROM AN UNINTENDED SOURCE - A printer ( | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110228313 | LOW COST OVERNIGHT PRINTING - A method and system for scheduling printing times for print jobs at least one printing device. The method and system include determining, at a processing device operably connected to a printing device, at least one non-peak time period; receiving, at a printer queue stored on a computer readable medium operably connected to a printing device, a first plurality of print jobs; storing, at the printer queue, a first subset of the plurality of print jobs until the non-peak time period; and printing, at the printing device, each of the stored print jobs during the non-peak time period. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110228314 | Field Metering Patrol System and Method for Metering and Monitoring Printers - A standalone printer monitoring device comprising a processing unit, a memory capable of communicating with the processing unit, a network interface interconnected to the processing unit wherein the network interface is configured to receive DC power over a network to power the device, a printer discovery engine configured to discover a plurality of printers on a network, a printer patrol engine configured to patrol the printers discovered by the printer discovery engine, and a reporting engine configured to report to a centralized repository information collected by the printer patrol engine. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110228315 | PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A processing apparatus includes: an acquisition unit that acquires image data by reading an image from an original; a selection unit that operationally selects either one of storing the image data into a portable storage unit or sending the image data to a storage device capable of taking out the data via a communication unit, wherein when the storing is selected, the selection unit further operationally selects at least any one of deleting data already stored in the portable storage unit and moving the image data to the storage device; and a data processing unit that performs based on result selected by the selection unit. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110228316 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A communication control apparatus including: a count portion that counts the number of received data; and a discard portion that is provided at an upstream side of a control portion on a forwarding route of the received data, and discards received data according to a counted value by the count portion. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110228317 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus including: an assignment portion that, when a plurality of dynamic reconfigurable processors (DRPs) execute image processes by a pipeline process mode based on a print job, assigns identification numbers identifying the DRPs to the DRPs based on the number of DRPs; and a change portion that changes an assignment process by the assignment portion, based on whether a DRP of a final stage in the DRPs is connected to an outputting portion, the outputting portion outputting the results of the image processes to an outside; wherein when the DRP of the final stage is connected to the outputting portion, the assignment portion calculates a maximum identification number based on the total of the number of DRPs, assigns the maximum identification number to the DRP of the final stage, and sequentially assigns values acquired by decreasing the maximum identification number to remaining DRPs. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110228318 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A web page of a server placed on a network and the operation description of a browser by an operation terminal for the web page are stored and the operation description is played back (repeated), whereby the same operation as the previous browser operation is executed in the operation terminal. At this time, various types of operation are recorded and are repeated by software, so that the user need not perform the same various types of operation as those previously performed. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110228319 | SERVER APPARATUS, CLIENT APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF SERVER APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF CLIENT APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - A server apparatus is disclosed which communicates with a client apparatus and an image forming apparatus. The server apparatus executes a print service to transmit print data to the image forming apparatus and allows the image forming apparatus to print the print data in accordance with a print request transmitted from the client apparatus. The server apparatus then transmits a processing situation of the executed print service in accordance with a request repeatedly transmitted from the client apparatus. The server apparatus finally stops the request repeatedly transmitted from the client apparatus in response to completion of a process corresponding to the print request in the executed print service. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110228320 | OUTPUT DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - A data acquiring unit acquires imaging data generated by an imaging device. The imaging data represents a still image or a motion image. The motion image is configured of a plurality of frame images that are chronologically in succession with one another. An image processing unit executes a first process for the still image to outputs the still image according to a first layout and a second process for the motion image. The second process is different from the first process. The image processing unit outputs, according to the first layout, one frame image in the plurality of frame images of the motion image when the imaging data representing the motion image satisfies a prescribed condition. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110228321 | DISPLAY INPUT DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, DISPLAYING METHOD OF A DISPLAY INPUT DEVICE - A display input device includes an input unit which receives an operation input, and a display unit which displays a screen for operation input and includes an input result display area for displaying at least a number and a character. When there is an available function for inputting the number and the character, an input button for using the available function is displayed in the input result display area or in an adjacent area of the input result display area, while when there is no available function, the button is not displayed in the input result display area or in the adjacent area of the input result display area. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110228322 | MAP INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MAP INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - According to one embodiment, a map information processing apparatus includes a generation unit, a transmitter, a receiver, an extraction unit, a determination unit, and a registration unit. The generation unit is configured to generate a print image for printing a map designated by a user. The transmitter is configured to transmit to a print device the print image. The receiver is configured to receive an image transmitted from the print device. The extraction unit is configured to extract a differential image by extracting a difference between the image and the print image. The determination unit is configured to determine registration information which is a target of registration, based on the differential image and the map corresponding to the print image. The registration unit is configured to register the registration information in an information registration device. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110228323 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM THAT STORES A PROGRAM - Information regarding paper feed stages of a printing apparatus is acquired, a determination is made of whether there are more types of paper to be used in printing of a print job than the number of paper feed stages of the printing apparatus. When determined that there are more types of paper than the number of paper feed stages of the printing apparatus, based on a condition predetermined such that values of a parameter are considered to be the same in a certain range, papers having parameter values considered to be the same are designated as one set. A collation job is generated for discharging to one discharge stage of the collation apparatus the one set designated from the plurality of types of paper that have been disposed in the respective paper feed stages of the collation apparatus, and the generated collation job is sent to the collation apparatus. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110228324 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING AN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An apparatus and method of controlling data to be processed by an image forming system encode image data to be printed to generate code data, and code information regarding encoding processing or the code data. The code information is used to obtain a predicted decode time, and a print speed level at which decoded data is to be printed. A plurality of print jobs to be processed are re-arranged by the print speed level to generate a print job sequence. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110228325 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - First storage stores code data each of which is formed by arranging identification at head of line code data obtained by coding image in a line unit, from first to last line of the image. Second storage recognizes the identification from the code data read by First reader to store the code data in a line unit. Third storage stores decoded image obtained by decoding the code data read from the second storage by Second reader in a line unit. When the image is rotated 180 degrees, First reader reads the code data from First storage from the last to the first line and reads each line from an end to a head of the line, Second reader reads the code data from Second storage from the identification to the end of the line, and Third reader reads the decoded image from the end to the head of the line. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110228326 | SETTING SYSTEM, SETTING METHOD, AND SETTING SUPPORTING APPARATUS FOR IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a setting system includes an image processing apparatus and a computer. The setting system includes a setting-information transmitting unit, an image display unit, an updated-information transmitting unit, and an updating unit. The setting-information transmitting unit transmits setting information stored in a storing unit of the image processing apparatus. The image display unit displays setting information on a display unit of the computer as an image same as an image displayed by a display unit included in the image processing apparatus. The updated-information transmitting unit transmits updated information updated by the computer with respect to the setting information. The updating unit updates the setting information with the transmitted updated information. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110228327 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION CONTINUATION METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION CONTINUATION PROGRAM - A communication apparatus connected to a network to be able to communicate with another device includes a first control portion to communicate with another device connected to the network, and a second control portion to be driven in response to input of a reset signal from the first control portion and to communicate with another device through the first communication portion. The first control portion includes a detection portion to detect data transmitted from another device to the communication apparatus, a data storage portion to store the data to the communication apparatus, and a reset portion to output the reset signal to the second control portion in response to detection of the data to the communication apparatus. The second control portion includes a stop portion to stop driving of the second control portion when a predetermined condition is met, and a network communication portion to communicate with another device based on the detected data to the communication apparatus. One of the first control portion and the second control portion further includes a communication continuation portion to transmit data including a reply for continuing communication with another device, based on the detected data to the communication apparatus, until the network communication portion becomes able to communicate with another device. After becoming able to communicate with another device, if data is stored in the data storage portion, the network communication portion further communicates with another device based on the stored data. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110228328 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, COOPERATIVE JOB EXECUTION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH COOPERATIVE JOB EXECUTION PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus can communicate with a server in which an application program is installed so as to be executable. The information processing apparatus includes a browsing portion to display a screen received from the server. If receiving from the server a setting screen for setting an execution condition for executing the application program, the browsing portion allows the server to execute the application program in accordance with the execution condition set in the setting screen. The information processing apparatus further includes a style sheet reception portion to receive a style sheet corresponding to the application program from the server, a process execution portion to execute a prescribed process, a display control portion, if the process execution portion produces display information to notify a user as a result of executing the prescribed process, to display a first display screen including the display information, and a screen generation portion to generate a second display screen based on the display information and the style sheet, if the display information is produced. While the screen received from the server is being displayed by the browsing portion, the display control portion displays the second display screen in place of the first display screen. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110228329 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR - An image processing apparatus capable of detecting motions of instruction positions input through a touch panel and performing setting of post processing. The image processing apparatus detects motions of instruction positions input through the touch panel, and performs setting of post processing to be performed by a post-processing apparatus on printed sheets according to the detected motions of the instruction positions. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110228330 | Wireless Communication System - A wireless communication system may acquire specific information including identification information from each of access points. The wireless communication system may select particular identification information corresponding to a particular access point among the one or more of access points. The wireless communication system may determine, by using the specific information acquired from the particular access point, whether the particular access point operates in accordance with a first or a second type of authentication protocol. The wireless communication system may cause a displaying unit to display a first type of setting screen if the particular access point operates in accordance with the first type of authentication protocol. The wireless communication system may cause the displaying unit to display a second type of setting screen, which is different from the first type of setting screen, if the particular access point operates in accordance with the second type of authentication protocol. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110228331 | Print Control Apparatus, Program and Method of Displaying Print Setting Screen - A print control apparatus, a program, a method of displaying a print setting screen are provided. The print control apparatus includes a display device, an acquisition unit configured to acquire a size of a displayable area of the display device, a changing unit configured to change a size of a print setting screen related to a print setting according to the size of the displayable area, and a screen displaying unit configured to display the print setting screen changed by the changing unit on the display device. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110228332 | Patrol Device Field Installation Notification Method and System - A method for installing a print monitor device and notifying an installer after the print monitor device is installed. In one aspect of the method, a print monitor device is associated with a customer location, installed at the customer location, and then the print monitor device is registered in a centralized repository. In another aspect, after the print monitor device is registered, a notification is sent to an installer. In another aspect, the notification is a message which includes information about the print monitor device and the devices the print monitor device has discovered and is monitoring in a customer location. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110228333 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Print data is input from a computer, and a main translator of an image processing apparatus analyzes the print data, and performs an output data process. In addition, a sub-translator analyzes the print data, performs an external reference data obtaining process through a network, holds the obtained external reference data in a storage device, and manages the data in a resource management table. When the main translator requires the external reference data, it performs the output data process using the external reference data managed in the resource management table. Thus, the output data process and the external resource pre-reading process are simultaneously performed, thereby improving the throughput of the entire system. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110228334 | SYSTEM FOR GENERATING FORM FOR DELIVERY OF GREETING CARDS - A system is provided for generating a form for delivery of a printed communication. The system associates coordinate information of a form with an interactive element of the form, assigns an identity to the interactive element, associates delivery information on delivery of a printed communication with the interactive element, and generates print data to include the coordinate information and the identity as coded data and the interactive element and delivery information as visual data. A printer is responsive to the print data to print the form by printing the coded and visual data such that a sensing device senses the printed coded data through interaction with the printed interactive element to generate indicating data indicative of the delivery information. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110228335 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC LANGUAGE SWITCHING FOR AN IMAGING DEVICE - Recognizing a language format of an input data stream including reading a next data sample of the input data stream in a current state, selecting a next state in response to the next data sample, transitioning to the next state and repeatedly reading the next data sample and selecting the next state until the next state is an end state, and identifying the language format in response to the current state when the next state is an end state. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110228336 | DECOUPLED APPLICATIONS FOR PRINTED MATERIALS - A method for providing interactive digital content for printed content. The method includes the steps of: receiving an image of a coded data pattern of a writing surface; determining a plurality of available applications for a particular printed content associated with the received pattern; receiving a selection from a user of a particular available application from the plurality of available applications; and executing the particular available application, the executing comprising invoking a function related to the printed content. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110228337 | DELIVERY TRANSFER SYSTEM AND DELIVERY ORDER FORM PRINTING PROGRAM - This invention provides a delivery transfer system capable of transferring to the delivery company a parcel to be delivered to a delivery location specified by a client, and returning to the client compensation for inclusion of specific information on a delivery order form. The system comprises registration means wherein client information from a client is registered, receiving means that receives client information that identifies the client and delivery destination information of a parcel, advertisement selection means that selects specific information based on the delivery destination information, and reply sending means that sends to the client a reply with a parcel identification code, which is issued from a delivery management system, affixed to the parcel, and then registered in the delivery management system to identify the parcel, along with the selected specific information, and enables print out of the delivery destination information, the parcel identification code, and the specific information as the delivery order form. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110228338 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEVELOPING A PRINT SHOP CONFIGURATION - A system is provided for forming a print shop configuration with a first set of equipment, the first set of equipment being derived from a second set of equipment from a first print shop and a third set of equipment from a second print shop. The system includes a manager and application, the manager and application working together to generate a list of at least some of all possible print shop configurations that could be formed with a selected number of cells. The cells are populated with selected pieces of equipment from the second and third sets of multiple pieces of equipment. A criterion is used to select, from the list of possible print shop configurations, the print shop configuration with the first set of equipment. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110228339 | IMAGE OUTPUTTING APPARATUS, AND ARCHIVE SYSTEM INCLUDING THAT IMAGE OUTPUTTING APPARATUS AND ITS CONTROL METHOD - When data is output from an archive-function incompatible driver to an archive-function incompatible device, that data is omitted from those to be archived. To this end, an image outputting apparatus of this invention determines whether or not received data has already been archived. When it is determined that the received data has already been archived, an image is outputted based on that received data. When it is determined that the received data has not been archived yet, image outputting of the received data is inhibited. Furthermore, the image outputting apparatus instructs a PC that transmitted the data to install an archive-function compatible driver. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110235088 | INTELLIGENT PRINT OPTIONS FOR SEARCH ENGINE RESULTS - Systems and methods presented herein provide for intelligent print options to a user selecting web content of search results provided by a search engine. For example, the user may choose to perform a search through a search engine by entering search criteria within a webpage of the search engine. The search engine may return the search results to the user's web browser via the search engine's webpage. Along with these results, print options may be provided to the user on the webpage. By selecting to automatically print one or more of the search results, the content of the selected result(s) may be converted to a printable format such that page numbers may be counted and returned to the user. Based on the number of pages, the user may make a more informed decision as to whether the user should print the content. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110235089 | PROFILE AND TEMPLATE BASED DYNAMIC PORTABLE USER WORKFLOW - A printing device receives a user profile from a computerized device. The user profile comprises at least one template and the template comprises selections of menu options offered by the printing device. The method stores the user profile within a computer readable storage medium of the printing device. The user will operate the printing device using the profile and the template more than one time. Therefore, the method presents the user with an option to access the user profile and the template maintained within the computer readable storage medium of the printing device, through a graphic user interface of the printing device, each time the user operates the printing device. Further, the method automatically selects the menu options offered by the printing device according to selected menu options identified by the template, each time the user accesses the user profile and the template. The method performs various operations according to the selected menu options identified by the template using the printing device after automatically selecting the menu options. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110235090 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRINT JOB REDIRECTION - An apparatus and method for print job redirection is disclosed. The method can include providing print job forwarding preference options. The print job forwarding preference options can include options for print job preferences based on printing device capabilities. The method can include receiving print job forwarding preferences at a printing device. The print job forwarding preferences can include at least one mandatory print job preference that specifies a mandatory printing device capability for a specific print job and at least one desirable print job preference that specifies a desirable printing device capability for the specific print job. The method can include determining whether the specific print job requires forwarding from the printing device to another printing device. The method can include forwarding the specific print job for printing if the specific print job requires forwarding. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110235091 | METHOD IMPLEMENTED IN PRINT SHOPS FOR SELECTING AND EXCHANGING JOB GROUPS BETWEEN APPLICATION PROGRAMS USING PORTABLE STORAGE DEVICES - A method for pre-configuring a portable storage device for use in transporting print jobs in a print shop, and a method for using the pre-configured portable storage device to export and import print jobs between different devices in the print shop. The portable storage device is pre-configured to contain multiple root directories uniquely corresponding to multiple print job management programs. A configuration file containing exporting and importing instructions and administrative information is stored in each root directory. When exporting print jobs, the exporting program automatically locates its own unique root directory and exports jobs into that root directory. When importing print jobs, once the operator indicates an exporting program, the importing program searches the root directory for the exporting program for all stored jobs and displays them to the operator for selection. The exporting and importing programs also automatically checks the configuration file in the appropriate root directory for instructions. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110235092 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRINT JOB SCHEDULING - Methods disclosed facilitate the scheduling of print jobs. In some embodiments, the retrieval of remote files that are targets of print requests can be deferred. Print requests may be specified using JDF and/or JMF. A print queue holds entries corresponding to the remote target files and each queue entry is also associated with location information for its corresponding remote target file. When the queue entry is processed the location information associated with the queue entry is used to retrieve the remote target file for printing. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110235093 | METHOD IMPLEMENTED IN PRINT SHOPS FOR SELECTING AND EXCHANGING JOB GROUPS BETWEEN APPLICATION PROGRAMS USING PORTABLE STORAGE DEVICES - A method implemented in a print shop management system which allows operators to conveniently transport groups of print jobs between different devices and programs of the print shop, such as a MIS system, prepress devices, printers, finishing devices, etc. When exporting print jobs from a print job management program (the exporting program), the operator defines one or more job groups by specifying the criteria for each job group, and the exporting program exports all print jobs in the job groups to a storage location such as a USB flash drive. As a part of the exporting step, the exporting program filters the print jobs in the program's jobs database to find all jobs satisfying the criteria of each job group. The groups of jobs may be imported into another print job management program by accessing the storage location (e.g. by inserting the USB drive into the importing device). | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110235094 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus including: an assignment portion that, when a plurality of dynamic reconfigurable processors (DRPs) execute image processes by a pipeline process mode based on a print job, assigns identification numbers identifying the DRPs to the DRPs based on the number of DRPs; a first change portion that changes an assignment process by the assignment portion, based on whether a DRP of a final stage in the DRPs is connected to an outputting portion, the outputting portion outputting the results of the image processes to an outside; and a second change portion that, when the DRP of the final stage in the DRPs is disconnected from the outputting portion, further changes the assignment process by the assignment portion based on whether the DRPs are placed on only a single substrate. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110235095 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A communication terminal that includes a first communication unit that is coupled to an IP (Internet Protocol) network and conducts a facsimile transmission through the IP network; a second communication unit that is coupled to a public telephone network and conducts a facsimile transmission through the public telephone network; a control unit that, in a case that a communication error is detected when the first communication unit calls to the IP network and that the address information used for calling to the IP network is the address information corresponding to the destination which is converted from the telephone number received by a reception unit, controls the second communication to call to public telephone network by using the telephone number received by a reception unit. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110235096 | PRINT JOB DATA MANAGEMENT DEVICE, PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINT JOB DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD AND PRINT JOB DATA MANAGEMENT PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - A print job data management device includes a storage section that stores a print job, a reception section that receives a print job transmitted by a sender, a print execution section, and an extraction section. The print execution section executes printing immediately when the received print job is a first print job without authentication data attached thereto, and, when the print job is a second print job with authentication data attached thereto, temporarily stores the second print job in the storage section and executes printing in response to an authentication of a recipient of a printout. The extraction section extracts the second print job for which a specific duration has elapsed from the storing in the storage section. The print job data management device deletes the print job when the sender and the recipient of the second print job extracted by the extraction section are the same. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110235097 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, PRINTER, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing device of the present invention has: a receiving section that receives a print job transmitted by a sender; a printing executing section that, when a print job received at the receiving section is a print job to which authentication information is not added, executes printing immediately, and, when a print job received at the receiving section is an authentication-added print job to which the authentication information is added, stores the print job temporarily, and executes printing on the basis of authentication of a person who carries out printing; and a notification section that, when printing of the authentication-added print job has been executed at the printing executing section, notifies the sender of the print job that printing of the print job has been executed. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110235098 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes: a receiving unit that receives job data of plural pages; plural RIP processors that interpret and expand the job data into raster images; and an allocating unit that allocates the plural pages of the job data to the plural RIP processors for RIP processing, the allocating unit dividing the job data based on a predetermined data size regardless of page breaks, allocating job data that is to be RIP processed to the plural RIP processors, sending job data, corresponding to and after the pages of the data that is to be RIP processed, to the plural RIP processors, and when a head part of the job data that is to be RIP processed allocated by the allocating unit is in the middle of a page, the plural RIP processors RIP processing the job data from the beginning of the next page. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110235099 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a receiving unit, a recognition unit, a calculation unit, a determination unit, and a controller. The receiving unit receives a print job. The recognition unit recognizes hardware information regarding the image processing apparatus. The calculation unit calculates a time required for image processing of the received print job in accordance with the recognized hardware information and image data in the print job. The determination unit determines whether or not the calculated time required for the image processing of the print job is shorter than a predetermined time. The controller performs assignment control so that, when the determination unit determines that the time required for the image processing of the print job is not shorter than the predetermined time, a dynamic reconfigurable processor included in another image processing apparatus processes a portion of the print job. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110235100 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming apparatus includes: a deciding unit that decides whether in-monitoring assertion information representing is recorded in the information storing unit by another image forming apparatus or not; a recording unit that generates new in-monitoring assertion information; an acquiring unit that acquires information to be an image forming target; and an executing unit that executes an image formation processing. The recording unit decides that the condition of the expiration is satisfied when an expiration date represented by information indicative of the expiration date elapses if the information is included in the in-monitoring assertion information recorded by the another image forming apparatus, and the recording unit does not generate the in-monitoring assertion information and the executing unit does not execute the image formation processing in that case when the predetermined condition of the expiration is not satisfied. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110235101 | PRINTING CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - A printing control device includes units that: distribute received image data page by page, perform image processing for converting the image data distributed by page into print data, and control output in accordance with a plurality of image output sections, and control the output processing of each of the plurality of the image output sections based on the print data generated by the image processing, when aggregate printing where images of a plurality of pages are merged into one image is executed. The image data is distributed so that the image data is subjected to the image processing by a single image processing unit. The plurality of the output control units generate print data in a plurality of pages by combining the plurality of page print data transferred from the image processing units, and transmit the generated print data to the image output sections corresponding to the output control units. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110235102 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit and a control unit. The image forming unit forms an image on a print medium. The control unit controls the image forming unit so as to divide an image larger than the print medium into pieces and to form the image pieces on a plurality of print media. The control unit forms an image formed on a different print medium in a margin where the image is not formed when the print medium contains the margin in case that the image forming unit divides the image into pieces and forms the image pieces on the plurality of print media. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110235103 | Image processing apparatus and control method Thereof - When operation screen data sent from a Web server can be received, an image processing apparatus displays an operation screen based on the operation screen data on an operation unit. On the other hand, when operation screen data cannot be received due to a communication error, the image processing apparatus displays a substitute operation screen that allows it use of at least one of its image processing functions on the operation unit. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110235104 | ELECTRONICS DEVICE CAPABLE OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION, ELECTRONICS DEVICE SYSTEM, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - An electronics device, which is connected to a host apparatus via a wireless communication, includes a communication section configured to perform a wireless communication, and a communication control section configured to, if a start-up timing of the electronics device is earlier than any start-up timing of at least one electronics device other than the electronics device, perform control, as a master device, so as to cause the communication section to perform relaying of a wireless communication between the host apparatus and the at least one electronics device other than the electronics device, and if a start-up timing of the electronics device is later than any start-up timing of the at least one electronics device other than the electronics device, perform control, as a sub device, so as to cause the communication section to perform a wireless communication with the host apparatus via the master device. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110235105 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - Disclosed is an image forming apparatus which generates print data based on control data for page print inputted from an external device and which forms an image based on the print data. The image forming apparatus includes a control unit having a plurality of arithmetic processing units, and an image forming unit for forming an image based on the print data which is outputted by the control unit. The control unit generates the print data by carrying out a rasterizing process of one page in band unit constituted by a predetermined number of lines based on the control data for page print and sequentially outputs the generated print data at output timings defined in a constant output interval, wherein the rasterizing process is controlled based on whether or not generation of print data is to be completed within the output interval for all of bands in the one page. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110235106 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - When a user accesses a server from an image forming apparatus for document printing, it is ensured that the user can operate on a print operation screen corresponding to a portlet without involving significant labor. An image forming apparatus | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110235107 | OPERATION APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - To provide an operation apparatus and image forming apparatus which can adequately notify users of status information of other apparatuses connected to the operation apparatus. The operation apparatus has: status information acquiring means | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110235108 | DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, DEVICE MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A device management system of the present invention, in which a device which is allowed to shift to a power saving mode and a management apparatus which manages the device are connected to a network, allows the management apparatus to recognize power consumption statuses of devices without making any periodic communications between the management apparatus and devices. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110235109 | IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A control unit includes a touch panel display capable of presenting preview representation of a multiple number of document images on a panel display. The touch panel display includes a function by which, when the paper is subjected to a binding process after printing document images on the paper, the preview images displayed on the display panel are arranged vertically or horizontally with respect to the display panel and displayed, in accordance with the binding position of the paper; and a function of switching the direction of scrolling preview images between the vertical direction and the horizontal direction with respect to the display panel. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110235110 | OPERATION CONSOLE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATION CONSOLE, AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING INFORMATION ON THE OPERATION CONSOLE - On a touch-panel display of an image forming apparatus, which is divided to five areas, that is, a system area, a function selection area, a preview area, an action panel area and a task trigger area, pieces of information are displayed. Even if an operational mode is switched, the same or similar information is always displayed in the area arranged at the same position. In the task trigger area, software buttons operated by the user for actually operating the image forming apparatus are displayed. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110235111 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a receiving unit and a provision unit. The receiving unit receives a display instruction regarding information about data whose printing is reserved from a device. The provision unit provides the device with a screen for displaying a reservation job including a print button for instructing print of data at a time of receiving reservation and a print button for instructing print of data at a time of receiving the display instruction in a case where the display instruction is received by the receiving unit and data at the time of receiving the reservation are different from data at the time of receiving the display instruction. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110235112 | IMAGE SCANNING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE SCANNING METHOD - An image scanning device includes an image sensor obtaining an analog image signal; a variable gain amplifier amplifying the analog image signal; an analog-to-digital converter converting the amplified analog image signal into digital image data; a highest value detection unit detecting the highest value in the digital image data; and an amplifier gain setting unit setting an amplifier gain of the variable gain amplifier. The amplifier gain setting unit initially sets the amplifier gain of the variable gain amplifier such that the highest value in first digital image data of a reference image falls within a predetermined range, and if the highest value in second digital image data of the reference image obtained with the initially-set amplifier gain exceeds the predetermined range, the amplifier gain setting unit decreases the amplifier gain of the variable gain amplifier. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110235113 | PRINTER AND TERMINAL DEVICE - A printer may supply print instruction screen data to a terminal device. The terminal device may supply selection information to the printer in a case where an instruction button in the print instruction screen is selected by a user. The printer may make, in a case where the selection information is obtained from the terminal device, a requirement requiring the terminal device to supply target data of a print target. The terminal device may supply the target data in accordance with the requirement. The printer may print an image represented by the target data. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110235114 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PRINT PROCESSING SYSTEM, PRINT PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - There is provided an image forming apparatus capable of displaying a screen so that the contents of print jobs can be grasped immediately. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110235115 | PRINT CONTROL DEVICE, PRINT CONTROL METHOD, PRINTING SYSTEM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention provides a printer control device that includes a storage device, a printer searching section, a print preview creation section and a display control section. The printer searching section searches for printers connected to a network, acquires pieces of print setup information on print setups set in extracted printers, correlates the pieces of acquired print setup information with the respective printers and stores the information in the storage device. The print preview creation section creates pieces of print preview data of designated data for respective printers, and the display control section causes an identical display device to simultaneously be displayed as a print preview. Utilizing the present invention it possible to arrange and display, on the identical display device, a plurality print previews each schematically showing a print result brought by a plurality of printing apparatuses so that a user can easily select a desired print apparatus. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110235116 | Methods and apparatus for automatic hostname generation - Methods and apparatus for automatic generation of a hostname for a network printer embedded in or associated with a gaming machine are provided. An identification number is received at the printer from the gaming machine. The printer can then generate a unique Hostname for the printer by modifying the identification number. Once the Hostname is generated, the printer is able to connect to the network using the generated Hostname. For example, a connection of the printer to the network may be delayed after initial power up of the printer until print data for a game generated ticket has been received at the printer from the gaming machine. The identification number may be extracted from the print data at the printer and used to generate the Hostname. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110235117 | Image Forming System and Image Forming Apparatus Settings Search Method Using WS-Discovery - An image forming apparatus stores a settings keyword, receives a Probe message including a search keyword from a client apparatus via a network, retrieves the search keyword from the Probe message, determines whether or not the search keyword from the Probe message matches the stored settings keyword, and transmits a ProbeMatch message to the client apparatus if the search keyword from the Probe message matches the stored settings keyword. Further, the image forming apparatus stores setting data, searches for another image forming apparatus having a function of transmitting the setting data based on a keyword search using WS-Discovery, requests the setting data from the specified another image forming apparatus, generates new setting data based on the setting data received from the another image forming apparatus, and stores the new setting data. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110235118 | PRINTING METHOD USING A DUAL-ENGINE PRINTING SYSTEM - Methods for printing using a dual-engine printing system are disclosed herein. An exemplary dual-engine printing system includes a first print engine, a second print engine, and a print media source including a continuous web or separate sheets of print media. Multiple first pairs of images each including a first image and a second image are printed on a first side of the print media by the first print engine, and multiple second pairs of images each including a first image and a second image are printed on a second side of the print media by the second print engine. The print media is then arranged, trimmed if necessary, and bound such the first image faces the second image for each of the first pairs of images as well as each of the second pairs of images. In another embodiment, each of the multiple pairs of images includes a first image printed on a first half of a sheet and a second image printed on the second half of the same sheet. The sheets are arranged and bound along a central axis such that each image from the first pairs of images faces another image from the first pairs of images, and each image from the second pairs of images faces another image from the second pairs of images. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110235119 | IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image-forming apparatus includes a reception unit adapted to receive setting information that defines designation of a storage area and a process to be executed, a setting unit adapted to set the process to be executed for the designated storage area based on analysis of the setting information, an access right setting unit adapted to set an access right to access the second data, a managing unit adapted to manage the designated storage area and the second data with the set access right in association with each other, and an execution unit adapted to execute the process set in the storage area for the submitted first data and the second data that is associated with the storage area and has the set access right. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110235120 | REMOTE E-MAIL PRINTING - An information providing server has information on plural printers. The information providing server provides a user of a portable terminal with the information on the plural printers by sending the information on the plural printers to the portable terminal. The portable terminal sends an e-mail to which a file to be printed is attached to a printer selected by the user. Each of the plural printers has a plurality of print conditions to which different e-mail addresses are respectively assigned. The printer that has received an e-mail specifies a print condition from an e-mail address indicating the destination of the e-mail. The printer then prints the file attached to the received e-mail under the specified print condition. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110235121 | DIGITAL MULTIPLE APPARATUS - In a digital multiple apparatus, at least two different jobs are processed by at least two job processing units, and while job processing by one job processing unit, if there is an interruption by job processing by the other job processing unit, an end time of the job processing by the one job processing unit is predicted on the basis of job processing time required for the job processing by the other job processing unit. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110242575 | Print Engine Page Streamlining - A system and method are provided for economically printing a physical media, such as paper. The method receives a print job with a plurality of logical pages, formatted as graphics commands. A raster image processor (RIP) renders the print job into a rasterized image. The rasterized image is accumulated as logical pages in a memory, as the print job is being rendered. The RIP sends the accumulated rasterized image logical pages to a printing device print engine. The print engine is warmed to an operating temperature in response to receiving the accumulated rasterized image logical pages. In one aspect, a printing device fuser roller is warmed to a temperature sufficient to melt toner on the physical medium. To conserve energy, the rasterized image logical pages are printed on a physical medium, while maintaining the print engine at the operating temperature between the printing of each logical page. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242576 | FULFILLMENT UTILIZING SELECTED NEGOTIATION ATTRIBUTES - In one embodiment, a fulfillment request is received. A solution set comprising a plurality of fulfillment solutions is determined. The solution set, including values for fulfillment solutions according to a plurality of negotiation attributes, is presented. Selection of a negotiation attribute to be prioritized is invited. The solution set is redetermined according to a selected negotiation attribute. A redetermined solution set is presented. The fulfillment request is fulfilled according to a solution selected from the redetermined solution set. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242577 | ADJUSTING PAPER EJECTING SPEED TO COLLATE PRINTED MATTERS - A method executed by an image forming apparatus for producing a print job, which includes the steps of: (a) receiving data representing a document to be printed in the print job; (b) receiving job information about the print job, the job information including an instruction to print multiple copies of the document; (c) printing the multiple copies of the document; and (d) ejecting one sheet of each of the multiple copies of the document at an ejection speed, that is either greater than or less than an ejection speed of the other sheets of the multiple copies of the document. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242578 | SMALL AIO (ALL IN ONE) PRINTER THAT USES EXTERNAL STORAGE FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAPER COLLATION - A method implemented in a data processing system including an image forming apparatus for producing a print job, which includes the steps of: (a) receiving data representing a document to be printed in the print job; (b) receiving job information about the print job; (c) determining if the job information includes an instruction to print multiple copies of the document in a collated order; (d) forwarding the data representing the document to be printed in the print job to an external storage unit when multiple copies of the document in collated order have been requested; (e) retrieving the data from the external storage unit; and (f) printing the multiple copies of the document in collated order. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242579 | USER-BY-USER CONTROL OF PRINTER BASED ON PRINTER LANGUAGE (COMMAND) - A method implemented in a multi-user data processing system including an image forming apparatus for processing a print job, which includes the steps of: (a) storing a printer language access policy in an image forming apparatus, the printer language access policy including a plurality of printer language policy settings for each of the plurality of users having access to the image forming apparatus; (b) when a user requests to execute a printer language command for the image forming apparatus, determining whether the user is authorized to execute such a printer language command based on the printer language policy settings for the user; (c) when it is determined that the user is authorized to execute the printer language command of the image forming apparatus, executing the printer language command of the image forming apparatus; and (d) when it is determined that the user is not authorized to execute the printer language command of the image forming apparatus, denying the request to execute the printer language command. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242580 | SUBMISSION OF JDF PRINT JOBS TO A TARGET PRINTER USING A USB STORAGE DEVICE AND OTHER RELATED METHODS - A method for submitting a Job Description Format (JDF) print job to a printer using a USB flash drive or other portable storage device is described. An operator stores JDF files on the USB drive, and inserts it in the printer. The printer detects the USB drive, identifies the JDF files, and displays a list of the JDF files on a control panel of the printer for the operator to select a JDF file. The printer reads and interprets the selected JDF file to obtain job parameters, and displays the job parameters on the control panel. If desired, the operator modifies the job parameters using the control panel. The printer prints the print job according to the modified job parameters, and saves the modified job parameters back to the USB drive. Additional functions, such as updating audit information in the JDF file and displaying operator instructions, may be provided. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242581 | METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR A UNIVERSAL JOB DEFINITION FORMAT (JDF) PRINTER DRIVER - A method and program for a universal Job Description Format (JDF) printer driver. The universal JDF printer driver computer software program product has a computer readable program code embedded in a computer usable storage medium for controlling a data processing apparatus, where the program code is configured to cause the data processing apparatus to execute a process for generating a JDF job ticket for printing documents by a JDF compatible printing device. The process implemented by the universal JDF printer driver has the steps of obtaining device capabilities information from the JDF compatible printing device and creating a baseline JDF job ticket based on the device capabilities information, providing a graphical user interface to allow a user to modify the baseline JDF job ticket interactively, and generating a syntactically and semantically correct final JDF job ticket compatible with the device capabilities of the JDF compatible printing device. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242582 | PRINTER CONTROL SYSTEM, PRINTING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A method for controlling a printer via a server computer comprises, spooling a file including a hierarchy of a print ticket attached with a fixed document and a fixed page, in response to a print job on a client computer, creating print data from a spooled file, processing a print job, storing, using a CPU, a copy of the spooled file during the processing of the print job, receiving a request to redirect, and sending a modified copy of the spool file to another printer after the request to redirect is received. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242583 | In-Line System for the Validation of a Page Description Language within a Print Data Stream - The present specification discloses a printer in which the printer performs a first analysis of a print job data to identify a page description language and if no page description language is identified by the first analysis, performs additional processing activities, including but not limited to spooling and parsing, concurrent to a second analysis of the entire print job data to identify a page description language. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242584 | PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The attributes of the front and back surfaces of a sheet stored in each of sheet storing units which store sheets used in printing are set. Printing is done by selecting a sheet storing unit used in a print job from the sheet storing units in accordance with the attributes of the front and back surfaces of a sheet that are set by a print job from an information processing terminal and the attributes of the front and back surfaces of a sheet set in each sheet storing unit. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242585 | METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING PACKAGE OF FILES AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING THE METHOD - A method for transferring a package of files that is executed by a personal computer, the package of files being made up of plural compressed files that are separately present therein. For transferring the package of files, the personal computer creates, with respect to each printer, a dedicated file that is exclusively acceptable to similar-dedicated-file-compatible models of the printer; the personal computer treats the respective dedicated files as the plural files and creates the package of files by packaging the respective dedicated files in the package of files; and with respect to the respective dedicated files in the package of files, in transferring the package of files, when it is detected by the personal computer, that the personal computer is connected to the printer that is compatible with the dedicated file, the personal computer transfers the dedicated file in the package of files to the detected printer. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242586 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM THEREOF - An image forming apparatus acquires and stores pieces of information indicating respective profiles, selects one profile based on the stored pieces of information, and transmits, to an information processing apparatus, an image reading setting corresponding to the selected profile and identification information for identifying the selected profile. The information processing apparatus changes an image reading setting included in a profile identified based on the transmitted identification information of the image forming apparatus to the transmitted image reading setting, and transmits an image reading instruction based on the changed profile to the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus receives the image reading instruction from the information processing apparatus, and reads the image to generate image data. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242587 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE SYSTEM, PRINTING SELECTION DEVICE, PRINT SERVER, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND SELECTION METHOD THEREOF - According to one embodiment, an image forming device system includes a client terminal connected to a network, a plurality of image forming devices that are connected to the network and can perform printing in response to a request for printing from the client terminal, and a device selection unit that selects the image forming device according to desired printing conditions, including a time after an image stabilization process, input from the client terminal or one of the image forming devices when there is a request for printing from the client terminal. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242588 | AUTOMATIC FILE TRANSFER SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An automatic file transfer system includes a personal computer and one or more printers. The automatic file transfer system includes a transfer folder capable of containing one or more files, wherein, when the personal computer recognizes, through plug-and-play, that a printer among the one or more printers which are connected to the personal computer is powered on, if the printer currently recognized is a transfer-target printer, the personal computer executes in a repetitive manner, for the printer currently recognized, processes of: (i) determining whether or not a new file is moved into the transfer folder; and (ii) transferring, if it is determined that a new file is moved into the transfer folder, the new file to the printer currently recognized. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242589 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND STORING MEDIUM - A printing apparatus comprising: a printing unit configured to print an image based on expanded data; a measuring unit configured to measure a deviation amount of at least one of a position and a density of the image printed by the printing unit when a correction execution condition is satisfied; an expanding unit configured to expand print data based on the measurement by the measuring unit, so as to produce the expanded data; and a control unit, wherein when the correction execution condition is satisfied during the expanding of current print data which corresponds to a current page being expanded, the control unit is configured to control the expanding unit to suspend the expanding of the current print data, the measuring unit to measure the deviation amount, and the expanding unit to restart expanding an unexpanded portion of the current print data based on the measurement. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242590 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes an erase designating unit configured to designate an intensity value of overwrite erase for each data or each job unit as a method of erasing unnecessary data that is written in a storage device, and an overwrite erasing unit configured to overwrite and erase the data according to the designated intensity value by the erasing method. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242591 | Print Controller, Computer Readable Medium Having Computer Program Product for Generating Print Data Based on Print Setting Information Stored Thereon, and Method of Generating Print Setting Information - An apparatus includes a processing unit and memory. The memory stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing unit, cause the apparatus to provide an application tool and a generation section. The application tool is configured to edit a print condition based on print functional information relating to print functions provided with a printer. The generation section is configured to generate print setting information including a first print condition and a second print condition. The generating section generates the first print condition in a form so as to be editable by the application tool and generates the second print condition including at least a part of the first print condition in a form so as not to be editable by the application tool. The print data producing section is configured to produce print data based on the print setting information including the first print condition that has been edited by the application tool and the second print condition. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242592 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - To provide a mechanism in which a browser appropriately notifies a user of a change in the state without waiting for an instruction from a server and displays an appropriate operation screen upon reception of the instruction from the server in an information processing apparatus executing a process based on a request from the server. Upon detection of a change in the state, a service provider | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242593 | PRINTING SYSTEM, OUTPUT DEVICE, DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A data management system that is connected to a client terminal and an output device, comprises a request search means configured to search for a print target data request corresponding to a print ticket attached to a print request from the client terminal from among print target data requests with respect to which a response has been deferred; a corresponding document designation means configured to, in the case where the access right determination means performs access right determination with respect to data designated by the print request and determines that access is permitted, designate the data designated by the print request as print target data requested by the corresponding print target data request; and a sending means configured to send the print target data designated by the corresponding document designation means to the output device as the response to the print target data request. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242594 | SERVER APPARATUS, TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND PRINTING SYSTEM AND DATA CONVERSION METHOD THEREOF - For a web application requiring a time to execute processing, it is necessary to maintain Internet connection between a web browser and the web application until the processing is completed. Conventionally, the connection is maintained by causing the web browser to inquire a web application server about the execution state of the processing at regular intervals. In this case, however, the web browser cannot execute another different web application until the processing in the web application server is completed. In this invention, a web application server provides processing of converting from document data into print data as a software process asynchronous to a web application and the web application only accepts an execution request for the conversion processing. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242595 | Data dividing method and data dividing device - The data dividing method includes: a printer state detecting step of detecting a state of the printer device; a division data amount setting step of setting, when a first division data item is to be transferred to the printer device, a size of a print range included in a second division data item to be subsequently transferred to the printer device based on the state of the printer device detected in the printer state detecting step; and a data dividing step of dividing the print range of data to be printed into the second division data items based on the size of the print range set in the division data amount setting step. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242596 | Image forming system - If the user of an information processor enters into it a performance request to perform a job and a notification request to notify one or more other information processors of batch processing for the job, this processor transmits the performance and notification requests to a management apparatus. When the management apparatus receives the requests, the apparatus transmits to that processor or those processors a batch m processing notification inviting it or them to transmit to the apparatus a performance request to perform a job. If, within a specified length of time after the notification transmission, the management apparatus receives from that processor or at least one of those processors a performance request to perform a job, the apparatus transmits to an image forming apparatus the jobs which the image forming apparatus is requested to perform. Then, the image forming apparatus performs the jobs by means of batch processing. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242597 | Facsimile Apparatus - A multifunction apparatus generates image data. The multifunction apparatus displays the image data on a touch panel. The multifunction apparatus accepts an input of a permission to transmit the image data to a receiving-side multifunction apparatus. The multifunction apparatus sets a display parameter to specify a display mode when the image data received by the receiving-side multifunction apparatus is displayed on a touch panel of the receiving-side multifunction apparatus. The multifunction apparatus transmits the image data together with the display parameter to the receiving-side multifunction apparatus in response to the acceptance of the input of the permission to transmit the image data. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242598 | TERMINAL DEVICE - A computer readable device storing instructions configured to be executed by a control unit of a terminal device, the instructions, when executed by the control unit, may cause the control unit to function as a display controlling module, an identification information acquiring module and a supplying module. The display controlling module may be configured to cause, upon a user's first operation on a first file prepared for an application software installed in the terminal device, a display device to display an identification information designation screen for designating printer identification information so as to identify a printer to perform printing for the first file. The identification information acquiring module may be configured to acquire the printer identification information designated via the identification information designation screen. The supplying module may be configured to supply the printer identification information and first target data for the first file to a server. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242599 | PRINTER SEARCHING DEVICE - A printer searching device may comprise a first acquiring unit, a second acquiring unit, a searching unit, and a providing unit. The first acquiring unit may acquire a plurality of a first kind of global IP addresses that is allotted to a plurality of printers and register the plurality of the first kind of global IP addresses to a memory. The second acquiring unit may acquire a second kind of global IP address that is allotted to the terminal device. The searching unit may search, from the plurality of printers, one or more printers to which a value that is identical to a value of a network address part of the second kind of global IP address is allotted as a value of a network address part of the first kind of global IP address. The providing unit may provide a search result to the terminal device. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242600 | IMAGE FORMATION CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING IMAGE FORMATION CONTROL PROGRAM - A control device has a preview image data generating unit, a display unit displaying a preview image, an image formation controlling unit forming an image corresponding to the preview image on a recording sheet, and a user operation detection unit detecting a user operation to make modification in the preview image. The modification in the preview image includes at least one of a change of size of a preview image frame in which the preview image is displayed, a change of an area of the preview image frame, an area of the preview image appeared in the preview image frame. A preview image data modifying unit reflects the user operation detected by the user operation detection unit in the preview image data. The image formation controlling unit forms the image on the recording sheet with reflecting the modification made in the preview image data. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242601 | CONTROL DEVICE OF IMAGE FORMATION SYSTEM AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING IMAGE FORMATION CONTROL PROGRAM - When a user operates a control device which is connected to an image formation device, a first preview image corresponding to a mark-up text currently processed by a browser is displayed within a display area of a display device of the control device. When a user operation to a first item incorporated in the first preview image is detected, a second preview image of a second mark-up text which is linked to the first item is displayed in the display area. When an image formation with an image formation device is instructed, a composite image containing images corresponding to the first preview image and the second preview image is formed on a single output medium. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242602 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD - Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including a plurality of components, a display section to display information of the components, a storage section to store replacing person information of the components and a control section to make the information of the components which are displayed in the display section be different according to the replacing person information of the components. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242603 | DISPLAY INPUT DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED THEREWITH - A display input device | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242604 | Printers And Printer Systems Having Cellular Input/output - A method includes accessing a cellularly configured printer with a cellular device; and cellularly sending the printer an indication of a resource that is to be printed by the printer, said resource comprising a network-accessible resource that does not reside on the printer and which the printer is to retrieve. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242605 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus which outputs an image based on a print job received from an information processing apparatus includes a determining unit configured to determine whether a received print job is generated by an information processing apparatus which has a license for an additional drawing function when the received print job includes print data of an additional drawing for printing the additional drawing on a print target document, and a control unit configured to perform control to output an image by combining print data of the print target document included in the print job with the print data of the additional drawing when the determining unit determines that the received print job is generated by the information processing apparatus which has the license. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242606 | FACSIMILE TO E-MAIL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A fax to E-mail system and related method are shown, whereby a hardcopy document is sent via a fax device to its recipient via electronic mail through a data network (such as the Internet), and is delivered in such a manner that it can be retrieved by the recipient at an E-mail device, in the ordinary course of retrieving the E-mail, and displayed on the screen of the E-mail device. The invention provides for and accomplishes the delivery of a document, which begins as a hardcopy, as an electronic file retrieved through E-mail recipient's terminal and displayed on the computer screen of the E-mail recipient's terminal. The system and method also provides for an interface device which connects to a conventional fax device for communicating E-mail addresses and routing hardcopy documents to the E-mail network. The invention provides a means for embedding the functions of the interface device into conventional fax devices. The system can also be used in cooperation with Internet Web service for reporting, accounting, information services, and user interaction | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242607 | PULL BASED COMPUTER OUTPUT DEVICES - A job store for a pull-based presentation output system includes a job storage storing one or more jobs from a plurality of job submission clients; and a driver storage storing one or more drivers for converting a job into a format used by a corresponding presentation output device. The job store receives a job from a job submission client, stores the job in the job storage, receives a pull command from a presentation output device when the presentation output device is one of idle and nearly finished with a current job and without receiving further input from a user of the job submission client, retrieves the job from the job storage, applies a driver for converting that job into a format used by the presentation output device sending the pull command and outputs the job to the presentation output device sending the pull command. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110249290 | METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR SMART RECOVERY FROM PRINT FAILURE - A method and a printer for recovering a printing job by a user from a printer's control panel after the printer is stopped either automatically by the printer due to a printer error, or manually by a user either because the user notices a printer error or simply wants to modify the settings of an on-going printing job. Embodiments of the method and printer provide on the printer's control panel user interfaces to allow the user, while the printing job is paused, to select an option that changes the printer into a repair mode, modify job settings of the printing job, and select job restart specifications, so that the stopped printing job can be recovered based on the modified job settings and the selected job restart specifications. Particularly a non-fixable printer problem may be avoided when the printing job is resumed by disabling or not using a non-fixable printer part. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110249291 | Image Processing Device for Modifying Operating Mode - An image processing device includes a detecting unit, a processing unit, a plurality of controllers, a command determination unit, and a load determination unit. The detecting unit is for detecting a command. The processing unit executes a process for the command. The plurality of controllers controls the processing unit and includes a first controller. The command determination unit determines whether or not the command indicates that the process is to be executed by the processing unit under the control of the first controller. The load determination unit determines whether or not a load required for the process is larger than a prescribed threshold value. While the first controller is in a halted state, if the command determination unit makes a negative determination and if the load determination unit makes a positive determination, the first controller is activated and controls the processing unit to execute the process. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110249292 | CONTROL DEVICE CAPABLE OF REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION AND NOISE - A control device that is capable of reducing power consumption and noise generation. The control device controls output of a clock signal to a data processing circuit that executes data processing in synchronism with the input clock signal. A switching section for switching the image output clock signal between a high-frequency clock signal and a low-frequency clock signal is controlled to output the high-frequency clock signal for data processing when the data processing is executed by the data processing circuit, and output the low-frequency clock signal when the data processing is not executed by the data processing circuit. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110249293 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH DEPARTMENT MANAGEMENT FUNCTION, NETWORK PRINTER WITH DEPARTMENT MANAGEMENT FUNCTION, DEPARTMENT MANAGEMENT METHOD OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DEPARTMENT MANAGEMENT METHOD OF NETWORK PRINTER - The invention relates to an image forming apparatus with a department management function connected to computers provided in plural departments, respectively, via a network. The image forming apparatus has a communication interface with external apparatuses to which addresses different from one another notified for the respective computers of the plural departments are allocated, respectively. When, from the computer of each of the departments, a print job including an address notified to the department and print data is transmitted via the network, the image forming apparatus receives this print job with the communication interface. The image forming apparatus discriminates a department that has transmitted this print job according to a correspondence relation with the addresses allocated to the communication interface, performs counting by department, and causes the printing unit to execute printing. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110249294 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - The present invention realizes a network printing system capable of accumulating and chasing printed data. Further, by providing a job chasing function on the printer driver side, detailed setting can be done to extract history information of the job chasing function. The detailed setting to extract history information to chase a job can be done only by a specific administrator or user so that the job can be reliably chased, whereas the administrator or user can obtain desired history information. Accordingly, a precise jog chasing system can be established. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110249295 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - The printing system includes a computer with a print setup program displaying a print command window on a monitor screen and at least one printer, each with two or more paper source cassettes, connected to the computer, wherein the print setup program detects all the printers connected to the computer and all the paper source cassettes provided to each printer and provides a number of print command execution buttons corresponding to the detected cassettes in the print command window, to let a user to select any button among the print command execution buttons, so that a user can print out from a desired cassette. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110249296 | Imaging Device and Method of Controlling the Same - An imaging device receives from a host device image data and commands including a normal command and a real-time command to be processed prior to the normal command. A receiver receives a real-time processing disable command from the host device, and a processor processes the image data without processing the real-time command, even if the real-time command is included in the image data, after processing the real-time processing disable command. A method for so controlling an imaging device is also provided. The host controls transmission of image data and commands including normal and real-time commands as noted above to an imaging device. The host device comprises a detector that determines if data to be transmitted includes image data, and a processor that transmits the image data after transmitting a real-time processing disable command, if the detector determines that the data includes the image data. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110255123 | COMMUNICATIING STATE DATA TO A NETWORK SERVICE - An apparatus includes an interface builder, template engine, and an assembler. The template engine is operable to identify a reference template associated with an object selected from a first user interface. The assembler is operable to assemble a request from the identified reference template and state data corresponding to the reference template. The builder is operable to process a user interface description retrieved using the request to cause the display of a second user interface. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110255124 | ROBUST RECOVERY OF A PAGE PARALLEL RIP SYSTEM - What is disclosed is a novel fault tolerant page parallel RIP system having a plurality of distributed RIP nodes and a method for robust recovery in the event of a fault having occurred on the system. In one embodiment, the present fault tolerant page parallel RIP system comprises at least a plurality of RIP nodes, a supervisor node, and a splitter node. The splitter receives a location of the job file and splits the job file into at least one original chunk. In formation sufficient to regenerate the original chunk in the event of a fault condition having occurred on the page parallel RIP system is stored. The splitter then sends the original chunk to a destination RIP node wherein the original chunk is RIP'ed into at least one page in print-ready form. The one page is the provided in print-ready form to an output subsystem. Various embodiments are disclosed. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110255125 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BURSTINESS-AWARE SCHEDULING AND CAPACITY ASSESSMENT ON A NETWORK OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A system and method for establishing a burstiness metric is presented including at least one processor and a computer-readable storage medium in communication with the at least one processor, wherein the computer-readable storage medium comprises one or more programming instructions for performing the steps of: receiving information related to a plurality of tasks performed by a plurality of electronic devices based on input received from one or more users; analyzing the received information; employing an availability model to the information analyzed; and generating a schedule based on the information analyzed and the availability model by redistributing at least one task of the plurality of tasks between the plurality of electronic devices in accordance with electronic device availability and computational loads. Also, an assessment is made based on the information analyzed to determine a proportion of the plurality of tasks to be supported to achieve a required quality of service. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110255126 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINT PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - It is an object to automatically avoid the occurrence of a cycle down. The object is accomplished by having transfer means for, when information has been added to a record, holding a page image which is formed by forming means until page images of all page data included in the record are formed by the forming means and transferring the held page images of all of the page data included in the record to a printer engine, and when the information is not added to the record, each time the page image of the page data included in the record is formed by the forming means, transferring the formed page image to the printer engine. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110255127 | Printing Apparatus and Printing System - A printing apparatus capable of processing a print job and forming an image on a recording sheet based on the print job is provided. The printing apparatus includes a first determining system to examine an image-forming condition of the printing apparatus and determine as to whether the printing apparatus is under a condition of lowered image-forming quality, a second determining system to examine attribute of the print job and determine based on the attribute as to whether the print job meets restrictive requirement, by which the print job is restricted from being executed, when the printing apparatus is under the condition of lowered image-forming quality, and a restricting system to restrict execution of the print job at least partially when the second determining system determines that the print job meets the restrictive requirement. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110255128 | PRINT SERVER AND PRINTING APPARATUS, NETWORK PRINTING SYSTEM, AND PRINTING METHOD - When a printing apparatus completes reception of all print data, a reception unit in the printing apparatus, which receives a cancel notification from a cloud print service, receives the cancel notification by sending a print data status request from the printing apparatus to the cloud print service, or by monitoring a file name of print data which currently undergoes print processing and checking if the file name is changed to a file name indicating a cancel. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110255129 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF COMMUNICATING WITH PRINTING APPARATUS VIA NETWORK, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM INCLUDING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus capable of reducing power consumption of a printing apparatus efficiently according to a processing situation. An accumulation unit accumulates print jobs that should be transmitted to the printing apparatus. An acquisition unit acquires an operation history and a power consumption history of the printing apparatus. A setting unit sets a threshold value for determining a timing of transmitting the print jobs accumulated in the accumulation unit in series to the printing apparatus based on the operation history and the power consumption history acquired. A determination unit determines the timing of transmitting the print jobs based on the threshold value. A transmission unit transmits the print jobs accumulated in the accumulation unit in series to the printing apparatus at the timing determined. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110255130 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus, includes an image reader with an original document table. An image reading part has a light source, a light-receiving part, a reflection part, and a carriage that supports the light source or the reflection part. A cover covers a replacement member and is opened/closed integrally with the image reader. A main body accommodates an operation part for performing operations based on image data. An axis connects the image reader to the main body and turnably supports the image reader and the cover in approaching/separating directions with respect to the main body. An open/close detector detects an open/closed state of the image reader and the cover and a movement controller moves the carriage in a sub-scanning direction. When the image reader and the cover are open, the movement controller moves the carriage to a retreat position that is outside the original document table. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110255131 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - When trial printing is executed in a repeat printing mode, trial printing is performed in size of an image of one piece in a layout in which a plurality of images are supposed to be printed in the repeat printing mode normally. A user who has checked a finished state of the trial printing sets, when the finished state is in a desired state, the recording paper on which the trial printing is performed to the paper feed portion again and executes the repeat printing. Thereby, in a blank space excluding a print image which is printed with a first time trial printing, a scheduled quantity of a plurality of images are repeatedly printed. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110255132 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - This invention uses a storage device more effectively than ever before to store image data in a predetermined storage device for future security chasing. A determination unit ( | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110261389 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, IMAGE INPUT/OUTPUT APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A wireless communication system capable of selecting a wireless communication means most suitable for the user's usage environment among multiple wireless communication means, thereby improving user convenience. A wireless communication is established between a cellular phone | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110261390 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR IMPLEMENTING A PRINT SERVICES NETWORK - Disclosed are embodiments of a system, method and computer program product for implementing a federated print services network. The embodiments provide a central server that receives external print job requests from customers and, optionally, any backlog of internal print job requests from a participating print shop or any internal print job requests that are outside a participating print shop's current printing capabilities or that exceed the participating print shop's supply inventory. The server can selectively distribute those requests amongst the participating print shops in the network for fulfillment. Distribution is based on printing equipment utilization records in order to balance printing equipment utilization across the network and, if necessary, on printing capability records and/or supply inventory records. Thus, for participating print shops, the embodiments provide a means for increasing equipment utilization percentages during downtimes and, thereby a means to subsidize the cost of ownership. They also provide a means for abating any backlog of print job requests and fulfilling, as necessary, any internal print job requests. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110261391 | Printer Data Collection Cable - Apparatuses, systems and methods are provided for managing and exchanging printer data. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110261392 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING PDF ELEMENTS - A method for selecting a processing scheme for printing portable document format (PDF) elements ( | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110261393 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTINUOUS DUAL-FEED SIMPLEX IN AN IMAGE PRODUCTION DEVICE - A method and apparatus for continuous dual-feed simplex in an image production device is disclosed. The image production device may include an image production section that includes a first media print path and a second media print path each of which produces simplex images on media, and a user interface that receives a request to print a first simplex print job and a second simplex print job, the first simplex print job being printed using the first media print path and the second simplex print job being printed using the second media print path, wherein the first simplex print job and the second simplex print job are printed at the same time. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110261394 | PRINTER STAND - A printer stand includes a main body into which a base part and a support part are integrally formed, the base part being in contact with a surface on which the printer stand is set up, the support part being that to which a printer is detachably attached with its setup posture changed and a display part for displaying information. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110261395 | SETTING APPARATUS FOR SETTING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR STORING BACKUP FILE AND SETTING METHOD THEREOF - A setting method to set an image forming apparatus is provided. The setting method includes: receiving a selection a backup file including user setting items, reading out the selected backup file from a storage medium, displaying a screen with all of a plurality of user setting items included in the read-out backup file, receiving a selection of at least one user setting item from all of the user setting items on the screen; and setting the image forming apparatus by restoring the selected user setting item selectively. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110261396 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR MANAGING DRIVERS - A universal driver capable of controlling an image process in a plurality of types of image processing devices is installed in a control device. The control device includes a control unit, a first selecting unit, and a management unit. The first selecting unit selects a most frequently used image processing device among a plurality of image processing devices used under the control of the control unit. The management unit performs an installation prompting process for executing selected one of an installation of a first specialized driver, which is more specialized for the most frequently used image processing device than the universal driver and is capable of controlling the image process in the most frequently used image processing device, and an issuing of a notification for prompting the installation. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110261397 | METHOD OF NOTIFYING JOB STATUS IN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a job registering unit, an address setting unit, a control unit, a detecting unit, and a transmitting unit. The job registering unit registers a job. The address setting unit sets an electronic mail address to be set as a transmission destination of a status concerning the job registered in the job registering unit. The control unit executes the job registered in the job registering unit. The detecting unit detects the status concerning the job executed by the control unit. The transmitting unit transmits an electronic mail including the status of the job detected by the detecting unit to the electronic mail address set by the address setting unit. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110261398 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND A CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - With an information processing apparatus, if a user operates a “back” button of a web browser while a job is being executed, a script for controlling the job currently being executed is lost, and the job can no longer be controlled. An information processing apparatus of the present invention can communicate with a web server, and includes a web browser that displays an operation screen provided by the web server. This information processing apparatus manages the status of a job to be executed, and restricts acceptance of an instruction for screen transition from the user according to the managed status of the job while the job instructed by the web server is being executed. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110261399 | Image processing apparatus and information processing system - A disclosed image processing apparatus includes process components configured to input, process, or output image data; and a registration unit configured to obtain a list of the process components available in the image processing apparatus, to display on a display unit a screen for selecting a plurality of the process components from the list and thereby defining a combination of the process components which combination implements an application program for performing an image processing task, and to register the combination with an identifier in the image processing apparatus. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110261400 | Computer Readable Device Storing Print Control Program, Print Control Apparatus and Print Control Method - A computer readable device storing print control instructions to be executed by a computer communicatively connected to at least one printer via a network is provided. The print control instructions comprise at least a monitoring program. The monitoring program, when executed by the computer, causes the computer to function as: a monitoring module configured to monitor setting information in which location information of the printer on the network is written to detect writing of the location information, and a port setting module configured to, upon detection of the writing of the location information, set a logical print port having the written location information set therein as a print port to be used. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110261401 | SERVER APPARATUS, AND TERMINAL APPARATUS - For a web application which takes time to execute processing, Internet connection between a web browser and the web application needs to be maintained until the completion of processing. In a web application server which provides conversion processing from document data into print data, the conversion processing itself is provided as a software process asynchronous with the web application. The web application only accepts a conversion processing execution request. The progress is confirmed using Comet communication, and the web server delays a response to an HTTP request. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110261402 | PRINT SYSTEM - In one embodiment of a print system, a client terminal ( | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110261403 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, AND SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - According to the present invention, an apparatus that communicates with a data management system sets a condition for acquiring data from the data management system, collects data of an image forming device, adds a key matching the set condition to the collected data, and transmits the data to which the key is added, to the data management system. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110261404 | PRINTING CALIBRATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PRINTING CALIBRATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a printing calibration processing apparatus includes: a test-image output section configured to output plural patches for gradation characteristic generation to an image forming section as a test image; a gradation-characteristic-data generating section configured to read images on a printing surface and a rear surface of a test chart, which is obtained by the image forming section printing the test image on a print sheet, and generate gradation characteristic data of the printing surface and the rear surface; a gradation-correction-data creating section configured to determine a correction value of maximum gradation and create gradation correction data on the basis of gradation characteristics of the printing surface and gradation characteristics of the rear surface generated by the gradation-characteristic-data generating section; a gradation-correction-data storing section configured to store the gradation correction data created by the gradation-correction-data creating section; and a gradation correction section configured to subject image data output to the image forming section to gradation correction according to the gradation correction data stored by the gradation-correction-data storing section. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110261405 | INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL AND POWER STATE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS - The distance between an information processing terminal and each image forming apparatus is detected based on the position information of the information processing terminal and each image forming apparatus, and the difference in elevation and layout drawing are checked to determine whether or not the image forming apparatus is located in the same floor or room with the information processing terminal, whereby the image forming apparatus is selected, and a request to shift the power state to the power-on side is sent to the selected image forming apparatus. Further, the server device provides such power control as to acquire the information on the position and number of terminal devices in the started-up state and the information of the position of each image forming apparatus, and to select the image forming apparatus to be set to the power-on state out of plural image forming apparatuses, based on this information. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110261406 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - In an image display apparatus, when image data is transferred from an LCD controller to an LCD through a transmission cable having a plurality of signal lines and is displayed on a screen, the image data is divided sequentially by a plurality of lines from a front line so as to correspond to the number of signal lines and allocates the divided image data to the signal lines such that image data of which signal change is larger is allocated to a signal line which is closer to the ground line to transfer the image data. Therefore, the entire radiation noise which is generated can be reduced while maintaining quality of signals. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110261407 | PRINT SERVICE SYSTEM AND PRINT PROCESSING METHOD - A PODSS acquires from a job ordered from the client PC, limited access information for accessing an APSS. If a user selects the received job from an MFP, and if it is necessary to access the APSS, the PODSS notifies the MFP of the access information. The MFP then uses the notified access information to request the APSS for a corresponding application service. The PODSS receives processed service data and generates print data to be transmitted to the MFP. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110261408 | RECEIVING APPARATUS, IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS, RECEIVING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - When receiving data in a unit of frame, each frame including a plurality of bits, based on a spread clock signal, a receiving time per bit of receiving data is calculated based on a receiving rate, and the change cycle of the spread clock signal is adjusted according to the receiving time per bit. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110261409 | FIRST SHEET JOB OFFSET - An embodiment of the invention relates to a method for creating at least one first sheet job offset including polling a printing spool and determining whether at least one print job is queued in the printing spool, determining whether a first sheet of the at least one print job is ready to be outputted from a printing apparatus after the at least one print job is determined to be queued in the printing spool, configuring an outputting mechanism to accelerate the first sheet of the at least one print job out of the printing apparatus, and configuring the outputting mechanism to decelerate each remaining sheet of the at least one print job out of the printing apparatus. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110261410 | Image Forming Apparatus Which Displays a Setting Screen - An operation device of an image forming apparatus, a display method, and an image forming apparatus. A display unit displays a basic screen including a setting information display area to display setting information and a button display area in which an icon is displayed as a setting button screen. A touch panel detects a contact position on a display screen of the display unit. A display control unit displays, on the display unit, a selection screen including a plurality of options corresponding to a setting particular of the icon displayed in a position where a contact is detected by the touch panel, displays a result selected in the selection screen as new setting information in the setting information display area in the basic screen, and displays a triangular graphic which associates the icon with the setting information corresponding to the setting particular of the icon. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110261411 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH CONTROLLER AUTOMATICALLY SWITCHING DISPLAYS OF OPERATION PROCEDURE IN ROTATION - An image forming apparatus is provided with a display device for displaying an operation guide to an operator, and a display controller for causing the display device to display an operation procedure comprised of a plurality of operations as the operation guide while automatically switching the respective operations in rotation. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110267640 | MULTIPLE MEDIA TYPE PRINTING - A method for printing including receiving, by a printer, a first page image, a second page image, and a selection for enabling media type substitution. The printer identifies a preferred media type and an alternate media type, where the preferred media type and the alternate media type include a common printable area (CPA), and the first page image and the second page image are modified to match a dimension of the CPA. The printer then selects the preferred media type for printing the first page image. The printer receives a message, after receiving the selection enabling media type substitution, associated with the preferred media type after selecting the first media type. The printer then selects the alternate media type in response to the message and the selection enabling media type substitution, and prints the second page image using the alternate media type. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110267641 | Reprographic System Having Bluetooth Support for Offline Finishing Devices and DFA Devices - A reprographic system includes an image output terminal, an external finishing device or an offline finishing device, and Bluetooth | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110267642 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISALLOWING DEVICES FOR PRINT DRIVER PRINTING - An apparatus and method for disallowing devices for print driver printing are disclosed. The method can be in an electronic device including a network connection. The method can include providing a multiple printing device print driver installed on the electronic device where the multiple printing device print driver is a single print driver that provides print access to multiple printing devices for the electronic device. The method can include receiving printing device accessibility rules, where the printing device accessibility rules provide rules for determining which printing devices the electronic device is allowed to print to using the multiple printing device print driver. The method can include discovering printing devices proximal to the electronic device using the network connection and using the multiple printing device print driver to generate discovered printing devices. The method can include filtering the discovered printing devices using the multiple printing device print driver based on the printing device accessibility rules to generate at least one filtered discovered printing device that satisfies the printing device accessibility rules. The method can include displaying the at least one filtered discovered printing device on the electronic device. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110267643 | White Space Management Mechanism - A computer generated method disclosed. The method includes examining a print job data stream spooled in a spooled print production file, identifying one or more white space regions within documents in the print production file and inserting content into each of the white space regions. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110267644 | DYNAMIC MODULE CONFIGURATION IN A CONTROLLER AREA NETWORK (CAN) WITH FIXED SUB-MODULE BOARD IDENTIFICATION AND PLUG-N-PLAY SUPPORT - According to aspects of the embodiments, there is provided methods and systems for configuring modules and sub-modules in a control area network (CAN) of a printer system using machine data and network protocols. The machine data includes a file that describes the board types and application types for possible modules and sub-modules of a printer system. The machine data facilitates the process of identifying modules and the process of differentiating sub-module boards from other modules. Customization of printer configurations is enhanced through plug-and-play support allowing for dynamic sub-module re-configuration for the disconnection and reconnection of boards that may form part of replaceable units. A configuration process allows non-configured boards to be placed, when the printer system is idle, properly into the network and to be associated with the proper module. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110267645 | PRINT-DOCUMENT CONVERSION APPARATUS, PRINT-DOCUMENT CONVERSION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - A print-document conversion apparatus includes a conversion-module activation section that activates, as a process, a conversion module for performing conversion processing for converting print-document data which is described in a page description language and which includes units of processing into print-image data. The conversion module includes a thread activation part, an assigning part, and a shared cache. The thread activation part activates conversion processing threads. The assigning part assigns the units of processing to the conversion processing threads, and causes the conversion processing threads to perform processing on the units of processing. The shared cache is shared by the conversion processing threads. When a conversion result obtained by converting an object included in the units of processing is stored in the shared cache, each of the conversion processing threads obtains the stored conversion result instead of obtaining the conversion result by converting the object. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110267646 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive an image and a correction instruction with respect to the image; an acquisition unit configured to acquire a history of image processing performed to the image from the image; an update unit configured to update the correction instruction based on the history; and an image processing unit configured to perform processing indicated by the correction instruction updated by the update unit to the image. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110267647 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, SERVER APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD - Upon reception of print jobs from a host, an application server holds the print jobs, saves a price list, and calculates the cost to output the print jobs based on the price list and the setting information of the received print jobs. The server transmits the cost information and print jobs to a print apparatus which outputs the print jobs. The print apparatus displays the received cost information on an operation unit to make a user determine whether to output the print jobs prior to output of the jobs. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110267648 | Information Processing Apparatus, Information Processing Method, Program, Information Providing Apparatus, and Information Processing System - Systems and methods for managing form data representing a form are disclosed. In one embodiment, an information-providing apparatus has a communication unit configured to communicate with an information-processing apparatus over a network, a storage unit storing a container, and a processing unit. The processing unit is configured to receive, via the communication unit, a request to access the container from the information-processing apparatus, to retrieve, from the container, form data representing a form, to send, via the communication unit, the form data to the information-processing apparatus, and to receive, via the communication unit, a form execution request from the information-processing apparatus, the form execution request including an identification of the container and user-supplied information added to the form date. The processing unit is further configured to execute the form execution request based on the identification of the container and on the user-supplied information. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110267649 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS CAPABLE OF REFERRING TO TRANSMISSION JOB HISTORY, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - A communication apparatus that enables to refer to transmission history information in response to settings of use proprieties for transmission methods. A recording unit records a history of a transmission job executed by the communication apparatus as transmission history information that includes a transmitting destination at least. A setting unit sets a use propriety of each of the transmission methods. A determination unit determines whether reference to the transmission history information is permitted in response to the use propriety of each of the transmission methods set by the setting unit and the transmitting destination included in the transmission history information, when a user instructs to refer to the transmission history information. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110267650 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus forms an image on a recording medium to output the image based on a print job, and the image forming apparatus includes: a control section which controls an output operation performed by the image forming apparatus; and an informing section; wherein the control section causes the informing section to inform output content confirmation information for confirming one or more contents each being of an image output operation corresponding to the print job and one or more contents each being of a predetermined output operation set in the image forming apparatus, based on the print job and a setting content of the predetermined output operation set in the image forming apparatus, the setting content being set independently of a setting of the image output operation corresponding to the print job. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110267651 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a record level display control unit configured to control a display device to display, as an initial screen, a record level setting screen which includes a record level selection object for receiving, from a user, selection of a record level from a plurality of record levels including the record level estimated by the data analysis unit and in which the record level estimated by the data analysis unit is selected in the record level selection object, a record level selection acquisition unit configured to acquire a record level selected via the record level selection object in the record level setting screen, and a notification unit configured to notify a post-processing unit for performing post-processing subsequent to the print job of the record level acquired by the record level selection acquisition unit. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110267652 | PRINT PROCESSING SYSTEM, PRINTER AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A recording medium having recorded therein a program for an information processing apparatus that exchanges information with a printing apparatus and causes the printing apparatus to execute printing, the program causes the information processing apparatus to execute a first print-setting generating and storing step of generating and storing at least one first print setting, a second print-setting acquiring step of acquiring at least one second print setting from the printing apparatus, a third print-setting selecting step of urging a user to select at least one third print setting out of the first print setting and the second print setting, a print-data converting step of converting a print command group issued by application software into respective print data in accordance with the respective third print settings, and a print-data transmitting step of transmitting the respective print data to the printing apparatus and causing the printing apparatus to print the print data. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110267653 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An information processing apparatus fully utilizing contents available on a network by processing content that cannot be displayed on a built-in browser. A web browser displays in a pop-up fashion a dialog window that queries a user about the process to be performed on undisplayable data if the received data is undisplayable. The user can select between “print” and “send” as an alternative process for the undisplayable data. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110273739 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ENVIRONMENTAL FEEDBACK TO USERS OF SHARED PRINTERS - Systems and methods are employed to quantify resource usage for review by a user. Marking engine data contains information related to a print job sent to the marking engine and community data relates to resource usage by members of a plurality of communities within a system. A resource profiling component receives the marking engine data and the community data to evaluate resource usage by a user compared to one or more of a user within their community. A visualization component receives the evaluation from the resource profiling component, generates a graphic associated with the evaluation and presents and distributes the graphic to one or more recipients. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110273740 | PREVIEW SCREEN DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND PREVIEW SCREEN DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM - A preview screen display control apparatus includes: a print data generating section that receives image data and generates print data which is capable of being discriminated by a printing apparatus, based on the image data; a print data transmitting section that communicates with the printing apparatus, receives the print data output from the print data generating section, and outputs the print data to the printing apparatus; and a preview screen display control section that displays a preview screen based on the print data generated by the print data generating section. The print data transmitting section is configured to output a control signal that causes the preview screen display control section to initiate operations, and the preview screen display control section is configured to initiate operations based on the control signal output by the print data transmitting section to display the preview screen. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110273741 | Information processing apparatus, print control program, storage medium, image forming apparatus and printing system - An information processing apparatus includes an intermediate command generating unit configured to convert print setting information to an intermediate command based on first definition data in which a rule for converting from the print setting information to the intermediate command is defined; and a print command generating unit configured to convert the intermediate command to a print command, which is interpretable by an image forming apparatus, based on second definition data in which a rule for converting from the intermediate command to the print command is defined. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110273742 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An electronic apparatus includes: a plurality of load units; a power supply unit; and a power control unit that controls power to be supplied only to a load unit which requires power all the time from the power supply unit for a light load during an energy saving state, and controls power to be supplied to a load unit which requires power all the time during an operating state from the power supply unit for a light load, and at the same time, controls deficient power of the load unit to be supplemented by the power supply unit for a heavy load during the operating state, wherein a state of the electronic apparatus can be switched to the operating state or the energy saving state. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110273743 | Image Forming Apparatus, Computer-Readable Recording Medium on Which Print Data Processing Program Code is Recorded, and Print Data Processing Method - An image forming apparatus includes a data reception unit, a data analysis unit, and a print image generation unit. The data reception unit is configured to receive print data. The data analysis unit is configured to analyze the print data for each of a plurality of blocks, delete a block of a page that is not specified as a print target on the basis of print setting information included in the print data, and rearrange the blocks in a page order to be printed, in order to generate reconstructed print data. The print image generation unit is configured to generate print image data on the basis of the reconstructed print data. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110273744 | METHOD FOR SORTING PRINT JOBS IN A PRINTING SYSTEM, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND PRINTING SYSTEM FOR CARRYING OUT SAID METHOD - In a method or printing system for sorting of print jobs, a check of specific directories as to whether a file belonging to a new print job has been generated is repeatedly implemented. A job identification number is associated with each new print job, the job identification numbers for print jobs stored in a specific group of directories being respectively generated chronologically. A plurality of print jobs are sorted corresponding to the job identification numbers. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110279851 | RSVP SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN ONLINE STATIONERY OR GREETING CARD SERVICE - Described herein is a system and method for requesting and managing RSVP responses to invitations created within an online stationery service. For example, one embodiment of a system implemented within an online stationery service comprises: a stationery personalization engine providing an end user with a set of selectable stationery templates, the stationery personalization engine receiving an indication that an end user has selected a particular one of the stationery templates, and generating personalized stationery with the selected template based on user input, the personalized stationery comprising an invitation to an event and requesting RSVP responses from invitees; an RSVP service including logic for dynamically generating a network address in response to placement of a stationery order by the user, the RSVP service responsively generating an RSVP Website accessible using the network address and configured to receive the RSVP responses from invitees; and a print module to generate and transmit a print job for printing the personalized stationery including the network address of the RSVP Website for receiving the RSVP responses; wherein in response to an invitee accessing the Website using the network address, the RSVP service provides one or more Web pages allowing the invitee to submit an RSVP response. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279852 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus having a display unit includes: an operation section configured to generate an operation signal based on a user's contact with the display unit; a posting area display control section configured to display a posting area in which an image is posted on the display unit and displaying previously-generated images in the posting area; an operation detail recognizing section configured to recognize an operation detail on the images posted in the posting area on the basis of the operation signal from the operation section; and a selection section configured to select an image corresponding to the operation detail recognized by the operation detail recognizing section as an operation object. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279853 | JOB PROCESSING APPARATUS AND JOB PROCESSING METHOD - A job processing apparatus includes a reception unit which receives a job, a job management unit which holds the received job and manages a processing order of a plurality of jobs held, a job processing unit which sequentially processes the plurality of jobs in accordance with the processing order, and an acceptance unit which accepts a change request of the processing order for changing to an order in which a first job which is being received is processed to before a predetermined second job among the held jobs. In the job processing apparatus, when the acceptance unit has accepted the change request, the job management unit changes the processing order, and when a turn of the processing by the job processing unit comes to the second job before the processing order is changed in accordance with the change request, the job management unit stops the processing by the job processing unit and changes the processing order. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279854 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - A communication apparatus performs a process for selecting from a plurality of services and displaying a predetermined service, detects whether there is connection with or disconnection from a communication peer, switching, if connection with the communication peer is detected after disconnecting from the communication peer, a service to be selected and displayed, and providing the selected and displayed service. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279855 | RETRIEVAL SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A retrieval system comprises an image forming apparatus having a box which is a data storage area and a terminal device for retrieval, which is connected to the image forming apparatus via a network, and retrieves information stored in the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus has a storage part for storing bookmark information including list information of item names of items in an electronic document file stored in the box and a transmission part for transmitting the bookmark information to the terminal device. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279856 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, COOPERATIVE FUNCTION SETTING CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes an application capable of providing a plurality of types of cooperative functions in cooperation with a multi functional peripheral. The information processing apparatus additionally includes a setting unit, a determination unit, an indicating unit. The setting unit performs setting as a setting processing for each cooperative function in response to a user operation via the application. The determination unit confirms if there is at least one cooperative function that is not yet set by the setting unit and is different from the cooperative function subjected to the setting processing, among the plurality of types of cooperative functions, when the setting unit performs setting for one cooperative function, and, if the at least one cooperative function is confirmed, further determines whether the at least one cooperative function is usable via the application. The indicating unit indicates a usable cooperative function determined by the determination unit. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279857 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - An information processing apparatus registers, in a reservation list, transmission reservation data including a transmission start time and a transmission completion time of charging counter information that is a type of operation information to be regularly transmitted according to a predetermined cycle. The information processing apparatus then registers, in the reservation list, with respect to other types of the operation information to be regularly transmitted (e.g., firmware information), transmission reservation data including a transmission start time and a transmission completion time that are determined so that the operation information is regularly transmitted in a different period than regular transmission of operation information corresponding to transmission reservation data already registered in the reservation list. The information processing apparatus controls transmission of the operation information by a regular transmission thread to a management apparatus according to the reservation list. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279858 | Image Forming System, Image Forming Apparatus, Image Forming Method, and Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Recording Medium Encoded with Image Forming Program - An image forming apparatus includes a portion to receive a print job, a portion to generate print data of the print job, a portion to perform prescribed processing on the print data to convert it into processed data, a portion to form an image of the print data or the processed data, a portion to generate first reduction information including a difference in the amount of resources consumed when an image is formed under a print condition included in the print job and when an image is formed under a predetermined print condition, a portion to generate second reduction information including a difference in the amount of resources consumed when an image is formed from the print data and when an image is formed from the processed data, and a portion, when an image is formed from the processed data, to store history information which associates the first and second reduction information with the print job. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279859 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - In an image forming apparatus which is communicably connected to a management server for managing a scan ticket in which an instruction content for performing reading of a paper document is defined and can issue an instruction concerning printing to accumulated print jobs, when it is judged that the instruction concerning the printing is issued to the designated print job, a generation request of the scan ticket including reading setting for performing the reading of the paper document on which the print job has been printed is transmitted to the management server, a list of the scan tickets obtained from the management server is displayed, the reading of the paper document is performed using the scan ticket selected from list information of the displayed scan tickets, and an image obtained by the reading is transmitted to a transmission destination specified by the scan ticket. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279860 | RECORDING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR A RECORDING SYSTEM - A system in which a recording device is connected to another device can test the functionality of the recording device and test the functionality of the system including the recording device at the same time. A recording system | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279861 | Print management systems - A print-management system comprises a plurality of web-submission servers and a print server. Each web-submission server hosts a website configured to allow submission of print jobs to the print management system. The print server is configured to receive print jobs from the plurality of web-submission servers, process the print jobs, and send print jobs to at least one printer to be printed. The print management system is configured to add an identifier to each received print job to identify the web-submission server or website that received the print job. The print server is configured so that print jobs are processed based on the identifiers added to the print jobs. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279862 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In a document processing method for performing print setting in cooperation with a job management server, if it is determined that a starting mode of a setting program is a cooperation mode for processing a print job in cooperation with a server apparatus, a setting screen is displayed based on the identification information of the print job to be processed and the initial setting information of the print job, and if it is determined that the starting mode is not the cooperation mode, the setting screen is displayed based on setting information for starting a setting program. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279863 | SERVER APPLICATIONS AND SYSTEMS FOR RENDERING RECEIVED DIGITAL CONTENT - Server applications and systems for rendering digital content received from an information apparatus, the systems including a server, one or more server applications enabling multiple concurrent users to log on and access the one or more server applications in separate and protected sessions, and an output device. The server may receive a content object that includes digital content and instructions for manipulating the digital content. The server may further receive one or more job objects including at least one of authentication information, payment information, and subscription information. The server may generate an output data related to the output job, and send the output data for rendering at the output device. The systems may send a confirmation related to the output of digital content to the information apparatus. The systems may also store digital content at a server node over the Internet for use by the information apparatus. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279864 | Image forming apparatus that restricts printing of specific information - The objective of the present invention is to provide an image forming apparatus that can print material by which specific information is not revealed without prohibiting printing, even where the printing data contains information that causes problems by printing specific information. By detecting information to be restricted in the printing data and restricting the image formation of the detected information, the image forming apparatus of the present invention can form the image in which the image of the information is not formed. Accordingly, the present invention provides an image forming apparatus that can print material by which specific information is not revealed without prohibiting printing, even where the printing data contains specific information. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279865 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A MESSAGE ON A REPLACEABLE PRINTING COMPONENT - A method for providing a message on a replaceable printing component of a printing device includes detecting a trigger event, retrieving a message from a memory associated with the replaceable printing component in response to the trigger event, and forming the message on an imaging member of the replaceable printing component, wherein the trigger event comprises an end of a print job, and wherein the message remains on the imaging member after completion of the print job. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279866 | METHOD OF PROCESSING A PRINT JOB - The present invention is drawn to a method of processing a print job. The method includes encoding a print job post-print processing instructions. The method additionally includes printing the print job including the post-print processing instructions on a media substrate. The post-print processing instructions can be printed with a non-visible ink. The post-print processing instructions can be read, and the post-print processing can be performed according to the instructions. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279867 | INKJET PRINTER - In an inkjet printer, a feeding side tension applying means is provided with a feeding side tension adjustment mechanism, which is structured of a feeding side ballast arm that is extended toward a winding side tension applying means and vertically swingable around a rotation shaft perpendicular to a feeding direction of a printing medium and a feeding side ballast member that is attached to a tip end of the feeding side ballast arm, and a winding side tension applying means is provided with a winding side tension adjustment mechanism which is structured of a winding side ballast arm that is extended toward the feeding side tension applying means and vertically swingable around a rotation shaft perpendicular to the feeding direction of the printing medium “M” and a winding side ballast member that is attached to a tip end of the winding side ballast arm. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279868 | EFFICIENT PRINTER CONTROL ELECTRONICS - An apparatus (such as a printer) including a combination engine controller circuit board having a integrated circuit (IC) chip configured to process (format) incoming data as well as to control the operations of the apparatus is disclosed. The IC chip is adapted to receive and process data as well as to control the operations of the apparatus. For this reason, the IC chip is referred to as a combined controller IC. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279869 | INTERACTIVE DOCUMENT RETRIEVAL METHOD - A method is disclosed which produces a second interactive document. The method starts by a processor receiving first indicating data identifying a page identity of a first interactive document and one or more locations on the first interactive document. The processor uses the page identity to identify a network address of a server storing a first page description. The first page description describes a relationship between visual elements and positions on the first interactive document. The processor then retrieves from the network address, using the locations on the first interactive document, a second page description. The second page description describes a relationship between visual elements and positions on the second interactive document. Finally a print engine is controlled to print visible elements and invisible coded data tags to provide the second interactive document. Each coded data tag encodes a page identity of the second interactive document and location of the coded data tag on the second interactive document. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279870 | DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - In a system in which a facsimile apparatus is connected to a LAN (Local Area Network) to which a plurality of computer terminals are connected, image data obtained by reading an original image by the scanner of the facsimile apparatus under the control of the operation unit of the facsimile apparatus is transmitted to a destination designated by the operation unit. In this operation, if a user ID is designated, transmitted image data and information (destination, transmission time/date, or the like) related to transmission is transferred to the LAN to notify the information to a user corresponding to the user ID. In this manner, data communication performed by a local, operation of the facsimile apparatus and data communication performed by a remote designation from the computer terminal can be managed together. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110286031 | Mechanism for Tracking Printer Resource Objects - A method is disclosed. The method includes receiving print job data at a printing system, tracking resource objects in print job data while the print job data is rasterized to generate rasterized print data and updating a count of resource objects for print job data confirmed as printed. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110286032 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A CAUSE OF LATENESS OF A PRINT JOB IN A PRINT PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT - A system for determining a cause of lateness of a print job may include a computing device and a computer-readable storage medium in communication with the computing device. The computer-readable storage medium may include one or more programming instructions for identifying a late print job, identifying a plurality of document production stations that processed at least a portion of the late print job, determining an associated contribution value representing a contribution of the document production station to the lateness, determining sources of the lateness, displaying a first visual depiction that visually depicts a measure of a contribution of each of the identified document production stations to a collective lateness of the print shop, receiving a user selection of one of the document production stations and a time period, and displaying a second visual depiction of one or more print jobs processed by the document production station during the time period. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110286033 | PRINT MANAGEMENT DEVICE, PRINT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, PRINT MANAGEMENT METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A print management device includes: a receiving unit that receives a print instruction to perform print of an electronic document on recording media; a canceling unit that cancels the print caused to be performed by the print instruction received by the receiving unit, in accordance with a canceling instruction of the print by an operator; and a recording unit that records the number of the recording media or the number of faces of the recording media, if the print caused to be performed by the print instruction received by the receiving unit is canceled by the canceling unit, the print on the recording media being canceled. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110286034 | Information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium - An information processing apparatus is disclosed, including an application, a user interface part, a storage part, an image processing part, and a sending part. The application issues a drawing instruction and outputs drawing data. The user interface part performs a print setting with respect to the drawing data. The storage part stores a setting file in which parameters of an allocation process are set. The image processing part performs the allocation process on the drawing data based on the setting file read out from the storage part when the print setting using the setting file is determined by the user interface part. The sending part sends the drawing data on which the allocation process is performed by the image processing part, to an output destination. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110286035 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR SAME - A server executes a job related to image processing, and receives a job log including attribution information for the job from a device that formed the image to thereby form an external image URL that is recorded position information in the server for the image log related to the image. The server adds the external image URL to the job log to generate a new job log that is recorded in a storage unit, and then executes a transmission command for the image log on the device, and receives the image log from the device. Then the server records information including the new job log and the image log as log information in the storage unit. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110286036 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROL PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus of the present invention includes an obtaining unit; a receiving unit; a generating unit; and an output unit that outputs to the printer the command generated for each of the request. The obtaining unit obtains a specification of commands to output to a printer; the receiving unit receives a request for a process to be executed for the printer; the generating unit generates a predetermined command corresponding to a type of the request and the specification obtained when the request is received; and the output unit outputs to the printer the command generated for each of the request. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110286037 | CLOUD COMPUTING SYSTEM, DOCUMENT PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A reception processing unit provided in a document processing system receives a document data processing request from a user device. A division processing unit divides document data corresponding to the processing request and generates divided document data. A document processing unit performs document processing for the divided document data, and a coupling processing unit combines the document-processed divided document data. A resource management unit increases or decreases the number of the division processing units, the document processing units, and the coupling processing units in response to the processing status of each thereof. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110286038 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS, IMAGE PRINTING APPARATUS, HELP DISPLAY CONTROLLER, HELP DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR DISPLAYING HELP - There is provided an image reading apparatus including an image reading unit that reads image data optically from an information display medium, an operation screen display unit that displays an operation screen to receive input from a user with respect to an image reading process performed by the image reading unit, and a help screen display unit that displays, in accordance with a displayed operation screen displayed by the operation screen display unit, help guidance relating to the displayed operation screen in a manner that the help guidance and the displayed operation screen are visible at the same time. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110286039 | RECORDING MEDIUM STORING SCREEN CONTROLLING PROGRAM, DELIVERY SYSTEM AND SCREEN CONTROLLING METHOD - A screen controlling program representing a sequence of instructions including outputting an acquisition request of a contents type, included in one or plural bibliographic information pieces which are defined in a storage destination of image data indicated by a storage information piece, to a document controlling server if the storage information is received from an image forming apparatus; generating, if the one or plural contents types are received from the document controlling server, selection screen data for selecting the received contents types; sending the generated selection screen data to the image forming apparatus; generating setup screen data for setting one or plural bibliographic information pieces included in the selected contents type if the selected contents type is received from the image forming apparatus; and sending the generated setup screen data to the image forming apparatus. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110286040 | IMAGE EDITING APPARATUS, IMAGE EDITING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Page description language data are imposed according to entered imposition information. The imposed page description language data are converted into raster-format data by an RIP process. Page data depending on a plurality of page areas are clipped from the raster-format data. The clipped page data are mapped onto respective model areas corresponding to the page areas on a determined three-dimensional shape model thereby to generate three-dimensional preview data of a print. A three-dimensional preview image of the print is displayed based on the three-dimensional preview data. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110286041 | MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A management apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive file information about a file input into a folder, a transmission unit configured to generate print job information including the file information and transmit the print job information to an image forming apparatus that is associated with the folder in advance, a job monitoring unit configured to monitor whether printing of a job corresponding to the file information included in the print job information by the image forming apparatus has finished based on printing progress information received from the image forming apparatus, and a folder management unit configured to, if printing of the job is determined by the job monitoring unit to have finished, delete the file information corresponding to the job from the folder. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110286042 | FORM PROCESSING SYSTEM, FORM CREATION DEVICE, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - There is provided a form processing system including a form creation device and a printer, wherein the form creation device includes a layout generation unit that generates layout information denoting a layout of a form, a drawing instruction unit that causes a drawing performing unit in the printer to generate referential image data which corresponds to at least part of the generated layout information, based on the generated layout information, and an image transmission unit that transmits the generated referential image data to an OCR device, and the printer includes the drawing performing unit that generates the referential image data in accordance with an instruction from the drawing instruction unit. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110286043 | FORM PROCESSING SYSTEM, OCR DEVICE, FORM CREATION DEVICE, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - There is provided a form processing system including a form creation device and an OCR device, wherein the form creation device includes a layout generation unit that generates layout information denoting a layout of a form and a layout transmission unit that transmits the layout information generated to the OCR device, and the OCR device includes a layout acquisition unit that acquires the layout information transmitted from the form creation device and an OCR processing unit that performs OCR processing on image data of the form read by a scanner, based on the layout information acquired. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110286044 | INFORMATION DISTRIBUTING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information distributing apparatus obtains a serial number input from the image forming apparatus and information regarding an apparatus connected to the image forming apparatus. The information distributing apparatus determines permission or inhibition of distribution with respect to each program specified by the serial number. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110286045 | System, Method and Production Tickets for Print Management - Disclosed herein is a method of preparing production tickets that involves selecting order data from at least a first data field in an ordering system, feeding the selected order data to a workflow management system, and generating a production ticket for a print production job using at least a portion of the selected order data to name the print production job. One embodiment employs a join identifier to include several related files on the same production ticket. Corresponding configuration tools and workflow management systems also are disclosed. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110292433 | PRINT WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT - A method for managing print workflow performed by a physical computing system includes, with an add-on application executed by the physical computing system, interfacing with a printing-capable application executed by the physical computing system; with the add-on application, interfacing with hardware components of a printing device; and with the add-on application, providing additional printing related functionality to the printing-capable application. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110292434 | MULTIPLE SHEET MEDIA PICK DETECTION - Methods and apparatus pertaining to scanning or copying documents are provided. Sheet media are individually transported away from an input location. Optical scanning of the sheet media is initiated in accordance with detecting the passage of leading edges of the sheet media. Electronic signals resulting from the scanning are automatically analyzed to detect trailing edges of overlapping sheet media. A user notification is issued if a multiple sheet pick event is detected. A user can resume scanning or copying of a multiple sheet document at the location where the multiple sheet pick occurred. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110292435 | PRINTER WITH IN-LINE SCANNER - A printing apparatus for variable pre-printed stock comprises storage for customer data, a variety of different pre-printed stocks, printer trays for holding the pre-printed stocks, a scanner for scanning the printed area of each of the pre-printed stocks and for producing tray stock information identifying each of the pre-printed stocks, storage for electronic customer orders, each electronic customer order including one or more of the customer data and selection data for one or more of the pre-printed stocks, a controller for receiving the tray stock information and the electronic customer orders, for matching the tray stock information to the electronic customer orders to produce a match between each pre-printed stock and corresponding tray stock information and for producing print instructions for the match, and a printer for receiving the print instructions and for printing the customer data corresponding to the match onto the matched pre-printed stock. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110292436 | METHOD FOR SELECTING ONE OF A PLURALITY OF PRINT MODES FOR PRINTING A DOCUMENT AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A method and a print apparatus are described. The method and the print apparatus allow for selecting from a plurality of print modes a print mode for a whole page of a document to be printed dependent on a print material coverage of the whole page of the document to be printed. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110292437 | METHOD FOR PRINTING A SET OF IMAGES - Methods for operating a printer are provided. In one aspect, a method has the steps of receiving image data and production data for printing a set of images with each image having a defined size and shape, determining a finishing configuration of a finishing system; and determining a priority setting between an output rate priority and an efficiency priority. The images are organized for printing on the receiver in the defined sizes and shapes based upon the determined priority and the finishing configuration and the images are printed on the receiver as organized. The receiver is finished to provide prints of the images each having the defined size and shape for that image. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110292438 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image reading apparatus includes an image reading unit, a touch panel, a storage unit, and a control unit, wherein the storage unit includes a storage-location-information storage unit that stores storage location information related to a storage location of an image file of a document read by the image reading unit, and the control unit includes an image displaying unit that displays a storage location icon representing the storage location and an image display area showing the image file, a display mode changing unit that changes, when an image selection instruction to select the image file is input, a display mode of the image display area so that the storage location icon can be viewed, and a storing unit that stores, when an icon selection instruction to select the storage location icon is input, the image file in the storage location corresponding to the storage location icon. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110292439 | Image processing apparatus and Image Processing method - An image processing apparatus includes a first determination part that determines whether an image in which a feature image is embedded is to be modified when the image is printed, based on the image and a state of the image processing apparatus; and a second determination part that determines a condition for avoiding the modification determined by the first determination part. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110292440 | PRINTING CONTROL DEVICE, PRINTING CONTROL METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A printing control device includes a web page data acquiring portion configured to acquire web page data of a prescribed web page from the web server and a display configured to display the prescribed web page. The printing control device further includes an extraction portion configured to extract data for constituting a duplication object. The printing control device still further includes a print data creation portion configured to create print data for forming at least two duplicated images of the duplication object based on the extracted data. Moreover, the printing control device includes a printing instruction portion configured to instruct the printing unit to form an image on the recording medium based on the created print data. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110292441 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND SETTING AUTOMATION METHOD - An image reading apparatus includes a paper type sensor that detects a paper type of paper, a control unit, and a reading unit that performs an image reading. The control unit includes a mode setting unit that sets a mode of the image reading performed by the reading unit based on the paper type detected by the paper type sensor. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110292442 | PRINTING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, DATA GENERATION APPARATUS, STORAGE APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD - An image forming apparatus which configures a printing system includes an application server which has a function of editing and storing document data, and provides the document data in response to a request; the image forming apparatus having a plurality of functions including a printing function; a data generation apparatus which generates, from the document data, print data printable by the image forming apparatus; and a storage apparatus which stores data having undergone processing by the image forming apparatus, the apparatuses being communicable with each other via a network, comprising: recording unit configured to record, as difference data, a setting difference upon setting change of print data; and transmission unit configured to execute processing for the print data, and transmitting a completion notification of the processing together with the difference data. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110292443 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including an image forming unit which executes a predetermined image forming process to a paper, a control section which controls so as to receive reservations of a plurality of jobs, so as to execute the plurality of jobs in a predetermined order and to make the image forming unit carry out the image forming process to the paper in each predetermined interval, so as to continuously executed the plurality of jobs without interrupting the image forming process in each predetermined interval, so as to stop the image forming process in each predetermined interval until a reserved job be in a state where the image forming process is startable when a predetermined continuous execution not-feasible condition is met when starting an execution of the reserved job and a display section which displays an execution order of the plurality of jobs which are received by the control section so as to be specified. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110292444 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM AND DISPLAY METHOD - When an image formation instruction for created document data is received, image data for a preview image corresponding to the document data is generated, the preview image based on the image data is displayed on a display, and an image is formed using data for image formation based on the image data for the preview image. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110292445 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image processing apparatus includes a near field communication (NFC) unit that establishes, when a portable terminal device comes near the NFC unit, wireless communication with the portable terminal device; a short-range communication unit that has a larger wireless communication coverage than that of the NFC unit, establishes, after the wireless communication has been established and connection setting information has been received via the NFC unit, wireless communication with the portable terminal device by using the connection setting information; a data processing unit that performs data processing on data received via the short-range communication unit; a printer unit that prints out the processed data; and a control unit that controls, when the data received via the short-range communication unit is determined to contain data about image processing control, processing performed by the data processing unit or the printer unit in accordance with the data about image processing control. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110292446 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming apparatus has a network interface unit for communication with an electronic mail server via a communication network, a main control unit that entirely controls the image forming apparatus and does not operate in a power-saving mode, and a sub control unit that inquires of the electronic mail server in the power-saving mode about whether an electronic mail addressed to the image forming apparatus is stored in the electronic mail server. When such an electronic mail is stored in the electronic mail server, the sub control unit activates the main control unit. The main control unit shifts the image forming apparatus from the power-saving mode to a normal mode, and acquires the electronic mail from the electronic mail server. An image forming unit forms an image on a recording medium based on an attachment file attached to the electronic mail acquired by the main control unit. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110292447 | NETWORK INTERFACE DEVICE - A network interface device having a first board to connect with a wired network to provide signal exchange, which is mounted in a network electronic device, a second board to connect with a wireless network to provide signal exchange, and a first and a second link portion provided at the first and the second boards to removably connect the first and the second boards, respectively. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110299110 | CLOUD-BASED PRINT SERVICE - A print server may include an application manager configured to receive a print request over a network from an application executing on a device, and configured to provide, over the network, a print dialog to a user of the application, the print dialog configured to provide for a selection of at least one printer associated with a user account of the user and thereafter receive a selected printer from the selection. A format converter may be configured to receive a print job designating the selected printer, the print job including print data and print characteristics expressed in a first format, and configured to convert the print job from the first format into a printer-specific format associated with the selected printer. A print job router may be configured to route the print job over the network from the print server to a print client associated with the selected printer, for printing by the selected printer, using the printer-specific format. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110299111 | PRINTING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PRINTING METHOD - An image forming apparatus which configures a printing system in which a server, comprises: a generation unit configured to generate, as plug-in information, information that associates a user interface provided by the image forming apparatus with the application provided by a server; a holding unit configured to hold the generated plug-in information; a sending unit configured to send the plug-in information to the information processing apparatus when the plug-in information has not been registered in an information processing apparatus; and a providing unit configured, when direct printing is designated, to provide, as the user interface to the information processing apparatus based on the plug-in information held by the holding unit, a direct print screen for accepting a print setting corresponding to the application that has generated print data to be printed. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110299112 | CLOUD COMPUTING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR PROCESSING DOCUMENT, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR SAME - A front-end processing unit provided in a document processing system receives a request in relation to document processing from an image forming apparatus, and produces a divided job by dividing the document processing job into a unit capable of parallel processing in response to the received request details. The front-end processing unit determines an execution order for each of the divided jobs, and then stores the divided jobs in a plurality of queues. The back-end processing unit obtains a divided job from the queue according to the determined execution order of divided jobs, and executes document processing by executing the obtained divided job, and then returns the document processing result to the image forming apparatus. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110299113 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - An image forming apparatus capable of communicating with an information processing apparatus receives identification information from the information processing apparatus, which has generated settings relating to a copy job to be executed in the image forming apparatus. The identification information indicates the settings of the copy job. The image forming apparatus displays multiple items of received identification information, notifies the information processing apparatus of identification information selected by a user, receives setting values of the copy job corresponding to the selected identification information, the setting values being transmitted from the information processing apparatus in response to the notification, determines whether the image forming apparatus is capable of executing the copy job based upon the setting values, and outputs the result of the determination. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110299114 | PRINT SERVER, PRINT CONTROL SYSTEM AND PRINT CONTROL METHOD - A print server is linked through a communication network to a client device for sending PDL data, and an image forming apparatus provided with a RIP section for creating raster data by rasterizing the PDL data and a printer section for executing printing according to the raster data. This print server is provided with at least a RIP section for creating raster data by rasterizing the PDL data received from the client device, and a control section that compares the time to be taken before output when the PDL data received from the aforementioned client device is sent to the image forming apparatus with the time to be taken before output when the raster data created by the RIP section of the printer server is sent to the image forming apparatus, whereby the data whose length of time before the output is shorter is sent to the image forming apparatus. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110299115 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING USER INFORMATION - An image forming apparatus configured to be connected to one or more apparatuses through a network includes a user information storing unit to store local-apparatus user information about one or more users of the image forming apparatus, an apparatus information storing unit to store information indicative of the one or more apparatuses, a user information acquiring unit to acquire remote-apparatus user information from the one or more apparatuses indicated by the information stored in the apparatus information storing unit, and a user information integration unit to merge the local-apparatus user information and the remote-apparatus user information to generate display-purpose user information to be displayed on a screen, and to transmit the local-apparatus user information to the one or more apparatuses with a request to generate display-purpose user information. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110299116 | PRINT INSTRUCTION DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PRINT INSTRUCTION METHOD - According to one embodiment, there is provided a print instruction device including an acquisition section, a calculation section, a display section, and a transmission section. The acquisition section acquires recommended setting corresponding to user information from an image forming apparatus. The calculation section calculates the amount of consumption of the Quota value by a print process according to the recommended setting that the acquisition section acquired from the image forming apparatus. The display section displays the recommended setting acquired by the acquisition section and the amount of the Quota value consumed by the print process according to the recommended setting, calculated by the calculation section. The transmission section transmits print data including a print setting content instructed by a user to the image forming apparatus after the recommended setting is displayed on the display section. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110299117 | APPARATUS THAT TRANSMITS JOB DATA TO TERMINAL, TERMINAL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A apparatus (cloud) that transmits job data to a terminal (MFP), which is capable of causing the terminal to execute a job without wastefully consuming electric power immediately after completion of job data processing. The cloud generates job data, and determines whether or not the MFP is in a first state in which the MFP cannot process the job data immediately. Further, the cloud stores information on a time period required for the MFP to shift from the first state to a second state in which the MFP can process the job data immediately. The cloud transmits an instruction for causing the MFP to shift from the first state to the second state, to the MFP, based on a time period required for generating the job data, and the time period indicated by the information. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110299118 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, RECORDING MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A technique to give a more suitable screen to a user even when functions that can be executed by an image forming apparatus are provided by a linked external apparatus. A comparison unit of the external apparatus compares information about first functions of the external apparatus with information about second functions of the image forming apparatus. A determination unit of the external apparatus determines functions used by the image forming apparatus among the first functions based on a comparison result. A screen information sending unit of the external apparatus sends screen information used for setting the functions determined to the image forming apparatus. A functional information sending unit of the image forming apparatus sends the information about the second function to the external apparatus. A display unit of the image forming apparatus displays a screen for setting the first functions based on the screen information received from the external apparatus. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110299119 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including: at least one replaceable part constituting the image forming apparatus; and a control section for controlling the replaceable part, wherein the control section is provided with a plurality of replacement standards for one replaceable part, and performs a replacement standard process in conformance to each of these replacement standards. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110299120 | PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing system according to an embodiment includes: plural printers connected to a network; a user terminal connected to the network; and a print server which receives and saves a print job from the user terminal, and which determines plural printer candidates suitable for executing the print job from among the plural printers connected to the network, monitors an operation mode of the plural printer candidates that are determined, and when plural printer candidates include a printer in a sleep mode, shifts the printer from the sleep mode to an normal operating mode via the network. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110299121 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing device for installing and executing an application program which enables at least one of a plurality of information processing functions comprises: a storage part for storing functional restriction information configured for each of a plurality of users is defined; an obtaining part for obtaining, based on the functional restriction information, common functional restriction information in which restriction on use of at least one of the plurality of information processing functions except for a common available function commonly available for all the plurality of users is defined; a determination part, in installation of the application program, for determining whether or not a command contained in the application program enables an unavailable function restricted with the common functional restriction information by analyzing the command; a rewrite part for rewriting the command; and an installation part for installing the application program containing the command rewritten by the rewrite part. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110299122 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - In a system provided with an information processing apparatus for requesting a job, an image forming apparatus for processing the job, and a server for managing the job, it is enabled to request a job from the information processing apparatus for execution even when the server is down at least to a status where the job can not be received. The image forming apparatus is provided with a detecting portion for detecting that the server is down, a direct receiving portion for, when it is detected that the server is down, directly receiving a target job to be processed by the image forming apparatus from the information processing apparatus, and a distributing portion for, when it is detected that the server is down, distributing a message or an e-mail including information indicating that the server is down to the information processing apparatus or a user of the information processing apparatus. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110299123 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, PROGRAM AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - In an image forming apparatus being capable of executing a specific copy job to perform copy processing in cooperation with an external apparatus, when cancel of the specific copy job is instructed before completion of printing by a printing unit, the external apparatus is notified of the cancel of the specific copy job, and printing based on processed image data received by a reception unit is canceled. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110299124 | Distributed Computer Architecture and Process for Document Management - A system and/or method enables a typical PC user to add electronic paper processing to their existing business process. The system and/or method extends the notion of copying from a process that involves paper going through a conventional copier device, to a process that involves paper being scanned from a device at one location and copied to a device at another location. In its more sophisticated form, the system and/or method can copy paper from a device at one location directly into a business application residing on a network or on the Internet, or visa versa. The system and/or method is software that manages paper so that it can be electronically and seamlessly copied in and out of devices and business applications (such as Microsoft Office, Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Notes) with an optional single-step operation. The system and/or method can reside on a PC, LAN/WAN server, digital device (such as a digital copier), or on a web server to be accessed over the Internet. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110299125 | ASSOCIATION OF A PORTABLE SCANNER WITH INPUT/OUTPUT AND STORAGE DEVICES - A device identifier is scanned with a portable scanner and communicated to a service provider. The service provider associates the device with the portable scanner. Information is scanned from a printed source and communicated to the service provider and subsequent information is received in response at a device identified by the device identifier. In some embodiments, a communication session identifier is scanned with a portable scanner and communicated to the service provider rather than (or in cooperation with) the device identifier. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110299126 | PRINT SYSTEM, CLIENT, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - To decrease workloads caused by printing from a Web application and to provide a method for eliminating limitations of computers that can be used, a Web browser accesses a print management server based on an address transmitted from a Web application server in response to a print instruction, receives a print setting screen of an image forming apparatus that prints document data from a print management server, and displays the print setting screen. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110304873 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT FILE FOR PRINTING USING CONFIGURATION DATA TO DYNAMICALLY MIMIC PRINT PARAMETER INFORMATION USED BY DIFFERENT PRINTER - A method for processing an electronic document file for printing may include receiving an electronic document file at a print driver for a select printer; determining the electronic document file includes different print parameter information for a different printer based on configuration data; identifying and transforming the different print parameter information to select print parameter information based on mapping information; processing document print parameter information associated with the electronic document file, where a portion of the document print parameter information was transformed from the different print parameter information; and sending a print stream to the select printer for printing the electronic document file consistent with the different print parameter information. A related system may include a storage device and a processor. The storage device may include the print driver and configuration data with the mapping information. The print driver may include input; filter; mapping; processing; and output modules. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304874 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A PERIPHERAL DEVICE FROM A PROGRAM USING INTERFACE SUITABLE FOR OPERATION OF ANOTHER TYPE OF PERIPHERAL DEVICE - A system and method for operating a peripheral device from a computer application or program, by inserting commands for an operation of the device into commands of an API that is supported by the computer application and is suitable for operation of another and different type of peripheral. The inserted commands are recognized and presented to the device. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304875 | Resource Conflict Resolution Mechanism - A computer generated method disclosed. The method includes receiving a print job including a plurality of print files, processing a first resource in a first print file by determining if the name of the first resource matches a name of a previously processed resource, determining if data within the first resource matches data within a previously processed resource if the name of the first resource matches the name of the previously processed resource and renaming the first resource if the data within the first resource does not match data within the previously processed resource. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304876 | SYSTEM AND PRINTING DEVICE FOR MONITORING AND MODIFYING OPERATION OF A PRINTING DEVICE CORRESPONDING TO ELECTRICAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION - A system adjusts at least one operational parameter for at least one electrical energy consuming device. The system monitors electrical energy consumption measurements for operational activity periods, identifies an electrical energy consumption measurement difference between an electrical energy consumption measurement for an operational activity period and an electrical energy consumption measurement for a corresponding operational activity period, and modifies an operational parameter for the electrical energy consuming device in response to the difference being greater than a predetermined threshold. The modified operational parameter is sent to the electrical energy consuming device to enable modified operation of the electrical energy consuming device. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304877 | NAIL PRINTER AND PRINT CONTROLLING METHOD - A nail printer and printing method for printing on nails of fingers in a short time. Printing of nails starts a predetermined time after a print start command is given by a print switch or a both-hand switch. When nails of thumbs or fingers of both right and left hands are printed with an image, a print switch is operated by one of the hands, the thumbs or fingers of the both hands are fixed at a predetermined printing position within a printed finger receiver and then the nails of both the thumbs or fingers are printed with a design or pattern. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304878 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DISTRIBUTED PRINTING SYSTEM - An image processing apparatus is connected to an external device and includes a first receiving unit that receives information indicating a first volume of unprinted print data out of print data capable of being subject to distributed printing from the external device; a deciding unit that decides a second volume of the unprinted print data to undertake in the image processing apparatus for distributed printing on the basis of a predetermined condition upon reception of the information indicating the first volume of the unprinted print data; a first transmitting unit that transmits information indicating the second volume to the external device; and a second receiving unit that receives a piece of the unprinted print data corresponding to the second volume from the external device. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304879 | DEVICE CAPABLE OF EXTRACTING OUTPUT CONTROL INFORMATION, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - To change a detection target region of output control information for each function to be used in an MFP having multiple functions. A device that outputs document data has a detection unit configured to detect, from document data, information to control output of the document data and a control unit configured to control the output of the document data according to the detected information, and the device includes a setting unit configured to set a detection target region by the detection unit either to the entire surface or to a specific region of the document data. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304880 | Colored investment data display system and method - A method and system that provides a unique data display tool for use in the investment area and utilizes color coated entries in various data displays to aid in the client's assimilation of investment data and information. More specifically, the method and system uses a plurality of colors that are superimposed over data contained in various data category displays. Any one category data may contain a number of different such colored overlays. It is between different data displays, the same color would be used for the same data category presented in each display. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304881 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - According to an embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a plurality of recording medium housing portions in which recording mediums to be reused are discriminated and housed respectively for degradation regions that are erased image regions; an obtaining unit to obtain image data;
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| 20110304882 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM - The present invention provides an image forming apparatus connectable to a plurality of external apparatuses via a network, comprising: an acquisition unit that acquires, from the respective external apparatuses, pieces of copy setting information which are generated in the respective external apparatuses, the copy setting information designating apparatuses for scanning and apparatuses for printing; a determination unit that determines, by referring to the pieces of copy setting information acquired by the acquisition unit, whether or not each copy setting information designates the image forming apparatus as the apparatus for printing; and a display control unit that identifiably displays, on a display unit, copy setting information which is determined by the determination unit to designate the image forming apparatus as the apparatus for printing. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304883 | PRINTING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD TO BE USED THEREIN - A printing system including a printer for storing a setup program for installing a printer driver and an information processing apparatus, wherein the information processing apparatus starts up the setup program acquired from the printer, when the printer driver is installed, identifies an attribute of an OS running on the information processing apparatus, creates a port having a port name according to a predetermined format according to the identified attribute of the OS, and installs the printer driver. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304884 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREFOR - A management server capable of communicating with a providing apparatus via a network and using a function provided by the providing apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive failure information from the image forming apparatus, and a notification unit configured to perform notification for arranging maintenance of the image forming apparatus according to the failure information received from the image forming apparatus, wherein the management server does not arrange the maintenance of the image forming apparatus if it can be identified that the failure is caused by the providing apparatus based on the received failure information. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304885 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A printing apparatus includes a CPU that determines whether or not to use operation information included in paper information received from another printing apparatus. If it is determined to use the operation information, the received paper information is registered as the paper information of Type 2. In addition, the CPU included in the printing apparatus selects one of a plurality of pieces of paper information and controls a printer unit such that the printer unit performs a printing process in an operating state based on the operation information included in the selected piece of paper information. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110310427 | PRINTING DIRECT2D-RENDERED ITEMS - Technology described herein is directed to converting display-rendering instructions (e.g., DIRECT2D) into print-rendering instructions (e.g., EMF, WMF, XPS, and SVG). For example, a request to print an item (e.g., document) is received, the item being displayable on an output device when display-rendering instructions are executed. A print render target is created that includes an instructions converter. The display-rendering instructions are routed to the print render target. The instructions converter maps the display-rendering instructions to the print-rendering instructions, which are usable to print the item. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310428 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING AN ENVIRONMENTALLY INFORMED PRINTER CHOICE AT JOB SUBMISSION TIME - A system and method for facilitating environmentally informed print job selection are provided. The method includes assigning a status to each of a set of networked printers, the status of an operational printer denoting a printer as being one of at least awake, asleep, and waking up soon. The assigned status is provided to a graphical user interface, enabling a user to compare the status and/or environmental costs of printing with user selectable ones of the set of printers. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310429 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus of the present invention includes a display control unit that displays an operation screen based on screen information provided from a Web server, and transmits input information for the operation screen to the Web server, and an execution control unit that executes a job according to an execution request received from the Web server. The execution control unit, when starting execution of the job, notifies the Web server of a corresponding job ID. The display control unit displays, based on screen information received from the Web server together with the job ID, an operation screen related to the job which is being executed. When an instruction related to the job is input via the operation screen, the display control unit, upon determining that a predetermined condition is satisfied, instructs the execution control unit to control execution of the job without the intervention of the Web server. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310430 | DEVICE DETECTING NON-RETRIEVED FORMS IN PRINTER - Disclosed is a device to detect in a printer the presence of non-retrieved printed receipts or order bills, which includes an infrared detection lamp and an alert circuit. The infrared detection lamp includes an emitting lamp and a receiving lamp. Both are provided at a paper discharge port of a printer and wherein a line perpendicular to the paper discharge port bisects the angle formed by the light rays from the emitting lamp and the receiving lamp. The receiving lamp is connected to the alert circuit and activates the alert circuit when it receives a signal from the emitting lamp. The device can emit a notification signal when a printed item is not retrieved, thus ensuring speed and continuity in kitchen operations, improving work efficiency, and shortening customer wait time. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310431 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a window manager which switches an operation screen to be displayed on a display unit and a Web browser which displays an operation screen of an external application on the display unit together with a “return” button used to allow a transition to an operation screen previously displayed on the display unit. The Web browser manages history information indicating a display history on the display unit since an operation screen of an internal application which was displayed on the display unit before that operation screen was switched to the operation screen of the external application. Furthermore, when the “return” button is pressed, and a transition destination of the operation screen is the operation screen of the internal application, the Web browser notifies the window manager of a screen switch request required to display the operation screen of the internal application on the display unit. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310432 | COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PRINT SETTING PROGRAM, PRINT SETTING APPARATUS, COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM OF PRINTING APPARATUS, AND PRINTING APPARATUS - The printer driver according to the present invention causes the PC to execute steps of: determining whether or not the printer for executing print data is equipped with a Japanese device font based on information acquired from the printer (S | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310433 | PRINT DATA DELIVERY DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A print data delivery device includes: a print data receiving unit which receives print data which is transmitted from a client terminal; a transmission source information acquisition unit which acquires transmission source identification information corresponding to a transmission source for the print data which is received by the print data receiving unit; a delivery destination determination unit which determines as a print data delivery destination at least one image forming apparatus which is associated in advance with the transmission source identification information; and a print data delivery unit which delivers the print data received by the print data receiving unit toward the at least one image forming apparatus which is determined by the delivery destination determination unit. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310434 | PRINTER DRIVER DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINTER DRIVER DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - Disclosed is a printer driver device, including: a first memory unit that stores a kind of application used for creation of document data and page description language used as language at the time of printing the document data in association therewith; a determination unit that determines whether there is a need to rewrite the document data output from the application into the document data by separate page description language based on corresponding information between the kind of application and the page description language stored in the first memory unit; a first output unit that outputs the document data output from the application without changing the page description language, in response to the determination results of the determination unit; and a second output unit that rewrites and outputs the document data output from the application into the document data by the separate page description language, in response to the determination results of the determination unit. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310435 | DIGITAL CAMERA RECORDING A COMPOSITE IMAGE - A digital camera capable of recording a subject image so that the subject image can be drawn as it is combined with a selected default image and so that the subject image can be drawn separately from the selected default image. The digital camera includes an image processor which creates subject image data based on output of an image sensor and a default image setting unit which stores subject image data in a removable memory together with information for associating background data with the subject image data, whereby the subject image data, rather than the data provided by combining the subject image data and the background data, is stored in the removable memory and the subject image data and the background data are associated with each other. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110317205 | PRINT IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A print image processing apparatus, includes N image processing circuits; a selection unit that estimates, every N pages, a necessary time corresponding to each of (i) a page-based parallel method for allocating image processing of the N pages to the image processing circuits in units of pages to perform the image processing of the N pages in parallel, and (ii) a paginal-object-based parallel method for allocating image processing of each single page to the image processing circuits in units of objects to perform the image processing of the objects of each single page in parallel, and selects one of the page-based parallel method and the paginal-object-based parallel method such that the estimated necessary time corresponding to the selected one of the parallel methods is shorter than the estimated necessary time; and an allocation unit that allocates image processing of the N pages to the N image processing circuit, respectively. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110317206 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND EXTERNAL APPARATUS CONSTITUTING IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image forming apparatus capable of being connected to an external apparatus through a network performs setting of processing to be executed in the image forming apparatus, receives from the external apparatus a web page for setting processing to be executed in the external apparatus, and displays the web page. Subsequently, the image forming apparatus transmits to the external apparatus an input value input by a user through the displayed web page, and receives an identifier associated with the input value from the external apparatus. The image forming apparatus transmits to the external apparatus the identifier and data to be executed in the processing in the external apparatus, and forms an image of data processed by the external apparatus according to the input value and processed by the image forming apparatus according to the setting. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110317207 | PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR PRINTING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - A printing apparatus includes an input unit configured to input a print job, a print unit configured to perform print processing onto a print medium based on the print job input by the input unit, a receiving unit configured to receive a request for shutting off power supply of the printing apparatus, an execution unit configured to execute processing for shifting to a state where power supply of the print unit can be shut off, in response to the fact that the request has been received by the receiving unit, and a control unit configured to perform control, if a request for shutting off a power supply of the printing apparatus is received by the receiving unit, to prevent the print processing based on the print job from being executed, and on the other hand, to permit execution of processing based on another job different from the print job. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110317208 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - This invention provides a mechanism of preventing the stop of a print operation caused by a delay, from print processing, of processing of generating image data from print data. To accomplish this, a printing apparatus includes a receiving unit which receives print data containing a plurality of page sets for each of which different post-processing can be designated, and pages contained in the plurality of page sets, an analysis unit which analyzes a page contained in print data received by the receiving unit, and a print control unit which starts printing when the number of pages analyzed by the analysis unit is equal to or larger than a predetermined number, and restricts the start of printing when the number of pages analyzed by the analysis unit is smaller than the predetermined number. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110317209 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing system may include an archive job management apparatus and a print management apparatus. The archive job management apparatus stores job information relating a destination of an archive job, a quantity printing limit for the archive job, and archive job print history and manages the stored job information. The print management apparatus instructs printing of an archive job according to a print request from a client apparatus and includes an acquisition unit and a determination unit. Per the print request, the acquisition unit acquires the quantity printing limit and print history of the archive job. The determination unit determines that the archive job is printable if a number of times the archive job has been actually printed is equal to or less than a limiting number of times of printing based on a number of times of restrictive printing and the print history of the print requested archive job. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110317210 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus for selecting the stored print job or the document data as a print target according to a user operation via an input device, performing setting of printing to the selected print target according to the user operation, and comparing the setting information included in the print job with the setting information indicating the contents of the performed setting when it is determined that the print job is selected, and when the comparison indicates that the setting information included in the print job and the setting information indicating the contents of the setting performed in the setting unit match, performing warning, and when the comparison indicates that the setting information included in the print job and the setting information indicating the contents of the setting performed in the setting unit do not match, instructing the image forming apparatus to perform printing. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110317211 | Data Processing Apparatus - A data processing apparatus includes a memory, an accepting unit for accepting an instruction to perform one of a first process and a second process from a user, the second process being different from the first process, and a controller. The controller is configured to: determine a candidate device from among at least one device, the candidate device possessing a first function that is used for performing the first process; register the candidate device as a first device to be used for performing the first process; register the candidate device as a second device to be used for performing the second process, the second process being different from the first process; and control the first device to perform the first process when the accepting unit accepts the instruction to perform the first process and control the second device to perform the second process when the accepting unit accepts the instruction to perform the second process. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110317212 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE OUTPUT APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a buffer, an output unit configured to output data held in the buffer to an output device, and a transfer unit configured to transfer data held in a memory to a buffer of the output unit, wherein the transfer unit transfers the data held by the memory in a first mode in which data of an amount corresponding to a size of the buffer of the output unit is transferred and then, transfers the data held by the memory in a second mode in which data of an amount smaller than the size of the buffer of the output unit is transferred a plurality of times. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110317213 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image processing apparatus is to be connected to a receiving terminal, so that the image processing apparatus is capable of communicating with the receiving terminal. The image processing apparatus includes a reading generation unit for reading an original to generate image data; a display input unit for displaying an input screen of an identification mark of the receiving terminal so that a user inputs the identification mark; a transmission unit for transmitting the image data thus generated to the receiving terminal according to the identification mark thus input; and a control unit for controlling the reading generation unit to start reading the original and the display input unit to display the input screen. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110317214 | SERVER APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF MANAGING IMAGE FORMING DATA - According to one embodiment, a server apparatus includes a storage unit, a communication unit, and a controller. The storage unit stores print jobs received from an external apparatus. The communication unit transmits the print job stored in the storage unit, in response to a print request for the print job from any image forming apparatus, to the image forming apparatus which is a print request source. The controller changes the print job of which a storage limit expires among the print jobs stored in the storage unit into a deleted print job so as to have a temporary storage limit. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110317215 | SERVER APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF MANAGING PRINT DATA - According to one embodiment, a server apparatus includes a reception unit, a storage unit, a list sending unit, and a transmission unit. The reception unit receives print data designating a user who is able to execute printing. The storage unit stores the print data received by the reception unit. The list sending unit sends a list of the print data, which the user who is an operator of an image forming apparatus is able to execute, to the image forming apparatus. The transmission unit transmits the print data selected from the list of the print data sent by the list sending unit to the image forming apparatus. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110317216 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a data processing apparatus includes a communicating unit, a managing unit, and a control unit. The communicating unit communicates with a plurality of external apparatuses. The managing unit manages first process information on a first process that is performed by a first external apparatus in the plurality of external apparatuses, and a first process result corresponding to the first process. The control unit transmits the first process result to a second external apparatus of a plurality of external apparatuses on the basis of the first process information, in accordance with a trouble of the first external apparatus, and gives an instruction of performing a second process following the first process with the second external apparatus. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110317217 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, POWER CONTROL METHOD AND POWER CONTROL PROGRAM FOR IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A control unit of the invention controls shifting of an image processing apparatus from an operation state to a standby state with a use frequency information management table, a monitoring unit and a threshold value storage unit that stores a threshold value serving as a determination criterion for shifting the image processing apparatus from the operation state to the standby state. The control unit identifies terminal apparatuses that are connected to a communication line by the monitoring unit, and obtains the use frequency information for all terminal apparatuses that have been identified to be in the connected state from the use frequency information management table and adds the obtained use frequency information, and if a total value obtained by the addition is smaller than the threshold value stored in the threshold value storage unit, outputs a signal instructing the image processing apparatus to shift to the standby state to the image processing apparatus, and if the total value is larger than or equal to the threshold value, outputs a signal instructing the image processing apparatus to maintain the operation state to the image processing apparatus. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110317218 | System for Maintaining Imaging Device Accounting Data - Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems, methods and devices for maintaining imaging device (IDev) accounting data in the event that an imaging device's primary accounting server becomes unavailable. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110317219 | Pharmacy Printer System and Method - A computer network system and method for printing accompanying information and prescription labels in pharmacies, comprises: a central CS; a PMS; a data transmission network through which said PMS and said central CS can communicate; wherein said PMS includes an I/O terminal, a scanner, and a first printer; wherein said PMS includes a PMS SO and a Catalina SO; said PMS SO is configured to receive and store prescription information for a prescription, and to associate a prescription identification with said prescription; said Catalina SO is configure to select accompanying information for said prescription, to format and save said accompanying information in an accompanying information print file; and said PMS is configured to print a prescription label for said prescription and said accompanying information print file. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120002236 | IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS - An image formation apparatus includes: a controller operable to control a transition among a normal mode to operate the image formation apparatus, a first power saving mode in which electric power less than the normal mode is supplied, and a second power saving mode different from the first power saving mode in which electric power less than the normal mode is supplied; and an abnormality detector configured to detect an abnormality in the image formation apparatus. On the basis of the detection result of the abnormality detector, the controller controls transition to either the first power saving mode or the second power saving mode. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120002237 | PRINTER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - According to one embodiment, a printer includes plural control units having a high rank and low rank relation with one another and serially connected in order from a high rank control unit to a low rank control unit. The low rank control unit notifies the high rank control unit of a download condition for the low rank control unit. The high rank control unit determines, if data to be downloaded to the low rank control unit is input from the outside, whether the accepted data meets the notified download condition and transfers, if the input data meets the download condition, the input data to the low rank control unit. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120002238 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing system applies an image processing job to received image information according to contents of previously created definition information. The image processing system comprises an image forming apparatus configured to receive image information, associated with user information for specifying a user, through a public line an information processing unit configured to previously generate process definition in which a process to be executed by the image forming apparatus is described, and a storage unit configured to store the process definition previously generated by the information processing unit. The image forming apparatus has an acquisition unit configured to specify the user based on the user information extracted from the received image information and acquire the process definition associated with the user. The image processing system further comprises a processing unit configured to execute the contents of processing described in the process definition associated with the user acquired by the acquisition unit. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120002239 | MENU DISPLAY SYSTEM, MENU DISPLAY METHOD, AND SERVER DEVICE - To generate and display a menu display in a printer so as to be adapted to the user. A server device connected so as to be capable of communication between a printing device and an information terminal device comprises a packet communication part for receiving user information designed to uniquely identify a user who operates a portable terminal; a network communication part for receiving printing-device information designed to uniquely identify a printer; a selectable-service determining part for extracting, based on the printing-device information thus received, services that can be executed by the printer, and determining, based on the user information, a service that can be selected by the user; and a menu-screen information creating part for generating, in a format that can be displayed by the printing device, menu information which includes the service thus determined; and transmits the menu information thus generated to the printer. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120002240 | METHOD OF ALLOCATING IP ADDRESS OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING DHCP, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND SYSTEM OF ALLOCATING IP ADDRESS USING DHCP - A method of allocating an IP address of an image forming apparatus using Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), and an image forming apparatus and system performing the method, the method including requesting a DHCP server to allocate an IP address to an image forming apparatus having a previously allocated IP address in response to the image forming apparatus being re-connected to a network, responding to the IP address allocation request by the DHCP server, declining to respond to the response of the DHCP server, and providing the previously allocated IP address to the image forming apparatus upon receiving no response from the image forming apparatus after a predetermined time. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120002241 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING DOCUMENT SERVICES - A system and method for acquiring document services is disclosed. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120008161 | AUTOMATED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUBMITTING A RENDERING JOB VIA A MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - An automated system and method for submitting a rendering job via a mobile communications device utilizing a two-dimensional bar code application. A two-dimensional bar code (e.g., quick response code) can be configured in association with the rendering device and the two-dimensional bar code application can be installed with respect to the mobile communications device. The bar code can be scanned via an image-capturing unit associated with the mobile communications device for retrieving information required to support an automated workflow utilizing the two-dimensional bar code application. The rendering job can be automatically uploaded to the rendering device based on the automated workflow. Such an approach automatically connects and renders the job via the mobile communications device with no additional hardware requirement. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120008162 | Image information input system, image information input apparatus and image information input method - An image information input system inputs image information into another system that handles the image information. The image information input system obtains plural items of image information generated as a result of plural sheets of paper of an original document being read, obtains original identification information to be used for identifying each sheet of paper of the original document, for each of the plural items of image information, associates the plural items of image information and the original identifying information obtained for each of the plural items of image information, outputs it, and stores the output plural items of image information and the output original identification information associated with the plural items of image information. When each of the plural items of the image information is obtained, a number to be used to identify each sheet of paper of the original document is obtained as the original identification information. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120008163 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus has a storage unit for storing a job-waiting list in which job information of a job in a waiting state among a plurality of jobs received for image forming is registered, and a transitional time within which to transit from a waiting mode to an energy-saving mode; a waiting list control unit for controlling to register to the job-waiting list the job information of the job instructed to act within a predetermined count period, when a job is being in progress, and controlling to store into the storage unit a time within which to initially register the job information to the job-waiting list; an accumulation-time count unit for, in the case where it is determined that all the job information stored in the job-waiting list has been absent, counting an accumulation time obtained by accumulating an elapsed time, in the predetermined count period, the elapsed time being counted from a time when the job information is registered to the job-waiting list to a time when all the job information registered in the job-waiting list has been absent after start of processing of the last job registered in the job-waiting list; and a transitional-time set unit for setting the transitional time based on the counted accumulation time. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120008164 | PROCESSING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR - A processing system may include a server group connectable to an image forming apparatus, a request processing unit, a backend processing unit, a receiving unit, a determination unit, and a sending unit. The receiving unit receives information relating to a document file corresponding to a processing request from the image forming apparatus. If the determination unit determines that that the processing method is a synchronous processing method, then the request processing unit processes the document file based on the processing request. If the determination unit determines that that the processing method is an asynchronous processing method, then the request processing unit requests the backend processing unit to process the processing request. After the document file has been processed according to the determined processing method, the sending unit sends a notification to the image forming apparatus that the document file has been processed. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120008165 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND HIBERNATION START-UP METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a volatile main memory, a first non-volatile memory for storing a plurality of types of partial snap shot images, a second non-volatile memory from which information can be read faster than from the first non-volatile memory, for storing an entire snap shot image, and a processor. The processor reads a partial snap shot image corresponding to a state after change from the first non-volatile memory and updates a corresponding portion of the entire snap shot image in the second non-volatile memory. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120008166 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - The display control apparatus includes an acquisition section configured acquire a piece of characteristic information representing an output characteristic specific to a corresponding printing apparatus from each of a plurality of printing apparatuses; and a display section configured to determine an order for arraying the plurality of printing apparatuses on the basis of the pieces of characteristic information having been acquired, each being specific to a corresponding printing apparatus, and array and display the plurality of printing apparatuses on a predetermined image display screen in the order having been determined. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120008167 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HANDLING PRINTING PRESS WORKLOAD - A system and method is provided for ganging print orders to be printed on a press based on a set of print attributes, wherein associated digital files of the print orders are ganged together in one file location to generate a gang ticket in a database for the ganged print order, and displaying the gang ticket. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120008168 | METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR OUTPUTTING DOCUMENT DATA DIVIDED INTO PAGES - In a method to output document data divided into pages at an output printing apparatus, a print file encoded in a page description language is provided with per-page variable document data and bin command data, the bin command data referring to at least one page input tray of a reference printing apparatus for page-shaped recording material. The page input tray is provided to accept form pages with at least one pre-print image. At least one macro data set is created that contains a group of commands of the page description language and pre-print image data with which the pre-print image can be reproduced as a rastered image. Association data are generated for an association between the bin command data and the macro data set. The print file is sent as a data stream from a document data computer to a controller. In the controller the variable document data are merged and rastered with the pre-print image data using the bin command data and the association data. The rastered document data and the pre-print image data are printed on an output recording material in the output printing apparatus. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120008169 | System And Method Of Processing A Digital Image For User Assesment Of An Output Image Product - A system and method of processing a digital image for user assessment of an output image product intended to be generated using the digital image. The method comprises the steps of: (a) accessing the digital image using an imaging device having a viewing member; (b) selecting the output image product intended to include the digital image; (c) digitally modifying at least a portion of the digital image using the imaging device to produce a substantially accurate representation of at least a portion of the output image product; and (d) displaying, using the viewing member, for assessment by the user, the substantially accurate representation of the at least a portion of the output image product. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120013937 | COMPENSATION FOR FACSIMILE TRANSMISSION IN A PACKET SWITCHED NETWORK - Communication network components can be synchronized for facsimile transmissions in the communication network. The synchronization may compensate for variations in transmission rates among the different network components or different paths taken by portions of the facsimile transmission. The synchronization may involve modulating an adaptive jitter buffer or an effective packet rate to compensate for clock skew that may occur between network components. The compensation to obtain synchronization can be achieved to avoid causing interruptions or distortions in the facsimile transmission data. By applying the compensation at specific points or intervals in a facsimile transmission, synchronization can be achieved to obtain an overall quality improvement in facsimile transmissions in a packet switched network. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013938 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, HARDWARE ACCELERATOR, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Disclosed is an image processing device to generate printing data based on intermediate language data, comprising: a memory to store the intermediate language data and the printing data; a hardware accelerator to perform rendering processing to generate the printing data from the intermediate language data read from the memory; and a control section to input a memory address of the intermediate language data stored in the memory to the hardware accelerator, wherein at least one of the hardware accelerator and the control section obtains a plurality of rendering regions corresponding to ranges to which the rendering processing is performed based on the intermediate language data, and produces a comprehensive rendering region comprehending the rendering regions based on a correlation between the plurality of rendering regions, and wherein the hardware accelerator generates the printing data corresponding to the comprehensive rendering region to transfer the generated printing data to the memory. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013939 | Printing Objects Using a Rolling Buffer - An electronic architecture for an imaging data path allows for printing on objects that are unevenly spaced. The architecture uses a rolling image buffer into which images are copied. A hardware trigger can optionally be used in conjunction with the rolling image buffer to prevent any printing mismatches that could otherwise be caused by a software delay. The trigger relates the physical location of the object to a virtual location in the image buffer. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013940 | PRINT DOCUMENT CONVERSION APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A print document conversion apparatus includes plural software-based conversion units and a controller. The plural software-based conversion units perform a software-based conversion process for converting print document data described in a page description language into page image data having a bitmap image format. Each of the software-based conversion units requests a hardware-based image processing apparatus to execute specific image processing in the software-based conversion process, and generates the page image data including a result of the image processing in response to the request. The controller activates an additional software-based conversion unit that performs the software-based conversion process when there is a possibility that a state where at least one of the software-based conversion units waits for the hardware-based image processing apparatus to complete the image processing occurs. The controller controls the number of additional software-based conversion units not to exceed a predetermined upper limit. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013941 | Dedicated SMS and wireless telephony communication device and method - A method and device for operating a mobile communications system includes a text message receiver and a printer for printing text messages. The method includes the steps of: | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013942 | Network Printer - A network printer includes a communication unit for carrying out transmission/reception of data via a network and a recording unit for printing out received print data. The communication unit includes a priority level determination unit, when second print data is accepted during reception of first print data, for determining priority between the first and second print data, and a first persistent connection control unit for executing a persistent connection control that prohibits a transmission source of print data determined as lower priority data from transmitting the print data while a session is being connected with the transmission source, and for permitting a transmission source of print data determined as higher priority data to transmit the print data. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013943 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, IMAGE FORMING PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE FORMING PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus sends an information processing apparatus an image processing function selected from image processing functions that the image forming apparatus has and an image processing function selected from image processing functions that the information processing apparatus has, and receives a result that is determined by the information processing apparatus according to a conflict determination condition. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013944 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM THEREOF - Print data containing a plurality of contents is input, and it is determined whether printing of each of the plurality of contents contained in the input print data is permitted. The user is notified of the determination result before an instruction to print the print data. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013945 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DATA NOTIFICATION AND PRINTING METHOD BY IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes: a fax receiving unit capable of receiving facsimile data; a printing unit which prints the facsimile data received by the fax receiving unit; a fax data storage unit in which, if the facsimile data received by the fax receiving unit is secure fax data, this secure fax data is stored; and an addition detecting unit which detects that a removable network addition device is connected to the apparatus. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013946 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - In tandem printing, in accordance with a printing process executed in one printing apparatus, the printing process in the other printing apparatus is automatically changed. The first printing apparatus inputs a third print job including a first print job and a second print job. An image is formed on the basis of the first print job, and on the basis of a result of the image formation, a page with a change amount in the characteristic of a recording medium after printing at a predetermined threshold value or more is detected. The second print job in which the information is changed in accordance with the change amount in the characteristic of the detected page is transmitted to the second printing apparatus. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013947 | PRINT DATA RECEIVING APPARATUS, PRINT DATA RECEIVING METHOD AND PRINT DATA RECEIVING PROGRAM - A print data receiving apparatus for receiving pint data from an external, equipped with a first arithmetic unit for controlling at least a first storage device for storing the print data, and a second arithmetic unit for issuing an activation command to the first arithmetic unit and controlling a second storage device for temporarily storing the received print data when the print data is received from the external under a power saving mode that stops operation of the first arithmetic unit. The second arithmetic unit consumes less power than the first arithmetic unit and controls receiving speed of the print data in such a manner as to cause a free space of the second storage device to be used up when an activation of the first arithmetic unit is completed. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013948 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A client computer | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120019854 | Automatic and Transparent Document Archiving - An automatic archiving system makes document archiving largely transparent to the user. In one embodiment, documents scanned in or printed during the course of office equipment operation are automatically archived. When a document is copied, printed, or faxed, a document image is archived by the document management workstation without further user intervention. A single user command results in the document being copied and archived, printed and archived, or faxed and archived. In accordance with a first aspect, an image processing device includes a receiving means for receiving a single input, a printing means, a memory device, and a communication means for communicating with said memory device. Responsive to receiving said single input requesting the printing of a document by said receiving means, said printing means prints the document and said communication means sends image data representing said document to said memory device. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019855 | CONTENT PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINT RELAY SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A print relay system capable of connecting to an image forming apparatus and a print service system, which is provided by a vendor that publishes a unique specification for executing data communication with the image forming apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to, in response to the print service system receiving a printing instruction input by a user via a client, acquire data from the print service system according to a first specification, which is the unique specification for data communication between the print service system and a relay virtual printer, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the data acquired by the acquisition unit from the relay virtual printer to the image forming apparatus according to a second specification for executing data communication between the relay virtual printer and the image forming apparatus. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019856 | JOB TICKET CONVERSION APPARATUS AND CONVERSION METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus for converting a job ticket that designates processing by referring metadata to a job ticket that designates processing in units of pages extracts a document hierarchical structure from input content data, and extracts attached metadata in correspondence with the document hierarchical structure. The apparatus associates the extracted metadata with pages in accordance with the extracted document hierarchical structure, and converts the job ticket referring metadata to the job ticket that designates processing in units of pages, based on a result of the association. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019857 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus may include an executing unit, a cancelling unit, and a control unit to form an image on a sheet by executing a job. The executing unit interrupts a first job and executes a second job in a state that a first job is interrupted. If the executing unit executes an interrupt job, then the cancelling unit cancels sheet feed reservation of a sheet for the first job. The control unit controls to execute the second job after the cancelling unit cancels the sheet feed reservation of the sheet. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019858 | Hand-Held Device and Apparatus Management Method - A hand-held device provided with a display section including a position identifying section for identifying the position of a hand-held device; an orientation identifying section for identifying an orientation of the hand-held device; and a control section that specifies a prescribed managed apparatus located within a prescribed range of distance from a hand-held device and in a specific direction of the hand-held device, based on the pre-stored position information on one or plural managed apparatuses, and acquires the status information showing the status of the aforementioned prescribed managed apparatus to display this status information on the display section. Further, an image pick-up section is provided to capture an image in the specific direction. The control section controls the display section to display an image formed by superimposing the aforementioned status information onto the image of the prescribed managed apparatus captured by the image pick-up section. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019859 | PRINTING SYSTEM, DEVICE MANAGEMENT SERVER APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - When a print server apparatus receives a service utilization request that includes setting identification information, printing device identification information, and service provision unit identification information, the print server apparatus transmits to a device management server apparatus print setting data identified based on the setting identification information, the printing device identification information, and location information indicating a location of the service provision unit identified based on the service provision unit identification information. The device management server apparatus creates a screen for setting print setting information of a function that can be executed by the printing device based on configuration data about the printing device identified based on the printing device identification information and the print setting data, associates the location information with a predetermined object included in the screen, and transmits the screen. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019860 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that performs image formation on the basis of a plurality of pieces of image data for different colors, the pieces of the image data being generated by a higher-level device; a plurality of data storage units that receive the respective pieces of the image data transferred from the higher-level device via a plurality of first transfer paths corresponding to the respective pieces of the image data, and store therein the respective pieces of the image data; and a control unit that receives control information, which is used for controlling the image formation, from the higher-level device via a second transfer path and controls the data storage units on the basis of the control information so that the data storage units receive and storage therein the respective pieces of the image data transferred from the higher-level device. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019861 | DISPLAY OPERATION DEVICE ALLOCATING A PLURALITY OF FUNCTIONS TO A KEY, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF RECEIVING USER OPERATIONS - A display operation device has a display-integrated operation panel with a display screen, on which a monochrome copy start key and a color copy start key are displayed. When black-toner-out or color-toner-out occurs, on the monochrome copy start key and the color copy start key, another UI component such as black-toner-out key and color-toner-out key is displayed. Such a UI component is displayed at the display position of the monochrome copy start key and the color copy start key, being superposed on these keys. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019862 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus capable of displaying an operation screen based on screen information received from an external apparatus includes a storage unit, data storage unit, a transmission unit, and a control unit. The storage unit stores internal screen information for displaying an operation screen. The data storage unit stores data set via an operation screen based on received screen information. The transmission unit transmits set data to the external apparatus. When the image processing apparatus cannot receive screen information in response to transmitted data from the external apparatus, the control unit performs control to display an operation screen with the internal screen information in which the stored data is reflected. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019863 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF INFORMATION DISPLAY - An image forming apparatus includes a display having a function of editing input image data and a function of displaying page images immediately after reading in order. When a first type of instruction to change shape of an image formed on a recording medium is given, the edition is not reflected on a document display mode screen image, and when a second type of instruction to edit page by page the recording medium having images formed thereon is given, the edition is reflected on the document display mode screen image. By switching between a finish preview screen image and the document display mode screen image, the image after edition and the image immediately after reading can be compared easily. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019864 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR DETECTING PRINTERS, A CORRESPONDING COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND A CORRESPONDING COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - The invention relates to a method and to an arrangement for detecting printers that can be used by means of a wireless connection, a corresponding computer program, and a corresponding computer-readable storage medium that can be used in particular for printing in WLAN or Bluetooth environments. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019865 | CONTENT PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINT RELAY SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A print relay system includes a receiving unit configured to receive, from an image forming apparatus, a request for registering information about the image forming apparatus to a print service, a generation unit configured to, in response to the receiving unit receiving the request, generate a relay virtual printer corresponding to the image forming apparatus that has transmitted the request, and a request unit configured to request the print service to register identification information for identifying the relay virtual printer. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019866 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINT JOB CONVERSION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - To improve work efficiency and reduce work costs, automatic transmission/reception and conversion of a print job can be performed (without requiring manual work) among plural printing systems having different functions. An information processing apparatus, connected to plural printing systems, can create a job ticket for a second system based on a job ticket and content data for a first system and device function information for the second system. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019867 | INDENTIFYING PRINTERS - In some implementations, an indication of a desire to print a file is received. In response, contextual information about multiple different printers is accessed, and measures of perceived appropriateness for printing the file with individual ones of the printers are generated based on the context of the print request and the accessed contextual information about the printers. Thereafter, identifying information for a subset of less than all of the printers and relative indications of the measures of the perceived appropriateness for printing the file with individual printers within the subset of printers are provided. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120026535 | CONTROLLING AN IMAGING DEVICE WITH A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A method for scanning and printing using an imaging device with a wireless communication device is disclosed. A web method call that directs the imaging device to scan a document is transmitted based on user input. The entire scanned document is received and stored from the imaging device. The scanned document retains original formatting from the imaging device and is not stored on a third party server. A document that is entirely stored on the wireless communication device is directly transmitted to the imaging device. The document is not stored on a third party server and is in a format natively supported by the imaging device. A web method call that directs the imaging device to print the document is transmitted based on user input. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026536 | METHODS AND STRUCTURE FOR SIMPLIFIED ENTERPRISE PRINTING FROM MOBILE DEVICES - Methods and structure for flexible printing of documents from a mobile device in a printing enterprise. The mobile device is coupled with a remote print server through a public network and coupled with one or more printers of the enterprise through a private network. The mobile device serves as an intermediate device such that the printer is not connected directly to the remote print server. A user of the mobile device identifies a document to be printed and sends information relating to the identified document over the public network to the remote print server. The server renders the document and returns the rendered document to the mobile device that, in turn, transmits the rendered document to the printer over the private network to cause the document to be printed. Further, the user may select the printer by physically locating a preferred printer (in close proximity and/or equipped/configured as desired). | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026537 | ROAMING PRINTING - A method of printing a document is described. The method comprises a workstation generating and storing print job data for a document, the workstation assigning ID information to the print job data, the user inputting the assigned ID information at a chosen printing device, the printing device transmitting a print job data request signal to the workstation, and the workstation transmitting the print job data to the printing device. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026538 | COMMUNICATION CONTROLLING METHOD, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A method to control a communication device to communicate with a first external device in a first communication method and with a second external device in a second communication method is provided. The method includes steps of determining prior to communicating in the first communication method whether the communication device is under an ongoing communication session in the second communication method, executing one of switching the communication methods in the communication device from the second communication method to the first communication method when the communication device is not under any ongoing communication session in the second communication method and maintaining the second communication method set in the communication device when the communication device is under an ongoing communication session, and communicating with the first external device in the first communication method after switching the communication methods from the second communication method to the first communication method. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026539 | SERVER FOR RELAYING PRINT JOB - A first command receiving unit receives a first command from the printer when a user performs a first operation on the printer for executing printing. A printer recognizing unit recognizes the printer as a first printer that is waiting for a print job based on the first command. A file request receiving unit receives a file request from the terminal device. A first file transmitting unit transmits a first file to the terminal device when the file request receiving unit has received the file request. A first file is a file for displaying on the terminal device a printer specifying screen which includes printer identification information for identifying the first printer. A second command receiving unit receives a second command from the terminal device. A second command is transmitted from the terminal device when the first printer is specified on the printer specifying screen. A job transmitting unit transmits the print job to the first printer specified by the terminal device when the second command receiving unit has received the second command. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026540 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - Provided is a data processing method that is capable of high-speed processing without using a large cache memory, while correlating 2-dimensional parameters with a plurality of data without damaging the arrangement rule. Therefore, when there is a continuing M-line parameter after a previously read M-line parameter in a 2-dimensional table that is stored in an external memory | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026541 | PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND PRINT PREVIEW METHOD - This invention makes it possible to match the size of a preview image on a display device and that of an image printed on paper upon preview display of a print image. This invention is made in consideration of the fact that individual display devices which display preview images have unique resolutions. According to this invention, in displaying a preview image, the resolution of a display device used is recognized, preview data is generated in accordance with the resolution of the display device, and the preview data is displayed. This makes it possible to display a preview image with the same size as the print size on the display device. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026542 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM - A printing system includes a plurality of print data generation units that shares content serving as print source data and generates print data, a storage unit configured to store generated print data in a storage of the server in the generated order, an inquiry unit that periodically inquires whether print data is stored in the server, a document generation unit that, when there is an inquiry and generated print data is stored in the server, generates a document including a storage location of the print data, an analysis unit that receives the document from the server and analyzes information contained in the document, and a print control unit that, when a first page number of the print data analyzed and a last page number of print data already acquired by the printing apparatus are continuous, acquires the print data from the analyzed storage location and print the acquired print data. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026543 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - Provided is an image processing apparatus previously storing information in which an executable output process is associated with a region on an image on which the output process is to be performed, and executing the processes of acquiring a first image, discriminating whether or not the executable output process has been performed on the first image by determining the region on the first image associated with the executable output process, and determining the executable output process discriminated as having been performed on the first image, as a setting for the output process on a second image different from the first image. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026544 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A high-quality image reproducibility is realized by appropriately evaluating a screen processing result and controlling the screen processing. An image processing apparatus includes a first screen processing unit for performing screen processing on input image data using first screen information, an evaluation unit for acquiring an evaluation value of a processing result of the first screen processing unit based on a difference between a low-frequency component of the processing result of the first screen processing unit and a low-frequency component of the input image data, a setting unit for setting screen information acquired by performing calculation using the first screen information and second screen information that is different from the first screen information, according to an evaluation value of a processing result of the first screen processing unit, and a second screen processing unit for performing screen processing on the input image data using the set screen information. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026545 | PRINT CONTROL DEVICE, PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROVIDING INFORMATION IN PRINTING APPARATUS - A controller includes an information transferring unit in a main control unit. A mechanical controller transmits device state information at predetermined time intervals. The information transferring unit performs some processing on the device state information received from the mechanical controller as necessary and stores the information in a second storage unit. Upon receiving a device state acquisition command from a host control unit, the information transferring unit transmits device state information read out from the second storage unit to the host control unit as a response to the device state acquisition command. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026546 | PRINT CONTROL DEVICE, PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINT CONTROL METHOD FOR PRINTING APPARATUS - Controllers on the master and slave sides each perform an ink cartridge checking process and transmit a detection result, for example “NG”, obtained though the ink cartridge checking process to the other controller. Furthermore, the same ink cartridge checking process is performed in the other controller and the detection result thereof, for example “OK” is transmitted to the first controller. A mechanical control unit merges (combines) the respective detection results and if at least one of the results is NG, a merged result of NG is obtained. In the case of NG, this fact is transmitted to a host control unit and if YES is selected in a Y/N display, the error is cleared. On the other hand, in the case of a merged result of OK, an ink cartridge OK state notification is issued to a mechanical controller. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026547 | FILE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A method for controlling a host apparatus is provided by the present invention. When the host apparatus receives a sending message from a mobile device, the sending message is scanned by the host apparatus, so as to determine whether or not a requirement command is attached into the sending message. Wherein, a file is attached into the sending message. If the requirement command is attached into the sending message, the method would identify the requirement command. When the requirement command is a print requirement command, the method would make the host apparatus driving a printer connected to the host apparatus to print the file. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026548 | PRINT SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD THEREOF - A print system according to the present invention includes an information processing apparatus including a Web browser, an application server including a Web application to be used via the Web browser, and a printer. The print system includes a transmission unit that, if the Web browser included in the information processing apparatus receives print data generated by the Web application and receives a print execution instruction, transmits the print data to the printer. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026549 | IMAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, IMAGE OUTPUT APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR SECURITY ENHANCEMENT - Disclosed herein is an image management system including an image output apparatus and a server. The image output apparatus includes an obtaining unit to obtain user information when the image data is output, a history storage unit to accumulate and store the user information which is obtained by the obtaining unit and the image data which is output as history information, a history transfer unit to transfer the history information which is stored in the history storage unit to the server, and a deletion unit to delete the history information which is transferred by the history transfer unit from the history storage unit. The server includes a receiving unit to receive the history information which is transferred from the image output apparatus, and a history management unit to accumulate and store the history information which is received by the receiving unit. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026550 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus has a plurality of emitters that emit light onto a manuscript surface in a light quantity that is the synthesized light quantity of light emitted from the plurality of emitters. In the image reading apparatus, determination on the abnormality of a reference white data level value at the time of turning on a power supply is carried out through comparison between the reference white data level value with a predetermined absolute value. A normal reference white data level value is stored in a first storing unit, while a comparison white data level value detected at the time of manuscript reading operation is stored in a second storing unit. Then, a differential between the level values stored in the first and second storing units is calculated, and an abnormality determining unit compares the differential with a predetermined threshold to detect the abnormality of an emitter. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026551 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - To enable printing using an arbitrary type of printer without functional limitation by a user merely specifying the printer to be used from the provided printers. When executing print processing with a virtual printer driver | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120033248 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A REMOTE JOB SUBMISSION ACCELERATOR REPORT IN A MULTI-FUNCTION DEVICE - A system and method for generating a remote job submission accelerator report with respect to a network multi-function device. A multi-function device can be configured to receive a job from a mobile communication device via a submission path. A text representation with respect to the submission path and a spatial representation with respect to the text representation can be automatically generated. An accelerator report can be generated based on the text representation and the spatial representation and the report can be added to a cover page of the job. Such an approach effectively enables client-less job submission with respect to the multi-function device. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120033249 | Trigger-activated Contextual User Session Recording - Embodiments of the disclosed technology include a method and device for obtaining screenshots of active windows of a video output based upon non-printable keyboard input and/or a change in active window. Upon such a still image being obtained, printable text characters entered between the time of a prior-taken still image (or since the method began to be carried out) and the time of the still image gleaning, are associated with the still image. The printable text is searchable, with results returning a still image. Such a method can be used to view the operation of a remote computer via still images of its video output, or the like. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120033250 | VIRTUAL PRINTING CURRENCY FOR PROMOTING ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR OF DEVICE USERS - A system and method for promoting environmental behavior by device users are provided. The method includes allocating “green” points to each of a plurality of users. A job request, such as a print job request, is received from one of the users. A cost in points is computed for executing the job request, based on a formula which is designed to promote environmental behavior by the user. The user's allocated points are reduced by the computed cost when the job is performed. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120033251 | Image forming apparatus, and computer program product for image forming - An image forming apparatus includes a receiving unit; a data saving unit; a drawing data generating unit; a log storage unit that stores a processing log; an image forming unit; and a data management unit. The data management unit, when the print job is analyzed as a time designated print job; causes the data generating unit to generate the drawing data; causes the data saving unit to save the drawing data; that, when analyzed printing being enabled at the designated print time, causes the image forming unit to perform image formation based on the drawing data and causes the log storage unit to store therein a processing log; and that, when printing is analyzed as disabled at the designated print time, performs processing corresponding to a print disabled state preset and causes the log storage unit to store therein a processing log about the processing. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120033252 | Information Processing Apparatus, Bookbinding Printing Method, and Computer-Readable Medium - An information processing apparatus comprises: a data determination unit configured to determine, using first received data as a reference, whether to add another received data to processing in a single job; a size determination unit configured, when the data determination unit determines to add the other received data in a bookbinding mode in which a plurality of bound products are generated by a single job, to regard, as single tentative image data, a plurality of image data which are generated from different received data and laid out on a single sheet of paper, and to determine whether the single tentative image data fits in the sheet of paper; and a job generation unit configured to generate a job for at least one received data corresponding to image data contained in the single tentative image data determined by the size determination unit to fit in the sheet of paper. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120033253 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus connected to a print apparatus via a network, comprises: receiving unit configured to receive a plurality of jobs; determination unit configured to determine a priority level of each of the plurality of jobs in an order in which jobs are sent to the print apparatus, based on information of a post-processing step which corresponds to each of the plurality of jobs and is performed after the plurality of jobs are printed by the print apparatus; and sending unit configured to send the plurality of jobs to the print apparatus in accordance with the priority levels in which jobs are sent, which are determined by the determination unit. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120033254 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, OUTPUT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus may include a conversion unit, a transmission unit, and an instruction unit. The conversion unit acquires document data from a document management apparatus in response to a conversion request transmitted from an external device in a case where it is detected that a predetermined document operation is performed on the document data and converts the acquired document data into print data to be used by an image forming apparatus to output the document data. The transmission unit transmits to the image forming apparatus the print data converted from the document data by the conversion unit. The instruction unit instructs the image forming apparatus to output document data transmitted from the transmission unit in response to an output request transmitted from the external device in a case where it is detected that an output operation of outputting the document data is performed. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120033255 | DISPLAY INPUT DEVICE CAPABLE OF INVOKING PROGRAM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME, AND DISPLAY METHOD FOR DISPLAY INPUT DEVICE CAPABLE OF INVOKING PROGRAM - Provided is a display input device including: an input portion for receiving: a designation input for designating a setting screen to be displayed by a program; a job execution start input for starting a job; and a re-invocation input for re-invoking the same program as the executed program; and a control portion for causing, when the program is re-invoked by means of the re-invocation input and the job execution start input, a display portion to display a setting screen that is subsequent, in display order of the program, to the setting screen for which the designation input has been made. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120033256 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, JOB PROCESSING SYSTEM, JOB TRANSMISSION PATH CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - An information processing apparatus that is capable of determining a transmission path of a job when a job processing apparatus executes the job that is transmitted from a server. The information processing apparatus is connected to the server by a first connection configuration. A determination unit determines whether a connection configuration between the information processing apparatus and the job processing apparatus is a second connection configuration that is different from the first connection configuration. A check unit checks whether the job processing apparatus is connected to the server by the first connection configuration when the connection configuration between the information processing apparatus and the job processing apparatus is the second connection configuration. An instruction unit instructs the server on either of first transmission that transmits the job to the job processing apparatus and second transmission that transmits the job to the information processing apparatus according to the check result. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120033257 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHODS THEREOF AND STORAGE MEDIA - An information processing apparatus that enables generation of an extended setting User Interface (UI) adapted to various classes devices including a device having low display capability and a device having a WEB browser. The information processing apparatus is connected to an image forming apparatus via a network. A function included in the image forming apparatus is discriminated based on processing capability information. Screen information used for setting an extended function is generated depending on the discriminated function. Extended setting information inputted through a screen displayed on the image forming apparatus based on the generated screen information is received. Image processing based on contents of the received extended setting information is applied to print data received from the image forming apparatus. The image processed print data is transmitted to the image forming apparatus. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120033258 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - According to the present invention, an external device presents a display instruction for displaying information about application installed on an image processing apparatus together with screen information to the image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus generates screen information for displaying the information about the application installed therein based on the received display instruction and the screen information, and displays an operation screen based on the screen information. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120033259 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a web relay unit and, in a case where a file input field exists in screen information acquired from a web service provided by the web server capable of communicating via a network, the web relay unit extracts a file downloaded from another web service which can collaborate with the web service from a storage device, converts the file input field included in the screen information into a selection box, and transmits, to the web browser, screen information in which the extracted file is set to the option of the selection box. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120033260 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus configured to display a screen using information acquired from a server apparatus includes a recording unit configured to record acquisition destination information for acquiring the information from the server apparatus, a receiving unit configured to receive, from the sever apparatus, a logoff notification indicating that a user has logged off the server apparatus, and a deletion unit configured to delete the recorded acquisition destination information in response to the receiving unit receiving the logoff notification. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120033261 | TERMINAL DEVICE - A terminal device may be configured to perform a first sending process for sending a first type of data to an external device. The terminal device may be configured to perform a second sending process for sending a second type of data to the external device. The terminal device may be configured to measure time related to a period of duration of the second sending process. The terminal device may continues to perform the first sending process until sending all of the first type of data is completed. The terminal device may continue to perform the second sending process until the time elapses first predetermined time and cancel to perform the second sending process when the time elapses the first predetermined time even if sending all of the second type of data has not been completed. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120033262 | CONTROLLING DEVICE MOUNTED ON PORTABLE TYPE TERMINAL DEVICE - A portable type terminal device may switch between a first state in which a specific image is shown in a display such that an up-down direction of the specific image is along a first direction, and a second state in which the specific image is shown in the display such that the up-down direction of the specific image is along a second direction. A controlling device mounted on the portable type terminal device may create print data for causing a printer to perform a first type of a print in both of a first case where a print of the specific image is instructed in the first state and a second case where the print of the specific image is instructed in the second state. In the first type of the print, the left-right direction of the specific image may be along a short side of a print medium. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120038944 | WIRELESS LOCATION BASED RENDERING JOB DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A wireless location based rendering job delivery system and method. An account with respect to a remote recipient can be subscribed to a globally accessible network cloud and GPS location data with respect to the remote recipient can be transmitted to the network cloud via a mobile communication device. A rendering job including job metadata with respect to a submitter can be transmitted to the network cloud and a list of recipients capable of receiving the rendering job in the network cloud can be provided. The rendering job metadata can be matched along with the recipient GPS location data to determine an appropriate print center in order to submit the rendering job. The rendering job can then be delivered to the recipient based on the location data thereby maintaining complete privacy. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038945 | ELECTRONIC SYSTEM - An electronic system comprises a mobile device for sending a file; a server group for receiving the file from the mobile device; and a printer electrically coupled to the server group. The server group comprises an email server and a printing server. The mobile device sends the file as an email to the email server of the server group. The printing server has a scanning driver and a printing driver installed therein such that the printing server employs the scanning driver to scan the email for determining whether printing the file, and employs the printing driver to drive the printer for printing the file if the file should be printed. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038946 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - With respect to position candidates E and D where an image forming apparatus A is arranged, movement distances of the respective users in the position candidate E and the position candidate D are experimentally calculated based on use results of the users B and C. The side having a smaller sum value is calculated as the position candidate that can minimize the burden of necessary movement for all the users. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038947 | PRINTING DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - A printing device is capable of modifying a displayed operation menu. The printing device includes printing unit configured to print on a recording medium and a display unit in communication with the printing unit. The display unit is configured to display operation information thereon. The printing device further includes an operation unit configured to allow a user to input a user instruction onto the display unit; and a control unit configured to control the display unit to display an operation menu with a plurality of levels, each of the plurality of levels having a plurality of items, and further configured to change the display of an item of the plurality of items based on the user instruction. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038948 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRINTING TARGET FILES IN MOBILE TERMINAL - A method and system for printing a file are provided. A mobile terminal may detect at least one accessible printer via a wireless communication, and a printer corresponding to a user's printing request may perform a printing desired by a user. Additionally, in response to the user's printing request, printing may be performed by a printer having a strongest wireless signal strength, a printer for supporting a printing type desired by the user, a printer having a smallest number of currently processed tasks, a printer having a highest printing speed, a printer having a model name or identification information related to a keyword of the user, a printer located closest to a mobile terminal, and a printer selected by the user. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038949 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF THE SAME - According to one embodiment, an image data bus transmits image data output from a first section to a second section. A controller adds data for inspection to the image data output from the first section, extracts the data for inspection from the image data received by the second section, and when the extracted data for inspection does not match with predetermined data for inspection, determines that the image data bus is abnormal. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038950 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus including: a job reception section which accepts a job to output an image; a job execution section which executes the job accepted by the job reception section and outputs the image; and a control section which, in cases where the job accepted by the job reception section is a job which requires an approval for outputting the image, makes the job under an approval waiting state, and transmits an approval request notice requiring the approval of an approver for outputting the image by the job, and in cases of receiving an approval notice indicating the approval, switches whether to execute a first execution operation that automatically executes the job, or to execute a second execution operation that executes the job after receiving an execution instruction operation, according to an attribute of the job. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038951 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING WITH AN RFID TRANSPONDER - A system having a UHF RFID transceiver is adapted to communicate exclusively with a single electro-magnetically coupled transponder located in a predetermined confined transponder operating region. The system includes a near field coupling device comprising a plurality of lines connected in parallel with an unmatched load. The near field coupling device may be formed, for example on a printed circuit board with a plurality of electrically interconnected traces and a ground plane. The system establishes, at predetermined transceiver power levels, a mutual electro-magnetic coupling which is selective exclusively for a single transponder located in a defined transponder operating region. Also included are methods for selective communication with the transponder in an apparatus such as a printer-encoder. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120044519 | NETWORK SCANNER OVERIDE OPTIONS IN A DSM ENVIRONMENT - The systems and method herein provide a design logic that extends Distributed Scan Management (DSM) by integrating the scan setting features of a network scanner with DSM and enhances DSM by providing a means for quickly locating Post Scan Processes (PSP) based on specified search criteria. In this regard, a network scanner is controllable via the PSPs of a DSM protocol. A user interface of the network scanner is operable to receive login information associated with a user that is used to grant access to one or more of the PSPs. The network scanner also includes a storage module operable to store scanner software instructions that direct a processor to determine whether the one or more accessed PSPs have settings that are overrideable and present the one or more accessed PSPs to the user for selection. The user may then override settings of a selected PSP via the user interface. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044520 | METHODS AND STRUCTURE FOR IMPROVED PRESENTATION OF JOB STATUS IN A PRINT SERVER - Methods and associated structure for displaying the status of a plurality of print jobs using a graphical user interface to present a broad overview of the status of the print jobs. Status information regarding the plurality of print jobs is received from one or more print servers. The status of each job is analyzed to associate a top-level category with each job and a status sub-category with each job. A graphical object is presented to the user to represent each of the top-level categories and each of the sub-categories within each top-level category. A count of the number of jobs associated with each graphical object may be presented to the user as a number associated with the graphical object. The graphical objects may be color-coded to indicate the level of operator intervention (if any) required for the print jobs associated with the corresponding top-level category or sub-category. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044521 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image processing device includes a body that has a first connection portion and a second connection portion inside the body; an image processing board that is electrically connected to the first connection portion, the image processing board performing image processing; a functional board that is disposed so as to cover a part of the image processing board on one side of the image processing board; a side panel attached to the image processing board at a position opposite to the first connection portion, the side panel being a part of a side surface of the body; and an extension board disposed so as to cover another part of the image processing board on the same side as the functional board with respect to the image processing board, the extension board being electrically connected to the second connection portion and independently attachable to and removable from the image processing board. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044522 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SETTING WIRELESS LAN THEREOF - A method and apparatus for setting up a wireless LAN. The method includes receiving a packet, which informs a user that a WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) button of an access point is operated, from the access point; activating a button provided in an image forming apparatus as a WPS button; selecting a button activated as the WPS button; and if the button activated as the WPS button is selected, establishing a wireless network with the access point. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044523 | Image forming system for printing contents of widget application executed in terminal - An image forming system to print contents of a widget application executed in a terminal, including: the terminal to display a widget screen by executing the widget application, to display content of which a preview is requested in the displayed widget screen, and to request printing of the displayed content; a widget server to receive raw data of the content from the outside and to process the received raw data to preview data or print data; and an image forming device to print the content in response to a print request of the content. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044524 | Host device and control method thereof and control method of image forming apparatus - A host device is configured to upload a message informing of a status of the image forming apparatus to a network service which allows users to share messages on a website. This allows an administrator of the image forming apparatus device to manage the image forming apparatus, irrespective of time and place, by simply accessing the website of a service server providing the network service, which enables more efficient management of the image forming apparatus. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044525 | INFORMATION-DISPLAYING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD - To facilitate visual identification of a guidance image for setup work or maintenance work for a printer. A content delivery system comprises a server, a printer, and a mobile terminal. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044526 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PROCESSING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A printing apparatus encodes masks used for thinning out print data when performing multi-pass printing and provided in correspondence with passes, and stores the encoded masks in a memory. The printing apparatus includes an assignment unit that assigns different codes with respect to pixels that indicate dot-on and are held in the masks provided in correspondence with the passes, depending on for which pass of mask processing the masks are used, and an encoding unit that generates, using the different codes, index data indicating pixels that indicate dot-on and are held in the masks corresponding to the passes, and generates encoded data by encoding the index data. Here, the encoding unit determines an assignment relationship in which the different codes are assigned to the passes by the assignment unit such that the encoded data is smaller than the data size of original masks, and generates the encoded data. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044527 | Apparatus and Method for Controlled Ethernet Switching - Methods, devices, and computer-readable media related to use of a scanner device and access node to repair a device-under-repair are disclosed. The first and second connections can utilize a first communication protocol (e.g., Ethernet or Bluetooth) and the third connection can utilize a different second communication protocol (e.g., OBD-II). In response to receiving a first communication addressed to a first address, the first communication can be sent from the scanner device via the second connection. In response to receiving a second communication addressed to a second address, where the first address differs from the second address, the second communication can be converted to conform to the second communication protocol and the converted second communication can be sent from the scanner device via the third connection. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044528 | Material Printing System for Distributing Updated Meeting Material to Participants - A material printing system includes a reference setting unit for setting any given version of material data as reference material data, among plural versions of material data concerning a particular meeting, in accordance with a user's instruction, a printing history search unit for obtaining a printing history of material data concerning the particular meeting for a participant in the particular meeting, and an operation unit for calculating the difference between material data printed by a participant in the particular meeting and the reference material data concerning the particular meeting, and a printing unit for printing differential data corresponding to the difference. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044529 | PROCESSING ORDER DETERMINING APPARATUS, PROCESSING ORDER DETERMINING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH PROCESSING ORDER DETERMINING PROGRAM - A processing order determining apparatus for managing delivery deadlines of jobs includes: a setting portion to set, for each of the jobs, two or more process steps, a process step order according to which the two or more process steps are to be executed, operators who are in charge of the respective process steps, and a delivery deadline; a remaining period calculating portion to calculate a remaining period for each of the jobs, on the basis of a period up to the delivery deadline and an expected processing period which is a sum of processing times for uncompleted process steps included therein; a job allocating portion to allocate each of the jobs to an operator who is in charge of a first uncompleted process step included therein; and a processing order determining portion to determine, for each operator, the order of one or more process target jobs in each of which the operator is in charge of a first uncompleted process step, the order being set in ascending order of the remaining period calculated for each of the process target jobs. The processing order determining portion includes a selecting portion to select one of the process target jobs that has not been assigned a rank yet and for which the calculated remaining period is the shortest, a rank assigning portion to assign a rank to the selected process target job, an updating portion to update the remaining period of each of outstanding process target jobs which have not been assigned ranks yet, to a value obtained by subtracting therefrom a process step processing time for the process step which is included in the process target job that has been assigned the rank and which is to be performed by the operator, and a rank changing portion, in the case where the process target jobs that have not been assigned ranks yet include a process target job whose updated remaining period takes a negative value, to assign the same rank as the one that had been assigned to the selected process target job to the process target job whose remaining period takes a negative value, and to cancel the rank that had been assigned to the selected process target job. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044530 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, POSTPROCESSING APPARATUS, OPTION APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND CONTROLLER - An image forming system including an image forming apparatus, which is configured to form an image on a sheet according to an input print job, and a plurality of postprocessing apparatuses, which is configured to execute postprocessing on a sheet discharged from the image forming apparatus, includes a supply unit configured to supply the plurality of postprocessing apparatuses with a signal, which instructs a batch power supply to the plurality of postprocessing apparatuses, and a control unit configured, after the plurality of postprocessing apparatuses have been powered on by the supply unit instructing the batch power supply, to discontinue a power supply to a second postprocessing apparatus, which is connected further downstream of a first postprocessing apparatus provided most downstream in a direction of conveying the sheet in the input print job, of the plurality of postprocessing apparatuses. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044531 | SETTING INFORMATION REGISTRATION APPARATUS, SETTING INFORMATION REGISTRATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A setting information registration apparatus is provided with: a determiner which determines the target among a plurality of first image processing apparatuses connected to the setting information registration apparatus via a network and the target among setting information objects registered on the target first image processing apparatus; a setting information obtainer which obtains the target setting information object from the target first image processing apparatus; an additional information obtainer which obtains an additional information object which is associated with the target setting information object, from the target first image processing apparatus; and a register which associates the target setting information object obtained by the setting information obtainer and the additional information object obtained by the additional information obtainer with each other, and registers them on a second image processing apparatus via the network. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044532 | MANAGEMENT DEVICE, FILE SERVER SYSTEM, EXECUTION METHOD AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - A file server system including: a plurality of calculation nodes configured to execute jobs by using files; a primary file server configured to store the files related to the jobs; a plurality of secondary file servers configured to store a part of the files of the primary file server; a load state management unit configured to manage load states of the secondary file servers; a selector configured to select a secondary file server that is in a state of the lowest load among the secondary file servers, when the jobs to be executed are assigned; and an assignment management unit configured to assign the jobs to be executed to the secondary file server selected by the selecting unit. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044533 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, PROCESSING METHOD THEREFOR AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus requests a server apparatus selected from a first server apparatus and a second server apparatus to transmit image data, and after the request for the facsimile transmission, determines whether the requested facsimile transmission is completed. If the image processing apparatus determines that the requested facsimile transmission is not completed, it requests a server apparatus different from the selected server apparatus to execute the facsimile transmission. When the facsimile transmission becomes unavailable after receiving the request for the facsimile transmission, the server apparatus determines whether the requested facsimile transmission is completed by another server apparatus in response to a recovery from the unavailable status. If the server apparatus determines that the requested facsimile transmission is completed by another server apparatus, it cancels the requested facsimile transmission. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044534 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORED WITH PRINTER DRIVER UPDATING PROGRAM AND PRINTER DRIVER UPDATING METHOD - The printer driver updating program according to the invention causes a computer to execute a process comprising steps of confirming printer drivers for various different operating systems existing in the computer, acquiring versions of the printer drivers whose existences are confirmed, selecting an appropriate updating method corresponding to the acquired versions, and updating the printer driver according to the selected updating method. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044535 | MEDIA ROLL MANAGEMENT - A system and method for media roll management. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044536 | WIRELESS PRINTER CONFIGURATION MODULE - A printer comprises a print mechanism and a wireless communication module including a wireless transceiver and a configuration module. The configuration module is adapted to electronically query at least one available wireless device to determine at least one wireless security parameter of the at least one available wireless device and to receive a response from the queried at least one available wireless device, via the wireless transceiver, for configuring the printer for wireless association in a wireless computing network including the at least one available wireless device. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044537 | PRINT SYSTEM AND PRINTER DEVICE FACILITATING REUSE OF PRINT DATA - A print system includes a communication path, a client device which transmits print data to said communication path, a host device connected to said communication path, and a printer device which prints the print data after receiving the print data from said client device via said communication path, and automatically sends the print data together with printer output information to said host device via said communication path, said printer output information including keywords for identifying said print data. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044538 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRINTING VIA VIRTUAL MACHINES - A system and method of printing via virtual machines is disclosed. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120057189 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRACKING THE STATUS OF A REMOTE RENDERING JOB - A system and method for tracking a remote rendering job status within a network. A rendering job in association with address information of a desired rendering device can be transmitted to a mobile print server via a print job submission tool. A tracking email message including one or more action links with respect to the rendering job can be presented to a user in order to track the status of the rendering job. A command can be transmitted back to the mobile print server via an email message by accessing the action link provided in association with the tracking email message. Such an approach provides an effective print governance solution in a wide range of remote rendering applications. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120057190 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CORRELATING ATTEMPTED RENDERING JOB WITH ACTUAL RENDERING JOB - An automated system and method for correlating an attempted rendering job with an actual rendering job. A print governance application can be configured with a set of predefined rendering rules in order to manage a rendering job behavior. A rendering policy log data and a rendering job tracking data can be retrieved from a database associated with the print governance application. The policy log data and the job tracking data can be correlated in order to retrieve matched records based on a predefined criterion utilizing a correlation algorithm. A report can be visually generated by analyzing the matched records in order to determine impact of print governance in an enterprise environment. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120057191 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED HANDLING OF DOCUMENT PROCESSING WORKLOAD - A system for controlling flow of a plurality of raw print jobs from at least one user to at least one printer in a print-shop, the system including: a print job queue adapted to received the plurality of raw print jobs; a controller adapted to monitor the plurality of raw print jobs; an estimation module comprising at least one of an estimated execution time module and an estimated network overhead module, wherein the estimation module is adapted to estimate a time to process each of the plurality of raw print jobs and the estimated network overhead module is adapted to estimate a time to transmit each of the plurality of raw print jobs to an external cloud and receive each of the plurality of raw print jobs from the external cloud; a scheduler adapted to transmit each of the plurality of raw print jobs to the external cloud or the internal cloud based upon at least one of the time to process each of the plurality of raw print jobs and the time to transmit each of the plurality of raw print jobs to the external cloud and to receive each of the plurality of raw print jobs from the external cloud, wherein the external and internal clouds are each adapted to process the plurality of raw print jobs to a plurality of processed print jobs; and, a print ready queue adapted to receive the plurality of processed print jobs and to send the plurality of processed print jobs to a printer. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120057192 | Universal Facsimile Engine - A facsimile apparatus includes a user interface operative to facilitate communications between the apparatus and at least one user application in operative communication with the apparatus, and a network interface operative to facilitate communications between the apparatus and at least one of a plurality of communications networks coupled to the apparatus. The apparatus further includes a controller connected to the user interface and network interface. The controller is operative in a first mode to communicate with a first one of the communications networks using a first protocol and is operative in at least a second mode to communicate with a second one of the communications networks using a second protocol. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120057193 | ANONYMOUS PRINTER REGISTRATION IN A CLOUD-BASED PRINT SERVICE - A print server may include an anonymous printer registration module configured to receive, at a cloud print service, a registration request from a printer over a network and return a registration response to the printer over the network. The anonymous printer registration module may include a claim code provider configured to provide a claim code included within the registration response to the printer over the network, wherein the printer is configured to provide the claim code to a user of the printer, and a printer matcher configured to receive the claim code from the user over the network and match a user account of the user within the cloud print service with the printer, in response to the receipt of the claim code from the user. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120057194 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There are provided an information processing system which constructs an operation screen using data present in an information processing apparatus without transmitting the data to a server apparatus when the server apparatus provides the operation screen of the information processing apparatus, and a control method thereof. To accomplish this, in the information processing system, when a Web server constructs the operation screen of an external application using data stored in an MFP, only storage destination information of the data is transmitted/received between the Web server and the MFP without transmitting/receiving the data. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120057195 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - Embodiments described herein are directed to an image forming apparatus and an image forming method. The image forming apparatus includes a feeding mechanism, an image forming unit, and a control unit. The feeding mechanism is configured to feed a recording medium. The image forming unit is configured to form an image on the recording medium. The control unit is configured to calculate a duty cycle for a print data unit and control the image forming unit to form the image based on the calculated duty cycle, thereby reducing electrical power consumption for forming the image. The image forming method includes generating, if the duty cycle for the print data unit is greater than a predetermined value, a culling mask pattern, converting image data of the print data unit with the culling mask pattern, and forming the image using the converted image data in the recording medium. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120057196 | Terminal Device Connected to a Network, A Printing System Including the Terminal Device, and a Control Method of the Terminal Device - A terminal device connected to a network, acquires address information of a printing device connected to the network in first communication protocol, determines whether or not the printing device is capable of recovering from a power-saving mode via WOL, registers the acquired address information into a storage area on a permanent basis, if the relevant printing device is determined to be capable of recovering via WOL, and then transmits a status inquiry packet of the relevant printing device determined to be capable of recovering via WOL in second communication protocol that allows the relevant printing device to respond to the status inquiry packet without recovering from the power-saving mode, using the address information registered into the storage area on a permanent basis. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120057197 | PRINTING SYSTEM, SERVER DEVICE, PRINTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a printing system including a printing device and a server device is disclosed. The printing device includes a memory unit configured to store usage information. Further, the server device includes a communications unit configured to communicate with the printing device; an aggregation unit configured to obtain the usage information from the printing device via the communications unit and aggregate the obtained usage information; and a recommendation information generation unit configured to generate recommendation information for the printing device based on the usage information aggregated by the aggregation unit and provide the recommendation information to the printing device via the communications unit. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120057198 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a determination unit configured to determine whether a repetitive object is appropriate for being measured for density correction, a decision unit configured to decide, from pages including the repetitive object determined as appropriate for being measured for the density correction, a plurality of measurement pages to be measured for the density correction and a measurement position in the measurement pages, a measurement unit configured to measure density of the measurement position in the printed measurement pages, and a density correction unit configured to perform the density correction according to the measured density in the measurement pages for a page different from the measurement pages. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120057199 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, SERVER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming system includes a smart device, a server, and an image forming apparatus. The server receives print client information from the smart device, advertises the print client information to the image forming apparatus, receives a print job from the smart device, and registers the print job in association with the print client information. The image forming apparatus receives the print client information advertised by the server, displays a first operation component associated with a print client identifier obtained from the print client information, obtains print job information of the print job from the server based on the print client identifier when the first operation component is selected, displays a second operation component associated with the print job information, obtains the print job from the server based on the print job information when the second operation component is selected, and executes the print job. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120057200 | PRINTER - A printer includes a loading unit configured to load a first printing medium including IC tags, which are data-readable/writable by wireless connection, and a printing surface formed on one side of the first printing medium. A conveying unit of the printer conveys the first printing medium, which is being drawn from the loader, along a conveyance path. A wireless reader/writer of the printer is configured to read/write data from/on the IC tags by wireless data communication between the IC tags provided in the first printing medium in the course of conveying the first printing medium. A control unit of the printer, at a point of time when printing on the first printing medium is completed, controls the wireless reader/writer to write information on the number of printing media printed on an IC tag included in a second printing medium subsequent to the first printing medium. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120057201 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - Disclosed is an image forming system including a series tandem configuration in which a plurality of image forming apparatuses are linked and the plurality of image forming apparatuses each form an image of a different printing face to perform a job, the system including: a storage section which is provided in each of the image forming apparatuses and which stores job data and image data regarding all pages of the job; and a control section which is provided in each of the image forming apparatuses, and which reads out job data and image data of an already performed job from the storage section, and performs control of performing the job again based on the read out job data and image data. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120057202 | DISTRIBUTION PROCESSING METHOD, DISTRIBUTION PROCESSING DEVICE, PRINT DATA PROCESSING METHOD, PRINT DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Data output from an existing application to specific devices can be easily distributed to plural devices. A method of distributing device-specific data output from an application on a computer that executes a specific process according to an application and has two or more communication ports causes the computer to execute a step of acquiring device-specific data output by an executed program to one specific communication port at the operating system kernel layer before the device-specific data is received at the communication port; and a step of analyzing the device-specific data acquired at the application layer, determines the device to which the device-specific data, and outputs the device-specific data to the communication port to which the device is connected. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120057203 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - When a user sets a paper attribute to a sheet holding unit, the user can recognize the existence of another sheet holding unit to which the same paper attribute as the paper attribute to be set has been set. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120057204 | PRINTING SERVER, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND PRINTING METHOD - When print data transmitted by a PC is accumulated in a printing server, the printing server creates display data for displaying on the PC an image based on the print data and an image corresponding to an advertisement image to be added to the image, and transmits the display data to the PC. When print data is created so that an image is printed on only the front side of a recording paper, image data is created so that an advertisement image is printed on the reverse side of the recording paper. The PC previews an image on the surface and an image on the reverse side based on the received display data on an LCD of a display section. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120057205 | MULTI-FUNCTION MACHINE, CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME, AND PROGRAM FOR IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD - A multi-function apparatus capable of properly coping with cases where an auto-clear function is activated is provided. An operating section of a copying machine displays an operating screen associated with each function and receives inputs via the operating screen. According to the auto-clear function, set values associated with predetermined functions are reset to initial values when no input operation has been performed via the operating section over a predetermined time period, and the operating section is caused to display an operating screen associated with a predetermined function. A controller unit of the machine determines whether the copying machine should be operated in a first mode in which disconnection from the network is carried out or in a second mode in which connection to the network is maintained. The controller unit selects one of the first mode and the second mode based on a result of the determination. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120057206 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FORMING IMAGE, AND EXTERNAL DEVICE - An external device is configured to be directly connected to an image forming device. The external device includes an image storage unit configured to store therein image data. The external device further includes a setting unit configured to issue a plurality of output commands of the image data to an image forming device based on a total number of images to be output by the image forming device and a specified mode indicative of a number of images to be output onto one side of a medium. The external device further includes a communication unit configured to transmit the image data based on the plurality of output commands to the image forming device. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120062932 | ANTI-ALIAS PROCESSING WITH LOW-RESOLUTION IMAGE - A method for printing low-resolution digital image data received from a host computer on a digital printer, comprising: receiving low-resolution image data; receiving mask image data, wherein the mask image data is formed by automatically analyzing the full-resolution image data or the low-resolution image data, the mask image data providing an indication of image regions in the low resolution image data that would benefit from the application of an anti-aliasing algorithm; using a data processor in the digital printer to resize the low-resolution image data, forming high-resolution image data at a higher resolution than the low-resolution image data; using the data processor in the digital printer to apply an anti-aliasing method to portions of the high-resolution image data corresponding to the indicated image regions in the mask image data, thereby providing anti-aliased image data; and printing the anti-aliased image data on the digital printer. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062933 | CONTROLLED JOB RELEASE IN PRINT MANUFACTURING - Controlled job release in print manufacturing is disclosed. An exemplary method includes stochastically receiving a plurality of print jobs in a job buffer. The method also includes analyzing factory management parameters. The method also includes generating automated control parameters based on the print jobs in the job buffer and the analyzed factory management parameters. The method also includes releasing the print jobs from the job buffer in a controlled manner using the automated control parameters. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062934 | BENCHMARKING FOR PRINT SERVICE PROVIDERS - Benchmarking for a print service provider (PSP) is disclosed. An exemplary method includes receiving a plurality of automatic print service parameters in real-time, and at substantially the same time, receiving a plurality of manual print service parameters. The method also includes deriving performance metrics of the PSP based on based on predictive methods using the automatic and manual print service parameters. The method also includes comparing the derived performance metrics to actual performance at the PSP. The method also includes generating efficiency metrics for automatic and manual print production processes based on the comparison. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062935 | JOB PROCESSING - A job processing method includes dividing a job into sub-jobs. Each sub-job is rendered into a device ready format. A message is communicated to a device. The communicating is timed in accordance with a completion of the rendering of a first of the sub-jobs. Following a receipt of a response to the message from the device, the rendered first sub-job is streamed to the device followed by the remainder of the rendered sub jobs. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062936 | PRINTER, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND METHOD - A printer includes an output unit, a management unit, and a transmission unit. The output unit outputs an image onto print paper. The management unit monitors an operating state of the output unit, and manages operating state information. The transmission unit transmits managed operating state information in response to an operating state acquisition request from a host device. Upon receipt of a request for obtaining operating state information from the host device, if the printer is set as a first device in tandem operation, the transmission unit does not transmit the operating state information to the host device. If the printer is set as a second device in tandem operation, the transmission unit transmits the managed operating state information including operating state information on the printer and operating state information on the first device to the host device. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062937 | SCREEN CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A screen control device includes: a storage unit storing a content of a function used in a process executed in a information processing apparatus in association with setting information set to a setting item of the function; a function selection unit configured to calculate a usage frequency of each function stored in the storage unit, and select at least one function based on the usage frequency; a setting item determination unit configured to determine a setting item for receiving an input from a user from setting items relating to a function selected by the function selection unit based on setting information stored in the storage unit; a display controller configured to display a screen enabling to receive an instruction to execute the function selected by the function selection unit and a screen receiving an input to a setting item determined by the setting item determination unit from a user. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062938 | SCREEN CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A screen control device includes: a history storage unit that stores history information associating information on a process executed in an image forming apparatus with user information that identifies a user who executed the process; a periodic process determination unit that determines whether a process executed by the user is a periodic process executed periodically based on the history information; an execution schedule calculation unit that calculates, in a case where the process executed by the user is a periodic process, an execution scheduled date when the periodic process is executed next time; a periodic process management unit that manages the periodic process in association with the user and the calculated execution scheduled date; and a display controller that displays a screen that allows an execution of the periodic process on a display when the user uses the image forming apparatus during a given term including the execution scheduled date. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062939 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - A print control apparatus includes plural conversion units each of which is capable of activating plural drawing processing units that generate print data, a memory that stores a print instruction in a print queue, a judging unit that judges whether or not the number of pages of the print instruction is larger than a set threshold, an assigning unit that assigns the print instruction that has been judged to have a number of pages equal to or smaller than the set threshold to one or more of the plural conversion units, and a selecting unit that selects, if the assigning unit has assigned the print instruction having a number of pages equal to or smaller than the set threshold to one or more of the plural conversion units, a print instruction having a number of pages equal to or smaller than the set threshold. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062940 | IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions to control a computer, which is configured to display a webpage including a webpage image based on webpage data, to perform a method of image forming control, the method including: receiving an instruction to select an area on the display screen as a selection area; storing selection area webpage data; storing first image data having a first format generated based on the selection area webpage data; storing image data having the first format representing the webpage image in the selection area, as a second image data; detecting an image absence area, wherein a content of the first image data display is absent from that of the second image data; generating correspondence image data corresponding to the image absence area; compositing the correspondence image data into the image absence area to produce composite image data; and outputting the composite image data. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062941 | Image forming apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of drawing processing units that process one or more drawing instructions included in a display list. At least two of the plurality of drawing processing units have different attributes with respect to a first drawing instruction. The image forming apparatus further includes an analyzing unit that acquires the first drawing instruction by analyzing the display list; and an allocating unit that allocates at least the first drawing instruction acquired by the analyzing unit to a first one of the drawing processing units based on the attributes of the drawing processing units with respect to the first drawing instruction. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062942 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image processing apparatus is connected to other image processing apparatuses and a file server via a network and includes a document obtaining unit configured to obtain document data and attribute information including format information and generator apparatus information of the document data from the file server, a processability determining unit configured to determine whether the obtained document data are processable by the image processing apparatus based on the format information, an apparatus identifying unit configured to identify one of the other image processing apparatuses as a generator apparatus that has generated the document data based on the generator apparatus information if the processability determining unit determines that the obtained document data are not processable by the image processing apparatus, and a function obtaining unit configured to obtain a functional program for processing the document data from the generator apparatus. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062943 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing apparatus to feed tab sheets and a sheet of paper other than tab sheets and to execute printing by using the fed item. The printing apparatus includes an analysis unit, a feeding unit, and a discharge unit. In performing printing by executing the print job analyzed by the analysis unit and by inserting variable data of records into a predetermined template, the feeding unit feeds the tab sheet at a break of the variable data. The variable data is detected according to a result of the analysis by the analysis unit on the print job. The discharge unit discharges, to an outside of the printing apparatus, a tab sheet that is included in one set of tab sheets and remains unfed by the feeding unit every time variable data of one record from among the plurality of records is printed as controlled by a discharge control unit. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062944 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, NETWORK SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus makes a pre-confirmation to a distribution server, and determines whether or not the distribution server has new firmware as compared to the firmware applied to the image forming apparatus based on the result of the pre-confirmation returned from the distribution server. When the distribution server has new firmware as compared to the firmware applied to the image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus makes an applicable firmware confirmation request to the distribution server, and downloads the firmware that has been returned from the distribution server as a result of applicable firmware confirmation. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062945 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is an information processing apparatus that, whichever of a web application and a native application is being executed when a specific hard key is operated, make uniform a function executed by operating the hard key. When processing is executed by communicating with the web application on a web server, and the operation is performed by the hard key included in the information processing apparatus, the web server is notified of identification information for identifying the hard key, and an operation screen is displayed based on screen information received from the web server that has been notified of the identification information. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062946 | PRINT SERVER, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, CLIENT TERMINAL, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A print server comprises: a list request receiving unit configured to receive, from a client terminal, a printer list request containing information indicating a printer capable of printing; an acquisition unit configured to send a request to a printer to acquire a status indicating whether the printer can print, thereby acquiring the status; and a sending unit configured to send, to the client terminal that has sent the printer list request, printer list data described in a format for display on a Web browser of the client terminal using the status of the printer that has been acquired by the acquisition unit, wherein when the acquisition unit cannot acquire the status of the printer, the sending unit sends the printer list data containing a command which allows the Web browser of the client terminal to inquire a status of a printer whose status cannot be acquired. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062947 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus includes: a communication portion to communicate with a portable information device; an operation accepting portion to accept an operation by a user; an operation state switching portion to switch an operation state between an operating state showing a state in which a user is inputting an operation to the operation accepting portion and a non-operating state that is not the operating state; a display portion to display an image; an operation screen transmission portion to, in response to a request being received from the portable information device when an operation state is being switched to the non-operating state, transmit an operation screen corresponding to the received request to the portable information device through the communication portion; and a display control portion to, in response to transmission of the operation screen, display an image different from the operation screen on the display portion. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062948 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, FIRMWARE UPDATING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A confirmation time at which confirmation processing for confirming whether firmware applicable to an image forming apparatus is managed by a delivery server and an application time at which the firmware is applied to the image forming apparatus are set in advance by an operation unit of the image forming apparatus, and an update control unit performs the confirmation processing at an actual confirmation time which is acquired by shifting the confirmation time, and if firmware applicable to the image forming apparatus is managed by the delivery server, the firmware is downloaded from the delivery server, and the firmware is stored in a storage device, and the update control unit applies the stored firmware to the image forming apparatus at the application time. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062949 | PRINTING DEVICE AND PRINTING CONTROL METHOD - A printing device includes data transfer control units that store an image data transferred from un upper level device into a storage unit and reads out the image data from the storage unit in response to an instruction to start a printing, printing units that print the data onto a recording medium, an output control unit that outputs each image data to a predetermined printing unit, and a printing control unit that instructs the data transfer units to transfer the stored image data corresponding to one page to the output control unit, when a storage report of the image data corresponding to one page is sent from any of the data transfer control units, and stops a conveyance of the recording medium after any of the printing units completes the printing onto the recording medium under the printing in a case that a predetermined specific trouble occurs. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062950 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING CONSUMABLE UNIT AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING POWER SUPPLY THEREOF - An image forming apparatus includes a consumable unit with a built-in memory, a power supply unit to provide power to drive the memory, and a control unit to control the power supply unit to provide power to the memory and to access the memory, when an event that needs to access the memory happens, and to control the power supply unit to cut off the power to the memory, when a process with respect to the memory is finished. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062951 | PRINTER AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An input unit inputs RAW data. An image generating unit generates an image from the RAW data using a demosaicking processing. A print unit that prints the image. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062952 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING DATA TO REMOTE PRINTER - Using a print response process block for generating a print job, a spool process block for spooling the print job and generating a print completion job, a transferring data convert process block for converting the print completion job into a format in which the print completion job can be transferred to a remote printer, a remote transfer process block for transferring the print completion job according to a predetermined transfer protocol, and an encipher block for enciphering the print completion job, a print process for performing remote printing is temporarily completed in a local network to suppress a delay in communications when remote printing is performed, a disconnection of a connected circuit, and a data leak during the remote transfer. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062953 | APPLICATION FOR GENERATING INTERACTIVE DOCUMENT CONTAINING ADVERTISING MATERIAL - An application for execution on a computer system which generates print data for an interactive document. The application is configured to operatively control the computer system so as to perform the steps of: receive a print request from a user; format user information in an electronic document so as to include a first user interactive element; determine advertising material for printing with the user information; format the advertising material so as to include a second user interactive element; and generate print data for printing the formatted user information and the formatted advertising material together with coincident coded data on a substrate. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062954 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND REMOTE-SCAN IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - In the image processing device, method and system of the present invention, a destination identifier of an image file is stored, the destination identifier indicating one of a plurality of external stations as a destination station which receives the image file from the image processing device through a network. At least one of a sender identifier of the image file, a subject identifier of the image file and a scan condition of the image file is stored. The image file is transmitted, together with at least one of the sender identifier, the subject identifier and the scan condition, through the network to one of the external stations indicated by the stored destination identifier. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120069385 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING PRINTER RESOURCES ON AN INTERNAL NETWORK - A system and method are provided for routing print requests and managing internal printer resource data on an internal network with global printer resource data stored on an external network. Print requests are received for printer resources and it is determined whether the request may be served with printer resource data stored on the internal network. If the printer resource data is invalid or stale, then printer resource data is requested from the global server and the internal printer resource data is updated. The print request is then routed to the appropriate printer resource based on location information in the printer resource data associated with the requested printer resource. Network client devices may also be configured to connect to a print traffic server when connected to an internal network, and to the global server otherwise. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069386 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RELEASING PRINT JOBS BASED ON LOCATION INFORMATION - A system and method that provides a user interface on a mobile network terminal for operation with a printer resource access system wherein the user interface is modified for releasing a print job from a nearby printer resource. Since printer resources may include any number of print job release mechanism each requiring different authentication information, the user interface must be modified appropriately. The mobile network terminal obtains location information from a location service, such as GPS or an internet based location service, and provides the location information to a printer directory service in a printer resource access system. The printer directory service then consults the database of printer resource information and provides connection and configuration information for printer resource located nearby the mobile network terminal. The mobile network terminal modifies its user interface to accept the appropriate type of authentication and configuration information specified by the printer directory service. The authentication information may then be provided over a secure network connection to the printer resource to release the print job. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069387 | INTELLIGENT NETWORK SPEED FOR OPTIMIZING ENERGY CONSUMPTION - A method for conserving energy at a printing device. The method includes establishing, by a network adapter operably connected to a control system of the printing device, a low-speed network connection, thereby operably connecting the printing device to a data transfer network; receiving, at the printing device, an indication of at least one incoming print job; determining, by the control system, whether the at least one incoming print job requires a high-speed network connection; maintaining the low-speed network connection until the control system determines at least one incoming job requires a high-speed network connection; and, in response to the control system determining that at least one incoming print job requires a high-speed network connection, establishing, by the network adapter, a high-speed network connection. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069388 | MONITORING DEVICE, MONITORING METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A monitoring device includes an acquiring unit, a first determination unit, a second determination unit and a notification unit. The acquiring unit periodically acquires status information from a printer having a consumable. The first determination unit determines a first state transition from an occurrence state of a consumable alarm to a release state of the consumable alarm and a second state transition from the release state of the consumable alarm to the occurrence state of the consumable alarm, based on the status information. If the first state transition is determined, the second determination unit determines, based on the status information, as to whether the determined first state transition is an apparent first state transition or an actual first state transition. If the actual first state transition is determined and then the second state transition is determined, the notification unit notifies an alarm relating to the consumable. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069389 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - According to an aspect of the invention, an information processing system includes a control device, an information processing apparatus, a control target device. The information processing apparatus is connected to the control device. The control target device is connected to the information processing apparatus. The control device includes a first unit that receives a first request and transmits a first result of a first processing about the first request to the information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes a second unit that accepts the first request, transmits the first request to the control device, and receives the first result from the control device, and a third unit that determines whether the received first result includes an instruction to request the control target device to perform a processing, and when it is determined that the first result includes the instruction, requests the control target device to perform the processing. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069390 | Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and computer program product - An image forming apparatus includes a storage unit that stores therein print data and first converted data obtained by reflecting a first print condition in the print data and converting the print data into a printable form; an input receiving unit that receives an input of a reprint instruction to reprint the first converted data; an acquiring unit that acquires a second print condition for reprinting the first converted data; a determining unit that determines whether the first converted data is printable in the second print condition by comparing the acquired second print condition against the first print condition; a converting unit that converts, when it is determined that the first converted data is unprintable in the second print condition, the print data into second converted data by reflecting the second print condition in the print data; a print control unit prints out the second converted data. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069391 | Printing apparatus, printing system, and method of controlling printing apparatus - A printing apparatus that performs a printing process related to a print job including one print data item or a plurality of print data items and a series of process commands transmitted from a host apparatus and that is connected to another printing apparatus via a network, the printing apparatus including a status information acquiring unit that acquires status information of the printing apparatus when a status information transmission command is received as the process command transmitted from the host apparatus; a determining unit that synthetically determines whether the printing process can be continuously performed, on the basis of the status information of the printing apparatus and the status information of another printing apparatus connected to the printing apparatus via the network, when the status information of the printing apparatus acquired by the status information acquiring unit indicates an error; and a communication processing unit that transmits integrated status information corresponding to the determination result of the determining unit to the host apparatus. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069392 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus of the present invention returns a response indicating that the image forming apparatus includes a function for changing information of a sending destination to a monitoring apparatus to an inquiry from the monitoring apparatus when it is determined that the image forming apparatus includes the function for changing the information of the sending destination of the monitoring information and monitoring has not been performed by a different monitoring apparatus. The image forming apparatus further receives a request for changing the information of the sending destination from the monitoring apparatus to change the sending destination of the monitoring information to the sending destination of the monitoring apparatus. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069393 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes a document reader, a storage for storing image data and a control unit. The control unit includes a display image generator, a display panel and a control unit-side controller for giving display guidance on the input status of image data from the document reader, on the display panel. The control unit-side controller has the function that, when image data is input from the document reader, displays display images generated by the display image generator, sequentially in the order of input and displaying the latest display image preferentially in the preview region during input of image data. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069394 | PULL PRINTING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR PROCESSING PRINT JOB, PULL PRINTING SERVER, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMPUTER PROGRAM - In a pull printing system, a plurality of information devices configured to create print jobs individually, a pull printing server, and a plurality of image forming apparatuses are connected to one another via a network. Each of the information devices acquires, from the pull printing server, port information used for communication with the image forming apparatuses, stores the port information therein. If the pull printing server can perform communication with the subject information device at a time point when the port information is stored and onward, each of the information devices sends a print job created after the time point to the pull printing server. Otherwise, each of the information devices sends the print job to any one of the image forming apparatuses based on the port information. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069395 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND JOB LOG MANAGEMENT METHOD - An image forming apparatus capable of transmitting a job log relating to a processed job to a first storage apparatus existing on an Internet outside a firewall and a second storage apparatus existing inside a firewall includes an identification unit configured to identify a job log to be generated when a job is processed as a job log to be transmitted to the first storage apparatus or a job log to be transmitted to the second the storage apparatus according to information for identifying a transmission destination included in the job, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the generated job log to the transmission destination identified by the identification unit. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069396 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, DISPLAY METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING DISPLAY PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus is provided that includes a display, a memory storing a plurality of functions in such a manner that associates the functions each with one of a plurality of categories, and a controller for causing the display to array and display objects representing respective functions that are a part of a plurality of functions. In response to a command to change the displayed objects, the controller changes the displayed objects on category basis. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069397 | TRANSPONDER WITH MEMORY FOR INK JET MEDIA - A method for printing a medical image transmits, from a transceiver that is associated with a printer, a wireless query signal and receives a wireless response signal from a transponder that is coupled to a print medium, the transponder having a memory, wherein the response signal is indicative of at least a media orientation and type available for printing. Image data and image orientation information associated with the image data are obtained and a prompt signal provided that indicates a discrepancy between the media orientation and the image orientation associated with the image data. In response to an operator instruction, printing continues. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069398 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND PRINTING DEVICE - A printing system includes a print-data generating device and a printing device. The print-data generating device is connected to the printing device via a first transmission path and a second transmission path of which transfer speed is faster than that of the first transmission path. A communication unit of the print-data generating unit and a communication unit of the printing device transmit to and receive from each other the image data and specific control information that affects the transfer of the image data via the second transmission path, and control information other than the specific control information via the first transmission path. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069399 | PRINT DATA GENERATING APPARATUS, PRINT DATA GENERATING PROGRAM, AND PRINT APPARATUS - High speed print output is enabled, while eliminating the burden of rearranging printed matter in page order placed on users. A plurality of pages of print job data are divided into groups of a predetermined number of pages, and the divided plurality of pages are assigned to the print job data to generate a plurality of pieces of divided print job data. The pieces of divided print job data are arranged in reverse order of page numbers, expansion processes are administered on the pieces of divided print job data in the order that they are arranged to generate page data for each page. The page data are output for each piece of divided print job data in reverse order of page numbers and in the order that the expansion processes are administered, to a printing section. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069400 | System, Method, and Computer Program Product for Conditionally Performing a Scan on Data Based on an Associated Data Structure - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for conditionally performing a scan of data based nit an associated data structure. In use, at least one aspect is identified for each of a first plurality of scanners utilized to perform a scan on data at a first network device. Additionally, at least one data. structure is associated with the data, where the at least one data structure reflects the at least one aspect of each of the first plurality of scanners. Furthermore, a subsequent scan on the data is conditionally performed utilizing, each of a second plurality of scanners at a second network device, based on the at least one data structure. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069401 | METHOD FOR BROWSING, RECORDING MEDIUM, ACCESS SERVER AND USER STATION FOR IMPLEMENTING SAID METHOD - The invention relates to a method for browsing the Internet, including: if a URL belongs to a pre-recorded list of URLs of sensitive websites which the user is not authorised to access from a first execution environment, then the connection to said website is only authorised ( | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120075660 | COMPUTERIZED CHART RECORDER - A computerized chart recorder is revealed, comprises a signal conversion unit, an operation control unit, a printing control unit, and a database. A signal conversion unit receives measurement signals of a measurement instrument, and converts the measurement signals to signal conversion data. A operation control unit receives the signal conversion data required for printing, produces corresponding chart data, and prints the curve of signal variations, which can be also displayed on a human-machine interface unit. Whether to store the data or to print can be determined. Besides, the data can be also transmitted to a printing control unit. When the printing control unit is activated, it can receive the chart data and the quality assurance data, and control a printing unit to emulate the chart recorder for executing chart recording. In addition, the quality assurance data can be printed as well for complying with the requirements of the quality-assurance operations. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075661 | PRINT SHOP MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR CUSTOMIZED PRINT JOB DUPLICATION - A customized print job duplication method implemented in a print shop management system that includes a data processing apparatus having a non-transitory memory for storing a software program and a processor for executing the software program, wherein the software program includes program code configured to cause the data processing apparatus to execute a customized print job duplication process, which includes the steps of providing print job duplication options to allow selection of which sub-sections of a first print job will be duplicated, duplicating from the first print job the sub-sections selected for duplication, and creating a second print job with existing data and a set of settings to be applied to a second document processing job, the set including the settings duplicated from the first print job in the duplicated sub-sections. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075662 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCHEDULING A PRINT JOB - In one example, the system discloses a profiler which calculates a “time-to-print” a first print job and a “time-to-process” a second print job. A scheduler schedules the second print job, for printing after the first print job, if the “time-to-process” the second print job is≦the “time-to-print” the first print job. In one example, an article discloses instructions to predict a “time-to-print” a first print job, a “time-to-process” a second print job, and then schedule the second print job, for printing, if the “time-to-process” the second print job is≦the “time-to-print” the first print job. In one example, the method discloses receipt of a set of print jobs having a first printing schedule, and then re-scheduling the print jobs so as to ensure that a next print job from the set is ready for printing right after a prior print job from the set has finished printing. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075663 | PROVIDING IMAGE INFORMATION TO A REMOTE DEVICE - An imaging device configured to provide image information to a remote device is described. The imaging device includes a processor and instructions stored in memory. The imaging device obtains a full image and generates a thumbnail image based on the full image. The imaging device also associates the full image with the thumbnail image using an index value and stores the full image and the thumbnail image on the imaging device. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075664 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONFIGURING MOBILE DEVICES FOR PRINTING TO WIRELESS PRINTERS - The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for configuring mobile communication devices to identify and communicate with wireless printing devices. These systems and methods may include determining available wireless printing devices, selecting a desired wireless printing device, attempting to establish communication between the mobile communication device and the wireless printing device using a first communication protocol, prompting a user to indicate the successfulness of the first communication protocol, and configuring the mobile communication device for printing to the wireless printing device using the first communication protocol if the first communication protocol successfully communicated with the wireless printing device. The systems and methods may further include prompting the user to indicate that the first communication protocol was not successful if the first communication protocol did not successfully communicate with the wireless printing device and repeating the method using another available communication protocol. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075665 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A print server acquires print information and selects candidate printers to perform print processing based on the print information among a plurality of printers. The print server transmits list information indicating a list of the selected candidate printers and transmits the print information to one of the selected candidate printers. The plurality of printers acquires the list information transmitted from the print server, and transmits the print information to at least another printer selected from the printers indicated in the list information when the print information transmitted from the print server is acquired. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075666 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING METHOD OF IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In an image processing apparatus that generates image data from drawing information, compresses the image data and stores the data in a memory, it is determined whether the data amount of the image data exceeds an amount of a difference between an amount of space securable in the memory and a first threshold determined from the amount of the memory available in the memory. If a CPU determines that the amount of the image data exceeds the amount of the difference from the first threshold, the CPU performs a fake compression processing for compressing the image data by a compression unit without storing the image data in the memory. If the CPU determines that the amount of the image data does not exceed the amount of the difference from the first threshold, the CPU performs a compression processing for compressing the image data by a compression unit. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075667 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, SERVER SYSTEM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A communication system is allowed to use one or more electronic devices connected with a device interface of a server system by communicating with the server system via a network. The communication system or the server system notifies to a user a correspondence relation between items, including those identifying the electronic device and a port connected with the electronic device. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075668 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing system disclosed is arranged to (i) when an image processing apparatus has received document image data and image processing request information for the document image data, cause a display section of the image processing apparatus to display an execution/non-execution selection screen for allowing a user to select whether to carry out an image processing corresponding to the image processing request information and (ii) upon acceptance of an instruction from the user to carry out the image processing corresponding to the image processing request information, carry out, with respect to the document image data, the image processing corresponding to the image processing request information. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075669 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus and an upper device connected to the image forming apparatus through a communication path. The upper device includes a service attribution information input unit for inputting service attribution information containing service identification information; a service style table unit for containing a plurality of service styles each formed of a service setting value; and a service style deployment unit for selecting the service style according to the service identification information. The image forming apparatus includes a service attribution information storage unit for storing the service attribution information; and a service setting value storage unit for storing the service setting value. The service style deployment unit selects the service style when the service attribution information is input. Then, the upper device transmits the service setting value and the service attribution information to the image forming apparatus. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075670 | IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A control unit includes a touch panel display capable of presenting preview display of multiple pages of document images in a scrollable manner on the display panel. The touch panel display controller includes: a commanded position detecting controller that detects a commanded position relative to one of document images being a reference in the preview image displayed on a display panel; a preview layout direction switching controller that switches the layout direction in the preview image in accordance with the commanded position; and a scroll direction switching controller that switches the scrolling direction in the preview image in accordance with the detected commanded position. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075671 | PRINTING SYSTEM, COMPUTER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - In a printing system configured such that a computer and an image forming apparatus can be connected via a network, the computer sets a stamp image and transmits the set stamp image to the image forming apparatus via the network. The image forming apparatus includes a reading device that reads an original image, an image combining unit that reads out at least one stamp image from a storage unit, combines the stamp image with the original image read by the reading device, and forms a composite image, and a printing unit that prints the composite image on recording paper. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075672 | MOBILE DEVICE, PROGRAM OF MOBILE DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MOBILE DEVICE - A computer-readable recording device may store a computer program including instructions for causing a computer of a mobile device to operate as: (1) a first storing controlling module that causes a storing unit to store one or more first information for identifying one or more candidate devices, the one or more first information being received from a wireless network by a communication unit, (2) a sending controlling module that selects one candidate device as a temporarily selected candidate device from among the one or more candidate devices identified by the one or more first information, and controls the communication unit such that the communication unit sends a first instruction to the temporarily selected candidate device, and (3) a communication controlling module that controls the communication unit such that the communication unit communicates with the temporarily selected candidate device in a case where a predetermined condition is satisfied. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075673 | Preparation of production data for a print job using a still image proxy of a page description language image file - An automated, computer-implemented method is provided for preparing production data for a print job. The production data includes an electronic document defined by a page description language (PDL). The electronic document is stored in a PDL image file. The production data for the print job is prepared via a processor. A still image proxy is created of the PDL image file. Information about electronic manipulations of an image display of the still image proxy is received and recorded. The information about the manipulations is used, via the processor, to revise the PDL image file so as to match the PDL image file to the manipulations made to the image display of the still image proxy, thereby preparing an edited PDL image file which is the electronic document for the print job. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075674 | Medical monitoring telephony communication device and method - An apparatus and method of operating a mobile communications device includes a text message receiver and a printer for printing text messages, the method including the steps of; providing a medical monitoring device and receiving a data reading from a medical monitoring device with a text message communications device. The method also includes the steps of assembling a first message identifying a user, the medical monitoring device and the text communications device, and sending the first message to a remote healthcare professional via secure text message. Then receiving a second message back from the remote health care professional and printing the second message for a patient for example and returning acknowledgement of the second message back to a health care provider such as a doctor for example. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120081736 | PRINT MARK ON PAPER EDGE FOR EASIER SORTING - A method executed by an image forming apparatus for producing a print job, which includes the steps of: (a) receiving data representing a document to be printed in the print job; (b) receiving job information about the print job, the job information including an instruction to print multiple copies of the document; (c) printing the requested multiple copies of the document; and (d) printing a mark on an edge of at least one sheet of each of the multiple copies of the document. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081737 | PRINT SHOP MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR CUSTOMIZING PRINT-ON-DEMAND DRIVER - A method implemented in a print shop management system that includes a data processing apparatus having a non-transitory memory for storing a computer software program and a processor for executing the software program, wherein the program includes a program code configured to cause the data processing apparatus to execute a process for customizing a print-on-demand (POD) driver, which process includes the steps of accessing a configuration file of the POD driver having a plurality of fields with respective values; and modifying values of the configuration file fields to customize available user interfaces and print job settings editing options of the POD driver. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081738 | JOB EXECUTION SYSTEM, JOB RECEIVING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A job execution system includes one or more transmission apparatuses and a job receiving apparatus. The one or more transmission apparatuses add identification information for identifying a group of jobs to be executed in succession to a job and transmit an execution request of the job. The job receiving apparatus receives the transmitted execution request of the job. The job receiving apparatus includes a job queue and a job registration unit. The job registration unit makes a correspondence between the received execution request and the identification information, and registers said received execution request and said identification information in the job queue. When the received execution request has the same identification information which is previously registered in the job queue, the job registration unit registers the received execution request immediately after another execution request of a job having the same identification information. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081739 | Method of performing operation in image forming apparatus and image forming apparatus for performing the method - A method of performing an operation in an image forming apparatus by using a workform which defines one or more workflows indicating one or more operations to be performed with respect to input data includes: receiving identification information of a user of the image forming apparatus; with respect to a workform selected by the user from among one or more workforms pre-existing in the image forming apparatus, determining whether there exists a workform which is redefined corresponding to the received identification information; and if it is determined that there exists the redefined workform, performing an operation according to the workform which is redefined corresponding to the identification information. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081740 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING METHOD, PRINT SERVER, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A print server comprises: storage unit configured to store the print job of the intermediate format received from an information processing apparatus; setting change receiving unit configured to receive, from a printing apparatus, a print setting information change instruction for the print job of the intermediate format stored in the storage unit; update unit configured to update print setting information of the print job in accordance with the print setting information change instruction; print request receiving unit configured to receive a print request from the printing apparatus; and job transmission unit configured to generate a print job of a format printable by the printing apparatus based on the print job of the intermediate format and the print setting information updated in accordance with the print request, and to transmit the generated print job to the printing apparatus. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081741 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING METHOD, PRINT SERVER, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A print server which transmits print data in accordance with an instruction received via an operation unit of a printing apparatus, comprises: a storage unit configured to store a print job of an intermediate format open to the public; a first generation unit configured, upon receiving a preview image request from the printing apparatus for the print job, to generate a preview image from the print job of the intermediate format stored in the storage unit; a second generation unit configured, upon receiving a print request from the printing apparatus for the print job, to generate print data interpretable by the printing apparatus from the print job of the intermediate format stored in the storage unit; and a transmission unit configured to transmit, to the printing apparatus, one of the preview image generated by the first generation unit and the print data generated by the second generation unit. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081742 | DEVICE CONTROL PROGRAM, DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, AND PRINTER CONTROL DEVICE - A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing a device control program including instructions for controlling a device based on setting values assigned to each setting item received from an application program, the instructions including the steps of: retrieving at least one setting value batch including data that specifies values for each setting item, wherein each setting item corresponds to an operation of the device; generating a list of values for at least one of the setting items, the list of values including at least one setting value and the at least one setting value batch; receiving a request for the list of values from the application program; upon receipt of the request, providing the list of values to the application program; and receiving a selection of one of the at least one setting value batch from the application program. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081743 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RELAY APPARATUS - An image processing system includes: an image processing apparatus; a relay apparatus; and a service providing apparatus, which are connected to a network. The image processing apparatus includes: an electronic-file storage unit; an address-get-request transmitting unit; an upload-message generating unit which, upon receiving an upload destination address and a template for an upload message for performing an upload request to the service providing apparatus from the relay apparatus after a request for getting the upload destination address is transmitted to the relay apparatus by the account-information-request transmitting unit, generates the upload message including an electronic file and the upload destination address according to the received template; and an upload-message transmitting unit that transmits the upload message to the service providing apparatus to upload the electronic file to the service providing apparatus. The relay apparatus includes: a program storage unit; an upload-destination-address getting unit; and an upload-destination-address transmitting unit. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081744 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, PRINTING MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, AND METHOD OF MANAGING PRINTING PROCESS - A printing system includes: a client; at least one printer; a server; and a management device. The client is transmits a permission request to the management device. The management device determines a number of jobs in a print queue, calculates a comparison value by adding one to the number of jobs in the print queue, and compares a predetermined value to the comparison value upon receipt of the permission request. The management device transmits a utilization permission to the client when the comparison value is less than or equal to the predetermined value. The client transmits a job comprising image data to the server when the client receives the utilization permission, and the server generates printing data based on the image data when the server receives the job and transmits the printing data to the at least one printer. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081745 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM BEARING PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - An information processing device includes a communication unit, a memory and a controller. The controller is configured to store information in a first region of the memory as a first default device corresponding to a first job mode and to store information in a second region of the memory as a second default device corresponding to a second job mode. The controller is configured to read out the first default device from the first region of the memory when receiving a first job mode processing, and transmit command data to the read out first default device. The controller is further configured to read out the second default device from the second region of the memory when receiving a second job mode processing, and transmit command data to the read out second default device. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081746 | PRINTING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing system includes a print application and a printing apparatus. The print application sets metadata for an arbitrary content among a plurality of contents included in a print job, generates a job ticket in which the set metadata is associated with a print setting, and receives transmission conditions of a printing status in association with the metadata. The printing apparatus executes printing according to the print setting of the generated job ticket, and when the printing of the print setting referring to the metadata associated with the transmission conditions is executed in the job ticket, transmits the printing status to a transmission destination designated by the transmission conditions. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081747 | PRINTER WITH RFID WRITER, CONTROL METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING PRINT MEDIA WITH AN RFID TAG - A label printer with RFID writer enables easily building a RFID label production system. The label printer with RFID writer includes an input unit that receives a label production command from a host computer, a print mechanism that prints label data contained in the print label command received by the input unit on a label with an RFID tag, a data writing unit that writes data to the RFID tag of the label, a search unit that detects if a barcode command is contained in the print label command, and a data generating unit that generates data to be written to the RFID tag if a barcode command is detected. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081748 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a first storage unit, a second storage unit, a calculation unit, and an image processing unit. The first storage unit stores an input parameter provided from an external device. The second storage unit is a read only storage unit in which software is written. The calculation unit calculates a first image processing parameter based on the input parameter using the software. The image processing unit processes an image based on the first image processing parameter. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081749 | NETWORK SYSTEM, CLIENT AND CLIENT CONTROL METHOD - A network system has a printer with an internal web browser connected to a web server. The printer has a request unit that sends an HTTP request with printer status information embedded in the URL to the server, a data acquisition unit that gets HTML data from the server, and a print unit that executes a printing process based on the supplied HTML data. The server includes a request receiving unit that receives HTTP requests from the printer, a data transmission unit that sends HTML data to the client, and a status management unit that manages the printer status based on the status information embedded in the URL of the HTTP request. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081750 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM - During a display of a slideshow of a composite image comprising a plurality of images, a user operates a print bookmark, resulting in composite images and individual images that can be printed being set and stored as print candidate images. By displaying, in a list, stored candidate images on a display unit as print candidate images, an image processing apparatus is provided which enables the user to specify a desired image for printing. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081751 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO UPGRADE DRIVER OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A method and apparatus to upgrade a driver of an image forming apparatus. The method includes accessing a website having a website driver program useable by the image forming apparatus, converting a class mode of the image forming apparatus from an original class mode to a predetermined class mode that is different from the original class mode, comparing a driver program stored in the image forming apparatus with the website driver program on the website, and downloading the website driver program from the website and storing the website driver program in the image forming apparatus when the website driver program is a later version than the stored driver program. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120086974 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PROCESSING METHOD OF THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM - In an image forming apparatus that registers objects designated in print jobs, whether the objects designated in the print jobs exist in the apparatus is determined. If it is determined that the objects do not exist in the apparatus, the print jobs are associated with identification information of the objects and stored as waiting jobs. When the objects are registered based on the identification information of the objects associated with the waiting jobs, printing of the stored waiting jobs starts. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086975 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - In an information processing apparatus according to this invention, a plurality of pieces of batch setting information each configured by a plurality of pieces of print setting information are registered in advance. A setting of print setting information, use of which is inhibited, of the plurality of pieces of print setting information is accepted. Batch setting information including the print setting information, use of which is inhibited, is specified from the plurality of pieces of batch setting information. Then, a setting screen which allows the user to select pieces of non-specified batch setting information, and does not allow the user to select the specified batch setting information is displayed. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086976 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image processing apparatus may include a storage unit, a generation unit, a recording unit, and a transmission unit. The storage unit is managed to allow access from an external information processing apparatus. The generation unit generates image data for audit for auditing the image data later. The image data is generated by a reading unit reading a document or is input. The recording unit records the image data for audit generated by the generation unit. The transmission unit transmits, to the external information processing apparatus, information about the image data in which the image data for audit is recorded by the recording unit among the image data stored in the storage unit in a case where a request for referring to the storage unit is received from the external information processing apparatus. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086977 | PRINTING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A printing method of print data performed by an apparatus, the method includes, providing a first printing mode in which printing including decoding is performed and a second printing mode in which printing without decoding is performed to an output apparatus as options, generating code information by decoding coded information included in the print data when the first printing mode is selected, storing the code information into a storage device, generating a synthesized image based on the code information and the print data, and deleting the code information in the storage device after printing the synthesized image. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086978 | CLOUD COMPUTING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A cloud computing system may include a request receiving unit realized by executing a program that causes a storing service to store a message corresponding to a job according to reception of a processing request of the job from an image forming apparatus, and a back-end processing unit realized by executing a program that regularly issues to the storing service an acquisition request for the message. The cloud computing system further may include a registration unit and an instruction unit. The registration unit acquires a queue message issued according to a network pull-print request accepted from an image forming apparatus, determine a priority of the acquired queue message according to a status of the image forming apparatus, and register the queue message. The instruction unit acquires a queue message of high priority from registered queue messages and instruct the storing service to store the acquired queue message of high priority. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086979 | STORAGE DEVICE, HOST DEVICE, CIRCUIT BOARD, LIQUID CONTAINER, AND SYSTEM - A storage device includes a control unit performing communication processing for communication with a host device connected to the storage device via a bus, a storage unit to which data from the host device is written, and a storage control unit exerting access control over the storage unit. In a first mode, when receiving a write command and data, the control unit indicates the storage control unit to write the received data to the storage unit, and if the data has been normally written to the storage unit, the control unit returns an acknowledgment to the host device. In a second mode, when receiving the write command and the data, the control unit indicates the storage control unit to write the received data to the storage unit and does not return the acknowledgment to the host device. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086980 | PRINTING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM - A system and method for registering an image forming apparatus in a print server when the image forming apparatus is used on a temporarily basis, and for unregistering the image forming apparatus from the print server after the temporary use ends. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086981 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND SCANNED DATA PROCESS METHOD - An information processing system including an information processing apparatus that selects between transferring data and obtaining data, and controls transferring data or obtaining data based on the selection. The system also includes a server that stores data transferred from the information processing apparatus, and controls transferring data to the information processing apparatus based on a request for transferring data received from the information processing apparatus. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086982 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR USE OF VOICE MAIL AND EMAIL IN A MIXED MEDIA ENVIRONMENT - A mixed media reality (MMR) system includes an MMR user, a MMR computer, a user printer that produces a printed document, a networked media server, an office portal, a service provider server, an electronic display that is electrically connected to a set-top box, a document scanner, a network, a capture device, a cellular infrastructure, wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) technology, Bluetooth® technology, infrared (IR) technology, wired technology, and a geo location mechanism. The MMR system provides mechanisms for forming a mixed media document that includes media of at least two types, such as printed paper as a first medium and a digital photograph, digital movie, digital audio file, or web link as a second medium. Furthermore, the MMR system facilitates business methods that take advantage of the combination of a portable electronic device, voice mail or email, and a paper document. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120092699 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING THE BYPASS OF A PRINT GOVERNANCE POLICY - A device management system and method for tracking bypass of a print governance policy. A print control agent application can be configured with a set of predefined print governance policies in order to manage a rendering job activity. The print control agent application can pass, confirm and/or reject the rendering job based on the print governance policies. The rendering job activity that bypasses the print governance policies based on a policy violation approach can be tracked and measured utilizing a set of tracking algorithms in order to generate a tracked data. A bypass report can be visually generated based on the tracked data in order to analyze the policy violation and its frequency of occurrence thereby improving compliance with the rendering policies. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092700 | MOBILE PRINTING FRAMEWORK - A framework for printing files from a portable computing and telecommunication device to a nearby printer. The device includes a Print Service and a Printing System, with the Print Service communicating between an Application operating on the device and the Printing System. The Printing System communicates between the Print Service and the printer. The Printing System determines what printers are nearby and what driver is needed to communicate with that printer. The Printing System can then access the internet to obtain a printer driver if the Printing System does not already contain that printer driver. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092701 | DIAGNOSTIC TARGETS FOR EVALUATING PRINTING PERFORMANCE - Print performance is evaluated by printing a diagnostic image comprising color patches. Colorant usage in the printed image is measured by, for instance, scanning each patch. Measured color values are then compared to target color values. Based on the comparison, groups of patches whose color values vary significantly from expectations are identified. Variant groups are then analyzed to identify, in addition to color quality control problems, spatial problems that affect only a localized area of a printed page. Such spatial problems may include, for example, problems with contrast or streaks. A heat map illustrating the differences may be generated to help an operator visualize the spatial problem. A template for the diagnostic image may be selected from a plurality of randomly generated diagnostic targets based on total colorant usage for at least one colorant in each column of color patches. Certain patches may be predefined across for each candidate target. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092702 | SELECTABLE PRINT JOB AND PRINTER MANAGEMENT - One or more methods, systems and computer program products enables selectable management and queuing of print jobs across multiple available printers available to a device generating the print job. One or more embodiments present a smart print queue with document level view and printer-level transfer of queued print jobs. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092703 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a transport device that transports fluid inside a body of an image forming apparatus; a counting unit that counts a cumulative number of image forming operations; and a transport control unit that controls a start and a stop of operation of the transport device so as to keep the transport device stopped when an image forming operation is started, and to start the transport device when the cumulative number of image forming operations has become larger than or equal to a preset number. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092704 | JOB EXECUTION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, JOB EXECUTION APPARATUS, JOB EXECUTION SYSTEM AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A job execution apparatus includes a partial job allocation processing section and a partial job execution instruction section. The partial job allocation processing section allocates each partial job formed by segmenting a received job to a data processing apparatus capable of executing the partial job. The partial job execution instruction section instructs the data processing apparatus to execute the partial job. The partial job allocation processing section reallocates a partial job, which execution was not completed by the data processing apparatus to which the partial job is allocated until a preset end time, to a data processing apparatus capable of executing the unfinished partial job, other than the data processing apparatus to which the unfinished partial job is allocated. The partial job execution instruction section transmits an instruction for executing the unfinished partial job to the reallocated data processing apparatus. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092705 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, HOST APPARATUS, AND PRINT METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are an image forming apparatus, a host apparatus, and a print method thereof. A method includes receiving a one touch print command from a print button provided in the image forming apparatus to print an image of at least one monitor among a plurality of monitors of a host apparatus connected to the image forming apparatus. With this configuration, high quality output products may be provided without any image distortion due to a difference in resolution upon receiving a one touch print command in the multi monitor environment. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092706 | PRINT SETTING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PRINT SETTING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a print setting apparatus includes: an input section; a display section configured to display one or plural sheet images obtained by rendering one sheet and display a list of printing target page images; and a control section configured to render, when at least one page image is selected by the input section and moved to the sheet images, if no existing page image is present in the sheet images, the selected page image on the sheet images and render, if a page image is already rendered on the sheet image, plural page images including the existing page image and the moved page image on the one sheet image. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092707 | PRINT SETTING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PRINT SETTING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a print setting apparatus includes an input section, a display section configured to display, on a same screen, an icon showing a tool to perform a process of binding sheets, a preview image showing a state of a sheet after printing, and one or plural area images displayed on the preview image, and a control section configured to change, when detecting that a specified coordinate from the input section is moved from a display area of the icon to a display area of the area image, the area image to an image showing a state after the process of binding the sheets is performed. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092708 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - When execution of a job requiring user authentication included in an application program is reserved, a job identifier of the job and stored user identification information are linked to each other and registered. Then, upon execution of the reserved job, the user identification information linked to the registered job identifier is referred to, and authentication is performed as to whether or not the job is executed. When the authentication is successful, the job is executed. Further, it is determined whether or not an unexecuted job exists among registered reserved jobs. When it is determined that an unexecuted job exists, control is performed so as to maintain the linkage between the identifier of the registered unexecuted job and the stored user identification information. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092709 | Image Forming System and Image Forming Apparatus - In an image forming apparatus, a page data generation unit is configured to generate page data of a job list screen that includes a link to the page data of a detailed information screen on an uncompleted job. The detailed information screen is a screen that displays the status of one job determined by a job status management unit. The page data generation is further configured to (A) generate the page data of a job request screen, and (B) if the job receipt unit receives a job that is requested based on the page data of the job request screen, generate the page data of a receipt-confirmation screen that includes a link to the page data of the detailed information screen on the received job. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092710 | Driver Program - A non-transitory computer readable medium stores a driver program for an image forming apparatus. The driver program causes the computer to perform the steps of: (a) causing a display device of the computer to display a driver screen that transmits a job request to the image forming apparatus in accordance with a user operation of a user; and (b) if a predetermined user interface element in the driver screen is operated, causing the image forming apparatus to transmit user setting information on the user to the computer and causing the display device of the computer to display a user setting information page that includes the user setting information. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092711 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, JOB MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store job data transmitted from an information processing apparatus, a display unit configured to display information of the job data stored in the storage unit when an execution instruction for executing the job data is received in response to a user operation, and a deletion unit configured to determine whether the display unit displays the information of the job data and, to suspend deletion processing for deleting the job data from the storage unit in a case where the deletion unit determines that the display unit displays the information of the job data, whereas to delete the job data from the storage unit in a case where the deletion unit determines that the display unit displays no information of the job data. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092712 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - According to the invention, when a Web page in which a plurality of elements included in a structured document have been arranged is arranged to a page and output, information indicating corresponding positions of the plurality of elements arranged in the Web page in the page in which the Web page is arranged is obtained. The element(s) to be arranged to two pages among the plurality of elements arranged in the Web page are detected based on the obtained information. Whether the element(s) as detected is divided and arranged to the two pages or the element(s) is arranged to one of the two pages is determined, according to contents of the element(s). At least a part of the element(s) is arranged to one of the two pages according to the determination. An image corresponding to the page in which at least a part of the element(s) has been arranged is output. Thus, a layout of the elements to each page can be properly determined according to the contents of the element(s) and the image can be output. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092713 | PRINTING DATA DELIVERY APPARATUS, PRINTING DATA DELIVERY SYSTEM, AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing data delivery apparatus includes: a printing-data receiving section configured to receive printing data; a data storing section configured to extract print setting information from the received printing data and store the print setting information; a printing-request receiving section configured to receive a printing job request from a printing apparatus; a reuse determining section configured to perform first determination for determining whether the printing apparatus is an apparatus that performs printing with erasable toner or an apparatus that performs printing with unerasable toner, perform second determination for determining whether the printing data can be printed with the erasable toner, and perform first generation for giving, to the print setting information, information indicating whether it is appropriate to print the printing data in the printing apparatus and generating a printing job; and a printing-data delivery section configured to transmit the printing job to the printing apparatus. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092714 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A communication apparatus for an information processing apparatus includes: a data acquiring unit which acquires data; a determination unit which determines whether a volume of the data is greater than a reference value or not; a wireless communication method deciding unit which decides a wireless communication method, and which decides a wireless communication method to be used for data transmission, based on a communication speed of each method if the determination unit determines that the volume of the data is greater than the reference value, and decides a wireless communication method, based on power consumption if the volume of the data is determined as equal to or smaller than the reference value; and a wireless communication processing control unit which controls processing to transmit the data. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092715 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM WITH EASE OF OPERATION - The position and orientation at a time of shooting by a shooting unit of a portable terminal is transmitted to an information processing apparatus. Based on the transmitted position and orientation of the portable terminal and the stored position of an image processing apparatus, the information processing apparatus extracts an image processing apparatus from the shot image and transmits information about the extracted image processing apparatus to the portable terminal. The portable terminal combines the shot image with an option for selecting a function available in the image processing apparatus and displays the combined image on a display unit, based on the information transmitted from the information processing apparatus. When selection of a function is accepted, a screen for operating the selected function is displayed on the display unit of the portable terminal. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092716 | PRINTER CONTROL DEVICE, PRINTING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINTER AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A printer driver that controls operations of an ink jet printer which is capable of being refilled with ink from the outside, causes a computer to execute an acquiring function of acquiring attribute information on a destination country or region where the ink jet printer is to be used, an input function of allowing an ink ID number which is assigned to the ink that is to be refilled to be entered, an ink determining function of determining whether the ink is genuine or not by analyzing the ink ID number which has been entered, a selection/execution function of selecting one of a plurality of processes for a non-genuine ink on the basis of the attribute information, if the ink is determined to be not genuine and executing the selected process. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092717 | PRINT SERVER, CONTROL METHOD, AND PRINT SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a print server that is connected with at least one printing device and client terminal through a communication line, includes an information acquiring-storing unit configured to acquire and stores print data and attribute information of a print job from the client terminal, an information changing unit configured to shorten a portion of character strings of the attribute information of the print job on the basis of a preset changing rule, and an information transmitting unit configured to transmit the attribute information of the print job including some shortened information to the printing device in accordance with a request from the printing device. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092718 | PRINT INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD AND MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, a print information display device connected to a print system through a communication line includes a transmitting unit configured to transmit a print job to the communication line for printing in the print system, an inquiring unit configured to inquire whether a print job remains on the print system each time a predetermined time passes after the print job is transmitted, and a display unit configured to display the information of the print job remaining in the print system on the basis of a response from the print system. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092719 | CENTRALIZED PRINT JOB ROUTING IN A DISTRIBUTED PRINTING ENVIRONMENT - Methods, systems, and devices are described for centralized print job routing in a distributed printing environment. A data store may include a first table of identifiers for printers, a second table of identifiers for print servers, a third table of identifiers for drivers, and an association between identifiers of the first, second, and third tables. A print router may be configured to determine a printer selected for a print job. Based on the association between the identifiers of the first, second, and third tables, the print router may map a print server to the selected printer and a driver to the print server. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092720 | DYNAMIC PRINT JOB ROUTING IN A DISTRIBUTED PRINTING ENVIRONMENT - Methods, systems, and devices are described for dynamic print job routing in a distributed printing environment. A data store may include a set of rules for dynamically determining an identified print job destination based on at least one characteristic of a print job generated by a print job source. A rules engine may be configured to receive a notification of the print job, identify the characteristic of the print job from the received notification, and apply the set of rules in the data store to the identified characteristic of the print job to dynamically determine an updated print job destination for the print job. The updated print job destination is associated with at least one printer. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092721 | DYNAMIC PRINT SERVER GENERATION IN A DISTRIBUTED PRINTING ENVIRONMENT - Methods, systems, and devices are described for dynamic print server generation in a distributed printing environment. A data store may store multiple operating systems. A central server computer system is in communication with the data store. The central server computer system may receive notification of a print job, select a printer for the print job, map a stored driver to the selected printer, select an operating system associated with the driver from the data store, and dynamically load the operating system associated with the driver to generate a print server for the print job. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092722 | MANAGING PRINTER FEEDBACK IN A DISTRIBUTED PRINTING ENVIRONMENT - Methods, systems, and devices are described for dynamic print server generation in a distributed printing environment. In these methods, systems, and devices, a print router may receive a print job from a print source over a unidirectional print data path. The print router may transmit the print job to a print job destination associated with a printer of a number of printers in communication with the print router. The print router may receive a message from the printer and transmit the message from the printer to the print job source over a network path separate from the unidirectional print data path. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092723 | BIDIRECTIONAL PRINT ROUTER COMMUNICATIONS IN A DISTRIBUTED PRINTING ENVIRONMENT - Methods, systems, and devices are described for bidirectional print router communication in a distributed printing environment. In these methods, systems, and devices, a print router receives a print job from a print job source over a unidirectional print data path. The print router forwards the print job to a first print job destination associated with a first printer, and receives a first message from the first printer. The first message may be forwarded to the print job source, and a second message from the print job source may also be received. The print job is then transmitted from the print router to a second print job destination associated with a second printer based on the first message from the first printer, a set of rules, and/or the second message received from the print job source. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092724 | NETWORKED THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING - Three-dimensional fabrication resources are improved by adding networking capabilities to three-dimensional printers and providing a variety of tools for networked use of three-dimensional printers. Web-based servers or the like can provide a single point of access for remote users to manage access to distributed content on one hand, and to manage use of distributed fabrication resources on the other. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092725 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR QUEUE SYNCHRONIZATION - This invention relates to a methods and a printing system in which queues across one or more printing devices, such as printers, copiers, and the like, are automatically kept synchronized. The queues are placed into one or more pools. In some embodiments, one queue in a pool is designated as a master queue. Changes to the queues in the pool are then controlled and propagated from the master queue. In other embodiments, various queues in a pool are designated as peers. Any change to a queue, such as a change to, a subset of print job parameters, in the pool is then propagated to its peers. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092726 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A configuration of an image forming system that includes an image forming apparatus and at least one of a paper feed apparatus and a post-process apparatus is defined based on system configuration information including a combination of identification information for the apparatuses and setting information for the order of arrangement of the apparatuses corresponding to the identification information without using a dedicated line connection. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092727 | APPARATUS FOR LOW COST EMBEDDED PLATFORM FOR DEVICE-SIDE, DISTRIBUTED SERVICES ENABLEMENT - A class of add-on system components providing functionality of devices, management of self-help, customization and enhancement of services for devices, and remote monitoring at significantly reduced cost. It reduces the cost of UI and greatly enhances ease-of-use by realizing that the networked system can be headless and use a browser-based UI for its platform. It embeds a Device Model Agent (DMA) and connects to the Device-Centric Services platform to offer services. Additionally, it offers customized diagnostic access for customer representatives to enable self-help service actions to be performed, unifies and manages multiple access needs to several disparate data access mechanisms, and uses largely COTS PC hardware rather than customized PWBs. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092728 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND SERVER - An image processing device is configured to provide a service relating to at least one of (1) the image data generated by the function of the image processing device and (2) image data representing the image to be formed, in response to a request from the image processing device. The image processing device may include a parameter designating unit, a service request unit, and a function implementation unit that is adapted to implement the function of the image processing device based on the service providing parameter designated by the parameter designating unit. The service providing device is provided with a service provision executing unit that is adapted to execute a process to provide the service to the image processing device after receiving the request from the service request unit provided to the image processing device. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120099139 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ADAPTIVE LOT SIZING IN CELLULAR MANUFACTURING - The present application presents a new and improved system and method of enhanced Lean Document Production (LDP), which employs cellular manufacturing concepts. The LDP process incorporates an auto-splitting algorithm and/or an earliest completion route algorithm to generate an operation schedule. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120099140 | PRINTER WITH AUDIBLE SIGNAL - Methods and systems begin when a printing device receives a print job. The methods and systems identify a document type within the print job using a processor of the printing device. The methods and systems also determine if the document type requires an audible alarm using the processor. The methods and systems print the print job using a printing engine of the printing device. If the document type requires the audible alarm, the methods and systems produce an audible alarm using a speaker of the printing device after the printing is complete. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120099141 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE OUTPUT APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An image processing device includes plural conversion units that convert a print document into raster data, a determination unit that determines the number of conversion units to be operated on the basis of the number of pages of an obtained print document, and a control unit that performs control so that only conversion units corresponding to the number determined by the determination unit among the plural conversion units are operated. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120099142 | OPERATING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An operating device to operate an electronic device, includes: a display that displays a status of the electronic device; an execution part that restarts an operation of the electronic device; and a stoppage part that stops the operation of the electronic device, the display and the execution part being provided as a group, and the stoppage part being provided away from the display and the execution part. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120099143 | PRINTING AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM, PRINTING DEVICE, DEVICE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A printing authentication system includes an identification information storage unit, a providing unit and a specifying unit. The identification information storage unit stores, as an identification information set, plural pieces of user identification information given to a same user. If authentication is valid with regard to an authentication request accompanying specific user identification information, the providing unit reads out a specific user identification information set including the specific user identification information from the identification information storage unit and provides the specific user identification information set. If user identification information, associated with print data, of a requester who requests printing of the print data matches any one of the user identification information constituting the specific identification information set, the specifying unit specifies the print data as a printing target. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120099144 | Image forming apparatus and method for forming an image thereof - An image forming apparatus and method are provided. The image forming apparatus includes a communication interface unit that receives print data, an image forming unit that forms an image on a print paper, and video controllers that convert received print data into data processable by the image forming unit. The image forming apparatus includes a selection unit that selects one video controller from among the video controllers, and a control unit that controls the selection unit to selectively provide the received print data to one of the video controllers so that the received print data is processed in the video controllers in parallel by job or page. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120099145 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Managing commands that have not been executed is simplified while maintaining a state in which real-time commands can be executed. A printer | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120099146 | IMAGE ACQUISITION USING CLOUD SERVICES - Apparatus having corresponding methods and computer-readable media comprise: a controller configured to generate a cloud scan request, wherein the cloud scan request represents a request to scan a document using cloud services; a transmitter configured to transmit the cloud scan request to a cloud print service; and a receiver configured to receive an image file from a cloud document service, wherein the file includes an image of the document. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120099147 | Image Forming Apparatus, Data Processing Program, Data Processing Method, And Electronic Pen - An image forming apparatus capable of communicating with an electronic pen at least includes a communication section for obtaining, from the electronic pen, electronic pen data including multiple pieces of position information obtained by detecting a position detection mark printed on a hand-writing sheet by the use of the electronic pen; a language analysis section for analyzing the electronic pen data, identifies one or more hand-written images defined by the multiple pieces of position information, and creates intermediate data that defines the arrangement of objects including respective hand-written images; an image processing section for rasterizing the intermediate data to create bitmap data; and a printing section for conducting printing based on the bitmap data. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120099148 | PRINT PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINT PROCESSING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Before transmitting a print job to a printing apparatus, a CPU of a print processing apparatus determines whether paper information designated in the print job has been registered in a paper information database of the print processing apparatus. If the paper information has not been registered, the CPU extracts paper information similar to the paper information designated in the print job from those stored in the paper information database of the print processing apparatus. Furthermore, the CPU copies information about the dependency on the printing apparatus, which is included in the extracted paper information (printer dependency information) to the paper information designated in the print job. Then, the CPU registers the paper information designated in the print job, to which the printer dependency information has been copied, in a paper information database of the printing apparatus and transmits the print job to the printing apparatus. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120099149 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND PRINTER - A printing system includes: a first printer; and an information processing apparatus configured to register a print job in the first printer. The first printer comprises: a decision unit configured to decide a selection condition for selecting the print job to be printer; a determination unit configured to determine whether the print job corresponding to the selection condition decided by the decision unit is registered in a second printer; and a notification unit configured to notify a user of identification information of the other printer if the determination unit determines that the print job corresponding to the selection condition is registered in the second printer. The first printer to which the print job is registered starts printing in response to a print instruction. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120099150 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM - When a new application is filed in a workflow system, designation of image data to be attached to data included in the application is accepted. Then, when the image data to be attached to the data is insufficient, a scan ticket to be used when generating the image data to be attached to the data is generated. It is designated in the scan ticket to which data the generated image data is to be attached, and then the generated image data is actually attached to the data by a server apparatus according to such information. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120099151 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming system includes a first image forming apparatus located upstream and a second image forming apparatus located downstream in a sheet conveying direction to perform a both-side printing operation. The system further includes a control section for judging whether a predetermined processing step serving as a judgment criterion has been completed with respect to an image to be formed on a subsequent sheet in each of the apparatuses, and for performing a control to start image forming operation on the subsequent sheet when judging that the predetermined processing step has been completed, and a processing step serving as the judgment criterion for the image to be formed in the second image forming apparatus is located in a step prior to a processing step serving as the judgment criterion for the image to be formed in the first image forming apparatus. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120099152 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A tandem-type image forming system comprises: a plurality of image forming apparatuses connected in series, the image forming apparatuses which respectively perform image formation on sides of a sheet, thereby performing a job, the image forming apparatuses including: a first image forming apparatus; and a second image forming apparatus provided upper than the first image forming apparatus in a sheet conveying direction, wherein the first image forming apparatus includes: a controlling section which controls transmission of image data generated based on printing data of the job received by the first image forming apparatus to the second image forming apparatus, and the second image forming apparatus includes: a controlling section which controls feeding of a sheet on which the image formation is performed based on the image data received from the first image forming apparatus. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120099153 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a determination unit configured to determine coordinate of a region in a web page having a plurality of elements in a structured document, the display region being specified by a user, an extraction unit configured to extract image data corresponding to the coordinate determined by the determination unit in the web page, an output unit configured to output an image based on the image data extracted by the extraction unit, wherein, when the region specified by the user is a part clipped out of an element in the web page, the extraction unit extracts image data of the part of the element corresponding to the coordinate determined by the determination unit | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120105904 | RECEIPT VERIFICATION OF PRINT JOBS IN AN AUTOMATED DOCUMENT FACTORY ENVIRONMENT - Methods and systems are provided for verifying the receipt of print jobs submitted to an Automated Document Factory (ADF) system from a client. The ADF system receives a print work summary from the client indicating print jobs scheduled for submission to the ADF system. The ADF system may then receive print jobs from the client. A determination is made regarding the differences between the print jobs received from the client and the print jobs scheduled for submission as indicated in the print work summary. A tracking report is generated indicating the differences, and a notification is provided to the client when the tracking report indicates that a difference exists between the print jobs received from the client and the print jobs indicated in the print work summary. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105905 | System and Method for Operation of Document Processing Devices Via Portable Data Devices - The subject application is directed to a system and method for operation of document processing devices via portable data devices. A wireless data connection is established between a document processing device including a processor and associated data storage and an associated mobile data device. A remote installation of a software interface for the document processing device is initiated on the mobile data device via the wireless data connection. A multicast probe is received via the wireless data connection from the mobile data device initiated in accordance with operation of the software interface after installation. The mobile data device is registered with the document processing device in accordance with a response to the multicast probe. Control data generated by the software interface operable to commence at least one document processing operation on the document processing device is received from the mobile data device via the wireless data connection. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105906 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - Disclosed is a printing system and method for printing documents over a network. The system comprises: a document server connected to the network, the documents being accessible via the document server; a client device connected to the network and adapted to transmit a document print request identifying a document to be printed; a print access server connected to the network and adapted to receive the document print request and, in response to the received document print request, transmit a print token, the print token identifying the document to be printed and a printer for printing the document; and a printer connected to the network, the printer being adapted to receive a print token and to retrieve and print a document via the document server based on the received print token. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105907 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING PRINT JOBS - In a system and method for managing print jobs of a printer, when the printer acquires a print job, the print job is stored in a buffer having a corresponding priority level of the print job. A first buffer that stores one or more print jobs and has a higher priority level than other buffers currently storing print jobs is selected. A first print job stored in the first buffer is executed. If a second print job is stored in a buffer having a higher priority level than the first buffer when the first print job is being executed, the first print job is suspended and the second print job is executed. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105908 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINT DATA PROCESSING METHOD THEREIN AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM THEREOF - An information processing apparatus connectable to a server which manages print data, and a printer which prints based on the print data receives the print data from the server, and transfers the received print data to the printer by each first data size. When a disconnection between the server and the information processing apparatus is detected, the information processing apparatus transfers the print data to the printer by each second data size smaller than the first data size. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105909 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes an execution portion configured to execute a job, a providing portion configured to provide a Web page in response to a request, a determination portion configured to determine a time-out period, which is a period during which a response from the providing portion to the request is acceptable, depending on conditions of a job that is being executed by the execution portion and conditions of a job that waits to be executed by the execution portion, and a management portion configured to manage execution of a process by the execution portion and a process by the providing portion in such a manner that the former is executed before the latter. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105910 | CONVERTER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CONNECTED THERETO - A converter device supplied with a drive power from an image forming apparatus instead of an external device and an image forming apparatus connected to the converter device. The converter device is provided between the image forming apparatus including a power supply port and a USB port and a host device including a parallel port such that data is transmitted and received between the image forming apparatus and the host device. The converter device is connected to the image forming apparatus through the power supply port and a power cable to be supplied with power. The converter device is operated with the supplied power to convert data output from the USB port into data capable of being input to the parallel port or convert data output from the parallel port into data capable of being input to the USB port. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105911 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR ASSOCIATING AN INTERMEDIATE FILL WITH A PLURALITY OF OBJECTS - A method of associating a shared fill with a plurality of objects, is disclosed. Each of the objects is associated with a fill. A bounding region of the shared fill is determined based on a fill of a first of the plurality of objects. The first object is associated with the shared fill. A second object is received and the shared fill is updated based on a fill of the second object if: (a) the fill of the second object is contained within the bounding region; and (b) the fill of the second object is non-overlapping with the fill of the first object. The second object is associated with the updated intermediate fill. The updated shared fill is shared by the first object and the second object. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105912 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus transmits a print job to a printer after performing print setting processing for variable print data. An operation information setting unit receives print setting information in which the leading page of each of the records is specified as the first page for a page or a page range in each of the records to perform print setting. A job ticket generation unit sets print setting information to a job ticket in accordance with the instruction which a hot folder manager gives that detects and manages print data. A print data transmission unit generates a print job and transmits it to a printer. The printer analyzes the received print job, and repeatedly applies the print setting information set to one record to each of the records to thereby execute print processing. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120113458 | MOBILE PRINTING FRAMEWORK - A framework for printing files from a portable computing and telecommunication device to a nearby printer. The device includes a Print Service and a Printing System, with the Print Service communicating between an Application operating on the device and the Printing System. The Printing System communicates between the Print Service and the printer. The Printing System determines what printers are nearby and what driver is needed to communicate with that printer. The Printing System can then access the internet to obtain a printer driver if the Printing System does not already contain that printer driver. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113459 | PROTOCOL FOR INTERACTION BETWEEN WIRELESS DEVICES AND OTHER DEVICES - A proxy software service determines all I/O devices, such as printers, independent of subnet location, on a network by alternative means; provides a network interface on a wireless subnet that can receive and respond to requests; responds to such requests for each I/O device so identified so that the I/O device is available to the wireless device user for device selection; transfers and translates, if necessary, the IPP stream received from the wireless device to the network address of the I/O device so that the I/O device simulates a compliant I/O device; and transfers and translates, if necessary, all necessary status and command messages from the present protocol to the protocol supported by a legacy I/O device. The proxy software service provides network interfaces that exist both on the wireless subnet, as well as the wired subnet on which the I/O devices are connected. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113460 | TRACE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, TRACE INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, TRACE INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A trace information processing apparatus includes: a positional information acquisition unit acquiring positional information pieces respectively indicating positions where elements constituting an electronic document are located in the electronic document; a trace information acquisition unit acquiring trace information pieces respectively indicating traces on which an electronic writing tool has passed in an operation performed plural times in which the electronic writing tool is moved on a medium having the electronic document printed thereon while the electronic writing tool is in contact with the medium; a generation unit generating a trace information group by grouping the trace information pieces; a characteristic information acquisition unit acquiring characteristic information on a position where the trace information group is located in the electronic document; and a determination unit determining one of the elements as one element with which the trace information group is associated, based on the positional information pieces and the characteristic information. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113461 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING DOCUMENT DATA AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image processing apparatus capable of efficiently acquiring pieces of information about document formats used in document services. When an instruction to access a document service is input by a user, the image processing apparatus acquires from the document service a document list for the document service and displays the list on a user interface. When a document is selected by the user from the list, the image processing apparatus acquires document data from the document service and outputs the document data. If the acquired document data cannot directly be output, a format of the document data is converted into a format compatible to the image processing apparatus according to a conversion path. The conversion path is updated, if information about format conversion acquired from the document service differs from that held in the image processing apparatus. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113462 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus, which is capable of effectively performing a test print with the number of records being smaller than that of all records of variable data printing (VDP), receives a VDP job including a plurality of records, extracts records by deleting items in which different values are set to all records among the items which are set to the plurality of records included in the VDP job and used for printing and by combining records which have the same combination of values set to remaining items by an extraction unit, receives an test print instruction, and prints the records which the extraction unit extracts according to the test print instruction. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113463 | RELAY APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHODS OF RELAY APPARATUS - A relay apparatus to be connected through a network to a server apparatus configured to store image data and a communication apparatus configured to acquire the image data from the server and output an image based on the acquired image data, the relay apparatus includes: a first receiving unit configured to receive a request for acquiring location information from the communication apparatus; an acquiring unit configured to acquire the location information for acquiring the image data from the server apparatus upon receipt of the request; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the acquired location information to the communication apparatus. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113464 | RELAY APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATING METHOD - A relay apparatus connected to service providing apparatuses respectively providing services and a communication apparatus that includes an additional-information storage unit configured to store additional information associated with the service and identification information, comprises: a receiving unit configured to receive notification including the service and the user identification information from the communication apparatus; a generating unit generating an output command for outputting, to the relay apparatus, the additional information stored in the additional-information storage unit corresponding to the service and the identification information included in the notification; an output commanding unit transmitting the output command to the communication apparatus; an acquiring unit acquiring the additional information output in response to the output command; a first communication unit configured to perform communication with the service providing apparatus using the acquired additional information; and a second communication unit that transmits, to the communication apparatus, information acquired from the service providing apparatus. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113465 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, DEVICE COOPERATION SYSTEM, AND DEVICE COOPERATION METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes an input unit that inputs print conditions; a search unit that searches for image forming apparatuses that can execute the print conditions; a display unit that displays icons of the found image forming apparatuses; a generating unit that generates a print job when an icon corresponding to one of the image forming apparatuses is operated; a sending unit that sends the print job to the one of the image forming apparatuses; and a management unit configured to manage progress situation information of print jobs. When an icon of a second image forming apparatus is operated after a print job is sent to a first image forming apparatus and before the first image forming apparatus completes the print job, print jobs are regenerated to distribute a remaining number of sheets between the first image forming apparatus and the second image forming apparatus. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113466 | METHOD FOR COMPRESSING AND DECOMPRESSING DIGITAL DATA - A method of compressing and decompressing digital data that is especially suitable for halftoned image data in which every bit represents the marking of a receiving material by ink or toner is provided. The method is lossless and balances the use of memory, the processing time, the compression factor and the cost of hardware resources. The recurrence of data in halftoned images on which the smaller data size of the compressed data is based, is caused by the use of a halftone dither matrix. Various halftone dither matrices may be used in the halftoned image. The method is adapted to employ the characteristics of a specific halftone dither matrix by applying a dynamic set of offset values, in which an offset value represents a number of words between the current word of digital data and an identical, previously processed word. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113467 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus may include a web service provider and a web browser. The web service provider includes a control unit to cause a processing unit to perform image processing as a web service according to a request of a web service included in an HTTP response received by a web browser. The web browser includes a first reception unit, a display unit, a transmission unit, and a second reception unit. The first reception unit receives screen data for displaying an operation screen of the image processing apparatus from an external apparatus. The display unit displays the received screen data. In response to an operation from a user being received via the operation screen, the transmission unit transmits to the external apparatus an HTTP request according to the operation received. The second reception unit receives an HTTP response including a request of a web service as a response. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113468 | TERMINAL DEVICE, SERVER, SCREEN CONTROL METHOD, SCREEN TRANSITION METHOD, AND COMPUTE PROGRAM - A terminal device, a server, a screen control method, a screen transition method, and a compute program are provided. The terminal device includes a display unit, plural operation units, a storage unit, and a control unit, and communicates with a server for making a transition of a screen on the display unit. The storage unit stores template information associating an operation unit with a transition instruction for instructing screen transition. The control unit receives instruction information representing any of transition instructions, from the server, and validates an operation unit associated with a transition instruction represented by the received instruction information and transmits operation information representing that the validated operation unit is operated, to the server. The control unit receives new instruction information transmitted from the server, and validates an operation unit associated with a transition instruction represented by the new instruction information. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113469 | TERMINAL DEVICE, SERVER, SCREEN DISPLAY METHOD, SCREEN CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A terminal device includes a reception control unit which receives a display instruction for displaying of a first screen, and an execution instruction for instructing executing of a function unit, from a server, a display control unit which displays the first screen according to the display instruction, and which displays a second screen according to internal information of the device when the function unit is executing a function; and a transmission control unit. When an operation unit is operated while the first screen is displayed, the transmission control unit transmits a result representing the operation to the operation unit and an identifier identifying the display instruction. When the function unit has executed a function according to the execution instruction, the transmission control unit transmits a result representing an end of the execution and an identifier identifying the execution instruction. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113470 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDED WITH CONTROL PROGRAM FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - When an input of a setting execution instruction of test printing at the setting screen is accepted, a setting screen of finalized printing differing from the test printing is displayed at the display. When an input of a setting execution instruction at the setting screen of finalized printing is accepted, a first print job including first print data that is a version of image data converted based on an input of a setting execution instruction of test printing is generated. The generated first print job is transmitted to an image formation apparatus through a transmitter. After the first print job is transmitted, a second print job including second print data that is a version of image data converted based on an input of a setting execution instruction of finalized printing is generated. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113471 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD OF RELAY APPARATUS - A communication system includes: a communication apparatus; and a relay apparatus. The communication apparatus includes: a contents-summary-information address request unit; a contents-summary-information display unit; a selection-information transmission unit; a selection-completion notification unit; and a contents get unit. The relay apparatus includes: an order-information addition unit that adds order information of contents to electronic data information; a contents-summary-information address transmission unit that transmits address information of a contents summary information item and the electronic data information, to which the order information is added, in response to a request of transmission of the address information of the contents summary information item; a contents-address get unit that gets the address information of the contents selected based on selection information from the selection-completion notification unit; and a contents-address transmission unit that transmits the address information of the contents got by the contents-address get unit to the communication apparatus. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113472 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL PROGRAM OF COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND RELAY APPARATUS - A communication apparatus, a control program of the communication apparatus, and a relay apparatus are provided. The communication apparatus is configured to download electronic data from a server storing a first amount or more of electronic data and to output the downloaded electronic data. The communication apparatus includes an output unit configured to output a second amount of electronic data smaller than the first amount at one time, a download information acquiring unit configured to acquire download information necessary for downloading the first amount of electronic data stored in the server, from the server, a download unit configured to download the second amount of electronic data of the first amount of electronic data from the server, using the download information acquired by the download information acquiring unit. The output unit is configured to output the electronic data downloaded by the download unit. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113473 | NETWORKED THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING - Three-dimensional fabrication resources are improved by adding networking capabilities to three-dimensional printers and providing a variety of tools for networked use of three-dimensional printers. Web-based servers or the like can provide a single point of access for remote users to manage access to distributed content on one hand, and to manage use of distributed fabrication resources on the other. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120120437 | PRINT RELAY SYSTEM, PRINT RELAY SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A print relay system capable of executing a communication between a print service system configured to provide a print setting screen to an information terminal operated by a user, to receive a print setting set by the user via the provided print setting screen, and to generate a print job based on the received print setting and stored settings for an image forming apparatus configured to output image data based on the print job includes a receiving unit configured to receive a print job, which is transmitted in a case that a print instruction is input by the information terminal to the print service system, a job updating unit configured to update the print job received by the receiving unit, and a job transmission unit configured to transmit the print job updated by the job updating unit to the image forming apparatus. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120438 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, SERVER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - There is provided the following mechanism. That is, according to print processing contents, a server divides a print job associated with print data into a plurality of print jobs in advance. By transmitting a divided print job as a unit to an image forming apparatus, the user requests the print jobs using a plurality of image forming apparatuses to start parallel printing after print processing starts. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120439 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, JOB PROCESSING METHOD IN INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A user inputs information, such as a user identification (ID), on a printer by using an operation unit included in the printer. The printer inputs a print request for printing an intermediate print job corresponding to the user ID to the printer driver of an application server. When the request is received from the printer, a print request receiving function of the printer driver starts a series of print processing. The printer driver extracts an intermediate print job corresponding to a target user ID stored on a print job storage memory. A print setting final determination function finally determines print setting information to the extracted intermediate print job. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120440 | SCANNER MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, SCANNING SYSTEM, AND SCANNER MANAGEMENT METHOD - A scanner management apparatus to manage processing of image information scan-generated by one of multiple scanners connectable to a network includes a session establishment unit to establish a network session with one of the scanners in response to a session request from the scanner; a transmission support determination unit to determine whether a session-established scanner supports transmission of the scan-generated image information via the network; a driver checking unit to determine whether a driver matched to the session-established scanner is installed in the scanner management apparatus when the partner scanner does not support transmission of the scan-generated image information to the scanner management apparatus via the network; and a driver activation unit to activate the driver matched to the partner scanner to obtain the scan-generated image information generated by the partner scanner when the driver matched to the partner scanner is installed in the scanner management apparatus. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120441 | NETWORK SYSTEM, SERVER, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, LOG REGISTRATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A network system may include a server and a client. The server accepts a request for a reservation of registration of a log that is transmitted from the client, and returns to the client log registration identification information. The server acquires execution command data from a registration command storage and registers the log stored in a log storing storage with a storage unit, asynchronously with the registration of the execution command data with a registration command storage. The client stores a log, transmits a request for a reservation of registration of the stored log, and selects a log to be requested to be registered from the stored log based on returned log identification information. The client transmits the selected log to the server to request registration of the log. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120442 | RECORDING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR A RECORDING DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A control device is notified of recording problems in a recording device based on the location of drive data in a storage device. A printer | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120443 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A common setting screen through which a common setting that does not depend on an image processing apparatus model can be set, and an individual setting screen through which an individual setting that depends on an image processing apparatus model can be set, are controlled so as to be displayed on a print setting screen. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120444 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE READING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Disclosed is an image processing apparatus which (i) determines whether or not characters to be subjected to a character recognition process in image data have a size larger than a predetermined size, (ii) in a case where the characters is determined as larger than the predetermined size, reduces at least a region including the characters so that the size of the characters fits within the predetermined size, and (iii) performs a character recognition process of the characters with use of the reduced image data. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120445 | CLIENT APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND BOOKBINDING SYSTEM - A client apparatus that receives document data and a job ticket from a server apparatus, and generates a print job for the document data, the client apparatus performs control such that, in a case where designation of a paper size is performed preceding designation of a paper type, a combination information piece that includes the paper size is extracted from the job ticket, and the paper type included in the extracted combination information piece is set as a paper type that is selectable, and in a case where designation of a paper type is performed preceding designation of a paper size, a combination information piece that includes the paper type is extracted from the job ticket, and the paper size included in the extracted combination information piece is set as a paper size that is selectable. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120446 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING DOCUMENT USING SPEECH DATA AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SYSTEM - A document generation method and system using speech data, and an image forming apparatus including the document generation system. The method includes setting document editing information including at least one of document form information and sentence pattern information for editing a document when the speech data is generated as the document; converting the speech data into text; and generating the text as the document based on the document editing information. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120447 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING SERVER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing system comprising an image forming apparatus and first and second image processing servers connected to the image forming apparatus via a network, the first image processing server comprising: a first image processor which performs a first image processing operation on target image data received from the image forming apparatus; and a protected area calculator which calculates a protected area to be prohibited from being processed next, which is related to the area processed by the first image processor, and generates image protection information including information of the protected area, and the second image processing server comprising a second image processor which performs a second image processing operation on the areas excluding the protected area whose information is included in the image protection information generated by the protected area calculator. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120448 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing server in charge of a first image processing operation determines a reference value for a reference item; generates first reference information; calculates its charge; generates first charge information indicating its calculated amount of charge; and transmits the first reference information and the first charge information to the next location, separately from image data obtained by the first image processing operation. An image processing server in charge of a second image processing operation calculates its charge based on the reference value determined by the image processing server in charge of the first image processing operation; generates second charge information indicating its calculated charge; and transmits this second charge information, the first reference information and first charge information generated by the image processing server in charge of the first image processing operation, to the next location, separately from image data obtained by the second image processing operation. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120449 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING WASTE REMOVAL AND ADMINISTRATION - A method for a municipality to control, track, and monitor waste or refuse receptacles requires a permit for use of a waste receptacle. An issuing organization issues a permit associated with a discreet receptacle identifier. An RFID tag is provided with the permit and attached to a discreet receptacle. The RFID tag transmits a signal carrying data associated with the discreet receptacle identifier. The signal may be read by a portable reader carried by municipal personnel to record violations of municipal code associated with the use of the discreet receptacle. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120450 | Smart Photobook Creation - A method for producing a photo album includes sorting images according to a primary predetermined criterion, separating the sorted images into a first page group and a second page group using one or more secondary criteria, and automatically selecting a first page layout from a library of page layouts. The first page layout includes a same number of one or more image receiving areas as the number of one or more images in the first page group. The one or more images in the first page group are automatically placed into the one or more image receiving areas in the first page layout. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120451 | IMAGE FORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A disclosed image formation management system includes image forming apparatuses and a local management apparatus connected via a network to the image forming apparatuses. Each of the image forming apparatuses includes a user information storing unit storing user information of users, a management information storing unit storing a current number of image formation pages and a maximum number of image formation pages of each of the users, and an image formation control unit configured to authenticate the users based on the user information and to limit image formation by each of the authenticated users based on the current number of image formation pages and the maximum number of image formation pages. The local management apparatus is configured to manage the user information and the maximum numbers of image formation pages of the users of the image forming apparatuses. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120452 | DISPLAYING UNCOMPLETED JOBS IN RESPONSE TO PRINT REQUEST - This invention allows a user to immediately grasp the print status of a job only by inputting a print instruction of a job stored and held in an image forming apparatus. This invention also provides a user-friendly apparatus that notifies the user of a predicted time until completion of printing. For this purpose, the image forming apparatus of this invention has a touch panel formed on the display screen of the operation unit. A list of jobs registered in a Hold job list is displayed on the display screen. When the user selects at least one job and touches a “Test print” or “Print” button, the print job is registered in the print execution queue. Simultaneously, a list of unprinted print jobs registered in the print execution queue is automatically displayed. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120127511 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY REDIRECTING JOBS IN A DEVICE COMMUNITY - A system and method for automatically redirecting a job in a community of networked devices. A peer-based device community can be created by connecting at least two networked devices utilizing a manual/self-discovery approach based on a set of rules and policies in order to interact and publish a device capability within the device community. A self-assessment approach can be employed to monitor and track the status and consumables of each networked device. A device can perform a self-assessment based on particular criteria and then determine, based on such criteria, whether to request assistance. Such a request is broadcast by the device and includes job ticket data and data indicating why such a request is being made. Devices receiving the request then perform a self-assessment in relation to the specific job and determine if they can provide better service. The job can be automatically transmitted between the networked devices in response to a help request with respect to an exception condition in the device community. A notification indicative of the transmission of the job to another device can be provided to a user. Such an approach provides an internal workload balancing with greater customer satisfaction by re-routing the job from the devices in the exception conditions. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127512 | BRANCH OFFICE DIRECT PRINTING - Methods and apparatus for printing by a client computer reduce network usage and print delay, while performing print configuration and management at a centralized print server. The print server controls enablement of a branch office printing mode. When the branch office printing mode is enabled, the client computer sends spooled print data directly to a selected printer in the branch office. When the branch office printing mode is disabled, the client computer sends the spooled print data to the centralized print server, and the print server routes the print data to the selected printer. The print server performs configuration and management functions for the client computer in both operating modes. The print server may enable and disable the branch office printing mode on a per queue basis. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127513 | PROCESSING REUSABLE AND SPECIFIC CONTENT - A method for processing a variable data processing (VDP) print job for digital printing including the steps of providing a VDP print job to a computer wherein the print job is described by a page description language (PDL); splitting the print job into plurality of PDL chunks wherein each of the chunks may include at least one reusable element and/or at least one specific content element or both; assigning each of the chunks to different processing elements of a plurality of processing elements; and splitting the processing of the PDL chunks in each processing elements into a first phase and second phase, wherein the first phase processes the reusable elements in the print job in coordination with the other processing elements; and wherein the second phase processes the specific content of the PDL chunk assigned to each of the processing elements and the reusable elements processed during the first phase. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127514 | PROCESSING REUSABLE AND SPECIFIC CONTENT - An apparatus adapted to process VDP print job for digital printing includes a plurality of processing elements wherein each of the processing elements is adapted to receive a chunk of the VDP print job for processing. A coordination element is adapted to coordinate between the processing elements to first process all reusable elements in the VDP print job during a first stage before starting processing of specific content in the assigned chunk during a second stage. A cache storage element is adapted to store the processed reusable elements during the first stage. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127515 | Mechanism for Automatically Disabling Printer Separator Pages - A computer generated method disclosed. The method includes receiving a print job, analyzing the print job data stream, determining if the print job data stream includes a command matching one or more pre-defined criteria and disabling generation of a separator page for the print job if the print job data stream includes a command matching one or more pre-defined criteria. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127516 | PORTABLE DEVICE AND PRINTING METHOD THEREOF - Another embodiment of the invention provides a print system including a portable device having first data; a third party; and a print server. The printer server connects to at least one printer, wherein when the portable device wants to print the first data, the portable device transmits the first data and a print command to the third party, and the printer server monitors the third party to determine whether there is data designated to the print server, and if yes, the printer server acquires and transmits the first data to the printer for printing. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127517 | Image forming apparatus and power control method thereof - An image forming apparatus and a power control method thereof are provided. The image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit which forms an image; a power supply which supplies operating power for the image forming apparatus; a switching circuit unit which switches to selectively supply the operating power; a memory unit which stores information about power status of the switching circuit unit; and a controller which outputs a power control signal for controlling a switching operation of the switching circuit unit in accordance with the information about the power status stored in the memory unit if power is abnormally shut off and then supplied again from the power supply to the switching circuit unit. With this, the image forming apparatus operates in a last power status, so that power can be prevented from being wastefully consumed or data can be prevented from being lost. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127518 | POWER-SUPPLY MONITORING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A power-supply monitoring device includes a power-supply control section, a detection section, a determination section, a control section, and an attachment section. The power-supply control section receives supply of power from a mains power source section, and selectively sets a power supply mode and a power saving mode. The detection section detects, in a predetermined region, a body capable of movement including a user who intends to use a processing section. When the body capable of movement is detected, the determination section determines whether switching from the power saving mode to the power supply mode is to be performed to obtain a result. The control section controls the power-supply control section on the basis of the result. The attachment section is attached to the detection section so that a detection region including a position or having an area for identifying the user is adjustable. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127519 | PRINTING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINTING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A client PC generates and spools data for print according to a user's printing operation, and generates identification information for identifying itself from its own IP address to present it to the user. When the identification information is input in a multifunction peripheral, the multifunction peripheral converts the identification information into an IP address, and makes a request for transmission of print data to a client PC indicated by the IP address. In response to the request, the client PC generates print data using the spooled data and transmits the print data to the multifunction peripheral. The multifunction peripheral receives and prints the print data. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127520 | OPERATION PANEL AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is an operation panel using a touch panel method disposed on an image forming apparatus, wherein a CPU judges whether the same coordinate of an input section is in a pressurization when the operation panel is turned on and whether the first time period has elapsed while the above pressurization continues at the same coordinate, makes a display section to display a massage that the input section is unusable and a message to prompt a user to switch the input section to a substitution device, judges whether the pressurization continues after the second time period and the first time period have elapsed and makes the display section to display a warning to indicate that a malfunction occurs at the input section of the operation panel in case the input section is judged to be in the pressurization after the second time period elapsed. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127521 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD IN WHICH IMAGE IS FORMED WITH APPROVAL OF MANAGEMENT USER - An image forming apparatus forms an image with approval of a management user and includes a presence checking unit, a job receiving unit, and an approval requesting unit. The presence checking unit determines whether or not the management user is present at a predetermined terminal apparatus. The job receiving unit, upon receipt of a job request from a user, determines whether or not approval of the management user for job execution is necessary and, if it is determined that the approval needs to be obtained, executes a job based on the job request after obtaining the approval. The approval requesting unit, if it is determined by the job receiving unit that the approval needs to be obtained, selects the management user who is present based on a checking result obtained by the presence checking unit, and transmits an approval request to the selected management user. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127522 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing device includes a processing unit which manages an association processing network formed by image processing devices. The processing unit includes a service evaluation content generating unit which acquires requirement performance information of a service to be stored from a service requirement performance managing unit and generates an evaluation content to be evaluated for the service by including the requirement performance information in an evaluation object, a service evaluation unit which evaluates the evaluation content of the service according to a predetermined requirement, and an association object managing unit which registers the service as a new association object the evaluation content of the service the predetermined requirement of which has been met by the evaluation of the service evaluation unit. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127523 | PRINTING DEVICES AND TERMINAL DEVICES THAT SWITCH COMMUNICATION MODES - A communication system includes a printing device, a terminal device, and another device. The printing device includes a communication interface that enables communication through at least two modes; an operating portion that accepts a mode-switch instruction; a printing portion that prints an image based on print data, and a processor. In a direct communication mode, the printing device communicates directly with the terminal device. In an indirect communication mode, the printing device communicates indirectly with the other device. The processor switches the communication mode from the indirect communication mode to the direct communication mode when the operating portion accepts the mode-switch instruction, and switches the communication mode from the direct communication mode to the indirect communication mode when the processor determines that the printing device has finished receiving print data. Communication between the printing and terminal devices includes transmitting the print data from the terminal device to the printing device. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127524 | DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - In a device management system, device managers are connected to communication devices and connected to an information processing device. Each device manager includes an acquisition part to acquire the device information from a communication device, a first management part to set and record the device information in a first data storage part and manage the communication device, and a transmitting part to transmit the acquired device information to the information processing device. The information processing device includes a reception part to receive the device information from the device managers and a second management part to set and record the received device information in a second data storage part and manage the communication devices managed by the device managers in a unified manner. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127525 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION SETTING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION SETTING METHOD - In an image forming apparatus, setting information is stored in a storage part for a function which the, image forming apparatus operates based on the setting information. An acquisition request of common setting information is sent to an information processing apparatus including the common setting information in common with multiple of the image forming apparatuses connected through a network. The common setting information is received from the information processing apparatus. The common setting information received by the receiving part is set in the setting information stored in the storage part. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127526 | PRINTER CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINTING METHOD AND PRINTING SYSTEM - Provided is a printer driver including: a first function which generates a first printing job which prints a document; a second function which generates a second printing job which prints information on the first printing job; a third function which outputs the second printing job; a fourth function which outputs the first printing job; a fifth function which determines whether or not a next to-be-printed document is present; a function which repeats the first function to the fifth function in the case where it is determined that the next to-be-printed document is present by the fifth function; and a function which performs the third function in the case where it is determined that the next to-be-printed document is absent by the fifth function. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127527 | Image Forming Apparatus, Information Setting System, And Information Setting Method - In an image forming apparatus, setting information is stored in a storage part for a function which the image forming apparatus operates based on the setting information. An acquisition request of common setting information is sent to an information processing apparatus including the common setting information in common with multiple of the image forming apparatuses connected through a network. The common setting information is received from the information processing apparatus. It is monitored whether there is a job in the function. Timing for setting the common setting information, which is received by the receiving part to the setting information stored in the storage part, is controlled based on whether a non-processed job is prioritized or an update is prioritized. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127528 | REMOVABLE MEDIA SPINDLE AND ANTENNA ASSEMBLY FOR PRINTER - A removable spindle for use in a thermal transfer printer houses dual RFID reader antennas that are used to read an RFID tag attached to the core of the print media. The information provided by the RFID tag enables the printer to self-calibrate based on the type of media loaded. The antenna design eliminates “null” areas at which the tag cannot be read, and enables the tag to be read around and across the entire length of the printer spindle. The design also allows the media holder to be easily removed from the printer. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127529 | System and Method for Proximity-Based Printing - A system and method for proximity-based printing are disclosed. A method may include communicating access point proximity information from an information handling system to a print server, the access point proximity information including information regarding the proximity of the information handling system to one or more network access points. The method may also include receiving printer proximity information from the print server, the printer proximity information based at least on the access point proximity information and including information regarding the proximity of the information handling system to one or more printers. The method may additionally include displaying the printer proximity information to a user interface. The method may further include receiving from the user interface a user selection of a printer and communicating the user selection to the print server. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120133971 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS TO FORM WIRELESS NETWORK AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes an image forming unit which performs an image forming job, a communication unit which forms a wireless network according to a predetermined wireless communication standard, a control unit which, if at least one terminal device is connected to the communication unit through the wireless network, determines whether it is required to perform warming-up of the image forming apparatus and performs warming-up of the image forming apparatus, and a storage unit which stores information regarding a connection status of the terminal device. Accordingly, stand-by time for performing an image forming job may be reduced. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133972 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WHICH CAN HANDLE CODE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Information identifying a user who made an instruction to send a document from a personal computer (PC) to an image forming apparatus and to store the document in the image forming apparatus, that is, a user who caused the risk of information leakage to increase could not be identified. Code image data which includes information identifying the user who made the storage instruction and information identifying another user who made a print instruction is printed together with print data. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133973 | PRINT SERVER AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - A print server receives a print instruction from a client terminal and causes printing to be performed by a print device selected by the client terminal out of print devices registered with the print server. If a print device unregistered with the print server is selected, the print server acquires device information about the unregistered print device via the client terminal. The print server generates a print setting screen for the unregistered print device from the acquired device information and transmits the print setting screen to the client terminal. The print server further generates print data for the unregistered print device from print settings set by the client terminal on the transmitted print setting screen, and causes the printing to be performed. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133974 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A print server in a printing system including a print server, at least one mediation apparatus, and at least one image forming apparatus, comprises: a unit configured to establish a connection with the at least one mediation apparatus and to maintain the established connection to be able to transmit data from the print server serving as a source; a unit configured to manage a mediation apparatus and an image forming apparatus in association with each other as a group; a unit configured, upon receiving a print instruction, to determine, among the at least one mediation apparatus, a mediation apparatus to which a print request transfer instruction is to be transmitted, and to transmit the print request transfer instruction to the determined mediation apparatus via the maintained connection; and a unit configured to transmit a print job in response to the print job acquisition request. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133975 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, UPLOADING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH UPLOADING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus capable of performing at least one of scanning, printing, copying, and facsimile transmission/reception includes a communication portion, a job execution portion, a browsing portion, a monitoring portion, a data acquiring portion, an image transmitting portion, and a dummy signal output portion. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133976 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus including a hot folder, comprises: a first determination unit configured to determine whether print processing of the job data stored in the hot folder is executable; a printing unit configured to print the job data determined to be executable; a second determination unit configured to determine whether the printing unit has normally ended the print processing of the job data; a specifying unit configured to specify outline information of a status of the print processing of the job data; an acquisition unit configured to acquire detailed information of the status of the print processing of the job data; and a creation unit configured to create a printing status notification file including the outline information of the status of the print processing of the job data specified and the detailed information of the status of the print processing of the job data acquired. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133977 | PRINT SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, SERVER, PRINTING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus determines, when information including print data and print setting information is requested of a print server in response to an instruction from an input/output device and acquired, and the acquired information is for saving printing, whether a printing result is affected in response to a remaining amount of a color material, warns a user when the printing result is affected, and requests to the print server, print data and print setting information by which the saving printing is not performed, when an instruction to cancel setting of the saving printing is issued from the user, and acquires the print data and the print setting information to perform printing. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133978 | IMAGE READING CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE DATA PROCESSING METHOD - An image reading control device includes: an original reading unit; a display unit that can display an item selection window including processing items for the image data for each page and a processing condition setting window including a preview image based on the image data for each page thus read, at least one predetermined processing item, and contents for each of the at least one predetermined processing item; an input unit accepting a selection input of the processing items and a setting input for setting contents for each of the at least one predetermined processing item; and a reading control unit displaying the processing condition setting window on the display unit with the processing item selected in the selection input accepted by the input unit as the predetermined processing item, and controlling acceptance of the setting input in the input unit for setting contents for each predetermined processing item. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133979 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming system includes: an information operation apparatus which receives screen data and image forming data corresponding to the screen data; an image forming apparatus which communicates with the information operation apparatus; and a display apparatus which communicates with the information operation apparatus and which displays an image on a display portion based on the screen data received from the information operation apparatus, wherein when receiving an image forming confirmation command, the image forming apparatus receives the image forming data corresponding to the image shown on the display apparatus from the information operation apparatus, displays an image which indicates the image forming data and forms the image based on the image forming data if an image forming command is received. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133980 | PRINTING INSTRUCTION PROGRAM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING PREVIEW - Disclose is an image forming apparatus, which makes it possible to easily change the display magnification factor of the print preview image, by conducting intuitive operations. A print function setting section of the apparatus includes: a first designating section to accept a designation of a display magnification factor to be employed for displaying the print preview; a second designating section to accept a designation of a display mode; a magnification factor determining section to calculate display magnification factors; an image creating section to create the print preview, based on the display magnification factor designated by the first designating section, or another display magnification factor calculated by the magnification factor determining section; and a display controlling section to implement controlling operations for displaying the print preview, the slider and the buttons onto the display screen, indicating the current magnification factor and displaying a button corresponding to the fit page display mode. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133981 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR STORING PROGRAM THEREOF - When an execution instruction file including a description of an instruction to execute processing is input into a first folder, job data to be subjected to processing that is stored in the first folder is moved to a second folder different from the first folder. After the movement, a file including a description indicating that execution of the processing is underway is stored in the first folder. The processing is executed with respect to the job data to be subjected to the processing that was moved to the second folder, and when the processing ends, a file including a description of an end of the processing is stored in the first folder in place of the file including a description indicating that execution of the processing is underway. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133982 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A printing system includes: a plurality of printers; an information processing apparatus including a designation unit configured to receive, from user's input, search condition for searching the printers in which the print jobs are to be registered, a search unit configured to search for the printers satisfying the search condition received by the designation unit, a determination unit configured to determine the printers from the printers searched by the search unit, and a registering unit configured to register print jobs based on a same print target in the printers determined by the determination unit. The printer in which the print job is registered starts printing in response to a print instruction. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133983 | DATA TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND DATA RECEPTION APPARATUS - A data transmission apparatus that wirelessly transmits data to a data reception apparatus storing a first wireless setting, the data transmission apparatus comprises: a memory that stores the first wireless setting; a first check unit that, when specific data is to be transmitted to the data reception apparatus, executes a first check process checking whether the data transmission apparatus is able to perform communication by using a second wireless setting, which is a wireless setting being used; a first change unit that, when it is checked that the data transmission apparatus is not able to perform communication with the data reception apparatus, changes the wireless setting being used by the data transmission apparatus from the second wireless setting to the first wireless setting; and a transmission unit that wirelessly transmits the specific data by using the first wireless setting as the wireless setting being used after changing. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120140265 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SCHEDULED DELIVERY OF CONTENT - In one embodiment, source content is obtained from a computing system. A request is received, the request for scheduled automatic delivery, without user intervention, of subscribed-for content to a web-enabled printer. The subscribed-for content comprises at least a portion of the source content. A protocol for printing of the subscribed-for content is established based at least in part on information from the request and data stored in a memory. The subscribed-for content is caused to be formatted in accordance with the protocol. The subscribed-for content is caused to be obtained by the printer. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120140266 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming apparatus includes an external storage device insertion detecting section that detects that an external storage device is inserted. The image forming apparatus further includes an identification information generating section that generates identification information to identify the corresponding image information from the image information generated page by page by an image information generating section; an identification information comparing section that acquires previous identification information, which is previously generated by the identification information generating section, and that compares the acquired previous identification information with the identification information generated by the identification information generating section; and a printing executing section that executes a printing process for the image information corresponding to the generated identification information if a result of the comparison by the identification information comparing section indicates that the generated identification information does not match the previous identification information. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120140267 | SCANNING APPARATUS, MOBILE APPARATUS, AND SCAN JOB PERFORMING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a scanning apparatus, a mobile apparatus, and a scan job performing method thereof. The scan job performing method includes discovering at least one mobile apparatus supporting the scan-to-mobile function by using multicasting by the scanning apparatus, receiving information on at least one discovered mobile apparatus, setting a connection between the scanning apparatus and the mobile apparatus by using the received information of the mobile apparatus, and transmitting a scan image generated by the scanning apparatus to the mobile apparatus. With this configuration, authentication and connection between the scanning apparatus and the mobile apparatus are set by multicasting to thereby improve user's convenience. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120140268 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus which causes a printing apparatus to print an image to which information is added, includes a causing unit for causing, when a setting is specified for adding information to an image and the information cannot be acquired from a router, the printing apparatus not to print the image, and for causing, when a setting is specified for adding information to an image and the information can be acquired from a router, the printing apparatus to print an image to which the acquired information is added. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120140269 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing device including: a generation unit that generates a first drawing page on which print data created by an application is drawn and a second drawing page on which drawing data designated to be added onto the print data is drawn; a transmitting unit that sends the second drawing page subsequent to the first drawing page; a receiving unit that receives a command to start each of the first and the second drawing pages and a command to end each of the first and the second drawing pages; and an output control unit that outputs in a manner that the second drawing page is added onto the first drawing page by not executing the command to end the first drawing page and the command to start the second drawing page. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120140270 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, APPARATUS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes a storing unit, a determining unit, and a merging unit. The storing unit stores control data including apparatus identifiers identifying communication apparatuses and requested information identifiers identifying information items specified in information acquisition requests for the communication apparatuses. The determining unit determines whether a specified communication apparatus specified in a newly-received information acquisition request is already registered in the control data. If the specified communication apparatus is already registered in the control data, the merging unit determines whether a requested information identifier specified in the newly-received information acquisition request is recorded in the control data for the specified communication apparatus. If the requested information identifier is not recorded in the control data, the merging unit adds the requested information identifier to a list of requested information identifiers associated with an information acquisition job for the specified communication apparatus. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120140271 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming system including plural image forming apparatuses, being tandemly-arranged, and forming an image while assigning an area of a recording sheet, wherein each individual image forming apparatus including a display section which is configured to display various information and a control section which is configured to detect connecting positions of each individual image forming apparatus in the image forming system, and to control each individual display section to display a typical information based on detected results. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120140272 | PRINTING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD - An image forming apparatus configured to display a list data corresponding to a user, acquire information indicating an impact on the environment if the data included in the list is printed using one or a plurality of usable print settings, present the impact on the environment when the print settings are selected and print the data using the selected print settings according to a print instruction of the user. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120140273 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image forming apparatus connected to a plural servers and includes a storage part including a log data storage area and configured to store log data into the log data storage area being divided into a first area capable of retaining a first predetermined number of log data items and a second area capable of retaining a second predetermined number of log data items, a data management part configured to manage the storing of the log data into the log data storage area, and a notice transmission part configured to instruct the plural servers to obtain the log data stored in the log data storage area by simultaneously transmitting a notice to the plural servers. The data management part instructs the notice transmission part to transmit the notice when the number of times of storing the log data becomes equivalent to the first predetermined number. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120140274 | JOB CONTROL APPARATUS - In a case where post-process work instructions are output for respective jobs, the number of work instructions to be managed by a worker increases, resulting in a work efficiency drop. Hence, a job control apparatus of this invention groups jobs having identical post-processes, and integrates post-processes having common settings based on setting information of the grouped post-processes. At the time of execution of job processing, one physical job ticket is issued for each integrated post-process. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120140275 | SCAN MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, SCAN MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, CONTROLLING METHOD OF SCAN MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Scan information which is to be used to generate a scan ticket for instructing a scan of a paper document and includes position information of a portable terminal is transmitted to a scan ticket server, the scan ticket is generated from the received scan information by the scan ticket server, the generated scan ticket is transmitted to an image processing apparatus, a scanned image of the paper document and attribute information including the position information are generated based on the scan ticket by the image processing apparatus, and the scanned image and the generated attribute information are transmitted to a map management server. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120140276 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING SERVER, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A plurality of image processing servers in charge of a first-order service individually transmit their server selection information to a plurality of image processing servers in charge of a second-order service, and those in charge of the second-order service individually select one of those in charge of the first-order service as the most preferred server based on the server selection information received therefrom. Similarly, a plurality of image processing servers in charge of a third-order service individually select one of those in charge of the second-order service as the most preferred server based on the server selection information of those in charge of the second-order service received therefrom. Also similarly, an image forming apparatus selects one of a plurality of image processing servers in charge of the final service as the most preferred server based on the server selection information of those in charge of the final service received therefrom. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120140277 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESSING CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes: a user interface configured to display, if an external storage is connected to the image forming apparatus, as a list, file information for specifying data files stored in the external storage and display a screen including printing options for all data files selected by a user; and a determining section configured to determine whether a designated printing option is effective with respect to the selected data files. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120140278 | DOCUMENT INFORMATION DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DOCUMENT INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMPUTER PROGRAM - A document information display control device is provided which displays, on a display, information on a document having a plurality of pages. The device includes a detector configured to detect an entire state and an individual state that are probably found in a first case where a printer obtains a printed matter of the document by printing the document, or, in a second case where a finisher applies finishing processing to the printed matter, the entire state being a state on an entirety of the printed matter, the individual state being a state on each of the plurality of the pages; and a state information display control portion configured to display a screen including entire state information and individual state information, the entire state information indicating the entire state detected by the detector, and the individual state information indicating the individual state detected by the detector. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120140279 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICES AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROCESSES - An image processing device that transmits print image data to an image forming portion to form a target image on at least one recording medium, includes a processor and a non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the image processing device to perform steps including: generating display image data at a display scale for displaying the target image including an element of the target image on a display portion prior to formation of the target image on the at least one recording medium; and generating print image data at a print scale for forming the target image on the recording medium, such that the element of the target image to be formed on the at least one recording medium has substantially the same size as the element of the target image displayed on the display portion. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120140280 | ELECTRONICALLY TRANSMITTED DOCUMENT DELIVERY THROUGH INTERACTION WITH PRINTED DOCUMENT - A system for delivering an electronic document is disclosed. The system has a printer for printing on a substrate user information indicative of a send instruction which is visible to a user and coded tags invisible to the user. A sensing device senses the coded tags when the sensing device is moved relative to the substrate by the user interacting with the user information. A computer system electronically captures a message composed with the sensing device via movement of the sensing device relative to a predetermined area on the substrate. The computer system determines the predetermined area on the substrate and electronically captures the message. When the sensing device senses coded tags coincident with the send instruction, the computer system transmits the message to a recipient address. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120140281 | NETWORK COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM - The present invention filters packets and reduces traffic when communication is performed with a device on a network utilizing the IPv6 protocol. To achieve this, a printer driver operating in a personal computer correlates and stores the name of the communicating party and an address for which communication actually succeeded from among addresses that have undergone name resolution, and uses the stored address in communicating with the same communicating party from then onward. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120140282 | Printing Control System - A print system in which a printer and a client personal computer are connected to a network. The printer may include a storage unit configured to store a residual quantity information of sheets of paper in a paper feed cassette, a communication unit configured to transmit the residual quantity information to the client personal computer, and a printing unit. The client personal computer may include a generation unit configured to generating print data corresponding to a print job, and a control unit configured to acquire the residual quantity information and a number of sheets of paper necessary for the print job and compare the residual quantity information and the number of sheets of paper necessary. Upon judging an occurrence of exhaustion of sheets of paper according to a comparison result, the control unit may notify a user before starting printing in the printer. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120140283 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONNECTING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH MULTIPLE HOST DEVICES - A method and an apparatus for connecting an image forming apparatus with multiple host devices. The method includes: displaying a user interface in which the image forming apparatus and the host devices are arranged; setting an area in the user interface in which the host devices are to be connected to the image forming apparatus; and connecting host devices positioned in the set area to the image forming apparatus. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120140284 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus removably having an operation panel having a display unit, an imaging unit and a wireless communication unit communicable with the image forming apparatus. In a status where the operation panel is not mounted on the image forming apparatus, an image indicating an operation method is combined with a video image obtained by the imaging unit and displayed on the display unit, and the combined image is displayed. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120140285 | CLOUD PRINTER WITH A COMMON USER PRINT EXPERIENCE - One embodiment is a portable electronic device that prints a document to a printer. A common user print experience is displayed regardless of a type of operating system installed on the portable electronic device. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120147414 | MULTISOURCE, ADAPTIVE PRINTER CONFIGURATION - Some embodiments of the invention provide techniques whereby a printer driver may be modified and supplemented over time. For example, a framework may be provided which enables a printer driver's functionality to be supplemented over time to include new and/or enhanced features, such as features relating to the manner in which the capabilities of a printer are configured, print settings are manipulated, information is presented to users, print-related system events are handled, etc. In some embodiments, one or more components (which may be included in a print subsystem provided by an operating system of a computing device, in a printer driver, and/or some other system element) may be configured to automatically seek and acquire configuration data from any of various sources, including the printer device, one or more online sources, and/or other sources. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120147415 | PRINTER DRIVER AND APPLICATION DECOUPLING USING EVENT CENTRIC REGISTRATION MODEL - Some embodiments of the invention provide a printer user interface (UI) component configured to handle presentation of information to a user during printing operations. The printer UI component may de-couple the rendering and configuration functionality provided by a printer driver from the presentation of information to end users, thereby reducing the risk that applications may crash or hang due to printer driver malfunction. In some embodiments, a registry of events upon which information should be presented to the user is established, and the printer UI component may be registered for some or all of these events, so that when the specified events occur the printer UI component may be invoked to cause information to be presented to the user. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120147416 | MULTI-LAYERED PRINTER DRIVER MODEL - Embodiments of the invention provide a layered printer driver model in which, at the “bottom layer,” a rendering component provides rendering functionality to format information constituting a print job initiated according to a page description language that a printer device is designed to process, and one or more other components that provide configuration and/or user experience functionality may “sit atop” the bottom layer. Any or all of these higher-level components may support not just a single printer device, but a class of printer devices defined by one or more shared characteristics. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120147417 | Method And Arrangement For Use Of Shared Resources In A Network - A method for controlling and monitoring, from a server, transfers of jobs from clients connected in the network to shared resources connected in the network. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120147418 | DATA COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - In a data communication apparatus which communicates with another data communication apparatus via a network, and a method of controlling the same, an address book in which a plurality of addresses used to send data are registered is published to other data communication apparatus via the network, and in a case that a loopback address is included in the plurality of addresses registered in that address book, the other data communication apparatus is restricted from accessing the address book including the loopback address. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120147419 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing system includes information processing devices and an accumulation device. Each information processing device includes a facsimile number acquisition unit that acquires a facsimile number registered in another information processing device; a number requesting unit that requests the accumulation device for a number corresponding to the facsimile number, the number including at least one of an area code, a country code, and an identification number of a telephone company, when the facsimile number does not include the number; and a facsimile transmission unit that attaches the number to the facsimile number and performs a facsimile transmission. The accumulation device includes a number return unit that returns a number corresponding to a facsimile number, the number including at least one of an area code, a country code, and an identification number of a telephone company, when the number is requested from one of the information processing devices. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120147420 | Mobile Printing System Using a Device Management Server - A mobile printing system includes a cloud server apparatus, a mobile terminal device, a device management server apparatus, a print-control device, and an image forming apparatus. The cloud server apparatus stores a document data file. The mobile terminal device includes a wireless communication interface, and a short-range communication interface of which the maximum communicable distance is shorter than that of the wireless communication interface, and transmits the document data file with its device ID to the cloud server apparatus. The device management server apparatus receives the document data file in association with the device ID, and converts the document data file to print data and stores it. The print-control device detects the mobile terminal device using a short-range communication interface, and receives its device ID, and receives the print data from the document management server apparatus, and transmits the print data to the image forming apparatus for printing. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120147421 | PRINT SYSTEM, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - In a print system, print data and print setting information are transmitted from a terminal to a printing apparatus via an email, and the printing apparatus performs a printing process of the print data based on the print setting information. The printing apparatus includes: a first receiving unit that receives a print request email from the terminal; a transmission unit that transmits, to the terminal, a reply email that includes allowable print setting information representing information on designable print settings; and a second receiving unit that receives a second reply email having been transmitted from the terminal and including print setting information designated from among the allowable print setting information. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120147422 | Information Processing Device, Image Output System, and Image Output Assisting Device For Image Output System - An information processing device includes: a data generating section for generating compatible format data of data that is generated on the basis of an application program; a searching section for searching, when the data generating section is instructed to generate the compatible format data, for at least one image output device connected to a network and capable of printing out the compatible format data; a disclosing section for disclosing to the user the at least one image output device, which has been searched; a receiving section for receiving (i) a selection of an image output device to which the compatible format data is transmitted, (ii) input of a condition for printing, and (iii) an instruction for execution; and a command generating section for generating a command for causing the printing to be executed in accordance with a received condition for the printing. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120147423 | PRINTING DEVICE, PRINTING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR CONTROL PROGRAM - A printing device is provided which prints a document, to be passed to one or more recipients, in an output format according to a personal preference of each of the recipients. The printing device includes a receiving portion configured to accept a print job indicating the document and the recipients; a determination portion configured to determine an output format according to a personal preference of each of the recipients indicated in the accepted print job based on a history of print jobs that were executed for each of the recipients, and a print job execution portion configured to, when printing the document indicated in the accepted print job by a plurality of sets corresponding to the number of the recipients, perform the printing in the output format according to the personal preference of each of the recipients determined by the determination portion. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120147424 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD - To convert N-valued input image data to output image data, where N is an integer equal to or greater than two, a concentration value is determined for each pixel in a set of pixels including a pixel of interest and its neighboring pixels. Ranks are assigned to each of these pixels on the basis of the concentration values. The pixel values of the pixel of interest and its neighboring pixels are then redistributed according to the assigned ranks. This scheme enables pixel clustering to be manipulated in a natural way. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120147425 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RESTRICTING FILE OPERATIONS - An information processing apparatus determines whether a particular operation on a first file, for example, is restricted or not. The information processing apparatus also restricts the particular operation on a second file related to the first file if the particular operation on the first file is restricted. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120154850 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ESTIMATING THE COST OF A PRINT JOB - A method of estimating the cost of a target print job may include identifying a target print job having a document type and one or more attributes, for each attribute of the target print job, determining a correlation between the attribute and a cost of the target print job using a plurality of historical print jobs associated with the document type, and identifying one or more of the attributes as cost drivers based on the correlation of the attribute to the cost of the target print job. The method may include identifying one or more relevant historical print jobs from the plurality of historical print jobs based on values for the identified cost drivers, estimating a cost of the target print job using the one or more relevant historical print jobs, and displaying the estimated cost associated with the target print job. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154851 | Control Panel System - In one example, a control panel system for a printer includes a portable control panel configured to receive user input to control printer functions and a stationary control panel configured to receive user input to control printer functions. In this example, the portable control panel has a wireless connector for making a wireless connection to the printer. In another example, a control panel system for a device (for example a printer) includes: a portable control panel; a stationary control touch panel; a dock configured to receive the portable control panel; and a feature configured to inhibit the portable control panel from triggering touch sensitive buttons on the stationary control panel during docking and undocking. In this example, the stationary control touch panel is hidden from view by the portable control panel and inaccessible to the user when the portable control panel is docked. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154852 | VIRTUAL INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICE FOR PRINTERS - A system and method for operating a printing device is disclosed. A connection is provided between a computing device and the printing device, wherein the printing device is configured with a software application. Instructions are executed on the computing device, which provide the software application on the computing device. The computing device receives at least one input in the software application on the computing device, and transmits to the printing device at least one command associated with the at least one input. The printing device operates in response to the at least one command substantially in the same manner as it operates in response to at least one second input received in the software application provided on the printing device. The at least one first input in the software application on the computing device corresponds to the at least one second input in the software application on the printing device. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154853 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus comprises: a conversion unit that converts an original into image data by scanning the original; a detection unit that detects a blank page in the image data converted by the conversion unit; a separation unit that deletes image data of the blank page detected by the separation unit from the converted image data; and a transmission unit that transmits to an external apparatus (a) the converted image data from which the image data of the blank page is separated by the separation unit, (b) the separated image data of the blank page, and (c) notification information formed based on a separation result by the separation unit. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154854 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINT SERVICE APPARATUS, SERVICE PROVIDING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A print service apparatus includes: a reception unit configured to receive, via a Web browser together with a print job designated from a window, window information of the window, user information, and message information of a message which is contained in the window and provided by a microblogging function; an addition unit configured to add, as a user using the microblogging function, a comment on the message corresponding to the message information to the window; a monitoring unit configured to monitor whether another user has added a comment on the message corresponding to the message information; a determination unit configured to determine whether the added comment is a comment by the user; and a decision unit configured to decide processing for the print job based on a content of the added comment when the determination unit determines that the added comment is a comment by the user. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154855 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING METHOD, CONTROL METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A printing apparatus comprises: an acquisition unit configured to analyze an input print job and acquires information of a sheet to be used in printing; and a printing unit configured to print the input print job by performing paper feed from an inserter controlled by another connected printing apparatus, if the information acquired by the acquisition unit indicates that a sheet to be used in printing is stored in a manual insertion paper feed unit. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154856 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORING MEDIUM - This invention is directed to an image processing apparatus and method capable of creating image data at light processing load by executing cropping from an image and connection of a plurality of images, and storing medium for storing a program executing the method. According to this method, image data containing the difference between encoded data of two consecutive blocks corresponding to an image divided into a plurality of blocks is input. When cropping or connection of an image based on the image data is instructed, the difference between encoded data of two blocks which newly become consecutive in an image newly acquired by cropping or connection of the image is calculated based on encoded data contained in the image data. Image data which corresponds to the newly acquired image and contains the calculated difference as encoded data corresponding to a block of the newly acquired image is created. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154857 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINTING CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR - A printing control method includes obtaining, from a control unit controlling printing of print data, identification information for identifying an image forming apparatus connected to the control unit and model information indicating a model of the image forming apparatus, storing the identification information and the model information associated with control unit identification information for identifying the control unit into a storage device, receiving the print data and the identification information from an interface unit for transmitting the print data and the identification information of the image forming apparatus in response to a request from an application unit, and reading out, from the storage device, the received control unit identification information in association with the identification information, and determining the control unit identified by the control unit identification information as a control unit to be specified to control printing of the print data. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154858 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An information processing apparatus for displaying a character string on a UI and a method of controlling the apparatus. When a request for a character string to be displayed on the UI is received, a compatible format or incompatible format in which the character string is to be output is selected. When the compatible format is selected, space is inserted around a character string partitioned with a discriminated line feed code, and an output character string in which the number of characters of the character string is adjusted to the number of displayable characters is generated. When the incompatible format is selected, an output character string in which a line feed code is converted to a particular character string is generated. The generated output character string is output. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154859 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SERVER APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR - In an image processing apparatus, preparation processing instruction information is received from an external apparatus before a processing unit executes an image processing function so that preparation processing is performed on the processing unit based on the preparation processing instruction information. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154860 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINTING CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus reads setting information indicating a print setting corresponding to a user operation and content information of a print target from a storage device, and generates job information to be used in printing in an image forming apparatus by combining the setting information and information indicating that the content information is referred to. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154861 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SYSTEM INCLUDING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND EXTERNAL APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes an execution unit configured to execute a plurality of jobs based on a processing command included in a received communication response and a determination unit configured to determine whether to transmit an execution result of an execution unit in a synchronous manner or an asynchronous manner. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154862 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A printing system according to the present invention, being capable of controlling a post-processing apparatus to execute post-processing for a sheet printed by a printing apparatus, has an acceptance unit and a control unit. The acceptance unit is configured to accept a post-processing execution request for executing post-processing by the post-processing apparatus without executing print processing by the printing apparatus. The control unit controls, in a case where the acceptance unit accepts the post-processing execution request, the post-processing apparatus to execute the post-processing for a sheet set in a supply source without executing print processing by the printing apparatus. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154863 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF SETTING CONFIGURATION INFORMATION FOR USE BY IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR - An information processing apparatus capable of easily registering and deleting configuration information and providing excellent user-friendliness. An integrated application that operates on the information processing apparatus capable of communicating with an image processing apparatus through a network sets configuration information for use by the image processing apparatus for data transmission, and instructs the image processing apparatus to display an icon corresponding to the configuration information on a touch panel of the image processing apparatus. When one of icons displayed on the touch panel is touched, data is transmitted from the image processing apparatus to a transmission destination represented by the confirmation information corresponding to the icon. If the data is successfully received by the transmission destination, the integrated application instructs the image processing apparatus to delete the configuration information corresponding to the touched icon. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154864 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a first image forming unit provided at a first stage for executing a print process to a single-side of a sheet, including a first feeding tray; and a second image forming unit provided at a next stage for executing a print process to a single-side of a sheet, including a second feeding tray. These units are connected in series so as to execute single-side or both-sides print process. The apparatus further including a control section which, when a first print process for the sheet fed from the first feeding tray and a second print process for the sheet fed from the second feeding tray are switched based upon print instruction information so as to execute the switched print process, controls an operation state of the first image forming unit depending on an execution condition of the second print process. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154865 | PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - A printing apparatus that is capable of matching orientations of images on printed sheets even for a job of which information added to a head is insufficient to specify types of all sheets. The printing apparatus prints an image on a sheet by executing a job. A determination unit determines whether a use of a tab sheet is set to information added to the head of the job. A control unit determines an orientation of an image to be printed on a non-tab sheet according to an orientation of the tab sheet included in the information when the use of the tab sheet is set. The control unit determines an orientation of an image to be printed on a non-tab sheet according to discrimination of whether the tab sheet is included in the job based on analysis of the job when the use of the tab sheet is not set. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154866 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SORTING PRINT JOBS FOR A PLURALITY OF PRINT SERVICE PROVIDERS - The present disclosure is directed systems and methods of sorting print jobs for assignment to a plurality of print service providers. In one aspect, such a method can include receiving at a print server a plurality of print jobs having a plurality of print parameters from a plurality of users, where individual print jobs have multiple print parameters being represented in a portion of the plurality of print jobs. The method can further include selecting a prioritization factor, identifying a plurality of print service providers having at least partially different printing configurations, sorting the plurality of print jobs into a plurality of print job groupings based on common printing parameters and the prioritization factor, and sending the plurality of print job groupings to the plurality of print service providers to achieve the common print parameters and the prioritization factor. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154867 | System for Issuing Commemorative Printed Article and Method for Issuing Commemorative Printed Article - A member whose membership is registered in a system causes a venue terminal installed on the premises of the service provided by the contractor participating in the system to read a member card, whereupon a system management computer registers a service purchase history for each member formed by mutually associating a member ID and a service ID. When a request is made via a member terminal to the management computer for the commemorative printed article to be purchased, output information formed by integrating service-related information including an official photograph managed by the contractor for the service registered in the purchase history together with individual information including at least the member's name is generated and transmitted to a printing device. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154868 | DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In a document management system according to an embodiment of the present invention, in order to prevent a leakage of information, in a case where a copy of a document is transferred to a media, a deletion processing with respect to the document is disabled. Then, in a case where it is confirmed that document leakage is not performed from the media, the deletion processing with respect to the document from the media is canceled. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154869 | COMPOSITE SERVICE PROVIDING SYSTEM - A composite service providing system including a plurality of network electronic devices communicatively connected with each other. The plurality of network electronic devices includes electronic devices, each of which is capable of providing at least one service. A plurality of services provided by a plurality of electronic devices are combined to constitute a composite service. The composite service providing system further includes a composite service designating system that designates a composite service to be provided, an electronic device determining system that determines an electronic device that provides each of a plurality of services necessary for providing the composite service designated with the composite service designating system, and a controlling system that control the electronic devices determined by the electronic device determining system to provide the services so that the composite service designated by the designating system is provided. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120162697 | Remote Print File Transfer And Spooling Application For Use With A One-Way Data Link - A system for printing includes one or more printers, a send platform, a print spooling platform coupled to the one or more printers, and a one-way data link enforcing unidirectional data transfer from the send platform to the print spooling platform, wherein the send platform is configured to receive a print job, convert the print job into a print file in a printable format for the one or more printers, and send the print file to the print spooling platform across the one-way data link, and the print spooling platform is configured to receive the print file from the one-way data link, control spooling of the print file for the one or more printers, and send the print file to the one or more printers, and wherein the one or more printers cannot communicate to the send platform. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162698 | METHOD OF SECURING PRINTERS AGAINST MALICIOUS SOFTWARE - A method for securing a computer device against malicious code, the method including the steps of: executing a computer program on the computer device, the computer device having a central processing unit, which carries out instructions of the computer program, and wherein at least a portion of the computer program is executed by one or more tasks, each of the one or more tasks having a task stack associated therewith; and managing the central processing unit such that the central processing unit does not execute machine code from the task stacks associated with each of the one or more task so as to secure the computer device against malicious code from the task stack. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162699 | METHOD FOR PRINTING COMPRESSED IMAGES - A method for printing an image of a compressed hierarchical image format file determines a number of layers to be extracted from a codestream of the compressed hierarchical image format file needed to realize a predetermined printing requirement with respect to printing the image of the compressed hierarchical image format file. Information, identifying the number of layers needed to be extracted from the codestream to realize the predetermined printing requirement, is embedded. The number of layers identified by the embedded information is extracted from the codestream and the image is printed based upon the number of layers extracted from the codestream. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162700 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMATION DESIGNATING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming system includes an image formation designating apparatus and a given image forming apparatus. The image formation designating apparatus includes a common function setting information acquisition unit, an acquisition unit, an integrated function setting information generating unit, a presentation unit, a receiving unit, an image formation designating information generating unit, and a transmitting unit. The given image forming apparatus includes a holding unit, a unit, a receiving unit, and an image forming unit. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162701 | VERIFIABLE CHECK AND SECURITY DOCUMENT SYSTEM - A verifiable security document system, which generates a security architecture from the sensitive information, by applying a security platform equipped with secure print media and secure print configurations for printing of the security architecture on a document to form an anti-counterfeit, protected document. The security of the document system is further heighted by communications between the validation center and the document issuer and between the validation center and recipient of the document. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162702 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus may include a reading unit, a display unit, and a printing unit. The reading unit reads a document and generate image data. The display unit displays a screen for setting a layout in printing the image data. The printing unit prints the image data using the layout and a read size of the document. In response to a screen for setting a layout in printing the image data being displayed by using a certain method, a user of the displaying unit is allowed to skip setting of the read size of the document to print the image data. In response to a screen for setting a layout in printing the image data being displayed without using the certain method, the user is requested to set the read size of the document to print the image data. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162703 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - An image forming apparatus including an operation panel has, as a configuration of the operation panel, a display portion including a function to display environmental label information of the image forming apparatus. The environmental label information includes information on a type of greenhouse effect gases (CO | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162704 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a display unit, which is configured to display information, an electric substrate, which is configured to manipulate the display unit to display the information, a cover, which is formed to have an opening in a position corresponding to the display unit, and an insulating sheet, which is arranged to cover the opening and includes a first sheet and a second sheet, the first sheet and the second sheet being arranged to interpose the cover in there-between. The first sheet is arranged on one of two sides of the cover closer to the display unit. The second sheet is arranged on an opposite side of the cover further from the display unit. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162705 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - In a print control apparatus which causes a print apparatus to print via a hot folder, it is monitored whether a file is submitted to the hot folder. Upon submitting the file, it is identified whether the submitted file is a reference information file indicating an external content file, and, upon identifying the reference information file, it is determined whether an acquisition process of acquiring the external content file indicated by the reference information file is to be executed by the print control apparatus or the print apparatus. Upon determining that the acquisition process is to be executed by the print control apparatus, print data is generated based on the acquired external content file, and, upon determining that the acquisition process is to be executed by the print apparatus, print data including the reference information file indicating the external content file is generated. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162706 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROLLING METHOD FOR SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A main body controller provided in an image forming apparatus receives a VDP job from an external computer, and arranges image data of a reusable object and a variable object, which correspond to the VDP job, on a page for printout. An inspection controller performs inspection processing for printed matter for each page, and the main body controller preferentially stores image data of the reusable object, which corresponds to the page for which the printing has been determined to be defective as a result of inspection processing, in a cache unit. The main body controller acquires the reusable object, which corresponds to the page for which the printing has been determined to be defective, from the cache unit, and executes page reprint processing using the acquired reusable object. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162707 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus that processes a variable data printing (VDP) job having a plurality of records includes a formation unit configured to form status management data for managing a processing status of a reusable object contained in the VDP job, an assignment unit configured to assign the record of the VDP job to a free CPU core based on the status management data, and a waiting unit configured to wait for the end of processing of all CPU cores that is performing the parallel processing. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162708 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - When it is detected that a file has been stored in a hot folder, an apparatus stands by for a predetermined period of time not to process the file based on settings associated with the hot folder. When the predetermined period of time elapses, the apparatus processes the file based on the settings associated with the hot folder. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162709 | DATA ADMINISTERING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, DATA ADMINISTERING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING DATA ADMINISTERING PROGRAMS - A data administering apparatus configured to be connected to a plurality of information processing apparatuses and to administer information which is transmitted from the plurality of information processing apparatuses and relates to an image forming apparatus, includes: a communicating section to receive power-off information which is transmitted from the plurality of information processing apparatuses and is used to turn off a power source of the image forming apparatus, and a control section to administer a number of times of power-off of the image forming apparatus based on the power-off information received by the communicating section. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162710 | DATA CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, DATA CONTROL METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDED THEREIN DATA CONTROL PROGRAM - A data control apparatus, which is connected to a plurality of information processing apparatus and controls information, relating to an image forming apparatus, transmitted from the information processing apparatus, the data control apparatus including: a communication section to receive power-on information, transmitted from the information processing section, for making the image forming apparatus into a power-on state, and identification information indicating a user who uses the information processing apparatus having transmitted the power-on information or the information processing apparatus having transmitted the power-on information; and a control section to control a number of power-on times of the image forming apparatus based on the power-on information and the identification information, received by the communication section. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162711 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image reading apparatus requests an external apparatus to transmit a reading instruction. When reading the document according to the reading instruction transmitted from the external apparatus in response to the request, if a reading method for reading the document placed on a document positioning plate without conveying the document is used, the image reading apparatus displays, every time one page of the document is read, a confirmation screen for allowing a user to confirm whether to end reading the document irrespective of whether a format of a single-page file is specified or where a format of a multi-page file is specified as a format of a file to be generated from the read document. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162712 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS HAVING TRANSMISSION FUNCTION AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image reading apparatus in which a session timeout does not take place in a case where user's confirmation is obtained before image data obtained by reading originals is transmitted. Before transmission of image data, a control unit determines whether a protocol having a time out is selected. If the selected protocol has a timeout, the control unit determines whether a memory is in a memory full state each time image data of one page is stored into the memory. If the memory is in a memory full state, the user is requested to confirm as to whether transmission is to be performed. If the necessity of transmission is confirmed by the user, the control unit establishes a session with a destination and transmits image data of pages stored in the memory to the destination. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162713 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND PRINTING PROGRAM - A printing system includes: a printing apparatus printing an image acquired from a providing apparatus which provides a service for sharing the image; and a communication apparatus. The printing apparatus includes: a first acquiring unit configured to acquire service information; a first transmitting unit configured to transmit the service information; a first receiving unit configured to receive print setting information; a second transmitting unit configured to transmit a command to request the image; a second receiving unit configured to receive the image from the providing apparatus; and a first printing unit configured to print the image on the basis of the print setting information, and the communication apparatus includes: a third receiving unit configured to receive the service information; a second acquiring unit configured to acquire the print setting information corresponding to the service information; and a third transmitting unit configured to transmit the print setting information. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162714 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING DEVICE, HOST DEVICE, AND COMPUTER ACCESSIBLE STORAGE STORING PROGRAM THEREFOR - A printing system is configured such that, when authentication data is input by a user and a print request is made, if print data regarding the print request is stored in a printing device side storage, the printing device prints images on a printing sheet based on the print data stored in the printing device side storage, while, if the print data has been deleted by the printing device side deletion unit and is not stored in the printing device side storage, the printing device transmits print data request data identifying the print data regarding the print request to a host device and obtains the print data regarding the print request, and prints images on the printing sheet based on the obtained print data. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120170073 | SYSTEM FOR PREVIEWING AND IMAGING DOCUMENTS - A system for previewing and imaging a document includes an imaging unit having an imaging surface configured to carry the document thereon. The imaging unit also includes an image sensing member configured to capture an image corresponding to the document and an image processing member communicably coupled to the image sensing member to receive the captured image. The image processing member is further configured to convert the captured image to a digital data format. The system further includes a display unit communicably coupled to the image processing member. The display unit includes a user interface configured to exhibit a placement-guiding display object over converted captured image. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120170074 | METHOD OF AUTOMATIC SELECTIVE HANDLING OF SYNDICATED ITEMS - A method of automatic selective handling of a syndicated item on a printing device linked to a syndication server that includes receiving a syndication feed from the syndication server and performing a syndicated item processing method based upon a first rule set in the printing device. The syndication feed includes a syndicated item, and the syndicated item has a first syndicated item property readable by the printing device. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120170075 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus including: a read section configured to read a plurality of data items as well as date and time information related to the data items; a slider configured to generate a first operation signal on accepting the input of an operation of a movable knob part of the slider by a user to a position corresponding to the length of a time period; a grouping section configured to divide the plurality of data items into groups based on the time period determined from the first operation signal as well as on the read date and time information; and a display control section configured to display a list of representative pictures representing the data items in each of the groups, on a screen of a display portion. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120170076 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image processing apparatus scans an original document, coverts the original document into image data, creates an electronic file based on the image data, records a scanned mark on the scanned original document, and confirms whether the scanned mark is recorded. The scanned mark includes ID information assigned to the image processing apparatus. The electronic file is created when the scanned mark is not recorded on the original document and when the scanned mark including the ID information is recorded on the original document. The electronic file is not created when a scanned mark other than the scanned mark including the ID information assigned to the image processing apparatus is recorded on the original document. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120176642 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - An information processing system includes an information management apparatus that accepts image generation requests and an image generation section that generates image data, which is provided independently of the information management apparatus. The information management apparatus issues a job ID in response to a print request from a client, and transmits the job ID and a URL of the image generation apparatus to the client. Based on the URL, the client directly requests the image generation apparatus for image data corresponding to the job ID. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120176643 | Dynamic Alert Mechanism for Count-Constrained Interface Controls - There is disclosed a method and apparatus for providing count-constrained user interface controls. The user interface displays a user input field and a predetermined count limit of user input parameters for the user input field on a user interface on a display. Once user interaction with the user input field is accepted, the user interface is updated such that the predetermined count limit on the display one of (a) blinks if a total count of the user input parameters exceeds the predetermined count limit, (b) changes color if the total count of the user input parameters equals the predetermined count limit, and (c) returns to a default color matching other aspects of the user interface if the total count of the user input parameters is less than the predetermined count limit. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120176644 | Recording System, Recording Control Device, and Control Method - A recording system has a recording device that records recording data sent from a host computer to a recording medium. The host computer has a division control unit that divides recording data to be recorded into plural blocks of recording data, and a transmission control unit that sequentially transmits the blocks of divided recording data. The recording device has a reception unit that stores the transmitted blocks of recording data to a receive buffer in the order received, and a recording control unit that records the received blocks of recording data to the recording medium. The dividing position where the division control unit divides the recording data to be recorded is a position where white space data is contained in the recording data to be recorded. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120176645 | PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINTING CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing control apparatus controls an order of processing executed by a printing apparatus for print jobs included in a first print job group and print jobs included in a second print job group. A detection unit detects a first and second print job included in the first print job group, wherein the second print job has common paper information with the first print job. A control unit arranges processing orders of the detected first and second print jobs to be successive to each other, and arranges a processing order, within the second print job group, of a third print job, which is included in the second print job group and is grouped by a predetermined category together with the first print job, to be equivalent to the processing order of the first print job within the first print job group. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120176646 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSOR - A communication system including a communication apparatus that communicates with a destination apparatus, and an image processor that connects to the communication apparatus. The image processor includes a supplying unit that supplies image data to the communication apparatus, and a notifying unit that transmits first additional information to the communication apparatus. The communication apparatus includes a memory that stores second additional information, a information generator that generates third additional information based on the second additional information stored in the memory and the first additional information received from the image processor, and a transmitter that adds the third additional information generated by the information generator to the image data supplied from the image processor and transmits the image data including the third additional information to the destination apparatus. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120176647 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, NETWORK SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus is provided, which includes a first unit which stores set information for operating the image processing apparatus, a second unit which updates the set information stored in the first unit by using set information which is received via a network from another image processing apparatus connected to the network and used to operate the image processing apparatus, a storage unit which stores the set information before update by the first unit, a return instruction acceptance unit which accepts from the user an instruction to return the set information updated by the first unit to the set information before update, and a return unit which returns the set information to the set information before update that is stored in the storage unit when the return instruction acceptance unit accepts the instruction to return the set information to the set information before update. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120176648 | SYSTEM HAVING ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH MULTIPLE INTERFACES AND HOST APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND SETUP METHOD, CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - In order to make it possible to confirm an electronic device installation place where communication trouble occurrence is reduced, settings for communication via a second interface are made via a first interface when the electronic device is connected to a host device to install a device driver. After that, a message is displayed to a user to the effect that the electronic device should be placed at a location where it is actually used to cause user to place the electronic device at the location where it is actually used. After the installation of the electronic device, the communication state via the second interface is measured to determine whether the electronic device installation place is suitable or not. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120182572 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT SERVER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND MANAGEMENT METHOD - An image forming apparatus transmits, when a function which cooperates with a function providing apparatus is added, information on the added function to a management server, and changes a failure monitoring setting according to the returned monitoring condition. If a failure occurs, the image forming apparatus generates, if the failure is attributable to the function providing apparatus, failure information indicating that the failure is attributable to the function providing apparatus, and otherwise, the image forming apparatus generates failure information on the failure to transmit to the management server. Upon receiving the information on the added function from the image forming apparatus, the management server returns the monitoring condition corresponding to the added function to arrange for maintenance of the image forming apparatus. If the failure is attributable to the function providing apparatus, the management server does not arrange for maintenance of the image forming apparatus. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120182573 | PRINT SUPPORT APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM AND PRINT SUPPORT PROGRAM - Disclosed is a print support apparatus that makes it possible even for a client, who has no document creation/editing application program and no printer driver, to implement a printing operation easily and safely by employing the SaaS. The print support apparatus, which is to be installed in a user's inhouse network being connectable to the Internet, includes: a detecting section to detect a printer coupled to the user's inhouse network; a notifying section to notify a print service server of information for specifying the printer above-detected; an acquiring section that accesses a predetermined storing destination site, in which print data created from document data by the print service server by executing a printer driver corresponding to the printer above-detected, is stored, so as to acquire the print data from the predetermined storing destination site concerned; and a data transferring section to transfer the print data to the printer above-detected. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120182574 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication system is provided. In a communication system, when consumables mounted on an image forming apparatus main body are determined as greenhouse gas emission right-granted consumables by a computation unit, an image forming apparatus acquires contribution content information regarding greenhouse gas reduction corresponding to emission right allowance information recorded in a recording unit of the consumables from a connection unit and displays the acquired contribution content information on a display unit. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120182575 | SCANNING SYSTEM, PRINTING SYSTEM, SERVICE PROVIDING SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD - A scanning system comprises a server, scanner, and terminal, the server including: a reception unit configured to receive a scan setting and a start instruction from one of the scanner and the terminal; a storage unit configured to store the scan setting and to issue the identification information; a determination unit configured to determine which of the scanner and the terminal has transferred the scan setting and the start instruction; and a processing unit configured, when the determination unit determines that the scanner has transferred the scan setting and the start instruction, to transfer the scan setting and the start instruction to the scanner, and when the determination unit determines that the terminal has transferred the scan setting and the start instruction, to cause the storage unit to store the scan setting and to transfer, to the scanner, identification information indicating the stored scan setting. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120182576 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, DISPLAY APPARATUS, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION TRADING SYSTEM AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION TRADING METHOD - A control unit displays on the display unit, when a device and a life cycle phase for which an acquisition equivalent and an actual equivalent are desired to be acquired are selected on a selected screen displayed on a display unit and a “SEND” icon is manipulated, the acquisition equivalent, the actual equivalent and a comparison result between them which are received from a server. When a user refers to the comparison result displayed on the display unit and manipulates a “SEND STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT” icon on a settlement screen, the control unit sends a statement of account to the server. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120182577 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A display control apparatus and a control method for controlling display of a display unit are provided. The display control apparatus detects an orientation of the display unit and controls a display of the display unit in accordance with the detected orientation of the display unit. The screen of the display unit is divided into a first display area, where a display layout is changed in accordance with the orientation of the display unit, and a second display area where a display layout is not changed in accordance with the orientation of the display unit. The display control unit makes the second display area display a first window which changes in accordance with a function to be executed, and makes the first display area display a second window which does not change in accordance with a function to be executed. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120182578 | DATA COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A document transmission apparatus reduces troublesome labor of an operator when transmitting document data, inputted from a scanner or the like, by various transmission methods such as electronic mail, facsimile, remote printing and file transfer. An address book containing a receiver and a plurality of transmission methods for transmitting document data to the receiver is generated. Upon transmission instruction, an appropriate transmission method is selected by the receiver, then document data is converted into data of an appropriate data format, and the converted data is transmitted. Further, a notice of transmission indicating that the document data has been transmitted is transmitted to the receiver of the document data by a method different from the transmission method of the document data. Thus, the document data can be reliably delivered to the receiver. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120182579 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - According to this invention, the date range can be intuitively designated by designating up, down, left, and right directions, and images stored in a storage medium can be easily restricted to images which may be subjected to printing. In order to restrict images stored in a memory card on the basis of the date, a region for inputting the start date of the date range is displayed at the upper portion of a display window on a display device, and a region for inputting the end date is displayed at the lower portion. One of the regions is designated and selected with up and down direction keys. A date in the selected region is changed with left and right direction keys. Images having storage dates between the start date and the end date are decided as printing target candidates. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120188584 | Document imaging node with internal web server execution environment - An imaging node hosts a web server execution environment that exports document imaging services using server-side scripting. The web server execution environment receives Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) requests from a web browser and runs server-side scripts that resolve HTTP requests to native imaging services. A native imaging execution environment then executes the resolved native imaging services. Moreover, the web server execution environment can run server-side scripts that resolve HTTP requests to non-native imaging services and invoke the resolved non-native imaging services remotely as required. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188585 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UPDATING PRINTING DEVICE CAPABILITIES - Systems and methods that generate initial printing device capabilities data including one or more initial printing device capabilities based on the initial print ticket markup language data, receive second print ticket markup language data, generate updated printing device capabilities data including one or more updated printing device capabilities based on the second print ticket markup language data, and generate one or more changed printing device capabilities markup language data based on the initial printing device capabilities data and the updated printing device capabilities data, wherein the one or more changed printing device capabilities markup language data includes one or more changed printing device capabilities that indicate differences between the one or more initial printing device capabilities and the one or more updated printing device capabilities. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188586 | INPUT TRAY DESIGNATION FOR SEPARATOR PAGES IN A PRINT SHOP ENVIRONMENT - Systems and methods are provided that allow for printing of separator pages from designated input trays on printers of a print shop. One embodiment is a print server that receives an incoming print job directed to a printer, and identifies an input tray of the printer that has been designated for printing separator pages. The print server also generates a separator page with a property that directs the printer to print the separator page with media from the designated input tray, and transmits the separator page to the printer for printing from the designated input tray. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188587 | PRINT QUEUE MANAGEMENT IN A PRINT SHOP ENVIRONMENT - Systems and methods for print queue management are provided. The system performs a queue management process to identify a print job loaded in a first queue for a first printer, and to estimate a first time to print the print job on the first printer from the first queue. The system selects a second queue for a second printer, estimates a second time to print the print job on the second printer from the second queue if the print job were moved to the second queue, and calculates a difference in printing time between the first time to print and the second time to print. The system also moves the print job from the first queue to the second queue based on the calculated difference in printing time. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188588 | MODIFICATION OF POST-PRINT INSTRUCTIONS FOR DOCUMENTS OF PRINT JOBS ALREADY WITHIN AN ADF SYSTEM - Systems and methods for modification of post-print instructions. The system includes a data center and a post-printing system. The data center is operable to receive a first print job that includes a plurality of documents and a first post-print instruction defining how the documents are processed after printing. The data center is also operable to receive a request that one or more documents in the print job be processed according to a second post-print instruction, and to extract the document(s) from the print job to generate a second print job. The second print job includes the extracted document(s) and the second post-print instruction defining how the document(s) are processed after printing. The post-printing system is operable to process the remaining documents of the first print job according to the first post-print instruction, and to process the document(s) of the second print job according to the second post-print instruction. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188589 | AUTO-POSITIONING USER INTERFACE BASED ON USER ACTIVITY - A device including a selectively positionable user interface that automatically repositions based on a user action, such as an office machine equipped with a user interface that is configured to tilt from a first position to a second position when a document handler is moved from an open position exposing the glass platen to a closed position, and then to return to the first position when the document handler is moved from the closed position to the open position. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188590 | COORDINATED, DISTRIBUTED, REUSABLE DOCUMENT COMPONENT RESPOSITORY - A receiving subsystem receives a print job to be raster image processed. A job splitter divides the print job into print job chunks and distributes the print job chunks to at least two raster image processors. The raster image processors perform raster image processing on corresponding ones of the print job chunks. A cache supervisor coordinates creation use and destruction of said reusable raster image objects by said raster image processors. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188591 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MODELING CUSTOMER DEMAND IN A PRINT PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT - A method of determining one or more performance metrics associated with a print shop may include identifying one or more historical print jobs from a historical print job database. Each historical print job may include a historical print job type and historical job content information. The method may include generating, by a computing device, one or more synthetic print jobs based on the historical job type and historical job content information associated with the identified historical print jobs, and determining, by the computing device, one or more performance metrics associated with processing the one or more synthetic print jobs by a print shop. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188592 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FILTERING NON-ACTIONABLE ALERTS IN A MANAGED PRINT SERVICE - Methods and systems of filtering non-actionable alerts are disclosed. A processing device receives an alert from a printing device and determines a page count for the printing device. The processing device compares the page count with at least one threshold value associated with the alert and the printing device. In response to the page count satisfying the at least one threshold value, the processing device identifies the alert as a valid alert. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188593 | Method and Apparatus for Storing Increment Values without using an Increment Counter - Electronic systems, such as printing systems, often use components that have integral memory. The integral memory can be used to store information about the component. In some printing systems this memory includes a portion that stores a value indicative of an amount of a consumable that has been used. Some printing systems do this by using a counter to count the amount of the consumable used and then sending a count command to the memory. The increment count command is processed to increment the value stored within the memory. Disclosed is a method and system for allowing the memory to be updated by a count command without having to increment the value stored. This method allows print cartridges to be used in printing systems that utilize counters without having to increment the counter each time an increment command is received. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188594 | Print Job Management Mechanism - A printing system is disclosed. The printing system includes a storage device and a print job manager to store received print jobs in the storage device, select one or more of the stored print jobs upon detecting an occurrence of a condition that matches one or more pre-defined criteria and performing a processing action indicated by the pre-defined criteria. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188595 | PRINT SPECIFICATION CONVERSION - A method for print specification conversion performed by a print specification conversion system includes, with the print specification conversion system, receiving an electronic document, the electronic document comprising a first print specification, and with the print specification conversion system, converting the first print specification into a second print specification using a plug-in to the print specification conversion system, the plug-in designed for use with the first print specification. The second print specification is designed for use with a printing system associated with the print specification conversion system. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188596 | JOB BASED CALIBRATION, CALIBRATION GUARD, AND PROFILE ADVISOR - A method and apparatus for launching a calibrator process by which the user is guided through the process of calibrating the conditions used by a particular print job is provided. Techniques are provided which calculate which print conditions will be used by the particular print job, which guarantees that the user is calibrating the correct conditions to get the best color quality for the particular job. The method and apparatus further provides techniques that allow the user to specify the conditions under which a calibration is considered expired in terms of time since the last calibration and the number of prints since the last calibration The method and apparatus further provides techniques for when the user encounters a new media type or print condition, the system can measure such and inform the user whether to create a new profile and/or new calibration set to get the optimal color quality. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188597 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME - A data processing apparatus of this invention, which has a storage unit, includes a deletion unit that deletes user data stored in the storage unit. The data processing apparatus further includes a generation unit that generates status information indicating presence or absence of the user data in a storage area that each of a plurality of addresses assigned to the storage unit indicates, and a presentation unit that presents an image according to the status information, to a user. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188598 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus which communicates with a printer, comprises a print command generation unit configured to convert print data into a print command interpretable by the printer; a status command generation unit configured to generate a status command representing a generation status of the print command by the print command generation unit; a status command determination unit configured to determines the generation status of the print command based on the status command; and a status display unit configured to display the generation status of the print command that has been determined by the status command determination unit. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188599 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, PRINT DATA MANAGEMENT DEVICE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PRINT DATA MANAGEMENT DEVICE - An image forming system includes: an information processing apparatus; a print data management device; and an image forming apparatus communicably connected each other. The print data management device includes a print data managing unit that manages and stores the print data transmitted from the information processing apparatus, a request print data transmission unit that transmits the print data to the image forming apparatus in response to a request from the image forming apparatus, a history information generating unit that generates history information for the print data, a history information acquiring unit that, from the image forming apparatus, acquires at least the history information added with the identification information from among the history information relating to print output stored in the storage medium of the image forming apparatus, and a history information managing unit that manages and stores the history information into the storage medium. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188600 | Print Control Server, Print Controlling Method, and Print Control Program - A print control server includes a print request receiving section which receives an e-mail to an e-mail address assigned to a specific printer as a print request; an induction section which transmits identification information related to the print request to a source of the print request by an e-mail; a print control demand receiving section which transmits the print control page related to the print request after acquiring a print control page demand based on the identification information, and receives a print execution demand to the print request related to the print control page; a data conversion section which creates the print data based on the print request; and a print data transmission section which transmits the print data to the specific printer depending on the print execution demand. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188601 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus stores billing information depending on a formation and output of an image. The apparatus includes a page information acquiring unit that acquires page information written in PDL, a page information analysis unit that analyzes the page information and outputs a drawing command for performing the formation and output of the image for each of a plurality of regions divided from a unit page, a drawing information generating unit that generates drawing information for performing the formation and output of the image on the basis of the drawing command, a billing amount determining unit that judges whether an image to be drawn is contained in each of the divided regions and determines a billing amount for each divided region on the basis of the judgment result, and a billing information storage unit that stores information of the determined billing amount. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188602 | PRINTING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME, PRINT SERVER, CONTROL METHOD OF THE PRINT SERVER, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A print server includes a registration unit configured to register a virtual printer according to a printer registration request received from a information processing apparatus, a storage unit configured to store printer information about the virtual printer registered by the registration unit, and a notification unit configured to notify the printing apparatus of a printer registration notification indicating that the virtual printer is registered by the registration unit, wherein the printer information is acquired by the printing apparatus which receives the printer registration notification. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188603 | PRINTING SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE DATA BUS SEGMENTS - In a printing system or method, two printing units apply printing ink onto a recording material, each printing unit having multiple apparatuses with a respective microprocessor controller. The microprocessor controllers are connected with one another via a respective data bus segment and each data bus segment has multiple data lines. The two data bus segments of the two printing units are connected with a bus switch. The bus switch has a data switch to connect a respective one of the lines of the one data bus segment with the corresponding line of the other data bus segment, a respective terminating resistor being provided for each data bus segment. The terminating resistors are connected with a respective terminating switch coupled with the data switches such that either all terminating switches are open and all data switches are closed, or all terminating switches are closed and all data switches are open. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188604 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processor is provided, for preventing an illegal operation from being caused by configuration information set in the information processor being updated, even if the information processor receives configuration information from outside during execution of a job. The information processor makes it possible to know and externally confirm that update has not been performed, and updates the configuration information as soon as possible after the job ends. If configuration information is input from an external device, the information processor included in, for example, a multi-function peripheral determines whether the information processor is executing a job. If it is determined that the information processor is not executing a job, then the received configuration information is recorded and the configuration information is updated. If it is determined that the information processor is executing a job, then the receiving operation is terminated. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188605 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROL SYSTEM AND PRINT APPARATUS - A print control apparatus in which a plurality of print apparatuses having a hold print function are caused to hold print data, and the print data of other print apparatuses other than a print apparatus print-instructed by a user is deleted, is provided. A print server is connected to the plurality of printers having a hold print function through a network. The print server includes a print data transmission portion that transmits print data received from a PC to printers to cause the printers to hold the print data, and a print data deletion instruction portion that, when a print notification of the print data is received from any one of the plurality of the printers, instructs other printers other than the printer to delete the print data. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188606 | NETWORK SYSTEM, NETWORK SETUP METHOD, AND PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR - A network system and network system setting method including a control apparatus connected to a network and an image processing apparatus connected to the control apparatus so as to access the network, where when setup information for the image processing apparatus is transmitted to another image processing apparatus, setup information for the control apparatus is also transmitted. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188607 | Delivery Expert System, Method and Computer Program Product - An automated rule-based system for facilitating delivery of a fax document from a source to a destination over a network where an initial delivery attempt has been unsuccessful. Actions to be taken are based upon a time-variable set of input conditions which may be determined from one or more of the destination, the source, a database of past delivery attempts, and a human analyst. The actions may include one or more of resubmitting the fax document to the network for a next delivery attempt, cancelling the document, sending a request to the source or destination for additional delivery information, and identifying the destination as a technical problem. The input conditions may include an identification of non-business days and non-business hours. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120194849 | PRINT JOB PROCESSING IN AN AUTOMATED DOCUMENT FACTORY ENVIRONMENT - The systems and methods presented herein provide for processing print jobs in an Automated Document Factory (ADF) system. More specifically, these embodiments provide for the selected removal of certain documents after processing of the print job has already initiated (e.g., printing, sorting, inserting, etc.). In one embodiment, a method of processing print jobs through the ADF system includes receiving a print job from a host system via the ADF system. The print job comprises a plurality of documents. The method also includes initiating printing of the documents in the print job, and processing an instruction that identifies at least one document in the print job for removal after initiating printing of the print job. The method also includes removing the at least one document from the print job based on the instruction and processing the remaining documents in the print job through the ADF. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194850 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO PRINT WITH SETTINGS PROFILES - In one embodiment, a first profile of printing settings is created at a server system. Data indicative of a capability of a first printer is received at the server system. A second profile of printing settings specific to the first printer is created at the server system, the second profile including portions of the first profile consistent with the capability. A first print job is received at the server system over a web. The print job is caused to be printed at the first printer in accordance with the second profile. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194851 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO RECOMMEND AN APPLICATION - In one embodiment, first data pertaining to a software application is obtained at a server system. Second data indicative of capabilities of a web-enabled printer is received at the server system. Third data comprising usage information is received at the server system. An application recommendation is created based at least in part on the first, second, and third data. The recommendation is sent, from the server system and over a web, Internet, or intranet to a receiving destination. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194852 | METHOD OF MANAGING PLURAL PRINT JOBS BY USING A PRINT JOB GROUP LIST - A method of managing a plurality of print jobs, which includes the steps of: receiving a plurality of print jobs from one or more client devices, each of the plurality of print jobs having one or more print job attributes; creating a print job group list of the plurality of print jobs before the plurality of print jobs is processed by a printer controller; processing the plurality of print jobs on the printer controller for printing by an image forming apparatus; and printing one or more of the plurality of print jobs based on a printing sequence generated from the print job group list. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194853 | Page Validation Mechanism - A method is disclosed. The method includes receiving print job data, rasterizing the print job data to produce rasterized bitmap data and validating the accuracy of the bitmap data during transmission of the rasterized bitmap data for printing. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194854 | AUTOMATIC PRINTER SETUP SYSTEM - A printer setup system includes a plurality of printers coupled to a network that each display a respective printer setup code. A printer database is coupled to the network and includes printer setup information for each printer. An information handling system (IHS) including a camera is coupled to the printer database through the network. The IHS includes a decoding engine to receive an image of a first printer setup code displayed by a first printer from the camera and decode the first printer setup code to determine printer identification information for the first printer, and a printer setup engine to access the printer database, use the printer identification information for the first printer to retrieve printer setup information for the first printer, and provide the printer setup information for the first printer on the IHS such that the IHS is operable to print on a printing medium using the first printer. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194855 | COLLAPSIBLE BREADCRUMBS - Apparatus and method for maximizing space in a user interface that is displayed to a user. A breadcrumb view area having a breadcrumb view pathway with active links is concealed from view and presented based on input provided in the user interface. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194856 | FACSIMILE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A facsimile communication apparatus for transmitting and receiving image data via a telephone public circuit network is provided. The apparatus includes a first detection unit configured to detect a call signal from the network; a line capturing unit configured to capture the network in response to the detection of the call signal; a second detection unit configured to detect that a voltage value applied from the network has exceeded a threshold after the capture of the network; a protection unit configured to execute a protection function of protecting the apparatus from a voltage applied from the network in response to the detection of an exceeded voltage value; and a control unit configured to control the protection unit to switch from an ON state to an OFF state, after the capture of the network and before reception of image data. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194857 | Printing Apparatus - A printing apparatus includes a storage section which stores printing jobs to be printed on a recording paper sheet; a transport section which transports the recording paper sheet; a printing section which performs the printing on the recording paper sheet transported by the transport section based on one of the printing jobs stored in the storage section; an occurrence rate judging section which calculates an occurrence rate of a jam of the recording paper sheet in the transport section during the printing based on each of the printing jobs stored in the storage section, and which compares a first occurrence rate which is the occurrence rate of a first printing job stored first in the storage section with a second occurrence rate which is the occurrence rate of a second printing job stored second in the storage section; and a control section which controls the printing section. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194858 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The image forming system of the present invention includes a print job transmitting apparatus and an image forming apparatus, wherein the print job transmitting apparatus includes: a number setting unit for setting the number of recording media; and a transmission unit for transmitting a print job that contains number information indicating the number of recording media; while the image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit for forming images on recording media; a storing unit for storing recording media on which images are formed; a judging unit for judging as to whether or not the number of recording media matches with the number indicated by the number information; and a control unit for discharging recording media to a first discharge destination when it is judged that the numbers match and discharging recording media to a second discharge destination when it is judged that the numbers do not match. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194859 | Information Processing Apparatus, Image Forming Apparatus, Information Processing Method, and Program - An information processing apparatus including: a communication section for communicating with a portable type terminal device which is provided with a photographing function, a display function, and a communication function; and a control section for: a) receiving a photographed image of an image forming apparatus, having been photographed by the portable type terminal device, from the portable type terminal device; b) determining a photographed location of the image forming apparatus based on the photographed image; and c) transmitting a display information according to the photographed location to the portable type terminal device. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194860 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printer for processing a variable data printing (VDP) job includes a control unit. The control unit causes a printer unit to perform test printing of a part of a plurality of records included in a VDP job determined as a test print job. After the part of the record is printed, the control unit accepts a print instruction for records which are not printed. In response to the accepted print instruction, the control unit causes the printer unit to print the records that are not printed by the test printing. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194861 | COMPUTER READABLE INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PRINTING SETTING EDITING PROGRAM, PRINTING SETTING EDITING APPARATUS AND PRINTING SETTING EDITING METHOD - A computer readable information recording medium stores a printing setting editing program which when executed by one or plural processors, performs functions of a part configured to display on a display unit a job editing screen page including a preview area displaying preview images, sheet by sheet, obtained from modifying given data according to a printing setting and an exception page setting area used for setting an exception for the printing setting by sheet; and a part configured to apply information, indicating that the exception for the printing setting has been set, to a preview image, of the preview images being displayed in the preview area, which preview image corresponds to a sheet for which the exception for the printing setting has been set, and display the information. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194862 | COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROL METHOD, AND PRINT SYSTEM - A computer is disclosed that performs a print control process. The computer sets a process performed for a job stored in a first folder into a setting storage area. The computer monitors storing the job into the first folder, and stores the job stored in the first folder and a job ticket indicating the process performed for the job stored in the first folder set in the setting storage area into a second folder. Also, the computer monitors storing the job and the job ticket into the second folder, and activates a job edit program to have an operator edit the job after the process indicated by the job ticket is performed for the job stored in the second folder. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194863 | PRINTING CONTROL SERVER AND PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing control server includes a storage section which stores a printer identifier and a network identifier so as to be linked, a search response section which acquires the network identifier from a transmission origin of a search request when the search request has been received and transmits information, which is able to determine the printer identifier stored so as to be linked to the acquired network identifier, to the transmission origin of the search request, a printing request reception section which receives a printing request which includes a printing target and is linked to a printer identifier, a printing data preparation section which prepares printing data based on the printing target, and a printing data transmission section which transmits the printing data to the printer which corresponds to the printer identifier which is linked to the printing request. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194864 | Printing System And Printer - A printing server includes a registration request reception unit, a registration unit which allocates connection information for connection with the transmission origin of the registration request and an electronic mail address for receiving a printing request to the transmission origin of the registration request, a registration information transmission unit which transmits the registration information which has been allocated, a connection unit which receives the connection information and starts connection, a printing data generation unit which generates printing data, a printing waiting information transmission unit which transmits printing waiting information to the transmission origin of the XMPP connection request using XMPP when the printing data is generated, and a printing data transmission unit which receives an acquisition request for the printing data and transmits the printing data to the transmission origin of the acquisition request for the printing data according to the acquisition request for the printing data. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194865 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image forming apparatus and a method of controlling the same which may prevent brokenness of data displayed on a display are provided. The image forming apparatus performs a read operation on data previously stored at a specific address of a storage unit of an LCD module or on data stored through a write operation. The image forming apparatus compares data acquired through the read operation and known data. If the data acquired through the read operation and the known data are different, the image forming apparatus adjusts a setup time of an enable signal to prevent brokenness of data due to incorrect timing of the enable signal. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194866 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus includes a first storage medium to store a storage target file, without storing storage management information of the storage target filed. The image forming apparatus may also have a controller to control storing the storage management information of the storage target file separately from the storage target file. Therefore, without the storage management information that is indispensable for accessing the storage target file the file is secure regardless of detaching the first storage medium from the image forming apparatus. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194867 | INTELLIGENT DEVICE INTEGRATION USING RFID TECHNOLOGY - A method of integrating devices using radio frequency identification (RFID) technology can include tracking movement of an RFID tag, wherein the RFID tag is associated with a user, and determining proximity of the RFID tag to a communication device. The method also can include initiating a programmatic action with the communication device according to the proximity of the RFID tag to the communication device, wherein the programmatic action is associated with the user. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120200881 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives print control information input by a user, a unit that stores, in a memory, the print control information received by the receiving unit, and a print controller that causes a printing unit to print an image representing an image to be printed on a sheet to be imaged on the basis of the print control information stored in the memory when a predetermined operation is performed. The print control information includes first information indicating whether the sheet to be imaged is an envelope and second information indicating the size of the sheet to be imaged. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120200882 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A user setting generation unit generates a user setting by eliminating a conflict between print settings corresponding to a printer, and associates the user setting with a PPD file using identification information about the user setting to store the associated user setting in a user setting save file. An application displays a print setting in the PPD file and identification information about the user setting on a print setting dialogue. When identification information has been selected, the application passes identification information to a PS filter program, and the PS filter program makes a print setting using a user setting that is stored in a user setting save file and is associated with the identification information. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120200883 | DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Disclosed is a system in which a device which can measure a power consumption amount and a management apparatus which manages the device are connected to a network. In the device, a power consumption amount of the device is obtained by a power meter, and whether or not the power consumption amount of the device was normally measured is determined. The device notifies the management apparatus of information which associates at least the obtained power consumption amount with the determination result. In the management apparatus, the notification from the device is received, and the power consumption amount of the device is estimated and corrected with reference to the received determination result. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120200884 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including: a storage device composed of a plurality of storage sections for storing a job data to be input; an image forming section for performing an image formation based on the job data having been stored in the storage device; and a control section configured to control a first mode for processing an independent job data, and a second mode for processing a plurality of job data in parallel, wherein the control section is configured to control in such a manner that a storage section, in said plurality of storage sections, to be used in the first mode differs from a storage section to be used in the second mode. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120200885 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing system includes a storage unit that associates and stores print job data and post processing job data; a printing unit that prints a code regarding the association on media when an image is printed on the media based on the print job data; a code reading unit that reads the code that is printed on the media; and a post processing unit that selects the post processing job data that is associated from the storage unit based on the read code and performs the post processing with respect to the media based on the selected post processing job data. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120200886 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - Disclosed is an image forming system including: an output image reading control section reading an image formed on each of output materials to generate output image data when the image is formed on paper and the output materials are obtained by printing-out based on job data in which a plural-copy-execution number is set; a storage section storing output image data of an output material generated by the output image reading control section as comparison image data; a comparison section comparing, with the comparison image data, output image data of another output material generated after the comparison image data is stored, to judge whether the output image data is identical with the comparison image data; and an operation control section suspending an operation related to the printing-out based on the job data when the comparison section judges that the output image data is not identical with the comparison image data. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120200887 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive a file including a plurality of applications in a form of a plurality of separated data pieces, a detection unit configured to detect information indicating that an application corresponds to the image forming apparatus from the data received by the reception unit, and a control unit configured to, if the detection unit detects the information indicating that the application corresponds to the image forming apparatus, perform installation processing using data about the application received by the reception unit after the detection, wherein the control unit discards data that is determined as data other than data about the application corresponding to the image forming apparatus from among the data pieces received in the file. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120200888 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A printer transfers print data received from a host computer to a cloud server, requests a response, from the cloud server, indicating an ending time period when the cloud server processes the print data, receives the response indicating the ending time period returned from the cloud server, and shifts the printer to a sleep state during the ending time period. After the printer returns from the sleep state when the ending time period has elapsed, the printer requests processed data from the cloud server, receives the processed data returned therefrom, and performs print processing on the processed data. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120200889 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus outputs, when both bookbinding printing for outputting a book and a number of pages arranged on a surface of a sheet are set, a print product that a user can easily read by synchronizing an opening direction and an arrangement order. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120200890 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus sends its own operation history information and trouble information occurred to a management server. In a trouble cause analysis system of the management server, related information is extracted from the trouble information, and a trouble cause is analyzed with use of the operation history information of the image forming apparatus. Then, information on a coping method for coping with a trouble is sent to the image forming apparatus. On the image forming apparatus, the sent information on the coping method is displayed, and test printing is performed according to user's selection. In the case of having a good result of the test printing, a user performs operation for determining the coping method so as to change to a device setting corresponding to the determined coping method. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120200891 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS IMPROVED IN CONVENIENCE OF PROGRAM UPDATE OPERATION, AND METHOD OF UPDATING PROGRAM OF THE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus improved in the convenience of a program update operation performed by a user. A CPU updates firmware installed in the information processing apparatus. Update information on the program is stored in a hard disk when update of the program is executed the CPU. Operation information on other programs which are not updated is stored in the hard disk. A console section displays the update information in association with the operation information, when an instruction for displaying update history of the program is input. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120200892 | METHOD OF PLACING AN ORDER FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTING - In an image network system used for network print service which receives an order for printing or the like by using a communication network such as the Internet, there are provided a center server capable of providing service which is different depending upon points given to a customer according to an order track record, at a time of using the system, capable of suitably setting a storage capacity and a storage period of an image for a user without placing a burden on the user while importance is placed on an operational efficiency of the system, capable of allowing a user to upload images as many as possible in an album, and useful for prompting an order, and an image network system including the center server. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120200893 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING COMPUTER-BASED POSTAGE STAMPS - The present invention provides a method and apparatus for creating computer-based postage that may be used on any date and with an undetermined addressee includes generating a request to print postage, determining the means for generating the request, determining the master serial number for label stock, tracking the master serial number and printing the postage. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120200894 | WIRELESS SYSTEM-IN-PACKAGE AND IMAGE PROCESSING CONTROL APPARATUS - A system in a package includes a printed circuit board and first and second SOCs. The printed circuit board is connected to a second circuit board mounted within a printer. The first SOC is mounted on the printed circuit board and includes a receiver and a transmitter. The receiver receives a first radio frequency signal from a low noise amplifier and generates a first baseband signal based on the first radio frequency signal. The transmitter transmits, based on a second baseband signal, a second radio frequency signal to a power amplifier. The second SOC is mounted on the printed circuit board and includes a baseband processing module and an imaging module. The baseband processing module processes the first baseband signal and the second baseband signal and generates a data signal based on the first baseband signal. The imaging module processes the data signal to implement physical printing. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120206759 | Data Capture System - The present invention provides a method and system for converting print data into both discrete data and images. The invention includes pseudo printer implemented as a simulated SMB/CIFS printer on a local area network. The pseudo printer captures raw print data from a network device sending a print request for a document. The data is captured as a Device Independent Print Definition file. A data map that identifies pixel coordinates for image regions and discrete data regions within the document is retrieved according to the MAC address of the device sending the print request. Images and discrete data are then cut out of the document and uploaded to a remote server. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206760 | NETWORK SYSTEM, PROGRAM SET DISTRIBUTION METHOD, DISTRIBUTION SERVER, DISTRIBUTION SERVER CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A distribution managing server determines whether or not an image forming apparatus has already corresponded to an encoding scheme of request firmware requested by the image forming apparatus, and establishes a first communication path having a higher security level than that of a second communication path when the image forming apparatus has not yet corresponded to the encoding scheme. Then, the firmware providing server distributes a decoder module, which is applied to the image forming apparatus so as to correspond to the encoding scheme, to the image forming apparatus using the first communication path, and distributes the request firmware to the image forming apparatus using the second communication path. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206761 | PRINT SERVER APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A print server apparatus to communicate with a printer includes a holding unit, a change unit, a storing unit, an acquisition unit, and an update unit. The holding unit stores a job list including a plurality of print job data pieces. In response to a shutdown instruction being received, the change unit discards print job data whose status of issuance processing is in issuance, instructs the printer to cancel the print job, and discards print job data whose status of issuance processing is in issuance wait. The storing unit stores the changed job list as a first job list. The acquisition unit acquires from the printer, a job list including a plurality of print job data pieces as a second job list in response to the print server apparatus being rebooted. The update unit updates the stored first job list based on the acquired second job list. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206762 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, PRINTING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing device stores setting information and process information in a storage device in association with a setting button. The setting information indicates the setting values of print setting items specified in response to a user operation. The process information indicates a process assigned in response to a user's operation among a plurality of processes, which may be performed during printing. The information processing device updates setting information to be used in the printing with the setting information associated with a user interface, and performs the process assigned to the process information associated with the user interface, in response to a user's operation of the setting button. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206763 | Information Processing Apparatus, Information Processing Method, And Computer Program Product - According to an embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes: an acquiring unit that acquires a job list in which a job, authorization information expressing authorization over a process of a job, and level of priority of the job are associated with one another; and an output unit that outputs preferentially a job with high level of the priority over a job with low level of the priority. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206764 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND PRINTER CONTROLLER - An image forming system includes a first image forming apparatus, a second image forming apparatus disposed upstream in a sheet conveying direction and connected to the first image forming apparatus, and a post-processing apparatus that receives a sheet at a speed depending on a conveyance speed of a sheet discharged from the first image forming apparatus and that performs post-processing on the sheet. When a print job including a simplex image forming mode and a duplex image forming mode is to be executed, in the simplex image forming mode, a sheet is discharged in a reversed state to the post-processing apparatus. In the duplex image forming mode, the second image forming apparatus forms an image on a back side of a sheet, the first image forming apparatus forms an image on a front side of the sheet, and the sheet is discharged in a reversed state to the post-processing apparatus. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206765 | Print Control Server And Print Control Method - A print control server includes a receiving unit that receives an email on an email address assigned to a specific printer; a determining unit that determines whether the email is a secondary email that is replied to or transferred, on the basis of an email including the email address in a destination, or is a primary email, not the secondary email; a print data creating unit that creates print data on the basis of the primary email; and a print data transmitting unit that transmits the print data to the specific printer. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206766 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - Document data to be printed is decided from document data of a plurality of pages, based on an inclination of the information processing apparatus detected by a sensor for detecting the inclination of the information processing apparatus. The decided document data to be printed is transmitted to a printing apparatus in accordance with an instruction to transmit the document data to be printed to the printing apparatus. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206767 | Imaging Device and Method of Controlling the Same - An imaging device receives from a host image data and commands including a normal command and a real-time command to be processed prior to the normal command. A receiver receives a real-time processing disable command with a parameter indicating a number of bytes of the image data, and a processor processes the image data in terms of the number of bytes without processing the real-time command, after processing the real-time processing disable command. In a method for so controlling an imaging device, the host controls transmission of image data and commands including normal and real-time commands to an imaging device as noted above. The host comprises a detector that determines if data to be transmitted includes image data, and a processor that transmits the image data after transmitting a real-time processing disable command with the parameter described above, if the detector determines that the data includes the image data. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206768 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSOR AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - To provide a system in which image data created in an image processor is processed in association with an application activated on a user terminal. The system includes an image processor, and a user terminal connected with the image processor over a network. The image processor includes: an activated application identifying unit for obtaining information about an application activated on the user terminal; a one-touch key generating unit for generating a one-touch key including information for processing image data by the application activated on the user terminal; and a transmission unit for transmitting the image data to the user terminal. The user terminal includes: a receiving unit for receiving the image data from the image processor; and a one-touch key processing unit for processing the image data by the application activated on the user terminal, based on the information of the one-touch key. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206769 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, DEVICE MANAGING METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus and a controlling apparatus connected to each other through a network and having different addresses. Information, indicating that the image forming apparatus and the controlling apparatus are connected to each other also by a communication medium that is different from the network, is registered in at least one of the image forming apparatus and the controlling apparatus. A search request for searching an apparatus connected to the network is received. The information registered by the registering unit is provided as a response to the search request. Based on the response, it is displayed that the image forming apparatus and the controlling apparatus are connected to each other by the communication medium. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120212768 | PRINTING DEVICE SHARING SERVICE, METHOD AND SYSTEM - Methods and systems of brokering printing device capacity are disclosed. A broker computing system including one or more broker computing devices receives a print request including one or more print parameters from a print requester computing device and availability information from one or more print supplier printing devices. The broker computing device selects one of the one or more print supplier printing devices based on the one or more print parameters and the availability information for the selected print supplier printing device. The print request may be transmitted to the selected print supplier printing device. Alternately, a link for the selected print supplier printing device may be transmitted to the print requester computing device. The link enables the print requester computing device to directly contact the print supplier printing device. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120212769 | PSEUDO JOBS IN PRINT QUEUES FOR PRINT JOB SCHEDULING - Methods and systems are provided for scheduling multiple types of print jobs in a print queue using a pseudo job. A pseudo job is a special type of non-printing job object that is added to a print queue. In one embodiment, a system includes a print queue that stores print jobs scheduled for a printer. The print queue also stores a pseudo job that defines a boundary in the queue between print jobs having a first set of print settings and print jobs having a second set of print settings. In another embodiment, a system includes a print queue, a control system, and a graphical user interface. The graphical user interface displays options for generating a pseudo job, and receives input indicating a scheduled change to a configuration of a printer. The control system generates the pseudo job based on the input, and inserts the pseudo job in the print queue. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120212770 | PRINT JOB SCHEDULING IN A PRINT SHOP ENVIRONMENT - Methods and systems are provided for scheduling multiple types of print jobs for a printer more efficiently by scheduling jobs together that share print settings. In one embodiment, a system includes a print queue that stores print jobs scheduled for a printer. The system also includes a scheduler that receives requests to schedule a print job for the printer. The scheduler compares the print settings of the requested print job to print settings of the print jobs already in the print queue. The scheduler then schedules the requested print job among the print jobs in the print queue that have print settings corresponding with the print settings of the requested print job. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120212771 | RESOLUTION OF CONFLICTS BETWEEN PRINT JOBS AND PRINTERS IN A PRINT SHOP ENVIRONMENT - Systems and methods for identifying conflicts between the requirements of an incoming print job and the configuration of a printer that has been requested to print the job. The system receives a request to move a print job to a queue for a printer and identifies a requirement of the print job. The system analyzes a current and a scheduled configuration of the printer to determine whether the current configuration or the scheduled configuration of the printer can handle the print setting. Responsive to determining that the current and scheduled configuration of the printer cannot handle the print setting, the system analyzes configurations of at least one other printer to identify another printer having a current configuration or a scheduled configuration that can handle the print setting. Further, the system provides information identifying the other printer. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120212772 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING PRINT CONTENT TO A CLIENT - A request for print content is received at a network server system. The request includes variable user input. Webpage content is obtained based at least in part on the variable user input. A subset of the webpage content is identified as print content. A print-ready layout of the print content is formed and the print content in the print-ready layout is provided, via network connection, to a client in response to the request. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120212773 | PROTOCOL OVERRIDE OF A CAPABILITIES PRESENTATION IN A PRINT SHOP ARCHITECTURE - The systems and methods presented herein provide for delivery of a set of capabilities that encompasses system-level capabilities and device capabilities via a print protocol of a physical printer. For example, a printer object may respond to a print protocol request for capabilities of a physical printer with a set of capabilities that differs from the actual capabilities of the physical printer than would be typically delivered in response to such a request. The printer object comprises the capabilities of the physical printer. The capabilities of the physical printer are accessible via the print protocol of the physical printer. The printer object processes a request from the client system via the print protocol and in turn provides a set of capabilities that is different from the capabilities of the physical printer in response to the request. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120212774 | SYSTEM INDEPENDENT PRINTER APPLICATION - The systems and methods presented herein provide print operations to a client via a print application in a manner that makes the print application independently operable within a computing environment of the client. The system includes a print application initiator that is operable in the client to copy system definitions of the client that control computing sessions within the client, to retrieve print application definitions that control computing sessions for the print application, and to change one or more of the copied system definitions based on the print application definitions. The print application initiator is also operable to generate a computing session for the print application within the client based on the changed system definitions and to start the print application within the computing session to provide the print operations of a print processing device to the client. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120212775 | ESTABLISHING JOB TICKET VALUES OF A PRINT JOB IN A PRINT SHOP ARCHITECTURE - The systems and methods presented herein provide correction of job tickets by replacing impermissible missing values with default values or null values when needed. For example, certain components within a printing system described herein may determine whether a job ticket is allowed to have a missing value within one of the printing parameters. If not, the printing system replaces with missing value with a null value and a database of the printing system updates all other necessary components within the printing system (e.g., print server components, such as a printer object, a scheduler, etc.) with the updated job ticket. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120212776 | Managing Settings for Image Processing Job Options - Settings for various options in image processing jobs may be restricted or otherwise limited based on the settings for corresponding or different options selected in preceding image processing jobs. In one example, a user may wish to join a preceding job and a subsequent job into a single job for processing at one time. In such an example, the settings defined for options in the preceding job may affect selectable options or settings in the subsequent job. According to one aspect, multiple preceding jobs to be joined to a current subsequent job may have conflicting settings. Accordingly, a user may be requested to select one of the preceding jobs or one of the conflicting options to use for the subsequent job and the joint job. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120212777 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A printing system comprising a printing apparatus and an information processing apparatus, the information processing apparatus comprises a unit configured to transmit a status acquisition request to the printing apparatus, and the printing apparatus comprises: a timeout processing unit configured to manage a timeout of a job to be processed; a determination unit configured to determine whether the status acquisition request contains an identifier of the job; and a unit configured not to reset a lapse of the timeout time of the job by the timeout processing unit when the determination unit determines that the status acquisition request does not contain the identifier of the job, and to reset the lapse of the timeout time of the job by the timeout processing unit when the determination unit determines that the status acquisition request contains the identifier of the job. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120212778 | PRINT SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A print system comprises notification part for providing, to a user, a notification of an inquiry about whether concurrent printing output that an image forming apparatus performs first printing output and subsequently performs second printing output is scheduled, in a non-sleep period associated with the first printing output by the image forming apparatus; and setting part for setting a transition standby period for transition of the image forming apparatus to a sleep state at a first value when a reply for informing that the concurrent printing output is scheduled is not sent from the user, and setting the transition standby period at a second value which is larger than the first value when the reply is sent from the user. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120212779 | DEVICE, CHARGING METHOD, AND SYSTEM - A device includes a display unit, a display control unit configured to display a screen on the display unit according to display data, an execution unit configured to cause the device to perform a process corresponding to a script included in the display data, and a storing unit configured to store information indicating whether the script is charged for. The execution unit is configured to determine whether the script is charged for by referring to the information stored in the storing unit, and update charging information for the process performed by the device if the script is charged for. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120212780 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In serial data transfer using an LVDS, when the power-down signal of a low voltage differential buffer is controlled using a clock signal used for the transfer as the operation clock of a reception side circuit, the power-down signal and reset signal need to be controlled properly; otherwise, an apparatus operation may become unstable due to an unstable clock signal. To solve this problem, the power-down signal of the low voltage differential buffer is controlled in consideration of the logical condition for a reset signal for the ASIC of a printhead and a communication signal. The clock signal can be supplied into the printhead to de-assert reset of the ASIC without using any dedicated control signal and delay circuit at the timing when an output from the low voltage differential buffer stabilizes. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120212781 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus comprises: a determination unit configured to determine whether a communication protocol corresponding to a print queue selected by a user can acquire information from an image forming apparatus when processing a print job; a switching unit configured, when the determination unit has determined that the communication protocol corresponding to the print queue cannot acquire the information from the image forming apparatus, to switch the print queue corresponding to the communication protocol of a determination target of the determination unit to a print queue corresponding to a communication protocol capable of acquiring the information from the image forming apparatus; and an execution unit configured to process the print job using the print queue switched by the switching unit. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120212782 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus to generate image data of print data containing a drawing object for reuse within a job includes a cache unit, an object parallel processing unit, a page parallel processing unit, and a processing control unit. The cache unit generates data based on the drawing object and caches generated data. The object parallel processing unit divides each page of the print data per drawing object unit and subjects a divided page to raster image processor (RIP) processing in parallel. The page parallel processing unit subjects the print data to the RIP processing per page unit. The processing control unit controls such that, in the print data, the object parallel processing unit executes processing sequentially from an initial page until the data having a value equal to or more than a threshold value is cached and the page parallel processing unit executes processing after the data is cached. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120212783 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND A COMMUNICATION METHOD WITH TRAYS THEREOF - An image forming apparatus having a main body and optional trays and a communication method between the main body and the optional trays. The apparatus includes the main body having a main controller, at least one optional tray detachably set up in the main body and having a tray controller for communicating with the main controller to transmit and receive data, and communication lines forming a communication channel connecting the main controller and the tray controllers, for data exchange, and for informing the main controller that the data is provided from tray controllers to the main controller. Since the main body and the optional trays communicate through a single UART communication channel, the number of communication channels is decreased. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120212784 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRINTING USING SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL - A method and apparatus for printing using a synchronization signal are provided. Printing processes are performed in the apparatus by determining points in time for performing the printing processes based on a synchronization signal so that it is possible to reduce a waiting time for printing. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120218589 | DOCUMENT PROCESSING JOB CONTROL VIA A MOBILE DEVICE - Techniques are provided for allowing a user to create a document processing job (e.g., a print job, a scan job, a copy job, fax job) at a mobile device instead of at a document processing device, such as a printer, scanner, or copier. A cloud service interacts with the mobile device to retrieve job settings data from the mobile device. The cloud service generates a job identifier, associates the job identifier with job settings associated with the job settings data, and sends the job identifier to the mobile device, which displays the job identifier to the user. The user later enters the job identifier at the document processing device, which, in turn, uses the job identifier to request the job settings from the cloud service. The cloud service identifies the job settings based on the job identifier and sends the job settings to the document processing device. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120218590 | WORKFLOW REGENERATION IN A PRINT SHOP ENVIRONMENT - Systems and methods are provided for regenerating workflows for print jobs at a print shop in response to changed conditions. The system identifies a first workflow of print shop activities for a print job, and directs resources of the print shop to perform the activities of the first workflow. The system also stores rules that describe activities at the print shop. Further, the system detects a triggering event and halts processing of the first workflow. The system identifies rules defined for the customer, identifies activities available at the print shop, and generates a second workflow for the print job based on the changed condition, the rules defined for the customer, the available activities, and a job ticket of the print job. The system further directs the resources of the print shop to perform the activities of the second workflow. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120218591 | WORKFLOW GENERATION IN A PRINT SHOP ENVIRONMENT - Systems and methods are provided for generating workflows for incoming print data. The system generates a workflow for a print job based upon rules defined for the print shop. The system receives a print job for a customer. The system also stores rules, defined for customers, that describe logical relationships of activities at a print shop. Different combinations of the rules may be used to generate different workflows of print shop activities. The system identifies rules defined for the customer, identifies activities available at the print shop, and generates a workflow for the print job based on the rules defined for the customer, the available activities, and a job ticket of the print job, wherein the workflow comprises an ordered set of activities. The system also directs the resources of the print shop to perform the activities of the workflow. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120218592 | TEMPORARILY MODIFYING PRINT ELIGIBILITY FOR PRINT JOBS WHEN JOBS ARE FORCED TO PRINT - Methods and systems are provided for temporarily modifying how a printer utilizing media-based scheduling handles jobs that are forced to print. In one embodiment, a print controller marks print jobs as eligible to print that have a media type corresponding to media loaded at the printer. Printing of the eligible print jobs is initiated, and a request to print an ineligible print job is received by the print controller. The print controller temporarily marks the eligible print jobs as ineligible, indicates a change to the media loaded at the printer to a media type for the requested print jobs, and initiates printing of the requested print job. Upon completion of printing, the print controller indicates a change back to the media previously loaded at the printer, and then restores the eligibility of the print jobs temporarily marked as ineligible to resume printing of the eligible print jobs. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120218593 | CUSTOMER-SPECIFIC SERVICES FOR JOB SUBMISSION IN A PRINT SHOP ARCHITECTURE - Methods and systems are disclosed provide for filtering print shop services that are available to a customer based on rules for the customer. In one embodiment, a system identifies services that are available from a print shop, and filters the available services based on rules for a customer to identify a subset of available services. The system displays the subset of available services to the customer as options for the customer to select for a print job. The system receives a selection from the customer of one or more of the options from the subset of available services. The system then generates a job ticket for a print job based on the selection from the customer, and transmits the job ticket to the print shop. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120218594 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FULFILLING A CUSTOMER'S PRINT JOB NEEDS BY SELECTING AND ASSIGNING THE PRINT JOB TO ONE OR MORE QUALIFIED PRINTERS FROM A GROUP OF PARTICIPATING PRINTERS - A system and method for fulfilling a customer's print job needs through a process carried out by an online platform. The process includes the steps of receiving the print job with particular requirements from the customer, and retrieving from database profiles of a multiplicity of participating print shops to determine which print shop or print shops can handle the print job by matching all of the particular requirements. If it is determined that there is one print shop suitable to handle the print job by best matching all of the particular requirements, then assign the print job to the one suitable print shop. If it is determined that more than one print shop is needed to handle the print job, then split the print job and assign the split print job to a plurality of suitable print shops that together can best match all of the particular requirements of the print job. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120218595 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, PRINT SYSTEM, AND METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing system may include at least an image processing device and includes a receiving unit, a specifying unit, an acquiring unit, and an adjusting unit. The receiving unit receives a print request and identification information. The specifying unit specifies a queue corresponding to image forming device based on the identification information. The acquiring unit acquires the number of jobs stored in the specified queue. The adjusting unit adjusts the number of print services depending on whether the number of acquired jobs is equal to or larger than a predetermined value for the number of jobs set in the identification information and depending on whether the number of print services that process the jobs stored in the queue is equal to or smaller than a predetermined value for the number of print services set in the identification information. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120218596 | Non-Transitory Computer Readable Recording Medium Storing Print Management Program, Print Management Device, Print Management Method, And Print System - Disclosed is a non-transitory computer readable recording medium that stores a print management program causing a computer to function as a job progress status display unit that divides job progress statuses of a print job into plural categories and displays plural of the categories so that each of the categories can be selected; and a job list display unit that selects and lists first print jobs in a first job progress status from a first table that stores job progress statuses of print jobs. The job list display unit selects first functions corresponding to the first job progress status of the listed first print jobs from a second table that stores functions corresponding to the divided job progress statuses, and displays icons. Here, each of the icons accepts execution of corresponding one of the selected first functions. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120218597 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a receiving unit; a printing unit; a power feed unit including a non-power saving mode and a power saving mode, the power feed unit configured to change the mode; an input unit configured to receive an input of a switching instruction; a switching unit configured to switch the mode from the non-power saving mode to the power saving mode when a stop condition is satisfied, the switching unit configured to switch the mode when the switching instruction is input; and a change unit configured to change the stop condition to a second condition which is more likely not to be satisfied than a first condition, after the mode is changed from the non-power saving mode to the power saving mode and when the mode is switched from the power saving mode to the non-power saving mode by the switching instruction. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120218598 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SERVER APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - When a web server generates a preview screen, the web server transmits conversion information (e.g., an image size) for generating a preview image to a multifunction peripheral (MFP). The MFP generates converted image data using the conversion information, and transmits the converted image data to a web server. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120218599 | PRINT PROCESSING METHOD, PRINT RELAY SERVER, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - When information about an image forming apparatus is registered in a print service environment, to perform reservation printing, a relay virtual printer determines whether a print job acquired from a print service is reserved, and reserves a print job as a reservation print target after a user selects a bookmarklet and issues an instruction to perform the reservation printing. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120218600 | PRINT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND RELATED METHOD - A print management system may include at least one client device for generating print jobs, and a plurality of print servers for storing print job information based upon the generated print jobs. The print servers may cooperate to share the print job information therebetween. At least one printing station may retrieve the shared print job information, and selectively print print jobs based thereon. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120218601 | METHOD FOR THE OPERATION OF A DATA BUS, AND DATA BUS SYSTEM - For operation of a data bus to which multiple bus participants each with a respective serial number are connected, a new bus participant is connected. A request bus message is generated by the new bus participant containing a preliminary participant identification number. The request bus message is arbitrated in the data bus by means of the identification number. A final participant identification number is assigned for the new bus participant having fewer digits than the serial number of the new participant. The final participant identification number is used for further bus messages by the new bus participant. During an initialization bus messages are used with an identifier in which a complete serial number is entered as the identifier. After the initialization a different type of bus message is used that has a shorter identifier. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120218602 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND RELATED METHOD, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND RELATED CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a display control unit, a receiving unit, and a switching unit. The display control unit helps set information on printing product post-processing to be performed. The receiving unit receives a print instruction. If the post-processing apparatus is selected, the switching unit performs distributed transmitting processing on an image forming apparatus and the post-processing apparatus in response to the print instruction such that, print data is transmitted to the image forming apparatus and post-processing data is transmitted to the post-processing apparatus. If the post-processing apparatus is not selected, the switching unit performs the transmitting processing on the image forming apparatus in response to the print instruction such that both the print data and the post-processing data are transmitted to the image forming apparatus. The post-processing apparatus specifies the post-processing data transmitted with identification information in response to identification information being input in the post-processing apparatus. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120218603 | PRINTERS AND PRINTER SYSTEMS HAVING CELLULAR INPUT/OUTPUT - A method includes accessing a cellularly configured printer with a cellular device; and cellularly sending the printer an indication of a resource that is to be printed by the printer, said resource comprising a network-accessible resource that does not reside on the printer and which the printer is to retrieve. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120218604 | SERVICE RETRIEVAL METHOD - A method for searching a device that provides a service from a network connecting a plurality of devices includes detecting whether a document has been set on a scanner. In response to detecting that the document has been set on the scanner, the method searches a device that provides a service which can be used in cooperation with the scanner from among the plurality of devices. In response to detecting that the document has not been set on the scanner, the method searches a device that provides data to be processed from among the plurality of devices. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120224216 | PRINTER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WORKING WITH INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A printing system including: a print management system that includes a first type of printer, and a printer management client device that periodically reads data about first type of printer from the first type of printer; and an environment management system that includes an integration device that periodically retrieves the data about the first type of printer from the printer management system, a data storage unit that receives the data about the first type of printer from the integration device, and a second type of printer that provides data about the second type of printer to the data storage unit, wherein the second type of printer has a management function that is configured to provide the data about the second type of printer to the data storage unit in the environment management system, and the first type of printer does not have the management function. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120224217 | DEVICE AGENT FOR DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING AND PRINTING - Systems and algorithmic processes directed to first and second image processing devices connected to a network for distributed processing/printing. The first device receives a print job from a user device, and divides the print job into a plurality of portions of the print job which require image processing prior to printing. These portions are then transmitted to a number of the second devices which are compatible with distributed processing/printing and which are in an idle status mode. The second devices process the portions by, for example, rasterizing the portions, and then transmit the rasterized portions back to the first device. The first device assembles the rasterized portions into an assembled print job which is ready for printing. The first device prints the assembled print job or transmits the assembled print job to another networked device for printing, facsimile transmission, email transmission or storage. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120224218 | PRINTING MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, PRINTING MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, PRINTING MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing management program is disclosed. The program causes a computer to function as a printing job accepting unit which accepts a printing job from a pre-process within a printing process; a printing setting change accepting unit which accepts, from a user, a change of a printing setting which is set for the accepted printing job; a specifying unit which specifies a pagination setting for the printing job that is set in the pre-process; and a warning unit which provides a warning on a change of the printing setting depending on the specified pagination setting. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120224219 | PAGE DESCRIPTION DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, PAGE DESCRIPTION DATA PROCESSING METHOD, PRINT PRODUCING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - It is judged whether a dashed line pattern needs to be divided into a plurality of auxiliary dashed line patterns or not based on the configuration of the dashed line pattern. If it is decided that the dashed line pattern needs to be divided, an operator group which is descriptive of the dashed line pattern is replaced with a plurality of operator groups which are descriptive of the auxiliary dashed line patterns, respectively. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120224220 | PRINTING MANAGEMENT DEVICE, PRINTING MANAGEMENT METHOD, PRINTING SYSTEM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium includes a printing management program, which, when processed by a computer, causes the computer to function as a scheduling unit configured to schedule a print job in an image forming apparatus, the print job having a printing capability that matches a printing capability set in the image forming apparatus; and a capability change job generator configured to generate a capability change job having an instruction to change the printing capability set in the image forming apparatus. When the capability change job generated by the capability change job generator is scheduled in the image forming apparatus, the scheduling unit schedules the print job having the printing capability that matches the printing capability changed by the capability change job after the capability change job. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120224221 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PRINT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, PRINT MANAGEMENT DEVICE, PRINT MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PRINT SYSTEM - A non-transitory computer readable recording medium that stores a print management program causing a computer to function as a retrieval unit that retrieves information about first functions of an image forming device and information about second functions of plural second devices; and a determination unit that determines whether the second functions of the second devices can process a print job, when the first functions of the image forming device cannot process the print job. Here, the image forming device and the second devices are connected to a print system including the computer. When the determination unit determines that the second functions of the second devices cannot process the print job, the print management program constrains the second functions of the second devices from being utilized. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120224222 | Computer Readable Information Recording Medium Storing Print Job Editing Program, Print Job Editing Apparatus, Print Job Editing Method And Printing System - A capability obtaining part obtains information of a capability of an apparatus that is connected with the computer or a capability of an apparatus that is used in a printing process in which the computer is used; a determination part determines, when the capability obtaining part has obtained the information of the capability of the apparatus, functions that become invalid, from among functions that have been set in a received print job, based on the information of the capability of the apparatus and printing conditions that a print job editing program has; and a display part displays a list of the functions that become invalid, and is used to confirm a cancellation of the setting of the functions that become invalid. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120224223 | PRINTER AND DATA WRITING METHOD IN THE PRINTER - A printer includes a print unit, a conveying unit, an antenna unit and a moving unit. The print unit is configured to print on a recording medium having a wireless tag. The conveying unit is configured to convey the recording medium along a conveying path to the print unit. The antenna unit is disposed on the conveying path and configured to write data to the wireless tag by radiating electromagnetic waves. The moving unit is configured to move the antenna unit on the conveying path in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which the recording medium is conveyed. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120224224 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing apparatus according to the invention includes a reception section configured to receive a print job; a display section configured to display information relating to the received print job; and a printing execution section configured to execute printing based on the received print job. Further, the display section is further configured to, if a print job in an execution state exists, display information relating to a print job in a first display mode, and if a print job in a pausing state exists, display information relating to a print job in a second display mode which is different from the first display mode. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120229841 | DIRECT INTERFACE BETWEEN PRINTING DEVICE AND PERIPHERAL DEVICE - A method and device connect a peripheral interface of a printing machine to an external peripheral device. The external peripheral device is a separate device from the printing machine. At least one external peripheral device menu is provided through a user interface of the printing machine and inputs are received to the external peripheral device menu. A processor of the printing machine controls operations of the external peripheral device based on the inputs to the external peripheral device menu. The processor executes instructions when providing the external peripheral device menu and when controlling operations of the external peripheral device. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229842 | MACHINE SCREEN IMAGE CAPTURE - Methods and systems are disclosed that generate a screen capture image together with processing selectable options for a user. The screen capture image is saved to a memory of the system and the selectable options are chosen to communicate with an external device and/or helpdesk where information related to the screen can be analyzed or diagnosed for technical issues. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229843 | METHOD FOR DIRECT TRANSFER FROM A PORTABLE DEVICE TO A SCANNING DEVICE USING OPTICAL CODES - One embodiment provides a system for transferring a file from a portable device to a scanning device. During operation, the system displays an optical code associated with the file on the portable device. Next, the system detects successful scanning of the current optical code by the scanning device. Subsequently, the system displays a next optical code associated with the file on the portable device, thereby allowing the scanning device to decode the file after a sequence of optical codes are scanned. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229844 | PRINTER - A printer may judge whether a first type of communication with the print mediation server. The printer may execute the first type of communication and receive a predetermined notification in a case where it is judged that the first type of communication is executable. The printer may, (A) execute, when the predetermined notification is received a second type of communication so as to acquire specific address information, in the case where being judged that the first type of communication is executable and (B) execute, even if the predetermined notification is not received, the second type of communication at a predetermined timing so as to acquire the specific address information in a case where it is judged that the first type of communication is not executable. The printer may acquire the specific print data and print an image represented by the specific print data. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229845 | PRINTER - A printer may receive a predetermined notification from a print mediation server. The predetermined notification may be a notification to be sent to the printer by the print mediation server when the print mediation server has stored specific print data and specific condition data indicating a specific print condition to a storage unit according to an instruction from a terminal device. The printer may acquire the specific print data and the specific condition data from the storage unit in a case where the predetermined notification is received. The printer may cause a print executing unit to execute printing of an image represented by the specific data according to the specific print condition indicated by the specific condition data. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229846 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus that is connectable via a network to a print server and a printer having at least one print function of local printing and printing mediated by the print server, comprises: a search unit configured to search for a printer connected to the network; a determination unit configured to determine whether a printer detected by the search unit has both the print functions of local printing and print server-mediated printing; and a display unit configured to display, for each print function, a printer determined by the determination unit to have both the print functions. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229847 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a generation unit and a preview control unit. The generation unit acquires print information from an input print job and generates a preview image for displaying, on a display unit, a print image of a page to be printed whose print processing by a printing unit is still stoppable. The preview control unit displays the preview image generated by the generation unit on the display unit. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229848 | DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS, DISTRIBUTION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A distribution apparatus includes a determining part configured to determine whether a specified format in correspondence information matches the format of an input original material, the specified format being correlated with a corresponding distribution destination apparatus in the correspondence information; and a distributing part configured to distribute the input original material to the distribution destination apparatus correlated with the specified format in response to the determining part determining that the specified format in the correspondence information matches the format of the input original material. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229849 | CLIENT APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A client apparatus analyzes document data to be printed by an image output apparatus. In accordance with the analysis result, the client apparatus transmits a print start message to instruct the image output apparatus to start print processing and then transmits the document data to a print service server apparatus to cause the print service server apparatus to generate print data, or transmits the document data to the print service server apparatus and then transmits the print start message to the image output apparatus. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229850 | PRINTING APPARATUS - This invention is directed to a printing apparatus, in which an extension board for PDL processing is added, capable of reducing a waiting time when returning from the power-saving mode upon reception of PDL data. To realize this, upon receiving PDL data before the extension board is ready for use, the apparatus processes the data by using the PDL processing module on the main board. After initializing the extension board, the apparatus uses the added PDL processing module together with that on the main board. Processing the data in this manner makes it possible to start printing the PDL data without consuming a long wait time. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229851 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINTING CONTROL SYSTEM, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus is connected to a plurality of job servers storing a plurality of jobs and a plurality of image forming apparatuses executing the jobs through a communication network. The information processing apparatus includes a communication interface that receives a request for a job list of a user from an image forming apparatus and a controller unit that controls a request for acquiring the jobs and a response to the request executed between the image forming apparatuses and the job servers. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229852 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a data interpreting unit configured to interpret a printing condition of an entirety of a printing job when starting the printing job, and a job control unit configured to determine whether an occurrence of an error for the print job is predicted based on the interpretation of the printing condition of the entirety of the printing job by the data interpreting unit, and terminate the printing job when the occurrence of an error is predicted based on the interpretation of the printing condition of the entirety of the printing job by the data interpreting unit and store data of the printing job in an memory area. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229853 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus is connectable to a print server in which a print job is stored. A determination unit of the image forming apparatus deletes a print job stored in the print server and determined to be not executable by the determination unit on condition that an instruction to delete the print job is input to an input unit. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229854 | PRINT DATA PROCESSING METHOD, PRINT DRIVER, AND CONTROL DEVICE - A media processing device executes a printing process that prints data created by a desired software program on the label side of a medium, and a write process that writes data to the medium, in a continuous operation. A production command step commands executing a media production process. An image data acquisition step acquires image data produced by a desirable application when triggered by the production command. A print data generating step generates print data from the image data. A data acquisition step acquires data used in the write process when triggered by the production command. A data output step links and outputs the print data and the write data to the media processing device. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229855 | SERVICING A PRINT REQUEST FROM A CLIENT SYSTEM - A method and associated system for servicing a print request from a specific client system of a plurality of client systems. A network connection between the specific client system and at least two printer server systems is set up response to receiving the print request from the specific client system. Client-specific information from a client profile is read from database accessible to each printer server system. At least one best-suited printer of the at least two printers is ascertained to be used for servicing the print request, utilizing the client-specific information, printer server information from a server profile, and printer information from a printer profile. The print request is serviced by the at least one best suited printer. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120236357 | AUTOMATED PRINT JOB MODIFICATION FOR REDUCED TOTAL AND COLOR PAGE COUNTS - Systems and methods for reducing total and/or color page counts are provided. The systems include a memory, including a print queue, and one or more processors. The processors are programmed to receive a print job. The print job includes a document formatted according to a page description language (PDL). The processors are further programmed to apply one or more formatting fixes to the document and transfer the print job to the print queue. The formatting fixes include at least one of image fitting, text fitting and table fitting. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120236358 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND PRINTING METHOD FOR PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A printing system includes a portable communication device, a printing device and plural transmission channels. The printing device is used for receiving a to-be-printed data from the portable communication device, thereby performing a printing task. The plural transmission channels are selectively in communication with the portable communication device and the printing device for transferring the to-be-printed data to the printing device. The portable communication device includes a controlling unit for judging and setting priority values of the transmission channels and selecting one of the transmission channels as a priority transmission channel according to the priority values of the transmission channels, so that the to-be-printed data is transmitted from the portable communication device to the printing device through the priority transmission channel. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120236359 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a management unit, a printer information acquisition unit, a status acquisition unit, a creation unit, and a transmission unit. The management unit manages printer information of a plurality of printers. The printer information acquisition unit acquires, from the managed printer information, printer information corresponding to a login request accepted from a client terminal. The status acquisition unit acquires statuses of printers indicated by the printer information acquired by the acquisition unit. The creation unit creates, based on the printer information acquired by the printer information acquisition unit and the statuses acquired by the status acquisition unit, a screen which can discriminate printers capable of printing at the client terminal. The transmission unit transmits the screen created by the creation unit to the client terminal. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120236360 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A printing system comprises a storage part for storing therein first history information on the number of responsible printing operations of each operator by orderer and second history information on the number of uses of each printer by operator, and a determination part for determining a responsible operator to be in charge of printing of a new print order from a specific orderer and a processing printer to be used by the responsible operator in the printing of the new print order on the basis of the first history information and the second history information. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120236361 | PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINT SETTING PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING DRIVER PROGRAM THEREFOR THEREIN - For every execution of printing, a first print setting therefor is recorded into a log; as a result of a determination as to whether a second print setting regarding print data targeted for printing is recorded in the log, or not, if it is determined that the second print setting is recorded in the log, and further, the second print setting is not registered in a registration section, a message for advising a user to perform registration of the second print setting into the registration section is displayed; and if it is determined that the second print setting is already registered in the registration section, a message for notifying a user of a fact that the second print setting is already registered in the registration section is displayed. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120236362 | PRINTING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING POWER OF PRINTING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM - The present invention improves a power saving effect by dynamically switching a power supply state of a plurality of drawing processing apparatuses. In a printing system including an information processing apparatus configured to receive at the same time a plurality of print jobs requiring drawing processing, a plurality of drawing processing apparatuses capable of switching power saving modes according to the instructions of the information processing apparatus, and a printing apparatus configured to print image information drawn by any of the drawing processing apparatuses, drawing processing on a page basis required for each received print job is allocated to any of a plurality of the drawing processing apparatuses after a series of printing processing for a plurality of the received print jobs is started. A corresponding drawing processing apparatus is instructed to dynamically switch a power supply state. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120236363 | RECORDING DEVICE, RECORDING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A RECORDING DEVICE - Jobs can be executed continuously by using buffer efficiently. A printer-side control unit divides an image buffer into blocks of a size that can store at least the image data for the largest image included in the image data of an input job, and writes the image data for one job to one block. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120236364 | Interactive Television System - A method of providing information to a viewer having a reading device, a television, an input device, and an output device includes transmitting a first digital signal to the reading device. The first digital signal includes information for display on the television. When the reading device receives the first digital signal, the reading device sends a first reading device signal to the television for display to the viewer. The first reading device signal includes information derived from the first digital signal. An output device digital signal is provided to the output device if the viewer sends an input device signal to the reading device by pressing on the input device when the first reading device signal is displayed to the viewer. The output device digital signal includes information for the output device to provide image and/or text related to the information displayed to the viewer. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120236365 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF PROCESSING PRINTING OPERATION ON HOME NETWORK - An apparatus, a system, and a method of processing a printing operation on a home network that searches an available media storage device upon a request of a printing job of predetermined contents, transmits an address of the searched media storage device, and prints printing contents transmitted to the address are provided. The apparatus for processing a printing function on a home network includes a printing request management unit which processes a printing request transmitted from a printing controller on a home network; a media storage device processing unit which provides information on an available media storage device on the home network when printing job information is transmitted from the printing request management unit; and a printing management unit which downloads predetermined contents stored in the media storage device, and performs a printing job according to the printing request of the printing controller. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120243026 | Remote Print Processing Mechanism - A method disclosed. The method includes downloading a first print job data stream from a cloud computing network, transmitting the first print job data stream to a printer, monitoring a printing status of the printer to determine when the printer is ready to receive a second print job and downloading a second print job data stream from the cloud computing network upon determining that the printer is ready to receive the second print job. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120243027 | Print Job Progress Display Mechanism - A method disclosed. The method includes initiating the printing of a print job data at a printer, displaying a graphics indication within a graphical user interface (GUI) of a printing progress of the print job while the print job is printing, detecting that a spacing operation has been performed on the print job and updating the printing progress of the print job at the graphics indication based on the spacing operation that has been performed. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120243028 | USER INTERFACES FOR RULE-BASED WORKFLOW GENERATION IN A PRINT SHOP ENVIRONMENT - Systems and methods are provided for user interfaces that aid a user in rule-based workflow generation. The system accesses activities available at a print shop, displays the available activities to a user at a sequence bar that sorts the activities by their priority, receives input from the user defining a rule that relates to a print shop activity, and stores the rule in a memory. Further, the system determines that a workflow of activities to perform has been generated for a print job of the print shop based upon the rule, wherein the workflow comprises an ordered subset of the activities available at the print shop, accesses the workflow, and displays the workflow of activities to the user. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120243029 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING A MOBILE CUSTOMIZABLE EIP INTERFACE TO ACCESS MULTI-FUNCTION DEVICES - A system for enabling at least one mobile device to communicate with at least one multi-function printer over a network, including at least one processor and a computer-readable storage medium in communication with the at least one processor, wherein the computer-readable storage medium comprises one or more programming instructions for: registering the at least one mobile device with a web-based service; accessing, via the at least one mobile device, a user interface program providing a plurality of Extensible Interface Platform (EIP) options and services; prioritizing, sorting, and ranking the plurality of EIP options and services based on user preference so as to create a customized mobile EIP User Interface (UI); and enabling the customized mobile EIP UI of the at least one mobile device to communicate with and be executed on the at least one multi-function printer. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120243030 | ACHIEVEMENT-BASED COMPENSATION FOR A PRINT SERVICE PROVIDER - A method and system for tracking and calculating achievement-based compensation for a print service provider. The method includes determining one or more print services associated with a print job to be completed, receiving information indicating at least one of the one or more print services has been completed by a worker, updating a job ticket associated with the job to be completed to indicate that at least one of the one or more print services has been completed, and determining a compensation level for the worker based upon a rate of compensation associated with the one or more completed print services. The system includes various computer system for implementing the method. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120243031 | GPU ACCELERATED COLOR ANALYSIS AND CONTROL SYSTEM - A graphic processing unit (GPU) accelerated image analysis and control system and method for implementing a process of managing parallel processing algorithms on one or more GPU devices. An exemplary embodiment of the process includes the steps of configuring the multiple GPU devices to enable multiple applications to be executed by the GPU devices, the multiple applications being used for GPU accelerated image analysis, assigning the multiple applications to the multiple GPU devices in accordance with the configurations of the multiple GPU devices, and having the multiple GPU devices execute the assigned applications in parallel, thereby performing the GPU accelerated image analysis. When a multi-GPU model is enabled on two or more GPU devices assigned to a printing application, a GPU distribution algorithm is invoked for performing the GPU accelerated image analysis simultaneously on the two or more GPU devices. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120243032 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing system includes intermediate-data generating apparatuses and one or more drawing-data generating apparatuses. The intermediate-data generating apparatuses interpret data of pages forming PDL document data, the pages being assigned to the corresponding intermediate-data generating apparatuses, to generate elements of intermediate data of the pages. The drawing-data generating apparatuses each obtain assigned elements of the intermediate data and each draw the obtained elements to generate drawing data including information concerning pixels forming each obtained element. The drawing-data generating apparatuses each include a memory that stores intermediate data or drawing data of a common element used in the obtained elements. If the intermediate data or the drawing data of the common element is stored in the memory, the drawing-data generating apparatuses generate drawing data of the obtained elements using the stored intermediate data or drawing data. The number of drawing-data generating apparatuses is smaller than that of intermediate-data generating apparatuses. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120243033 | IMAGE DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image data processing system, includes a plurality of first units that interpret data of assigned logical pages included in document data described in a page description language, generate intermediate data of the logical pages, divide the generated intermediate data of the logical pages into intermediate data on the basis of logical sections which are sections on the logical pages, and output the divided intermediate data; and a plurality of second units that correspond to physical sections which are sections on a physical page, generate print image data from intermediate data of a plurality of logical sections included in corresponding physical sections from among the intermediate data of the logical sections on the logical pages generated by the plurality of first units, and output the generated print image data to a printer. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120243034 | PRINTING INFORMATION MANAGING DEVICE, PRINTER, PRINTING INFORMATION MANAGING SYSTEM, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM RELATED THERETO - A printing information managing device includes: a storage processing unit that when printing information transmitted from a transmission device is received, stores the received printing information in a memory and deletes printed printing information from the memory; a batch print permission date and time setting unit that sets batch print permission date and time, which is end date and time of a period of batch printing when batch printing of the printing information stored in the memory is designated, for each item of the received printing information; and a controller that when the batch printing is designated, makes a control such that printing information not past the batch print permission date and time of the printing information stored in the memory is printed by a printer and printing information past the batch print permission date and time is not printed by the printer. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120243035 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE READER, FILE UPLOAD SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes: an acquisition unit that acquires display data, which includes setup information regarding uploading of an image file, from a server apparatus; a display controller that displays a first screen for receiving a start operation of reading of an image on a display according to the display data acquired by the acquisition unit; a detector that detects the start operation while the first screen is displayed by the display; a reading controller that controls an image reading unit to read an image according to the setup information acquired by the acquisition unit when the start operation is detected by the detector, the image reading generating an image file corresponding to the read image; and an upload unit that uploads the image file generated by the image reading unit to the server apparatus. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120243036 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes: a receiving unit that receives a screen update request including identification information of a screen and a job start request including identification information of a job; a database that defines a relationship between the identification information of the screen, the identification information of the job, and a polling interval corresponding to a degree of association between the screen and the job; a determining unit that determines the polling interval corresponding to the degree of association between the screen and the job on the basis of the identification information of the screen and the identification information of the job received by the receiving unit and the database; and a transmitting unit that incorporates information of the determined polling interval into screen data and transmits the incorporated screen data to an external apparatus that outputs the screen update request. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120243037 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes: an acquiring unit that acquires a display request including a first external apparatus identification information and screen identification information; a storage unit storing external apparatus screen information; an update unit updating the first external apparatus screen information whenever the display request is acquired; a determining unit determining a polling interval for a first external apparatus on the basis of the stored external apparatus screen information; and a transmitting unit transmitting, to the first external apparatus, screen data which includes information of the determined polling interval, wherein, when a second external apparatus identification information item corresponding to the same screen identification information as that in the display request is stored in the storage unit, the determining unit determines the polling interval for the first external apparatus to be less than that for a second external apparatus indicated by the second external apparatus identification information item. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120243038 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND MEMORY PRODUCT - A region of a predetermined range including a location of the image forming device is determined based on location data representing a location of the image forming device stored in the print server. If the print server obtains positional data concerning the position of a mobile phone, the print server transmits data to the image forming device if, for example, the mobile phone is within the region, based on the positional data, the location data and the region, and the image forming device performs image forming based on the data. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120243039 | NONTRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A nontransitory storage medium storing an information processing program to be executed by an information processing device, the program being designed to have the device function as: a display controlling section for controlling a display portion to display icon images; a transmission controlling section for controlling a transmitting portion to transmit user-selected targeted data among data corresponding to the icon images; an obtainment controlling section for controlling an obtaining portion to obtain converted data created by an external device based on the targeted data; and a storage controlling section for storing reduced-size image data created using the targeted data, into a storage portion such that the reduced-size image data is associated with the targeted data. For each data with which the reduced-size image data is associated, the display portion displays a reduced-size image corresponding to the reduced-size image data as an icon image. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120243040 | IMAGE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - An image communication apparatus configured to communicate with a server on a network, and configured to communicate with at least one external apparatus through a public network, includes: a destination receiving unit receiving a designation of a destination;
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| 20120243041 | TERMINAL DEVICES SELECTIVELY USING COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, METHODS OF CONTROLLING SUCH TERMINAL DEVICES, AND MEDIA STORING COMPUTER-READABLE INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUCH TERMINAL DEVICES - Non-transitory, computer-readable storage media, terminal devices, and methods are disclosed herein. The terminal device includes a processor and communicates selectively using one of many wireless communication systems comprising a first and second wireless communication system. The computer-readable media store computer-readable instructions therein. The instructions instruct the processor to generate first specific image data representing a first image when the first wireless communication system is specified. The instructions instruct the processor to store the first specific image data when the terminal device receives a first print instruction to print the first image while the first wireless communication system is specified. The instructions instruct the processor to provide first print data, based on the stored first specific image data, to the printing device when the wireless communication setting is changed from the first wireless communication system to the second wireless communication system after storing the first specific image data. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120243042 | OPERATION PANEL DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED THEREWITH - An operation panel device with a display surface is provided with mounted on an image forming apparatus. The operation panel device includes first and second panels that are relatively movable along a plane parallel to the display surface. The first panel is fixed to the image forming apparatus. The second panel is disposed opposite to the image forming apparatus with respect to the first panel. A projection area of the second panel to the plane parallel to the display surface is smaller than a projection area of the first panel. Each of the first and second panels includes a first group of keys disposed in a region that is exposed independent from relative positions of the first and second panels. The first panel includes a second group of keys disposed in a region that is exposed only when the first panel and second panels do not overlap each other. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120243043 | COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes: a data sharing unit configured to cause an application selected as a data output destination to process data which is output by an application which is a data output source; a process-object-data generation control unit configured to generate process object data in one of a first format and a second format based on image data acquired by an image information interface from an image information source; and an application-information display unit configured to display identification images for identifying applications which the data sharing unit can select as the data output destination if the data sharing unit is to process either data of the first format or data of the second format. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120243044 | INFORMATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A system which can provide information in which usage of a user of an image forming apparatus can be easily comprehended by the user who uses the image forming apparatus connected to a network is provided. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120243045 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes a communication unit communicable with a device via an access point which relays communication data and a controller. The controller is configured to store, in a first storage portion, setting information set for a processing in association with identification information of an access point to which the communication unit is connected. The controller is further configured to acquire the identification information of the access point to which the communication unit is connected. The controller is further configured to read the setting information stored in association with the identification information acquired from the first storage portion and to set the processing by using the read setting information. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120243046 | Receipt Printing Processing Method and Receipt Printing Processing System - When a customer places a special order that changes the content of a product or processing thereof (non-standard order information), a receipt printing processing method and system also produces a special order seal in connection with printing the sales receipt. The receipt printing processing system has a receipt printer and a label printer that is in communication with the receipt printer. When the system receives transaction processing data generated by a POS register used to take orders, a control unit determines if non-standard order information is contained in the transaction processing data. If so, the control unit controls the generation of seal printing data for printing a special order seal, along with controlling the processing of receipt data and the printing of the receipt. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120250071 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEFINING PRINT SETTINGS USING DEVICE MOVEMENTS - This is directed to systems, methods, and computer-readable media for defining print settings. In some cases, particular motions of the device can be associated with print settings. In a print settings mode, when the electronic device detects a motion of the device, the device can identify a print setting associated with the detected motion. In some cases, a print setting can instead or in addition be defined in response to receiving an input from an input interface, wherein the input is independent from a displayed option. To print the content, the content and the defined print settings can be provided to a printer system. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120250072 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEFINING PRINT SETTINGS USING AN INPUT INTERFACE - This is directed to systems, methods, and computer-readable media for defining print settings. In some cases, particular motions of the device can be associated with print settings. In a print settings mode, when the electronic device detects a motion of the device, the device can identify a print setting associated with the detected motion. In some cases, a print setting can instead or in addition be defined in response to receiving an input from an input interface, wherein the input is independent from a displayed option. To print the content, the content and the defined print settings can be provided to a printer system. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120250073 | DELAYED CONTENT PRODUCTION - A method for locating network resources includes determining a distance between a client device and each of a plurality of network resources. For each of the network resources, a subset of a plurality of location tags is selected. The subset for a given network resource is selected according to the distance between the client device and that network resource. The method also includes, for each of the network resources, causing a display by the client device, of values for the subset of location tags selected for that network resource. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120250074 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FULFILLMENT OF A PRINT REQUEST - An electronic message is received from a sender having a destination address indicative of a request to print data included in the message. A printer is determined to fulfill the request based at least in part on the sender address and a printer characteristic. The data to be printed is sent to the printer for fulfillment of the request. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120250075 | TEMPLATE-BASED INSTALLATION OF WORKFLOW SYSTEMS IN A PRINT SHOP ENVIRONMENT - Systems and methods are provided for installing workflow servers for a print shop. One embodiment is a system that installs a workflow server for a print shop. The system accesses installation templates, configured for different categories of print shop, that describe a set of print shop resources expected to exist at the category of print shop. The system also installs workflow server software on a computer system of a print shop. During the installation, the system determines a category for the print shop, selects an installation template that matches the category of the print shop, and performs a dialogue of queries with a user to determine which resources of the set of print shop resources identified by the installation template are available to the print shop, wherein the dialogue excludes queries for print shop resources that are not in the set of print shop resources described by the installation template. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120250076 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING A PRINT JOB - One example discloses a network system for managing a print job. The network system can comprise a printing system. The printing system can comprise a memory for storing computer executable instructions and a processing unit for accessing the memory and executing the computer executable instructions. The computer executable instructions can comprise a printer server to generate a print job for a printer based on a received print email message. The print job can be generated based on an email decoration in the print email message. The email decoration can include a request specifying printing parameters for the print job. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120250077 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR PERFORMING PROCESSING, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes a receiving unit, a storage unit, at least one rasterization processing unit, a saving unit, a calculation unit, a determination unit, and a notification unit. The receiving unit receives print information described in a page description language. The storage unit stores the received print information. The rasterization processing unit executes a rasterization process. The saving unit saves, as cache data, bitmap data generated using the rasterization process for each object included in the print information. The calculation unit analyzes the print information to detect an object to be saved as cache data, and calculates an amount of cache data of the object before the rasterization process is executed. The determination unit totals a calculated amount of cache data, and determines whether or not the total amount has reached a predetermined limit value. The notification unit gives a notification of an obtained determination result. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120250078 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes: a structure information acquisition portion that acquires, from a list which is included in each of plural pieces of image data sorted in a predetermined order and is formed of rows and columns, structure information which includes row information including at least the number of the rows of the list and heights of the rows thereof and column information including at least the number of the columns thereof and the widths of the columns thereof; a list connection determination portion that determines, based on the acquired structure information, a set of connected lists among the lists respectively included in the plural pieces of the image data, and a connection direction of the connected lists; and a list connection portion that connects the set of the determined lists in the determined connection direction in an order of the plural pieces of the image data listed. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120250079 | IMAGE READING DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE READING CONTROL PROGRAM - An image reading device includes: a reading unit that reads image data of a document; a communication unit that communicates with an external apparatus; a start unit that receives a start instruction transmitted from the outside through the communication unit and starts the reading unit; a display; a first screen display unit that displays a first screen on the display before the reading unit starts; a second screen display unit that displays a second screen on the display after the reading unit reads the image data; a start instruction receiving unit that enables the start unit to receive the start instruction during the display of the first screen; and an inhibition unit that inhibits a process which involves a screen change and is not related to a process of reading the image data, while the first screen is displayed. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120250080 | IMAGE OUTPUT INSTRUCTING DEVICE, IMAGE OUTPUT INSTRUCTING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image output instructing device includes a receiving unit that receives an image output instruction to information processing devices selected from information processing devices including at least a first information processing device belonging to a first group and at least a second information processing device belonging to a second group; a processing state acquiring unit that acquires processing states of image output requests; a processing state determining unit that, if the image output requests include an image output request to the first information processing device and an image output request to the second information processing device, determines a processing state of the image output instruction based on the processing state of the image output request to the first information processing device, regardless of at least part of processing states into which the image output request to the second information processing device is possibly brought. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120250081 | Terminal Device and Method for Controlling the Same - In a terminal device, a first requesting unit performs a first request requesting a web server for transmission of first web page data based on web-page information specifying data, the first web page data being specified by the web-page information specifying data and that corresponding to a first web-page-displaying software type. A second requesting unit performs a second request requesting transmission of web-page information based on the web-page information specifying data, the web-page information being either one of the first web page data and second web page data that is specified by the web-page information specifying data and that corresponds to a second web-page-displaying software type different from the first web-page-displaying software type. A print controlling unit generates print data based on one set of web-page information that is either the first web page data or the web-page information that is acquired as a result of the second request. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120250082 | NONVOLATILE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE-FORMING-DATA TRANSMITTING PROGRAM, MOBILE TERMINAL, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A nonvolatile storage medium storing an image-forming-data transmitting program readable by a computer of a mobile terminal including: a sensor for outputting sensor information indicating at least one of a movement and an orientation of the mobile terminal; a communication portion for communicating with an image forming apparatus for forming image based on image forming data; and a display for displaying an image based on image data. The image-forming-data transmitting program has the computer function as: a parameter determining section for determining a parameter for image forming based on the sensor information; an image-forming-data-creation controlling section for controlling a first creating section to create image forming data based on the image data, by using the determined parameter; and an image-forming-data-transmission controlling section for controlling the communication portion to transmit the created image forming data to the image forming apparatus. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120250083 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM - A data processing apparatus combines a plurality of files selected by a user to generate a single file, generates a job for image processing to be executed on the single file, based on the generated single file, and sets identification information identifying the job as attribute information of each of the plurality of files. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120250084 | Storage Medium Storing Printer Driver and Information Processing Apparatus - A storage medium stores a printer driver that controls an information processing apparatus. The printer driver, when executed, causes the information processing apparatus to provide an application with setting values corresponding to options for an item for specifying a print setting and a driver setting option value corresponding to a driver setting option that indicates that the item is allowed to be specified in a driver-side input interface, and receive a result of the selected option in an application-side setting process. When the result received is the driver setting option, display a setting value as the setting value for the item and allowing the value for the item to be changed through the driver-side input interface. When the result received is the option other than the driver setting option, display a setting value that corresponds to the option selected in the application-side setting process as the value for the item. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120250085 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING PERIPHERAL DEVICE - An information processing apparatus for displaying a peripheral device management screen to manage a peripheral device includes a storage unit, a management screen forming unit, an installation determination unit, a display determination unit, and a display control unit. The storage unit stores peripheral device management information that defines information to instruct execution of processing relating to the peripheral device from the peripheral device management screen. The management screen forming unit determines a configuration and a content of the peripheral device management screen based on the defined information. The installation determination unit determines whether to install the peripheral device management information. The display determination unit determines whether to automatically display the peripheral device management screen in response to the peripheral device management information being installed based on an installation determination result. The display control unit executes control to display the peripheral device management screen based on a display determination result. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120250086 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus and a server connected to a network. The image forming apparatus shows a first operation screen image for setting basic information related to image formation on an operation unit. The first operation screen image includes an activation area causing an external processing device to execute a process for specifying information for generating a second operation area for obtaining additional information related to image formation in the first operation screen image. The image forming apparatus forms an image in accordance with the basic information and the additional information. Thus, the additional information can be uniformly managed, and the user can form an image with desired information added, without the necessity of registering the additional information beforehand in the image forming apparatus. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120250087 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - When data is input, print setting information of the data is preserved, and if two pieces of previous and present print setting information are not present, print job data starts to be created, and job start “JS”, print setting information, printing command, image data are added. On the other hand, if two pieces of previous and present print setting information are present, it is judged whether or not the previous and present print setting information are the same as each other. If both the pieces of the print setting information are the same as each other, printing command and image data are added to print job data during creation. In this case, a setting unit omits settings of processing conditions which a printing unit uses for a printing process, performed based on the print setting information, for subsequent data. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120250088 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The present invention is directed to an image forming apparatus which can reduce power supply to a first control unit when the image forming apparatus operates in a power saving mode and cause an image forming unit to perform a specific operation without using the first control unit, and a control method thereof. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120250089 | METHOD FOR ANALYZING USAGE OF PRINTERS - The present invention provides a method for analyzing usage of printers. A method in accordance with an embodiment includes: obtaining from at least one printer information about a plurality of print tasks performed by each printer, wherein the information about print tasks at least contains information of print requesters, print document attributes, and print time of each of the print tasks; and transforming the information about print tasks into an organizational representation based on information of organizational structure containing the print requesters. In the present invention, entities having a costly pattern are identified by mining historical usage data of the printers, thus driving the redesign of business process associated with the entities, performing print policies optimization on each entity associated with the printers based on the mined historical usage data, thereby reducing unnecessary paper consumption. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120250090 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARTUS AND METHOD - An apparatus for executing image processing by a plurality of serially connected image processing modules stores, in memory, set values for the plurality of image processing modules and image data to be processed by the plurality of image processing modules, adds headers to respective ones of the set values and image data that have been read out of the memory and transmits the result to a top image processing module among the plurality of image processing modules. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120250091 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DEVICE CONTROL PROGRAM, AND POWER CONTROL METHOD - An image processing apparatus is provided that includes plural devices, a device control unit associated with each of the devices for controlling a power status of each of the devices according to a relevant power mode, and power mode setting unit for setting the relevant power mode to the device control unit. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120257245 | AUTOSELECTED PRINT PATHS - A method for autoselecting a print path includes autoselecting a connection path between a computing device and a printer from an ordered connection list stored in a memory of the computing device and communicating image data from the computing device to the printer over the autoselected connection path using communication hardware. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120257246 | RECEIVING INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTS TO SERVE - Methods and systems for quickly serving documents are provided. Documents may be served to users, for example, in response to search query inputs. Documents may be individually communicated to a document server prior to batching the documents. By individually communicating documents to document servers, the document experiences sub-second latency before it is available to a user. The documents may also be modified individually such that real-time serving is not interrupted. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120257247 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus operable in a first power mode and a second power mode. The image forming apparatus includes a communication unit configured to communicate with an external apparatus, a control unit configured to be communicably connected to the communication unit to process data transmitted from the communication unit, and a power control unit configured to control power supply to the communication unit. While the image forming apparatus is in the first power mode where power is supplied to the control unit and the communication unit, the control unit determines whether to shift the image forming apparatus to the second power mode, based on a communication state between the communication unit and the external apparatus. The power control unit performs control to stop power supply to the communication unit based on the determination made by the control unit, and shifts the image forming apparatus to the second power mode. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120257248 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, NETWORK SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An update control unit of an image forming apparatus notifies a start of application of firmware to a distribution server in a case where the application of the firmware delivered from the distribution server and stored in a HDD is started in response to an instruction from a user. The update control unit applies the firmware in a case where the response to permit the application of the firmware is received from the distribution server in reply to the notification, and does not apply the firmware in a case where the response prohibiting the application of the firmware is received from the distribution server in reply to the notification. The monitoring agent unit of the image forming apparatus periodically confirms to the monitoring server whether the firmware stored in the HDD before it is applied is to be deleted. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120257249 | CLOUD AND HTML BASED FAX AND DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A web-browser/web server method of signing documents, in particular faxes and email attachments. Documents are sent to the web server, often by analog or electronic fax reception, email attachment, or upload. At the web server, the images of the documents are converted to an image layer, and are signed, manipulated, and otherwise altered by combining the image layer with annotation layers constructed from instructions and data that are uploaded by the user from a web browser running on a remote computerized device. The system and method manipulates the documents using HTML5 based image manipulation features such as the | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120257250 | PRINT CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICE - The invention provides a print control method, comprising the steps of: detecting a state of a printing paper of a printing device; acquiring the length of a ticket to be printed when the printing device is in a paper near end state; judging whether the printing paper in the printing device is enough to print the ticket to be printed completely according to the length of the ticket to be printed; and printing the ticket to be printed under the condition of determining that the ticket to be printed can be completely printed. The invention also provides a print control device. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120257251 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND PROCESSING METHOD THEREFOR - A control apparatus controls execution of a job subsequent to a preceding job based on the results of executing the preceding job when executing a plurality of jobs cooperated as job cooperation. The control apparatus holds an execution result obtained by executing the preceding job; acquires the held execution result; and controls the job subsequent to the preceding job based on the acquired execution result. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120257252 | PRINT WORKFLOW AUTOMATION - Illustrative systems and methods provide a graphical user interface for establishing parameters for printing and finishing print jobs. In an illustrative system and method, print job parameters are defined, for example: by establishing print parameters corresponding to the position of a document in a print job and/or the position of a page in document; by establishing associations between values of fields in file names and print parameters; and by establishing associations between text at a particular position on a page of a document and print parameters. The user's inputs defining the printing and finishing parameters are stored in a file such as, for example, an XML file. The system retrieves the printing and finishing parameters and formats PDL and JCL commands which can be forwarded onto the printing and finishing system. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120262753 | PRINT SERVICE IDENTIFICATION - Print services are identified. For example, a particular print services provider for handling a print job for a particular client computing device may be identified from among multiple different print services providers, each of which may offer one or more print services for printing content. Thereafter, a specific print service offered by one of the particular print services providers may be identified as being relevant to a print service search query from the particular client computing device. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120262754 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBTAINING A RESOURCE - One example discloses a network system for obtaining a network resource for printing. The network system can comprise a system comprising a memory for storing computer executable instructions and a processing unit for accessing the memory and executing the computer executable instructions. The computer executable instructions can comprise a server comprising a message analyzer. The message analyzer can receive a list of network resources based on a network search executed for query data included in a query print message received at the server. The message analyzer can also select a network resource from the list of network resources that is determined to be a best match for the message to provide a selected resource. The server can manipulate the selected resource into a format for printing to provide a manipulated resource. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120262755 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a connection unit that is connected to an external storage device, an image reading unit that reads image data to be stored on the external storage device at least, a controller that controls power to be supplied to the image reading unit by selecting between a standard mode and a power-saving mode consuming power less than in the standard mode. When the external storage device is connecting to the connection unit while the power-saving mode is selected, the controller determines whether the external storage device is enable to be written or not. The controller supplies power to the image reading unit in the standard mode if the controller determines the external storage device is enable to be written, or supplies power to the image reading unit in the power-saving mode if the controller determines the external storage device is not enable to be written. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120262756 | POSITION DETECTING APPARATUS, POSITION DETECTING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a position detecting apparatus including a display device includes three receiving units provided on the rear surface side of the display device and configured to receive a radio signal from a device provided on the front surface side of the display device, an intensity detecting device configured to detect the intensity of the radio signal from the device received by the receiving units, and a control unit configured to calculate the position of the device from the intensity of the radio signal received by the receiving units and display, on the display device, a guide screen for aligning the device with specific one receiving unit. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120262757 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL CONNECTING TO IP NETWORK, AND IMAGE DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD - Typically, a communication terminal according to an embodiment is a communication terminal for transmitting image data to a transmission destination communication terminal through an initiation protocol (IP) network. The communication terminal includes a display unit, a data size calculation unit, an acquisition unit, a projection calculation unit, and a display controller. The data size calculation unit calculates the size of image data to be transmitted. The acquisition unit acquires speed information indicating a communication speed at which communication can be performed with the transmission destination communication terminal. The projection calculation unit calculates at least either one of a projected communication fee and a projected communication time when transmitting the image data at the communication speed indicated by the acquired speed information. The display controller makes the display unit display the result of calculation of the projection calculation unit. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120262758 | INTRA-DEVICE COMMUNICATION IN A LOCKED PRINT ARCHITECTURE - Techniques are provided for processing a job, such as a print job or a facsimile (fax) job. A printing device comprises multiple modules that are developed in different programming languages. An inter-process communication channel is established between (a) a first module that is developed in a platform-independent programming language and (b) a second module that is developed in a platform-dependent programming language. The first module receives user input that identifies a particular print job. In response to the user input, the first module sends, via the inter-process communication channel, one or more instructions to the second module, which retrieves the print job, decrypts the print job, and causes the print job to be executed. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120268772 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VISUALLY PREVIEWING FINISHED PRINTED DOCUMENT OR PACKAGE - A thin client system and methods are disclosed for previewing a finished printed document or package in which a client computer system prompts a user to select from a predefined list of view positions and allows user selection or entry of view angles, a view position distance, and displayed page number and requests a single still image view of the produced document or package for review by the user. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120268773 | MECHANISM FOR REMOTELY FACILITATING AUTHORIZATION AND ACTIVATION OF LABORATORY PRINT MEDIA LABELING - A method for remotely facilitating labeling of laboratory media may include placing a user request at a computing system serving as a remote computing system, the user request including print content to remotely facilitate labeling of a laboratory media within a laboratory environment. The laboratory media may include at least one of a media cassette or a media slide to hold one or more laboratory samples. The method may further include communicating the user request from the computing system to a printing device over a network. The printing device representing a local computing system. The method may further include remotely facilitating the printing device to label the laboratory media. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120268774 | OPTICAL DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEM FOR DIRECT DIGITAL MARKING SYSTEMS - An apparatus for printing a latent image includes a light source, a photodetector, a rotary contact, a power supply, driving electronics and a plurality of thin-film transistors. The light sources receives the digital data signals and transmits encoded optical data signals. The photodetector receives the encoded optical data signals and transmits signals including selection signals and digital pixel voltages. A rotary contact receives operating voltage potentials from a controller and the power supply receives the operating voltage potentials from the rotary contact. The power supply generates a low voltage potential, a groun potential and a high voltage potential. Driving electronics receive a low voltage potential, a ground potential, selection signals and digital pixel voltages and generate bias signals and pixel voltages. The plurality of TFTs receive the high voltage potential, the bias signals and the pixel voltages and drive the hole injection pixels to generate an electrostatic latent image. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120268775 | PORTABLE STANDALONE CONTROLLER FOR OPTICAL DISC LABEL PRINTERS - A portable standalone controller for optical disc label printers has at least one output port and a processing unit. The at least one output port is for connecting to at least one optical disc label printer. The processing unit connects to the at least one output, receives label content, transmits the received label content to the at least one connected optical disc label printer through the at least one output port and issues at least one printing command to the at least one connected optical disc label printer so the at least one connected optical disc label printer starts to label according to the label content. The controller connects to a computer or an external device only for acquiring the label content. The controller allows users to use the connected optical disc label printer without operating a corresponding computer. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120268776 | MOBILE PHONE AND METHOD FOR COPYING AND PROCESSING DATA - A method for copying and processing a desired part selected from a display on a touch screen of a mobile phone marks the selected part and receives a processing mode for processing the marked part. The method copies the marked part and stored the marked part as a temporary image document in a storage unit of the mobile phone. The method processes the temporary image document according to the processing mode selected. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120268777 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DRIVERLESS, PEER-TO-PEER MOBILE PRINTING - A method of printing a document from a mobile device includes providing a document in a native format. For example, the native format is selected from a word processing format, a slide presentation format, a spreadsheet format, a computer-aided design format, a Portable | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120268778 | PRINT RELAY SYSTEM, PRINTING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINT RELAY SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM - When it is determined that a desired printing result can be acquired without converting print data of a print server, a print job is generated to acquire the print data not via a relay virtual printer. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120268779 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY CONTROL PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a memory provided with a first memory area and a second memory area, and a processor that stores program related data in the first memory area and image related data in the second memory area, separately. When the image processing apparatus is in an energy save mode, the processor shuts down electric power supply to the second memory area storing the image related data. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120268780 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE OUTPUT SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus searches the image output apparatus connected to a network according to an image output system decided based on user operation and obtains device information and state information thereof. Then, the device information and the state information are displayed on a search result display portion of a display screen. At the time, on the search result display portion, the image output apparatus is displayed in ascending order of power consumed up until image output is able to be performed based on the state information of the searched image output apparatus. A user performs an operation to arbitrarily select the image output apparatus displayed on the search result display portion, so as to execute image output processing desired by the user by the selected image output apparatus. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120268781 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTER, PRINTING CONTROL METHOD OF PRINTING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM - A printing system including a printer and an information processing apparatus, wherein the information processing apparatus comprises: an information-at-generation obtaining section which obtains management information of the printer when the printing data is generated; a printing data generating section which generates the printing data; a printing start instructing section which instructs start of printing; a printing start command section which outputs a printing start command to the printer; an information-at-start obtaining section which obtains management information of the printer when the printing start is instructed; and a management information determining section, wherein the printing start command section cancels the printing start command to the printer in a case where the management information determining section determines that the management information obtained when the printing data is generated and the management information obtained when the printing start is instructed do not coincide with each other. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120268782 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THE SAME - An image forming apparatus stores setting information received from an external device in a temporary region, and compares device identification information acquired from the setting information with device identification information of the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus determines a reflection level used to reflect each setting included in the setting information stored in the temporary region, and stores the setting information in a database. Further, the image forming apparatus extracts a setting compliant with the reflection level and a reflection policy, using a plurality of import modules, and stores the extracted setting in a database that is actually used for control performed by the image forming apparatus. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120268783 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THE SAME - An image forming apparatus compares device identification information acquired from XML setting information received from a connected device with device identification information of the image forming apparatus, and determines an import level based on a comparison result. The image forming apparatus extracts a setting according to the import level using each module of a plurality of applications for the image forming apparatus, and stores the extracted setting in a storage that is used for control performed in each application. The device identification information that determines the import level includes at least one of firmware version, destination information, user editing information, accessory connection information, and license information, in addition to model management number and machine body management number. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120268784 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT DISPLAYS OPERATION SCREEN AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An information processing apparatus that is capable of controlling a screen appropriately even when a screen is switched while processing a job. A Web browser receives screen data from an external apparatus, displays an operation screen based on the screen data, transfers a processing instruction based on a user's operation on the operation screen to a service provider, and transmits a job executed result according to the processing instruction to the external apparatus. The service provider executes the job according to the processing instruction transmitted from the Web browser, and transmits the result of the executed job to the Web browser. The Web browser displays a completion screen with a different tab from the operation screen when another user's operation is performed while executing the job, and displays the completion screen with the same tab as the operation screen when another user's operation is not performed while executing the job. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120268785 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, JOB EXECUTION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH JOB EXECUTION PROGRAM - Each of a plurality of process execution portions includes an accumulation portion to accumulate a job in which the first process among processes not yet executed is an in-charge process, and a batch processing portion to execute the in-charge process on combination data including one or more data on condition that a total process volume becomes equal to or greater than a lower limit value predetermined for the in-charge process. The batch processing portion includes a determination portion to determine whether there exists a job having a previous process now being executed, a first delay portion to delay start of the in-charge process until a prescribed time has elapsed since the total process volume becomes equal to or greater than the lower limit value, and a second delay portion to delay start of the in-charge process until a job determined that the previous process is now being executed is accumulated. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120268786 | RECORDING DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING A RECORDING DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM RUN BY A CONTROL UNIT THAT CONTROLS A RECORDING DEVICE - Processing delays are prevented even when the number of processes executed to control a recording device increases. The printer-side control unit of a recording device having plural devices includes a drive control unit that drives the device by executing a control job; an operating sequence control unit that creates an operating sequence of specific operations; and a job control unit that creates a control job for the device based on the operating sequence. When the operating sequence control unit creates an operating sequence, the job control unit creates a new control job when a control job used in the operating sequence has not been created, and deletes at least one control job when there is a control job that is not used in the operating sequence. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120268787 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND CARTRIDGE - This invention provides an image forming apparatus which communicates with a plurality of cartridges without increasing its circuit dimension. To accomplish this, the apparatus includes a control circuit having an output terminal for outputting a clock signal and data signal used to generate a transmission signal to the cartridge, and an input terminal for receiving a transmission signal from the cartridge. The apparatus includes N connectors each having the first electrode which is connected to the first electrode surface of each cartridge, and the second electrode which is connected to the second electrode surface. The apparatus includes a 1-to-N first signal line for connecting the input terminal to the N first electrodes, and a 1-to-N second signal line for connecting the output terminal to the N second electrodes. The apparatus includes N switching units which are interposed between 1-to-N branch points and the second electrodes on the second signal line. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120274976 | DISTRIBUTED PRINT PROCESSING - In one embodiment, receipt of a print job at a printer is recognized. If the printer has a set of capabilities needed to meet requirements of the job, local processing is performed, and printing of the job at the printer is caused. If the printer does not have the set, and the printer and a print service available to the printer via a network together have the set, the job is sent to the service for remote processing. After the remote processing, the job is received at the printer from the service. Printing of the job, at the printer and in accordance with the requirements, is caused. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120274977 | Mobile Access Notification Service Interface - Apparatus are provided that include a mobile access notification service interface configured to operate on messages targeting a mobile access notification service so that a given message targeting a given user via the mobile access notification service causes a access notice indicator of the given user's mobile data communication device to visibly show when data from the given message is ready for access via one or more designated non-mobile access devices. The mobile access notification service interface includes an access notification trigger data detector configured to process and identify, from among plural messages originating at message source machines, access notification messages containing access notification trigger data. A mobile access notification service linking mechanism is configured to link access notification messages containing the access notification trigger data to access notice indicators on corresponding targeted user mobile data communication devices, to link the access notification messages to one or more non-mobile access devices for access of content of the access notification messages at those non-mobile access devices, and to communicate non-mobile access device access code information to the targeted users for controlled user access at the one or more non-mobile access devices. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120274978 | HALFTONE SCREEN PRODUCING APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROLLING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF PRODUCING HALFTONE SCREEN, METHOD OF CONTROLLING PRINTING, METHOD OF FORMING IMAGE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A halftone screen producing apparatus is provided. The halftone screen producing apparatus includes: an input unit to receive screen information, a dot center arrangement unit to arrange dot centers within a screen based on the screen information, a Voronoi calculation unit to calculate a Voronoi value for each dot within the screen in which the dot centers are arranged, a filter calculation unit to calculate a filter value for each dot within the screen in which the dot centers are arranged, and a dot value setting unit to set a dot value within the screen based on the calculated Voronoi value and the calculated filter value. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120274979 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM THEREOF - An image forming apparatus includes a reception unit and an execution unit. The reception unit receives a first parameter, which is to be transmitted responsive to a user issued request instruction sent to the apparatus and is described in a format that conforms to a first network protocol corresponding to the request. The execution unit, when the apparatus is compliant with the first network protocol, interprets the received first parameter and executes request processing based on a result of interpretation, and, when the apparatus is not compliant, adds the received first parameter to a second parameter which is described in a format per a second network protocol different from the first network protocol, transmits the second parameter to a server, receives a processing result from the server which has interpreted the first parameter based on the second parameter, and executes request processing based on the processing result. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120274980 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR REDUCING LOAD ON A SERVER APPARATUS - In a system in which a web server provides an operation screen related to cooperative processing, forcing the web server to generate all of operation screens in consideration of an MFP as a cooperation destination for the cooperative processing may increase the load on the web server. Therefore, when a specific condition is satisfied, for example, when an error has occurred in the MFP as a cooperation destination for the cooperative processing or when a specific function is used as cooperative processing, not the web server but the MFP as a cooperation destination for the cooperative processing provides an MFP with an operation screen related to the cooperative processing. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120274981 | TAPE PRINTING APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY METHOD IN THE TAPE PRINTING APPARATUS - A tape printing apparatus, including: an input unit configured to input print data and a layout of the print data; a display unit configured to have a display screen; a dividing unit configured to divide the print data into a plurality of blocks based on the layout input by the input unit; a display control unit configured to display the print data by scrolling the print data on the display screen, using the display unit, for each of the blocks divided by the dividing unit; and a printing unit configured to print the print data on a tape-shaped print medium in accordance with the layout input by the input unit. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120274982 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING CONTROL METHOD FOR PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING APPARATUS AND SERVER - A terminal transmits a first e-mail to which a file to be printed is attached to a server, and the server temporarily saves the file attached to the first e-mail. The server transmits a second e-mail for confirming a user to the terminal, and the terminal returns information on the user to the server in response to the second e-mail. When the server has acquired the information on the user, the server converts the file temporarily saved into a file for printing and registers the converted file in the server. The server transmits the registered file for printing to a printing apparatus to cause the printing apparatus to print the file. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120274983 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus comprises: a receiver which receives facsimile or print data file in a page description language, from an information processing apparatus; a spooler which stores the facsimile or print data file received therefrom, on the spooler itself; a converter which converts the facsimile or print data file stored on the spooler, to an image data format; a job generator which generates a job based on the obtained image data file; a facsimile transmitter; a printer; and a job controller which instructs the facsimile transmitter or the printer to perform facsimile transmission or printing according to the generated job, respectively. And the converter selects the facsimile or print data file among those stored on the spooler, based on the state of the printer and the state of the facsimile transmitter, before converting the facsimile or print data file to an image data format. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120281250 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND PROCESSOR-READABLE MEDIUM FOR AUTOMATICALLY SELECTING A JOB TRACKING SOURCE - A method and system for automatically selecting an accurate job tracking source with respect to each rendering device. An output management solution in association with a device manager can be configured to include a device-based accounting source, a job tracking agent source, and a file import source. The job tracking data sources can be configured by an administrator and can be ranked within the device manager based on an accuracy setting. The device-based accounting source can be selected as the most accurate source upon detection of a built-in job tracking capability with respect to the multi-function device. The job tracking agent source and/or the file import source can be selected as the most accurate source if the built-in job tracking capability is not available. A historical job tracking database can be searched by the device manager in order to detect the job tracking agent source. A flag can be provided if the job tracking agent source is not available to indicate a gap in the job tracking agent coverage. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120281251 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONFIGURING PRINTER DRIVERS FOR MULTIPLE PRINTING DEVICES - The disclosure relates to a computerized method and system for implementing a multi-tiered approach to defining printer driver configuration settings. A printer driver configuration management utility allows establishing settings for multiple printer drivers and multiple printing devices with a single multi-tiered configuration file. In a network environment the configuration file is stored in a location accessible by a client prior to utilizing a printer. A single multi-tiered configuration file makes it possible to pre-configure and post-configure multiple printer drivers. Compatible installed printer drivers check for the configuration file and update settings accordingly. Each setting may have rules of behavior such as a default value, enforced default value, value setting lock and disallowance of a value. An alternate value, such as a secondary value, can be deferred to when a primary setting value is not supported for a particular driver. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120281252 | DISTRIBUTED PRINTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - System and method of distributing a single print job to multiple printers are disclosed. The distributed printing system includes a master printer for receiving a print job from a computing device and generating a plurality of child print jobs based on the print job and a plurality of slave printers in communication with the master printer via a network. The master printer is adapted to transmit the child print jobs to the slave printers. The slave printers are adapted to process the of child print jobs into processed child print jobs and send the processed child print jobs back to the master printer. The master printer is adapted to assemble the processed child print jobs into a final print job and transmit the final print job to one of the slave printers to perform the final print job. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120281253 | ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF ADMISSION TICKETS DIRECT TO A PURCHASER - Electronic delivery of counterfeit-resistant documents exchangeable for value such as admission tickets, gift certificates, coupons, vouchers, etc. directly to the person who ordered the documents over an open communications network such at the Internet. A first party orders a document from a second party, and the second party electronically delivers the ordered, counterfeit-resistant document to a device designated by the first party. For example, the document may be electronically ordered using a PC, and a printer coupled to the PC may print the document. In one embodiment, the first party transmits unsolicited offers over the open communications network The document may be made counterfeit resistant by assigning unique information to each document of a given type, e.g., admission tickets, and checking the uniqueness of a document and whether the unique information was previously read prior to allowing it to be exchanged for value. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120287460 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF MOBILE DISCOVERY AND PRINTING CONFIGURATION - A method for configuring a mobile device that includes retrieving encoded access information from an imaging device, decoding the encoded access information, and configuring the mobile device to communicate with the imaging device in accordance with the decoded access information. The imaging device and the mobile device may operate on different subnets of a network. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120287461 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOTE DATA STORAGE AND PROCESSING FOR USE WITH PRINTERS - A method of printing a document includes providing a document to a printer for printing; sending a portion of the document from the printer to an external service provider for temporary storage; and storing the portion of the document on the external service provider. The external service provider comprises a computing device or a server. The method further includes requesting that the portion of the document be sent from the external service provider to the printer for printing; sending the portion of the document from the external service provider to the printer; and printing the portion of the document using the printer. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120287462 | SYSTEM MANAGEMENT SERVER, AND MANAGEMENT METHOD AND PROGRAM - A system management server in a printing system assigns print document information and printing device information of a tenant to a plurality of servers to perform distributed management. When print document information and printing device information of a given tenant are divided and moved, the plurality of servers are searched for a server for managing the given tenant. When the found server is allowed to store the divided print document information and printing device information, the server is determined to be a destination server of the movement. The divided print document information and printing device information are moved to the determined destination server. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120287463 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PRINT JOB GENERATING PROGRAM, PRINT JOB GENERATING DEVICE, AND PRINT SYSTEM - A non-transitory computer readable recording medium stores a print job generating program that causes a computer to perform as a setting unit, and a print job generating unit that generates a print job, based on a content of setting that is set using the setting unit by a user. In a print system environment that executes a process based on the print job, a first setting for not performing a first process, regardless of a print setting included in the print job, has been made in the print system environment for a first function of a first post-processing device included in an image forming device. The setting unit allows the user to set, alternatively to the first process, a second process performed by a second function of a second post-processing device included in the print system environment. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120287464 | METHOD FOR MANAGING PRINT MEDIA - A method is provided to synchronize media lists of several devices in a general architecture of devices by supplementing a media list of a first device with entries from a media list of a second device, even if the media associated with an entry is not applicable in the first device. This has the advantage that entries from the media list of the second device may be passed to a third device without the second and third device being connected to a network at the same time. Entries from media lists are considered to be associated with the same media, if the identification attributes, which may be more than one attribute, are equal. In that case, the additional attributes of the entry are supplemented according to merging rules that depend on the kind of attributes. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120287465 | CLIENT APPARATUS, PRINT DATA GENERATION SERVER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR NETWORK PRINT SYSTEM - A client apparatus includes a media reader/writer and a network I/F for data communication with a print data generation server, reads electronic data stored in the medium (step | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120287466 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - Provided is an image processing apparatus enabling to equip a removable functional component providing a predetermined function, in which, when a functional component is newly mounted, it is allowed to make sure to perform adjustment required for the functional component. The image processing apparatus, which is able to equip a removable functional component providing a predetermined function, includes a touch panel as an operation panel. When the image processing apparatus is started in a state where the functional component is newly mounted, the image processing apparatus displays a transition button (adjustment button) for transferring to an adjustment screen for performing adjustment concerning the above-described functional component, and displays the above-described adjustment screen when the adjustment button is pressed. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120287467 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus communicates with a plurality of data processing apparatuses via a plurality of interfaces. The image forming apparatus includes a determination unit configured to determine a communication state with the plurality of interfaces, and a control unit configured to perform control to switch between a first sleep mode in which power supplied to any one of the plurality of interfaces is turned off and a second sleep mode in which power supplied to the plurality of interfaces is repeatedly turned on and off at predetermined time intervals according to the communication state determined by the determination unit. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120287468 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS THAT CARRIES OUT COMMUNICATION WITH EXTERNAL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication apparatus which is capable of ascertaining whether or not it is possible to transmit image data to a transmission destination irrespective of functions it has, and notifying a user of the ascertainment result, thus enhancing convenience. A storage unit stores an address book including a plurality of addresses indicative of transmission destinations of data. A first receiving unit receives a first message from an external device. A determination unit determines whether an address of the external device that has transmitted the received first message is included in the address book. A display unit displays the address of the external device in a first display form which is different from a display form of other addresses in a case where the determination unit determines that the address of the external device is included in the address book and when the address book is displayed. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120287469 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING SERVER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image processing system comprises an image forming apparatus and a plurality of image processing servers. An image processing server transmits a test image to a plurality of image processing servers in charge of a former image processing operation, collects test results from all of them, and selects one of the image processing servers having returned the test results which are judged as being equal to or higher than a standard value, as the most preferred server, while an image forming apparatus transmits a test image to a plurality of image processing servers in charge of a final image processing operation, collects test results from all of them, and selects one of the image processing servers having returned the test results of the final image processing operation which are judged as being equal to or higher than a standard value, as the most preferred server. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120287470 | WEB-BASED DESIGN TOOLS FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING - Three-dimensional fabrication resources are improved by adding networking capabilities to three-dimensional printers and providing a variety of tools for networked use of three-dimensional printers. Web-based servers or the like can provide a single point of access for remote users to manage access to distributed content on one hand, and to manage use of distributed fabrication resources on the other. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120287471 | DOCUMENT TRANSMISSION AND ROUTING WITH RECIPIENT CONTROL - Techniques for transmitting information to a recipient under their control are described. In some situations, the techniques are used in conjunction with a fax delivery system to, as part of a connection established to perform a fax transmission, provide a variety of functionalities to a human recipient that is participating as part of the connection, such as when the human recipient is contacted in error. In addition, in some situations an interactive voice response system is used to receive and interpret input from a human. recipient, such as in response to one or more control selections or options provided to the human recipient. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120287472 | SOCIAL NETWORKING FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTERS - Three-dimensional fabrication resources are improved by adding networking capabilities to three-dimensional printers and providing a variety of tools for networked use of three-dimensional printers. Web-based servers or the like can provide a single point of access for remote users to manage access to distributed content on one hand, and to manage use of distributed fabrication resources on the other. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120287473 | DRAG-AND-DROP INTERFACE FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING QUEUE MANAGEMENT - Three-dimensional fabrication resources are improved by adding networking capabilities to three-dimensional printers and providing a variety of tools for networked use of three-dimensional printers. Web-based servers or the like can provide a single point of access for remote users to manage access to distributed content on one hand, and to manage use of distributed fabrication resources on the other. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120293826 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING MULTIPLE IMAGES - One example provides a network system for providing multiple images. The network system comprises a system comprising a memory for storing computer executable instructions and a processing unit for accessing the memory and executing the computer executable instructions. The computer executable instructions can comprise a server. The server can receive a print message from an origin printer that includes a multi-image file that stores a plurality of images. The server can generate a set of commands for printing the plurality of images in a protocol associated with a destination printer identified in the print message. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293827 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING PRINT JOBS USING A CLOUD ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM - A cloud administration system for managing print jobs may include a submission module, a processing module in communication with the submission module and a plurality of print devices, and one or more storage modules in communication with the processing module. The processing module may be located remotely from the plurality of print devices. The submission module may be configured to receive a print job from a source computing device. The source computing device may be located remotely from the submission module. The processing module may be configured to receive the print job from the submission module, store the print job in at least one of the storage modules, and transmit the print job to at least one of the plurality of print devices. The cloud administration system may operate as a shared resource for each of the plurality of print devices and the source computing device. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293828 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING PRINT DEVICE INFORMATION USING A CLOUD ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM - A cloud administration system may include a processing module in communication with a plurality of print devices. The processing module may be located remotely from each of the plurality of print devices. The cloud administration system may include a storage module in communication with the processing module. The processing module may be configured to receive print device information from at least one of the plurality of print devices, store the print device information in the storage module, and enable an application computing device to access the print device information from the storage module. The application computing device may be located remotely from the processing module. The cloud administration system may operate as a shared resource for each of the plurality of print devices and the application computing device. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293829 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TRACKING AND MANAGING PRINT DEVICE INVENTORY INFORMATION USING A CLOUD ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM - A cloud administration system for managing inventory information for one or more remote print devices may include a processing module in communication with a plurality of print devices. The processing module may be located remotely from each of the plurality of print devices. The cloud administration system may include a storage module in communication with the processing module. The processing module may be configured to receive inventory information associated with a print device inventory item associated with a print device of the plurality of print devices, store the inventory information in the storage module, and enable an application computing device to access the inventory information from the storage module. The cloud administration system may operate as a shared resource for each of the plurality of print devices and the application computing device. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293830 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING PRINT DEVICE INFORMATION USING A CLOUD ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM - A print device may include an inbound queue in communication with a cloud administration system via a firewall. The cloud administration system may operate as a shared resource for the print device. The print device may include a transmission module in communication with the cloud administration system, and a plurality of outbound queues. Each outbound queue may correspond to a print job type or a type of print device information. Each queue may be in communication with the transmission module. The cloud administration system may be located remotely from the print device. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293831 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING PRINT DEVICE LICENSES USING A CLOUD ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM - A cloud administration system for managing a print device license for a remote print device may include a processing module in communication with a plurality of print devices. The processing module may be located remotely from each of the plurality of print devices. The cloud administration system may include a storage module in communication with the processing module. The processing module may be configured to receive a print device license associated with a print device of the plurality of print devices, store the print device license in the storage module, and transmit the print device license to the print device. The cloud administration system may operate as a shared resource for each of the plurality of print devices. The print device license may include instructions for rendering the print device inoperable if the print device does not receive an approval notification from the cloud administration system within a time period. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293832 | PRINT DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PRINT DATA PROCESSING METHOD - A print data processing apparatus performs detection as to whether or not an identical resource is duplicated and described within print data. In a case where there is duplicated description, the duplicated resource is deleted from its second occurrence onward and the print objects are consolidated, the duplicated resources are deconstructed into individual resources and registered in a format that can be referenced in common from multiple print objects. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293833 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a spooler, a request reception unit configured to receive a request related to print data from the spooler via a function interface, and at least one process execution unit configured to perform a process corresponding to the received request. The request reception unit is configured to cause the process execution unit to perform the process corresponding to the received request. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293834 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND CONTROL METHOD - When a job is a non-print job, an information processing apparatus writes dummy data to a printing apparatus during job-end processing. Alternatively, when print data is not written to the printing apparatus during the job-end processing, the information processing apparatus directly instructs a print queue to hide the management information of a non-print job. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293835 | HOST COMPUTER, PRINT CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD FOR PRINT CONTROL SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM - A host computer acquires a usage amount of a memory of a printing apparatus upon accepting a print instruction, and if the acquired free capacity of the memory is greater than a predetermined value, transmits generated print data based on the accepted print instruction. If the acquired free capacity of the memory is less than the predetermined value, the host computer displays a message before transmitting the print data. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293836 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive data via a network, a printing unit configured to print an image based on the data received from the receiving unit, and a control unit configured to control the receiving unit to refuse a data reception based on a simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP) when a toner remaining amount for the printing unit is less than a predetermined value, wherein the printing unit is configured to print, in the case that the receiving unit receives page description language (PDL) data, an image based on the received PDL data even if the toner remaining amount is less than the predetermined value. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293837 | RELAY DEVICE, NETWORK SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING RELAY DEVICE - A relay device for properly causing an information processing apparatus to process a Web service request from an external apparatus even when a firewall exists between the information processing apparatus and the external apparatus or even when the information processing apparatus exists in an environment in which address translation is performed. A mediation application of a mediation apparatus transmits a request corresponding to an operation on an operation screen displayed on an MFP, to a server, and receives a response to the request from the server. The mediation application determines to which of a Web browser and a service provider section of the MFP according to the content of the response. The mediation application transmits the response to one of the Web browser and the service provider section according to a result of the determination. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293838 | Image Forming Apparatus Using Option Controller for Printing - An image forming apparatus includes a print engine configured to print an image based on raster image data, a main controller configured to execute a process that depends on the print engine, and a relay unit configured to receive the raster image data from an option controller that generates the raster image data, store the raster image data in a memory, receive a control command based on a result of the process that depends on the print engine from the main controller, read the raster image data from the memory in accordance with the control command, and supply the read raster image data to the print engine. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293839 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INSTRUCTION RECEIVING APPARATUS - A storage apparatus, which stores image data, comprises a storage-side transmitting/receiving section transmitting image data to an image processing apparatus and receiving image data from the image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus, which carries out one or a plurality of processes related to image data, comprises a receiving section having reception areas each of which is provided fore each process for receiving an instruction of the processes; a specifying section detecting a relative position between the storage apparatus and the reception areas and specifying one reception area based on the variation of detected relative position; a processing-side transmitting/receiving section transmitting image data to the storage apparatus or receiving image data from the storage apparatus; and a processing section carrying out a process, corresponding to the reception area specified by the specifying section, on image data which the processing-side transmitting/receiving section transmits or receives. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293840 | DATE-PROVABLE REGISTRATION SYSTEM FOR PUBLISHED DOCUMENTS - A system and method are disclosed for rendering published documents tamper evident. Embodiments render classes of documents tamper evident with cryptographic level security or detect tampering, where such security was previously unavailable, for example, documents printed using common printers without special paper or ink. Embodiments enable proving the date of document content without the need for expensive third party archival, including documents held, since their creation, entirely in secrecy or in untrustworthy environments, such as on easily-altered, publicly-accessible internet sites. Embodiments can extend, by many years, the useful life of currently-trusted integrity verification algorithms, such as hash functions, even when applied to binary executable files. Embodiments can efficiently identify whether multiple document versions are substantially similar, even if they are not identical, thus potentially reducing storage space requirements. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293841 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRINTING FROM A MOBILE DEVICE - A system and method by which to implement revenue sharing between printer vendors and network service providers or operators. In one example, a method for providing printing access to a mobile device may include acts of requesting information from a printer, receiving the information at a mobile device, providing the information to a communications subsystem of a mobile network operator, based on the information, acquiring a printing capability of the printer, sending the printing capability from the communications subsystem to the mobile device, and upon receipt of the printing capability, if the printing capability is enabled, sending a print request from the mobile to device to the printer. A corresponding apparatus may be used to implement the method, which may be provided as instructions encoded on a computer readable medium. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120300248 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMICALLY CONFIGURING A FILTER PIPELINE FOR A PRINT DRIVER - A method and apparatus for managing filters in a filter pipeline in a print driver used with an image production device. The method may include configuring a filter pipeline in a print driver with one or more proxy filters, each proxy filter including logic to invoke an associated processing filter to perform functions similar to a corresponding processing filter alone, and enabling the print driver to be at least one of certified and digitally signed with the proxy filter without the associated processing filter being known or present. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120300249 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRINTING WEB-BASED CONTENT VIA CLOUD PRINT SERVICE - A method for printing web-based content via a cloud print service includes: a) receiving a print request at an interface server of a print interface service, the print request associated an interface record adapted to store a print URL linked to an original URL with web-based content desired to be printed via a cloud print service; b) obtaining the web-based content associated with the original URL from a host server; and c) sending a job request and the obtained web-based content to the cloud print service for printing the desired web-based content. The interface server may include a controller, a consumer user communication module, a storage device, a print content communication module, and a cloud print communication module. The method may include receiving a record request requesting assignment of the print URL and identifying the original URL, assigning the print URL, and storing the print URL, original URL, and link. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120300250 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a plurality of functioning units each having a reception functioning unit, a control receiving unit and a controlling unit. Each of the reception functioning unit and the control receiving unit has a high power state and a low power state as an operational state, respectively. In a case that the control receiving unit is in the high power state, the controlling unit transits the operational state of the functioning unit from the high power state to the low power state when a first set time elapses after an execution of a processing is terminated. In another case that the control receiving unit is in the low power state, the controlling unit transits the operational state of the functioning unit from the high power state to the low power state when a second set time elapses after the execution of the processing is terminated. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120300251 | SYSTEM FOR INTERNET ENABLED PRINTING - A system for internet enabled printing is disclosed. The system includes an internet print service that renders electronic documents from internet connected devices into an intermediate format for printing by an internet connected print client. The print client allows a printer connected to the print client to print electronic documents received from internet print service. A user registers with the internet print service to obtain an identifier for their printer that is accessible over the internet. The identifier can include an e-mail address so that electronic documents can be submitted to the registered printer via e-mail. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120300252 | Account Managing Device, Image Processing System, And Storage Medium - A control device of an account managing server carries out (i) a first process in which the control device (a) obtains client identification information from a client PC via a network and (b) controls a storage device to store, as provisional login information, first login information contained in the client identification information, (ii) a second process in the control device (c) obtains second login information inputted into a multifunction peripheral and (iii) a third process in which the control device (d) permits usage of the multifunction peripheral in a case where the second login information is identical to the provisional login information stored in the storage device. This makes it unnecessary for a user to register login information of a client device newly connected to the network. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120300253 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A data processing apparatus includes a workflow storage unit configured to store therein a workflow indicating content of processing to be performed on data; a reading unit configured to, when receiving data, identification information of the workflow, and destination information of the data, read the workflow corresponding to the identification information from the workflow storage unit; a processing unit configured to process the received data based on the workflow and deliver the processed data to an apparatus indicated by the destination information; and an availability notification unit configured to, in response to an operation check request that includes the identification information, cause the reading unit to read the workflow corresponding to the identification information from the workflow storage unit, cause the processing unit to perform an operation check based on the workflow thus read, and issue a notification of a result of the operation check. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120300254 | MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A management apparatus according to the present invention controls whether history information is requested when it is specified that an image forming apparatus as an acquisition target of the history information is in a power saving state. When a return notification from the power saving state is issued after the image forming apparatus as the target requests previous history information, even in the power saving state of the image forming apparatus, the request is issued. The request is not issued when the image forming apparatus does not issue the return notification after the image forming apparatus as the target requests previous history information. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120300255 | Image Processing Apparatus Including an Image Processing Unit, a Memory, a Determination Unit, a Dividing Unit, and Non-Transitory Computer Readable Medium. - An image processing apparatus includes an image processing unit, a memory, a determination unit, and a dividing unit. The image processing unit dynamically changes a configuration thereof, and executes image processing in accordance with the changed configuration. The memory includes a pre-processing information memory area, an ongoing-processing information memory area, and a post-processing information memory area. The determination unit determines a division position of printing information used for image processing to be executed by the image processing unit, at which an amount of printing information, an amount of intermediate information corresponding to the printing information, and an amount of image information corresponding to the printing information are less than or equal to memory capacities of the pre-processing information memory area, the ongoing-processing information memory area, and the post-processing information memory area, respectively. The dividing unit divides the printing information in accordance with the division position determined by the determination unit. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120300256 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR RENDERING AN OBJECT ON A PAGE - A method of rendering a graphical object on a page in a pixel sequential renderer ( | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120300257 | Image Forming Apparatus And Image Forming System - An image forming apparatus contains: an internal device that performs a service; a message processing unit that parses a message according to service definition data, the service definition data including syntax definitions of an interface part of the service and designation of a protocol to be used for the service; and a control unit that controls the internal device according to a request obtained from a result of parsing the message by the message processing unit in order to execute the service. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120300258 | PRINTING CONTROL METHOD, PRINTER AND PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing control method, printer and printing system are provided. The printing control method comprises: receiving the ticket data to be printed; printing the ticket data; judging whether the printed ticket data is complete; and performing predetermined process according to the judgment result. The invention can conveniently and accurately judge whether a ticket is completely printed. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120300259 | INFORMATION ADDING DEVICE, ELECTRONIC CAMERA, INFORMATION ADDING PROGRAM - When a rating setting dial is turned in a second direction while setting an evaluation ranking for a captured image displayed on a rating screen, an MPU lowers the evaluation ranking set for said captured image while adding the corresponding evaluation ranking information to the image file of the captured image. In addition, when the rating setting dial is further turned in the second direction while the evaluation ranking set for the captured image is at the lowest evaluation ranking, the MPU adds deletion candidate specifying information, which enables the identification of said captured image as a deletion candidate file, to the image file of the captured image. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120307288 | PRINTING USING A PLATFORM-INDEPENDENT DRIVER - In one or more embodiments, a print server can publish, to client devices, capabilities and configurations of one or more print devices utilizing a device-independent “personality.” Client devices can then use an associated device-independent print driver to select print job settings and record print job content for a particular print job, in a device-independent format, that is then to be sent to the print server. The print server can then process the device-independent format that describes the print job, and convert the print job into a print device-specific format that can be consumed by a particular specific print device. In at least some embodiments, the client device can cause a print job to be printed on a print device, via a print server, without downloading, utilizing or otherwise accessing a print driver that is specific to the print device. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120307289 | PRINTER IDENTIFICATION USING CUSTOM SOUNDS - The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates use of a printing system. The system includes a print server and a printer. The print server may identify a custom sound associated with a user of the printing system and provide the custom sound to the printer. The printer may then generate the custom sound to facilitate identification of the printer by the user. For example, the printer may generate the custom sound during receipt of a print job by the printer, completion of the print job, a job error associated with the print job, and/or use of the printing system by the user. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120307290 | IMAGE TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, IMAGE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE TRANSMISSION METHOD - An image transmission apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires image data and an identifier for identifying a transmission destination, a first transmission unit that transmits the image data to a transmission destination identified by the identifier, a receiving unit that receives a stop instruction for stopping the transmission while the first transmission unit is transmitting the image data, and a processing unit that when a transmission request of the image data is received from a host apparatus, performs stop processing for stopping the transmission when the receiving unit receives the stop instruction and performs stop prevention processing for preventing the stop processing from being performed or the stop instruction from being received when the transmission request of the image data is received from an external apparatus. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120307291 | CONFIGURATION OF PRINT JOBS BASED ON PRINTER STATE - The disclosed embodiments provide a system that performs a print job. During operation, the system obtains a printing context for the print job, including a content type associated with the print job. Next, the system obtains a current state of a printer. The system then automatically sets one or more job options for the print job based on the printing context and the current state of the printer, wherein the one or more job options include a media size a border size and/or a media type. Finally, the system sends the print job to the printer. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120307292 | PROXY SERVER TRANSMITTING IMAGE DATA TO OUTPUTTING DEVICE - In a proxy device, the processor functions as a requesting unit, and a sending unit. When the receiving unit receives, from the terminal device, reservation data including reservation instruction data that instructs making a reservation to output the image by the outputting device and first outputting-device identification data for identifying the outputting device, and the receiving unit receives, from the outputting device identified by the first outputting-device identification data, first request data that requests image data, the requesting unit transmits, to the terminal device, second request data requesting one of the image data and acquiring data for acquiring the image data. When the receiving unit receives one of the image data and the acquiring data from the terminal device, the sending unit sends one of the image data received from the terminal device and image data acquired based on the acquiring data, to the outputting device. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120307293 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A print relay server relays print data generated by a print server to an image forming device. The print relay server includes a relay virtual printer that instructs the corresponding image forming device to print out print data and a functional relay virtual printer that has a function for realizing a specified print service not provided by the print server. The functional relay virtual printer acquires print data from the print server which has generated print data in response to a print request from a client, and instructs an image forming device, which executes a process for realizing the specified print service, to print out print data via the relay virtual printer. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120307294 | PRINTING SYSTEM, SERVICE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing system includes a web application of a server apparatus to respond to a browser of a client apparatus and provides a print service to the client apparatus by controlling first and second data processing apparatuses in charge of the print service. The server apparatus requests the first data processing apparatus to store the document information in response determining that an edition service is registered to document information acquired from the browser. The second data processing apparatus applies layout adjustment processing to the document information to obtain a layout adjustment having a reduced number of pages value. The second data processing apparatus additionally compares the reduced number of pages value and a threshold value to determine whether reduced page printing is to be performed. If reduced page printing is not to be performed, the first data processing apparatus is instructed to delete a result of stored layout adjustment processing. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120307295 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A print control program has a target printer designating step of designating a target printer for printing, a target printer determining step of determining capabilities of the target printer, and a language converting step of converting the page description language into another page description language depending on capabilities of the target printer. A rule creation unit creates a repetition rule corresponding to a repetition element and a rule application unit creates a repetition structure for configuration information using the repetition rule. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120307296 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present invention is directed to preventing a user from losing sight of a parameter that the user is currently set. To solve the problem, there is provided an information processing apparatus or a display control method for, when detecting that a node in a structure display area is selected by a user's operation, specifying a tab of setting associated with the selected node via a management unit and displaying the tab in a detailed setting display area, and when detecting that a tab in the detailed setting display area is selected by a user's operation, specifying a node associated with the selected tab, via a management unit and displaying the node in a selected state in the structure display area. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120307297 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM WHICH FORMS AN IMAGE BY RASTER IMAGE PROCESSOR PROCESSING FOR PRINT DATA, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - An image forming system configured to execute RIP processing for print data not subjected to the RIP processing so as to produce image data, and to form an image based on the image data, includes a plurality of image forming apparatuses which are coupled in tandem, and each of which is assigned to form an image on one of regions of an recording sheet, wherein the plurality of image forming apparatuses include first and second image forming apparatuses, the first image forming apparatus is configured to execute the RIP processing for the print data so as to produce the image data, and the second image forming apparatus is configured to supply the image data produced by the RIP processing in the first image forming apparatus to each of the plurality of image forming apparatuses in synchronization with a timing of image formation in each of plurality of image forming apparatuses. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120307298 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTER AND PRINT REQUEST CONTROL SERVER - A printing system includes: a given wireless terminal having a print request unit that sends a print request including an identifier and a print target, the wireless terminal being identified by the identifier; a print request control server having a print request receiving unit that receives the print request and a print information sending unit that sends print information corresponding to the print target in association with the identifier; and a printer having a wireless terminal detecting unit that detects the identifier of the given wireless terminal, a print information receiving unit that receives the print information corresponding to the detected identifier from the print request control server, and a print control unit that controls the printing based on the print information. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120307299 | IMAGE INPUT SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - An image input system that is capable of applying to the cloud computing system and of reducing user's load in selecting an image input apparatus used. An information processing apparatus communicates with a server via the Internet and a wireless communication network. A first image input apparatus is directly connected to the information processing apparatus. Second image input apparatuses are connected to the information processing apparatus via a local network. The server transmits a search message for searching an image input apparatus to the information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus determines whether the first image input apparatus is usable in response to reception of the search message from the server, and selects the first image input apparatus without searching for the second image input apparatuses and notifies the server of the selection when it is determined that the first image input apparatus is usable. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120307300 | IMAGE INPUT SYSTEM, SERVER IN SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - An image input system capable of applying to a system using a cloud computing and of selecting the optimal transmission route. The image input system comprises a server, an information processing apparatus that communicates with the server via the Internet, and image input apparatuses communicate with the information processing apparatus via a local network and communicate with the server via the Internet. The server acquires the transmission capacity information of the image input apparatuses searched, selects a first route that directly transmit to the server or a second route that transmit to the server via the image processing apparatus based on the transmission capacity information, and transmits a job message to the information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus transmits the job message to the image input apparatus selected. Each of the image input apparatuses generates the image information and transmits it to the server. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120307301 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORED WITH PRINT JOB DISPLAY PROGRAM AND PRINT JOB DISPLAY APPARATUS - The non-transitory computer readable recording medium of the present invention is a computer readable recording medium stored with a print job display program, and this program causes a computer to execute the steps of: (a) identifying a print job designating variable printing; and (b) displaying, on a display screen in a list, information related to the print job, to which information related to a plurality of sub-jobs obtained by classifying the information of the identified print job based on predetermined classification information is attached as lower layer information, with information related to a print job not designating variable printing. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120307302 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM FOR THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A connection recognition section for recognizing that the unit is mounted and/or the external device is connected and a control section for managing the unit and/or external device and managing the job are provided, wherein the control section responds to the recognition results from the connection recognition section, and checks to determine whether the unit is mounted or dismounted and/or external device is connected or disconnected. When jobs are being created, it is possible to create any inexecutable job under the current apparatus configuration on the assumption that the not yet mounted unit and/or not yet connected external device being managed is used. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120307303 | PRINTING APPARATUS, WEB SERVER, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORED WITH PROGRAM FOR WEB SERVER - A printing apparatus for conducting direct printing from a client computer via a web browser, having a storage unit | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120307304 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ON-SITE PRINTING OF CUSTOM ARTICLES - This invention relates to the on-site creation of custom articles. Systems and methods of the invention are provided for receiving personalized artwork such as digitally-input freehand drawings and printing the artwork on-site and substantially immediately onto articles of apparel, merchandise, and the like. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120307305 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PRINT DOCUMENTS AND IMAGES THAT ARE NOT NATIVELY SUPPORTED BY THE PRINTER - A system for printing comprising a plurality of local printer applications operating on a processor, each configured to render a single associated file type for printing. A print through server application operating on the processor and configured to transmit a print job to an external processor for rendering. A system manager operating on the processor and configured to transmit a file to one of the plurality of local printer applications if the file has a file type that is identical to the file type associated with one of the local printer applications, and to transmit the file to the print through server application if the file type of the file does not match any of the file types for the local printer applications. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120307306 | SERVER APPARATUS THAT ENABLES EASY USE OF IMAGE INPUT APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHODS OF CONTROLLING THE APPARATUSES, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An arrangement for enabling a user to easily use an image input apparatus. A server apparatus capable of communicating with an information processing apparatus creates a list of image input apparatuses found through a search by the information processing apparatus, and provides the list to the same. The server apparatus provides script information including information for configuring operation settings of an image input apparatus selected from the provided list, to the information processing apparatus, and transmits a job message to the same, for causing the image input apparatus to operate according to the operation settings, in order to cause the information processing apparatus to transfer the job message to the image input apparatus. Image data input by the operation of the image input apparatus according to the job message is acquired via the information processing apparatus, and is stored in the server apparatus. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120307307 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF PROCESSING WIRELESS PRINTING BASED ON WIRELESS LAN - Provided are a wireless printing system and method based on wireless Local Area Network (LAN). A method of requesting a wireless printing, includes: requesting a printer that exists in a wireless LAN to perform a print job; and communicating with the printer according to a standard of the wireless LAN in order to transmit data regarding the print job to the printer. The method provides wireless direct printing suitable for a wireless LAN environment. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120307308 | AUTOMATED IMPOSITION FOR PRINT JOBS WITH EXCEPTION PAGES - Print jobs can be processed to produce printed documents. In industrial printing operations, printers operate on large sheets that are then folded, cut, and stacked. Individual pages are imposed onto the large sheets such that they end up in the correct place after stacking. Exception pages are pages that, for any of a variety of reasons, require special handling and thereby slow, possibly stop, the printing process. Automatically flattening print jobs before imposition and resolving media type definitions after imposition can remove the need for special handling and thereby increase printing efficiency. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120314244 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus that is communicable with a server system including at least one server, and a printer to perform printing. The information processing apparatus includes an accepting unit and a transmission unit. The accepting unit accepts a single instruction, which is input by a user, for instructing printing. The transmission unit transmits a print job to the server system according to the single instruction accepted by the accepting unit, and at the same time transmit an instruction for acquiring print data from the server system, to the printer. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120314245 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR - An image processing apparatus for using an external service provided by at least one external server. The image processing apparatus includes a web browser, a reception unit, a web server unit, a display control unit, and a communication control unit. The reception unit receives service information transmitted by the at least one external server. The web server unit generates screen information for displaying an operation screen on the web browser based on the service information received by the reception unit. The display control unit displays the operation screen on the web browser based on the screen information generated by the web server unit. The communication control unit transmits and acquires image data to/from the at least one external server in response to a user instruction input via the operation screen displayed on the web browser. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120314246 | Printing Command Center Graphical User Interface - A method disclosed. The method includes receiving a request to access print job objects at a remote server database from a graphical user interface (GUI) operating on a local server and displaying the print job objects from the remote server database at the GUI. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120314247 | Implementing Consistent Behavior Across Different Resolutions of Images - A method of implementing consistent behavior across different resolutions of images comprises retrieving a list of image enhancement operations applied to an available image, creating, based on image resolution and use case, from the available image, a pre-processed image that simulates the image enhancement operations intended for the available image, performing an image analysis operation on the pre-processed image to obtain a list of artifacts, creating a modified list of artifacts that are mapped to the coordinate system of the available image, applying the modified list of artifacts and retrieved list of image enhancement operations to the available image to obtain a corrected image, and outputting the corrected image to an output device. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120314248 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTI-SITE CELLULAR MANUFACTURING WITH TRANSPORTATION DELAYS - A system and method is used to manage scheduling of a plurality of print jobs in a multi-site print shop environment. The multi-site environment includes a plurality of print shops each having resources and equipment to complete at least one type of print job. Also included is a multi-site scheduler configuration arranged to assign and schedule print jobs to one of a home shop and a non-home shop. The assigning and scheduling is based on a fastest completion time, wherein a completion time of a print job in a home shop is defined as the actual time taken to complete the print job and a completion time of a print job in a non-home shop is defined as the actual time taken to complete the print job and a transportation delay. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120314249 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REMINDING ABOUT PRINT HISTORY - Methods and Systems for reminding about print history use an approach in which one or more conditions, such as print job name and/or file size, of a subsequently submitted print job are monitored to determine if the one or more conditions of the subsequent print job is substantially similar to a corresponding one or more conditions of a previous print job. A reminder message is displayed on a user interface if such a similarity so determined, and in response, a user can enter a selection of an option in the reminder message to handle the reminder message and/or control print processing of the subsequent and/or previous print job. The reminder messaging can be pre-configured and turned off, as required. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120314250 | PRINT SYSTEM, SERVER APPARATUS AND PRINTER WHICH ARE USED IN THE PRINT SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE PRINT SYSTEM - A server apparatus comprises an instruction transmitting unit that transmits an instruction to a user apparatus, the instruction instructing the user apparatus to send to the printer a print request for pull printing including authorized information used for an authorizing process at the time of receiving the print service. A printer comprises a receiving unit that receives the print request for pull printing including the authorized information sent from the user apparatus according to the instruction, and a request transmitting unit that transmits, in accordance with the received print request for pull printing including the authorized information, the authorized information and a document obtaining request to the server apparatus. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120314251 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus to access a file server and a job server connected to an internet via a local area network, and issue a print request of a file managed by the file server, includes a file server connection unit, a job server connection unit, a token acquisition unit, a print request unit, and a print unit. The file server connection unit connects with the file server. The job server connection unit connects with the job server. The token acquisition unit acquires a token associated with connection with the image forming apparatus from the job server connected by the job server connection unit. The print request unit issues the print request for the file server connected by the file server connection unit using the token acquired by the token acquisition unit. The print unit prints print data received from the job server connected by the job server connection unit. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120314252 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, RECEPTION APPARATUS, SERIAL COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND PRINTING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SERIAL COMMUNICATION APPRATUS - The invention has been made to solve a problem that as the cycle of a transmission clock fluctuates with respect to the cycle of a sampling clock for one bit on the reception side, a reception error occurs. To deal with this, every time sampling data is inverted in a reception data string, the sampling clock is re-synchronized. Furthermore, if there are a predetermined number of successive identical data, an inverted dummy bit is inserted for re-synchronization. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120314253 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM FOR THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus for outputting a plurality of sets of output units, the output unit composed of a plurality of pages with a determined order being one set, includes an image forming unit for successively forming images corresponding to the respective pages on sheets, a control unit for performing an arithmetic processing of an image eigenvalue for each output unit, a first storage storing the result of the arithmetic processing performed for one specific set of output unit, and a second storage storing the result of the arithmetic processing performed for the nth set of output unit, wherein the control unit determines whether or not the images are normally formed on the sheets for the nth set of output unit based on a comparison result between the result of the arithmetic processing stored in the first storage and that of the arithmetic processing stored in the second storage. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120314254 | CELLULAR TELEPHONE PROTOCOL ADAPTIVE PRINTING - A cellular telephone protocol adaptive printing system includes a mobile device protocol logic configured to transmit a print job from a cellular telephone to an image forming device, pursuant to a print data transmission protocol; and a content transforming logic configured to process a print item into the print job pursuant to the print data transmission protocol supported by the mobile device protocol logic. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120314255 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED FACSIMILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK AND PREFERENCE SELECTION - Disclosed herein are systems and methods for allowing a transmitting facsimile device and a receiving facsimile device to select a preferable communications network or other preferred transmission parameters. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120314256 | CUSTOMER-CONFIGURABLE WORKFLOW SYSTEM - Methods, systems, and apparatus for flexible, configurable job workflow processing. Features and aspects hereof provide for generating workflow models from configurable templates. The workflow models may include one or more phases, each comprising one or more processes, each process comprising one or more steps. The Phases, processes, and steps may all be defined by configuring parameters of corresponding templates. Information defining the workflow models and all job information for jobs to be executed are entries in an integrated database such that creation and update of workflow model information and job information is performed as simple database queries and updates. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120314257 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus having a display unit for displaying a program which can be executed in the apparatus so as to be identified is disclosed. The apparatus has: an input unit for inputting a program into the image forming apparatus; a display control unit for controlling a process for displaying select keys including a plurality of select keys to instruct a selection of a desired one of a plurality of programs stored in the image forming apparatus onto a display screen displayed on the display unit; and a discriminating unit for discriminating whether the select key to instruct a selection of the program inputted by the input unit can be further displayed onto the first display screen to display the select keys corresponding to the programs registered in the image forming apparatus in response to the input of the program from the input unit or not. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120314258 | NETWORK SYSTEM AND MANAGEMENT METHOD THEREFOR - The network system includes a command transmitting unit that transmits a command for requesting information required by the representative device for network management from the non-representative device, when the non-representative device has joined a network or when there is a change in a state of the non-representative device, and a command receiving unit that receives a command including the information sent from the non-representative device that has received the command. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120320404 | DISPLAYING PRINTER STATUS DURING POWER-OFF USING BISTABLE DISPLAY - Methods and structures respond to activation of a switch (or other similar user input) of a printing apparatus that controls whether a power supply is connected to and supplies power to a processor, a printing engine, and a graphic user interface of the printing apparatus. The graphic user interface comprises a bistable display that continues to show the most recently provided screenshot after the switch disconnects the power supply from the graphic user interface. Further, methods and structures cause, using the processor, the graphic user interface to display status information of the printing apparatus immediately prior to the switch being allowed to disconnect the power supply from the graphic user interface such that the graphic user interface displays the status information after being disconnected from the power supply. Thus, the methods and structures delay, using the processor, disconnection of the power supply from the graphic user interface until the status information is displayed on the graphic user interface. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120320405 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR USING AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AS A PRINT JOB TICKET - Devices and methods for using an electronic device for a print job ticket. Such an electronic device may include a network interface, a display, and an input device. The network interface may receive an assignment of the electronic device to a print job from a print service provider controller, receive workflow instructions associated with the print job from the print service provider controller, and send job status information associated with the print job to the print service provider controller. The display may display a representation of the workflow instructions and a user-selectable representation of the job status information. The input device may register a user selection of the representation of the job status information. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120320406 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PRINT JOB TRACKING - Devices and methods for tracking the status of a print job using electronic devices on a print service provider (PSP) production floor are provided. One such method includes reading a radio frequency identification (RFID) code from an RFID badge assigned to, attached to, and traveling with a print job through production using an electronic device and sending an indication of the RFID code a PSP controller. In response, workflow instructions may be received from the PSP controller. The electronic device may display a representation of the workflow instructions and a user-selectable representation of job status information. When the representation of the job status information is selected, the electronic device may send an indication of the job status information to the print service provider controller. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120320407 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PRINT JOB TRACKING USING ASSIGNABLE MOBILE DEVICES - Devices and methods for tracking a print job using an assignable electronic device on a print service provider (PSP) production floor are provided. One such method includes scanning a barcode-enabled job ticket assigned to a print job using a mobile electronic device assigned to a location on a print service provider production floor and sending barcode data from the barcode-enabled job ticket from to a PSP controller. The mobile electronic device may receive workflow instructions associated with the print job from the PSP controller. In addition, the mobile electronic device may display a representation of the workflow instructions. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120320408 | VIRTUAL PRINT SHOP MANAGEMENT - A method including: maintaining, at a server, a list of print shops that participate in an external workflow managed by the server; receiving, at the server through a network, an order for a variable data campaign defining a plurality of personalized items for end recipients, said order including text and graphics used in the variable data campaign, identifying information of the end recipients that each receive an item of the variable data campaign, and a mapping specification that specifies which graphics correspond to which text for each item of the variable data campaign; generating, at the server, using the mapping specification, the text and graphics received, and the identifying information of the end recipients, a master file for the items of the variable data campaign, wherein the master file includes, for each of the items, images formed of corresponding text and graphics paired together in accordance with the mapping specification for each of the end recipients of the variable data campaign; assigning, at the server, the variable data campaign to one or more of the print shops that participate in the external workflow; and providing, at the server, the one or more print shops with the master file. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120320409 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING DOCUMENT FOR OUTPUT - Apparatuses, systems and methods are provided for reducing consumption of paper and other resources in connection with printing, copying, etc, by converting a document suitable for combined-page print, to a combined-page output, even when the user has not specified combined-page output. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120320410 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONSUMPTION MANAGEMENT - Apparatuses, systems and methods are provided for monitoring the consumption of paper, toner, energy, other resources, etc., by an information technology device, and for encouraging a user to reduce consumption of such resources when using the information technology device. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120320411 | SHARING CONTENT AMONG PRINTERS - In one embodiment, a registry of network-connected printers that are members of a social print group is maintained at a computer system. Content is obtained. A request is received from a first network-connected printer that is a member of the group, the request to provide the content to a second network-connected printer that is a member of the group. The content is provided to the second printer in response to the request. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120320412 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming system includes a transmitter apparatus that transmits, to a predetermined storage location of multiple storage locations, identification information identifying a user and image data associated with the identification information, and multiple image forming apparatuses. Each of the image forming apparatuses includes a first storage unit that stores storage information indicating the storage locations, a storage location that is included in the storage locations and stores the identification information and the image data associated with the identification information, a retrieval unit that accesses the storage locations, indicated by the storage information stored on the first storage unit, when the identification information is inputted by the user, and retrieves the image data from the storage location, and an image forming unit that forms an image corresponding to the image data retrieved by the retrieval unit. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120320413 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A wireless communication device may execute a response process and a search process with a first operation being performed as a trigger in a first period after the first operation. The response process may include receiving a search signal from a specific external device and sending a response signal to the specific external device in response to the search signal. The search process may include sending the search signal to the specific external device and receiving the response signal from the specific external device. The wireless communication device may communicate a wireless profile with the specific external device so as to establish a wireless connection with the specific external device in a case where the first operation is performed. The wireless communication device may execute the response process in a second period before the first operation is performed. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120320414 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - The wireless communication device may determine in which of a parent state and a child state the wireless communication device is to operate in a case where the wireless communication device receives a first type of signal, and determine the wireless communication device is to operate in the parent state in a case where the wireless communication device receives a second type of signal. The wireless communication device may send a first wireless profile to a first external device so as to establish a wireless connection with the first external device in a case where the wireless communication device is to operate in the parent state, and receive a second wireless profile from a second external device so as to establish a wireless connection with the second external device in a case where the wireless communication device is to operate in the child state. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120320415 | SETTING VALUE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, SETTING VALUE MANAGEMENT METHOD, SETTING VALUE MANAGEMENT SERVICE APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A setting value management service apparatus which is communicably connected to at least one image forming apparatus and manages configuration data of the image forming apparatus, comprises: a holding unit configured to hold configuration data of the image forming apparatus; an update unit configured to update configuration data held in the holding unit; and a communication unit configured to transmit/receive configuration data of the image forming apparatus to/from the image forming apparatus, wherein the configuration data contains control information about permission of update, and the communication unit transmits, to the image forming apparatus in accordance with the control information, configuration data, update of which is permitted for the setting value management service apparatus, out of configuration data held in the holding unit. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120320416 | HIGHLIGHTING IN WEB BASED READING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method is presented for the highlighting of web-based books and text documents. Data is maintained in a database relating to books, chapters, pages, and page portions. Through the use of a user interface, users create highlights to the text documents by adding highlight database items to the database associated with page portions. Highlighted text portions are used to create excerpt documents, to value and price a request to license a portion of a text document, and to perform searches relating to the text document. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120320417 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PDL DATA CONVERSION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a control unit configured to receive first PDL data including a first bookmark and a second bookmark from a user, create a first node mapped to a page which is the reference of the first bookmark and a second node mapped to a page which is the reference of the second bookmark, and create second PDL data having a hierarchical structure for the pages by including the first node and the second node. The first bookmark is different from the second bookmark, the first node is different from the second node, and the first PDL data is different from the second PDL data wherein the second PDL data includes the page which is the reference of the first bookmark and the page which is the reference of the second bookmark. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120320418 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM INCLUDING FIRST IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SECOND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An image processing system includes a first MFP (Multi-Function Peripheral), a second MFP, and an operation panel. The operation panel is attachable to and removable from each of the first and second MFPs. The first MFP accepts a job. The operation panel includes a storage unit for storing information held by the first MFP and a display unit for displaying information about the job accepted by the first MFP. The second MFP executes the job accepted by the first MFP based on the information stored in the storage unit of the operation panel when the operation panel is removed from the first MFP and attached to the second MFP. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120320419 | PRINTING SYSTEM, SERVER FOR DISTRIBUTING PRINT JOB, METHOD FOR RESUBMITTING PRINT JOB, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMPUTER PROGRAM - A printing system includes a registration portion configured to, when a print job to print an image onto a sheet of paper is executed after specified conditions are modified, store attribute data containing a user identifier and a job identifier into a storage portion, the user identifier being for identifying a user who has given a command to execute the print job, the job identifier being for identifying the print job; a determining portion configured to, when the user identifier is entered, determine whether or not the print job corresponding to the job identifier of the attribute data containing the user identifier can be executed in accordance with the conditions; and a re-execution portion configured to, when the determining portion determines that the print job can be executed in accordance with the conditions, execute the print job once again. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120320420 | NON-TRANSITORY PRINTING CONTROL PROGRAM PRODUCT, PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, AND PRINTING SYSTEM - A non-transitory printing control program product is disclosed. The printing control program product causes a computer to function as a printing data generating unit which generates printing data for normal printing and printing data for trial printing such that the printing data for the normal printing and the printing data for the trial printing are printed by the same printing apparatus, the printing data for the normal printing and the printing data for the trial printing being generated from the same submitted manuscript data; and a printing data management unit which receives the printing data for the normal printing and the printing data for the trial printing and which causes the same printing apparatus to print the printing data for the normal printing and the printing data for the trial printing in accordance with the normal printing condition and the trial printing condition. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120320421 | DIGITAL IMAGE REPRODUCTION APPARATUS FOR PRINTING A DIGITAL DATA FILE AND A METHOD FOR PRINTING A DIGITAL DATA FILE - A digital image reproduction apparatus includes a receiving device configured to receive a print job including at least one digital data file, a first storing device configured to store the print job, a local user interface enabling an operator to make settings of the print job, a managing device configured to manage settings of the print job, a second storing device configured to store the settings of the print job related to the storage of the print job, and a locking device settable via the user interface and configured to lock at least one setting of the print job to achieve unchangeability of the at least one setting. A method for printing a digital data file on a digital image reproduction apparatus includes locking at least one setting of the digital data file by the operator via the local user interface so as to prevent any inadvertent change thereof. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120320422 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROUTING FACSIMILES BASED ON CONTENT - A method for routing a facsimile according to one embodiment includes receiving or generating text of a facsimile in a computer-readable format; routing the facsimile or text thereof to an intended recipient identified by recognizing at least one of a name, an email address and contact information of the intended recipient in the facsimile; analyzing the text of the facsimile for at least one of a meaning and a context of the text; and routing the facsimile or text thereof to one or more other destinations based on the analysis. A method according to another embodiment includes analyzing a pattern of light and dark areas of a facsimile in a computer-readable format; correlating the pattern to one or more forms; and routing the facsimile to one or more destinations based on the correlation, with the proviso that the analyzing, correlating and routing are performed without optical character recognition. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120327455 | Self-Transforming Imaging Cartridge Chip - An electronic circuit for use with a consumable imaging unit comprises information configured to transform said electronic circuit from a communicated state to a non communicated state. Additionally, the information of the circuit is configured to alter an identifier of the circuit. The information of the circuit is also configured to point an imaging machine to communicate with a second element of the circuit after the information determines that a first element of the circuit has been altered from its original state. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327456 | WORKGROUP MANAGEMENT OF CATEGORIZED PRINT JOBS - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for managing categorized workgroup print jobs. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for workgroup management of categorized print jobs includes receiving from an end user a print job designated for printing in a workgroup printer and determining from the print job whether the print job is should or should not be printed based on its categorization. It additionally can be determined whether or not printing the print job on behalf of the end user encroaches within a threshold value of a remaining allocation of printing resources established for the end user. Finally, in response to determining both that the print job is within a specific category and also that the printing of the print job on behalf of the end user encroaches within the threshold value of the remaining allocation of printing resources established for the end user, further processing of the print job can be restricted. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327457 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming system includes plural server devices, a transmission device, and an image forming device. The transmission device includes a first memory, a selection unit, and a transmission unit. The first memory stores priorities assigned to the server devices. The selection unit selects an available server device having the highest priority. The transmission unit transmits user identification information and associated image data to the selected server device. Each server device includes a storage location for storing the transmitted identification information and image data. The image forming device includes a second memory, an acquisition unit, and an image forming unit. The second memory stores server information. Upon receipt of user identification information, the acquisition unit acquires image data associated with the user identification information from the storage location in the server device identified by the server information. The image forming unit forms an image corresponding to the acquired image data. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327458 | OPERATION DEVICE, HUMAN DETECTING DEVICE AND CONTROLLING DEVICE - An operation device includes a first condition in which the operation device consumes a first amount of electric power; a second condition in which the operation device consumes a second amount of electric power; a first detecting unit, to which electric power is supplied in the second condition, having a first detection range and detecting a person in the first detection range; a second detecting unit having a second detection range and detecting the person in the second detection range; a transmitting section that transmits, when the person is detected by the first detecting unit in the second condition, the electric power required for the second detecting unit to detect the person to the second detecting unit; and an instructing section that instructs, when the person is detected by the second detecting unit, the operation device to change a condition from the second condition to the first condition. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327459 | Method of processing a print job within a printing system, a printing system, and a program - The present invention is generally related to a method of processing a print job within a printing system. The device status of each printer within the network is collected and used for a determination of the energy consumption of the print job. The results of the energy consumption are displayed to a user and the user may designate the most energy efficient printer for printing the print job. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327460 | PRINT CONTROL SOFTWARE PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PRINTING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus for controlling printing of a printing apparatus has a user interface, a graphics unit, and a print information storing unit to store generated print information before transmitting the generated print information to the printing apparatus. When generating the print information, the graphics unit generates job identification information for identifying the printing operation settable based on the input printout conditions and a print information generation instruction. The graphics unit correlates the generated job identification information and the generated print information. The user interface generates job identification information for the printing operation, obtains the print information correlated with the generated job identification information, and activates a print information use unit for presenting information, related to the printing operation, to the user. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327461 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus receives print data from a client PC and analyzes a hierarchical structure relating to an item indicating a delimiter of a document included in the received print data. The image forming apparatus determines an insertion point at which an index sheet is inserted into a printed matter of the print data based on the results of analysis of the hierarchical structure. Then, the image forming apparatus inserts the index sheet into the printed matter at the determined insertion point and outputs the resulting printed matter. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327462 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE OUTPUT METHOD - Instead of receiving all pieces of job information accumulated in a server, some pieces of job information are acquired in addition to a total number of pieces of job information, and pieces of job information which can be displayed on one screen, and the latest information is acquired from the server as a scroll operation is performed. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327463 | PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing apparatus according to this invention stores history information of a printed job, displays a list of jobs to be reprinted based on the stored job history information, and reprints a job selected from the displayed list of jobs to be reprinted. The printing apparatus restricts reprinting based on history information of a job using data obtained from a file server on a network. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327464 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA ERASURE MANAGING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus comprises: a first storing unit which stores a job; a performing unit which performs the job stored in the first storing unit; an erasing unit which performs overwriting erasure of the job performed by the performing unit; a first recording unit which records first time information indicating a time when the performance of the job by the performing unit is completed, for each job; a second recording unit which records second time information indicating a time when the overwriting erasure of the job stored in the first storing unit is completed by the erasing unit; and a predicting unit which predicts, for each job, whether or not the erasure of the job was completed, based on the first time information and the second time information. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327465 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - The invention acquires a destination corresponding to a group to which an authenticated user belongs by searching a user management unit configured to manage a plurality of destinations respectively corresponding to a plurality of users and information of a group to which each of the plurality of users belongs, and sets to transmit data to the acquired destination. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327466 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS HAVING IPFAX FUNCTION, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication apparatus that accurately measure a time period T | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327467 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR IMAGE PROCESSING CAPABLE OF ENHANCING USABILITY OF IMAGE DATA - An image processing apparatus includes a generator, a storage, an image data format converter, and a sender. The generator generates print image data for printing an image, based on image data sent from an external device. The storage stores the print image data. The image data format converter converts the print image data into image data in a format handled by an external device. The sender sends the converted image data via an IP (internet protocol) network to the external device. The image data format converter performs one of color space conversion, expansion, compression, resolution conversion, filtering, halftone processing, density gamma conversion, and noise removal in accordance with parameters determined based on at least one of property information of the print image data and property information requested by the external device. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327468 | Image Forming Apparatus with Reduced Start-Up Time - A disclosed image forming apparatus forming a visible image on a recording medium includes: a functional element required for an image forming operation; a first control unit controlling the functional element; an input unit inputting an external instruction; and a second control unit communicating with the first control unit about information on the image, performing a process in accordance with the instruction input via the input unit, and outputting a return signal for starting the functional element required for performing the process in accordance with the instruction. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327469 | Medium Processing Apparatus and Controlling Method of the Same - A receiver configured to receive a first command that contains a predetermined code string and a second command that does not contain the predetermined code string from a host computer. A first command analyzer configured to analyze and process only the first command received by the receiver. A buffer configured to temporarily store at least the second command received by the receiver. A second command analyzer configured to analyze and process the second command stored by the buffer. A sound generator configured to generate a sound when the first command analyzer analyzes the first command and determines that the first command includes a sound generating command. The first command analyzer analyzes the first command before the buffer temporarily stores the first command. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327470 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus which is capable of executing a processing flow without changing the contents thereof even when the processing flow includes a process that cannot be executed by itself. When a processing flow includes an unexecutable process, the apparatus transmits a request for confirming whether or not the processing flow is executable, to other image processing apparatuses, and receives a response indicating that the processing flow is executable, from any of the other apparatuses. The apparatus determines a transfer destination of the processing flow from the other image processing apparatuses. The apparatus generate from the processing flow a first cooperation processing flow including executable processes and a second cooperation processing flow including at least one unexecutable process, and transfers the second cooperation processing flow to the determined transfer destination. The apparatus displays an execution button for executing the first cooperation processing flow. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327471 | METHOD FOR PRINTING INTERACTIVE PAGES - A method for printing an interactive page for a collection of interactive pages includes steps of storing, in a cartridge holding a volume of printing fluid, a seed for generating a range of identifiers; generating, from the seed, an identifier that is unique within the collection of interactive pages; printing the unique identifier on a page together with human visible markings representing the information to be presented on the page; and storing the unique identifier in association with a page description describing a layout of the printed page. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327472 | Device for rendering display output associated with printed content overlayed by the device - A device for interacting with printed content is disclosed. The device has an optical sensor for imaging an area of a printed substrate containing the printed content when the device is placed over the printed content. A touch-sensitive display screen is also provided for displaying display content. The device further has a processor for determining an identity of the printed substrate from output of the optical sensor and then retrieves display data based on the identity of the printed substrate. The processor also determines the position and orientation of the device relative to the printed substrate. Display content is rendered to the touch-sensitive display screen, with the display content being based on the retrieved display data, the position and orientation of the device relative to the printed substrate. User input is received from the touch-sensitive display screen when the user interacts with the display data. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130003108 | Frequency Domain Layout Decomposition in Double Patterning Lithography - A mechanism is provided for frequency domain layout decomposition in double pattern lithography (DPL) based on Fourier coefficient optimization (FCO). The Fourier transform of a layout represents the spatial frequency terms present in the layout. The mechanism models decomposed patterns for two exposures as a function of the corresponding Fourier coefficients. For each exposure, the mechanism sets the corresponding Fourier coefficients to zero for spatial frequency terms greater than the cut-off frequency of the optical system. The mechanism then optimizes non-zero Fourier coefficients for the two exposures to decompose the original target. The mechanism provides frequency domain optimization instead of conventional spatial domain methods, which naturally leads to optics-aware decomposition and stitch insertion in arbitrary two dimensional patterns. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130003109 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMMUNICATING WITH A PRINTER - A non-transitory computer readable storage medium encoded with instructions, which when executed by a computer causes the computer to implement a method including: generating a first graphical user interface providing links to content stored locally on the computer and to content accessed via Internet; and generating a second graphical user interface that identifies a printer that the computer is configured to communicate with, and that provides links to an interface for ordering parts or supplies for the printer and an interface to place a service request for the printer. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130003110 | PERSONALIZED IDENTIFIERS FOR PRINTERS - In one embodiment, data is received at a computer system. Profile information for a user of a network-connected printer is parsed from the data. A personalized identifier for the printer is generated that incorporates the information. The identifier is registered with a registry of computing device identifiers. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130003111 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NETWORK DIAGNOSTICS WHICH SHOWS POSSIBLE CAUSES ON A DISPLAY OF AN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A method of detecting and displaying network status for an image forming system having an image forming apparatus and a printer controller. The method includes the steps of connecting the printer controller with the image forming apparatus through a first line which a client sends a print job to the printer controller and a second line which transfers the image data. Upon detection of a failure in network connectivity through the first line, transmitting messages from the printer controller and image forming apparatus to the printer controller and the image forming apparatus. The messages sent and received by the printer controller and the image forming apparatus are gathered and based on the gathered messages received and not received by the image forming apparatus and the printer controller, a cause of the failure is detected. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130003112 | SCANNER DEVICE AND SCANNING METHOD - A scanner device transmits scanned image data to a predetermined computer having a local area network transmit tool via a local area network. The scanner device includes a scanning module, a storage module, a determination module, and a control module. The scanning module scans a document waiting to be scanned to form an image data. The storage module stores the image data. The determination module determines an IP address of the predetermined computer. The control module transmits the image data to the predetermined computer via the local area network transmit tool based on the IP address of the predetermined computer. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130003113 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing apparatus which is configured to communicate with an external device and performs printing includes: a receiving section which receives a printing job from the external device; a storage section in which the printing job is stored; an input section which accepts a printing instruction; a printing section which performs the printing based on the printing job when the input section accepts the printing instruction; a judgment section which judges whether or not the printing job is a deletion-objective job to be deleted from the storage section; a determining section which determines a transmission mode based on at least one of transmission setting and transmission content of the deletion-objective job, when the judgment section judges that the printing job is the deletion-objective job; a transmission section which transmits the deletion-objective job to the external device; and a deleting section which deletes the deletion-objective job from the storage section. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130003114 | FACSIMILE CONTROL, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND FACSIMILE SYSTEM - A non-transitory computer-readable medium having a facsimile control program stored thereon and readable by a computer installed in an information processing apparatus, the facsimile control program, when executed by the computer, causes the computer to perform operations including: a generating and transmitting process of generating facsimile data based on a transmission target image and transmitting the generated facsimile data to a facsimile device; a setting receiving process of receiving a transmission setting of the facsimile data from a user; and a transmission setting data transmitting process of transmitting transmission setting data based on the transmission setting received by the setting receiving process to the facsimile device. The facsimile control program causes the computer to start the generating and transmitting process and the setting receiving process at the same time or start one of the processes during execution of the other process. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130003115 | PULL-PRINT SYSTEM, PRINT JOB MANAGEMENT METHOD, PRINT SERVER, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A pull-print system including a client and a printer which are located on an internal network, and a server located on an external network, wherein the server comprises: generation unit configured to generate, in response to a print request issued from the client to the printer, a program to be executed by the client to implement an instruction issued to the printer to execute processing for a print job and a notification which is associated with a processing status of the print job and is to be sent to the server, and to transfer the program to the client; reception unit configured to receive the notification from the printer; and monitoring unit configured to monitor the print job, instructed to be executed by the printer, using the notification received by the reception unit. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130003116 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A control unit in an image processing apparatus performs control as follows. The storage unit stores image data in a first format and image data in a second format for a particular application, into which the image data in the first format is converted by the converting unit, at image input. When the image data is to be used by a first application which is same as the particular application in a first apparatus of the same model as the image processing apparatus, a communication unit transfers the stored image data in the second format to the first apparatus. When the image data is to be used by a second application different from the particular application, the communication unit transfers image data in a format for the second application, into which the converting unit converts the stored image data in the first format, to the first apparatus. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130003117 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINT SERVER, PRINTING MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A method for managing a print job, even if there is a firewall between a print server and a printer, includes the print server managing print data and generating a print instruction program causing a client apparatus to execute a print instruction to a printer on a web browser. The client apparatus transmits a print instruction to a data processing unit of the printer, the client apparatus receives a device print job identifier issued by the data processing unit as a response to the print instruction, and the client apparatus notifies the print server of the received device print job identifier. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130003118 | JOB PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - When a job processing apparatus receives an execution instruction of a job including group identification information used for identifying a group, the job processing apparatus continuously processes a plurality of jobs that belong to the group identified by the group identification information such that the plurality of jobs are not interrupted by a job that belongs to a different group, and further notifies a state of each of the plurality of processed jobs. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130003119 | PRINTING SYSTEM, WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR PRINTING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - A printing system includes a post-processing apparatus and an information processing apparatus. The post-processing apparatus applies post processing to a sheet material output from a printing apparatus related to execution of a print job. The information processing apparatus manages a print workflow that associates an operation executed by the post-processing apparatus with a first operation performed by a worker managing the first operation or a serviceman maintaining the printing apparatus. The apparatus generates a print workflow, acquires operation information related to a component to be replaced in the print job, and determines whether the component needs to be replaced during the execution of the print job. In response to determining that the component needs to be replaced, the apparatus distinguishes whether the component characteristic affects image quality or bookkeeping quality, decides an operation position, and updates the print workflow by incorporating the component replacement operation into the operation position. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130003120 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - By selecting information about print option processing to be performed on an image based on a user's instruction, the print option can be specified without a necessity of any complicated procedure, so that convenience of a user of a printing apparatus can be improved. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130003121 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus for receiving a printing instruction of image data and forming an image according to the printing instruction includes a wireless communication device, an input unit, and a connector storage portion. The wireless communication device is disposed at a body of the image forming apparatus and has a cable and an output connector. The input unit has a wireless connection port to connect the output connector via the cable and a wired connection port to connect a wired cable from an external device. The input unit receives a printing instruction from any one of the wireless connection port and the wired connection port. The connector storage portion stores the output connector removed from the wireless connection port when the wireless communication device is not used. The connector storage portion, the wireless connection port, and the wired connection port are concentrated in one location. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130003122 | PORTABLE TERMINAL, PRINTING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD FOR PORTABLE TERMINAL, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A portable terminal for transmitting printing data to a printing apparatus, the portable terminal including: a printing-data generating unit for generating the printing data; a detecting unit for detecting movement of a main body of the portable terminal; and a printing-data transmitting unit for transmitting the printing data to the printing apparatus when movement is detected by the detecting unit in a printing instruction waiting state after the printing data generation. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130003123 | DISPLAY DEVICE, PORTABLE TERMINAL, CONTROL METHOD FOR DISPLAY DEVICE, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT - A display device which performs previewing of print data for printing an image on a tape including: a division data generating unit for dividing the print data into N parts and thus generates N division data (where N is an integer that is greater than or equal to 1); and a previewing unit for loading a target division data including a target area of the previewing, of the N division data, into a work area and sequentially reads out the division data from the work area, thus performing the previewing; wherein the division data generating unit decides a value of the N in accordance with a tape width of the tape and a tape length in the case where the print data is printed. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130003124 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus is provided, which includes an instruction receiving unit which receives an execution instruction of a print job, a sheet receiving unit which receives printed sheets; a sorting unit which discharges a separation sheet for separating the printed sheets, and a control device which determine whether the print job is a first job to be executed while a user exists in the vicinity or a second job to be executed while the user dose not exist in the vicinity, and which executes the print job in a first mode where the sorting unit does not discharge the separation sheet, when the print job is the first job, and executes the print job in a second mode where the sorting unit discharges the separation sheet, when the print job is the second job. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130003125 | PRINTING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus that stores print data transmits identification information for identifying itself to another image forming apparatus that includes a notification image forming apparatus is storing print data. When printing print data, the image forming apparatus requests a list of image forming apparatuses in which print data is stored from the another image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus requests a list of print data from image forming apparatuses corresponding to the received. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130003126 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A PRINTING WEB SERVICE - A method and system of a preferred embodiment includes configuring a print queue of a user at a web service; collecting image media of the user; adding collected image media to the print queue; identifying a satisfied print condition; and creating a deliverable print package upon identifying a satisfying print condition. In another embodiment a method and system of a preferred embodiment includes receiving a media file; receiving parameter settings of an embeddable version of the media file; creating an embeddable version of the media file with the parameter settings; receiving a purchase command through the embeddable version; and delivering media to a user associated with the received purchase command. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130003127 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR USE OF SHARED RESOURCES IN A NETWORK - A method for controlling and monitoring, from a server, transfers of jobs from clients connected in the network to shared resources connected in the network. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130003128 | IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE, METHOD, AND PRINTER - An image processing device | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130010324 | PRINTING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, STORAGE CLIENT APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND WEB APPLICATION SERVER - A server comprising means for managing bibliographic information of data, means for sending display data used to display the bibliographic information of the data to a client, means for managing a data provision request to a storage and a print request to a printer, in response to a print request issued from the client to print the data stored in the storage, means for notifying the storage of the provision request and storage location information, in response to a query for the provision request issued by the storage, means for adding the storage location information of the data to be printed to the bibliographic information of the data when the data is provided from the storage, and means for notifying the printer of the print request and storage location information of the data, in response to a query for the print request issued by the printer. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130010325 | PARALLEL RIP PROCESSING FOR SHEET IMAGES THAT INCLUDE GRAPHICS DEFINED BY A JOB TICKET - Systems and methods are provided for processing a logical page in parallel with graphics for the sheet that are defined in a job ticket. The system includes multiple parallel Raster Image Processors (RIPs) and a control system. The control system receives print data and a job ticket, identifies a graphic that is associated with a logical page and defined in the job ticket, and transmits the logical page to a parallel RIP for processing. The parallel RIP determines page dimensions from the logical page, transmits the page dimensions, and rasterizes the logical page. The control system determines a location for the graphic based upon the transmitted page dimensions, and directs another RIP to rasterize the graphic in order to generate a rasterized graphic in parallel with the RIP that is rasterizing the logical page. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130010326 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, PRINT SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a determining unit and a processor. The determining unit determines, upon detecting that a specific printing device is not checking whether print instruction information indicating an instruction to print a document in the specific printing device is retained in a service which generates print instruction information indicating an instruction to print a document in a specified printing device, that the specific printing device is not in a checking state in which it is intermittently checked whether print instruction information is retained in the service. The processor performs processing for allowing the specific printing device to shift to the checking state if the determining unit has determined that the specific printing device is not in the checking state. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130010327 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A non-transitory computer-readable medium having an information processing program readable by a computer in an information processing apparatus including a connection unit connected to a relay device that a target device is wirelessly connected to, the information processing program causes the computer to perform operations including: storing device specification information for specifying the target device and relay device identification information for identifying the relay device in a storage unit so as to be associated with each other; displaying a plurality of the device specification information stored in the storage unit; accepting the device specification information from the plurality of the displayed device specification information through an input unit; and connecting the connection unit to the relay device identified by the relay device identification information stored in the storage unit so as to be associated with the designated device specification information. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130010328 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, FAX RECEPTION NOTIFICATION CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus receives a reception notification of FAX information from a FAX client that receives the FAX information from a FAX server that receives the FAX information via a network. The information processing apparatus monitors the FAX client, reads address information of the FAX server from a storage unit when the information processing apparatus determines from a monitoring result that the FAX client is not operated, and sends address information of the information processing apparatus and address information of the FAX client to the FAX server. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130010329 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A device management module acquires the configuration information from the image forming apparatus and acquires product information of a product that corresponds to the image forming apparatus. The device management module determines whether the condition for validating the application that corresponds to the above-described product in the image forming apparatus is satisfied based on the acquired configuration information and the acquired product information. If the condition is satisfied, the device management module transmits license issuance request information to the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus transmits a license issuance request to the device management module to acquire a license and validates the application based on the acquired license. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130010330 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing apparatus is connected to a host computer via a network, and operates in a first mode in which network communication is enabled and in a second mode in which network communication is disabled. The printing apparatus transmits a query about print data to the host computer after transition when having transited to the first mode from the second mode. Further, upon reception of print data having been transmitted by the host computer as a response to the query, the printing apparatus performs printing on the basis of the print data. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130010331 | SYSTEM FOR REMOTELY GENERATING AND DISTRIBUTING DICOM-COMPLIANT MEDIA VOLUMES - A system for generating digital image media volumes includes a digital image terminal for receiving, processing, and transmitting digital image data, and being adapted for processing the digital image data into one or more discrete DICOM-standard data objects. The system further includes a media volume production facility remotely located from the digital image terminal, and communicatively coupled to the digital image terminal via a server-operated computer network. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130010332 | METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMICALLY CONTROLLING DURING RUN TIME A MULTIFUNCTION PERIPHERAL (MFP) TOUCH PANEL USER INTERFACE (UI) FROM AN EXTERNAL REMOTE NETWORK-CONNECTED COMPUTER - In a system for dynamically and remotely providing user interface (UI) display and processing information to a touch panel embedded within a multifunction peripheral (MFP) such as a digital copier having an internal computer for controlling the touch panel, a method that comprises linking the internal computer to an external data communication network having an external remote computer on the network; and upon the inputting of desired selections by a user at the UI and communicating the same over the network to the external computer, providing information from the external computer via the network back to the internal computer that enables dynamically changing or updating the UI display and behavior during run time of the MFP. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130010333 | DEVICE MESSAGING - An apparatus includes a messaging client and a server. The messaging client is configured to receive, utilizing a first protocol, a first communication, extract a request from the first communication, and send, utilizing a second protocol, the request to the server. The server is configured to receive the request, return, utilizing the second protocol, a response to the messaging client; and forward a job instruction included in the request, The messaging client is also configured to send, utilizing the first protocol, a second communication that includes the response to a source of the first communication | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130016389 | SYSTEM TO ENABLE USE OF PDL METADATA TO DRIVE PRINTING OUTCOMESAANM Robinson; David C.AACI PenfieldAAST NYAACO USAAGP Robinson; David C. Penfield NY US - The present disclosure is directed toward method for enabling use of PDL metadata to drive printing outcomes. The method includes receiving a selection for a file in a first format. The method further includes parsing the file for metadata and displaying attributes included in the metadata. The method next assigns each attribute to a print-rendering condition. The method then provides the file in a second format. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130016390 | DOCUMENT TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A document transmission system, which includes a document provider, a document receiver, a storage device, an identifying device, and a transmission system. The document provider is utilized for providing a document having a symbol, which is visually identifiable. The document receiver is utilized for receiving the document, wherein the document receiver has an address. The storage device is configured for storing an address book that that includes the address relevant to the symbol. The identifying device is utilized for identifying the symbol and for mapping the symbol to the address book to obtain the address referring to the symbol. The transmission system is utilized for transmitting the document from the document provider to the document receiver according to the address. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130016391 | SERVER FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUSES AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOFAANM YEON; Jung MoAACI SeoulAACO KRAAGP YEON; Jung Mo Seoul KRAANM Oak; Seung SooAACI Seongnam-siAACO KRAAGP Oak; Seung Soo Seongnam-si KRAANM Park; Byung OhAACI Suwon-siAACO KRAAGP Park; Byung Oh Suwon-si KRAANM Choi; Hwan JoonAACI Suwon-siAACO KRAAGP Choi; Hwan Joon Suwon-si KR - A server for image forming apparatuses which calculates charges reasonable to both a service manager and a user, and a control method thereof is provided. The server for image forming apparatuses includes a server input unit to receive charging criteria of image forming apparatuses and a charging criterion of a virtual image forming apparatus, a server communication unit to receive information regarding output amounts from the image forming apparatuses, and a server control unit to generate the virtual image forming apparatus and to calculate charges of the image forming apparatuses according to the charging criterion of the virtual image forming apparatus, when the output amounts of the image forming apparatuses are less than basic output amounts of the charging criteria of the image forming apparatuses, thereby being capable of calculating charges reasonable to both the service manager and the user. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130016392 | MOBILE DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, NOTIFICATION SERVER AND CONTROL METHODS THEREOFAANM LEE; Dong HoonAACI IncheonAACO KRAAGP LEE; Dong Hoon Incheon KR - A mobile device, an image forming apparatus, a notification server and control methods thereof in which, when it is desired to connect the image forming apparatus with the mobile device, it may be directly network-connected with the mobile device using identification information of the mobile device. The mobile device includes a mobile device input unit to receive an image forming apparatus application install command, a mobile device communication unit to, if an image forming apparatus application is installed, send identification information of the mobile device to the notification server and receive product information of the image forming apparatus to be connected from the notification server, and a mobile device controller to, if the product information of the image forming apparatus is received from the notification server and a command for connection with the image forming apparatus is input, network-connect the mobile device with the image forming apparatus. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130016393 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF LOG MANAGEMENT, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING LOG MANAGEMENT PROGRAMAANM Oku; TakenoriAACI SaitamaAACO JPAAGP Oku; Takenori Saitama JPAANM Tsuda; MichihikoAACI KanagawaAACO JPAAGP Tsuda; Michihiko Kanagawa JP - A log management system stores association data indicating association between program identification information for identifying a program that requests execution of one or more functions at an information processing apparatus, and function identification information for identifying each one of the one or more functions to be executed by the program, receives program identification information for identifying a program that requests the information processing apparatus to execute one or more functions from the information processing terminal on which the program is installed through the network, and obtains function identification information that is associated with the program identification information received from the information processing terminal using the association data. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130016394 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING METHOD IN IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM THEREOFAANM Isoda; TakashiAACI Kawasaki-shiAACO JPAAGP Isoda; Takashi Kawasaki-shi JP - A first electronic file generated by reading an image is attached to a second electronic file having a security function. By executing the security function of the second electronic file to which the first electronic file has been attached, the security function is executed with respect to the first electronic file. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130016395 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUSAANM Akutsu; ToruAACI KanagawaAACO JPAAGP Akutsu; Toru Kanagawa JP - An information processing system which executes a job is disclosed, including a user specifying unit; a user information obtaining unit; an applied rule determining unit which refers to rule information in which is recorded a rule to be applied for executing the job in accordance with a relationship between an upper limit value and a consumed amount to determine the rule to be applied to the user; an applying unit which applies the rule determined by the applied rule determining unit to setting information of the job to be executed; and a log recording unit which records, with respect to the job to be executed, log information which includes at least one of the setting information before application of the rule and the setting information after application of the rule; and information indicating the rule applied. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130016396 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM CONFIGURED TO PRINT IMAGE PROJECTED BY THE IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUSAANM Ohara; ShinyaAACI Utsunomiya-shiAACO JPAAGP Ohara; Shinya Utsunomiya-shi JP - The printing system includes a computer and an image display apparatus. When receiving the printing condition from the image display apparatus, the computer generates print data based upon a printing condition and image data having a higher resolution among a second image data stored in a second memory in the computer and the first image data stored in a first memory in the computer, which corresponds to the identification information contained in the printing condition, and sends the print data to a printer connected to the computer for printing. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130016397 | LAYOUT EDITING DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTAANM HOSHIKAWA; HideyukiAACI Nagoya-shiAACO JPAAGP HOSHIKAWA; Hideyuki Nagoya-shi JP - A layout editing includes a display portion, an operation portion, a template storage portion, a template acquiring portion that acquires a similar template, an area displaying portion that displays a candidate area on the interactive screen, a setting determination portion that determines whether the candidate area that is displayed will be set on the interactive screen, a object disposing portion that sets the candidate area as the image object area and disposes the object in the set image object area, and an image generating portion that generates image data that describe the image for which the layout has been edited. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130021643 | Document Processing Job Control Via A Mobile Device - Techniques are provided for creating a document processing job without manually inputting information to a document processing device. A mobile device scans identification information of a document processing device, generates job settings data and sends them to a network service. In response to receiving the job settings data, the network service stores the job settings data in a repository, generates a job identifier, associates the job identifier with the job settings, and sends the job identifier to the mobile device. The mobile device receives the job identifier and sends it to the document processing device. The document processing device uses the job identifier to retrieve the job settings data from the network service. In response to receiving the job settings data, the document processing device processes one or more documents according to the job settings. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130021644 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF FORMING AN IMAGE THEREOF - An image forming apparatus including: a communication interface unit to receive print data; an image processing unit to convert the received print data into pages of bitmap image data; an image forming unit to print the pages and having a queuing time; and a queuing time changing unit to change the queuing time according to a conversion time of the print data by the image processing unit. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130021645 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PRINTING CONTROL TERMINAL APPARATUS, PRINTING CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus, a printing control terminal apparatus, and a printing control method thereof are provided. The method includes setting a division tab generation function which is to divide a printing target tab into page sections, dividing the printing target document into a plurality of page sections according to the division tab generation function, determining division tab positions according to the plurality of page sections, printing the printing target document, and performing cutting with respect to pages of the printed printing target document in the determined division tab positions to generate division tabs. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130021646 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus includes: a receiving section which receives a printing job having a term of validity and printing data from an external device; a storage section in which the printing job received by the receiving section is stored; an input section which accepts a printing instruction to perform printing based on the printing job stored in the storage section; a printing section which performs the printing based on the printing job stored in the storage section in a case that the input section accepts the printing instruction; and a processing section which is configured to include: an obtaining section configured to obtain an information of free-space capacity of the storage section under a condition that the receiving section receives the printing job; and a determining section configured to determine a predetermined storage capacity for the printing job based on the term of validity of the printing job. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130021647 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus receives distribution of information of a server device which manages an image output device as an input destination of a print job, and automatically registers the server device as an output destination of a printing instruction. A computer device, which issues a printing instruction via a network to cause an image output device to execute a print job, makes an acquisition request of device management information to be updated, to a computer management device which manages the device management information including information regarding an output destination of the printing instruction issued by the computer device, and acquires the device management information to be updated. The computer device registers a cloud service server device as the output destination of the printing instruction based on information regarding the cloud service server device included in the device management information to be updated. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130021648 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR METERING AND MONITORING PRINT USAGE AT NON-NETWORK PRINTERS - The invention relates to a printer component for monitoring usage on non-network printers. The printer component includes a desktop component installed on a network computer to which a non-network printer is attached. The desktop component is for obtaining printer status information from each non-network printer attached to the network computer. The printer component also includes a server component installed on an external server. A job listener is attached to the network computer to obtain printer status information for each non-network printer. The server component mergers information obtained from the desktop component with previously stored printer information to provide printer status information for all network and non-network printers within an enterprise. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130021649 | HOST, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A host includes a user interface unit configured to receive an output command of a verification document, a image code generating unit configured to generate an image code, which includes time information, a control unit configured to perform control such that the verification document is output from an image forming apparatus by using a print data and the image code, and a communication interface unit configured to transmit the image code and the print data to the image forming apparatus. A image forming apparatus includes an user interface unit configured to receive an output command of a verification document, an image code generating unit configured to generate an image code including time information, and a control unit configured to perform control such that the verification document is generated by printing the image code and a print data, which is transmitted from a host, on a document and the generated verification document is output. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130021650 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus that sets an output unit configured by a plurality of pages of which the order is determined as one copy and outputs the a plurality of copies of output units as a JOB includes an image forming unit that sequentially forms images corresponding to the plurality of pages on a plurality of sheets, a control unit that performs a calculation process of image eigenvalues based on the images for each of output units, a first storage unit storing a result of the calculation process performed for a reference copy of the output unit that is a specific one copy out of the plurality of copies of the output units, and a second storage unit storing a result of the calculation process performed for a copy of the output unit other than the reference copy out of the plurality of copies of the output units. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130027739 | PRINTING OF ENCRYPTED PRINT CONTENT - Encrypted print content is to be decrypted to produce decrypted print content. The decrypted print content is then printed. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027740 | IDENTIFYING NEWLY CONNECTED PRINTERS - In one embodiment, actual usage data is obtained for a printer connected to a network. The actual usage data is compared to a usage model for a newly connected printer. The printer is identified as newly connected in response to determining the actual usage data is consistent with the usage model. Information that the printer is newly connected is displayed. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027741 | PRINTER REGISTRATION - Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to registration of a printer. It is determined that the printer is within a range of a mobile device. A short-range wireless link is established between the printer and the mobile computing device. Registration information is transmitted to a printing platform. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027742 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an installation section, a control board, a first connection terminal provided on an outer surface of the control board, a first electrical connection member provided on the installation section and electrically connected to a point of reference potential, a substrate installable in the installation section in a thickness direction of the control board, an external connection terminal provided on the substrate and externally exposed, a second connection terminal provided on a first surface of the substrate and connected to the first connection terminal when the substrate is installed into the installation section, and a second electrical connection member provided on a second surface of the substrate. The second electrical connection member makes contact with the first electrical connection member and is electrically connected to the point of reference potential via the first electrical connection member when the substrate is installed into the installation section. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027743 | APPLICATION DELIVERING SYSTEM - An application delivering system includes an image forming apparatus that stores list information including plural sets of information, each including an item indicating a function capable of being provided by the image forming apparatus, and ID of an application program which is necessary to use the function in correspondence with the item indicating the function; an information terminal that determines whether it is necessary to obtain the application program to use a desired function of the image forming apparatus selected by a user among the functions indicated by the items included in the list information and sends a request for delivering the application program including ID of the application program to the application delivering server; and an application delivering server that stores application programs in correspondence with ID and delivers the application program identified by the ID included in the request to the information terminal. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027744 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF OUTPUT DISTRIBUTION, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING OUTPUT DISTRIBUTION CONTROL PROGRAM - An output distribution system extracts user-specific information from job data that is generated in response to an output request, obtains terminal-specific information that identifies a terminal that is associated with a user specified by user-specific information, and transmits drawing data of the job data to an output destination determined based on the identified terminal. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027745 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND OPERATIONAL PANEL PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD ASSEMBLY - An image forming apparatus, a method of controlling the same and an operational panel printed circuit board, in which if a user requests a job before a main control part is completed with booting, additional information about performing the requested job is received in advance while the main control part is being completed with booting, and the additional information received is stored in a job queue such that the additional information is transferred to the MCB part when the MCB part is completed with booting, thereby improving the user experience and the operation speed. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027746 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, PORTABLE TERMINAL, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS IDENTIFYING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing system comprises a portable terminal and multiple image processing apparatuses. The portable terminal comprises: a determining portion which determines a target identification operation proving the identify of a target image processing apparatus; a display which displays information about the target identification operation; and an instructing portion which instructs the multiple image processing apparatuses to return answer information. The multiple image processing apparatuses each comprises: a detector which detects that the operation corresponding to the target identification operation has been performed; and a transmitter which transmits to the portable terminal, the answer information and apparatus information. Then the portable terminal further comprises: a receiver which receives the answer information and the apparatus information; and an identifying portion which identifies the target image processing apparatus based on the answer information and the apparatus information. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027747 | CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - In an image processing system, when a user request is received from a client apparatus, an image processing management apparatus determines whether the user request can be processed by the image processing system to generate a determination result, and generate an instruction indicating how the image processing system should operate based on the determination result. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130033722 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING CONTENT TO A PERIPHERAL DEVICE - One example discloses a system for providing content to a peripheral device including a memory for storing computer executable instructions and a processing unit for accessing the memory and executing the computer executable instructions. The computer executable instructions include a composite application to invoke, in response to a user-input at a peripheral device, a predetermined set of print applications from a plurality of print applications stored in a cloud server, the composite application to provide content from the plurality of print applications to the peripheral device. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130033723 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY RECOMMENDING RULES BASED ON DESIRED PRINT CRITERIA - A method and system for automatically creating and recommending a set of optimal rules based on a desired print criterion. A print governance application can be configured with respect to a rendering server to analyze one or more rendering jobs submitted within a specified time period by considering each rendering job attributes in order to collect a rendering data. A desired print criterion can be entered by an administrator in order to manage the rendering job behavior. The collected rendering data can be analyzed to dynamically create the set of optimal rules by a rules engine in order to achieve a desired level of reduction with respect to each user based on the desired print criterion. The rules can be accepted by default and/or presented to the user for acceptance with an equated level of reduction. Such an approach provides the best fit rule to automatically reduce print output costs and lower paper wastage. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130033724 | CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A control apparatus, which controls a processing apparatus for processing recording media and includes a storage unit configured to store medium number information indicating a number of recording media processable altogether by the processing apparatus, includes a counting unit and a control unit. The counting unit counts a number of recording media processed by the processing apparatus for each processing. The control unit determines whether the counted number of recording media reaches the number indicated by the medium number information. In response to determining that the number of the recording media counted by the counting unit reaches the number indicated by the medium number information, the control unit changes the medium number information stored in the storage unit to expanded medium number information indicating a number of recording media larger than the number indicated by the stored medium number information and processable altogether by the processing apparatus. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130033725 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus determines whether a file exists in a path specified by a specific command if it is determined that the specific command for reading another file is described in a GPD file, and displays a print setting screen based on the GPD file and the file in the specified path if it is determined that the file exists in the path specified by the specific command, or ignores the specific command and displays a print setting screen based on the GPD file if it is determined that the file does not exist in the path specified by the specific command. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130033726 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND PRINT CONTROL METHOD - A client apparatus, after inputting a print job to a print service server apparatus, delivers a multicast message including information relating to an execution apparatus that executes the print job and information relating to a proxy apparatus managed by the print service server apparatus that manages the execution apparatus. When an image output apparatus receives the message, the image output apparatus determines whether the apparatus itself executes the print job or requests the proxy apparatus to execute the print job for the apparatus itself, based on a content of the message. If the image output apparatus determines to request the proxy apparatus to execute the print job for the apparatus itself, the image output apparatus requests the proxy apparatus to execute the print job. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130033727 | PRINTING SYSTEM, SERVER APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing system, responsive to a request from an image forming apparatus, applies general-purpose print setting to print setting information of a printer driver in the image forming apparatus specified in the request, applies dedicated print setting using a ticket in a print job stored in a storage device to the print setting information to which the general-purpose print setting has been applied, reflects the print setting information of the printer driver to which the dedicated print setting has been applied, on the print setting information in the print job, generates a print job including the reflected print setting information in the print job and print data in the print job, and outputs the generated print job to the image forming apparatus. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130038894 | Method of sending data over a computer network - A method and apparatus for transmitting data, such as class 1, 2, or 3 facsimile image data streams, over Internet Global Area Networks. In one embodiment of the invention related to the transmission of facsimile data, a first device converts local facsimile image data streams into electronic data streams, transmits the data stream over the network, to a second device at the remote facsimile machine which reconverts the electronic data to facsimile image data and prints it out on said remote facsimile machine. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130038895 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND PRINTER HAVING A PARTICULATE SENSOR FOR AIR QUALITY MONITORING - A mobile communication device includes a wireless transceiver to provide voice communications and a particulate sensor that indicates the amount of particulates detected by the sensor. Control logic in the mobile communication device causes data indicative of the sensor signal to be transmitted through a wireless transceiver. A printer is also disclosed that includes a particulate sensor to monitor air quality at the printer. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130038896 | DIRECT PRINTING FROM MOBILE DEVICES USING A NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION (NFC) DEVICE - In accordance with aspects of the present disclosure, a method, product, apparatus and system is disclosed. The method includes coupling a print device to a printer, wherein the print device comprises a memory arranged to store information including a printer driver associated with the printer; coupling a mobile device to the print device; receiving a document stored on the mobile device; converting the document to a format suitable to be printed by the printer using the print driver; and transmitting, by a transmitter, the document to the printer. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130038897 | PRINTING DEVICE DISCOVERY - A method for printing device discovery includes, with a server system on a network, sending out a broadcast request to determine network addresses for printing devices on the network, interrogating the printing devices to determine characteristics of the printing devices, categorizing the printing devices based on the characteristics, and providing a list of classified printing devices to a client device on the network in response to a request from the client device. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130038898 | CONFIGURABLE LOCKED PRINTING - Techniques are provided for generating and updating locked print data. An apparatus receives from a first device, document identification data that identifies an electronic document to be printed. In response to receiving the document identification data that identifies an electronic document to be printed, a print preview and a release code for the electronic document are generated. The apparatus sends the print preview and the release code to the first device. The apparatus receives, from a printing device, the release code and print criteria that indicate one or more portions of the electronic document to be printed. The one or more portions of the electronic document comprise less than the entire electronic document. In response to receiving the release code and the print criteria from the printing device, the apparatus provides, to the printing device, print data that includes the one or more portions of the electronic document. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130038899 | REMOTE PRINT PREVIEW GENERATION - A print preview is displayed for a printer on a network. A selection of a document to be printed by the printer is accepted, and a request for the selected document is sent from the printer to a remote print preview service. There is a determination of whether the printer supports a native print preview function capable of displaying a visually acceptable print preview on a display unit of the printer. If the printer supports such a native print preview function, the printer requests the remote print preview service to generate a native print preview compatible with the capabilities of the printer and to transmit the generated native print preview to the printer. If the printer does not support such a native print preview function, the printer requests the remote print preview service to generate a print preview for an alternate display device, and to transmit the generated print preview to the alternate display device. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130038900 | PROCESSING A FILE FOR PRINTING - Methods and systems are disclosed for processing a file having a plurality of pages for printing by: for each page in the file, determining whether to perform a trapping function on that page; and distributing the pages in the file among a plurality of parallel raster image processors based on the determination for each page of whether to perform the trapping function. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130038901 | FACSIMILE APPARATUS - There is provided a facsimile apparatus which includes a scanning section, an operating section which inputs a facsimile number, a first communication section which is connected to a communication line, a first communication control section which controls the first communication section, a first storage section in which information of the remote apparatus has been stored, a first judgment section which judges whether or not information of the remote apparatus corresponding to a first facsimile number is stored in the first storage section, a re-input section which inputs a second facsimile number when the information of the remote apparatus is stored in the first storage section. When the first judging section judges that the information of the remote apparatus is stored in the first storage section, or when the first facsimile number and the second facsimile number are same, the facsimile apparatus transmits facsimile data to the remote apparatus. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130038902 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus, which stores attribute data of a job executed by an image processing apparatus, and reference information of image data associated with the job in a storage device as a job log, saves image data corresponding to reference information in the storage device as cached data. Then, the apparatus acquires image data corresponding to reference information included in a job log from the cached data in the storage device, and outputs a job log appended with the acquired image data to an external system. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130038903 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a storage unit that stores a plurality of print jobs, a job reception unit that receives a print job selected from the plurality of print jobs stored in the storage unit, an operation-type reception unit that receives an operation type of the print job when the selection of the print job is received, and a selection unit that automatically selects the print job as an operational target from the plurality of print jobs based on the operation type received by the operation-type reception unit. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130038904 | Network scanner for global document creation, transmission and management - A network scanner, communication protocols, and client and server programs and are provided which provide an improved way to transmit legally binding documents, obviating the need for outmoded, legacy fax transmissions. Using the network scanner, a document may be scanned and transferred directly into any shared folder inbox residing on any computer attached to the Internet. Enhanced server systems and network communications and messaging protocols are provided that are more practical to use than email for sending documents such as executed legal documents or other documents requiring robust integrity and authenticatability. Similarly, the inventive network scanner, server systems and communication protocols provide improved ways to perform large file transfers and to manage bandwidth to minimize problems associated with uploading/downloading large files as attachments to/from email servers and for enabling user control over VoIP quality during file transmission sessions. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130038905 | SCANNING-PRINTING INTEGRATED MACHINE FOR LOTTER TICKET PRINTING AND CASHING - The invention discloses a scanning-printing integrated machine for lottery ticket printing and cashing, comprising a first passage connected with an external paper inlet, a second passage connected with a paper house, a third passage connected with a paper outlet, and a control device, wherein a paper outlet of the first passage and a paper outlet of the second passage meet together at the third passage, at least one pair of delivery rollers is arranged in the first passage, a first printing mechanism and a paper cutting mechanism are arranged in the second passage, a scanning mechanism and a second printing mechanism for printing mark information on a medium are in sequence arranged in the third passage, wherein the control device judges the validity of the medium according to medium images collected by the scanning mechanism, and controls the printing operation of the second printing mechanism according to the judgment result. The scanning-printing integrated machine of the invention can not only achieve printing and cashing of the lottery tickets, but also detect the integrality of the printed contents. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130044348 | LABELING INSERTED PAGES WITHIN PRINT PREVIEWS OF A PRINT JOB - Systems and methods are provided for labeling inserted pages within a print preview of a print job. The system receives print data comprising logical pages, and receives instructions for inserting pages among the logical pages of the print data. The system further receives a request for a print preview for the print data, identifies inserts for the print data based on the instructions, rasterizes the logical pages of the print data and the inserts to generate sheet images for the print preview, and includes non-printing marks in the sheet images for the inserts that distinguish the inserts from rasterized logical pages of the print data. The system further transmits the sheet images of the print preview. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130044349 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING REMOTE PRINTER CHARACTERISTICS - A system and method automatically detect parameters of a printer on a network having an unknown profile, to create a useable profile for the printer having the unknown profile by querying, via a predetermined protocol between a network administrator processor and the printer having the unknown profile, a first state of the printer on the network, a state of the printer being defined by values associated with a plurality of parameters of the printer, the first state being defined as a first set of values associated with the plurality of parameters of the printer having the unknown profile. The network administrator processor communicates, via a communication protocol, a first set of instructions to the printer to change the state of the printer having the unknown profile from a first state to a second state by causing a value associated with the plurality of parameters to change; and queries, via the predetermined protocol, the second state of the printer having the unknown profile, the second state being defined as a second set of values associated with the plurality of parameters, and a third state of the unknown printer, the third state being defined as a third set of values associated with the plurality of parameters The network administrator processor identifies parameters associated with the state of the printer having the unknown profile by comparing the first state of the unknown printer to the second state of the printer having the unknown profile and the third state of the printer having the unknown profile; and creates a useable profile for the printer having the unknown profile based upon the identified parameters. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130044350 | Cloud-Based Address Processing - Mail processing systems and methods. A method includes receiving a plurality of mailpieces in the mail processing system and associating a unique identifier with each of the plurality of mailpieces. The method includes obtaining destination address information for each of the plurality of mailpieces and comparing the destination address information with a potential move table to determine destination addresses for which there is a potential change of address. The method includes sending the destination address information to a change of address (COA) server and receiving COA results from the COA server. The method includes printing destination information on each mailpiece according to the COA results. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130044351 | GRAPHICAL COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - Technology is described for a handheld device with multimedia content recording and printing (“the described technology”). In various embodiments, the described technology can capture and record images, video, and sound, e.g., by using an image capture sensor and/or scanner. In various embodiments, the described technology can print various types of images, e.g., photographs, postcards, legal documents, and so forth. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130044352 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANAGING INFORMATION THEREOF - An electronic apparatus includes a job processor to perform a job of the image forming apparatus, a storage unit to store apparatus use information on a user of the image forming apparatus and job performance of the job processor, a determination unit to determine whether the user is changed or not, and a controller to delete the apparatus use information on a previous user if it is determined that the user is changed. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130044353 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - It is determined to cause the printing apparatus to print when the printing apparatus receives a first print job which is issued and does not cause the printing apparatus to print. When it is determined to cause the printing apparatus to print, the print control apparatus controls the printing apparatus to print an image corresponding to a second print job for causing the printing apparatus to print based on the second print job. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130044354 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, PRINTING CONDITION SETTING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PRODUCT WHICH DISPLAY A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF A SHEET INCLUDING PARAMETERS WHICH HAVE BEEN SELECTED - The CPU of a personal computer displays a list of one-click icons, each representing one or a plurality of printing functions, in the icon display area, and selects one one-click icon from the list of the one-click icons displayed in the icon display area, to automatically set a plurality of printing functions corresponding to the selected one-click icons. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130050741 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRINTING FROM PORTABLE DEVICES - An imaging forming system and method are disclosed having a print engine, a signal detector and a communication module for communicating with portable devices and printing documents therefrom. A user intent to print from a portable device is ascertained based on a signal strength of each portable device. The signal strength detected determines when each portable device is within a proximate area of the system. If a portable device is within the proximate area for a predetermined period of time, the system operates to print the document. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130050742 | ADAPTIVE RASTERIZED DATA MANAGEMENT FOR MULTI-MEMORY SYSTEMS - Systems and methods are provided for implementing adaptive rasterized print data management. The printing system is able to acquire a print job and instructions for printing multiple copies of the job. The control unit is also able to initiate processing of a first copy of the print job, to instruct a Raster Image Processor (RIP) to rasterize a data segment of the print job, and to determine a transfer time to transfer the rasterized data segment to a marking engine if it were stored at the first memory. Further, the control unit is able to determine a threshold value, and to facilitate storage of the rasterized data segment at the second memory if the transfer time is greater than the threshold value. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130050743 | System and Method of Print Job Retrieval from the Cloud - A method for print job retrieval from the cloud includes sending one or more files to a storage location, receiving the storage location identifier where the one or more files is stored, encoding the storage location identifier into a barcode, scanning the barcode, decoding the barcode to obtain the storage location identifier, retrieving the one or more files from the storage location and processing the one or more files. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130050744 | AUTOMATED PHOTO-PRODUCT SPECIFICATION METHOD - An apparatus for digitally analyzing a plurality of digital images and for classifying each digital image into one of a plurality of image types such that the plurality of digital images includes images classified into a plurality of different image types. An electronic file is coupled to the processing system and comprises a predefined image-type distribution. The processing system automatically selects digital images from the plurality of digital images to form a collection of digital images whose image distribution matches the predefined image-type distribution. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130050751 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An information processing apparatus according to this invention, when accepting an instruction to execute a job based on a history of a previously executed job, identifies settings allowed to be reflected to the job to be executed based on the instruction from among settings of the previously executed job. The information processing apparatus executes the job based on the instruction according to the settings obtained by reflecting the identified settings to default settings of the job to be executed. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130050752 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR PEFORMING POWER-SAVING CONTROL - An image forming apparatus includes a communication unit configured to communicate with a server apparatus, a power supply control unit configured to repeat power supply to the communication unit, and an inquiry unit configured to make an inquiry to the server apparatus about whether to turn on a second power supply unit that energizes a controller that controls the image forming apparatus, each time the communication unit becomes communicable with the server apparatus by the power supply control unit, wherein the power supply control unit repeats power supply to the communication unit for each of a plurality of predetermined time periods, until receiving a response to turn on the power of the second power supply unit from the server apparatus in response to the inquiry by the inquiry unit. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130050753 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing apparatus receives a transmission request of information to be used by an information processing apparatus to transmit an image to the printing apparatus via an image processing apparatus from the information processing apparatus including the image. The printing apparatus transmits the information to the information processing apparatus if the transmission request is received. Then, the printing apparatus acquires the image that the information processing apparatus transmits using the information and prints the acquired image. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130050754 | SERVER DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND ORDER ACCEPTING METHOD - A server device includes a print history database; an information adding unit for adding, as invisible information, first information for specifying image data and second information about a server address; a first print data transmitting unit for transmitting, to a print server, the image data to which the invisible information is added; an image storage unit for storing image data which corresponds to the first information; a list generating unit for generating a list of the print product based on a print history of the image data specified by the first information read from the invisible information by a terminal device; a selected information receiving unit for receiving product specifying information that specifies the print product selected from the list of the terminal device; and a second print data transmitting unit for transmitting the print data on the print product specified by the product specifying information. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130050761 | PRINT CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS - Upon designating bookbinding print, preview images are displayed in a layout after bookbinding. When “store” of intermediate data is designated in a print process, a spooler ( | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130057902 | SPONSORED FACSIMILE TO E-MAIL TRANSMISSION METHODS AND APPARATUS - A method for sending an e-mail message comprises receiving a transmission instruction page, entering a plurality of text entries from a user on the transmission instruction page to form a filled-in transmission instruction page, wherein the plurality of text entries includes an e-mail address, and sending a facsimile to a facsimile server, wherein the facsimile includes the filled-in transmission instruction page and one or more pages of a document, wherein the facsimile server converts the facsimile into an e-mail attachment, wherein the facsimile server sends the e-mail message including a service provider indicator and the e-mail attachment to the e-mail address, wherein the facsimile server optically derives the e-mail address from the transmission instruction page of the facsimile, and wherein facsimile server need not know the e-mail address prior to receiving the facsimile. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130057903 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - In an information processing apparatus, information concerning the data format of a document designated by a terminal apparatus and a data format compatible with the image forming apparatus are received in accordance with an instruction from a user, and a connection route, of a plurality of connection routes to the image forming apparatus designated by the user and the terminal apparatus, which allows the image processing apparatus to process the document data is selected based on the received data format of the document and the data format compatible with the image forming apparatus. The terminal apparatus displays the selected connection route. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130057904 | INDUSTRIAL INKJET PRINTER WITH DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS - A supply cable of a printing head of a continuous inkjet printer, including means for supplying fluids to the head, means forming a bidirectional digital serial link in order to transmit digital data between the head and the means for driving the printer, and low voltage power supply means, as well as a circuit for a printing head of a continuous jet printer and a method for transmitting data to the printing head. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130057905 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SETTING CONTROL APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR - A control apparatus that controls a wireless communication setting in an information processing apparatus such that the setting can easily be set, without the provision of an additional device in the information processing apparatus. A PC as a control apparatus is USB connected to a printer as an information processing apparatus having a wireless communication function, and controls the setting of wireless communication between a wireless access point and the printer. The printer and the wireless access point are instructed via a USB interface and via a wired LAN by the PC to start the setting of wireless communication. When receiving from each of the printer and the wireless access point a setting result notification that represents a result of execution of the setting of wireless communication, the PC causes a display unit thereof to display the setting result notifications. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130057906 | DEVICE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, DEVICE MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A device management apparatus which manages a device and a terminal which remotely uses the device, the apparatus comprises a log acquisition unit configured to acquire a log of the device; a usage location specification unit configured to specify a location of the terminal at the time of use of the device based on the log acquired by the log acquisition unit; and a generation unit configured to generate information of an area where the device is used, based on the location of the terminal at the time of use of the device which is specified by the usage location specification unit. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130057907 | NETWORK APPARATUS WITH FAX FUNCTION - A network apparatus with fax function is provided. The network apparatus includes a fax modem, a Wide Area Network (WAN) interface, a Local Area Network (LAN) interface, and a processing unit. The fax modem receives or transmits fax data. The WAN interface is connected to an external network, the external network uses an external Internet Protocol (IP) address, and the network apparatus is addressed by using a legal IP address on the external network. The LAN interface is connected to an internal LAN, and the internal LAN uses a private IP address. The processing unit works as an operation core of the network apparatus. An electronic device connected to the internal LAN shares the legal IP address of the network apparatus on the external network through the network apparatus. Thus, the network apparatus has a fax function, and the cost is further reduced. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130057908 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS SUPPORTING PEER-TO-PEER CONNECTION AND METHOD OF MANAGING ADDRESS BOOK THEREOF - A method of managing an address book of an image forming apparatus that supports a peer-to-peer (P2P) connection includes connecting the image forming apparatus to an external wireless device in the P2P connection method through a wireless local area network (WLAN); operating a soft access point (AP) module of the image forming apparatus so that the image forming apparatus operates as an AP; allocating an internet protocol (IP) address to the wireless device by driving a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server unit (DHCP server) of the image forming apparatus; and registering the wireless device connected to the image forming apparatus in the address book, which stores wireless devices that are connectable to the image forming apparatus, with the allocated IP address. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130057909 | PRINTING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF COPING WITH DIFFERENT PRINT SETTINGS FROM THOSE THEREOF, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing apparatus incapable of changing print settings when executing printing, which is improved in user-friendliness when the print settings are different from the settings of the printing apparatus. The printing apparatus include an NVMEM storing setting information indicating predetermined respective settings for setting items for use in printing. A controller unit receives job information including image data to be printed, from a server. When the received job information includes setting information configured at the server, the setting information is caused to be temporarily stored in a RAM of the server. Some of the setting information configured at the server is stored in the NVMEM, and then the image data is printed according to the setting information. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130057910 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The image forming apparatus management system includes type decision means for determining the type of the user terminal as a notification target, based on movement frequency of the user terminal; notification target decision means for determining which user terminal is likely to be using each of the image forming apparatuses, based on position information on the user terminal and position information on the image forming apparatus, according to the type of the user terminal determined by the type decision means, and thereby judging the user terminal that is likely to be using the image forming apparatus, as a notification target to be notified of a power status of the image forming apparatus; and power status notification means for sending power status notification to the user terminal judged as the notification target, when the power status of the image forming apparatus is changed. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130057911 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a storage unit that is accessible from an external device even if the image forming apparatus is in a power off state, a setting unit configured that sets information on an installation status of the image forming apparatus, and a control unit that, according to the information on the installation status set by the setting unit, enables writing, in the storage unit, of information corresponding to the information on the installation status from information used by the image forming apparatus at a plurality of timing points. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130057912 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS SUPPORTING PEER-TO-PEER CONNECTION AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PEER-TO-PEER CONNECTION THEREOF - A method of controlling a peer-to-peer (P2P) connection of an image forming apparatus that supports the P2P connection includes: receiving in the image forming apparatus a P2P connection request from an external wireless device; checking a device type of the wireless device by the image forming apparatus; determining whether the device type corresponds to connection restricted device types; and when the device type is the connection restricted device type, blocking a P2P connection to the wireless device by the image forming apparatus, and when the device type is not the connection restricted device type, P2P connecting the image forming apparatus to the wireless device. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130057913 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS SUPPORTING PEER-TO-PEER CONNECTION AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING JOB AUTHORITY THEREOF - A method of controlling job authority of an image forming apparatus that supports a P2P connection includes: storing a profile of a wireless device that is P2P connected to the image forming apparatus in the image forming apparatus; receiving and storing job authority information corresponding to the profile; when the wireless device requests the image forming apparatus to execute an operation, setting a job authority of the wireless device by using the profile and the job authority information; and checking the job authority of the wireless device by the image forming apparatus, and executing the requested job when the wireless device has the authority to perform the requested job. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130057914 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORED WITH CONTROL PROGRAM FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus has: a display unit that can switch and display a plurality of operation screens, including an operation screen to display elements constituting the operation screen in three dimensional display; a storage unit that stores image data of a page image; a receiving unit that receives a command to display the page image in the display unit; and a display control unit that, when the command is received by the receiving unit and an operation screen for displaying the page image, among the plurality of operation screens, is displayed in the display unit, generates the page image based on the image data that is stored in the storage unit, on the operation screen, as an image for two dimensional display. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130057915 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing apparatus for performing printing under control of a head controller which receives image data, and which is connected to a print head for printing. The head controller includes an image data shaping unit for shaping the image data into print data corresponding to the print head, a sequence information generating unit for generating sequence information, based on the print data, showing operation at a time of printing by the print head, a data guarantee information adding unit for adding data guarantee information to the print data and the sequence information, for error detection based on the print data and the sequence information, a readout unit for reading print information including the print data, the sequence information, and the data guarantee information, and an information inspecting unit for inspecting propriety of the print information based on the data guarantee information and the sequence information read by the readout unit. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130057916 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes an accumulating unit to accumulate documents, a document selecting unit to receive selection of the accumulated documents to be printed, a screen displaying unit to display on a display unit a printing condition setting screen including default values for selecting plural of the accumulated documents and a list of setting items when the selection received by the document selecting unit indicates plural of the accumulated documents, a reset receiving unit to receive selection of the setting item to be changed and resetting of a default value of the selected setting item, a reset control unit to change a content of the setting item into a resetting content when the setting item is resettable or allow the content to remain unchanged when the setting item is not resettable, and a printing unit to print the accumulated document, the setting item of which is reset. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130057917 | DEVICE COOPERATION SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, FUNCTION PROVIDING METHOD - A device cooperation system includes a first device including an acquiring unit for acquiring image data, an output condition receiving unit for receiving output conditions used by the first and second devices when outputting the image data, a first important document determining unit for determining whether first important information is included in the image data, a first operation information recording unit for recording operation information of a first output unit when it is determined that the first important information is included in the image data, and a second device including a second operation information recording unit for recording operation information of a second output unit when the determination result indicating that the first important information is included in the image data is acquired from the first device. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130057918 | APPARATUS COOPERATION SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND FUNCTION PROVIDING METHOD - An apparatus cooperation system including first and second apparatuses connected via a network to share a function, the first apparatus including a first counting unit counting a number of the output objects output by the first output unit based on a first counting rule, the second apparatus including a second counting unit counting a number of the output objects output by the second output unit based on a second counting rule. Further, when an output condition to output the image data by the first apparatus and the second apparatus is accepted, the first counting unit counts a total number of the output objects output by the first output unit and the second output unit based on the first counting rule. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130057919 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus acquires communication setting information for communicating with an image processing apparatus by a second communication unit via a first communication unit. In accordance with the acquired communication setting information, communication by the second communication unit is established to execute, via the second communication unit, an image processing service provided by the image processing apparatus. When establishment of communication is detected, an operation window display request for executing the image processing service is transmitted via the second communication unit. The image processing apparatus receives the operation window display request from the information processing apparatus via the second communication unit. In accordance with the received operation window display request, an operation window for executing the image processing service is displayed. Image processing for input image data is executed on the basis of the settings set via the displayed operation window. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130063763 | INTEGRATED PRINTING AND NETWORK ACCESS DEVICE - The present disclosure relates generally to an integrated multi-function device that is capable of both connecting to a wide area network via wired Ethernet or cellular connection and providing network connectivity to one or more devices within an internal network as part of a wireless mesh network. In some embodiments, the multi-function device may be an enhanced multi-function printing device, such as a network printer, scanner, copier, fax machine, or combination of such devices. The multi-function printing device may act as a gateway device by connecting to a WAN, such as the Internet. The multi-function printing device may further provide network access to other devices in a LAN, such as desktop and laptop computers, office telephones, cellular telephones, multimedia devices, and other printing devices, using a wireless protocol, such as the IEEE 802.11 standard. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063764 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING STATISTICAL THROUGHPUT CONTROL IN A PRINT SHOP - A method of determining a probability of a set of print jobs being completed within a time period may include receiving a schedule associated with a set of print jobs. The schedule may include a sequence in which the set of print jobs is to be processed, a mean processing time associated with each print job in the set, and a standard deviation of a processing time associated with each print job in the set. The method may include determining a probability that a print shop will complete processing of the set of print jobs within a time period based on the mean processing time and standard deviation associated with each of the print jobs in the set that has not been processed and displaying the probability on a display device. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063765 | PAGE COMPLEXITY ANALYZER - A printing system having a print engine, the printing system includes a print engine capable of printing an image on a media; an input buffer adapted to store processed elements of pages for pages to be printed; an assembly means adapted to assemble ready to print pages from the elements of pages; an estimator adapted to estimate complexity of pages assembly according to the elements of pages in the estimated page; a transmission interface for transmitting the ready to print pages to the print engine and to transfer an image to the media; and a speed control element for controlling a speed of the print engine wherein the speed is set according to the estimated complexity of pages assembly. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063766 | PAGE COMPLEXITY ANALYZER - A method for estimating complexity of pages and controlling printing speed of a printing machine wherein the speed is set according to the estimated complexity of pages, the method includes the steps of processing pages elements; storing the processed pages elements in an input memory; estimating complexity of pages assembly according to the processed elements of pages in the estimated pages; assembling the pages from the elements of pages comprised in the estimated pages to produce ready to print pages; transmitting the ready to print pages to a print engine for printing; and setting the print engine speed wherein the speed is selected according to the estimated complexity of pages assembly. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063767 | Presenting Devices as Applications - One or more management components mediate a bi-directional interaction between applications. The components mediate interaction between a first application such as a word processing, video conference, or multimedia application, and a second application that is a virtualization of a physical device such as a printer, camera, or multimedia device. Further, embodiments also support a second application that provides an interface to a service provider, online business, and the like. The management component(s) may function as part of an operating system (OS), allowing the OS to mediate the interaction, and enable greater flexibility and a richer user experience, including presenting a common user experience for the interaction and/or acting as a broker to present a experience generated from the second application. Embodiments also include a unified application programming interface (API) to allow applications to interact with each other via the management component(s) of the OS. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063768 | Automated Least Cost Facsimile Routing - The present specification discloses devices for faxing documents. In an exemplary embodiment, the device has at least one processor in data communication with a memory, a memory for storing programmatic instructions, where, upon execution by the processor, the programmatic instructions: 1) cause a display to show at least one data field, 2) receive alphanumeric strings that have been inputted into the at least one data field, 3) analyze at least one of the alphanumeric strings, 4) based on the analysis, determine a code, and 5) dial the code prior to dialing any portion of the alphanumeric strings. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063769 | INFORMATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information management apparatus includes the following elements. A generator generates a circulation document including an e-document and document identification information thereof. A job information registration section extracts and registers job information, and also specifies and registers a due date of the job. A history information registration section registers the obtained document identification information and operation history information indicating a type and a time of operation performed on the circulation document. An output section specifies document identification information associated with job information that is at least partially identical to the job information associated with the obtained document identification information and associated with operation history information indicating that a job has been completed. The output section then generates information indicating a probability that the job will be completed by the due date or a probability that the job will not be completed by the due date, and outputs the generated information. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063770 | CRUM CHIP AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE FOR COMMUNICATING MUTUALLY, AND METHOD THEREOF - An image forming device is provided. The device includes a main body which includes a main controller controlling operations of the image forming device, a consumable unit mounted on the main body to enable communication with the main controller, and a CRUM chip which is provided in the consumable unit and stores usage information of the consumable unit and characteristics information The main controller and the CRUM chip transmit and receive signals which include data and integrity detection data between each other. The integrity detection data is generated by accumulating and reflecting integrity detection data included in a previous signal. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063771 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR UPLOADING IMAGE FILE OF APPARATUS TO SOCIAL NETWORK SERVICE - An apparatus and a method for uploading an image file of the apparatus to a social network service (SNS) site are provided. The method includes displaying history information on a user interface (UI) screen, which is displayed on a display unit of the apparatus, through an application executed in the apparatus, selecting an image file displayed in the history information, selecting an SNS site, and uploading the selected image file to the selected SNS site. The history information is generated by the application so as to correspond to an image file. The image file may be generated through the image scanning apparatus and uploaded to the SNS site, generated through the image scanning apparatus and not uploaded to the SNS site, or stored in a storage unit of the apparatus and uploaded to the SNS site. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063772 | MANAGEMENT SERVER, METHOD OF MANAGING WORKFORM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A management server is provided. The management server includes a user interface to receive an input of a plug-in corresponding to a job of an image forming apparatus to generate a workform, which defines a job performing order of the image forming apparatus, and to receive an input of an execution start condition of the plug-in, a workform generator to generate a workform based on the input plug-in and the execution start condition, and a communication interface to transmit the generated workform to the image forming apparatus. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063773 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF INPUTTING E-MAIL THEREAT - A method of inputting e-mail addresses at an image forming apparatus, the method including accessing a server storing member information about members who have contacted a user online, by using log-in information of the user; receiving the member information stored in the server from the server; generating a list of e-mail addresses of the members by using the received member information; and updating an address book stored in the image forming apparatus by using the list of generated e-mail addresses. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063774 | Method And Device For Printing A Scheduled Print Job - A method and apparatus for printing a scheduled print job by a printing device connected to a client device over a network. The method includes transmitting, by the client device, a request to print the scheduled print job to the printing device. The scheduled print job include print data and schedule data corresponding to a scheduled time the print data is to be printed. The printing device obtains the print job from cloud storage or from local storage depending on a storage selection indicator, and executes the scheduled print job at the scheduled time. A determination is made as to whether the scheduled print job was printed successfully at the scheduled time. Further, a message indicating whether the scheduled print job was printed successfully, based on the determination, is sent to a predetermined device. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063775 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF PROVIDING ACTUAL-SIZE PREVIEW, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus which enables a user to set the size of a sheet and/or configure an aggregation setting while checking the size of an image to be obtained when the image is actually printed on the sheet. The image forming apparatus sets the size of a sheet for image formation, and further sets aggregation printing. When setting the size of the sheet, an image is displayed for actual-size preview, in association with each of sizes of the sheet which can be set for image formation. When the aggregation printing is to be set, an image is displayed in the same size as a size of the image assumed when formed on the recording medium, in association with each of numbers of pages which can be set for the aggregation printing. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063776 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTER, PRINT SERVER, AND METHOD THEREOF - There is provided a printing system including an information processing apparatus in which a model-specific printer driver is not installed. The information processing apparatus includes a display unit and a transmission unit. The display unit controls display of an extended print setting screen for specifying a model-specific printer function using information acquired from a print server based on configuration information from a printer. The transmission unit transmits print data to the print server. The print server includes an issuing unit configured to issue a print job to the printer using print data and a print ticket containing a setting specified through the extended print setting screen. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063777 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing system that includes: a job execution apparatus; an information processing apparatus configured to send a job to the job execution apparatus; and an information management apparatus configured to store log information of the job, the information processing apparatus including: a job sending unit configured to send identification information of each job to the job execution apparatus with the job; and a first log sending unit configured to send the log information of the job to the information management apparatus by including the identification information into the log information, and the job execution apparatus including: a second log sending unit configured to include the identification information into the log information of the job, and to send the log information to the information management apparatus, wherein the information management apparatus integrates pieces of log information having common identification information, and stores the integrated log information. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063778 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing system includes an image processing apparatus; an information processing apparatus configured to transmit an instruction on image processing to the image processing apparatus; a power supply apparatus configured to supply power to the image processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes a first transmitting unit configured to transmit, to the power supply apparatus, start instruction to start power supply to the image processing apparatus when an execution instruction is received, and a second transmitting unit configured to transmit, to the image processing apparatus, the execution instruction and execution information needed to perform a process when a communication with the image processing apparatus is enabled. The power supply apparatus includes a power control unit configured to start power supply to the image processing apparatus when the start instruction is received. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063779 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ASSIGNING PRINT JOB - An apparatus for assigning a print job is provided. The apparatus includes a detector configured to detect an ambient temperature of each of a plurality of areas, said each of the areas including at least one printer and at least one air conditioning system; a selection portion configured to select a printer included in a suitable area of the areas, the suitable area being an area where the ambient temperature detected is lower than a predetermined temperature; and an issuing portion configured to give a print job to the printer selected. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063780 | LABEL PRINTER - A label printer comprises input means operable by a user to input label data. The label printer also has display means and control means configured to receive said input label data from the input means. The control means is arranged to control the display to display an image of a label defined by said input label data in a label display area. The control means is configured to cause the display to display said image of the label such that a first dimension of the image of the label is decreased with respect to the corresponding dimension of said display area so that all of said image of the label is displayed in said display area. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063781 | MULTIPRODUCT PRINTING WORKFLOW SYSTEM WITH DYNAMIC SCHEDULING - A method for end-to-end printing, including entering into service level agreements with each of a plurality of partner systems that enable customers to order personalized print products, wherein a service level agreement designates maximum delays for finishing customer print orders, receiving customer print orders transmitted from the plurality of partner systems, each print order specifying at least one personalized print product, serializing the print orders into a plurality of work items, each work item corresponding to a part of a personalized print product that is to be printed on printable material, dynamically assigning priorities to the work items, dynamically advancing the work items through a plurality of print processing states, wherein each processing state processes work items in order of their priorities. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063782 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus configured to allow a plurality of installed applications to be executed includes a storage unit configured to include a storage area storing information about the plurality of applications, and a registration unit configured to receive the application information about the application from an external apparatus without involving the application and to register the received application information into the storage area, wherein the application information includes identification information for identifying the application and usage information to be used by the application. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063783 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND STORING MEDIUM - To enable data in a WWW server on a network to be directly obtained without passing through an information processing apparatus and to reduce a load which is applied to the network when the data obtained from the WWW server is printed, a digital copier has a function, namely, a Web Pull Printing function for actively accessing to the WWW server, obtaining data of an HTML format in the WWW server, and printing by a self printer. A Web print request to the digital copier by the user is executed through a print utility which is operating on a client. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063784 | PRINTING SYSTEM WITH IN-LINE FINISHING - A printing system includes a printing station; a finishing line controller for controlling operation of one or more finishing devices arrangeable in-line with the printing station and a first communication link between the printing station and the controller for communicating job commands from the printing station to the finishing line controller to be translated into finishing action commands by the finishing line controller and communicated to said one or more finishing devices. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130070285 | METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR BALANCING MACHINE LOAD - Methods and systems of balancing job assignments to a plurality of machines are disclosed. A computing device receives multiple jobs each having a job size and determines a job order for the jobs based on each job's job size. A machine order is determined for a plurality of machines based on a setup time and a processing rate associated with each machine. The computing device assigns one or more jobs to each machine based on the job order and the machine order such that a maximum total processing time for the machines is minimized. A total processing time for each machine is determined based on the number of jobs and the cumulative job size of the jobs assigned to the machine, and the setup time and the processing time associated with the machine. The maximum total processing time is the largest of the total processing times for the machines. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130070286 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR LOAD LEVELING IN A PRINT SHOP - A method and system for managing print shop workflow determines whether variations in print shop workflow may be reduced by shifting one or more customers' scheduled orders to different time periods. By shifting an order from one time period to another, the system may reduce variability in demand levels over time, thus helping increase overall system efficiency. To do this, one or more customers are selected as candidates for print shop order rescheduling. The system identifies customer orders that, if moved to other time periods, will most reduce demand level variations. A user may accept the system's recommendations, or the system may present a user with several alternative load leveling options for selection. The system may then cause the orders to be printed based on the load leveling proposal and the user's selection. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130070287 | ENGINE OPTIMIZATION - Techniques are provided that include a workflow that optimizes print job execution by automatically categorizing and sorting requests into different configurations, respectively, for print operators, regular users, and the like. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130070288 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, REGISTRATION DEVICE, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing system includes following elements. A first management device manages, for each user, information on a function of a printer that the user is permitted to use therein. A second management device accepts registration of a virtual printer for a set of a printer and a function used in the printer, and manages the registered virtual printer. A registration device registers a virtual printer in the second management device. The registration device identifies a user and a printer regarding a print request, acquires a function that the identified user is permitted to use in the identified printer from the first management device, and registers a virtual printer for a set of the identified printer and the acquired function in association with the identified user. The second management device processes, upon receiving a print instruction from the user, the print instruction based on the corresponding printer and function. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130070289 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a receiving unit, a first drawing unit, a second drawing unit, a comparing unit, and a notifying unit. The receiving unit receives image data to be printed. The first drawing unit creates print data by converting image data expressed in a first page description language into image data expressed in a second page description language in the case of checking whether or not output results obtained from different drawing schemes are different from each other. The second drawing unit creates print data directly from the image data expressed in the first page description language in the case of checking whether or not output results obtained from different drawing schemes are different from each other. The comparing unit compares, in units of pixels, two types of print data. The notifying unit performs notification of a comparison result generated by the comparing unit. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130070290 | PRINTING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A printing apparatus includes a print section that performs printing according to print data, a registering section that registers in advance an information processing apparatus creating and transmitting print data in response to a print instruction from a user, and storing print data that has not been received by a transmission destination in a memory, a determination section that determines whether the print data that has not been received by the printing apparatus is stored in the registered information processing apparatus, when the printing apparatus changes from a data-reception state to a non-data-reception state, a request section that requests the information processing apparatus, in which the print data is determined to be stored, to transmit the stored print data, and a controller that controls the print section to perform printing according to the print data transmitted in response to the request, when the print data is received. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130070291 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A non-transitory computer-readable medium having a computer program stored thereon and readable by a computer, the computer program, when executed by the computer, causes a computer to perform operations including: a process of displaying a setting screen; a process of getting information about a correspondence function from a managing unit, the managing unit managing a display condition including an execution condition, which is satisfied when a specific instruction is designated by a user through the setting screen, and the functions in association with each other, and the correspondence function being associated with the display condition; and a process of, when the display condition is satisfied when a specific instruction is designated, displaying related information relating to the correspondence function on the display unit by using the got information relating to the correspondence function. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130070292 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes plural page description language processing units and a job management unit. Each of the page description language processing units corresponds to one of different page description languages. The job management unit performs management to select one of the page description language processing units, the selected page description language processing unit serving as a currently processing page description language processing unit, and to cause only the currently processing page description language processing unit to process a print job. Each of the page description language processing units includes a raster image creating unit and a raster image transferring unit. The job management unit includes a first queue, a second queue, a reception-time adding unit, an image-creation-time adding unit, a first instruction unit, a second instruction unit, a third instruction unit, a controller, and a job-being-processed list memory. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130070293 | Computer-Readable Storage Medium Storing Image Processing Program - A storage medium storing an image processing program executed by a computer of an information processing device, wherein the program permits the computer to function as: a read-data receiving section to receive read data formed by a reading device on the basis of a reading condition; a read-data storage control section to store the received read data in a storage section; a change-command sending; section to send, to the reading device, a change command of the reading condition on the basis of a change direction where the change direction is received after the reading has started; and a converting section to convert, on the basis of the reading condition corresponding to the change command, read data stored after reading has started, wherein the receiving section receives read data formed on the basis of the reading condition after the change command has been sent, where the change command is sent. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130070294 | PRINT DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM - A print data processing system includes plural main interpretation devices that interpret print data described in a page description language and generate print image data to be supplied to a printer, auxiliary interpretation devices that interpret the print data, generate print image data to be supplied to the printer, and are not powered on when the plural main interpretation devices are powered on, and an allocation device that divides the print data in prescribed units and allocates interpretation processing of divided print data of the respective units to the plural main interpretation devices, wherein the allocation device includes a load evaluation unit that evaluates the loads of the plural main interpretation devices, and a power-on unit that, when the loads of the plural main interpretation devices evaluated by the load evaluation unit exceed a prescribed on threshold value for activating the auxiliary interpretation devices, powers on the auxiliary interpretation devices. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130070295 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes: an HDD for storing a plurality of pieces of transmission destination information in correspondence with a short-cut key for instructing image transmission; an operation unit displaying the short-cut key and detecting selection of the short-cut key; and a control unit displaying the plurality of transmission destinations stored in correspondence with the short-cut key if a prescribed condition is satisfied. The operation unit receives a selection operation of selecting a piece of transmission destination information from among the displayed plurality of pieces of transmission destination information, and the control unit determines the selected piece of transmission destination information to be the transmission destination of image transmission made by the selection of the short-cut key. Even if a plurality of transmission destinations are registered with the short-cut key, erroneous transmission to an unintended destination can be prevented. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130070296 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, JOB PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND JOB PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus is operable to be connected to a first external apparatus and one or more second external apparatuses. The first external apparatus receives and stores therein a job and first identification information. The one or more second external apparatus transmits second identification information to the first external apparatus, acquires and executes the job associated with the first identification information specified based on the second identification information. The information processing apparatus includes: a job transmitting unit that transmits the job and the first identification information to the first external apparatus; a requesting unit that requests state information from the first external apparatus; and a state receiving unit that receives state information, indicating a first stage in which the job is accumulated in the first external apparatus and a second stage in which the job is executed, as the state information. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130070297 | INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROVIDING PROGRAM - An information providing apparatus sends an image forming instruction to an image forming apparatus to cause the image forming apparatus to form an image to generate image data and transmit the image data to the information providing apparatus, stores the image data received from the image forming apparatus in a memory area of a memory, and stores identification information that uniquely identifies the image data and information indicating the memory area to which the image data is stored in association with each other to generate management information in the memory. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130070298 | DISPLAY CONTROLLING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - If the adding command accepting unit accepts command to add error guidance from the job controlling unit, the item adding unit adds data for the error guidance to display item list in the display item list storing unit. If it is necessary to display the error guidance in screen currently displayed, the page data generating unit adds data for the error guidance to page data of screen currently displayed. If items of reserved jobs and scanning guidance related to the reserved jobs do not fit in the page by the addition, the page data generating unit removes data for those items from the page data for screen currently displayed, and stores the removed data as items laid out in the next page. The display controlling unit displays the job list screen on the control panel based on the page data. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130070299 | MAINTENANCE DEVICE AND MAINTENANCE METHOD - According to one embodiment, a maintenance device includes a first interface, a second interface, and a processor. The first interface is configured to acquire setting information read by a reading unit configured to read the setting information from the information processing device. The communication unit is configured to acquire statistical information concerning the setting information from an external device via a network. The processor is configured to compare the setting information to the statistical information and evaluate the setting information based on a comparison result. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130070300 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR STORING AND REFERENCING PARTIAL COMPLEX RESOURCES USING OBJECT IDENTIFIERS IN A PRINTING SYSTEM - A print control unit coupled with a printer, the print control unit having host to provide partial resource components to a complex resource generator, the partial resources components including printing instructions. The complex resource generator to generate a shell representing a complex resource, generate a partial complex resource having the partial resource components, the shell to hold the partial complex resource, and store the partial complex resource to be referenced later. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130077126 | CONFIGURING A MODULAR PRINTING SYSTEM - A method for configuring a modular printing system is disclosed. The system has a plurality of modules that are configured to be selectively interconnected to form different printing system configurations. The method includes providing printing system modules and associated configuration information for each module; selecting and interconnecting modules to produce a particular printing system configuration and communicating the associated configuration information for the selected modules to a system controller; and using the system controller to automatically determine a printing system configuration that includes operational parameter ranges for at least one of the selected modules. The method further includes storing the printing system configuration so that the modular printing system is ready to operate. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130077127 | MANAGING NETWORK CONNECTIONS - In one embodiment, a message is received at a network-connectable printer, from a first computer system via a first communication protocol. In response to receipt of the message, a connection between the printer and the network is established via a second communication protocol. A print job is received at the printer via the connection. The print job is caused to print at the printer. The connection is terminated after the print job is printed. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130077128 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A printing system includes a print data generating apparatus, a printing apparatus, a print instruction apparatus, and a print data processing apparatus. The print data generating apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives a print instruction, a print data generating unit that generates print data, a storing unit that stores the print data, a notifying unit that transmits notification information, and a transmitting unit that transmits the print data. The printing apparatus includes a requesting unit that requests the print data generating apparatus to transmit the print data. The print instruction apparatus transmits the print instruction to the print data generating apparatus. The print data processing apparatus includes a requesting unit that requests the print data generating apparatus to transmit the print data, a receiving unit that receives the print data, a unit that processes the print data, and a transmitting unit that transmits the processed print data. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130077129 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, MESSAGE SERVER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINTING - An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a messenger unit through which an image forming apparatus having an account address is selected as a dialogue partner, a user interface through which a file to be printed in the selected image forming apparatus is selected; and a controller which controls the messenger unit to transmit a dialogue message including the selected file and account information of the image forming apparatus to the message server. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130077130 | PRINTING CONTROL SYSTEM, PRINTING CONTROL METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSOR - A printing control system includes a transmission part configured to transmit data from an information terminal to an image processor; an analysis part configured to analyze the data received from the information terminal; a format determining part configured to determine the data format of the received data based on the analysis result of the analysis part; a conversion requesting part configured to, in response to the format determining part determining that the data format of the received data is convertible into print data printable in the image processor, transmit the received data to a data converter and request the data converter to convert the received data into the print data; and a printing control part configured to print the print data returned from the data converter in response to the request of the conversion requesting part. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130077131 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus that functions as a client of a distributed file system is provided, in which the image forming apparatus includes: a distributed file system process part for mounting a file system of a server apparatus on the image forming apparatus to enable the image forming apparatus to access the file system of the server apparatus as the distributed file system of the image forming apparatus; and a storing process part for accessing the file system of the server apparatus and storing, in the file system, information that is stored in a storage unit used by the image forming apparatus. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130083349 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING PRINT ON DEMAND JOBS WITH REMOTE CACHE - A method and system for managing print job through a process carried out by an online web-store server. The process includes the steps of receiving a print job order by a web-store server, and checking a remote cache via a network to determine whether a PDF file is stored therein. If the matching PDF file does not exist, then the server generates a new PDF file containing the sequence of articles and transmits the new PDF file to the print server, and saves the new PDF file in the remote cache. If the matching PDF exists, then the stored PDF is retrieved from the remote cache, and the print server uses the retrieved PDF file to print the print job without the web-store server creating the new PDF file or transmitting the new PDF file to the print server. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130083350 | CONTENT RETRIEVAL VIA ASSIGNMENTS - In one embodiment, a first assignment is received. The first assignment is an assignment of a category tag to first content accessible via a first printer application. A second assignment is received. The second assignment is an assignment of the category tag to second content accessible via a second printer application. The first and second assignments are stored. Functionality to facilitate retrieval of content via the assignments is provided to a network-connected printer. A request to print selected content from among the first and second content is received. Responsive to the request, the selected content is retrieved, raster processed, and sent to the printer. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130083351 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING PRINT ON DEMAND JOBS BY MAINTAINING CUSTOMER ORDER RECORDS WITH CONTENT IDENTIFICATION OF PRINTED ARTICLES - A method and system for managing print job through a process that includes the steps of receiving a print job order for printing a multiplicity of articles, processing the multiplicity of articles to create an identification (ID) for each article, and determining whether an article ID stored in a database matches any of the new IDs of the multiplicity articles. If a matching article ID does not exist, then keeping the article and storing the ID of the kept article in the database. If a matching article ID exists, then removing the article from the print job, and repeating the above steps until all of the multiplicity of articles are processed accordingly. When printing the job, only the remaining articles are printed. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130083352 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND DOCUMENT READING METHOD - An image reading apparatus includes: an operation unit; a setting unit configured to set one of a plurality of operation modes, in which different processing is executed for a document, in accordance with an operation content of the operation unit; a reading unit configured to read the document in response to a reading execution request from the operation unit; and a control unit configured to control the reading unit whether or not to execute a reading preparation operation before the reading execution request is made depending on the set operation modes set by the setting unit. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130083353 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROCESSING SERVER - An image forming system is provided including a data server, an image forming apparatus, and a processing server. The image forming apparatus includes an information acquisition section configured to acquire identification information, and a first transmission section configured to send the identification information to the processing server. The processing server includes a print data acquisition section configured to acquire an identified print data identified through the identification information, a processing treatment section configured to carry out the processing treatment for the identified print data, and a second transmission section configured to transmit a processed data processed by the processing treatment section to the image forming apparatus. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130083354 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - An image recording apparatus, including: a housing; an image recording portion held by the housing; a control board having a mounting face and disposed in the housing such that the mounting face extends along a perpendicular plane perpendicular to a height direction, a control circuit for controlling the image recording portion being provided on the control board; and a communication board having a mounting face and disposed in the housing such that the mounting face extends along the perpendicular plane, such that the communication board is distant from the control board in a direction along the perpendicular plane, and such that the communication board is located within a height range ranging to the control board from a distal end of a highest one of mounted components mounted on the control board, an interface circuit to be connected to a telephone line being provided on the communication board. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130083355 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing system includes a print server that generates print data and a data processing device that processes the print data. The print server transmits the generated print data to the data processing device. The data processing device generates processed data by processing the print data transmitted from the print server. The data processing device transmits the processed data to the print server. The print server transmits the processed data as new print data to a printer. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130083356 | NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM AND PRINT PROCESSING METHOD - This disclosure discloses a non-transitory recording medium storing a print processing program for executing steps comprising: an instruction determining step for determining whether or not there is an input of a printing instruction; an identification information determining step for determining whether or not there is a plurality of sets of the identification information registered; a first printer determining step for attempting to perform information transmission and reception with one first printer for which a printing operation history log that satisfies a predetermined condition, and determining whether or not information transmission and reception are possible with the first printer; and a first print data transmitting step for transmitting desired print data associated with the input of the printing instruction to the first printer in a case where the determination is made in the first printer determining step that information transmission and reception are possible with the first printer. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130083357 | Portable Terminal - A portable terminal configured to wirelessly communicate with an image processing device. The portable terminal may include a processor, a display unit, and a memory. The memory may be configured to store computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the portable terminal to: receive first selection information from the image processing device, the first selection information including information which represents a plurality of first setting options; display a first selection screen on the display unit of the portable terminal in accordance with the first selection information; and select a particular first setting option from among the plurality of first setting options based on movement of the entire portable terminal. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130083358 | Image Processing Device and Portable Terminal - An image processing device configured to establish bidirectional communication with a portable terminal using short-range wireless communication includes: a processor; and a memory that stores computer-readable instructions therein. The computer-readable instructions may cause the image processing device to transmit first selection information to the terminal during a first communication session, the first selection information including information representing a plurality of first setting options for image processing carried out by the device; receive first item data from the terminal during a second communication session established after the first communication session is disconnected, the first item data representing a particular first setting option designated by a user of the terminal from among the plurality of first setting options; and carry out particular image processing in accordance with the particular first setting option represented by the first item data. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130083359 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR FORMING IMAGES - Image forming apparatuses are connected to a network. Each image forming apparatus communicates with remaining ones of the image forming apparatuses. An image forming section forms an image in accordance with the image information. A memory stores management information, the management information including an item of information about one of remaining ones of the plurality of image forming apparatuses. The one of remaining ones of the plurality of image forming apparatuses holds the image information therein. An information management section performs a synchronization processing in which the management information in the plurality of image forming apparatuses is updated to become identical. An image formation controlling section obtains the image information held in the one of remaining ones of the plurality of image forming apparatuses identified by the item of information, and drive the image forming section to form the image in accordance with the obtained image information. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130083360 | PRINTING DEVICE CAPABLE OF CANCELING PRINT JOB, PRINTING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The printing device is a printing device having a reception part receiving print data, a print job information storage storing print job information of the print data, an image data conversion part concerting the print data to image data, a print queue generation part generating print queue information administrating the print data on the basis of page upon conversion from the print data to image data, a print job ID storage storing the print job ID at the time of an order when job cancellation is ordered, and a control part comparing the print job ID stored in the print job ID storage with the print job ID at the time of execution in execution of job cancellation and cancelling the print job ID when the print job IDs are equal. The printing device allows job cancellation to be specified without multiple panel operations in ordering job cancellation order. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130083361 | DISPLAY METHOD FOR DRIVERS - A display method for drivers is provided that executes according to printing instruction on an application, retrieving data from the application, and converting the retrieved data into printing data readable with an image forming apparatus. The display method includes the steps of executing a first driver according to the application, displaying functional information of the first driver on a display screen for the executing first driver, and displaying information regarding a second driver different from the executing first driver together with the display screen for the executing first driver. The display method allows a user to effectively select whether to acquire the second printer driver, and further allows one of the printer drivers to correspond to the image forming apparatus. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130088746 | Mechanism for Previewing Secure Print Jobs - A computer generated method disclosed. The method includes receiving a print job data stream, determining if the print job data stream comprises a secure print job, and inserting a control operator to designate a secure print job data stream if the print job data stream comprises a secure print job. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130088747 | BRAILLE-TO-BRAILLE FACSIMILE MACHINE USING IMAGE PROCESSING - A Braille-to-Braille facsimile machine implemented process scans an original Braille document, obtaining an image of the original Braille document. The image of the original Braille document is processed, producing an extracted Braille image and duplicating formatting of the original Braille document to produce a copy of the original Braille document. The copy of the original Braille document is sent, via a communications link and received. The copy of the original Braille document is then printed. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130088748 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes an image data memory, a transmitting unit, a receiving unit, an edit information converting unit, and an image editing unit. The image data memory stores image data. The transmitting unit transmits related image data related to the image data to an external terminal apparatus. The receiving unit receives first edit information from the external terminal apparatus, the first edit information representing details of edit that has been performed on the related image data. The edit information converting unit converts the first edit information to generate second edit information, the second edit information representing details of edit that is to be performed on the image data. The image editing unit edits the image data by using the second edit information. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130088749 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO CONTROL LINK SPEED OF AN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A method of controlling a link speed in an image forming apparatus to reduce power consumption of the image forming apparatus by changing the link speed of the image forming apparatus, the method including establishing a link between the image forming apparatus and an external device in a normal mode of the image forming apparatus, determining whether a network environment of the image forming apparatus, which is reconfigured by changing a speed of the established link, satisfies at least one predetermined condition, and disabling a function of changing the speed of the established link in a sleep mode of the image forming apparatus, based on a result of the determining. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130088750 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing apparatus including: a connecting unit connected to a management server; a receiving unit configured to receive a print instruction from the management server; a determining unit configured to determine whether there is another printing apparatus having a same name as a name of the printing apparatus among a printing apparatus connected to the management server in response to receiving the print instruction; an acquiring unit configured to acquire a print job; a printing unit configured to perform printing relative to the print job; an instructing unit configured to instruct start of the printing relative to the print job; and a print prohibiting unit configured to prohibit the printing relative to the print job from being performed until the instructing unit instructs the start of the printing if the determining unit determines that there is the other printing apparatus. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130088751 | JOB MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, JOB CONTROL SYSTEM, AND JOB CONTROL METHOD - A job management apparatus is connected via an external network to a job control apparatus in a first network and an information processing apparatus in a second network that is different from the first network. The job control apparatus is configured to send a job to an execution apparatus that is in the first network and executes the job. The job management apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive jobs from the information processing apparatus; and a management unit configured to temporarily store the received jobs in a storage area in association with execution areas where the jobs are to be executed and to send, to the job control apparatus, one or more of the jobs associated with an execution area corresponding to an installation area where the job control apparatus is installed in response to a request from the job control apparatus. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130088752 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A scanner that provides WSD standard scan service does not allow the notification and identification by a client PC of scan parameters, such as a resolution and a reading range, that are selected by a user in push scan on a panel, for example, attached to the scanner body. This prevents the push scan with the user-specified scan parameters. Accordingly, an event that temporarily limits the scanning functions is issued to inhibit the specification of parameters excluding user-specified scan parameters from a client PC. Thus, the client PC can instruct the scanning with the user-specified parameters, and the push scan requested by the user can be implemented. The limitation is valid only to the destination client of the push scan. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130094051 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus, a transmission apparatus, a reception section that is provided in the image forming apparatus and receives a designation of the transmission apparatus, a first transmission section that is provided in the image forming apparatus and transmits apparatus information indicating the own apparatus to a transmission apparatus designated in the reception section, a first storage unit that is provided in the transmission apparatus and stores the apparatus information transmitted from the first transmission section, a second transmission section that is provided in the transmission apparatus and transmits image data to an image forming apparatus indicated by the apparatus information stored in the first storage section, and an image forming unit that is provided in the image forming apparatus and forms an image corresponding to the image data transmitted from the second transmission section. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130094052 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND PROGRAM - It is determined whether or not a change request for changing an array of a plurality of items of job information on a job list screen to a second array being different from a first array is inputted via a user interface. If it is determined that the change request is inputted, a job list screen is displayed in which the array of the plurality of items of job information is changed to the second array. Display contents of the user interface are changed in response to a user operation with respect to a print job displayed on the job list screen. The job list screen in the second array, or the job list screen in the first array, is redisplayed, based on the nature of the change request. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130094053 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND PRINTING METHOD - In a printing system in which a document received from a client terminal is registered in a print service, a fixed code corresponding to the registered document is sent back to the client terminal by e-mail, and when a printer notifies the fixed code, print processing is performed for the document corresponding to the fixed code, the URL of the print service which has registered the document is generated, and the network environment of the client terminal is determined. When it is determined that the network environment is an intranet, the fixed code and generated URL are sent back. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130094054 | MONITORING APPARATUS, MONITORING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR ACQUIRING COUNTER INFORMATION FROM AN IMAGE FORMING APPRATUS - A monitoring apparatus that acquires counter information from an image forming apparatus includes a transmission unit configured to transmit a snapshot generation job to the image forming apparatus, a reception unit configured to receive a completion notification indicating completion of the snapshot generation job, and an acquisition unit configured to acquire the snapshot indicating the counter information from the image forming apparatus in response to reception of the completion notification, wherein the snapshot generation job is managed with a queue for a job related to printing processing and is restricted from being canceled by general user authority. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130094055 | PRINTER CONTROLLING TERMINAL, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINT AND METHOD FOR IMAGING FORMING - A printer controlling terminal includes a user interface unit to input a print command for a printing job; an analysis unit to analyze a complexity of the printing job; a determination unit to determine whether the resource save mode is applied according to the analyzed complexity; a printer driver unit to generate printing data of the printing job according to the determination result; and a communication interface unit to transmit the generated printing data to the image forming apparatus. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130094056 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus includes an operation receiving unit for receiving an operation; a setting receiving unit for displaying a setting condition for printing or transmission and receiving a change to the setting condition, after the operation receiving unit receives an instruction to start printing or transmitting; and a storage unit in which the setting condition is stored by the setting receiving unit via an operating system by using, as a key, identification information acquired by the setting receiving unit, the identification information identifying a printing or transmission process and being generated by the operating system according to the instruction to start printing or transmitting. An image processing unit acquires the identification information from the operating system, and reads, from the storage unit, the setting condition using the identification information as a key, and converts document data into print data of a printing device based on the setting condition. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130094057 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - In a connection device | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130094058 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is an image forming apparatus. The apparatus includes: a job input unit inputting a job; a job storage storing the job input by the job input unit; a link setting unit linking a new job input from the job input unit and the stored job stored in the job storage, or linking each independent job stored in the job storage; a storage section storing link information indicating the link of jobs set by the ink setting unit; a control section executing predetermined processes based on the link information stored in the storage section; and a print section printing the job. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130094059 | Image Forming Apparatus, Image Forming Apparatus Utilization System, And Method For Generating Image Data - An image forming apparatus including an acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of combinations of document reading settings and delivery destination information of image data from a storage device configured to store the plurality of combinations, a reception unit configured to display the plurality of combinations acquired by the acquisition unit and receive a selection of the plurality of combinations by a user, a duplication identification unit configured to determine, upon the reception unit receiving the selection, whether the selected plurality of combinations contain duplicated delivery destination information, and a control unit configured to control, upon the duplication identification unit determining that the selected plurality of combinations selected contain the duplicated delivery destination information, a transmission of image data such that the image data is transmitted once to a delivery destination corresponding to the duplicated delivery destination information. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130094060 | DYNAMIC PRINT JOB ROUTING IN A DISTRIBUTED PRINTING ENVIRONMENT - Methods, systems, and devices are described for dynamic print job routing in a distributed printing environment. A data store may include a set of rules for dynamically determining an identified print job destination based on at least one characteristic of a print job generated by a print job source. A rules engine may be configured to receive a notification of the print job, identify the characteristic of the print job from the received notification, and apply the set of rules in the data store to the identified characteristic of the print job to dynamically determine an updated print job destination for the print job. The updated print job destination is associated with at least one printer. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130100482 | Method and Apparatus for a Print Spooler to Control Document and Workflow Transfer - A method and apparatus for a print spooler to control document and workflow transfer are described. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving a request to print an electronic document from a print driver. The method may also comprise retrieving a workflow configuration utilizing a workflow print spooler, where the workflow print spooler provides pre-configured workflow configuration data for a corresponding workflow. In one embodiment, the method further comprises deploying the electronic document into the workflow based on the workflow configuration data. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100483 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINTING OF A PRINT JOB - A method for controlling printing of a print job involves portioning the print job into a plurality of parts via a partition manager, and converting each part of the print job into respective binary image data parts via a Raster Image Processor (RIP) manager. The method further involves controlling a rate of aggregation of the converted parts via a throttle control manager. The rate of aggregation is controlled by monitoring parameters of a printing system used to perform the printing of the print job, determining that at least one of the monitored parameters reaches or exceeds a predefined threshold, and manipulating the rate of aggregation of the converted parts in response to the determining according to a throttle mode predefined for a particular set of monitored parameters. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100484 | Public Network Printing System - A printing system includes a client printing network, a third-party printing network and a cloud computing server coupled to the client printing network and the third-party printing network. The cloud computing server includes a workflow engine to receive print job data from the client printing network, download the print job data to the client printing network if the print job data indicates that it is to be printed at the client printing network and download the print job data to the third-party printing network if the print job data indicates that it is to be printed at the third-party printing network | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100485 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS TO PRINT MESSAGES FROM AN ELECTRONIC MAILBOX - In one implementation, a print service system selects a message from a plurality of messages at an electronic mailbox and generates a print job associated with the message from the plurality of messages. The electronic mailbox is associated with an account of a print service system. The print service system provides the print job to a printer associated with the account. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100486 | COMMUNICATION ARCHITECTURES FOR DIRECT PRINTING AND SCANNING - One example of a communication architecture for direct printing and scanning includes a computing device for generating an electronic image and a page description language for producing a deterministic print file of the electronic image, the deterministic print file being natively viewable in a Portable Document File (PDF) viewer. The architecture also includes a printer for receiving the deterministic print file and for beginning printing the electronic image before the complete deterministic print file is received by the printer. A method for printing a document is also provided. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100487 | PRINT SERVER FOR A PORTABLE DEVICE - Systems and methods for a print server are provided that includes a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory including instructions causing the processor to receive data from a computing device in a format native to the computing device and process the data received from the computing device into a format native to a printing device connected to the print server. The instructions further cause the system to provide control signals to the print device and provide the data to the print device in the format native to a printer connected to the print server. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100488 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming system includes at least one transmission apparatus, and plural image forming apparatuses, wherein the transmission apparatus includes a transmission section that transmits printing data to a first image forming apparatus of the plural image forming apparatuses, wherein the first image forming apparatus includes a receiving section that receives printing data from the transmission apparatus or other image forming apparatuses, and a printing data transmission section that transmits the printing data or substantially identical printing data generated on the basis of the printing data, to the image forming apparatuses other than the own apparatus among the plural image forming apparatuses, when printing data which is substantially identical to the printing data received by the receiving section cannot be acquired from the image forming apparatuses corresponding to the predefined reference number among the plural image forming apparatuses. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100489 | PRINT CONTROLLING TERMINAL APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROLLING METHOD OF CONTROLLING TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A print controlling method, an image forming method and a print controlling terminal apparatus are provided. The print controlling method includes receiving a job command to execute a printing job, determining whether accumulative printing is needed based on a ratio of a number of accumulated organic photo conductor (OPC) revolutions to a number of accumulated output pages of the image forming apparatus, if it is determined that the accumulative printing is needed, accumulating and storing data of the printing job, and, if a number of printing pages of entire data accumulated and stored is greater than or equal to a pre-set threshold number of pages, transmitting all the data to the image forming apparatus. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100490 | MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A management apparatus, which manages status information of a printing apparatus that processes a print job, comprises: a status acquisition unit configured to acquire, as the status information, device status information of the printing apparatus and job status information of a print job processed by the printing apparatus; a status analysis unit configured to analyze the status information acquired by the status acquisition unit; and a change unit configured to change a status item included in the status information acquired by the status acquisition unit at a next or later time based on information analyzed by the status analysis unit. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100491 | PRINT CONTROL SYSTEM, METHOD OF CONTROLLING PRINTING, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The print control system includes a data conversion apparatus including a data conversion unit that converts application data to print data; an image processing apparatus including a print control unit that prints print data; and a data processing apparatus including a data conversion request unit that sends conversion request data including application data to be processed to the data conversion apparatus for requesting the converting of the application data to print data, and a print request unit that sends print request data including converting apparatus data indicating a data conversion apparatus from which print data to print is to be obtained to the image processing apparatus for requesting the obtaining of the converted print data from the indicated data conversion apparatus and printing the obtained print data. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100492 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND DATA TRANSFER METHOD - A printing system provided with a printer and a host computer which transfers image data to the printer includes a data transfer unit configured to transfer the image data as image data of a first data format in the case where a connection between the printer and the host computer is first connection means, and transfer the image data as image data of a second data format in the case where a connection between the printer and the host computer is second connection means, wherein the second connection means has less data communication amount per unit time than the first connection means, and when given image data is transferred, image data of the second data format, corresponding to the given image data, has less data amount than image data of the first data format, corresponding to the given image data. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100493 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus which transfers a print job to a lower apparatus that is included in a print system and located at a lower level in print processing, comprises: a determination unit configured to determine whether to cancel the print job; and a cancel command issuing unit configured, when the determination unit determines to cancel processing for the print job, to issue, to the lower apparatus for the print job, a cancel command to which information about a cancel reason is added. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100494 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND MANAGEMENT METHOD - A set value management service holds first operation setting information that is applied to an image forming apparatus belonging to a first management range managed thereby and second operation setting information which is applied to an image forming apparatus belonging to a second management range. The set value management service generates third operation setting information, which is applied to the image forming apparatus, when a user who corresponds to the second management range uses the image forming apparatus belonging to the first management range, using the second operation setting information. The set value management service accepts the operation setting information acquisition request from an image forming apparatus belonging to the first management range, which is used by a user who corresponds to the second management range, and returns the corresponding third operation setting information to the image forming apparatus. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100495 | CONTENT DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING CONTENT - Wallpaper serving as a screen and display content such as an image to be projected onto the wallpaper are created while maintaining their correlation. The created display content is projected on the wallpaper. The content display system creates a background image, which is a first image serving as a screen, and a second image for a predetermined area on the first image while maintaining their visual relationship, and forms a composite image of the second image on the first image by projecting the second image from a projector onto the predetermined area of the first image. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100496 | Power Supplier And Image Forming Apparatus Including The Power Supplier - A power supplier includes a power supply to provide a supplied power to the power supplier, a first capacitor charged by a predetermined voltage corresponding to supplied power supply, a power state detector to detect an on-state or an off-state of the power supply, a first controller to generate a first discharge control signal that has a signal level varying according to the state of the power supply and controls discharging of the predetermined voltage charged in the first capacitor, and a discharger connected to the first capacitor in parallel and to discharge the predetermined voltage charged in the first capacitor in response to the first discharge control signal, thereby reducing discharge risks to a user. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100497 | DISPLAY SYSTEM INCLUDING FIRST AND SECOND DISPLAY DEVICES - A display system includes an image forming apparatus for storing screen data and a portable information terminal for displaying a screen based on the screen data stored by the image forming apparatus. The display system accepts flick operation for requesting movement of a screen at the portable communication terminal and transmits flick information concerning the flick operation to the image forming apparatus. The display system successively transmits screen data of screens from the start of movement to completion of movement from the image forming apparatus to the portable communication terminal, based on the flick information. The display system displays a screen based on the transmitted screen data on the portable communication terminal. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100498 | IMAGE FORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - To realize effective load distribution and improve the performance in image formation processing, an image processing apparatus includes a first image processing unit configured to perform image processing on a drawing area, a second image processing unit configured to be differentiated from the first image processing unit, a load analysis unit configured to analyze a composition processing load of an object in the drawing area, a rotational angle analysis unit configured to analyze a rotational angle of the object in the drawing area, and a load distribution determination unit configured to determine whether to distribute a part of image formation processing to be applied on the drawing area from the first image processing unit to the second image processing unit based on the analyzed composition processing load of the object and the analyzed rotational angle of the object. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100499 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An invented information processing apparatus includes a designating unit for designating a particular letter or string, a judging unit for judging as to whether line data forming text data include the particular letter or string designated by the designating unit, and an editing unit for editing the line data judged by the judging unit as including the particular letter or string. The information processing apparatus can remove redundant data unnecessary for the users with better efficiency. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130107311 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND METHODS | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130107312 | LOCATION-BASED PRINT NOTIFICATIONS | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130107313 | EVALUATING AND MANAGING IMAGE QUALITY PERFORMANCE AND IMPROVING SERVICE EFFECTIVENESS OF GROUPS OF PRODUCTION PRINTERS | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130107314 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CLOUD PRINTING | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130107315 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130107316 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS SUPPORTING PLURALITY OF NETWORK INTERFACES AND METHOD OF EDITING ROUTING TABLE THEREOF | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130107317 | PRINTER, PRINTING CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130107318 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130107319 | PRINTING APPARATUS | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130107320 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR TRANSFERRING PRINTER DRIVER PREFERENCES | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130107321 | OPERATION DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130107322 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130107323 | Printer, Printer System, and Firmware Rewriting Method | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130107324 | Processing Print Requests | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130114103 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming system includes plural image forming devices, a determining unit determining an image forming device in which image data corresponding to user information is stored among the plural image forming devices, a first storage unit storing the user information and device information in a correlated manner, a transmitting device in which the user information is preset, a transmitting unit transmitting image data corresponding to the preset user information to the determined image forming device with respect to the user information, a second storage unit storing the transmitted image data, a receiving unit receiving an input of the user information, a first acquiring unit acquiring image data from an image forming device correlated with the input user information, and an image forming unit forming an image acquired by the first acquiring unit. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130114104 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus which is connected to at least one host device. The image forming apparatus includes a communication interface unit which communicates with the at least one host device; a user interface (UI) unit which provides information received from the at least one host device; and a control unit which receives information on one or more printable files, among a plurality of files currently being executed by the at least one host device, by accessing the at least one host device in accordance with a user command and provides the received printable file information. The received printable file information can be displayed and printed at the image forming apparatus. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130114105 | Semantically Ranking Content in a Website - Semantically ranking content in a website ( | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130114106 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A rendering process is not distributed in units that take into consideration an object construction. The rendering process divides printing data into page units, generates a plurality of divided printing data, merges divided printing data related to the same double spread page from the plurality of divided printing data, and converts each of the merged divided printing data into bitmap data by a plurality of rendering units. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130114107 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, CLOUD SERVER, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PRINTING THEREOF - An electronic apparatus is provided, which includes a searching unit searching for image forming devices to which the electronic apparatus is connectable, a user interface unit receiving a selection of an image forming device, by which a printing job is to be performed, of the searched image forming devices and receiving a selection of a document file, of which the printing job is to be performed, of document files stored in a cloud server, an updating unit receiving device information of the selected image forming device from the selected image forming device and updating device information of image forming devices pre-registered in the cloud server using the received device information of the image forming device, and a communication interface unit receiving print data of the selected document file from the cloud server and transferring the received print data to the selected image forming device. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130114108 | Network System, Cable Set, and Method and Program for Controlling Network System - A network system for operating multiple printers in different locations includes an RFID tag or print information that is arranged at a location where the printer is used and stores location information for identifying the location. The system further includes a printer provided with location information read capability for electromagnetically reading the location information stored in the RFID tag or optically reading the location information stored in the print information. The system associates the read location information with a network address and assigns the associated network address to the printer that has the location information. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130114109 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, ELECTRIC APPARATUS, AND RECORDING CONTROL METHOD - A disclosed image forming apparatus includes a recording unit which records image data on a recording medium; a first spread spectrum clock generator receiving a first clock signal, providing the first clock signal with frequency diffusion to have a first predetermined frequency diffusion width, and outputting a second clock signal; a PLL circuit outputting a third clock signal synchronously oscillating at a frequency obtained by multiplying the frequency of the first clock signal; an image processing unit receiving the third clock signal, and outputting the processed image data in synchronism with the third clock signal; a speed conversion unit receiving the second and third clock signals, and receiving and outputting the image data in synchronism with the second clock signal; and an input and output control unit outputting the image data to the recording unit in synchronism with the second clock signal. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130120787 | Image Processing For Images With Aroma Information - A method and apparatus for capturing a digital image, automatically detecting an object in the captured digital image, automatically determining that an identifiable scent corresponds to the detected object, and automatically storing information in association with the digital image for identifying the scent in a memory of the device. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120788 | Image Processing For Images With Aroma Information - A method and apparatus for processing a digital image by automatically detecting an object in the digital image, automatically determining that an identifiable scent corresponds to the detected object, and automatically storing information in association with the digital image for identifying the scent. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120789 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS HAVING PC-FAX TRANSMISSION FUNCTION, AND CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR - A communication apparatus that can leave a transmission history including transmission destination information as well as transmission destination dial information at the time of PC-FAX transmission. A facsimile apparatus, which is a communication apparatus having a PC-FAX transmission function, acquires transmission destination dial information from a facsimile transmission request received from a client terminal, searches an address book database registered in the facsimile apparatus to find an address book including transmission destination dial information coincident with the acquired dial information, and performs facsimile transmission based on the acquired transmission destination dial information. If an address book including transmission destination dial information coincident with the acquired dial information is found by the search, a transmission history is stored that includes dial information and transmission destination information that are registered in the address book found by the search. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120790 | CONTROL DEVICE - A control device includes a binarization processing unit which executes binarization processing on original image data using first and second types of binarization processing methods, and a compression processing unit which executes compression processing on the binary image data using one of a first type of compression processing method appropriate for compression of the binary image data generated using the first type of binarization processing method, and a second type of compression processing method appropriate for compression of the binary image data generated using the second type of binarization processing method. When the binary image data is generated using the first and second types of binarization processing methods, the compression processing unit selects the compression processing method according to a number of using times of the first type of binarization processing method and a number of using times of the second type of binarization processing method. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120791 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - This invention provides a mechanism which improves the operability by speeding up an operation of displaying a personal address book. To accomplish this, an information processing apparatus manages a plurality of transmit destinations by classifying the plurality of transmit destinations into a plurality of first transmit destination groups individually for respective users, and a second transmit destination group shared by a plurality of users, and displays on a display unit a list of transmit destinations included in a first transmit destination group corresponding to an authenticated user if an authentication function is valid, and displays on the display unit a list of transmit destinations included in the second transmit destination group if the authentication function is invalid. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120792 | Job Division Apparatus - A job division apparatus for dividing a print job including a plurality of print sets which are units to be processed by respective image forming apparatuses and transmitting the print sets to the image forming apparatuses. The job division apparatus includes a judgment unit configured to judge whether the print job is dividable at a planned division position indicating a position at which the print job is planned to be divided, on a basis of the planned division position and a set separation position for the print sets included in the print job, a calculator configured to calculate a division position by moving the planned division position so as to agree with the set separation position upon judgment that the print job is not dividable, and a divider configured to divide the print job on a basis of the division position as calculated. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120793 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming device includes a non-volatile print job storage unit configured to store a print job received from an outside of the image forming device, a non-volatile mapping table storage unit configured to store a mapping table associating a watermark with an overwrite erase pattern predetermined depending on confidentiality indicated by the watermark, a judgment unit configured to judge whether or not the watermark is included in the print job, an extractor configured to extract the overwrite erase pattern corresponding to the watermark included in the print job from the mapping table upon judgment by the judgment unit that the watermark is included, and an erase unit configured to perform an overwrite erase process on the print job stored in the print job storage unit on the basis of the overwrite erase pattern extracted by the extractor. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120794 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a storage unit, a selection unit, and a generation unit. The storage unit stores first route information for acquiring first print information from an information processing apparatus, and stores second route information for acquiring second print information via an information conversion apparatus. The selection unit selects the second route information if conversion of the first print information into the second print information is necessary. In response to determining that a factor disturbing an acquisition of the second print information exist, the generation unit changes the second route information selected by the selection unit to the first route information, and request the conversion to the information processing apparatus so that, among pieces of print information which can be output from the information processing apparatus and can be printed by the image forming apparatus, the first print information becomes print information closer to the second print information. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120795 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an operating section accepting an operation by a user, a receiving section receiving data for a print job from an externally connected instrument, an image forming section starting an image forming based on a print job if the operating section accepts an operation to start the print job or if the receiving section receives data for the print job, a display section displaying varieties of information for printing on a display area, a lighting section illuminating the display section from a back portion thereof, and a control section causing lighting of the lighting section to be turned off gradually part by part until finally turned off entirely if entire lighting of the lighting section is in a state of keeping being turned on when the image forming section starts an image forming. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120796 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus issues information for identifying a printing apparatus, determines, based on the information, whether printing is to be performed by the printing apparatus, and transmits a print target image to the printing apparatus based on a result of the determination. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120797 | RFID UHF STRIPLINE ANTENNA-COUPLER - A system having a multi-coupler array is provided. Each coupler is configured to communicate with a targeted transponder from among a group of multiple adjacent transponders. The couplers may each include one or more conductive strips, at least one terminating load, a dielectric material, a first ground plane, and a second ground plane. Each of the conductive strips can extend between the first and second ground planes and the dielectric material from an input end connected to a transceiver to a loaded end connected to the terminating load. The conductive strips may be configured to propagate electromagnetic fields concentrated in a near field region of the conductive strips in a direction generally perpendicular to the conductive strips to couple with a targeted transponder. The coupler may include an enclosure for directing the electromagnetic fields. The conductive strip may have a tapered or non-linear profile such as a modified bow-tie profile. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120798 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING PERFORMANCE OF TRIGONOMETRIC AND DISTANCE FUNCTION CALCULATIONS DURING PRINTING AND DISPLAY - Consistent with disclosed embodiments, systems and methods for optimizing printing of a print job comprising graphics by a printer are presented. In some embodiments, the method calculating optimal granularity for the print job, based on specified resolution and page size; generating at least one trigonometric table with the calculated granularity; determining if a job command in the print job comprises a trigonometric function; and, if so, obtaining at least one trigonometric value from the at least one trigonometric table based on information in the job command. A similar process may be used to optimize printing by reducing the number of distance calculations performed by using sub tables. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120799 | JOB PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF AND STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - It is confirmed whether or not a job that instructs the execution of multiple processes using the XML language includes a process that cannot be executed by a job processing unit, and in the case where it has been confirmed that the job includes a process that cannot be executed by the job processing unit, the job processing unit is caused to execute a process that the job processing unit is capable of executing from among the multiple processes. Processes that cannot be executed by the job processing unit are ignored, cancelled, or processed according to a pre-set specification. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120800 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND REMOTE-SCAN IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - In the image processing device, method and system of the present invention, a destination identifier of an image file is stored, the destination identifier indicating one of a plurality of external stations as a destination station which receives the image file from the image processing device through a network. At least one of a sender identifier of the image file, a subject identifier of the image file and a scan condition of the image file is stored. The image file is transmitted, together with at least one of the sender identifier, the subject identifier and the scan condition, through the network to one of the external stations indicated by the stored destination identifier. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130128301 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REPURPOSING E-MAIL CORRESPONDENCE TO SAVE PAPER AND INK - E-mail correspondence is repurposed to save paper and ink. An indication that a printout of e-mail correspondence from a printer has been requested is received. Further, a plurality of e-mail messages that belong to an e-mail conversation tree is detected. In addition, the plurality of e-mail messages in the e-mail conversation tree is reordered according to a respective timestamp associated with each e-mail message in the plurality of e-mail messages. The respective timestamp indicates a time of transmission. A root e-mail message is determined according to an earliest respective timestamp. The root e-mail message is a root node of the e-mail conversation tree. Further, a plurality of content blocks from the root e-mail message is recorded as a set of print blocks. In addition, a plurality of subsequent e-mail message content blocks with the set of print blocks. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130128302 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING CAPACITY ALLOCATION AND JOB SIZE THRESHOLDS FOR PRINT JOBS HAVING HEAVY-TAILED DISTRIBUTIONS - A method of identifying a cell configuration for a print shop may include determining a print job size distribution for a plurality of print jobs. The method may include identifying one or more print device requirements associated with a cell in a print shop, identifying a plurality of available print devices associated with the print shop and determining, by a computing device, a plurality of different configurations of the available print devices that satisfy the one or more print device requirements. The method may include, for each configuration, determining a print job size threshold value, and determining, by the computing device, a processing time associated with processing the plurality of print jobs by a cell having the configuration and the determined print job size threshold value. The method may include selecting, by the computing device, the cell having the configuration associated with the smallest processing time. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130128303 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING SUSTAINABILITY METRICS IN A PRINT PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT - A method of determining a print shop sustainability metric over a period of time may include, for each of a plurality of print devices in a print shop, determining a low-activity state sustainability metric value associated with the print device operating in one or more low-activity states over a period of time, determining a print shop low-activity state sustainability metric value associated with the print shop, and determining a processing state sustainability metric value associated with the print device operating in a processing state over the period of time, determining a print shop processing state sustainability metric value associated with the print shop, determining a print shop sustainability metric value and displaying one or more of the low-activity state sustainability metric values, the processing state sustainability metric values, the print shop sustainability metric value, the print shop processing state sustainability metric value and the print shop sustainability metric value. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130128304 | PRINTING METHOD FOR MAINTAINING PROPER PAGE SEQUENCE WHILE REDUCING PRINTER ARTIFACTS - A printing method for a print job having at least two pages. After determining a position of rolled media in the printer, print data for either a first page or a second page of the print job can be staged for printing first. This can be performed at a host computer connected to the printer or it can be performed in the printer. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130128305 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING AN ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT - Methods, devices, and computer-readable storage media are provided. Some embodiments of the invention include an image processing device displaying on a display of the image processing device a machine-readable code, wherein information encoded in the machine-readable code is usable by a mobile computing device to establish a communication session between the mobile computing device and the image processing device. In some embodiments, the mobile computing device reads the machine-readable code, obtains the information by decoding the machine-readable code, and establishes the communication session using the information. In some embodiments, during the communication session, the image processing device receives a scan command, scans a physical document in response to the scan command, and sends an electronic document representing the scanned physical document to the mobile computing device. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130128306 | PRINT SYSTEM, PRINT CONTROL DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - An upload service that executes upload processing corresponding to a print service selected by a mobile terminal receives an access from the mobile terminal and the upload service returns an execution request including an instruction character string for calling an upload unit that executes local processing required for execution of the upload processing to the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal executes the local processing by calling the upload unit based on the instruction character string included in the execution request. Upon receiving an upload of a document file to be printed from the upload unit, the upload service saves the document file. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130128307 | PRINTING DEVICE AND PRINTING METHOD OF PRINTING DEVICE - The printing device has a data generating section (controller section) which conducts image processing with a plurality of processors to generate dot data for printing from image data; and a printing section that conducts printing to a printing medium based on the dot data sent from the data generating section. The data generating section has a first processing mode that conducts processing to first image data that is a part of image data using N processors, and a second processing mode that conducts processing to second image data that is a part of image data using M processors, with N and M representing the number of the processors. N and M are natural numbers which are different from each other. The first processing mode and the second processing mode are determined depending on complexity of the image data. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130128308 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication apparatus at a client side communicates with a server to update remote one-touch keys each time because a remote one-touch key can be deleted or added in a communication apparatus at the server side. However, a remote one-touch key selected to specify a transmission destination can be used to deselect the transmission destination. Consequently, the communication apparatus at the client side does not update the remote one-touch keys while the remote one-touch key is selected to specify the transmission destination. With the configuration, the one-touch keys provided from the communication apparatus at the server side can be used while the operability of the one-touch keys is maintained. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130128309 | PRINT SYSTEM AND PRINT DATA GENERATION APPARATUS - A print system includes a print data generation apparatus that is activated through an inputted activating instruction and generates print data containing image data and configuration information at the time of printing an image based on the image data, and a print apparatus that prints an image based on the print data generated by the print data generation apparatus. The print data generation apparatus has an acquisition section that acquires image data according to the inputted activating instruction, a generation section that generates print data containing the image data acquired by the acquisition section and predetermined configuration information, and a sending section that sends the print data generated by the generation section to the print apparatus. The time taken from the operator inputting printing instruction to the print data generation apparatus to printed image being outputted from the print apparatus is short. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130128310 | OUTPUT CONTROL APPARATUS, OUTPUT CONTROL SYSTEM, AND OUTPUT CONTROL METHOD - An output control apparatus that includes a network interface that connects to an output device, a storing unit that stores a document and output control information indicating whether each page of the document is permitted to be output on the output device, and an output document control unit that determines, when a request for obtaining the stored document is received from the output device, which page images of the document are permitted to be output on the output device based on the output control information and the output device and that sends to the output device each page image which is determined to be permitted to be output on the output device. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130128311 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS SUPPORTING PEER-TO-PEER CONNECTION AND METHOD OF EXECUTING APPLICATION PROGRAM THEREOF THROUGH INTERNET PROTOCOL ADDRESS LINKAGE - An application program may be executed through an Internet protocol (IP) address linkage in an image forming apparatus supporting a peer-to-peer connection. The application program may be executed by performing a method which includes connecting the image forming apparatus to a wireless device through a wireless local area network, driving a soft access point (AP) module of the image forming apparatus so that the image forming apparatus functions as an AP, driving a dynamic host configuration protocol server of the image forming apparatus to allocate a dynamic IP address to the connected wireless device, and linking the dynamic IP address allocated to the wireless device with a static IP address that is preset with respect to the wireless device. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130128312 | IMAGE INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICE, IMAGE INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORD MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR IMAGE INFORMATION PROCESSING - An image information storage device is configured such that, when an output control unit makes the output unit output an image represented by first image data stored in an image data storage, the output control unit makes the output unit also output the registration information which has been associated with the first image data, or when the output control unit makes the output unit output first registration information stored in the registration information storage unit, the output control unit makes the output unit also output an image represented by image data which has been associated with first registration information. Further, when there is an input specifying association of the first registration information stored in the registration information storage unit with second image data, the registration control unit associates the first registration information with the first image data and the second image data, and stores in the registration information storage unit. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130135663 | INTEGRATION OF PRE-PRINTED INSERT PAGE IMAGES WITH PRINT PREVIEWS - Systems and methods are provided for including sheet images of pre-printed inserts in a print preview for a print job. The system is operable to receive a print job, to receive a request for a print preview of the print job, and to rasterize logical pages of the print job to generate sheet images. The system is further operable to identify inserts to be integrated with printed versions of the sheet images of the logical pages, and to include sheet images of the inserts with the sheet images of the logical pages for the print preview. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135664 | STORAGE OF PROCESSED CONTENT FOR PRINTING - In one embodiment, a command to store content at a persistent memory location is receive at a first computer system from a second computer system. The storage command was sent by the second system responsive to a directive from a user, and the location was identified to the user as a location for storage of printable content. The content is obtained, and stored in a raster processed format at the location. A command to print the processed content is received. The processed content is sent to a network-connected printer for printing in response to receipt of the print command. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135665 | PRINTING SYSTEM - A system for providing printing services at an education institution, campus, airport, shopping mall, or similar area through a plurality of separate, stand-alone printing kiosks or similar devices in several locations. The system comprises a software platform in a network or “cloud” environment connecting the printing kiosks in a network. The network can be wired or wireless. The system enables users to print from any location to the network of kiosks. The user uploads the document or file to be printed from his or her computing device, smartphone, or similar device to the printing network or “cloud,” and is given a release code. With the release code, or in an alternative embodiment, with a user name and password, the user can access and print out the document at any particular kiosk throughout the world. Users also may access the printing services directly at the kiosks. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135666 | METHOD FOR CUSTOMIZING COVER FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method and system for customizing a cover for an electronic device is provided. A plurality of templates associated with a plurality of electronic devices are provided. A client may select a template. The client may create and edit images on the template associated with a model of an electronic device. The method including printing or manufacturing the customized cover using the template. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135667 | PRINTING METHOD USING PULL PRINTING TECHNIQUE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A printing method using a pull printing technique and an image forming apparatus using the same obtains remaining printing data not stored in the image forming apparatus from a server for a print job. The image forming apparatus requests from the server a portion of the printing data necessary for the print job requested by a user based on the printing data already stored in the image forming apparatus. Time delay or a storage shortage problem which may occur for the same print job may be solved. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135668 | PRINT SYSTEM, RELAY SERVER, PROCESSING DEVICE, PRINT SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The information processing device of the present invention transmits printer information including a print setting to a print service device and registers the printer information in the print service device. Then, the information processing device receives a request for realizing a batch setting in the print service server in which a plurality of print settings is settable in a collective manner. When the request has been received, the information processing device registers batch setting printer information regarding the same printer as that corresponding to the printer information and corresponds to the setting content of the batch setting desired for implementation, in addition to the printer information in the print service device. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135669 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND MANAGEMENT SERVER THEREOF - A server includes: a receiving unit receiving, from each of a plurality of image forming apparatuses, a schedule including information related to a period in which each image forming apparatus enters an energy saving mode; an analyzing unit analyzing the received schedules group by group; a changing unit changing the schedule or schedules of image forming apparatuses belonging to each group in accordance with the result of analysis; and a transmitting unit transmitting the changed schedule to a corresponding image forming apparatus. Each image forming apparatus operates in accordance with the schedule transmitted from the server. Thus, image forming apparatuses belonging to a group as a whole can be operated appropriately. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135670 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, SERVER APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming system includes: an MFP switchable between a standby state and a power-saving state; a plurality of client computers outputting a print instruction to the MFP; and a server computer managing the MFP and the client computers. To the plurality of client computers, schedule information is input by the users of respective client computers. The server computer obtains the schedule information from the client computers and analyzes the schedule information. Based on the information resulting from the analysis, the server computer outputs an instruction to switch the MFP from the standby state to the power-saving state, to the MFP. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135671 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit which forms an image based on a JOB; a display operation unit which enables a display and an operation for the JOB; and a control unit which manages the JOB and controls the image forming unit and the display operation unit, wherein the control unit arranges a predetermined number of JOBs on one screen according to a reservation order to be output in the display operation unit, displays a list switched of a page or scrolled by an instructing operation of a user, updates the display of the displayed list, selects the JOB in the displayed list by the instructing operation of the user, executes the instructing operation for the selected JOB, and maintains at least the selected JOB displayed on the screen to be displayed on the screen. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135672 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PREVIEW DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM AND PREVIEW DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A printing system including a client terminal, a printing apparatus, and a Web server for allowing the client terminal to display a print preview image, wherein the client terminal includes: a print setting section which, when a print setting is changed on a screen notifies the Web server of the changed print setting and requires creation of a print preview image, and when a predetermined time period has elapsed after the change, requests the print preview image reflecting the changed print setting; and a preview display section which displays the image acquired from the Web server, and wherein the Web server includes: a control section which, when the changed print setting is notified, creates the print preview image by reflecting the change, and when the print preview image is required, sends the print preview image reflecting the changed print setting to the client terminal. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135673 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, PRINT SERVER, PRINT CONTROL SYSTEM, PRINT CONTROL METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing device sends a print job to a print server for applying a printing rule to the print job. The information processing device comprises: a print job generation part for generating the print job; a display part for displaying a printing rule application result showing a result of application by the print server of the printing rule; a manipulation input part for receiving an entry of an instruction as to whether or not to continue a process relating to the print job with the printing rule application result being displayed; and a print job control part for making the process relating to the print job terminate in response to entry of the instruction to refuse continuation of the print job process, while making the print job process continue in response to entry of the instruction to permit the continuation of the print job process. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135674 | NETWORK CONNECTABLE DEVICE AND METHOD OF CHANGING DEVICE'S OWN NAME - A network connectable device in an embodiment includes a memory, a processor, and an interface. The memory pre-stores the name information of the network connectable device. The processor acquires the name information from the memory, adds first information including a prescribed character or character string to the beginning of the name information, and stores the resultant name information in the memory. The interface receives an electronic message and sends the name information stored in the memory and having the first information added to the beginning. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135675 | SERVER AND METHOD FOR THE SAME - A server is provided that includes a connection establishing unit configured to establish a connection with an intended image processing device, an information acquiring unit configured to acquire user information for identifying a user who requests to establish the connection with the intended image processing device, a storage unit configured to store the user information acquired by the information acquiring unit, in association with the intended image processing device, and a changing unit configured to change a setting for each image processing device belonging to a group that includes image processing devices stored in the storage unit in association with user information identical to the acquired user information. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135676 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS TO WHICH PORTABLE STORAGE MEDIUM CAN BE CONNECTED - An image forming apparatus to which a portable storage medium can be connected includes a storage unit, a connecting unit, and a control unit. The storage unit stores default setting information. A portable storage medium that can store user-specific setting information customized to the individual users is connected to the connecting unit. When the portable storage medium in which the user-specific setting information is stored is connected to the connecting unit, the control unit performs a process based on the user-specific setting information stored in the portable storage medium without changing the default setting information stored in the storage unit. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135677 | SERVER, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - A server is provided that includes a connection unit configured to establish connections with an information processing device and a plurality of image processing devices, a first receiving unit configured to receive image processing device information for identifying a specified one of the plurality of image processing devices that is to be used by the information processing device, from the specified image processing device, a second receiving unit configured to receive information processing device information for identifying the information processing device, from the specified image processing device, and a transmission unit configured to transmit, to the information processing device identified by the information processing device information, a display instruction for causing the information processing device to display thereon the specified image processing device identified by the image processing device information. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135678 | DATA COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A document transmission apparatus reduces troublesome labor of an operator when transmitting document data, inputted from a scanner or the like, by various transmission methods such as electronic mail, facsimile, remote printing and file transfer. An address book containing a receiver and a plurality of transmission methods for transmitting document data to the receiver is generated. Upon transmission instruction, an appropriate transmission method is selected by the receiver, then document data is converted into data of an appropriate data format, and the converted data is transmitted. Further, a notice of transmission indicating that the document data has been transmitted is transmitted to the receiver of the document data by a method different from the transmission method of the document data. Thus, the document data can be reliably delivered to the receiver. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130141755 | FACILITATING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND PRINTERS - The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates communication between a portable electronic device connected to a structured network and a printer. During operation, the system uses a peer-to-peer connection between the portable electronic device and the printer to confirm use of the structured network for subsequent communication between the portable electronic device and the printer. Next, the system enables use of the structured network for the communication by transmitting credentials for the structured network from the portable electronic device to the printer, wherein the transmitted credentials are used by the printer to connect to the structured network. Finally, the system transfers the communication from the peer-to-peer connection to a direct connection between the portable electronic device and the printer on the structured network. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141756 | AUTHENTICATING PRINTERS PRIOR TO PAIRING WITH PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES - The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates the execution of a print job. During operation, the system receives, at a printer, a signal from a portable electronic device indicating the printer has been selected for the print job. Next, in response to the selection, the system generates an output that facilitates identification of the printer by a user of the portable electronic device. The system also provides a mechanism for confirming physical access to the printer by the user. Upon confirming the physical access to the printer by the user, the system establishes a direct connection between the portable electronic device and the printer, wherein the direct connection is subsequently used by the portable electronic device and the printer to perform the print job. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141757 | PRINTER DRIVER CACHING METHOD - A method wherein image data is generated for a logical first page of a print job and for a logical second page of the print job. These are stored for later access. The position of a receiver media in a printer is determined with respect to one of two printheads. A print job is started in duplex format using either printhead, including printing the logical second page of the print job before printing the logical first page of the print job, as necessary. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141758 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an operation unit receiving an instruction, and a connecting unit to which a wireless communication unit is detachably attached. The connecting unit is arranged at a bottom surface of a recessed portion formed on a back surface. The recessed portion has such a depth d that an indicator unit indicating a communicating state of a wireless communication unit, arranged on a surface of the wireless communication unit attached to the connecting unit, protrudes from the recessed portion. Thus, the possibility that a USB wireless LAN adaptor is damaged by external force or is erroneously pulled out can be reduced, the communicating state can easily be recognized visually, and thus, the USB wireless LAN adaptor can be used safely. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141759 | PRINTING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present printing apparatus comprises a reception unit that receives print job identification information for identifying a print job from an information processing apparatus and print data for executing a print job, and a printing unit that executes printing according to print data received by the reception unit. Also, the printing apparatus manages print job information including the print job identification information and the number of pages already printed in a print job, discards data about pages to be printed when the page number to be printed in executing printing by the printing unit is at or below the number of pages already printed in a managed print job, and causes the printing unit to execute printing when the page number to be printed exceeds the number of pages already printed. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141760 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus is connected to a first image forming apparatus and another information processing apparatus over a network. The information processing apparatus includes an apparatus information managing unit that registers, to a storage unit, apparatus information related to the first image forming apparatus and a second image forming apparatus directly connected to the other information processing apparatus; a first request transmitting unit that transmits, to the first image forming apparatus, a first request to form and output an image; and a second request transmitting unit that transmits, to the other information processing apparatus, a second request to cause the second image forming apparatus to form and output an image. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141761 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - A server included in an image processing system executes processing including: upon accepting a job issued, before the job is processed by an MFP, specifying a usage amount of the MFP in a case where the job is processed by the MFP, as a usage amount for the job, and reserving the usage amount for the job from the usage amount of the MFP permitted to an issuer of the job; and upon reservation of the usage amount for the job, storing the job in association with the usage amount for the job. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130148154 | PRINTING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus for being communicably connected to a server that manages messages complying with rules of a short sentence communication service from the image forming apparatus and responds by the messages to requests from an information processing terminal, comprises: an acquisition unit configured to acquire internal information of the apparatus itself; a generation unit configured to generate, in accordance with conditions set beforehand, distribution data including a message that complies with the rules of the short sentence communication service and concerns the information acquired by the acquisition unit, coordinate information about the apparatus itself, and position information for communicating with the apparatus itself via a predetermined network; and a distribution unit configured to distribute the distribution data generated by the generation unit to the server. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130148155 | RELAY SERVER, RELAY SERVER CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing device acquires status information of a printer, and adds a status name indicating the acquired status information to a printer name of the printer and updates a printer name in printer information corresponding to the printer managed by a print service device with the printer name to which the status name has been added. Also, the print service device manages printer information undated with the printer name to which the status name has been added, and generates a print setting screen, on which the printer name to which the status name has been added is to be displayed, based on the printer information managed by the print service device and transmits the generated print setting screen to a user device. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130148156 | PRINTING CONDITION DETERMINING APPARATUS, PRINTING CONDITION DETERMINING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A group of printing conditions, which have at least one condition item in common except for environmental condition items concerning a temperature and humidity environment for printing, is selected from among a plurality of printing conditions. A list image, which represents a line-up of visible information concerning the temperature and humidity environment depending on the environmental condition items, and which is included in the printing conditions of the selected group, is generated and displayed. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130148157 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - Disclosed is an image forming apparatus that includes: an inputting section to input first job data, serving as a base data group, and second job data, serving as an assembly of data for insertion, each of which is to be inserted into a inserting position of first job data, therefrom; a control section that divides second job data into plural sets of data for insertion so as to respectively insert plural sets of data for insertion into inserting positions of first job data, each of which is inserting position, and combines them with each other, in order to create a plurality of image forming use job data; and an image forming section to form images based on plurality of image forming use job data. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130148158 | PRINTING APPARATUS HAVING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FUNCTION, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR PRINTING APPARATUS - In a printing apparatus that prints a PIN code on a sheet, the printing apparatus performs control to suppress setting failure of WPS due to time-out at least until printing of the PIN code is completed (successfully printed). | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130148159 | JOB CONTROL SYSTEM AND JOB CONTROL METHOD - A system includes electronic apparatuses, an information terminal, and an information processing apparatus connected via a data communication line to the electronic apparatuses and the information terminal. The information processing apparatus includes a job executing apparatus determining unit configured to perform a determination process based on apparatus information received from the electronic apparatuses to determine one of the electronic apparatuses as an executing electronic apparatus for executing a requested job, and a data conversion unit configured to convert requested job data received from the information terminal into converted data that the executing electronic apparatus can process and transmit the converted data to the executing electronic apparatus to request execution of the requested job. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130148160 | PRINT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, DISTRIBUTED PRINTING SYSTEM, AND MANAGING METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED PRINTING SYSTEM - A print management system, includes a management unit to receive print manuscript data from a connected manuscript processor, and obtain status information indicating states of connected multiple output enabled printers; a status identification unit to predict whether the output enabled printers stop in the middle of a print job; and a print data generator to generate multiple types of print data whose amount of toner consumption during printing is different respectively, based on the print manuscript data. The management unit classifies the output enabled printers predicted that there is less possibility to stop in the middle of a print job as output candidate printers, and selects an output destination printer from the output candidate printers. The management unit selects one type of print data from the multiple types of print data, depending on the output destination printer, and outputs the selected print data to the output destination printer. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130148161 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS SUPPORTING PEER-TO-PEER CONNECTION AND METHOD OF MANAGING CHANNEL THEREOF - Provided is a multi-function printer (MFP) supporting Wi-Fi Direct. The MFP includes a print engine to perform a printing operation, a first wireless interface to connect the MFP to an access point (AP) of an infrastructured network, a second wireless interface to connect the MFP to an external wireless terminal in a Wi-Fi Direct, a soft AP to allow the MFP to perform as an AP when the MFP is Wi-Fi Direct connected, and a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server unit allocating an internet protocol (IP) address to the wireless device that is Wi-Fi Direct connected to the MFP, where the MFP is simultaneously connected to an AP of the infrastructured network and an external wireless terminal via the first wireless interface and the second wireless interface by using one channel. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130148162 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS SUPPORTING PEER TO PEER CONNECTION AND METHOD OF PERFORMING IMAGE FORMING OPERATION THEREOF - A method of performing an image forming operation in an image forming apparatus supporting peer to peer (P2P) connection includes P2P connecting the image forming apparatus to an external wireless device while the image forming apparatus is wirelessly connected to an access point (AP) of an infrastructured network, receiving a discovery packet from the wireless device via a P2P interface, transmitting to the wireless device a response packet including an Internet protocol (IP) address of the P2P interface, receiving from the wireless device an image forming operation performing request having the IP address of the P2P interface as a destination, and performing the requested image forming operation. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130148163 | PRINTING APPARATUS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, PRINTING APPARATUS MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PRINTING APPARATUS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - A printing apparatus management system includes: a printing apparatus which includes an IC tag performing wireless communication with the outside and a memory being connected to the IC tag; and a first information terminal which has at least a function of writing information in the memory through wireless communication with the IC tag. The first information terminal maintains authentication data used by the printing apparatus, writes the authentication data in the memory, and transmits the authentication data to another information terminal. In addition, the printing apparatus interrupts a predetermined function, when the authentication data is written by the first information terminal, and in a state where authentication data is written in the memory, the printing apparatus makes the predetermined function effective, when the authentication data written by the first information terminal before the interruption state and the authentication data written after the interruption state accord with each other. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130148164 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes an internal memory section installed within an apparatus housing, a communication section for performing data communications with an external memory medium detachably attached to the apparatus housing, and a data writing section for writing data to the external memory medium and the internal memory section. In a case where the external memory medium detached from the apparatus housing during writing the data is attached again to the apparatus housing, the data writing section reads out the data written to the internal memory section, and writes the data to the external memory medium. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130148165 | Automatic Detection and Reconfiguration of Devices - Described is a technology by which movement of a shared network device (e.g., a printer or storage device) to a different network machine triggers an automatic reconfiguration of the device and/or the network machines, so that those machines remain able to share that device. Configuration data may be pushed to the network machines, pulled by the network machines, and/or provided to a server by which the network machines may access the confirmation data. Reconfiguration may include creating a system user account and modifying the permissions associated with the device so that the other machine has access permission to use the device via the created account. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130148166 | PRINTING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND PHOTO-DIRECT PRINTING APPARATUS - In a printing system in which a digital camera (DSC) and PD printer apparatus are directly connected via a USB, and image data is transmitted from the DSC to the PD printer apparatus and printed, Capability of the PD printer apparatus is transmitted from the PD printer apparatus to the DSC after communication procedures are established by an application (NCDP) installed in the PD printer apparatus and DSC. The PD printer apparatus is caused to execute print operation in accordance with print conditions set by the DSC on the basis of the transmitted Capability. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130148167 | PRINTING OBJECTS USING A ROLLING BUFFER - An electronic architecture for an imaging data path allows for printing on objects that are unevenly spaced. The architecture uses a rolling image buffer into which images are copied. A hardware trigger can optionally be used in conjunction with the rolling image buffer to prevent any printing mismatches that could otherwise be caused by a software delay. The trigger relates the physical location of the object to a virtual location in the image buffer. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130155448 | SCANNER WITH EXCEPTION PREVIEW - A scanning system is described providing an exception correction capability during multi-page scanning operations. A sensing system is used to sense exception conditions during a multi-page scanning operation. In response to detecting an exception, at least one scanned page associated with the exception condition is displayed on an image display and a user interface system is used to provide a plurality of user-selectable corrective actions associated with the exception condition. One or more corrective operations are then performed in response to a user selecting a particular corrective action. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130155449 | PRINTER APPLICATION STATES - In one embodiment, first data is received at a computer system from a first network-connected printer. The first data includes state data describing a state of a printer application as accessed and viewable by a user at the first printer. The first data additionally includes content to be edited via the application. The first data is sent to a computing device that is configured to provide a user with access and a view to the content via the state. The computing device is additionally configured to enable a user utilizing the application to perform an editing function not available at the first printer. Edited content, that is the result of user editing of the content at the device via the application, is received from the device. The edited content is sent to a network-connected printer for printing. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130155450 | RECORDING APPARATUS HAVING A PLURALITY OF ANTENNAS - A recording apparatus includes a casing, a recording unit, and a plurality of antennas. The recording unit is accommodated in the casing and is configured to record an image on a recording medium. The plurality of antennas is provided in the casing. Each of the plurality of antennas is configured to receive, by a short-range wireless communication, data transmitted from a communication terminal brought close to the casing. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130155451 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The setting management service determines whether or not to hand over configuration data before being replaced to an image forming apparatus after being replaced based on a changed content of device configuration information of the image forming apparatus after being replaced and a handover condition associated with configuration data of the image forming apparatus when the image forming apparatus is replaced, and specifies a setting item required for a reset based on a content of a change flag indicating whether or not a user has changed a setting of configuration data from an initial value to thereby notifies the specified setting item to the image forming apparatus when configuration data is not handed over. The image forming apparatus that has received the notification displays a screen that prompts a reset of the setting item required for the reset. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130155452 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD INVOLVING REUSE FUNCTION - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes an authenticating section, a permitting section, and an input section. The authenticating section authenticates a user. The permitting section permits the user authenticated by the authenticating section to execute a new job using data associated with the user and stored concerning already-completed jobs. The input section enables the user to change at least one of conditions for execution of the new job with respect to the already-completed jobs permitted by the permitting section and input the condition. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130155453 | DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING A CONNECTION STATE OF AN EXTERNAL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD - A display apparatus and method are disclosed. The display apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a plurality of terminals, a display unit which displays a selection screen for selecting an external device to be connected to the display apparatus, and a control unit which controls the display unit to display a terminal image which shows a placement of the plurality of terminals and a guiding image for guiding to a terminal which corresponds corresponding to the selected external device from among the plurality of terminals when an external device is selected through the selection screen. Accordingly, a user may easily and quickly connect a connector of the external device to the terminal of the display apparatus. The display method includes displaying a connection setting menu for selecting an external device on a screen at a user's request; generating a guiding screen which includes a terminal image showing a placement state of the plurality of terminals and a guiding image for guiding to a terminal which corresponds to the external device from among the plurality of terminals, when the connection setting menu is selected; and displaying the guiding screen. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130155454 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus comprises a display unit and an image forming unit. The display unit displays a list of print jobs. The image forming unit forms an image based on the print job registered last, if a first printing instruction is given without selecting a print job from the list of print jobs displayed on the display unit. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130155455 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND DATA CONVERSION METHOD - When a printing apparatus designated by a user obtains print data not capable of being printed in the printing apparatus, the printing apparatus transmits the print data to other apparatus with specification information representing a specification of the printing apparatus. In this case, the other apparatus converts the received print data to print data capable of being printed in the printing apparatus based on the specification information, and transmits the print data back to the printing apparatus. The printing apparatus prints based on the converted print data. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130155456 | Dynamically adjusting the complexity of worker tasks in a multi-threaded application - Disclosed are methods of allocating tasks for a print job in a multi-threaded system. One method determines a utilisation measure of at least one of a plurality of intermediate data generating threads, and a complexity limit of a intermediate data generation task. The complexity limit is decreased if the determined utilisation measure of the intermediate data generating thread is under a predetermined threshold. The complexity limit limits a processing load of the intermediate data generation task to be allocated to the intermediate data generating thread. The method then compares the processing load of the intermediate data generation task to be allocated with the determined complexity limit, and allocates the intermediate data generation task to the intermediate data generating thread for processing in an event that the processing load of the intermediate data generation task satisfies the complexity limit. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130155457 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus provided with an image memory includes a printing unit configured to print data, a determining unit configured to determine whether data of all pages of the print data can be stored in the image memory as reprint data, a storage unit configured to store data of a first page to an N-th page of the print data into the image memory in a case where the determining unit determines that the data of the all pages of the print data cannot be entirely stored in the image memory as the reprint data, an accepting unit configured to accept a reprint start instruction, and a receiving unit configured to receive a remaining data of an N+1-th page to a final page of the print data, wherein the printing unit prints the stored data and the receiving unit receives the remaining data to be printed. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130155458 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus is configured to be capable of communication with an image forming apparatus through a network and to operate in a first power state where information can be transmitted to outside and a second power state where information cannot be output to outside. The information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information indicating a state of the image forming apparatus, a storage unit configured, if the information acquired by the acquisition unit includes information indicating that the image forming apparatus enters the second power state, to store the information, and a control unit configured, if the communication with the image forming apparatus is disabled in a state that the information is stored in the storage unit, to display information indicating that the image forming apparatus enters the second power state on a display section. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130155459 | CRUM CHIP, IMAGE FORMING APPARRATUS, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD OF CRUM CHIP - A CRUM chip mountable on a consumables unit of an image processing unit includes an interface unit configured to receive a first signal including first data and first integrity monitoring data for the first data from a main body of the image forming apparatus, a monitoring unit configured to separate the first integrity monitoring data from the first signal and monitor integrity of the first signal, a data processing unit configured to generate second data to be transmitted to the main body of the image processing unit, a generating unit configured to generate second integrity monitoring data using the second data and the first integrity monitoring data, and a control unit configured to control the interface unit to transmit a second signal including the second data and the second integrity monitoring data to the main body of the image forming apparatus. Therefore, stability of communication is improved. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130155460 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINT JOB PRODUCTION METHOD, AND PRINT JOB OUTPUT METHOD - A data processing apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store electronic data including first data for identifying policy data that is information indicating an authority for handling the electronic data and is managed by a server apparatus. The data processing apparatus includes a print job data production unit configured to produce print job data based on electronic data to be printed, an acquisition unit configured to acquire the first data included in the electronic data, an adding unit configured to add the first data acquired by the acquisition unit to the print job data, and a sending unit configured to send the print job data having the first data added thereto to an image processing apparatus. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130155461 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A display apparatus displays an identification information element corresponding to an image currently displayed on a display unit in accordance with a first instruction from a user. In accordance with a second instruction from the user, the display apparatus causes a printing apparatus to perform printing based on an image data element corresponding to an identification information element selected by the user from among one or more identification information elements being displayed. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130155462 | Approach For Managing Printer Driver Settings - An approach is provided for managing printer driver settings. According to the approach, printer driver settings specified by a user for electronic data are maintained as a “print tag”. Print tags may be stored, either local to a client device or remotely to a client device, and later retrieved when electronic data is to be printed again. This allows printer driver settings to be maintained on a per electronic data, e.g., electronic document, basis and re-used any number of times. It also allows printer driver settings to be persistently maintained when the execution of application programs and print drivers is terminated or in the event of failures. Print tags may be shared among different users to allow multiple users to easily and conveniently use the same printer driver settings to print the same electronic data, without each user having to manually enter the printer driver settings. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130155463 | METHOD FOR SELECTING USER DESIRABLE CONTENT FROM WEB PAGES - A method for selecting user desirable content from web pages includes receiving a web page, representing the web page as a Document Object Module (DOM) tree, computing visual and coordinate information of each Document Object Module (DOM) node within the Document Object Module (DOM) tree, determining the desirable Document Object Module (DOM) path, determining the desirable Document Object Module (DOM) node from the desirable Document Object Module (DOM) path, and selecting a single Document Object Module (DOM) node with the highest final score. The single Document Object Module (DOM) node with the highest final score is selected as the user desirable content of the webpage. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130155464 | PRINT APPLICATION - A print engine is disclosed comprising a discovery module and a number of content formatters. When a document is to be printed a content formatter is selected based on the format of the document. The document is then analysed together with capabilities data obtained by the discovery module to determine whether the document is in a format compatible with the capabilities of the printer to be used to print the document. If this is the case the unprocessed document is passed to the printer. If the document is not in a format compatible with the capabilities of the printer, the print engine determines whether the document can be modified to remove incompatibilities between the format of the document and a format compatible with the capabilities of the printer without removing content from the document and if so modifies the document and passes the processed document to the printer. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130163033 | Order of Print Queue - An image forming system and a method to order at least two print jobs in a print queue of an image forming system are provided herein. The method ranks the at least two print jobs set in the print queue based on at least one print characteristic. The method resets an order of the at least two print jobs in the print queue based on the rank, such that a first page of a second print job is ordered prior to a last page of a first print job. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130163034 | VENDOR SELECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WIDE FORMAT PRINTING - A wide format digital printing system communicates with vendor specification and price databases to determine which vendors are capable of performing a wide format digital printing project. When the system determines which vendors have presses that are capable of performing the job, the system automatically determines a price for the job based on vendor rate card data for individual aspects of the job, such as number of impressions, substrate types, and finishing activities. The price is presented to the buyer for one or more vendors, and the buyer may select a vendor based on the presented price and vendor information. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130163035 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - Provided is an image forming device including a modifying unit that individually modifies plural items of setting information held in an own device, a specifying unit that specifies an item of the setting information which is not modified by the modifying unit, a communication unit that communicates with an external device, an acquiring unit that acquires reference setting information corresponding to each of the plural items of the setting information from the external device via the communication unit, and an updating unit that updates the item of the setting information specified by the specifying unit based on the reference setting information acquired by the acquiring unit. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130163036 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINT SYSTEM, PRINTING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A printing apparatus includes a first memory, a second memory, a first obtaining section, a second obtaining section, and a retrieving section. The first memory stores information concerning a registrant who has registered the printing apparatus as a print destination with a holding apparatus. The second memory stores information concerning an instructor who provides an instruction instructing the holding apparatus to hold print data that is to be used in printing performed by the printing apparatus. The first obtaining section obtains obtainment information. The second obtaining section obtains print-data identification information. The retrieving section retrieves, from the obtainment information, obtainment information which includes the print-data identification information and which is to be used to obtain print data that is held by the holding apparatus in accordance with the instruction and that is to be used in printing performed by the printing apparatus. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130163037 | JOB-PROCESSING APPARATUS AND A JOB PROCESSING METHOD - A job-processing method route a print job to one of a plurality of printers in a job-processing apparatus. Each printer has a low-power state and a powered-up state. The method comprises: determining a destination printer from print data included in the print job; determining whether or not the destination printer is in the low-power state; if the destination printer is in the low-power state, selecting at least one alternative printer; determining the state of the at least one alternative printer; and, if the alternative printer is in the powered-up state, re-routing the print job from the destination printer to the alternative printer for printing. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130163038 | PRINT RELAY DEVICE, PRINT SYSTEM, PRINT RELAY DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A print relay device acquires printer information which is registered in a print service server and is linked to a user. In order to cause an image forming device to receive a print job from the print service device via the print relay device, the print relay device specifies printer information that is not registered in the print relay device from among the acquired printer information, and additionally registers the specified printer information in the printer information which is registered in the print service server and is linked to the user. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130163039 | MOBILE TERMINAL, OUTPUT CONTROL SYSTEM, AND DATA OUTPUTTING METHOD FOR THE MOBILE TERMINAL - According to an embodiment, provided is a mobile terminal, that includes: an operation display unit that displays information and receives operation input; an operation detection unit that detects operation of the operation display unit; a motion detection unit that detects a motion of the mobile terminal; a data selection unit that selects data to be output; an output destination determining unit that determines an external apparatus serving as an output destination of the selected data; and an output instruction unit that gives an instruction of outputting the data to the external apparatus when the motion is detected by the motion detection unit. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130163040 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus of the present disclosure includes a first processing unit; a second processing unit configured to perform a process different from a process performed by the first processing unit; and a non volatile memory device in which a shared root file system has been stored, the shared root file system mounted by a kernel for the first processing unit and a kernel for the second processing unit. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130163041 | SERVER APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SYSTEM,INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - The object is to enable configuration data, including a setting value of a setting item adopted as a local prioritized setting, to be carried over to a new image processing apparatus when replacing an image processing apparatus with the new one. The object is achieved by generating, as the setting value of the setting item adopted as the local prioritized setting, the value of virtual configuration data of a replacing apparatus using the value of virtual configuration data of an image processing apparatus specified as a replacement target. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130163042 | FACSIMILE APPARATUS, FACSIMILE SYSTEM, AND HOME GATEWAY - According to one embodiment, there is provided a facsimile apparatus connected to a home gateway, which is connected to an IP telephone network, via a communication line, the facsimile apparatus including a facsimile-signal detecting section configured to detect a facsimile identification signal in an incoming signal and a controller configured to instruct, when the facsimile identification signal is not detected in the incoming signal, using an SIP, the home gateway to perform a transfer operation for connecting a telephone set connected to the home gateway and a telephone set on an outgoing call side connected to the IP telephone network. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130163043 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus comprises an image forming unit configured to form an image on a recording medium, a communication interface configured to connect with a network and a control unit configured to stop sending an advertising packet indicating the existence thereof if an aggregate server for storing documents is detected based on the advertising packet received via the communication interface. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130163044 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming system comprises a portable terminal includes a communication interface for carrying out communication and a storage device for storing a utilization policy recorded a function which can be utilized by a user and an image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit for forming an image on a recording medium, a communication interface for carrying out the communication, a function table for storing a setting which can be utilized by each function and a control unit for retrieving the function table according to the utilization policy received from the portable terminal, generating capability information that the function which should be provided is selected and sending the capability information to the portable terminal, wherein the portable terminal generates a user interface according to the received capability information. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130163045 | PRINTING SERVER, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND PRINTING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a printing server includes a communication unit, a storing unit, an information-file generating unit, and a control unit. The communication unit communicates with an information processing apparatus that outputs a printing job, another printing server, and a printing apparatus. The storing unit receives the printing job transmitted from the information processing apparatus and stores the printing job. The information-file generating unit generates, on the basis of the printing job, an information file for managing the printing job stored in the storing unit. The control unit transmits the information file generated by the information-file generating unit to the other printing server via the communication unit and, if receiving, via the other printing server, a printing job request from the printing apparatus that communicates with the other printing server, transmits the printing job stored in the storing unit to the printing apparatus. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130163046 | MAINTENANCE METHOD AND MAINTENANCE APPARATUS OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A maintenance method of an information processing apparatus comprises: acquiring a machine information including an identification information identifying a machine of the information processing apparatus, a group name classifying the machine as an isolated group and the setting value information of multiple setting items of the machine through an external storage apparatus, acquiring a statistical data of the setting item generated for each group based on the setting value information of multiple information processing apparatuses, comparing the machine information with the statistical data according to each setting item whose group name matches, and generating an evaluation information denoting the propriety of the setting value of the machine and displaying the evaluation information from a display processing unit on a display unit. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130163047 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM CONTAINING PROGRAM - An image forming system includes a plurality of image forming apparatuses, a determining unit, and a control unit. The image forming apparatuses are connected in series in a paper conveyance direction, and include first and second image forming apparatuses. The second image forming apparatus is disposed downstream of the first image forming apparatus in the paper conveyance direction. The determining unit determines whether image data is front-side data or back-side data at a time of duplex printing. The control unit controls the first image forming apparatus to print an image based on the back-side data, and controls the second image forming apparatus to print an image based on the front-side data. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130163048 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming apparatus includes a printing data reception unit, an identification information creation unit, an identification information transmission unit, an HDD, an image forming unit, an identification information acceptance unit, and a controller. The printing data reception unit receives from a communication terminal device printing data including printing target data and its printing accompanying information with a predetermined protocol. The identification information creation unit creates identification information upon receiving the printing data. The identification information transmission unit transmits identification information to the communication terminal device. The HDD stores the printing data. The identification information acceptance unit accepts input of the identification information. The controller makes the image forming unit print the printing target data corresponding to the input identification information. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130163049 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH REAL SIZE PREVIEW FUNCTION, METHOD OF DISPLAYING IMAGE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus having a preview function which enables a user to select a desired area of a print image and is capable of providing a real size preview of the area selected by the user. A bird's eye preview unit displays the image by changing a size of the image, to a size which enables the whole image to be displayed on a display unit. A real size preview unit performs real size preview display of the image. A real size preview display area-setting unit accepts a setting of a preview display area of the image for being displayed by the real size preview display, from the image displayed by the bird's eye preview display. The real size preview unit displays an image within the set preview display area on the display unit. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130163050 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus has a direct print function by which application data is obtained from an external device so that image formation is performed. The image forming apparatus includes an obtaining unit, a classification unit, a discarding unit, a storage unit, an image processing unit and an image forming unit. The obtaining unit obtains the application data. The classification unit classifies the application data into use data used for the image formation and no-use data not used for the image formation on the basis of a predetermined setting related to the image formation. The discarding unit discards the no-use data. The storage unit stores the use data. The image processing unit generates print data on the basis of the stored use data. The image forming unit performs the image formation on the basis of the print data. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130163051 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication apparatus configured to communicate with an external apparatus includes a recording unit configured to record content data on a removable recording medium, a transmission unit configured to transmit the content data to the external apparatus, a selection unit configured to select a mode from among a plurality of modes including a setting mode and a transmission mode, a determination unit configured to determine whether the removable recording medium is in an attachable and detachable state, and a control unit configured to control communication with the external apparatus, wherein, in a case where the selected mode is the setting mode when it is determined by the determination unit that the removable recording medium is in the attachable and detachable state, the control unit does not stop communication with the external apparatus. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130163052 | PRINT SYSTEM - A print system is capable of processing a print order of image data through a network. The print system includes an information device operable to store image data, and an order reception server connected to the information device through the network. The information device sends print information specifying print content including image data to be printed to the order reception server with which a communication is established prior to a formal placing of a print order. The order reception server, when completing a reception of the print information, recognizes that the print order is completed, provides an order number for identifying the print order, and sends the order number to the information device. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130169993 | Automated Production of Printed Products From Online Content - A system and method for automated production of tangible printed products using content derived from an online source is presented. In some instances the content is identified by a client and is automatically printed to an object followed by delivery of the object to a desired recipient. A URL identifying the desired content is prepared by a Web server and provided to an application server, which URL identifies graphical and other content for printing and which URL can cause billing of the operator of the Web server for the printed product making services. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130176589 | DEVICE CONTROL DEVICE, DEVICE CONTROL SYSTEM, DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A client terminal can control a printer even when the network connection to a web server is interrupted, and can convert character codes using a simple configuration. The client terminal having a standard web browser and connected to a web server and a printer has a web page acquisition unit that uses the web browser to acquire a web page with an embedded printer control script from the web server; a web page display unit that displays the acquired web page and run the printer control script; a character code conversion unit that uses the printer control script to convert script character codes to printer character codes, which is a character code for the device; and a command transmission unit that sends a command containing the converted printer character codes to the printer. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130176590 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes a detecting unit configured to detect different predetermined periods in parallel in image data line by line; a selecting unit configured to select a longest period in the periods that are acquired by the detecting unit through detection of the periods with respect to a piece of image data corresponding to one line; a dividing unit configured to divide the piece of image data corresponding to the one line into pieces of division data in accordance with the period selected by the selecting unit; a converting unit configured to convert each of the pieces of division data into a piece of intermediate data, the division data being obtained by dividing the piece of image data corresponding to the one line by the dividing unit; and an encoding unit configured to perform compression coding on the piece of intermediate data converted by the converting unit. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130176591 | SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUIT, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - A signal processing circuit transfers a signal between an externally connected device and an internal circuit. The signal processing circuit includes a clock selector that selects and outputs any one of clocks received from plural systems; data latch units that respectively latch, according to the respective clocks received from the systems, data pieces being input; a data selector that selects and outputs, among the data pieces latched, a data piece latched according to the selected clock; and a data retaining unit that temporarily retains the data between the data latch units and the internal circuit. When the data is processed between the data retaining unit and the internal circuit, the data retaining unit operates according to an operating clock of the internal circuit, but when the data is processed between the data retaining unit and the data latch units, the data retaining unit operates according to the selected clock. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130176592 | OUTPUT CONTROL SYSTEM, OUTPUT CONTROL METHOD, AND OUTPUT CONTROL APPARATUS - An output control apparatus includes a state information storage unit configured to store therein state information in which apparatus identification information about an output apparatus and a use state of the output apparatus are associated; a use state management unit configured to store the state information for the use state received from the output apparatus in the state information storage unit; a designation of the output apparatus, and a request to output the target data to the designated output apparatus; an output control unit configured to determine whether to store the target data in a data storage unit or transmit the target data to the designated output apparatus based on the use state of the designated output apparatus; and a data transmitting unit configured to transmit the target data and the request to the designated output apparatus when the target data is to be transmitted to the designated output apparatus. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130176593 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT PERFORMS REPRODUCTION SYNCHRONIZATION OF MOVING IMAGE BETWEEN THE SAME AND MOBILE INFORMATION TERMINAL, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image processing apparatus capable of facilitating synchronization of a maintenance moving image between an image processing apparatus and a mobile information terminal, thereby making it possible to more efficiently show the moving image to a user who performs a maintenance operation. The mobile information terminal is registered as a distribution destination of the moving image. The moving image for current reproduction and display on the apparatus and information of the reproduction position of the moving image are distributed to the terminal to thereby cause the terminal to reproduce and display the moving image from the position. The position is changed based on information of a change in the reproduction position received from the terminal. When the position is changed on the image apparatus, information of a change in the position is transmitted to the terminal, to thereby cause the terminal to change the position. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130176594 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, NETWORK SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing system includes at least one information processing apparatus; a connecting unit configured to enable a connection with at least one device via a network; an acquiring unit configured to acquire attribute information on at least one distribution destination that is a destination of data to be distributed from the distribution destination, the distribution destination allowing a user to designate in the device; an output unit configured to output the acquired attribute information to the device via the network; and a distribution control unit configured to perform a process of distributing the data to the distribution destination designated by the user in the device after the attribute information is output to the device. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130182283 | PRINTABLE OBJECT PROCESSING - In one implementation, a printable object processing system detects a user print action relative to a printable object and identifies an attribute of the printable object in response to detecting the user print action. The printable object processing system them defines a print rule based on the attribute. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130182284 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, MOBILE TERMINAL, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND PRINT CONTROL METHOD - An information processing apparatus determines whether e-mail acquired includes request information requesting a printer list. When the information processing apparatus determines that the e-mail includes the request information, it acquires a list of controllable printers. The information processing apparatus transmits, as a response to the request, e-mail including the printer list. A mobile terminal transmits e-mail including the request information, and receives e-mail including a printer list. The mobile terminal displays the printer list on the display. The mobile terminal accepts selection of a printer on the printer list to transmit e-mail to which the file to be printed by the selected printer is attached. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130182285 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DOCUMENT PREVIEW METHOD FOR THE SAME - An image forming apparatus comprises: a display which is capable of displaying a preview image of a document, the document consisting of a plurality of pages including one or more text sections in a text data format and one or more illustration sections in an image data format; an illustration section selector which selects one of the one or more illustration sections on any of the pages in the preview image displayed on the display, according to a user operation; a page selector which specifies one of the plurality of pages as a destination page to which the illustration section selected by the illustration section selector is to be transferred, according to a user operation; a realignment portion which transfers the illustration section selected by the illustration section selector to the destination page selected by the page selector and realigns texts in a text section of the destination page; and a controller which allows the display to display a preview image of the destination page including the texts realigned by the realignment portion. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130182286 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In a touch panel environment, it is difficult to notice when a printer driver displays a user interface and whether processing is waiting for an input from a user at the time of printing. When print setting information requiring that a printer driver displays a message dialogue for prompting a user's input at the time of printing is set, an information processing apparatus activates software operated in a desktop environment in a process different from print processing. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130182287 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus comprises: a storage unit writes a file of one's own apparatus including an array of the records and a definition information of one's own apparatus defining the data form of the record of the file; an input unit inputs a file based on the data form of other apparatuses; a determination unit determine whether or not the item name between the file of other apparatuses input by the input unit and the file of one's own apparatus stored in the storage unit are met by comparing every record ; and an alignment processing unit transfers the item name and the input field in file of other apparatuses which is determined that the item names are not met by the determination unit to the storage unit and updates the file of one's own apparatus, and aligns the item names and the input field between apparatuses. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130182288 | ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An account management system includes an account management device, and an image forming device connected to the account management device via a network. The image forming device includes execution means for executing an image formation operation, and notification means for transmitting to the account management device a completion notification indicating that an image formation operation by the execution means is completed. The account management device includes an account management unit responding to reception of the completion notification for generating account information about the image formation operation corresponding to the completion notification. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130188218 | Print Requests Including Event Data - A print request can include event data. The event data can be based on a user's input. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130188219 | PRINT SYSTEM AND PRINT SERVER - According to one embodiment, a print system includes a client computer connected to a network and configured to generate a document as a print job, a print server connected to the network and configured to store, as an updated print job, the document generated by the client computer and additional information added to the document, a viewing terminal connected to the network and used to view the document stored in the print server and add information to the document, and a printer configured to print the document together with the added information according to a printing instruction. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130188220 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER - In accordance with an embodiment, an image forming apparatus comprises a display unit, a display unit, a control unit and an image forming unit. The display unit displays a preview of the image of an object to be printed. The input unit accepts the designation of an area from user for the preview image displayed on the display unit. The control unit divides the area of the image of the object to be printed such that takes the area in the designated area as an area to be printed or a non-print area, the other area as a non-print area or an area to be printed. The mage forming unit forms the image of the object to be printed on a sheet in accordance with the division by the control unit. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130188221 | PRINT SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, INTERMEDIATE PROCESSING DEVICE, WEB SERVICE PROVISION DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING PRINT SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming device provided in a print system displays a shared use request screen operated by a user other than a manager of the image forming device, and for a request shared use of the image forming device. The external print service provided in the print system receives the shared use request of the image forming device by the user through the shared use request screen, and generates a setting screen for setting by the manager of whether or not to approve the received shared use request of the image forming device. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130188222 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORED WITH PRINTING CONTROL PROGRAM - A printing system includes a terminal apparatus and a printing control apparatus. The terminal apparatus includes a setting unit for setting a printing condition for a document, a generating unit for generating print data containing data of the document, setting data indicating the printing condition, and instruction information instructing to register the printing condition, and a transmitting unit for transmitting the print data. The printing control apparatus includes a storage unit for storing the printing condition and name information specifying the printing condition, a receiving unit for receiving the print data, a recognizing unit for recognizing that the print data contains the instruction information, and a registering unit for causing the printing condition indicated by the setting data to be stored in the storage unit if it is recognized that the print data contains the instruction information. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130188223 | SERVER, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND PROGRAM - An apparatus and method for printing files sent from a portable terminal includes receiving mail with at least one attached file from a portable terminal, associating the at least one received file with a print ID, and sending mail including the print ID to the portable terminal. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130188224 | CONTROL DEVICE - A control device that includes a connection device that connects via USB to a communication terminal that is able to perform communication based on a specific communication system, an acquisition portion that acquires configuration information, via USB, from the communication terminal connected to the connection device, the configuration information being information that is necessary for the communication terminal to perform communication based on the specific communication system and being set for the communication terminal, a reception portion that receives an instruction transmitted from the communication terminal, by performing communication with the communication terminal based on the specific communication system using the configuration information acquired by the acquisition portion, and a control portion that performs control in accordance with the instruction when the reception portion receives the instruction. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130194613 | PROCESSING IMAGES FROM MULTIPLE SCANNERS - An image processing system having a plurality of digital image sources connected to a plurality of interfaces each for receiving digital image data from the sources. A processing subsystem is connected to the interfaces for processing the received digital image data which produces customized processed image data. A program memory connected to the processing subsystem stores executable instructions configured for the processing subsystem to generate the processed image data customized according to the source of the digital images. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130194614 | IMAGE PROCESSING MANAGEMENT - An image processing system with an input connected to a network receives digital image data. A plurality of processors coupled to the input also receives the image data. Each of the plurality of processors simultaneously processes one of the multiple digital images and produces processed image data. An output interface coupled to the processors sequentially outputs the processed digital images. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130194615 | IMAGE SCANNING AND PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image processing system has an input for receiving digital image data and a plurality of processors receives the digital image data which comprises multiple digital images. The processors are each configured to simultaneously process one of the digital images. An output interface sequentially outputs the processed digital images and a system controller monitors the processing and determines a free processor based on image data received at the input and on processed image data appearing at the output. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130194616 | RASTER APPLICATION INSTANCES - In one embodiment, data indicative of a measurement of resource utilization at a computer during a rasterization event is received. The data is compared to a database associating resource utilizations with commands to increment or decrement raster application instances executing in the event. Responsive to determining the data is associated with a command to increment or decrement an instance in the event, a first instance is incremented or decremented according to the command. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130194617 | IMAGE PROCESSING MANAGEMENT MEHTOD - A method comprising connecting hardware interfaces to a different digital image data source to receive digital image data and connecting processors to the hardware interfaces for simultaneously processing the image data. The digital image data includes source identifiers corresponding to digital images in the digital image data. Processing the image data includes using different types of processing according to the source identifiers. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130194618 | METHOD OF IMAGE PROCESSING FROM MULTIPLE SCANNERS - A method of processing digital image data by providing a plurality of hardware interfaces for receiving the digital image data. Each interface is associated with one of a plurality of digital image data sources. A source identifier is included in the data and is used to select a process for the image data which generates processed image data and is sent out over an output interface. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130194619 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD FOR SUPPORTING MULTIPLE SCANNERS - A computer implemented method of receiving digital image data over a network, determining a source of the digital image data, accessing a database for retrieving image processing preferences based on the source of the digital image data, and processing the received digital image data according to the retrieved image processing preferences. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130194620 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A method comprising receiving digital image data from a plurality of digital image sources, which contains digital images and source identifiers. A plurality of processors are provided for simultaneously processing the digital images according to stored processing instructions which correspond to the source identifiers. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130194621 | USING REGIONS OF INTEREST TO SCALE PRINT DATA FOR PRINT JOBS - The disclosed embodiments provide a system that performs a print job. During operation, the system obtains one or more regions of interest associated with print data for the print job, wherein the print data is not formatted for a media size for the print job. Next, the system scales the print data based on a region of interest from the one or more regions of interest and the media size. Finally, the system sends the print job to a printer, wherein the print job is executed using the printer. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130194622 | MEDIA REFLECTANCE IDENTIFIERS - In one embodiment, a stated reflectance identifier for a media to be printed on during fulfillment of a print job is received. Utilizing an optical sensor and an illuminator, a measurement is taken of light from the illuminator reflected off the media. The measurement is compared to a stored average brightness value. Responsive to determining the measurement is within a range of the average value, the average value is adjusted to include the measurement, and printing on the media is caused according to the job. Responsive to determining the measurement is outside the range, the measurement is compared to a database associating brightness measurements and reflectance identifiers to determine an estimated reflectance identifier for the media. The estimated identifier is sent to a user and the user is prompted to perform a correction event. The media is printed on according to the job. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130194623 | PRINTING AN ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT USING A PRINTER AND A MOBILE DEVICE - A method for printing an electronic document (ED) using a printer and a mobile device, including: receiving, by the printer, a request to print; generating, by the printer, a unique identifier (UID) in response to the request, where the mobile device sends a print job associated with the UID and the ED to a print server over a network; sending, by the printer, the UID to the print server; receiving, by the printer, the print job from the print server in response to sending the UID; and printing, by the printer, a hardcopy of the ED based on the print job. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130194624 | AD HOC TRANSMISSION OF SCANNED DOCUMENTS TO COMPUTING DEVICES - The disclosed embodiments provide a system that performs document scanning The system includes a scanner and a computing device. To enable detection of the computing device in proximity to the scanner, the computing device may be configured to advertise a scan-receiving capability using a discovery protocol. Next, the scanner may use the discovery protocol to identify a set of computing devices in proximity to the scanner, including the computing device. The scanner may then provide the set of computing devices to a user of the scanner and obtain, from the user of the scanner, a selection of the computing device as a recipient of the scanned document. Finally, the scanner may send the scanned document to the computing device over a network connection with the computing device. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130194625 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE - Provided are an image capturing device having an image capturing unit which captures an image, a storage unit which stores the captured image, a wireless communication unit which communicates with a wireless communication terminal via a wireless line, and a detection unit which detects a predetermined condition. Further, the image capturing device has a control unit which restricts access from a wireless communication terminal while maintaining communication between the wireless communication unit and the wireless communication terminal when the detection unit detects the predetermined condition. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130194626 | NETWORK PRINTING SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT SERVER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A system in which a terminal instructs printing via a management server, wherein the management server comprises: a unit which manages location information and function information of each of a plurality of image forming apparatuses included in the network printing system; a unit which receives, from the terminal, printing conditions and location information of the terminal; a unit which selects an image forming apparatus to execute printing from the plurality of image forming apparatuses in accordance with the received printing conditions and location information of the terminal; a unit which generates a map based on the location information of the terminal and the location information of the image forming apparatus to display a positional relationship between the terminal and the selected image forming apparatus; and a unit which sends the generated map to the terminal. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130194627 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT SERVER, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A management system for managing a management target device includes: a position detection unit configured to detect a position of a user of the management target device; a management server configured to manage Air Tag information relating to the user; and a mobile terminal. The management server includes: a positional information acquisition unit configured to acquire positional information for the position of the user based on a result of the detection by the position detection unit; a generation unit configured to generate the Air Tag information including device-relating information and the positional information of the user; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the Air Tag information to the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal displays an Air Tag image visualizing the device-relating information of the user by superposing the Air Tag image over a portion representing the user within a shot image of scenery around the mobile terminal. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130194628 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION TERMINAL APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAYING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A disclosed image processing system includes a first apparatus; and a second apparatus connected to the first apparatus via a network, wherein the first apparatus includes a screen definition information sending unit sending screen definition information defining an operations screen for using a function, which can be used, an operations information receiving unit receiving an execution request issued on the second apparatus using the operations screen, and an execution controlling unit controlling execution of the function in response to the execution request, wherein the second apparatus includes a building unit building the operations screen in conformity with the screen definition information which is received, an operations receiving unit receiving an operation using the operations screen, and an operations information sending unit sending the execution request in response to an execution instruction operation for requesting the first apparatus to execute the function based on the received operation. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130194629 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON AN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus configured to display a maintenance item for a user to do maintenance includes an input unit configured to input code information for specifying a plurality of maintenance items to be displayed by the image forming apparatus, a specifying unit configured to specify the plurality of maintenance items to be displayed by the image forming apparatus out of all the maintenance items based on the code information input by the input unit, a generation unit configured to generate a screen for displaying the plurality of maintenance items specified by the specifying unit on the same screen, and a display unit configured to display the screen generated by the generation unit. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130194630 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, MANAGEMENT SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD - An image forming apparatus receives at least one setting file including a first item for specifying an application and a second item for specifying an operation target setting content from a server apparatus. If a value specifying an application is set in the first item included in the received setting file, the image forming apparatus operates a setting value of the application according to a value set in the second item included in the received setting file. If a predetermined value defined for operating a setting value of the image forming apparatus is set in the first item included in the received setting file, the image forming apparatus operates the setting value of the image forming apparatus by using a value set in the second item included in the received setting file. The image forming apparatus transmits an operation result to the server apparatus. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130194631 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, REMOTE OPERATION APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming system comprises an image forming apparatus and a remote operation apparatus. The image forming apparatus comprises a detection part for detecting a state change of a hardware operating member in an operation part of the image forming apparatus and a transmitting part for transmitting screen control information in accordance with the state change detected by the detection part to the remote operation apparatus. The remote operation apparatus comprises a display part for displaying a simulated image representing the detection part of the image forming apparatus, a receiving part for receiving the screen control information, and a display control part for changing a first image which is the simulated image displayed on the display part before the state change into a second image which is the simulated image in which the state change is reflected, in response to a receipt of the screen control information. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130194632 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND CONTROL PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including: a body area network communication part that performs communication with a terminal apparatus carried by a user, using a user's human body as a communication channel; a display and operating part having a display part that displays a screen and having, on the display part, an electrode for body area network communication, the screen receiving an operation performed by the user; and a control part that displays on the display part an operation key for allowing information stored in the terminal apparatus to be obtained by the body area network communication, when it is determined at the time of the user touching the electrode that communication between the body area network communication part and the terminal apparatus can be performed. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130194633 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND DATA CONVERSION METHOD - An information processing system, which is implemented by one or more information processing apparatuses, includes an electronic data receiving unit configured to receive electronic data via a network from an external apparatus; and a data conversion unit configured to identify at least one of an output setting and a data format corresponding to attribute information of a user operating the external apparatus by referring to a storage unit storing at least one of the output setting and the data format in association with the attribute information of the user, and convert the received electronic data into output data according to at least one of the output setting and the data format. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130194634 | Method and System for Printing - The embodiments herein relate to printing and, more particularly, to facilitating printing without an application to view or render. The system automatically identifies and maintains a database of printers associated with a network, in the user device. Upon receiving print request from the user device, embodiments disclosed enable conversion of the file to be printed to an intermediate format. The conversion to intermediate format may happen within the user device or in cloud based on the user device compatibility of the selected file. Further the intermediate data is converted to a printer specific format and is sent to the printer. The printer prints the information to a hard copy format. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130201517 | CONFIGURING PRINT JOBS ASSOCIATED WITH UNSUPPORTED DOCUMENT FORMATS - The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates the execution of a print job. During operation, the system obtains print data and a set of job options for the print job, wherein the print data is associated with a document format that is not supported by a printing protocol used to perform the print job. Next, the system obtains a set of document-processing capabilities associated with the document format from a printer associated with the print job. Finally, the system configures the print job based on the job options and the document-processing capabilities without converting the print data into a different document format that is supported by the printing protocol. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201518 | PRINT SERVICES SELECTION IN A NETWORKED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - Embodiments of the present invention provide an approach for selection of print services in a networked computing environment (e.g., a cloud computing environment). Specifically, in a typical embodiment, a request (e.g., comprising a print job) is received from a user, and a print template is identified. The print template generally comprises a set of parameters (e.g., paper size, colors, etc.) for printing the print job request. A location of the user will be determined, and a set of printers (e.g., within a predetermined proximity of the location) that is capable of printing the job in accordance with the set of parameters is identified. Thereafter, a particular printer will be identified from the set of printers based on a set of service level commitments (e.g., a desired distance from the location, a queue length, etc.). The job can then be sent to the particular printer for printing. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201519 | Bridging Non-Network Interfaces and Network Interfaces - The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates the use of a device connected to a non-network interface. During operation, the system provides a bridge between the non-network interface and a network interface. Next, the system uses the bridge to enable communication with the device over the network interface. For example, the system may enable communication with a printer that is not configured for network printing over a network interface. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201520 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus which prints a printed product including a plurality of pages, the apparatus comprises: a display control unit which displays, when the setting for designating the paper sheet by a feed unit is made and a type of paper fed from the feed unit designated by the user is a predetermined type of paper, a screen for setting detail information of the predetermined type of paper, and displays, when the setting for designating the paper sheet by a paper type is made and a type of paper designated by the user is a predetermined type of paper, a screen for setting a feed unit which feeds the designated predetermined type of paper and detail information of the designated predetermined type of paper. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201521 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus which displays a preview of a relevance according to output forms between a plurality of pages upon outputting images of the plurality of pages, a control method thereof, and a program are provided. To accomplish this, this image forming apparatus analyzes a predetermined relevance according to output forms between pages based on setting information of print data, generates a preview image including a plurality of pages having the predetermined relevance as a group for a page for which the predetermined relevance is specified, generates a preview image of only a page for which the predetermined relevance is not specified, and displays the preview image including the plurality of pages as the group on a display unit. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201522 | NETWORK PRINTER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, NETWORK PRINTER MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - In a network printer management apparatus, an inquiry regarding whether there exists a network printer that can execute a print job that was transmitted from a client computer is received from a print server. A network printer that can execute the print job and for which the distance from the client computer and a network printer power consumption amount satisfy a predetermined condition is then specified. If a network printer was specified, the print server is instructed to transfer the print job to that network printer. If a network printer was not specified, the print server is instructed to delay the transfer of the print job. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201523 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL SYSTEM - A communication control apparatus connected to an NGN includes an interface that is connected to an MFP and a portable terminal via a network, a control unit that generates a scanning designation screen for inputting a scanning condition in response to an original document scanning request from the portable terminal, provides a request for starting scanning in the scanning condition, acquires image data read by scanning an original document, converts the acquired image data into a thumbnail image so as to generate a preview screen, and generates a transmission destination information screen for designating a transmission destination from transmission destination address information, a transmission and reception unit that transmits the scanning designation screen, and an information selection screen including the preview screen and the transmission destination information screen to the portable terminal, and a call control unit that transmits the image data to the designated transmission destination via the NGN. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201524 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is an image forming apparatus having a frequency-of-use measuring unit, a power cutoff period identifying unit, a document data processing unit, and a power management unit. The frequency-of-use measuring unit measures a frequency of use of a predetermined function. The power cutoff period identifying unit identifies a power cutoff period for turning off the power on the basis of the frequency of use. The document data processing unit prints document data accumulated in a document box prior to the power cutoff period. The power management unit turns off the power when the power cutoff period is reached. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201525 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - To provide a wireless communication device that performs a wireless communication with a desired wireless communication device without any control to select a destination device by a user, a wireless communication device includes a communication unit that performs a peer-to-peer wireless communication with other wireless communication devices, and a communication control unit that controls a wireless communication in accordance with a communication setting information. When the communication unit sends a search signal and receives a response signal for the sent search signal from a plurality of the other wireless communication devices, the communication control unit makes a determination of the order for a connection request to the plurality of the other wireless communication devices in the order of a strength of the response signals from the largest to the smallest. The communication unit sends a connection request signal to the other wireless communication devices in accordance with the decided order. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201526 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - The data sending terminal control section of a data sending terminal creates job data from image data, the job data being created as a print job that includes the image data and a first print command and as a storage job that includes the image data and a second print command. The data sending terminal control section sends the print job and the storage job created from the same image data to the printing apparatus in this order. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201527 | Capturing text from rendered documents using supplemental information - A system for processing a text capture operation is described. The system receives text captured from a rendered document in the text capture operation. The system also receives supplemental information distinct from the captured text. The system determines an action to perform in response to the text capture operation based upon both the captured text and the supplemental information. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130208302 | RELAY SERVER APPARATUS - Information technology tools are provided to allow a user at any of plural heterogeneous multi-function devices of different vendors to access the functionalities of any of plural heterogeneous server devices of different vendors. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130208303 | APPLICATION SUPPLYING APPARATUS AND RELAY APPARATUS ON CLOUD - An application supplying apparatus, in order to enable a user at a user terminal to access the functionalities of any of plural heterogeneous devices of different vendors, supplies an application via a network to the user terminal. The application supplied to the user terminal includes a common user interface part that provides a user interface through which the user can select a device from amongst the plural heterogeneous devices, and the common user interface part then configures the user interface for access to the functionalities of the selected device. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130208304 | Reflex-Type Digital Offset Printing System With Serially Arranged Single-Pass, Single-Color Imaging Systems - A reflex-type digital offset printing system includes four single-pass, single-color digital imaging systems arranged along a print medium feed path, and an image server that utilizes a positional clock to implicitly synchronize the imaging systems with the movement of a print medium along the feed path such that single-color (e.g., black, cyan, magenta, or yellow) image portions can be successively superimposed to produce a full color image. Each single-color digital imaging system utilizes a digital micromirror device and an anamorphic imaging system to generate a high energy, one-dimensional modulated line image that selectively evaporates fountain solution from an imaging cylinder before ink material is applied. Each imaging system utilizes a sensor that sends a respective drum position signal to the image server, and the image server utilizes the drum position signals to synchronize the single-color printing operations with the position of the printing medium. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130208305 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING THE LAYOUT AND MANUFACTURE OF PERSONALIZED BRACELETS - Systems and methods are provided for customization of a printed bracelet. According to a one aspect, a configuration tool is provided at a user interface, and the configuration tool is populated with one or more items. A custom bracelet design is received through the configuration tool, the custom bracelet design including an arrangement of one or more selections of at the items. The custom bracelet design is then outputted in furtherance of a printing of the printed bracelet. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130208306 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT CARRIES OUT REMOTE OPERATION, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus which is capable of, whenever a new image processing apparatus is put on sale, remotely controlling the image processing apparatus without performing maintenance on the information processing apparatus. A display unit displays a first screen corresponding to an operation screen displayed on at least one image processing apparatus and a second screen corresponding to the hardware key which the at least image processing apparatus has. A holding unit holds a plurality of image of hardware keys corresponding to the hardware key which the at least image processing apparatus has. A display control unit selects an image of a hardware key corresponding to a hardware key which an image processing apparatus performing communication via a communication unit has from among at least one image of a hardware key held in the holding unit, and displays the second screen using the selected image of the hardware key. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130208307 | Systems and Methods for the Reliable Transmission of Facsimiles over Packet Networks - Described herein is a facsimile to voice over IP adapter for the real-time reliable transmission of audio messages using HTTP, the voice over IP adapter having audio adapter interfaces, the audio adapter interfaces capable of receiving a audio encoded facsimile data stream; ethernet adapter interfaces, the ethernet adapter interface capable of transmitting an HTTP encoded facsimile image; a fax processor, the real-time fax processor capable of receiving a one or more audio streams from the audio adapter interface and packetizing the one or more audio streams into an HTTP encode facsimile image; where the facsimile is capable of being transmitted from a source facsimile machine through an voice over IP adapter, and further transmitted to a destination facsimile machine | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130208308 | 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 previously generated and displayed. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130208309 | REMOTE OPERATION SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, REMOTE OPERATION APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A remote operation system comprises an image forming apparatus and a remote operation apparatus. The image forming apparatus has an operation input part including a touch panel and a hardware key and a transmission part for transmitting synthesizable area information indicating a synthesizable area in a candidate screen (first screen) of the remote operation screen to the remote operation apparatus. The first screen is a screen including a touch panel area and a hardware key area, and the synthesizable area is defined in the synthesizable area information as an area not including a hardware key image. The remote operation apparatus generates a second screen by synthesizing an additional image to be added to the first screen into the synthesizable area of the first screen on the basis of the synthesizable area information and displays the second screen on the display part as the remote operation screen. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130208310 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, SERVER, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A server accepts a control request for an MFP from a mobile terminal via Internet, and executes control processing for the MFP that functions as a fax device via Internet in response to the accepted control request. Also, the server acquires information addressed to the mobile terminal, which has been received from the fax device to the MFP, from the MFP via Internet and register the acquired information. Then, the server transmits information addressed to the registered mobile terminal to the mobile terminal via Internet. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130208311 | POWER MANAGEMENT SERVER, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, POWER MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-REDABLE MEDIUM - A power management server for managing electric power for each of groups to which a plurality of image processing apparatuses belong, comprises: a determination unit configured to, when accepting, from an image processing apparatus, a power reservation request for reserving electric power to be used, determine whether to permit power reservation for the power reservation request, in a group to which the image processing apparatus belongs, in accordance with whether a total of a power value notified by the power reservation request, a reservation power value of the group, and a present electricity consumption of the group exceeds an upper-limiting power value of the group; and a notification unit configured to notify a power reservation determination result from the determination unit as a response to the power reservation request. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130208312 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PRINT INSTRUCTION PROGRAM - Provided are a mobile terminal and a non-transitory computer readable medium storing therein a print instruction program. A mobile terminal for instructing one or more printing apparatuses connected to a network to perform printing, includes a touch screen and a control section. The control section is constructed to perform a first process of determining a position or positions of the one or more printing apparatuses viewed from the mobile terminal, and of displaying, on the touch screen, a direction or directions being accompanied with the position or positions of the one or more printing apparatuses; and a second process of, when the control section detects a flick operation on the touch screen along one of the direction or directions, transmitting a print job which gives a print instruction, to one of the one or more printing apparatuses corresponding to the one of the direction or directions. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130208313 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus displays image data including a plurality of pages, and scroll-displays the image data in response to a predetermined operation by a user to the displayed image data. In this case, the image processing apparatus obtains a feature amount representing a feature of each image among the plurality of pages, and in a case where a predetermined page having a feature amount satisfying a predetermined condition is scroll-displayed, stops the scroll display. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130208314 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A scroll distance in a scroll display performed during a preview display of a print job to which a specific printing method is specified is set to be shorter than a scroll distance in a scroll display performed during a preview display of a print job to which the specific printing method is not specified. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130208315 | Generating Workflow Sequences for Print Jobs - A method separates a print job into a print product and a sequence of tasks. The method estimates a time to setup a machine before executing a task and a time for the machine to execute the task. Machines are identified that have a potential bottleneck due to multiple concurrent printing requests being made to a machine. A workflow sequence is generated to complete the print job. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130208316 | Distributed Computer Architecture and Process for Document Management - A system and/or method enables a typical PC user to add electronic paper processing to their existing business process. The system and/or method extends the notion of copying from a process that involves paper going through a conventional copier device, to a process that involves paper being scanned from a device at one location and copied to a device at another location. In its more sophisticated form, the system and/or method can copy paper from a device at one location directly into a business application residing on a network or on the Internet, or visa versa. The system and/or method is software that manages paper so that it can be electronically and seamlessly copied in and out of devices and business applications (such as Microsoft Office, Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Notes) with an optional single-step operation. The system and/or method can reside on a PC, LAN/WAN server, digital device (such as a digital copier), or on a web server to be accessed over the Internet. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130208317 | Distributed Computer Architecture and Process for Document Management - A system and/or method enables a typical PC user to add electronic paper processing to their existing business process. The system and/or method extends the notion of copying from a process that involves paper going through a conventional copier device, to a process that involves paper being scanned from a device at one location and copied to a device at another location. In its more sophisticated form, the system and/or method can copy paper from a device at one location directly into a business application residing on a network or on the Internet, or visa versa. The system and/or method is software that manages paper so that it can be electronically and seamlessly copied in and out of devices and business applications (such as Microsoft Office, Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Notes) with an optional single-step operation. The system and/or method can reside on a PC, LAN/WAN server, digital device (such as a digital copier), or on a web server to be accessed over the Internet. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130208318 | Distributed Computer Architecture and Process for Document Management - A system and/or method enables a typical PC user to add electronic paper processing to their existing business process. The system and/or method extends the notion of copying from a process that involves paper going through a conventional copier device, to a process that involves paper being scanned from a device at one location and copied to a device at another location. In its more sophisticated form, the system and/or method can copy paper from a device at one location directly into a business application residing on a network or on the Internet, or visa versa. The system and/or method is software that manages paper so that it can be electronically and seamlessly copied in and out of devices and business applications (such as Microsoft Office, Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Notes) with an optional single-step operation. The system and/or method can reside on a PC, LAN/WAN server, digital device (such as a digital copier), or on a web server to be accessed over the Internet. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130208319 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND PROGRAM - The execution of an image processing job is limited using a printing amount by an image processing job that has already been executed and a printing amount that is scheduled to be printed by an image processing job that has already been transmitted but not yet executed. To accomplish this, a multi-function peripheral manages a first printing amount that has already been printed by a executed print job and a second printing amount that is scheduled to be printed by a print job that has been transmitted from the multi-function peripheral to a printer and that has not yet been executed in association with a user ID, and determines, before transmitting the print job, whether or not the total of a third printing amount that is scheduled to be printed by the print job, the first printing amount and the second printing amount exceeds an upper limit amount. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130215451 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETECTING PAGE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES SUPPORTED BY IMAGE PRODUCTION DEVICES - A method for automatically detecting page description languages supported by image production devices in an image production device network may include receiving a print job for printing, determining which page description languages are supported by each image production device in the image production device network, determining if the print job's page description language is supported by one or more image production devices in the image production device network. If the print job's page description language is supported, the print job is printed at one of the one or more image production devices using the print jobs page description language. If the print job's page description language is not supported, the print job is converted to a page description language supported by one of the one or more image production devices, and printed at the one of the one or more image production devices using the supported page description language. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215452 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING PRINT DEVICE SUPPLIES USING CLOUD ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM CONFIGURED FOR CHEMICAL SIGNATURE TRACKING - A cloud administration system for chemical signature-based print device consumable monitoring includes a storage module for storing reference chemical signature data, and a monitoring system having one or more sensors configured for detecting a chemical signature of a consumable such as ink or toner. The detected chemical signature data may be compared with reference stored chemical signature data to determine whether monitored consumables have a chemical signature that matches a known chemical signature. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215453 | Additional Input Sources For Data Acquisition At Distributed Scan Management Systems - A method and apparatus is provided for acquiring document data from additional input sources to a DSM system. In an embodiment, a DSM computing device includes a remote image receiver service configured to connect to a remote image source via a network connection, receive configuration information and image data from the remote image source, and determine post scan processing instructions based, at least in part, on the configuration information. In another embodiment, a DSM computing device includes an input selection service configured to identify one or more input sources available at the computing device, receive input source information identifying a particular input source of the one or more input sources, receive image information identifying the particular image data residing on the particular input source, retrieve the particular image data from the particular input source, and make the particular image data available to a distributed scan management service. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215454 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING - Three-dimensional printing techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a system includes a three-dimensional printer and a computing device. The three-dimensional printer has a three-dimensional printing mechanism that is configured to form a physical object in three dimensions. The computing device is communicatively coupled to the three-dimensional printer and includes a three-dimensional printing module implemented at least partially in hardware to cause the three-dimensional printer to form the physical object in three dimensions as having functionality configured to communicate with a computing device. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215455 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENTERPRISE SHARING OF A PRINTING DEVICE - Systems, methods, and devices for registering a printing device receive a selection of a printing device available on an enterprise, wherein the selection includes a printing device identifier associated with the printing device, receive a credential issued by an enterprise device, wherein the enterprise device is associated with the enterprise, receive a refresh token from the printing device, receive a printing service user identifier, send the refresh token to the printing service, receive an access token from the printing service, and send the access token, the printing device identifier, a share request, and the printing service user identifier to the printing service. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215456 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION CONTROL APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication apparatus includes a storage unit that stores an Internet protocol (IP) address, a call connection unit that connects a call by transmitting a call connection request via a communication control apparatus to a communication apparatus, and by receiving, via the communication control apparatus, session description protocol (SDP) information in response to the call connection request, an IP address retrieval unit that retrieves an IP address included in the received SDP information, an instructing unit that overwrites the IP address stored on the storage unit with the retrieved IP address, and instructs the communication control apparatus to overwrite an IP address stored on the communication control apparatus with the retrieved IP address, and a transmitting unit that transmits facsimile data to the retrieved IP address as a destination address if the facsimile data are to be transmitted to the communication apparatus connected to the public IP network. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215457 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION CONTROL APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication apparatus includes an acquisition unit, an instruction accepting unit, a generating unit, and a data transmitting unit. The acquisition unit acquires a transmission-source port number which indicates a transmission source of data and which is determined every time transmission of data is to be performed. The instruction accepting unit accepts an instruction which is an instruction to transmit data via a first communication network or an instruction to transmit data via a second communication network. When the accepted instruction is an instruction to transmit data via the second communication network, the generating unit generates data including the acquired transmission-source port number. The data transmitting unit transmits the generated data via a communication control apparatus connected to the first and second communication networks. The communication control apparatus performs routing so that a route via the first or second communication network is selected for the transmitted data. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215458 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus includes an acquiring unit that acquires data indicating duration for dispersing access to a management apparatus for each period of time, a specifying unit that specifies the duration corresponding to a time which is designated by a user on the basis of the acquired data, a selection unit that selects an access time to the management apparatus from a time range based on the designated time and the duration specified by the specifying unit according to a predetermined criterion, and a unit that accesses the management apparatus on the basis of the access time selected by the selection unit. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215459 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus registers a message using a microblogging function in a Web server. When the image forming apparatus confirms a comment to the registered message, it analyzes the comment and converts it into control information for executing processing by the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus generates an analysis result comment for confirming whether or not the analysis result is correct, and registers the analysis result comment in the Web server. When a comment of the user to the registered analysis result comment is affirmative, processing in accordance with the control information is executed. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215460 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - On a Web service apparatus, messages are monitored and obtained. The contents of an obtained message are analyzed, and if it is determined that the message includes a print instruction for a follower, the corresponding file is obtained from the Web service apparatus, printed, and after the print completes, a comment relating to the print is sent to the Web service apparatus. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215461 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS HAVING STORAGE UNIT THAT STORES SETTING VALUES, AND CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR - An image processing apparatus having improved user-friendliness in setting the setting values that represent contents of operation to be performed by the image processing apparatus. In a case that a login user has changed at least one setting value during the login, a CPU of the image processing apparatus causes a SRAM to store a setting value before change corresponding to the changed setting value. When the user logs out, the setting value changed by the user during the login is returned to the setting value before change that is stored in the SRAM. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215462 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - In the case where input image data is saved to a scan data DB, a first message is registered to a server, and when an instruction to edit the image data is made, image data saved in the scan data DB relating to the instruction is extracted, and when an editing target is selected from the extracted image data, the editing target image data is updated with the input image data, and a second message indicating that the image data was updated is associated with the first message relating to the image data. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215463 | FACSIMILE APPARATUS CAPABLE OF OUTPUTTING COMMUNICATION TONES, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A facsimile apparatus which uses a tone output unit that outputs tones when a VoIP communication in which audio data for a facsimile communication by way of a public telephone line is sent and received over an IP network is being carried out, so as to make a user aware that a non-VoIP communication in which a facsimile communication is carried out by way of the IP network without using audio data is being carried out. When the VoIP communication is being carried out, the tone output unit outputs a first tone for notifying the user of a communication status of the VoIP communication. When the non-VoIP communication is carried out, the tone output unit outputs a second tone so as to notify the user of a communication status of the non-VoIP communication. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215464 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD - In an image forming system, after receiving print data, print setting data, and a command to display a preview from an information processing apparatus, an image drawing unit in an image forming apparatus generates a preview image that reflects the print setting data from the print data and send it to the information processing apparatus. After receiving the print data, the print setting data, and the command to start printing from the information processing apparatus, the image drawing unit generates drawing data that reflects the print setting data from the print data, and an engine unit prints out an image on paper. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215465 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR GROUPING INFORMATION OUTPUT FROM AN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus acquires an event thereof, determines one or a plurality of output targets to which data according to the event is output, based on a type of the event, and posts a message corresponding to data based on a type of the event on a short sentence communication service by using a plurality of accounts of the short sentence communication service provided by a server as an output target. If an information processing terminal logs in the short sentence communication service by using an account for following a necessary account among the plurality of accounts of the image forming apparatus, the information processing terminal displays messages posted by the image forming apparatus via the followed account. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215466 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present invention relates to a print control apparatus that is connected to a data processing apparatus through a first communication unit and connected to an image forming apparatus through a second communication unit. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215467 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATIONS WITH A PRINTER - Aspects of the disclosure provide systems, methods, and apparatuses for leveraging near field communications (NFC) in conjunction with printer devices. Examples of the disclosure provide for novel methods of interfacing with printers configured to use near field communications using NFC enabled readers and output media. Examples include using a smart phone to access data stored on an NFC tag associated with the printer. The data provided by the NFC tag may include printer status information, printer configuration information, network information, or other data relating to operation and maintenance of the printer. The printer may also encode the NFC tag dynamically, including encoding data to NFC tags included on print media. The printer may encode an NFC tag associated with media with a variety of information in support of various use cases. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215468 | PRINTING CONTROL METHOD, PRINTING CONTROL DEVICE AND PRINTING DEVICE - The disclosure provides a printing control method, a printing control device and a printing device. The printing control method comprises the following steps: receiving printing data; acquiring first printing format information of the printing data, wherein the first printing format information includes a first blank space height; acquiring paper-saving parameter information; obtaining second printing format information according to the first printing format information and the paper-saving parameter information, wherein the second printing format information includes a second blank space height; and printing the printing data according to the second blank space height. With the disclosure, a significant paper-saving effect can be achieved during printing. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215469 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCANNING - A scan request is received. In response, a command is sent to an image scanner to scan media. A scanned image of the media is received from the image scanner according to the command. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130222842 | UTILIZING VIRTUALLY STORED MEDIA SNAPSHOTS FOR RASTERIZING PRINT JOBS - Methods and systems herein provide for the use of virtually stored media “snapshots” for rasterizing print jobs. In one embodiment, a print controller receives a print job. The print controller identifies a virtually stored media that specifies a media property utilized for rasterizing the print job, where the virtually stored media is associated with a media tray of a printer. The print controller identifies the media property specified by the virtually stored media, and rasterizes the print job based on the media property specified by the virtually stored media. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222843 | CONTENT RECEIPT VIA EMAIL ADDRESSES - In one embodiment, first content is received, via an email address from which printable content is received from a plurality of computing devices, from a network-connected computing device. The first content is stored. An access code is sent to the publisher device. The code is received from a network-connected printer. The code is compared to a database or registry that associates the access code with the first content. The first content is caused to be rendered. The rendered first content is sent to the printer for printing. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222844 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SIGNAL TRANSFER CIRCUIT, AND SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - An image processing apparatus includes first and second transfer circuits. The first transfer circuit transfers a first image processing signal in accordance with a first reference signal. The second transfer circuit transfers a second image processing signal, which is extracted from the first image processing signal in accordance with a second reference signal. The first transfer circuit includes a transmission circuit that transmits an adjusting signal to the second transfer circuit in accordance with the first reference signal. The second transfer circuit includes first and second adjusting circuits. The first adjusting circuit adjusts a phase of the adjusting signal so that the second image processing signal will be stably extracted from the adjusting signal in accordance with the second reference signal. The second adjusting circuit adjusts the phase of the adjusting signal so that the second image processing signal extracted from the adjusting signal will match the adjusting signal. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222845 | Mail Production Job Tracking System and Method - A computer method and system to allow reconciliation of documents that were originally part of a first mail production job, but that may have been produced as part of a different second mail production job. A database stores a first record that identifies documents in the first mail production job. The record includes one or more fields indicating a production status of the documents in the first mail production job. At some point in the production process, a document is separated from what was originally defined as the first mail production job, to be instead produced as part of a second mail production job. The database further stores a second record identifying documents in the second mail production job. These records are updated to include a pointer indicating the relationship between the document and the first mail production job and the second mail production job. During mail production the production status of a document is determined. The database records are updated to record the current status of the documents. Responsive to a query regarding the status of documents originally in the first job, the pointer is used to identify the status of the document in the second job. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222846 | Controller and Control Method - A controller for use in a printing apparatus ejecting a metallic ink is configured to, on a user interface screen, display a reception portion that receives an item desired by a user with respect to a metallic texture, and a display portion that displays a printing-medium type suitable for the item. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222847 | SYSTEM THAT ENHANCES OPERABILITY AND CONVENIENCE WHEN USE OF SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS IS DESIRED, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A system having an image forming apparatus and at least one image processing apparatus that is capable of enhancing operability and convenience when use of specific functions is desired. The image forming apparatus comprises a holding unit that holds information on an image processing apparatus in a mode in which the first application can carry out a predetermined operation to the image forming apparatus. The image processing apparatus in which a first application and a second application are installed comprises a first obtaining unit that obtains information as to whether a process to a predetermined operation instruction is disabled, a second obtaining unit that obtains the information held by the holding unit of said image forming apparatus, and a control unit that determines whether the predetermined operation instruction is enabled based on the obtained information. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222848 | Image Forming Apparatus, Image Forming System, and Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Recording Medium Configured to Store Program for Information Processing Unit - An image forming apparatus includes a power-state switching unit, a proxy-process executing unit, a proxy-generation-information transmission unit, and a printing-process take-over unit. The power-state switching unit switches among a plurality of power states including an ordinary state and a power-saving state. The proxy-process executing unit executes a proxy process, which is a proxy process to halfway through a printing process, to be executed by an external target unit. The proxy-generation-information transmission unit transmits proxy generation information to the target unit when the power of the target unit is in the ordinary state. The printing-process take-over unit takes over printing from halfway based on the received proxy generation information. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222849 | Device Information Providing System for Providing Information Through a Web Page Included in Each of a Main Electronic Device and a Sub-Electronic Device - A device information providing system includes a main electronic device including: a main-side external communication unit configured to communicate with an information processing device; a main-side inter-device communication unit configured to communicate with a sub-electronic device; a main-side HTTP server configured to provide a main-side page including a Web page of the main electronic device; and a main-side communication control unit configured to: (i) disconnect a main-side normal connection when a connection to a sub-side switching URL is requested by the information processing device while the main-side normal connection is established, and (ii) establish a main-side transfer connection. The sub-electronic device includes: the sub-side inter-device communication unit configured to communicate with the main-side inter-device communication unit and the sub-side HTTP server configured to provide a sub-side page to which the sub-side switching URL used to switch the connection assigned, the sub-side page including a Web page of the sub-electronic device. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222850 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, POSTPROCESSING APPARATUS, OPTION APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND CONTROLLER - An image forming system including an image forming apparatus, which is configured to form an image on a sheet according to an input print job, and a plurality of postprocessing apparatuses, which is configured to execute postprocessing on a sheet discharged from the image forming apparatus, includes a supply unit configured to supply the plurality of postprocessing apparatuses with a signal, which instructs a batch power supply to the plurality of postprocessing apparatuses, and a control unit configured, after the plurality of postprocessing apparatuses have been powered on by the supply unit instructing the batch power supply, to discontinue a power supply to a second postprocessing apparatus, which is connected further downstream of a first postprocessing apparatus provided most downstream in a direction of conveying the sheet in the input print job, of the plurality of postprocessing apparatuses. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130229679 | PRINT SUB-JOB LOGGING - A print job for a document is communicated to a printer. The print job comprises multiple sub-jobs and each sub-job minimally comprises one extractable object from the document. Sub-job print results associated with the print job are logged. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130229680 | Enterprise Cloud Printing - A method for monitoring usage of a home printer in a home-office system, the home-office system including the home printer and a computer of a user, both of which are communicatively coupled to an enterprise server over a network. The method includes generating a print job to be printed on the home printer; determining print job metrics related to the print job, the print job metrics including file information related to at least one file to be printed as part of the print job; and transmitting the print job metrics to the enterprise server over the network. A print management server analyzes the print job metrics to determine whether the print job was work-related or non-work-related. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130229681 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes an execution unit that executes a program, a main storage unit that includes a first non-volatile memory which is readable and writable and is capable of retaining stored information even when no power is supplied and is provided with a first storage area which stores the program executed by the execution unit and a second storage area which stores data generated by the execution of the program by the execution unit, a connection unit that connects the execution unit and the main storage unit, and a condition storage unit that includes a second non-volatile memory which is readable and writable and is capable of retaining stored information even when no power is supplied and stores conditions which are set by the connection unit to transmit and receive the program and the data between the execution unit and the main storage unit. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130229682 | PRINTER SYSTEM AND PRINTER - A printer system includes a host computer which transmits printing data; and a printer which receives and prints the printing data transmitted from the host computer, wherein second printing data following after first printing data is transmitted from the host computer to the printer before a predetermined time at which printing of the first printing data in the printer ends. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130229683 | APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus including a communication unit configured to communicate with a communication device and be able to output data stored in a memory to the communication device even without power supplied from a power supply to the apparatus stores, in the memory, status information to specify the status of the apparatus in a state in which the power supply supplies the power to the apparatus. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130229684 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND SYSTEM - An apparatus includes a communication unit which communicates with a communication device, and can write data received from the communication device in a memory. The apparatus receives an operation request to the apparatus from the communication device, and stores the received operation request in the memory. The apparatus has a function of specifying a function corresponding to the operation request of a plurality of functions included in the apparatus in a state in which the operation request is stored in the memory. When the function is specified, and is not activated, the apparatus activates the function, and controls the activated function. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130229685 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - In an information processing apparatus capable of performing communication using each of a plurality of communication methods, information used to communicate with an external apparatus of the information processing apparatus by a second communication method among the plurality of communication methods is received from the external apparatus by a first communication method among the plurality of communication methods. The external apparatus is notified, by the second communication method based on the received information, of information about execution of predetermined processing in accordance with a result obtained by determining the status of the communication with the external apparatus by the first communication method. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130229686 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DATA PROCESSING FOR A PRINTING OPERATION - Systems and methods relating to preparing data for use in a printing operation are provided. One method includes receiving selected records from a first data source. The selected records have been subjected to a first record characteristic updating step and the selected records comprise mail information useful for delivery of printed materials. The method further includes updating the selected records with a second record characteristic updating step. A time at which the second record characteristic updating step is performed is determined in relation to a print production schedule for the printed materials. The method further includes creating a postal pre-sort file based upon the updated selected records for use in the printing operation. The printing operation is performed on a printing device based on the pre-sorted records. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130229687 | PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - An embodiment of the invention has been made to solve a problem that it is impossible to store externally transmitted job information if a printer apparatus is in a hard-off state and it is, therefore, necessary to store the job information in an external apparatus on the transmission side. In the embodiment, a wireless communication unit which can transmit/receive data even if no power is supplied receives job information from an external terminal, and stores it in a non-volatile memory. When an information processing apparatus is supplied with power, and enters a normal activation state, it executes the job stored in the non-volatile memory. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130229688 | Network System, Network Apparatus and Start Indicating Apparatus - A network apparatus transmits the completion notice of the start to a start indicating apparatus in a case of completing a start processing to be executed according to a start indication. In a case of monitoring and receiving the receipt of the completion notice of the start transmitted from the network apparatus, the start indicating apparatus transmits the completion notice of the start with respect to a terminal apparatus through a repeating apparatus. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130229689 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus communicable with an external apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive from the external apparatus a request for displaying a frame used to operate the image forming apparatus on a display of the external apparatus, an execution unit configured to perform shut down processing of the image forming apparatus when a predetermined time has elapsed, and a control unit configured to prevent the execution unit from performing the shut down processing in a case where the reception unit has received the request before the predetermined time has elapsed. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130229690 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - This invention provides a technique which allows the user to select whether or not to make print settings without any special operation such as key operations or button operations upon printing information held by a mobile terminal using a printer. To this end, in a case where it is detected that a mobile terminal is located with an NFC communication range, an NFC communication is established to exchange information so as to prepare for transition to a BT communication, information to be printed is received via the BT communication, thus printing the information. At this time, only in a case where an established state of the NFC communication is continued for a predetermined period of time since the NFC communication is established, a detailed print setting menu is displayed. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130229691 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL DEVICE - An image forming apparatus includes a first wireless communication unit that receives data from a mobile phone, and a reader-writer that transmits an address of the first wireless communication unit to the mobile phone. The mobile phone includes a contact/non-contact IC card that receives the address, and a second wireless communication unit that transmits image data to the first wireless communication unit utilizing the address. When communication is made between the mobile phone and the image forming apparatus, the address of the first wireless communication unit is transmitted to the contact/non-contact IC card through the reader-writer, and the second wireless communication unit transmits data to the first wireless communication unit utilizing the address. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130235416 | BIN-PACKING APPROACH TO PRODUCTION JOB SCHEDULING ON A CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE - A method of scheduling a print job in a print production system may include identifying one or more print jobs having a start time within a rental period, identifying one or more logical devices that are operating during the rental period and determining a processing schedule associated with the rental period. The method may include determining whether the processing schedule comprises an idle period, in response to the processing schedule comprising an idle period, determining whether a future print job can be processed during the idle period, in response to determining that the future print job can be processed during the idle period, assigning the future print job to at least a portion of the idle period on the processing schedule, and instructing the identified logical devices to process the one or more identified print jobs according to the processing schedule. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130235417 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing device includes an execution unit that executes a control program for causing a functional unit to realize a predetermined function, a memory that stores the control program, a state variable indicating a state of the functional unit, and activation history of either initial activation or second and following activation, in a nonvolatile memory, and a communication unit that causes the execution unit to communicate with the functional unit, wherein the execution unit includes a first procedure where the control program is stored in the memory and the control program is read and is executed, and a second procedure where the control program pre-stored in the memory is read and is executed, refers to the activation history when activation is performed, executes the first procedure in a case of the initial activation, and executes the second procedure in a case of the second and following activation. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130235418 | PRINTING SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, MANAGEMENT METHOD, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A printing system includes at least one image forming apparatus and a management apparatus, each of the image forming apparatus and the management apparatus connected to an information system. The management system includes a receiving unit, an association relationship registration unit, and a user setting unit. The image forming apparatus includes a print data retrieval unit, a converter unit, and a control unit. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130235419 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms an image and a controller that controls the image forming unit, wherein the controller includes a first execution unit that executes a first program, a first main memory that includes a first non-volatile memory, is connected to the first execution unit, and stores a first start program, a first transmission and reception controller that is connected to the first bus, controls the transmission and reception of data, and includes a volatile memory, a second execution unit that is connected to the first execution unit and executes a second program, a second main memory that includes a second non-volatile memory, is connected to the second execution unit, and stores a second start program, and a second transmission and reception controller that is connected to the second bus, controls the transmission and reception of data, and includes a third non-volatile memory. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130235420 | DATA DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, this data display device has a display unit in which a rear support cover is mounted on the back surface of a rectangular display panel using a rotatably connected with a first hinge. This data display device has a main body that supports the display unit at a display angle. The main body is provided with a paper discharge unit for a built-in printer. The main body is rotatably connected to rear support cover via a second hinge. The data display device may be used in an operator mode, a first user mode in which the display unit is inclined in the direction opposite to the display angle for an operator by the second hinge, and a second user mode in which the display panel is rotated at an angle of inclination larger than the display angle for an operator by the first hinge. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130235421 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - When a notification, indicating that a read-start instruction is inputted in a reading apparatus that supports event push scanning, is received through a network, read-setting of read operation corresponding to the read-start instruction is acquired from the reading apparatus through a network, in response to the received notification. An instruction is given to the reading apparatus through the network to read an image in accordance with the acquired read-setting and transmit read image data generated by the reading, using a predetermined scanner driver. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130235422 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A printing system includes an information processing apparatus and a portable terminal. The information processing apparatus generates an intermediate data format intermediate job, returns, in response to a job information request from the portable terminal, job information of a spooled intermediate job, and transmits, in response to a printing request from the portable terminal, a job generated from spooled intermediate job to an output destination identified based on information in the printing request. The portable terminal transmits a job information request to the information processing apparatus, displays a list of jobs based on received job information, and receives selection of a job to be printed from the jobs list. The portable terminal also reads information regarding an output destination from a printing apparatus by using a reading device and transmits the printing request including information of the selected job and information regarding an output destination to the information processing apparatus. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130235423 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing system includes a management terminal and a client terminal capable of communicating with each other. The client terminal includes a first controller configured to issue an instruction to perform first certain processing according to first setting information. The management terminal includes a setting information generator configured to generate the first setting information according to information inputted by a user operation, and a setting information application unit configured to, upon detection of a client terminal capable of performing communication, send the first setting information generated by the setting information generator to the client terminal and applies the generated first setting information to the first setting information set in the first controller. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130235424 | DISPLAY SYSTEM INCLUDING RELAY APPARATUS AND FIRST AND SECOND DISPLAY APPARATUSES - When a first remote panel accepts an operation to move a display screen, the first remote panel transmits information on the operation to a relay server. The relay server determines a destination display screen based on the received information, and transmits information on the destination display screen to each of an MFP (Multifunction Peripheral), the first remote panel, and a second remote panel. The relay server transmits data on the destination display screen to each of the first and second remote panels. After transmitting the information on the destination display screen, the relay server receives data on a neighboring screen of the destination display screen from the MFP. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130235425 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONVERSION OF A PRODUCTION PLANT FOR THE POST PRINT PROCESSING - A method and device for the conversion of a production plant for the post print processing, which production plant includes several post print processing machines and a plant central control unit. The method and device may be used for successively processing different production orders for turning partial products into finished print products. According to the method, it may first be determined when a last partial product of a first production order has left a post print processing machine. The post print processing machine may then be automatically and/or semi-automatically converted by the plant central control unit. The method may include determining, by the plant central control unit, when the conversion of the post print processing machine has been completed. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130235426 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND SCANNED DATA PROCESS METHOD - An information processing system including an information processing apparatus that selects between transferring data and obtaining data, and controls transferring data or obtaining data based on the selection. The system also includes a server that stores data transferred from the information processing apparatus, and controls transferring data to the information processing apparatus based on a request for transferring data received from the information processing apparatus. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130235427 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A clearing section includes a counter for measuring a period up to the reset of contents set by means of an operation panel to initial values. If a position discriminating section discriminates that the operation panel is at a first position, the clearing section starts measuring the period by means of the counter from the first entry made to the operation panel. When a count value reaches a predetermined value, the clearing section executes an automatic clear processing to reset the contents set by means of the operation panel to the initial values. On the other hand, the clearing section cancels the execution of the automatic clear processing if the position discriminating section discriminates that the operation panel is at a second position. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130242339 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC REDEPLOYMENT OF CLOUD-BASED SERVICES - A method of scheduling a print job may include determining a first set of deployments that includes one or more deployments. Each deployment in the first set may include an indication of a logical device in a cloud environment and an indication of a production center. The method may include for one or more deployments in the first set of deployments, determining a total compliance value associated with the deployment, identifying a subset of deployments based on, at least in part, the associated total compliance values, generating a new set of deployments based on, at least in part, the identified subset of deployments, and in response to the first set of deployments being an improvement over the new set of deployments, incrementing a count variable, and repeating the determining a total compliance value, identifying, and generating operations until the count variable equals an exit condition value. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130242340 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENABLING DECENTRALIZED, TRUSTWORTHY AND COLLABORATIVE SHARING OF SERVICES - Methods and systems for selecting a service provider are disclosed. Information pertaining to print service providers, including associated user and general reputation scores, are received. Each user reputation score identifies a user's perception of a print service provider's reputation. Each general reputation score identifies a general strength of the print service provider's reputation. A first set of providers is selected based on a threshold user reputation score. A second set of providers is selected (pseudo-)randomly. A trust score is determined for each provider in the first and second sets based on the associated user and general reputation scores. One or more negotiation providers are selected from the first and second sets based on the associated trust scores. One or more of the user and general reputation scores are updated for negotiation providers based on a quality of service provided or an offer provided to or by the negotiation provider. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130242341 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus having an operation mode, an energy saving mode, and a stop mode includes an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording member, and a control unit that controls the image forming unit, wherein the control unit includes an arithmetic unit that performs a logical operation or a numerical operation, a storage unit that stores a register value used by the arithmetic unit in a non-volatile register which is readable and writable, and retains stored information even when no power is supplied, and a change unit that changes the register value stored in the non-volatile register so as to correspond to a mode change between the operation mode and the energy saving mode or between the operation mode and the stop mode. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130242342 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A cooperation server executes printing processing of a document from an MFP through a printing server based on matter information including a printing instruction for the document received from a matter management server. The cooperation server notifies the client PC of the printing order that includes the printing ID and access information used for registering the costs related to the printing after completion of printing, provides a registering screen for costs related to printing by reason of the access from the client PC, and registers the costs registering information received from the client PC on the matter management server. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130242343 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - When an image processing apparatus performs a transmission function of transmitting image data generated by reading a document with a scanner, to a cost management apparatus, the image processing apparatus registers cost information and the image data in the cost management apparatus, the cost information corresponding to user's operation time incurred to perform the transmission function. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130242344 | SERVER, PRINT JOB CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A server includes a spooler which puts one or more jobs connected to one or more users in a spool queue; a user information receiver which receives from a printing apparatus, user information of a user who is logged on to the printing apparatus; a job search portion which finds one or more jobs connected to the logon user among the one or more jobs waiting in the spool queue, by using the user information received by the user information receiver; and a controller which controls such that the most recent job among the one or more jobs found by the job search portion is transferred to the printing apparatus and further controls, on the basis of one or both of: the job title of the most recent job; and the spool time the most recent job is put into the spool queue. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130242345 | Image Processing Apparatus, Image Processing Method, and Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Recording Medium Encoded with Image Processing Program - An image processing apparatus includes a target determining portion to determine process target data, an image processing control portion that stores processed data obtained by image-processing the process target data when the process target data can be stored upon acceptance of an execution operation, a history storing portion that stores history information including processing identification information of the image processing when the process target data cannot be stored, and a page generating portion that generates a page including a command linked to the process target data. The target determining portion determines designated data as the process target data upon acceptance of a data designating operation, and determines processed data as the process target data after the process target data is image-processed. When history information is stored, the page generating portion generates the page further including an image processing command to perform the image processing on the process target data. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130242346 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - Provided is an image forming system where a plurality of image forming apparatuses for printing an image on a sheet based on a job, and outputting the image are connected with one another in a communicable manner, including a communication unit to carry out the communication, and a control unit to manage the job, and control the communication unit, where the control unit divides the job for sequentially processing a plurality of steps into a plurality of divided step jobs, executes a former part of the divided step jobs on an image forming apparatus which can execute the former part of the divided step jobs, and reserves a latter part of the divided step jobs on an image forming apparatus which can execute the latter part of the divided step jobs, and is different from the image forming apparatus, thereby enabling efficient execution of the job. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130242347 | DISPLAY INPUT DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED THEREWITH - A display input device | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130250344 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR A GRAPHICAL CUSTOM ORDER WITH AN INTERACTIVE VIRTUAL REPRESENTATION FOR FEATURE SELECTION - A computer implemented system and interactive method for selecting finishing options for a print job are disclosed. The method includes receiving a print job which includes a document to be printed and associated job ticket information. Finishing options available are displayed using an interactive virtual representation of the document as it will be printed and a visualization of the document as it would be rendered with a user selected finishing option(s). | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130250345 | WORKFLOW NOTIFICATION MECHANISM - A print server is disclosed. The print server includes a printing software product that generates an object including one or more attributes defining work expected to be received in a printing system, assigns the object to an input device associated with a folder designated to receive the work, monitors the received work and provides a notification if the received work does not match the attributes of the object. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130250346 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, PRINTING APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - A display control device includes: an accepting unit that accepts part-designation information for designating plural parts to be printed included in data and processing-designation information for designating print processing that performs predetermined processing on every K parts of the plural parts, where K is an integer not less than 2; a generating unit that generates plural specific images for specifying contents of the plural respective parts designated by part-designation information accepted by the accepting unit; and a controller that, when the accepting unit accepts the processing-designation information, exerts control so that a process for performing an operation to select K specific images from the plural specific images generated by the generating unit and to change a state of the K specific images in accordance with the predetermined process in order while changing the K specific images to be selected is displayed on a display screen. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130250347 | INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information providing apparatus including an image processing unit, a receiving unit, a selection unit, and a transmitting unit. The image processing unit executes image processing. The receiving unit receives first operation state information indicating an operation state of a terminal apparatus from the terminal apparatus. The selection unit acquires second operation state information indicating an operation state relating to image processing being executed by the image processing unit. Upon detecting that the terminal apparatus is in a specific operation state in accordance with the first operation state information, the selection unit selects one or plural pieces of user interface information concerning image processing to be executable after the specific operation state, in accordance with the first operation state information and the second operation state information. The transmitting unit transmits the one or plural pieces of user interface information selected by the selection unit to the terminal apparatus. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130250348 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a generating unit that generates, on image data that are obtained by scanning a document of a plurality of pages, multi-page format data in a single file, single-page format data in a page-by-page file, and association information that associates the multi-page format data with the single-page format data, and a transfer unit that transfers the multi-page format data, the single-page format data, and the association information to a server via a communication line in response to a transfer request of the image data. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130250349 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing system includes one or plural processing units processing data and outputting the data to an output device, an allocation unit allocating data received from a client apparatus to the one processing unit or any one of the plural processing units, a storage unit storing the allocated data, a monitoring unit monitoring a status of the one processing unit or the plural processing units, and a unit increasing or decreasing the number of processing units on the basis of the status of the one processing unit or the plural processing units and a status of the stored data, wherein the processing unit stores the allocated data in the storage unit, and the one processing unit or any one of the plural processing units processes the data stored in the storage unit and outputs the processed data to the output device. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130250350 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes a first receiving unit that receives information about settings of a second information processing apparatus using communication from a first information processing apparatus, a first transmitting unit that transmits an instruction to perform communication from the second information processing apparatus to the information processing apparatus to the first information processing apparatus as a response to the information received by the first receiving unit, a second receiving unit that receives information from the second information processing apparatus on the basis of the instruction, and a second transmitting unit that transmits the information about the settings of the second information processing apparatus received by the first receiving unit to the second information processing apparatus when the second receiving unit receives the information from the second information processing apparatus. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130250351 | CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE OUTPUT APPARATUS, IMAGE OUTPUT SYSTEM, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND CONTROL METHOD - A control device includes a first acquisition unit that acquires a first notification reservation request which requests a notification reservation of an event and includes first identification information for identifying a notification destination of the event, a second acquisition unit that acquires a second notification reservation request which requests a notification reservation of an event and includes second identification information for identifying a notification destination of the event, and a first controller that performs a control such that information regarding the notification reservation of the event requested by the second notification reservation request is stored in a memory according to a difference between the first identification information and the second identification information. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130250352 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A print control apparatus includes the following components. A receiving unit receives a print request. A print data generating unit generates print data for outputting images on print sheets on the basis of the received print request. An obtaining unit obtains information on the printing speed of a printer that is to print the images on the print sheets on the basis of the generated print data. A deciding unit decides, on the basis of the obtained information on the printing speed, page intervals at which reduced-size images are to be generated. A reduced-size image generating unit generates, on the basis of the received print request, at the decided page intervals, reduced-size images of the images to be output on the print sheets. A display unit displays the generated reduced-size images. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130250353 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes plural auxiliary processing devices and a distribution section. The plural auxiliary processing devices perform predetermined processing on image data. The distribution section divides image data for one page into plural processing units, and distributes the plural processing units respectively to the auxiliary processing devices. The distribution section calculates the number of divisions indicating the number of pieces into which image data for one page is to be divided, in accordance with the number of auxiliary processing devices, the number of processing units that one auxiliary processing device is capable of simultaneously receiving and processing, and a degree of page parallelism indicating the number of pages of image data to be input while one auxiliary processing device processes image data for one page; divides the image data for one page into processing units; and distributes the processing units respectively to the auxiliary processing devices. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130250354 | INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, AND TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - An information providing device is capable of communicating with an image forming device, a data managing device, and a transmission terminal. The information providing device includes a storage unit; a communication unit that transmits a forming instruction to instruct the image forming device to perform image forming, and receives, from the image forming device, storage location information indicating the data managing device that stores data obtained by image forming by the image forming device and indicating a storage location in the data managing device; and a storage location managing unit that generates, in the storage unit, management information in which identification information of the image data is associated with the storage location information. The communication unit receives the data saved in the storage location indicated by the storage location information from the data managing device and transmits the received data to the transmission terminal. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130250355 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, ADDRESS SETTING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - Among a plurality of MAC addresses, a MAC address to which an IP address is to be allocated is set, and key data for tracking an IP address corresponding to the image forming apparatus is set. An external apparatus is notified of the set MAC address and set key data. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130250356 | PRINT DATA DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, PRINT DATA DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT METHOD AND PRINTING DEVICE - The print data distribution management system comprising a distributor terminal used by a user who is the distributor of print data to be distributed, a recipient terminals used by a distribution receiver of the print data to be distributed and a printing device connected to the distributor terminal and the recipient terminal via a network and printing the print data distributed. The distributor terminal comprises a transmitter including information specifying the distribution receiver in the print data and sending the print data to the printing device. The printing device comprises a print controller analyzing the print data sent from the transmitter of the distributor terminal and creating print image data, a print outputter printing out the print image data on a recording medium based on print instruction from the distribution receiver and a distribution status manager managing the distribution status of the print image data with the distribution receiver. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130250357 | PRINTER - The disclosure discloses a printer comprising a feeder, a printing head, a printer RFID tag comprising a tag antenna and an IC circuit part, a communication antenna, and a control device. The control device being configured to execute an information acquisition process for acquiring access point information via a wired communication connecting part from the printer RFID tag, the access point information being acquired by the printer RFID tag by tag communication, a transmission and reception attempting process for attempting information transmission and reception with an access point, by means of the mutually recognized wireless communication, a data acquisition process for acquiring desired print data acquired by the mutually recognized wireless communication when information transmission and reception by the transmission and reception attempting process succeed, and a printing control process for controlling the feeder and the printing head so that printing is performed on a print-receiving medium. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130250358 | ARRANGEMENT FOR CONNECTING TO NETWORK IN NETWORK SYSTEM - A network system includes a server and an apparatus connected to the server via a network. The server includes a connection information generation part configured to generate connection information including network connection information for a portable terminal connecting to the network and apparatus connection information including the IP address of the apparatus, and a connection information transmission part configured to transmit the connection information to the apparatus. The apparatus includes an image code display part configured to display an image code into which the connection information is converted, a request reception part configured to receive a job request specifying the IP address of the apparatus and transmitted from the portable terminal having decoded the image code and connected to the network using the network connection information, and a job execution part configured to execute a job based on the job request. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130250359 | PRINTING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PRINTING METHOD - An image forming apparatus which configures a printing system in which a server, comprises: a generation unit configured to generate, as plug-in information, information that associates a user interface provided by the image forming apparatus with the application provided by a server; a holding unit configured to hold the generated plug-in information; a sending unit configured to send the plug-in information to the information processing apparatus when the plug-in information has not been registered in an information processing apparatus; and a providing unit configured, when direct printing is designated, to provide, as the user interface to the information processing apparatus based on the plug-in information held by the holding unit, a direct print screen for accepting a print setting corresponding to the application that has generated print data to be printed. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130250360 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes a capturing unit for capturing an image; an operation unit for inputting information specifying a specific information processing device among a plurality of information processing devices; an information request processing unit for externally transmitting an information acquisition request including a concurrent notification request and identification information identifying the specific information processing device; a destination determination processing unit for determining a transmission destination according to answer information relative to the information acquisition request; and an image information transmission processing unit for transmitting the image captured with the capturing unit to the transmission destination determined with the destination determination processing unit. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130258396 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A print control apparatus included an accepting unit, a generating unit, a transmission unit, a display, a determination unit, and a display controller. The accepting unit accepts a print request. The generating unit generates, on the basis of the print request, print data for outputting an image onto printing paper. The transmission unit transmits the print data to a printing apparatus. The display displays a list of print requests accepted by the accepting unit, together with process states of the print requests. The determination unit determines whether a progress speed with which processes based on the print requests are to be completed is not lower than a value. In a case where an operation instruction unit is displayed on the display, when it is determined that the progress speed is not lower than the value, the display controller performs control of disabling the operation instruction unit. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130258397 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A print control apparatus includes an accepting unit, a generating unit, a transmission unit, a display, a determination unit, and a display controller. The accepting unit accepts a print request. The generating unit generates, on the basis of the print request, print data for outputting an image onto printing paper. The transmission unit transmits the print data to a printing apparatus. The display displays a display screen of a list of print requests accepted by the accepting unit, together with process states of the print requests. The determination unit determines whether a progress speed with which processes based on the print requests are to be completed is not lower than a value. When the progress speed is lower than the set value, the display controller updates the display screen at first time intervals, and, otherwise, updates the display screen at second time intervals longer than the first time intervals. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130258398 | PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING RECORDED THEREON PRINTING CONTROL PROGRAM, AND PRINTING CONTROL METHOD - A preflight check unit in a printing control apparatus includes a sub-preflight check unit, an object page determination unit, a main preflight check unit, and a preflight result output unit. The sub-preflight check unit obtains resource use information and part use information. The object page determination unit determines object pages to be subjected to the preflight check, based on the resource use information and the part use information, and writes object page information indicating the object pages in a storage unit. The main preflight check unit reads the object page information from the storage unit to perform preflight check on the object pages indicated by the object page information. The preflight result output unit outputs a preflight result. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130258399 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A mobile terminal is connected to a server and an image forming device that store image forming device information in such a manner that the mobile terminal can communicate with the server and the image forming device. The mobile terminal acquires image forming device information from the selected server and/or image forming device. When the acquired image forming device information includes duplication of an image forming device, an image forming device list is generated by removing the duplication. Information of an image forming device to be used is displayed on a user interface of the mobile terminal. A usable image forming device is selected and presented to a user. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130258400 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, EXTERNAL TERMINAL, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming system comprises an image forming apparatus and an external terminal. The image forming apparatus has a receiving part for receiving operation input information on an operation input into an operation screen from the external terminal, a specifying part for specifying a first program to which an execution instruction is given through the operation screen on the basis of the operation input information, a determination part for determining a second program having the same function as that of the first program as an execution object program on the condition that the second program is installed in the external terminal, and a notification part for notifying the external terminal that the second program is determined as the execution object program. The external terminal executes a processing in accordance with the second program and displays a result of the processing executed in accordance with the second program. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130258401 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - According to an embodiment, an information processing apparatus comprises a wireless communication interface, an exploration unit, a communication establishment unit and a communication processing unit. The wireless communication interface carries out wireless communication. The exploration unit explores an image forming apparatus that is the state that can be connected by wireless communication based on a wireless access point function. The communication establishment unit establishes the wireless communication connection with the image forming apparatus that is the state that can be connected by wireless communication based on a wireless access point function. The communication processing unit supplies an on signal turning on the wireless access point function to the image forming apparatus whose wireless access point function is off when the exploration unit determines that the image forming apparatus that is the state that can be connected by wireless communication based on, a wireless access point function does not exist. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130258402 | IMAGE DATA PROCESSING DEVICE AND MANAGEMENT DEVICE - An image data processing device may be configured to be used in a system. The system may comprise the image data processing device, a management device and a plurality of electronic devices. The image data processing device may comprise a communication unit configured to communicate with the electronic device by using the first communication scheme. The image data processing device may cause, in a case where the communication unit receives the judgment information from the electronic device, a storing unit to store the received judgment information. The image data processing device may execute the image data processing in a case where it is determined that the processor is able to execute the image data processing based on the judgment information stored by the storing unit. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130258403 | TEMPLATE PROCESSING PROGRAM AND TEMPLATE PROCESSING METHOD - The disclosure discloses a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium, storing the template processing program for executing steps on a control device of an operation terminal. The terminal is connected with a print label producing apparatus using a template t, and with a server configured to store a plurality of language versions of mutually different language types for the template. The terminal comprises a display device, the control device, and a memory. The steps comprises a language selection receiving step for receiving a selection of at least one language type, a downloading step for downloading from the server at least one template that contains the language version of the language type, a combined file generating step for generating a combined file that combines a plurality of language versions using mutually different language types into a single file, and a storing step for storing the combined file in the memory. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130258404 | DATA PRINTING SYSTEM, PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - The present invention allows desired printing to be easily achieved not with complex operation but with intuitive operation. In the present invention, short-range communications can be made between a portable terminal device and a copy machine. When the portable terminal device is placed on a placement table of the copy machine, the copy machine detects the placement state of the portable terminal device (for example, landscape orientation or portrait orientation), determines a print format (for example, printing in a vertical direction or a horizontal direction as a printing direction) according to this placement state, and performs printing of print data received from the portable terminal device according to the print format. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130258405 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR READING AN IMAGE - An image reading apparatus connected with an information processing apparatus is provided. The image reading apparatus includes a specific parameter setting unit to set a parameter to be used in an image reading operation; an instruction receiving unit to receive input of an instruction to start reading of an image; a notification transmitting unit to transmit a read-start notification to the information processing apparatus; a parameter receiving unit to receive a parameter transmitted from the information processing apparatus in response to receipt of the read-start notification; and an image reading unit to read the image base on, at least with regard to the parameter set in the image reading apparatus, the parameter set by the specific parameter setting unit in place of the parameter transmitted from the information processing apparatus when the parameter transmitted from the information processing apparatus is received by the parameter receiving unit. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130258406 | USER TERMINAL APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING USER TERMINAL APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A user terminal apparatus, a method of controlling a user terminal apparatus, an image forming apparatus, and a method of controlling an image forming apparatus are provided. The method of controlling the user terminal apparatus includes selecting an application positioned in an application server, displaying an interface for receiving a parameter related to an image forming job provided from the selected application, and generating job metadata about the image forming job. The job metadata includes information about the parameter received by the interface and the selected application, and transmitting the generated job metadata to the image forming apparatus. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130258407 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHODS USED IN THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus in which applications can be installed is provided, in which the image forming apparatus includes an application information obtaining part for obtaining application information that is used for determining whether an application is installable in the image forming apparatus. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130265605 | COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing method includes: displaying a functional image; storing processing information in association with the functional image; displaying a first setting screen and comprises an execution instruction image if an input made by a first operation for the functional image is received; transmitting, to the image forming apparatus, a function execution command if an input for the execution instruction image is received; displaying, on the display unit, a second setting screen if an input made by a second operation for the functional image is received; storing non-display information if a non-display instruction is received, and displaying, on the display unit, operation information if the non-display instruction is received. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130265606 | Information processing device, method and storage device storing program therefor - There is provided an information processing device, in which a selection window allowing a user to select setting value for each of a plurality of setting items is displayed, the user operation indicating completion of selection of the setting value for each of the plurality of setting items is received. When the user operation indicating the completion of the selection is executed, whether a conflicting condition, in which the user attempts to set a plurality of setting values that are not allowed to be set simultaneously, occurs is judged. Then, a first resetting window showing one or a plurality of first effective setting values is displayed, which allows the user to select the one or the plurality of the first effective setting values when the conflicting condition occurs. The conflicting condition is resolved by receiving a setting value selected from the one or the plurality of first effective setting values when the conflicting condition occurs. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130265607 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus that executes an application to perform image formation processing, the image forming apparatus includes an instruction unit configured to instruct power supply through a supply unit to each component of an image forming apparatus, a shutoff unit configured to shut off electric power that the supply unit supplies to each component. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130271783 | CONTENT MODEL FOR A PRINTER INTERFACE - A method includes, with a physical computing system, executing a navigational application for a printer interface of a printer connected to the physical computing system through a network, with the physical computing system, using a content model for the navigational application, the content model defining attributes and a category for a screen. The method further includes, with the physical computing system, receiving content associated with the category, and with the physical computing system, providing to the printer the screen and the content in a format that is executable by the printer. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271784 | AN IMAGING FORMING APPARATUS WITH CUSTOMIZABLE USER INTERFACES AND IMPROVED TEXT LANGUAGE PROCESSING - An image forming apparatus contains: an internal device that performs a service; a message processing unit that parses a message according to service definition data, the service definition data including syntax definitions of an interface part of the service and designation of a protocol to be used for the service; and a control unit that controls the internal device according to a request obtained from a result of parsing the message by the message processing unit in order to execute the service. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271785 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing apparatus is configured to, when a specific type of sheet has been designated by the user as a sheet to be replenished, specify a storage unit to be replenished with the specific type of sheet based on information about the sheet used by the print job now being executed and the sheets going to be used by queued print jobs, and information about the sheets that are stored in a plurality of storage units. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271786 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Disclosed is a communication apparatus connected via a network to an external controller capable of providing a printing optional function and one or more image forming apparatuses. The communication apparatus may include a receiving unit configured to receive a print request and image data from the external controller, a distributed printing management unit configured to perform control to distribute the image data received by the receiving unit from the external controller to the image forming apparatuses to print the distributed image data, and a reporting unit configured to send to the external controller a report on information associated with the printing of the image forming apparatuses. In the communication apparatus, the receiving unit receives the image data generated by the external controller based on the information associated with the printing of the image forming apparatuses. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271787 | PROCESS EXECUTING METHOD, PROGRAM THEREOF, AND PRINT INSTRUCTING DEVICE - Provided is a method of executing a process by a driver using a storing unit having a first region capable of storing data and a second region capable of storing data with lower generality than the first region. The method includes storing a print-related value that relates to printing in the second region when an excess instruction that instructs the print-related value to be a value that exceeds a predetermined value is given. When the print-related value is not stored in the second region, a print instruction is given to a printing apparatus using print setting information including a print-related value stored in the first region at non-storing time. The method further includes giving a print instruction to the printing apparatus by using print setting information including a print-related value stored in the second region at storing time when the print-related value is stored in the second region. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271788 | PRINTING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PRINTING METHOD - A CPU of a printing apparatus selects one of a plurality of setting permission information items based on sheet property information in a case in which printing processing is performed employing a specific sheet type. Subsequently, the CPU of the printing apparatus performs a setting regarding each of a plurality of printing setting items so as to obtain a setting permitted in the selected setting permission information item in a case in which printing processing is performed employing a specific sheet type. Thus, a printing apparatus capable of executing the printing settings of a plurality of printing setting items appropriately is provided. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271789 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - This invention provides a first communication apparatus, which makes a facsimile communication via a packet communication network and can describe different contents image header information each including a date, time, source information, destination information, and the like in image data having a predetermined number of pixels upon sending the image data to a plurality of destinations, and a communication method. This invention also provides a second communication apparatus which makes a facsimile communication via a packet communication network and has a first mode in which image header information such as a date, time, source information, destination information, and the like can be described in image data having a predetermined number of pixels and can send the image data, and a second mode in which image data having one of various resolutions and an indefinite number of pixels can be sent. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130278963 | COLLECTING DATA FOR A PRINT SERVICE PROVIDER - A non-transitory, computer-readable medium has embedded therein instructions executable by a processor. The instructions simulate an operation of a print service provider (PSP) using a model of a printing system with a set of operation parameters for performing the PSP operation. The instructions determine a monitoring strategy based on the simulated PSP operation. The monitoring strategy is for monitoring the PSP operation when performed in the printing system. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130278964 | PRINT SERVICE PROVIDER OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT - A system for print service provider (PSP) operations management includes a provenance analytics engine. The provenance analytics engine accesses fresh meta-data associated with fresh events in a PSP operation performed using a printing system operated by a PSP. The provenance analytics engine further accesses stored meta-data associated with past events related to past PSP operations. Still further, the provenance analytics engine accesses a component behavioral model (CBM) to produce results associated with events in a PSP operation. The provenance analytics engine analyzes the event-related meta-data. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130278965 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE, NON-TRANSITORY MEDIUM - There are provided an image processing system, an information processing apparatus, display method and a computer-readable, non-transitory medium that can enhance user convenience when selecting an image reading apparatus. The image processing system has a plurality of image reading apparatuses and an information processing apparatus. Each of the image reading apparatuses includes a state detector for detecting a change in an operational state, and a transmission controller for transmitting the change detected in the operational state to the information processing apparatus, and the information processing apparatus includes a display unit, a reception controller for receiving the change detected in the operational state, and a display controller for causing the display unit to display a list of image reading apparatuses that is created by selecting image reading apparatus whose operational state has changed and by arranging the selected image reading apparatuses in order of the time the operational state changed. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130278966 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND JOB MANAGEMENT METHOD - A novel image forming apparatus that categorizes print job information for each newly added application and presents the print job information without categorizing data incorrectly and mixing in impersonation data. All of the applications that installed additionally extract jobs that went through itself only from trace information on jobs notified by the default functions and display it in a user interface. The trace information on jobs is a job ID association list that associates a job ID numbered by the default functions with a job ID of a job issued by the additional application. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130286428 | PRINTER FUNCTIONALITY ENABLEMENT - In one embodiment, enablement data, indicative of an enablement state of a functionality at a network-connected printer, is received from the printer. Fulfillment data, indicative of a fulfillment state of a condition to the enablement of the functionality at the printer, is received. It is determined whether the enablement data is consistent with the fulfillment data. Responsive to determining that the enablement data is inconsistent with the fulfillment data, a change instruction is sent to the printer over a network to cause a change in the enablement state to another state that is consistent with the fulfillment data. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130286429 | Single Action Print Application Creation - A method of creating a print application by a single action comprises appending a print application creation button to a browser instance displayed on a user device, receiving a single action user input on the user device to add content displayed in the browser instance as a print application, and creating the print application based on the content. A system for creating a print application comprises a user device communicatively coupled to a server, the user device comprising a processor, a data storage device, and a native print application to display a print application creation button in association with content displayed in a browser instance and obtain data related to the content displayed in the browser instance. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130286430 | Automatic load balancer for presses - A press load balancer automatically balances the printing load over a number of presses by taking into account the load on each press and the substrates (i.e., paper types) and inks installed on the presses to improve throughput while minimizing load on the press operators. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130286431 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An apparatus comprises a construction unit which constructs a setting value tree expressed in a tree structure by defining a parent-child relationship between plural job setting values; a generation unit which generates plural hot folders corresponding to job setting value combinations respectively constructing plural setting value trees; and a display unit which displays plural hot folders, of the plural hot folders generated, which correspond to job setting value combinations which are selectable at levels designated by the plural setting value trees, wherein job setting values of the plural hot folder are respectively inherit the job setting values superordinate to combined job setting values on the plural setting value trees corresponding to the plural hot folders, and the display unit displays job setting values corresponding to hot folders in accordance with a hierarchical structure of each of the plural setting value trees. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130286432 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus comprises: a unit which holds information of a plurality of hot folders; a unit which holds a condition for ranking the plurality of hot folders; a unit which generates a list of the plurality of hot folders ranked according to information of the plurality of hot folders, the condition, and information of print data input to a first hot folder of the plurality of hot folders, and to present the list; a unit which receives selection of a second hot folder as a movement destination of the print data input to the first hot folder from the plurality of hot folders indicated in the list; and a unit which moves the print data input to the first hot folder to the second hot folder. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130286433 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus which utilizes a communication device is disclosed. A communication unit of a housing which corresponds to an antenna portion is provided at a position at which the communication unit can be seen without obstruction from the upper side. A communication device such as a smartphone can be brought close to or into contact with the communication unit readily. Accordingly, wireless communication between the antenna portion and the communication device can be established. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130286434 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING NETWORK INTERFACE AND INTERFACE ENABLING TO CONNECT PERIPHERAL DEVICE - An image forming apparatus, which comprises a local interface, a network interface, and a relay unit for extracting control data for a peripheral device connected with the local interface from a packet received from the network interface and inputting the extracted control data to a local interface control unit, receives in-abnormality control command data for controlling the connected peripheral device to be performed in case of network disconnection from an information processing apparatus and stores it in a memory, inputs the stored in-abnormality control command data to the local interface control unit in case of detecting an abnormal situation such as the network disconnection from the information processing apparatus, and causes the local interface control unit to control the peripheral device according to the detected abnormal state. Thus, it is possible to achieve intelligent control to the peripheral device even in occurrence of the network disconnection. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130286435 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A processing device of an image processing apparatus recognizes contents of a touch operation when the touch operation onto an operation panel is performed, obtains an operation item stored in association with the contents of the touch operation, carries out control at the time of selection of the obtained operation item, and then presents on the operation panel, the contents of the touch operation stored in association with the obtained item. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130286436 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A method for enabling a user to add page numbers to a specific range designated by the user from a plurality of pages is provided. The method for controlling an image processing apparatus for processing images of a plurality of pages includes determining a start page of page number from the plurality of pages according to a user instruction, determining an end page of the page number from the plurality of pages according to a user instruction, and performing a control to add page numbers based on the start page and the end page. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130286437 | APPARATUS AND SYSTEM ON A CHIP FOR PRINTING BASED ON PROCESSING OF BASEBAND SIGNALS - A system includes a circuit board mounted within a printer. A first chip is mounted on the circuit board. A transceiver includes a receiver that: is implemented in the first chip; wirelessly receives a radio frequency signal; and generates a first baseband signal based on the radio frequency signal. A transmitter of the transceiver is implemented in the first chip and wirelessly transmits, based on a second baseband signal, a second radio frequency signal. A second chip is separate from the first chip and is mounted on the circuit board. The second chip includes first and second processing modules and a processor. The first processing module processed the first and second baseband signals and generates a data signal based on the first baseband signal. The processor generates the second baseband signal based on the first baseband signal. The second processing module implements a printing process based the data signal. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130293923 | PREDICTION OF PRINT QUALITY DEVIATIONS IN A PRINTING SYSTEM - Methods and systems herein provide for estimating when the print quality of a printer is expected to decrease below a threshold based on a function of change in the print quality of the printer. In one embodiment, a system calculates a plurality of print quality measurements based on pages printed by a printer. The system determines a function of change of the print quality of the printer that is based on changes in the print quality measurements. The system estimates when the print quality of the printer is expected to decrease below a threshold based on the function of change in the print quality of the printer. The system then provides the estimate to a print operator. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130293924 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EMBEDDING CONSTRAINT LOGIC OF PRINT SETTINGS IN PRINT CAPABILITIES - Systems and methods for updating print data receive a request for print capabilities data from a computing device, wherein the request includes print settings data, and wherein the print settings data indicates a first imaging device associated with the print settings data; generate print capabilities data based on the print settings data and on printing capabilities of the first imaging device; add imaging device capability constraint logic for the first imaging device to the print capabilities data, and send the print capabilities data to the computing device. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130293925 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING MARKING MATERIAL USAGE FOR A PRINTING SYSTEM - A method for determining a marking material usage estimate for a print job to be performed by a printing system is provided. The method is implemented in a computer system having one or more processors configured to execute one or more computer program modules. The method includes receiving compressed data of an image of the print job, wherein the image has a plurality of image pixels each having an image pixel intensity value, wherein the image pixels are transformed into the compressed data using a compression scheme; obtaining marking material usage statistics by partially decompressing the compressed data so as to obtain average pixel intensity values of the image pixels in the image; and determining the marking material usage estimate for the print job using the obtained marking material usage statistics. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130293926 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPOSING A PRINT JOB - A system and method is disclosed for imposing a print job. In one example, the system discloses a computer programmed with executable instructions which operate a set of modules, including an imposition sequence module | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130293927 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING A PORTION OF A DOCUMENT PRINT SEQUENCE OUTPUT BY A PRINT JOB SOURCE TO AN AUTOMATED DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM - A print processor interfaces with a print job source such as an accounting system and a remote automated data processing system. The print processor comprises a print job source interface for receiving a sequence of documents from a print job source. The sequence of documents may comprise a first set of documents and a second set of documents. The first set of documents and the second set of documents may be mutually exclusive subsets of the sequence of documents. Each document of the first set may comprise data content to be directed to the remote automated data processing system. Each document of the second set may be directed to a printer. The print processor may establish a network session to the remote automated data processing system, authenticating to the remote automated data processing system, and transfer each document of the first set to the remote automated data processing system. The print processor may direct transfer of the second set to the printer. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130301076 | DYNAMIC PRINT MEDIA AVAILABILITY SYSTEM AND METHOD PROVIDING INFORMATION FOR PRINT JOB - Methods and systems maintain print media stocking information. The print media stocking information comprises types and amounts of print media stored at a plurality of different physical locations. The different physical locations have printing devices and external storage locations. The print media is maintained within internal storage locations of the printing devices and within the external storage locations at the different physical locations. The external storage locations are outside the printing devices and positioned relative to the printing devices a distance to allow an operator to load the print media into the printing devices when instructed to do so. The methods and systems receive a print job from a user. In response to receiving the print job, the methods and systems output to the user the types and amounts of media available at the different physical locations that correspond to print job media required for the print job. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130301077 | USING VIRTUAL PRINTERS TO SELECT PRINTING MENU CHOICES FROM LIMITED RESOURCE DEVICES - A method and system include at least one printer, and a computerized print server operatively connected to the printer. The printer is capable of performing a plurality of different operations, and the different operations are enabled and disabled by selection of different menu choices. Further, the computerized print server stores a plurality of virtual printers, and each of the virtual printers comprises a print queue identifying one printer and storing a pattern of the menu choices. Each of the pattern of the menu choices is different in each of the virtual printers. The process of choosing a selected virtual printer from the virtual printers for a print job automatically chooses a selected printer and a selected pattern of menu choices. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130301078 | CERTIFIED PRINT ARCHIVING - A method for archiving is disclosed. The method comprises generating a first image file corresponding to an original print using a first printer placed at a first location. Further, the first image file is transmitted from the first location to a second printer placed at a second location. The method further includes generating a duplicate print corresponding to the first image file at the second location. Further, a quality of the first image file is compared with a quality of the duplicate print, and the duplicate print is archived based on the comparison. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130301079 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a first control unit configured to display a shortcut corresponding to a program of an application and associate both of a first print queue corresponding to a first peripheral apparatus and a second print queue corresponding to a second peripheral apparatus with the application, and a second control unit configured to, if no print queue associated with the application is determined to exist after the shortcut is displayed, hide the shortcut corresponding to the program of the application, with different addresses assigned to the first peripheral apparatus and the second peripheral apparatus. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130301080 | PRINT SYSTEM, PRINT RELAY SERVER, AND CLIENT DEVICE - A print relay server receives print data based on content, identification information of a service printer selected via a selection screen for selecting a service printer, and print setting designated via a print setting screen for designating print setting from a print service, and transfers the print data to an image formation apparatus designated as an output destination in the print setting when the received identification information of the service printer indicates a general-purpose service printer. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130301081 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR SETTING COMMUNICATION PARAMETERS OF THE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A device capability attribute regarding a setting on communication parameters, and provision attribute information indicative of whether or not a communication terminal is in a state that it can provide communication parameters to another communication terminal are stored in advance. The communication terminal, where the device capability attribute has at least a provision capability of the communication parameters, is selected as a provision device. In a case where there are plural communication terminals where the device capability attribute has a communication parameter provision capability, a communication terminal where the device capability attribute has the communication parameter provision capability only is preferentially selected. In a case where the device capability attributes of respective communication terminals are equal, a communication terminal storing the provision attribute information indicative of the state that it can provide the communication parameters is selected as a provision device. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130308157 | MECHANISM FOR GENERATING PERSONALIZED MAILPIECES IN A MANUFACTURING SYSTEM - A manufacturing system is disclosed. The manufacturing system may include a personalization mechanism to evaluate personalization information relating to mailpieces, wherein the mailpieces include mail containers and mail content components. The manufacturing system may further include a matching mechanism to compare the containers with their corresponding content components using unique verification codes assigned to each of the containers and content components, wherein the unique verification codes are assigned based on the evaluated personalization information, and a production machine to produce personalized containers and their corresponding content components based on comparison results of the comparison. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130308158 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus and method includes inputting user information, setting folder information about a specified user based on the user information as a destination of image data, registering the set folder information, and performing control so as not to register folder information corresponding to a transmission protocol set to be disable from among a plurality of transmission protocols. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130308159 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus and an external terminal. The image forming apparatus generates first display data for a first operation screen that includes a key image for receiving an instruction to execute an external terminal program, on the basis of program information regarding the types of external terminal programs that are programs installed in the external terminal, and transmits the first display data to the external terminal. The external terminal displays the first operation screen on a display unit of the external terminal on the basis of the first display data. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130308160 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In a communication system, an image forming apparatus sends an address of a receiving section to an external device. The external device receives a selection of image data through plural thumbnails displayed on a display section, and wirelessly sends the selected image data to the image forming apparatus with the address. The image forming apparatus receives the selected image data, and prints an image. The image forming apparatus accepts a selection indicating whether a communication between the external device and the image forming apparatus is performed either by a first or second communication system method. The image forming apparatus performs sending and/or receiving the image data with the address by the first communication system method when the first communication system method is selected, and performs sending and/or receiving the image data with the address by the second communication system method when the second communication system method is selected. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130308161 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus executing a program configured by connecting multiple modules operating exclusively with respect to each other is disclosed that includes an input part configured to receive an input of updating information of the program; a determination part configured to determine whether an operating state of the program corresponds to a time for updating specified in the updating information; and a change part configured to change the relationship of connection of the modules in accordance with the updating information if the determination part determines that the operating state of the program corresponds to the time for updating. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130308162 | MERGING A SCANNED DOCUMENT WITH AN EXISTING DOCUMENT - An approach for processing scanned document data includes a document merging network service receiving a request for existing electronic document data. In response, the document merging network service identifies and providing, to a scanning device, identification data that identifies existing electronic document data. The existing electronic document data may be stored by a third party storage service. In response to user selection of an existing electronic document identified in the identification data, the scanning device transmits, to the document merging network service, scanned document data, data that identifies an existing electronic document, and location insertion data. The document merging network service merges the scanned document data at one or more locations in the existing electronic document based on the location insertion data. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130308163 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - An image forming apparatus receives image data by a receiver from an external device and forms an image based on the received image data. The image forming apparatus transmits an address of the receiver to the external device. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130308164 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE PRINTING METHOD, EXTERNAL DEVICE, RECORDING MEDIUM AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An image forming apparatus receives image data by a receiver from an external device and forms an image based on the received image data. The image forming apparatus transmits an address of the receiver to the external device. The image forming apparatus receives image data transmitted with the address by the external device, The communication between the external device and the image forming apparatus is performed wirelessly. The image forming apparatus prints image data in accordance with an accepted printing condition. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130308165 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING A PRINT JOB - One example discloses a network system for managing a print job. The network system can comprise a printing system. The printing system can comprise a memory for storing computer executable instructions and a processing unit for accessing the memory and executing the computer executable instructions. The computer executable instructions can comprise a printer server to route a print job to a selected printer of at least two printers based on a received email message, wherein an addressee of the received email message is associated with each printer of the at least two printers. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130314739 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO PROCESS A PRINT JOB - A method of processing a print job where a distribution strategy is determined for how a print job is to be distributed to a plurality of image processors for image processing based on at least one predetermined rule, and where distribution of the print job to at least one image processor of the plurality of image processors is controlled using the determined distribution strategy. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314740 | PRINTER - A printer is provided comprising a storage section arranged to store medium profile information; and a communication section arranged to obtain the medium profile information via a network, wherein the communication section is further arranged to communicate the medium profile information to an image processing section. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314741 | Voice Band Data Mode in a Universal Facsimile Engine - A facsimile apparatus includes a user interface operative to facilitate communications between the apparatus and at least one user application in operative communication with the apparatus, a network interface operative to facilitate communications between the apparatus and an analog communications network and an IP communications network. The apparatus further includes a controller connected to the user interface and network interface. The controller is operative in a first mode to communicate with the analog communications network using a first facsimile protocol and being operative in at least a second mode to communicate with the IP communications network using the first facsimile protocol and a voice band data protocol. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314742 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND SERVER - A system has information processing devices and a server which controls information processing executed by the devices. One of the devices includes a querying part to transmit a query to the server whether the device is permitted to execute the information processing, a notifying part to notify the server of location information indicating a location of the device, and an executing part to execute the information processing in response to an instruction from the server. The server includes a receiving part to receive the query from the device, an identifying part to identify an area in which the device exists according to the information notified by the device which has transmitted the query, and an instructing part to instruct the device which has transmitted the query to execute the information processing based on how many other devices are executing the information processing in the area. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314743 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An information processing device according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a multi-core processor including plural cores; a virtual network connecting the plural cores to each other; a network interface; a router function unit configured, in a core of the plural cores, to act as a router between the virtual network and a local network to which the network interface is connected; and a forward processing unit configured, in the core that the router function unit exists, to forward either a multicast packet or a broadcast packet on the virtual network to the local network. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314744 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, STORAGE MEDIUM FOR STORING COMMUNICATION TERMINAL CONTROL PROGRAM, SERVER, AND SERVER CONTROL METHOD - The advantage of the invention is to improve the convenience when a preview image of processing target data is displayed in a communication terminal that does not have a preview generating function. A communication terminal has a processing target transmitting section that transmits processing target data to a server, a preview receiving section that receives preview image data of a page in which generation of preview image data is completed before generation of preview image data of all pages is completed with respect to preview image data of the processing target data generated by the server, and a preview displaying section that displays a preview image based on the received preview image data. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314745 | SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus sets a sorting information list and a sorting method used for a sort operation, and transmits the sorting information list set to an image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus displays a selection screen on which a user can select sorting information from the sorting information list, and transmits the sorting information selected on the selection screen to the information processing apparatus, and transmits scanned data to the information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus sorts the scanned data using the sorting information based on the sorting method set. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314746 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME - The request management server receives a print data acquisition request received from the client device located at an external access-limited site, and specifies the print server disposed in the site to which the user device belongs as a device that prints the print data. Then, the request management server provides an instruction to the specified print server about the acquisition of the print data via the client device which has made the print data acquisition request. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314747 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In a communication system, an image forming apparatus sends an address of a receiving section to a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal receives a selection of an image data among plural thumbnails displayed on a display section, and wirelessly sends the selected image data to the image forming apparatus with the address. The image forming apparatus receives the selected image data sent with the address by the mobile terminal, and prints an image based on the selected image data. A communication between the mobile terminal and the image forming apparatus is performed wirelessly with an IEEE 802.11 standard. The image forming apparatus rejects a connection establishment request from another mobile terminal except for the mobile terminal, when the wireless communication with the mobile terminal is established. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314748 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In a communication system, an image forming apparatus sends an address of a receiving section to a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal receives a selection of an image data among plural thumbnails displayed on a display section, and wirelessly sends the selected image data to the image forming apparatus with the address. The image forming apparatus receives the selected image data sent with the address by the mobile terminal, and prints an image based on the selected image data. A communication between the mobile terminal and the image forming apparatus is performed wirelessly with an IEEE 802.11 standard. The image forming apparatus deletes the address of the mobile terminal when the communication with the mobile terminal through the receiving section is finished. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130321855 | PRINTER IDENTIFIER VALIDATION - In one embodiment, a request is received at a first computer system included within a first domain. The request is a request to send content to a network connected printer identified according to a printer identifier attributing the printer to a second domain, wherein the printer is included within a third domain. A validation request message is sent to a second computer system within the second domain requesting validation of the printer identifier. Responsive to receipt of validation information from the second system, the content, or a content availability message that the content is available to be obtained by the printer, is sent to a third computer system within the third domain, for the third system to forward to the printer. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321856 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRINT DOCUMENT RELEASE VIA MOBILE DEVICE - A system and method for print document release via mobile device by receiving one or more text messages from the mobile device, wherein the one more text messages includes a mobile print command and a document identification number, parsing the one or more text messages, and releasing a document to a printer, wherein the document is associated with the document identification number. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321857 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INVENTORY MANAGEMENT - In various embodiments, a method performed by a computer program operating on a computer system includes: displaying, by the computer system on a display screen in communication with the computer system, a plurality of data fields related to shipping a package; and receiving, by the computer system, an identifier for the package. The method further includes in response to the receipt of the identifier: automatically populating, by the computer system, a data field from the plurality of data fields with data for the package from a device in communication with the computer system; and displaying, by the computer system, the populated data field on the display screen. The method also includes generating, by the computer system, a shipping label for the package using a printer in communication with the computer system, the shipping label including one or more of the identifier and the data from the device. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321858 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE READING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes an imaging unit that images a placed medium as a reading target within an imaging area, and a display unit that displays information toward the imaging area in an overlapping manner. Operation supporting information used for supporting an operation using the placed medium is selected based on information relating to a state of the image processing apparatus or information acquired by the imaging unit, and the selected operation supporting information is displayed toward the imaging area by the display unit. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321859 | RELAY SERVER - A relay server may register combination information in an information memory. The combination information may include specific account information for a user who uses a communication device and first account information for the user. The first account information may be registered in the service providing server. The relay server may relay a data communication between the service providing server and the communication device by using the first account information included in the combination information including the specific account information in a case where the specific account information is received from the communication device after the combination information has been registered in the information memory. The data communication may be a communication for the communication device to receive a provision of a service from the service providing server. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321860 | PRINT SYSTEM, PRINT SERVER, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A print server receives an email, which has been transmitted from a mobile terminal device and in which a printer is designated as the print output destination for an attached file to the email, from a mail server, stores the received email in a storage unit, and executes print processing of print data for the attached file to the email. The print server manages the email and identification information about a reply mail in association with each other and transmits the reply mail to the mobile terminal device. The mobile terminal device provides a reprint instruction for the attached file by replying the email. The print server performs print processing of the attached file to an email managed in association with the identification information about the reply mail included in the replied email. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321861 | SERVICE PROVIDING DEVICE, PRINTING SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The service providing device transmits a registration screen to the information processing device upon receipt of a registration request of an image forming device from the information processing device, transmits a command for causing the information processing device to search the image forming device and to respond to the service providing device with a search result upon receipt of an instruction from the information processing device via a registration instruction unit displayed on a registration screen, registers the image forming device depending on information included in the search result responded according to the command, and initiates communication with the registered image forming device. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321862 | TRANSMITTING APPARATUS - A transmitting apparatus includes a touch panel, a broadcast direction receiving part, a broadcast job executing part, a broadcast job display controlling part, a gesture detecting part and a broadcast job execution controlling part. The broadcast job display controlling part controls, when the broadcast direction receiving part receives an operation input directing execution of a broadcast, the touch panel to display identifying information of a transmission job and a job identifier indicating a communication state of the transmission job for every transmission jobs. The broadcast job execution controlling part controls, when a gesture area detected by the gesture detecting part is corresponding to a display area of a given job identifier among the job identifiers, the broadcast job executing part to not execute the transmission job not yet transmitted among the transmission jobs corresponding to the job identifiers. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321863 | PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes a plurality of sheet feed trays, stores sheet information including property information indicating a property of a sheet and sheet feed tray information indicating a sheet feed tray to which the sheet is allowed to be assigned, and selects a sheet feed tray from the plurality of sheet feed trays based on a designation made by a user. The printing apparatus further displays a sheet allowed to be assigned to the selected sheet feed tray based on the stored sheet information and assigns, to the selected sheet feed tray, a sheet designated by the user from among the displayed sheets. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321864 | CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF A CONTROL DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM EXECUTED BY A CONTROL UNIT OF THE CONTROL DEVICE - A control device includes a recording control unit, a detection unit, a port selection unit and a communication control unit. The recording control unit configures a logical port for data communication according to an interface standard. The detection unit detects a recording device wirelessly communicable with the control device. The port selection unit links a virtual port corresponding to the detected recording device with the logical port. The communication control unit opens the virtual port linked to the logical port and the recording device for wireless data communication with the recording device according to a wireless communication standard. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321865 | PRINTING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - When a type of a sheet is changed and sheets are exchanged, an accurate number of sheet packages to be opened is notified to a user. A method for controlling a printing apparatus includes receiving a type of a sheet stored in a sheet storage unit, determining a number of sheet packages to be replenished in the sheet storage unit according to the received type of the sheet in a case where the received type of the sheet is different from a type of a sheet already stored in the sheet storage unit, and displaying the determined number of sheet packages. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321866 | Image Forming Apparatus that Automatically Prompts Migration of Box Between Image Forming Apparatuses at Appropriate Timing - Provided is an image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes a box configured to store data, a usage amount count unit, a threshold value storage unit, a comparison unit, a box search unit, a user interface unit, and a box migration unit. The usage amount count unit counts a usage amount for a user identification. The threshold value storage unit stores a threshold value associated with the usage amount. The comparison unit determines whether or not the usage amount is equal to or larger than the threshold value. The box search unit acquires, based on the usage amount and threshold, box identification information on the box corresponding to the user identification within another image forming apparatus. The box migration unit migrates data on the box within the other image forming apparatus to the box corresponding to the user identification within the image forming apparatus. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130329246 | PROVIDING PROMOTIONAL CONTENT FOR PRINTERS - A method is disclosed for providing promotional content to be printed on a media. The method is performed by a server in a network. A printer is registered and one or more promotional settings are configured for the registered printer. A print request is received from a client device. In response to the receiving the print request, one or more promotional content items are retrieved based on the print request and the one or more promotional settings for the registered printer. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130329247 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A write operation supporting apparatus | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130329248 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus and a method of controlling the same according to the present invention, displays a preview image by inputting image data read in a two-page spread mode in which two facing pages of a document are read and divided into two pages, and when a first area of one of the divided pages in the two-page spread mode is specified on the displayed preview image, the first area specified is reflected on a second area to be specified of the divided other page. Image data of the first and the second area is extracted from the image data read in the two-page spread mode. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130329249 | INPUT DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PRINTING APPARATUS - An input display device, a method of controlling the same, a program, and a printing apparatus that enable an intuitive change in page layout order without reducing the display area of a preview screen in a preview display of an image to be printed are provided. To accomplish this, when pages of held original data are aggregated and displayed at one time as a preview of multiple pages, if a predetermined rotation operation has been detected, the input display device changes the layout order of the displayed pages according to a combination of the orientation of the input display device and the predetermined rotation operation, and reflects the changed page layout order on the held original data. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130329250 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus of this invention selects, as a destination to be used for data transmission, a destination stored in advance. If the destination has been selected by a first selection method, the apparatus executes the data transmission after displaying on a display unit a confirmation screen for the user to confirm the selected destination. If the destination has been selected by a second selection method, the apparatus executes the data transmission without displaying the confirmation screen on the display unit. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130329251 | FILE PROCESSING APPARATUS, FILE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A method for processing a file includes sequentially processing data included in a plurality of candidate files that can be processed by automatically switching a file to be processed according to a first order, determining, in a case where the data is processed and a switching instruction by a user is input, an order corresponding to the switching instruction from both the first order and a second order, and a switching direction, corresponding to the switching instruction, from a forward direction and a backward direction, and processing data included in a new file from among the plurality of candidate files by switching from the processed file to the new file according to the determined order and switching direction. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130329252 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND CONTROLLING METHOD - A control unit | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130329253 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SCREEN DATA PROVIDING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus for executing a job set thereto, and includes a communication unit configured to perform wireless communication with a portable terminal, a distance estimation unit configured to estimate a distance between the image processing apparatus and the portable terminal, a screen determination unit configured to determine a screen to be displayed on the portable terminal according to the distance estimated by the distance estimation unit, a screen configuration data generation unit configured to generate a first screen configuration data that constitute the screen determined by the screen determination unit, and a job execution control unit configured to control execution of the job based on a setting condition received from the portable terminal via the communication unit. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130329254 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - An image forming apparatus that is capable of decreasing the stopping time during which the image forming apparatus stops and of increasing productivity. An image forming unit executes print jobs in order. An operation unit receives an instruction inputted by a user. A generation unit generates a setting job concerning a device setting based on a user's instruction inputted through the operation unit. A setting unit sets execution timing of the setting job generated by the generation unit based on a user's instruction inputted through the operation unit. A control unit stops an operation of the image forming unit and to execute the setting job generated by the generation unit at the execution timing set by the setting unit, and resumes the operation of the image forming unit after the setting job finishes. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130329255 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND PROGRAM - When an information processing apparatus is in the normal mode, the main controller determines whether or not the main controller is to perform a process on a received packet, on the basis of a filtering condition which is set in the information processing apparatus. When the information processing apparatus is in the sleep mode, a communication unit determines whether or not the communication unit, instead of the main controller, is to perform a process on a received packet, on the basis of the filtering condition. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130329256 | PRINTING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF PERFORMING PAPER ASSIGNMENT PROCESSING, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE PRINTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing apparatus which makes it possible to reduce time and labor required by the operator for paper assignment and suppress occurrence of an operation error during execution of the paper assignment. The printing apparatus is provided with a plurality of paper feeders for containing papers. Information on types of papers to be contained in the respective paper feeders is set as a paper assignment configuration. The printing apparatus selects a specific paper assignment configuration, based on an instruction from the operator, from paper assignment configurations stored in a storage device. The selected specific paper assignment configuration is set as the current paper assignment configuration. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130329257 | DOWNLOADABLE THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELS - A server is configured to store a number of different models of an object in machine-ready form corresponding to a number of different three-dimensional printers having differing capabilities and/or hardware configurations. When a user at a client device or a printer requests the object, the server automatically determines a printer type and selects a suitable, corresponding machine-ready model for immediate fabrication by the printer. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130329258 | DOWNLOADABLE THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELS - A server is configured to store a number of different models of an object in machine-ready form corresponding to a number of different three-dimensional printers having differing capabilities and/or hardware configurations. When a user at a client device or a printer requests the object, the server automatically determines a printer type and selects a suitable, corresponding machine-ready model for immediate fabrication by the printer. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130329259 | IMAGE OUTPUT APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided an image output apparatus characterized by comprising: first communication control means for controlling communication using a first protocol; second communication control means for controlling communication relating to an image using a second protocol; image output means for executing image output | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130335772 | MOBILE PHONE USER INTERFACES FOR A PRINT SERVER THAT ARE GENERATED BASED ON PRINTER STATUS INFORMATION - Systems and methods are provided for interactions between print servers and mobile phones. One embodiment is a mobile phone comprising a memory, a transceiver, and a control unit. The memory is operable to store rules for interacting with printers, and the transceiver is operable to communicate with a wireless telecommunication network via radio frequency transmissions. The control unit is operable to receive a notification from a print server via the transceiver that indicates status information for a printer controlled by the print server, to determine actions available for the printer based on the stored rules and the status information, and to generate a Graphical User Interface (GUI) that displays interactive graphical elements selectable by a user to initiate the available actions for the printer. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130335773 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present invention aims to temporarily change print configuration information easily. To achieve such an object, an information processing apparatus of the present invention comprises: a monitoring unit configured to monitor that job data composed of print configuration information data and content data, and a difference file for temporarily changing the print configuration information of the print configuration information data to different print configuration information are put in a hot folder; and a correcting unit configured to, in a case where the job data and the difference file are put in the hot folder, correct the print configuration information data included in the job data on the basis of the difference file. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130335774 | DOCUMENT DATA TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, DOCUMENT READING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND DOCUMENT DATA TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING METHOD - There is provided a document data transmitting and receiving system that includes an information adding unit to add information of a storage location for document data to a print job; a print job transmitting unit to transmit the print job; a print job receiving unit to receive the print job transmitted by said print job transmitting unit; a printing unit to print on a print medium based on the print job; a reading unit to read the document existing on the print medium printed by the printing unit as document data; a storage location setting unit to set a storage location for the document data based on any one of the information of storage location added to the print jobs received by the print job receiving unit. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130335775 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SETTING PRINTING INFORMATION - An information processing apparatus connected to a printer includes dialog screen producing section, a common preview producing section, and a display section. The dialog screen producing section is configured to produce a dialog screen that includes a plurality of tab sheets. The tab sheets prompt an operator to input first setting information for printing. The common preview producing section is configured to produce a common preview image that should be displayed on the dialog screen. The common preview image appears in all of the plurality of tab sheets. The display section is configured to display the dialog screen and the common preview image. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130335776 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND ITS CONTROL METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a job execution unit configured to execute at least one of an input job accompanied by inputting of image data and an output job unaccompanied by inputting of image data, an image data storage unit configured to store image data in a predetermined memory, a reference information storage unit configured to store reference information to the image data stored in the memory in the same memory, and a control unit configured to control the image data storage unit to newly store image data in the memory when the job executed by the job execution unit is an input job, and the reference information storage unit to store the reference information to the image data stored in the memory without newly storing image data in the memory when the job executed by the job execution unit is an output job. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130335777 | INTEGRATED TASK MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXECUTING RULE-BASED OPERATIONS - A system for integrating multiple software modules configured to produce output according to established business rules is provided. The system in one embodiment coordinates the printing of a variety of labels and reports according to a set of complex business rules. Complex output tasks may be distributed to remote computers in a network for optimum efficiency. The system may be configured to comply with one or more standard database connectivity standards in order to provide a generic interface with foreign systems. The method in one embodiment includes acquiring an input, sending a query to a database, retrieving business rules and associated tasks, and building scripts or commands for each task. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130342867 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a first retrieval unit that retrieves a table of document data, an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium in accordance with the document data, a second retrieval unit that retrieves a cumulative amount of images formed by the image forming unit, a third retrieval unit that retrieves a threshold value of the cumulative amount of images formed by the image forming unit, and a display unit that displays a selection screen that allows a user to select document data forming an image from the document data included in the table. If the cumulative amount does not exceed the threshold value, the display unit displays a screen including a batch selection screen. If the cumulative amount exceeds the threshold value, the display unit displays an individual selection screen. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130342868 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SERVER, AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - Provided is an image processing apparatus including an image processing device configured to execute an image process, a processor; and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, causing the apparatus to perform determining a reservation request amount which is a processing amount of the image process to be requested to the server, based on execution information of the image process, requesting permission for the processing amount within the reservation request amount determined by the determination unit, to the server, before the image process is executed by the image processing device; and controlling the image processing device to execute the image process within a reservation amount which is the permitted processing amount permitted by the server, after the requesting. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130342869 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PRINT SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The information processing apparatus receives a screen for setting positional information about an image forming apparatus from the image forming apparatus and displays the screen, acquires positional information about the information processing apparatus in response to the selection of settings for the positional information via the screen by a user, and transmits the acquired positional information about the information processing apparatus to the image forming apparatus. In this manner, the positional information about the information processing apparatus is set as the positional information about the image forming apparatus. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130342870 | MOBILE DEVICE CONTROL OF MULTIFUNCTION PERIPHERAL OUTPUT - Systems and methods for mobile device control of multifunction peripheral output are disclosed. The method includes receiving interaction with a user interface resulting in user selection of viewing attributes for a document, the viewing attributes including a zoom level and a position of the document on the user interface, the viewing attributes together defining a view of the document visible on the user interface. The method further includes adjusting the user interface to display the document according to the view and receiving interaction with the user interface requesting transmission of the document to a multifunction peripheral for output, generating document output data comprising the document according to the view in a form suitable for operation by a multifunction peripheral and transmitting the document output data to a multifunction peripheral for output such that the document is output by the multifunction peripheral according to the view. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130342871 | DISPLAY INPUT DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING TOUCH PANEL PORTION - A display input device includes a display portion and a touch panel portion. The display portion displays a screen on which objects are provided. The touch panel portion is provided on the display portion and detects a plurality of touched positions being touched by a user. After a multipoint touching operation of touching a plurality of points on the touch panel portion at the same time, when an operation of moving objects that are movement targets among the objects being displayed is performed on the touch panel portion, if the distance between two points among the plurality of points touched by the multipoint touching operation is equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold distance, the display portion collectively moves all the objects that are the movement targets. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130342872 | PURGING OF PRINT JOBS FROM A PRINT DATA PATH - A print controller and associated methods of purging a print data path are disclosed. A print controller comprises a job storage system that receives and stores print jobs, and a print data path, which includes components operable to process print jobs, from the job storage system to print engines. The control system receives registrations from the components for flush job messages, flush path messages, or both. The control system receives a request to purge the print data path, and identifies print jobs being processed in the print data path. The control system transmits flush job messages to the components registering for the flush job messages for each print job instructing the components to purge data for the print jobs. The control system also transmits a flush path message to the components registering for the flush path messages instructing the components to purge data for the print jobs being handled. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140002851 | PATH INDEPENDENT PRINT QUEUES | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002852 | OBTAINING DOCUMENTS REMOTELY VIA PRINTER | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002853 | COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR PORTABLE TERMINAL, PORTABLE TERMINAL, AND METHOD OF DATA PROCESSING | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002854 | Scheduling for Digital Commercial Print Workflows | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002855 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, NETWORK SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002856 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002857 | DOCUMENT SCANNING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING SCANNING APPARATUS | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002858 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002859 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002860 | OUTPUT PROCESSING METHOD, OUTPUT APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INSTRUCTIONS FOR OUTPUT APPARATUS | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002861 | NETWORK PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING DATA TRANSMITTING DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002862 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM INCLUDING SAID COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND PRINTING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140009783 | DOCUMENT DELIVERY TO A MOBILE DEVICE USING MOBILE DEVICE BASED PERMISSIONS - Mobile devices enable users to access data and documents in a convenient portable format. The disclosed method and system enables management of permissions associated with documents to be transferred/moved onto a mobile device for review or reference by making the transfer simple and straight forward so that it may be easy for non-technically literate users using a printer driver metaphor on a sending device such as a personal computer. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140009786 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus wirelessly communicates with an information processing apparatus without passing through an access point, provides a print service in which predetermined printing is performed in response to a print request from the information processing apparatus via a wireless communication unit, and enables a setting that is used for providing the print service if the setting is disabled when the information processing apparatus establishes communication with the image processing apparatus via the wireless communication unit. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140009787 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND METHOD AND MEDIUM FOR THE SAME - In the case where display contents are converted according to a set value in a pixel data process, even in the case where there is a limitation in the number of instructions or the number of instructions suitable to be handled for one pixel data process is exceeded, setting contents are reflected on displayed pixel data. Conversion processing to be executed is divided into a plurality of pixel data processes so that the number of instructions falls within an appropriate range. The display controls are overlappingly arranged in the number same as the divided pixel data processes in an area to be processed, and by assigning the divided pixel data processes in a processing executing order to the display controls from the display control in the upper layer, the plurality of pixel data processes is reflected on display. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140016160 | PRINTING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing system includes an identification part configured to identify a printing protocol to be used with respect to an image processor in creating a print queue for displaying a status of the image processor and a reflection part configured to reflect, in the print queue, a definition of a communication setting used for bidirectional communications between an information processor and the image processor, the definition corresponding to the identified printing protocol. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140016161 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, OPERATION TERMINAL AND OUTPUT SYSTEM - A non-transitory computer readable information recording medium stores a program therein. The program when executed by one or more processors causes an operation terminal to perform determining, based on information that the operation terminal obtains from the outside in response to an operation performed on the operation terminal, an electronic apparatus from among a plurality of electronic apparatuses connected to the operation terminal, the electronic apparatus being one which is to output electronic data stored in an information storage apparatus connected to the operation terminal; obtaining, from the information storage apparatus, electronic data from among a plurality of sets of electronic data stored in the information storage apparatus in a format that the determined electronic apparatus is capable of outputting; and transmitting the obtained electronic data to the determined electronic apparatus. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140016162 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF DISPLAYING DOCUMENT THUMBNAIL IMAGE, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a memory, and a processor in communication with the memory, the processor configured to control a storage unit configured to associate and store a document and a thumbnail image of a top page of the document, a deletion unit configured to delete a page designated from among pages of the document stored in the storage unit, and a generation unit configured to, in a case where a page to be deleted by the deletion unit is a top page of the document, generate a thumbnail image based on the top page of the document after deletion. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140016163 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - This specification discloses a more convenient image processing apparatus capable of printing a document in a document management server. More specifically, the image processing apparatus is a digital multifunction peripheral having a display unit which lists and displays documents managed in the document management server, and a printer which selectively prints displayed documents. A controller unit compares print settings added to the documents managed in the document management server with the printing functions of the printer, and masks and displays a document ( | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140016164 | Image Scanner and Image Scanning System - An image scanning system comprising an image scanner and a terminal, wherein the image scanner comprises an image storing unit to store the image data; a terminal designation unit to designate the terminal as a transmission target; a terminal storing unit to record correspondence data to associate the image data with the terminal; an information notification unit to transmit a notification of information concerning image data to the designated terminal; a request receiving unit to receive a request for image data; and an image transmission unit to transmit the image data associated with the designated terminal for which the request has been received, and the terminal comprises: an indication unit to make an indication in response to receipt of the notification; and a request transmission unit to transmit the request to the image scanner when a user operation for requesting image data is received. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140022587 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING A LOCATION OF AN IMAGE FORMING DEVICE USING MOBILE DEVICE LOCALIZATION - A system and method detect and localize image forming devices in an office environment by causing a mobile wireless device to send location information of the mobile wireless device to a central server system, which may be cloud-based and to which an image forming device is networked, upon executing an information retrieval request for establishing communication with the image forming device or when initiating an image forming operation, such as a print job, in the image forming device using the mobile wireless device. Mobile wireless device location information may be used as an aid in automatically plotting and/or updating a site location indication of each image forming device on a site map or in a central database. Location information may be employed to provide a user with a series of selectable options regarding a plurality of image forming devices in a vicinity of the mobile wireless device for use. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140022588 | Image Forming Apparatus and Computer Readable Recording Medium - An image forming apparatus comprises a display unit; and a display controlling unit that causes the display unit to display a first ready screen and a second ready screen. The first ready screen is displayed when a job can be accepted, and the first ready screen indicates that a job can be accepted and has a first button for detecting operator's input of a request for displaying a screen having first information. The second ready screen is displayed when a job can be accepted after input of the request is detected, and the second ready screen has the first information and has a second button for detecting input of a request for displaying second information other than the first information. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140022589 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, APPLICATION CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH APPLICATION CONTROL PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus includes an internal control portion to execute a process predetermined for an internal command, an application executing portion to execute an application program, and an application control portion to convert an application command output from the application executing portion into an internal command and output the internal command to the internal control portion. The application control portion includes a controlled-object determination portion to determine whether the hardware resource to be controlled by a first internal command obtained by converting a first application command input from a first custom portion and the hardware resource to be controlled by a second internal command obtained by converting a second application command input from a second custom portion are of the same type, and an arbitration portion to control timings for outputting the first and second internal commands on the basis of the determination result by the controlled-object determination portion. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140022590 | COOPERATIVE IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, COOPERATIVE IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PORTABLE INFORMATION APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A cooperative image processing system comprises an image processing apparatus and a portable information apparatus; the image processing apparatus comprises: a file creator that creates a file; a transmitter that transmits the file to the portable information apparatus; and a log information generator that generates log information of the image processing apparatus which includes a transmission history; the portable information apparatus comprises: a display; one or more processors; a cooperation portion that shows on the display an operation screen; transmits user instructions entered through the operation screen, to the image processing apparatus; receives the file in exchange for the user instructions; and transfers the file to any one of the one or more processors; a log information obtaining portion that obtains: the log information of the image processing apparatus and that of the portable information apparatus; and a log information manager that consolidates the log information of both of them. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140022591 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image forming apparatus determines whether an import data receiving path is affected by import processing, imports import data when it is determined that the import data receiving path is not affected, outputs an import result log via the import data receiving path, and displays, when it is determined that the import data receiving path is affected, a warning screen indicating that the import data receiving path is affected by the import before the import data is imported. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140022592 | PRINT CONTROL DEVICE, EMAIL TRANSMISSION DEVICE, PRINT CONTROLLING METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A print control device, comprises: a receiving part for receiving an email; an address extracting part for extracting an address designated as a recipient of the email received by the receiving part; and an output controlling part for controlling production of a printed output based on the email when the receiving part receives the email. The output controlling part does not produce the printed output based on the email received by the receiving part if the multiple addresses are extracted by the address extracting part. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140022593 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The information processing system includes an arithmetic processing unit, a master control unit including a master memory, and slave control units each including a slave memory. The master control unit stores in a master memory transmission data including address information that can designate the address of any one of the master memory and the slave memory, which is sent from the arithmetic processing unit, or transmits the transmission data to the corresponding slave memory via a communication data memory. Such the information processing system can reduce the number of times of directions from the master control unit to the slave control unit. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140022594 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINT RELAY SERVER, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SERVER, AND PROGRAM - The present invention provides a mechanism to acquire content that has not been converted into print data from a vendor server providing a print service. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140022595 | 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 previously generated and displayed. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140022596 | PRINT CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS - Upon designating bookbinding print, preview images are displayed in a layout after bookbinding. When “store” of intermediate data is designated in a print process, a spooler ( | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140022597 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PHOTOGRAMMETRIC RENDERING - Systems and methods are provided for producing a rendered drawing or rendering from a detailed image of an object (e.g. photograph) resulting in a rendering that is photogrammetric and that preserves detail in the said image of said object. The combination of the metric nature and image detail preservation in a rendering resulting from the process enhances the usefulness of the rendering to users. The invention is useful in particular for large format renderings such as wire frame style drawings used for blueprints in the architecture, engineering and construction industry (AEC industry) when used for existing structures. The processes combine graphic arts techniques with photogrammetric techniques to preserve, fully or partially, information about an object as captured in image detail of said object and to present said information in photogrammetrically correct rendering, which rendering may be incorporated into drawings useful to and/or familiar to end users of said drawings. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140022598 | REPRODUCTION SYSTEM FOR PRINTING AND COPYING DIGITAL DOCUMENTS - A reproduction system includes a printer for printing a print job on receiving material in accordance with a set of values for a plurality of basic settings, a control for controlling the print job in order to print the print job, and a display and activating device for displaying a visual representation of settings for the print job and for activating values of the basic settings for the print job. The control is configured to define a plurality of settings categories each of which is directed to an aspect of the print product and includes a predetermined category option which determines a set of values for a plurality of basic settings, the category options for the settings categories together completely describing the print product. The display and activating device is configured to simultaneously display the complete plurality of settings categories, each settings category showing the corresponding category option. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140022599 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMATION SUPPORTING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE FORMATION SUPPORTING METHOD - When an initial communication program is started, a handheld device searches for image forming apparatuses within its communicable range. Then, upon receiving a response of that inquiry from an image forming apparatus, the handheld device requests the image forming apparatus for an image-forming-apparatus control program for handheld devices according to a predetermined determination condition. The image forming apparatus then responds to the inquiry from the handheld device and sends to the handheld device the image-forming-apparatus control program for handheld devices that has been stored in a memory device. Upon receiving the image-forming-apparatus control program for handheld devices, the handheld device stores it in a memory unit, terminates the execution of the initial communication program, and executes the image-forming-apparatus control program for handheld devices. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140022600 | IMAGE HANDLING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESS CONTROLLING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESS CONTROLLING PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image handling apparatus is disclosed, including an operation panel, hardware resources, a transferring part, and an image generation controlling part. The transferring part transfers image handle information input at the input screen to an external apparatus. The image generation controlling part receives and parses image generation information for at least one of the hardware resources to execute an image generation based on the image handle information, from the external apparatus in response to an instruction of the image generation, so that at least one of the hardware resources executes the image generation. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140029046 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY CHECKING COMPLETENESS AND CORRECTNESS OF APPLICATION FORMS - The present disclosure discloses a system for automatically checking completeness and correctness of application forms and that system includes a device, and a user interface. The device is configured to receive a filled out application form for scanning, and identify a type of application form corresponding to the scanned form; the application form includes various fields. The device is configured to retrieve a configuration file corresponding to the form type, the configuration file including threshold values and rules. The device then extracts filled out content and finally utilizes the configuration file to determine at least one of the completeness and correctness of the forms. Further, the user interface is configured to display one or more messages to a customer, based on the threshold values and rules. Finally, the user interface is configured to allow the customer to perform one or more actions based on the one or more messages. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140029047 | CLOUD PROCESSING FOR PRINT JOBS - A system includes an estimator to analyze an input file that describes a print job, to analyze local feedback data that describes local capacity to process the print job by a local print preprocessor, and to analyze remote feedback data that describes remote capacity to process the print job by a cloud-based print preprocessor, wherein the estimator determines a time estimate for the local print preprocessor or the cloud-based print preprocessor to process the print job based on the analyzed input file, the analyzed local feedback data, or the analyzed remote feedback data. A scheduler receives the time estimate from the estimator to determine whether to route the print job to the local print preprocessor or the cloud-based print preprocessor to process the print job. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140029048 | DESTINATION-TO-SAVE-DATA SPECIFYING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM WITH DESTINATION-TO-SAVE-DATA SPECIFYING PROGRAM STORED THEREON, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A destination-to-save-data specifying system includes a computer and an image forming apparatus. In the computer, when a user interface section accepts an operator's destination-to-save-data specifying command for a folder on the computer, an accompanying information management section acquires accompanying information, including a path name, from the folder and allows a communication section to transmit the acquired accompanying information to the image forming apparatus. In the image forming apparatus, a destination-to-save-data specifying section uses the accompanying information received by the accompanying information receiving section to specify the folder identified by the accompanying information as a destination to save data output from the image forming apparatus. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140029049 | COOPERATIVE IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, COOPERATIVE IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PORTABLE TERMINAL APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A cooperative system comprises an image processing apparatus and a portable terminal; the image processing apparatus comprises: a display; an obtaining portion obtaining screen data from the portable terminal; a display controller displaying a first and second screen on the display; and a transmitter transmitting screen data and operation information to the portable terminal; the portable terminal comprises: a display; an obtaining portion obtaining screen data from the image processing apparatus; a display controller displaying the first and second screen on the display; a transmitter transmitting screen data and operation information to the image processing apparatus; a memory storing a cooperation table; an identification portion that, when user operates the first screen on the display of the portable terminal or image processor, identifies a potential next operation as corresponding to the user's operation; and a notification transmitter transmitting a notification of the potential next operation to the image processing apparatus. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140029050 | Image Reading Apparatus - An image reading apparatus a chassis, a sheet supporting unit disposed on the chassis configured to receive a sheet of a document placed thereon, a reading unit movably disposed on the chassis and configured to read an image on the sheet placed on the sheet supporting unit while moving in a predetermined direction, a reference member provided at a side portion of the sheet supporting unit, the sheet being placed on the sheet supporting unit such that one end of the sheet contacts the reference member, and an electrostatic capacitive touch key unit disposed on a side portion of the chassis is provided. Additionally, the reference member and the electrostatic capacitive touch key unit are arranged at opposite side portions, in the predetermined direction, of the chassis. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140029051 | DEVICE CONTROLLING APPARATUS, DEVICE APPARATUS, AND CONTROL PROGRAM - An information terminal has a Web browser that has a function to browse information. The Web browser includes a device search module for searching a printer connected to a network, a program acquiring module for acquiring a service script from the printer to control operations of the printer that was searched, and a program executing module for controlling operations of the printer by executing the service script that was acquired. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140029052 | Method and System for Providing Access to Image System Services - A method and system according to the disclosure facilitates subscription based access to services for image systems including an image acquisition device configured to generate image data describing a target object in a target area of the image acquisition device and an image display device configured to generate a human perceptible rendering of the target object based on the image data. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140029053 | DATA TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - A data transmission device includes: a communication portion that performs a transmission job which transmits data; an input portion that receives, at the time of performance of the transmission job, an input of a symbol sequence obtained by adding command information to a transmission destination address; and a processing portion that identifies a portion indicating the transmission destination address of and a portion indicating the command information of the symbol sequence input at the time of performance of the transmission job, that changes a setting value on the transmission job according to the command information and that makes the communication portion transmit data to a transmission destination corresponding to the transmission destination address. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140029054 | MACHINE-STATE-BASED DISPLAY OF DOCUMENTATION - A method displays documentation about a machine on a preferably portable display device. The method is distinguished by the fact that the display device communicates with the machine via a data link. The portable display device communicates with the machine via a data link and the documentation contains partial items of documentation. The states of the machine are registered by a computer of the machine, and that the parts of the documentation matching the registered machine states are selected automatically and displayed on the display device. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140036301 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTIPLE LOCATION, ON DEMAND PRINTING - A printer for connection to a network to print documents residing on parts of the network has a connector for connection to the network, a log-in facility for a user to log in to the printer, a display for displaying a list of documents stored on a selected portion of a storage device on the network, and a print initiator to cause a selected document from the list of documents to be printed. The log-in facility, the display and the print initiator can be an integral part of the printer. Alternatively they can be a part of an apparatus connected between the network and the printer with the apparatus being other than a general purpose computer. A mobile telephone can have an application thereon for causing printing of documents by executing the steps of logging on, displaying a list of documents, and initiating printing of a selected document. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140036302 | System and Method for Generating Automated Autographs - A system and method for generating automated autographs on a computer with a memory and a processor, including a scanner for inputting handwritten writing samples and a content management system stored on a computer readable medium adapted to perform the steps of reading the handwritten samples, converting each into a type font, wherein each fonts identically resembles the corresponding handwritten sample, inputting an autograph comprising a message created in a font, and creating an electronic file corresponding to a photograph with an autograph, wherein the autograph appears to have been written by the person who submitted the handwritten sample. The content management system is customized by one or more coding language databases, and is adapted to read and process multiple different writing samples simultaneously, whether sent synchronously or asynchronously, to allow a user to select from a plurality of fonts to include in an autograph. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140036303 | CONTENT FEED PRINTING - A user requests a plurality of content feeds. Content associated with the content feeds is periodically retrieved and converted to a print format. Contents associated with the content feeds are stored in the print format. Indications corresponding to the content feeds are provided to a network connected printer and displayed on a user interface thereof, including an indication that new content is available in the print format. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140036304 | Printing Device, Control System, and Control Method of a Control System | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140036305 | DEVICE SEARCH SYSTEM, DEVICE SEARCH METHOD, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - When a plurality of image forming apparatuses are found on a network, it is difficult to identify an image forming apparatus to be used by the user from the plurality of found image forming apparatuses. When the user presses a button on an image forming apparatus, a name of the image forming apparatus included in a search response is changed for a predetermined time period, and the changed name is displayed as a search result. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140036306 | DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD FOR DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A device management system that manages specific information for specifying a plurality of image forming apparatuses that are the object of management, manages identification information corresponding to the image forming apparatus by association with the specific information, requests information related to power consumption of the image forming apparatus from the power management system by use of the identification information that is managed by a second management means and manages information related to acquired power consumption by association with the specific information for the image forming apparatus. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140036307 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - In a case where a set value, which is used during a time of job execution by an image forming apparatus that is different from the use-target image forming apparatus, is selected as a set value to be set into a use-target image forming apparatus, based on set value identification information, an information processing apparatus of an image forming system identifies a set value corresponding to the selected set value from set values for a set item of the use-target image forming apparatus, and transmits setting information, which is for changing a current set value of the use-target image forming apparatus to the identified set value, to the use-target image forming apparatus. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140036308 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A first image forming apparatus includes a first communication unit to communicate with a second image forming apparatus with a communication scheme without using a network; a monitoring unit to monitor a print job amount; a first control unit to, when the print job amount is not larger than a first threshold, perform control so that a first control signal for causing the second image forming apparatus to shift into a first mode is transmitted to the second image forming apparatus; and a second control unit to, when the second image forming apparatus is in the first mode and the print job amount for the first image forming apparatus is larger than a second threshold, perform control so that a second control signal for causing the second image forming apparatus to shift into a second mode is transmitted to the second image forming apparatus through the first communication unit. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140036309 | Push-Notification System and Method for Notifying Event Message to Mobile Terminal Apparatus - A push notification system includes an image forming apparatus, a mobile terminal apparatus, a push notification server, and a provider that are connected to a network. The image forming apparatus prints print job data transmitted from the mobile terminal apparatus, generates a first event message including a status code, its attribute information, and a device token of the mobile terminal apparatus in the print job data, and transmits it to the provider. The provider generates a second event message including the device token in a record, registered in a subscription table and matching a status type code of the status code in the first event message and the device token, and the status code in the first event message, and transmits it to the push notification server. The push notification server transmits the second event message to the mobile terminal apparatus of the device token in the second event message. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140036310 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM SHARING RESOURCES - An image forming system includes a print server, a request unit configured to cause the print server to request, from an image forming apparatus recently connected to a network, a resource relating to image forming processing available to the image forming apparatus, a providing unit configured to provide the resource from the image forming apparatus to the print server, through the network, in response to the request from the request unit, and a registration unit configured to store the provided resource in a storage unit and register, in a database, resource information relating to the provided resource, in the print server. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140036311 | JOB HISTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - In a job history management system, a printer determines whether the print data includes a job history recorded flag indicating that a PC has recorded a job history of the print data and has transmitted the job history to a job history management server. If the printer determines that the job history recorded flag is not included in the print data, the printer transmits the print data to a multifunction peripheral. Upon receiving the print data from the printer, the multifunction peripheral records the job history of the print data and transmits the job history to the job history management server, without performing a printing process based on the received print data. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140036312 | Photofinisher Status Notification System and Method - A system and method for providing notification of a change in status of a photofinisher is provided. The method includes the steps of providing a photofinisher configured for producing a print product incorporating a digital image, the print product being specified in a print order; receiving the print order to be produced by the photofinisher; detecting a change in status of the photofinisher; and sending a notification to at least one remote computing device, wherein the notification sent to the at least one remote computing device includes information related to the change in status of the photofinisher. A method for classifying the change in status and directing the notification to a selected group of remote computing devices is also provided. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140036313 | PRINT PROCESSING METHOD AND PRINTING SYSTEM - A server constituted by a plurality of processors which process page description language data receives a print instruction from a client, and decides the number of layers into which a page is to be segmented based on render instructions included in the page description language data. The server decides the number of processors which perform parallel processing of the generation of print data from the page description language data based on the decided number of layers. The server generates print data equal in number to the number of layers based on which the number of processors is decided. An output device requests the server to transmit print data. The server transmits print data in accordance with the request from the output device. Upon receiving the print data from the server, the output device processes the print data and outputs it onto a sheet. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140036314 | COMPOSITE SERVICE PROVIDING SYSTEM - A composite service providing system including a plurality of network electronic devices communicatively connected with each other. The plurality of network electronic devices includes electronic devices, each of which is capable of providing at least one service. A plurality of services provided by a plurality of electronic devices are combined to constitute a composite service. The composite service providing system further includes a composite service designating system that designates a composite service to be provided, an electronic device determining system that determines an electronic device that provides each of a plurality of services necessary for providing the composite service designated with the composite service designating system, and a controlling system that control the electronic devices determined by the electronic device determining system to provide the services so that the composite service designated by the designating system is provided. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140043645 | Electronic Pre-Printed Form - A method is disclosed. The method includes receiving an input print job file including a form definition (formdef), determining whether the formdef is an N-up formdef and generating an output print job file by inserting a forms overlay into the input print job file as a pre-printed form if the formdef is an N-up formdef. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140043646 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED HARDCOPY CHANGE NOTIFICATION - A method and system for notifying a user are provided. The user prints a document at a printer and registers to have the electronic version of the printed document tracked for changes. The electronic version of the printed document is monitored for changes and in case of an alteration, a notification is sent to the user on the basis of his/her preferences. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140043647 | SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR REAL TIME MONITORING OF MAIL AND PRINT JOBS AND PROVIDING REAL TIME VERIFICATION OF MAIL PIECE COMPLETION - The present application relates to a system and method for tracking individual pieces within a printing or mailing job, as well as tracking completed trays, skids, or containers of printed documents. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140043648 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a first display controller, a first accepting unit, a memory, a second display controller, and a second accepting unit. The first display controller causes a display to display a setting screen in accordance with an operation performed by a user, the setting screen allowing the user to set a value of a variable in setting information. The first accepting unit accepts a change instruction to change the value of the variable included in the setting screen. The memory stores information on the accepted change instruction, in association with identification information. The second display controller causes, in response to accepting the identification information, the display to display a screen which includes an image of the setting screen which corresponds to the accepted identification information. The second accepting unit accepts a change instruction to change a value of a variable included in the corresponding setting screen. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140043649 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROUTING FACSIMILES BASED ON CONTENT - In one embodiment, a method for routing a facsimile in a computer readable format includes receiving text of a facsimile in a computer readable format; ascertaining one or more of a significance and a relevance of at least a portion of the text by locating one or more keywords in the text, wherein at least two of the keywords are not adjacent in the text; analyzing the text of the facsimile for at least one of a meaning and a context of the text; and routing the facsimile or text thereof to one or more destinations based on the analysis. Additional disclosed embodiments include systems and computer program products configured to similarly route a facsimile in a computer readable format. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140043650 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus that functions as a client of a distributed file system is provided, in which the image forming apparatus includes: a distributed file system process part for mounting a file system of a server apparatus on the image forming apparatus to enable the image forming apparatus to access the file system of the server apparatus as the distributed file system of the image forming apparatus; and a storing process part for accessing the file system of the server apparatus and storing, in the file system, information that is stored in a storage unit used by the image forming apparatus. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140043651 | CONTROL POINT, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PRINTING - A control point includes a communication interface to search for one or more image forming apparatuses using digital living network alliance (DLNA), a user interface unit through which at least one piece of content is selected for printing using a user interface of the control point, and through which an image forming apparatus is selected from among the searched image forming apparatuses to perform printing, a DLNA stack unit to set a connection policy regarding connection to the selected image forming apparatus, and to selectively control the DLNA connection status to the selected image forming apparatus according to the connection policy, and a controller to control the communication interface to transmit print data corresponding to the selected content-for-printing and the connection policy to the selected image forming apparatus. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140043652 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a detection unit configured to detect approach or contact of a printing apparatus relative to a display apparatus, a first acquisition unit configured to acquire information about a print attribute of the printing apparatus detected by the detection unit, a second acquisition unit configured to acquire attribute information about content data to be displayed on the display apparatus, and a determination unit configured to determine suitability of printing the content data in the printing apparatus, based on the information about the print attribute of the printing apparatus and the attribute information about the content data. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140049794 | Workflow Management Interface - A method is disclosed. The method includes configuring one or more sets of rules within an input device to route print jobs to a plurality of workflows, receiving a print job at an input device, matching the print job with a first of a plurality of workflows based on a set of rules associated with the first workflow and routing the print job to the first workflow. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140049795 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING MULTIPLE MAILING SERVICES ORDERS OF VARYING QUANTITIES AND ADDRESS LISTS - Methods and systems for processing multiple mailing services orders for print items of varying quantities include filling 3-dimensional gangs configured to receive print-ready items with print-ready items in a stack-wise manner. Individual stacks can be submitted to the system for reprint without holding up remaining items in an order. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140049796 | XML SYSTEM - An XML system is configured to print bar code labels, tags, tickets, cards, or other media, and/or encode RFID devices embedded in media, based upon an extensible markup language (XML) input data stream. The XML system includes a computer system having a memory subsystem, a communication interface operatively coupled to a network, an XML processor configured to receive and process the XML input data stream, and an extensible stylesheet language transformation (XSLT) processor configured to either obtain a stylesheet identified in the XML data stream or obtain the stylesheet from a stylesheet repository. The XSLT processor transforms data in the XML input data stream into transformed XML data based upon the stylesheet obtained. Also included is an extensible stylesheet language formatting object (XSLFO) processor configured to format the transformed XML data into formatted XML data based upon XSLFO instructions contained in the stylesheet, and a rendering subsystem configured to receive the formatted XML data and generate a printable representation of the bar code label, tag, ticket, card, other media, and/or generate encoding information for an RFID device. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140049797 | PRINTING SYSTEM, A METHOD OF PRINTING A PRINT JOB, AND A PROGRAM - A printing system with at least one printer and at least two print servers is provided for printing a print job on a selected printer. The print job is stored on one of the print servers and print job information about the stored print job on the storing print server is shared between the print servers. In case of a request for print out the print job on the selected printer, the print job is sent from the storing print server to the selected printer based on the print job information. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140055812 | CONTEXT AWARE DOCUMENT SERVICES FOR MOBILE DEVICE USERS - Systems and methods for providing document services to users thereof. The methods involve: obtaining context information describing at least one aspect of a current situation of a user of a mobile communication device; receiving a request for a document service in response to a user software interaction at the mobile communication device; and adapting the document service based on the context information. The document service comprises a print service, a document conversion service, a document workflow service, a secure access service, or a web service. The obtaining, receiving and adapting steps are collectively performed by at least one of the mobile communication device and a computing device (e.g., a server) remotely located from the mobile communication device. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140055813 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF FORMING AN IMAGE, TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PRINTING, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An apparatus and a method of forming an image, a terminal and a method of controlling printing, and a computer-readable recording medium are provided. The terminal includes a communication interface to communicate with an image forming apparatus, a searcher to search for files stored in a portable storage medium with the communication interface when the image forming apparatus is connected to the portable storage medium, a printing data generator to generate printing data about at least one of the searched files and a controller to control the communication interface to transmit the printing data to the image forming apparatus. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140055814 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOF - An image processing apparatus capable of communicating with a server that provides a microblogging function detects a registration of a first message to the server, acquires image data indicated by the first message whose registration is detected, outputs the acquired image data and registers to the server a second message on the first message registered to the server, in a case where the image data is not output within a predetermined time period. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140055815 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - When an instruction of printing on a mixture of printing paper sheets fed from a cassette tray which stores the printing paper sheets, and printing paper sheets fed from a manual feed tray is accepted, a paper size set for the manual feed tray is specified based on that set for the cassette tray. The specified paper size is set for the manual feed tray, and printing is performed on the mixture of printing paper sheets fed from the cassette tray, and printing paper sheets fed from a manual feed tray for which a paper size is set. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140055816 | SERVER, METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING DATA, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A server includes a storage unit configured to store first data and second data, an interface through which the first and second data stored in the storage unit are to be transmitted to an image forming device, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to start transmission of the first data from the storage unit to the image forming device through the interface, to interrupt the transmission of the first data in response to a request of transmission of the second data to the image forming device, and to start transmission of the second data from the storage unit to the image forming device through the interface after the transmission of the first data is interrupted. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140055817 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION - In a communication system including a RFID tag, which has a function to record information and a function to carry out wireless communication with an external device and is capable of transmission with using both FM modulation and AM modulation, and a reader/writer for writing and reading information onto and from the RFID tag via wireless communication, a transmission to transmit information from the RFID tag to the reader/writer is carried out with using one of the FM modulation and the AM modulation at the RFID tag. If the reader/writer fails to decode a signal transmitted with using the one of the FM modulation and the AM modulation, transmission with respect to the information is carried out with using the other of the FM modulation and the AM modulation at the RFID tag. In this manner, reading error of data sent from the RFID tag is prevented. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140063536 | Method For Computing Scale For Tag Insertion - Computing a scale factor to insert a first set of shapes into a second set of shapes to form a combined image includes receiving the two sets of shapes, using a processor to convert the first set of shapes into a set of rectangles and the second set of shapes into a set of intervals and computing the scale factor for either the set of intervals or the set of rectangles to generate the combined image by iteratively inserting the set of rectangles into the set of intervals and updating the scale factor in response to a residual area or an overflow area until all the rectangles in the set of rectangles have been inserted into the set of intervals and the residual area in the set of intervals is below a threshold, and storing the combined image in memory. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140063537 | Image Processing Apparatus, Information Processing Apparatus, and Image Processing Method - An image processing system may be configured to perform a connection information transmission process in which connection information used for establishment of communication using a communication protocol is transmitted. Portions of the system may further perform a process by which communication is changed from another communication protocol to the communication protocol in which the connection information is transmitted. Additionally, a job transmission process in which a job is transmitted from an information processing apparatus to an image processing apparatus via the communication protocol may be performed. Based on the job information, an execution process, in which image processing is executed, may be performed. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140063538 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A print control apparatus connectable to an image forming apparatus includes a printing data generating unit that generates printing data and spools the printing data to the image forming apparatus; a communication unit that receives status information of the image forming apparatus; and a control unit that controls the communication unit to receive status information about a work of the image forming apparatus even after spooling of the printing data generating unit is completed. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140063539 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a first accepting unit, a controller, and a second accepting unit. The first accepting unit accepts a first operation from an operator to specify a process to be performed on an image of a paper, which is to be read, from among multiple processes before accepting a starting instruction from the operator. The controller controls, in a case where the starting instruction is accepted before the first operation is accepted, an image reading unit to perform an image reading process on the image of the paper. The second accepting unit accepts, after the image reading process is started, a second operation from the operator to specify a process to be performed on the image from among the multiple processes. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140063540 | SERVER APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A server apparatus includes a storage section configured to store information related to a selection screen for selecting a printed object, a changing section configured to change the information related to the selection screen stored in the storage section and an interface configured to accept a change instruction for the changing section. The server apparatus is capable of communicating with an operation/display section through the interface, and the change instruction can be generated by operating the operation/display section. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140063541 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus, which issues a print instruction when a dragged file is dropped on a print object, the apparatus comprises: a layout unit configured to lay out the print object at a first position; and a display control unit configured to display, when the file is dragged, the print object at a second position which is closer to the dragged file than the first position by moving the print object from the first position. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140063542 | MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - A mobile terminal device includes an imaging unit that captures an image; a communication unit; an apparatus information obtaining unit that communicates with and obtains status information from each of a plurality of image forming apparatuses included in the captured image via the communication unit; an image generating unit that generates an augmented reality image by superposing, on the captured image, additional information including the obtained status information for each of the image forming apparatuses; an operations unit that receives an operation on the augmented reality image displayed on a screen; and a distribution unit that distributes a number of pages to be printed among the image forming apparatuses according to the received operation. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140063543 | PRINT CONTROL DEVICE, PRINTING SYSTEM, SERVER DEVICE, AND PRINT CONTROL PROGRAM - The advantage of the invention is to make settings on a printer to be connected with a network easy. A printer driver is connected with a server device for managing a printer A and an e-mail address by linking them through a network, and transmits print job data to the server device. The printer driver receives designation of an e-mail address managed by the server device, identifies printer A based on the designated e-mail address, and converts data as a target of printing into print job data in accordance with the identified printer A. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140063544 | Non-Transitory Machine-Readable Medium and Communication Relay Apparatus - A process, machine-readable instructions, and a system are described in which two communication sessions are attempted to be established between a client application and an image processing apparatus. In some examples, the first communication session is permitted while delaying the operation of the second communication session until the first communication session has completed. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140063545 | SERVER DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A server device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires, from a first information processing apparatus that is connected via a network, identification information on a second information processing apparatus that is connected via a network and that is an object to be remotely controlled; a storage unit that previously stores the identification information on the second information processing apparatus and a program for remotely controlling the second information processing apparatus associated with each other; and an execution unit that executes the program that is related to the acquired identification information, wherein the execution unit includes: a receiving unit that receives, from the first information processing apparatus, a control signal for controlling the second information processing apparatus that is identified by the acquired identification information; and a transmitting unit that transmits the received control signal to the second information processing apparatus that is identified by the acquired identification information. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140063546 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing apparatus including: an interface; a printing unit configured to print a print image included in a print job on a sheet; and a control device configured to: receive the print job via the interface; generate a log image in accordance with the print image included in the print job, the log image comprising the print image and attribute data; generate a job log in accordance with the print job, the job log comprising particular information, related to the print job, other than the print image; transmit the job log to a storage device via the interface; determine whether a predetermined condition is satisfied; and transmit the log image to the storage device via the interface, when determined that the predetermined condition is satisfied. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140063547 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS CONNECTABLE TO SERVER VIA NETWORK - An image processing apparatus implements: receiving a first command for execution of an image processing function; supplying a server with a conversion command if the conversion process should not be executed on the image processing apparatus; acquiring time data indicative of a conversion period of time that the server requires to execute the conversion process; receiving, within the conversion period of time, a second command for execution of an image processing function; starting execution of the second process within the conversion period of time if it is determined that the second process can be completed within the conversion period of time, and failing to start execution of the second process within the conversion period of time if it is determined that the second process cannot be completed within the conversion period of time; acquiring converted data from the server; and executing a prescribed process using the converted data. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140063548 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing apparatus including: a receiving unit configured to receive print data; a printing unit configured to print image obtained from decompressed data, which is obtained by decompressing the print data, on a sheet; a transmitting unit configured to transmit data to a storage device to which a log related to printing is configured to be stored; and a control device configured to: decompress the print data into the decompressed data; and determine whether data related to the printing satisfies a predetermined condition; wherein, if the control device determines that the predetermined condition is satisfied, the transmitting unit transmits the print data to the storage device, and if the determining unit determines that the predetermined condition is not satisfied, the transmitting unit transmits the decompressed data to the storage device. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140063549 | IMAGE DATA TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, IMAGE DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMPUTER PROGRAM - An apparatus configured to execute a plurality of transmission tools is provided. The apparatus includes an option storing portion configured to store a plurality of options in each of which a destination to which image data is to be sent is associated with a tool identifier for identifying one of the transmission tools to be used to send the image data associated; a receiving portion configured to, when a user selects two or more options from among the options, receive a combination of the destination corresponding to each of the options selected and the transmission tool for the tool identifier corresponding to each of the options selected; and a transmission control portion configured to perform, for each of the combinations, a process for sending the image data to the destination corresponding to each of the combinations by using the transmission tool corresponding to each of the combinations. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140063550 | Printer Control System and Method - A printer control system to facilitate configuration of the settings for a printing device. The printer control system may configure a printing device with an at least partially automated process. The printer control software may include a client component installed on the computer to establish a bi-directional communication to receive and transmit printer control settings. A virtual printer may be installed and configured respective to settings for a form specifiable by a user. A method is provided for facilitating the configuration and operating of a printing device. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140063551 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SECURE DOCUMENT PRINTING - A secure document printing system is provided. A policy server is used to define access rules for a document, and select individual users and/or groups that will have access to the document. The policy server stores the access rules along with a document decryption key. The policy server's name and address are packed in the document, and then encrypted and sent to a print server which stores it for later access. A recipient is notified that the document resides on a particular print server. The print server retrieves the specified document, contacts the policy server named in the document, and requests the document decryption key and access rules for the user, print server, and document from the policy server which replies with the related decryption key and access rules. The print server decrypts the document and prints the document based on the access rules. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140063552 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus receives a printing job from an information processing apparatus and prints the printing job, wherein confirmation printing to confirm the printed material of the printing job is instructed. If the sheet used with the confirmation print is a specialized sheet, printing is performed using the same type of sheet for the confirmation printing and the main printing. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140063553 | METHOD OF MANAGING PRINT JOBS USING VIRTUAL PRINT IDENTITY - A method of managing print jobs addressed to a virtual print identity. The virtual print identity is associated with a first user, but not tied to a particular user device and the virtual print identity has at least one parameter relating to where the print job should be printed. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140071480 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR EXCESS CAPACITY IN DYNAMIC PRODUCTION SYSTEMS - The present application presents a new and improved system and method of enhanced Lean Document Production (LDP), which employs cellular manufacturing concepts. The LDP process utilizes a processor to compute a dynamic production algorithm to generate an indication of a manufacturing or print shop excess capacity level. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140071481 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ASSIGNING JOBS TO PRODUCTION DEVICES - A method of assigning a job to a production device may include identifying a queue comprising a plurality of print jobs, identifying a plurality of print production devices capable of processing the plurality of print jobs, determining that one of the identified print production devices is an idle print production device, identifying a top priority print job from the queue, determining a completion time associated with processing the top priority print job by each of the identified print production devices, identifying a fastest print production device, assigning the top priority print job to the fastest print production device, determining whether the fastest print production device is the idle print production device, and in response to determining that the fastest print production device is the idle print production device, sending the top priority print job to the fastest print production device and removing the top priority print job from the queue. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140071482 | INTERMEDIARY APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INSTRUCTIONS FOR INTERMEDIARY APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INSTRUCTIONS FOR IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - An intermediary apparatus includes a communication interface connectable to an image processing apparatus via a first network and also connectable to a service via a second network, and a controller configured to: acquire tagging request information, which is transmitted from the image processing apparatus, for requesting to associate tag data with electronic data which has been uploaded to the service from the image processing apparatus; acquire upload notification information, which is transmitted from the image processing apparatus, indicating that the electronic data has been uploaded from the image processing apparatus to the service; output tagging instruction information for requesting to associate the tag data with the electronic data which has been uploaded from the image processing apparatus and stored in the service in response to acquiring the tagging request information and the upload notification information; and transmit the tagging instruction information to the service via the communication interface. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140071483 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM FOR STORING COMPUTER-READABLE INSTRUCTIONS EXECUTABLE BY THE SAME - An image display apparatus includes: a display device configured to display a plurality of images. At least one common setting is provided in common for the images, and an individual setting is allowed to be set individually for each image. A controller controls the display device to display the at least one common setting when the images displayed on the display device are being scrolled. When the images displayed on the display device are not being scrolled, the controller controls the display device to display at least one individual setting and at least one image of the images such that each of the at least one individual setting is displayed in association with a corresponding one of the at least one image. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140071484 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD OF PROCESSING INFORMATION, IMAGE INPUTTING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - An information processing system including an image inputting apparatus including a first certification control unit that sends a certification request, in which a public key certificate read from a recording medium is designated, to a certification apparatus connected with the image inputting apparatus through a network and receives proof data indicating that certification is completed from the certification apparatus, a delegating unit that delegates the proof data to the information processing apparatus, which is connected with the image inputting apparatus through the network, and a sending unit that sends a delivery request for delivering image data input by the image inputting apparatus to the information processing apparatus, and an information processing apparatus which acquires an access right to a delivery destination of the image data using the proof data delegated by the delegating unit. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140071485 | IMAGE READER, AND METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR THE SAME - An image reader is provided that includes an image reading unit, a display unit configured to display selection buttons for selecting an intended destination of image data, and a controller configured to, before a selection button corresponding to the intended destination is selected, control the display unit to display selectable selection buttons corresponding to accessible devices in a first display manner, the controller configured to, after the selection button corresponding to the intended destination is selected, control the display unit to display the selected selection button corresponding to the intended destination in a second display manner, control the display unit to display selectable selection buttons, other than the selected selection button, in the first display manner, and control the image reading unit to start an image reading operation. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140071486 | Method and System for Producing Series of Cut-Out Forms from a Continuous Web - Disclosed is a method for producing series of cut-out forms from a continuous web. The method includes: receiving a plurality of print jobs, each one of the print jobs defining an image, a cut-out contour, and a desired number of copies; generating a set of printing patterns including images from print jobs, which may be combined to obtain the desired numbers of copies of the print jobs; making the printing patterns available to a printer in a combination to obtain the desired copies of the print jobs; generating a set of cut-out patterns including cut-out contours from print jobs, which may be combined to match the combined printing patterns; making the cut-out patterns available to a cutting device; and instructing the cutting device about the sequence in which the cut-out patterns must be applied to cut cut-out forms according to the cut-out contours. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140071487 | WORK FLOW GENERATION APPARATUS, WORK FLOW GENERATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present disclosure is directed to a work flow generation apparatus for generating a work flow including a plurality of steps, includes an identification unit configured to identify which of a device and a cloud each execution location of one or more processing steps constituting the processes is, a switching unit configured to switch an order of processes so that a plurality of processes execution location of which has been determined to be the cloud by the identification unit can be called up altogether, and a generation unit configured to generate the work flow by collecting the plurality of continuously arrayed processes execution location of which has been determined to be the cloud by the identification unit as a result of the switching by the switching unit. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140071488 | INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM - An information providing device, which is capable of communicating with an information processing terminal and one or more information processing apparatuses executing processing responding to a request from the information processing terminal, including a position data obtaining unit configured to obtain position data of the information processing terminal and the information processing apparatuses; a specifying unit configured to specify, based on the obtained position data of the information processing terminal, a region where the information processing terminal is, and specify, based on the obtained position data of the information processing apparatuses, one or more of the information processing apparatuses which are in the region; and an instruction unit configured to, responding to the request from the information processing terminal, instruct an information processing apparatus of the specified information processing apparatuses specified by the specifying unit and specified by the request to execute the processing also specified by the request. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140071489 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus including a display unit that is capable of displaying an operation screen provided by a server notifies the server of a content of an instruction from a user via an operation screen provided by the server and displayed on the display unit, and if the server requests execution of a process based on the notified content of the instruction, executes the requested process. The information processing apparatus determines an operation screen displayed on the display unit after notifying the server, and if the operation screen provided by the server is displayed on the display unit, performs control to execute the process requested by the server, and if another operation screen is displayed on the display unit instead of the operation screen provided by the server, performs control to not execute the process requested by the server. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140071490 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS DISPLAYING PROCESSED IMAGE REPRESENTING RESULT OF SEPIA IMAGE PROCESS - In an image processing apparatus, a process display unit displays on the display a plurality of candidate image processes to be performed on the image data. The plurality of candidate image processes includes a sepia image process. A process receiving unit receives an instruction indicating the sepia image process selected from among the plurality of candidate image processes. A process storing unit stores the selected sepia image process. An image display unit displays a display image corresponding to the image data on the display. An image designating unit designates a display image. The image display unit displays a processed display image that represents a result of the selected sepia image process performed on the image data corresponding to the designated display image before performing the selected sepia image process on the image data corresponding to the designated display image. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140071491 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STORING INCREMENT VALUES WITHOUT USING AN INCREMENT COUNTER - Electronic systems, such as printing systems, often use components that have integral memory. The integral memory can be used to store information about the component. In some printing systems this memory includes a portion that stores a value indicative of an amount of a consumable that has been used. Some printing systems do this by using a counter to count the amount of the consumable used and then sending a count command to the memory. The increment count command is processed to increment the value stored within the memory. Disclosed is a method and system for allowing the memory to be updated by a count command without having to increment the value stored. This method allows print cartridges to be used in printing systems that utilize counters without having to increment the counter each time an increment command is received. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140071492 | PRESENTATION OF ADDRESSES AT IMAGING DEVICES - In one embodiment, an address to which a message can be sent to an imaging device is obtained. An image is generated, the image including the address in an encoded, machine-readable format. The image is provided for display to a mobile computing device capable of reading the image in the machine-readable format. A message is received from the mobile computing device via the address. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140078544 | Repository-Based Print Services - An approach is provided for a service provider to identify documents to include in a client's repository and for the client to print the documents from the client's repository. In an embodiment, a computing device receives authentication information identifying a first user, receives first user information identifying a second user, receives information indicating selection of a one or more particular documents, from a set of one or more documents, and sends document information that at least identifies the one or more particular documents to a repository associated with the second user. A printing device receives second user information identifying the second user, and, in response to receiving the second user information, retrieves the one or more particular documents from the repository based, at least in part, on the second user information. The printing device processes at least one document of the one or more particular documents for printing. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140078545 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a processor, and memory storing computer readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the apparatus to operate as: a template image data generating unit configured to generate template image data representing a template image including a body area for writing information therein, and also including a keyword area for writing information therein for specifying a keyword to be associated with target image data representing a target image including the body area having information written therein, from among plural keywords; and a template image data providing unit configured to provide the template image data to a printing unit. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140078546 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, OPERATION STANDARDIZATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH OPERTION STANDARDIZATION PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a display portion, a touch panel, and a control portion. The control portion includes a touch event generating portion to output a touch event indicating a position detected by the touch panel, a gesture event determining portion to determine a gesture event on the basis of a set of touch events continuously output from the touch event generating portion, an application portion operable, when receiving process identification information, to perform a process corresponding to the process identification information, an association portion operable, at the stage when an application program is installed, to associate each of a plurality of types of processes determined by the application program with one of gesture events, a process specifying portion to specify the process associated with the gesture event determined, and an operation notification portion to output the process identification information of the specified process to the application portion. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140078547 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRINTING IMAGES ON A CONTINUOUS SHEET - A print control apparatus and method for determining a sheet size specified by a first print job and a sheet size specified by a second print job, deciding on a sheet width usable by the first print job and a sheet width usable by the second print job based on determined respective sheet sizes, deciding on a sheet width of a continuous sheet to be used by the first print job and the second print job based on the decided respective sheet widths, and printing an image based on the first print job and an image based on the second print job on a continuous sheet supplied from a sheet supplying unit that supplies a continuous sheet having the decided sheet width. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140078548 | PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - When a printing apparatus according to one aspect of this invention newly accepts a print job other than a specific job, for which guarantee of the print order is set as a print setting, during execution of print order guarantee for inhibiting execution of a print job other than the specific job and executing specific jobs in the acceptance order, it executes interrupt print processing to execute the print job under a predetermined condition. If the print settings of the print job do not include a setting which disturbs output of a printed material complying with the print settings of a specific job in progress by the print order guarantee, the printing apparatus executes the print job by interrupt processing. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140078549 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH DISPLAY - An MFP (Multi-Functional Peripheral) as an image forming apparatus displays a remote operation screen that is a screen for operating the MFP on an operation terminal and accepts a print setting and a print execution instruction from the operation terminal through the remote operation screen. The MFP prints the acquired image with the print setting accepted through the remote operation screen if a print execution instruction is accepted through a screen of an application different from an application that accepts a request for display of the remote operation screen. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140078550 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PRINTING SYSTEM - A print control apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive a first e-mail that includes a print preview instruction from an external terminal, an analysis unit configured to analyze the first e-mail and detect the print preview instruction from the first e-mail, a generation unit configured to generate a preview image on the basis of the print preview instruction, and a sending unit configured to attach the preview image to a second e-mail and send the second e-mail toward the external terminal. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140078551 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes an import unit configured to import import data from a storage apparatus in which the import data is stored, a job accepting unit configured to accept a job to be executed by the image forming apparatus, a determination unit configured to determine a type of job-related information that is specific information required to execute the job among information included in the import data, an acquisition unit configured to acquire the job-related information of the type determined by the determination unit from the storage apparatus before completion of import processing performed by the import unit, and a job execution unit configured to execute the job, using the job-related information acquired by the acquisition unit. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140078552 | INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING CARTRIDGE FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present invention provides an information storage device and an image forming cartridge for an image forming apparatus. The information storage device comprises at least two communication interfaces, at least two storage units, a detection unit, a first control unit and a second control unit, wherein the communication interfaces are configured to connect with a controller in the image forming apparatus and establish an information communication path between the first control unit and the controller in the case of being connected with the controller; the storage units and the communication interfaces are arranged corresponding to each other; the detection unit is connected with each foregoing communication interface; the first control unit and the second control unit are respectively connected with each foregoing storage unit and the detection unit. By adoption of the information storage device, the quality of executing the task of the image forming apparatus can be improved. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140085662 | Methods of Inducing an Imaging Machine - An electronic circuit for use with a consumable imaging unit transforms the electronic circuit from a communicated state to a non communicated state, and also induces an imaging machine to read the electronic circuit's transformed information and then store the information in the imaging machine's memory. Additionally, the information of the circuit is configured to alter an identifier of the circuit. The information of the circuit is also configured to point an imaging machine to communicate with a second element of the circuit after the information determines that a first element of the circuit has been altered from its original state. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085663 | MOBILE DEVICE PRINTING THROUGH PRINT SERVICE PROVIDER - In an example implementation, a processor-readable medium stores code representing instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to retrieve a unique printer identification (ID) over a short-range wireless communication (e.g., NFC) between a mobile device and a public printer. The processor discovers a current geographic location of the mobile device from GPS technology on the mobile device. The processor then uploads the unique printer ID and the geographic location to a cloud-based print service provider. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085664 | Methods and Systems for Sharing Photographs with a Third Party Printer - Systems and methods are discussed to sharing photographs with a third party printer. The current geographic location of a mobile device may be determined. For example, GPS functionality may be used to determine the current location of the mobile device associated with the user. The coordinates for a printer region can be determined. The current geographic location of the mobile device may be within the print region. One or more third party printers may be identified as being within the print region. One or more third party printers that are within the print region are selected. At least one photograph electronically stored on the mobile device is provided to the selected one or more third party printers. The selected one or more third party printers can print the at least one photograph. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085665 | PRODUCTION PLANNING AND MONITORING IN INKJET DEVICES - An inkjet printer is placed in communications with a print production planning and scheduling system to allow planning, monitoring, and adjusting of an automatic digital (ink jet) printing production line. In one embodiment, the order of the print jobs is defined by the print shop owner or by the associated supervisor. Each job becomes a paper based (printed) job ticket and the order in which the jobs arrive at the print operator side defines the print order. The same is true for the order at the RIP side. Any change in regards to this order requires a direct communication of the print shop owner or supervisor with the printer or RIP operator. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085666 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS SUPPORTING WIFI DIRECT AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING INTERNET ACCESS IN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus that supports WiFi Direct, includes a user interface unit to receive a command from a user, a WiFi-Direct connection unit to perform WiFi-Direct connection with an external wireless terminal, an Internet connection unit to perform connection to the Internet, a control unit to permit or prohibit Internet access of the WiFi-Direct connected wireless terminal made through the Internet connection unit, a soft access point (AP) module to allow the image forming apparatus to operate as an AP in WiFi-Direction connection with the wireless terminal, a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server module to allocate a network address to the wireless terminal if the image forming apparatus operates as an AP, and an image forming operation execution unit to perform an image forming operation under control of the control unit. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085667 | IMAGE READING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image reading system includes an information processing apparatus, an image reading apparatus, and a wireless network. The information processing apparatus includes a wireless state detector for detecting a first wireless state between the information processing apparatus and an access point in the wireless network, a wireless state information receiver for receiving, from the image reading apparatus, information of a second wireless state between the image reading apparatus and the access point in the wireless network, a packet length determining module for determining a packet length such that the packet length in forwarding image data obtained by the image reading apparatus to the information processing apparatus via the wireless network is reduced according to degradation in either the first wireless state or the second wireless state, and a packet length information transmitter for transmitting, to the image reading apparatus, packet length information corresponding to determined packet length. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085668 | PRINTER - A printer is configured to print on a tape-type print medium. The printer includes a processor and a memory. The memory is configured to store computer-readable instructions that instruct the printer to perform a process including displaying, on a display portion, characters, a block break line, and block numbers in a case where print data include block data and block break data. The block break line is a line segment that indicates a break position between adjacent blocks of a plurality of blocks. Each of the plurality of blocks contains at least one line's worth of characters. The block numbers indicate sequence numbers for the plurality of blocks. The block data is data for the plurality of blocks. The block break data is data that indicate the break position. The plurality of blocks is to be printed in a first direction in which the plurality of blocks are arrayed. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085669 | Image Processing Apparatus That Generates Hyperlink Structure Data - An image processing apparatus includes an image reading unit configured to read information as image data, a character recognition unit configured to recognize individual characters included in the image data, a grouping unit configured to group the individual characters recognized into one or more character string based on character information indicating a format of the character, a character extraction unit configured to extract a character string for which a link is to be created based on an importance of the character string obtained by the grouping, a character search unit configured to search the image data in which the characters have been recognized for the character string having the same character base among the character strings extracted, and a link setting unit configured to link the character strings having the same character base that are retrieved to each other based on the importance. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085670 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM AND PRINTED MATTER PRODUCING METHOD - This disclosure discloses a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium, storing a program for executing steps. The steps comprising a first storage processing step for obtaining a plurality of print data, a capacity obtaining step for obtaining a storage capacity of the storage portion of the printed matter producing apparatus, a data allocation step for grouping the plurality of print data into a plurality of print data groups, so that each data volume is not more than the predetermined storage capacity and for determining allocation of the print data to be included in each print data group so that the number of the print data groups becomes the minimum, a second storage processing step for storing the plurality of print data so that they can be read for each print data group, and a first data transmission step for sequentially transmitting the print data to the printed matter producing apparatus. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085671 | DISPLAY INPUT DEVICE AS WELL AS ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE DISPLAY INPUT DEVICE - A display input device has a display unit, a touch panel, a detector that detects a two-point distance, which is a distance between two touch positions at which two points have been touched on the touch panel, and a storage unit. When a display magnification changing manipulation, in which a prescribed one point on the touch panel is touched and another point is touched at the same time or is touched within a predetermined time with the prescribed one point being touched, is performed while the display unit displays an image, the display unit displays the image at a display magnification, which is one of the different display magnifications, corresponding to a two-point distance that was first detected during the display magnification changing manipulation. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085672 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing system includes an access point, an image processing apparatus, and a communication system. In the image processing apparatus, an apparatus side access point information holding section holds access point information of an access point acquired from the access point. In the communication terminal, a terminal side access point information holding section holds access point information of an access point acquired from the access point. A search section searches for the image processing apparatus having the same access point information as the access point information based on the access point information held in the terminal side access point information holding section. The instruction section transmits a processing instruction to the image processing apparatus detected by the search section. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085673 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a master control unit and a slave control unit. The master control unit operates in synchronization with a master clock signal. The slave control unit operates according to an operation instruction by the master control unit in synchronization with a slave clock signal. The slave control unit includes a slave clock generator for generating the slave clock signal, and a signal output unit for outputting the slave clock signal to the master control unit. The master control unit includes a master clock generator for generating the master clock signal with a higher time accuracy than the slave clock signal, and a clock error calculator for calculating an error of the slave clock signal based on obtained information representing a cycle of the slave clock signal using the master clock signal. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085674 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a determination unit configured to determine whether there exists a printer queue which is to be managed by a device management application which is installed together with a device driver, and a display control unit configured to, when the printer queue is determined to exist and a peripheral apparatus is selected, display a first screen for displaying information about the selected peripheral apparatus, and to, when the printer queue is determined not to exist, display a second screen different from the first screen. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085675 | Wireless Communication System, Wireless Communication Device, and Communication Control Program - A wireless communication system includes: a first communication device, which has a first controller coupled to a first interface configured; and a second communication device, which has a second controller coupled to a second interface configured; wherein at least one of the first controller and the second controller is configured to: transmit data from the first communication device to the second communication device after establishing a connection of the wireless communication between the first communication device and the second communication device; determine, based on one of information regarding the data, information regarding the wireless communication, information regarding the first communication device and information regarding the second communication device, one of a plurality of different cutoff conditions as a cutoff condition; and terminate the connection of the wireless communication which has being performed after the data transmission is completed if the determined cutoff condition is satisfied. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085676 | Wireless Communication System, Wireless Communication Device, and Communication Control Program - A wireless communication system includes: a first communication device, which has a first controller coupled to a first interface; and a second communication device, which has a second controller coupled to a second interface, wherein at least one of the first controller and the second controller is configured to perform operations comprising: transmitting data from the first communication device to the second communication device; determining whether the wireless communication connection is terminated during the data transmission; suspending the data transmission if it is determined that the wireless communication connection is terminated; determining whether another wireless communication connection is established after suspending the data transmission; and transmitting a part of the data to the second communication device via the another wireless communication if the another wireless communication connection is established, wherein the part of the data includes at least remaining data that was not received. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085677 | INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication system includes an information display apparatus and an information providing apparatus which perform communication with each other. The information display apparatus transmits, through the network, an information transmission request for requesting transmission of specific information related to the information providing apparatus to a plurality of apparatuses connected to the network by broadcast communication, receives the specific information transmitted, through the network, from the information providing apparatus to a plurality of apparatuses connected to the network by broadcast communication, as a response to the information transmission request, and controls a display unit to display the specific information received as the response to the information transmission request. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085678 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of sheet trays; an image forming section which forms an image on a sheet supplied by the sheet trays; and a display section which includes a display screen, upon which are displayed a first axis and a second axis, wherein sheet tray information identifying each of the plurality of sheet trays is displayed individually for each tray along the first axis, and information concerning the time period scheduled for use of each of the sheet trays is displayed along the second axis at a position along the first axis where the sheet tray information for the respective sheet tray is located. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140092424 | Methods for Real Time Discovery, Selection, and Engagement of Most Economically Feasible Printing Service Vendors among Multiple Known Vendors - A system for routing electronic print orders includes a server connected to the network, the server having access to least one processor and a data repository, the server including a non-transitory physical medium and software running from the non-transitory physical medium, the software providing for acquiring current job capacity capabilities, delivery time estimates, historical production times, and current cost estimates for printing and shipping relative to one or more products resulting from completion of the one or more electronic print orders, scoring the values and comparing the scores to identify more preferable scores, and routing one or more of the electronic print orders according to the results of scoring performed by the second function. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140092425 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS TO SUPPORT WI-FI DIRECT AND METHOD OF WI-FI DIRECT CONNECTING THEREIN - An image forming apparatus supporting a Wi-Fi Direct receives a request for a Wi-Fi Direct connection from an external wireless device, and allows to establish the Wi-Fi Direct connection between the image forming apparatus and the external wireless device by using device information that is previously stored with respect to wireless devices that were previously Wi-Fi Direct connected to the image forming apparatus. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140092426 | COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A computer of an image processing apparatus is provided with a computer-readable medium allowing the computer to execute: an image-obtain processing; a first display-control processing; a second display-control processing; a layout designation-judgment processing; a preview image-generation processing; and an operation-judgment processing. In the first display-control processing, the computer allows, on a condition that a print preview image is generated by the preview image-generation processing, the display screen to display the print preview image generated by the preview image-generation processing, instead of a previous print preview image previously displayed on the display screen; and in the first display-control processing, the computer allows the display screen to display the print preview image while magnifying or reducing the print preview image in a case that the computer judges, by the operation judgment processing, that two points on an image display device have moved away from each other or approached toward each other. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140092427 | COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - There is provided a computer-readable medium allowing a computer of an image processing apparatus to execute: an image-obtain processing; a display-control processing of allowing a display screen to display at least images which are a part of a plurality of images based on the obtained image data; and a selection-judgment processing of judging whether or not selection of one image is received in a state that the images are displayed on the display screen; wherein in a case that the computer judges in the selection-judgment processing that the selection of the one image is received, the computer allows in the display-control processing the display screen to display another image in which the one image is rotated by a predetermined angle, instead of the one image, in a state that output aspect of another image included in the images and different from the one image is maintained. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140092428 | IMAGE INFORMATION COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image information communication apparatus includes a communication unit, a permission unit, and a controller. The communication unit communicates image information with an external device in response to receiving a communication request. The permission unit permits the communication request on the basis of a result of comparison between a total band and an overall band. The total band is obtained by adding a communication band necessary for requested communication in the case where the communication unit receives the communication request and a band being used for other communications. The overall band is obtained by converting an image processing capability of the apparatus into a band. The controller controls the communication unit so as to communicate with the external device for the request permitted by the permission unit. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140092429 | Associate a Document with a Printer - Implementations disclosed herein relate to associating a document with a printer. In one embodiment, a subset of printers | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140092430 | OPERATION DEVICE, OPERATION METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING AN OPERATION DEVICE - An operation device that displays a predetermined number of item keys among plural item keys on a predetermined screen so as to be enabled to be pressed down, includes: a determining unit configured to determine whether or not pressing down a display switching key to switch currently displayed item keys on the screen and display item keys that have not been displayed on the screen is successive pushes when the display switching key is pressed down; and a displaying-receiving unit configured to display a list of a larger number of item keys that have not been displayed on the screen than a number that has been set to the screen so as to be enabled to be pressed down if the determining unit determines that pressing down the display switching key is successive pushes. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140092431 | Printing Apparatus - A printing apparatus includes: a first receiving unit for receiving a print job; a print execution unit; a progress status specifying unit for specifying a current progress status from among a plurality of progress statuses of a printing process including a first kind of progress status and a second kind of progress status; and a first transmitting unit configured to transmit a specific information for outputting a message according to the current progress status, to a portable device. The first transmitting unit is configured to: transmit a first kind of specific information in a case where the current progress status is the first kind of progress status; and transmit a second kind of specific information different from the first kind of specific information in a case where the current progress status is the second kind of progress status. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140092432 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR PRINTING SYSTEM - In a case where a first identifier that is communicated between the printing apparatus and the information processing apparatus to specify a type of a printing medium that is used in the printing apparatus, and a second identifier unique to each of a plurality of types of printing media are set in both the printing apparatus and the information processing apparatus, the second identifier set in each of the information processing apparatus and the printing apparatus is obtained. Based on the second identifier set in each of the information processing apparatus and the printing apparatus, the first identifier set in each of the information processing apparatus and the printing apparatus is determined, such that the types of printing medium corresponding to the first identifier set in the information processing apparatus and the printing apparatus match, and a different first identifier is set regarding a printing medium of a different type. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140092433 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD - An image reading apparatus includes: a reader configured to read an image to create image data representative of the image; a processor; and a memory storing instructions. According to the instructions, the processor receives first operational input for causing the reader to read the image and obtains a registration request transmitted from a first device that is one of at least one information processing device connected to the image reading apparatus through a network. The registration request is for registering the first device as a transmission destination to which the image data is to be transmitted. The processor registers the first device as the transmission destination, based on the obtained registration request. When the image data is created by the reader in response to receipt of the first operational input, the processor transmits the image data crated by the reader, to the registered first device. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140092434 | SERVER APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF MANAGING PRINT DATA - According to one embodiment, a server apparatus includes a reception unit, a storage unit, a list sending unit, and a transmission unit. The reception unit receives print data designating a user who is able to execute printing. The storage unit stores the print data received by the reception unit. The list sending unit sends a list of the print data, which the user who is an operator of an image forming apparatus is able to execute, to the image forming apparatus. The transmission unit transmits the print data selected from the list of the print data sent by the list sending unit to the image forming apparatus. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140098398 | CLEAN AND COMPACT PRINTING - A document may contain summary information and detailed information, and the detailed information may be replaced with a set of printed machine-readable codes when the document is printed. As examples of such machine-readable codes, quick response codes (QR codes) may be used by a system to encode detailed information. For example, the system may access one or more tables of information as a list or file of comma-separated values (CSV), and the system may encode the one or more tables into corresponding QR codes. Each QR code hence may function as a “virtual” CSV file embedded in the printed report. A user may use a smart phone read the QR codes from the final printed report, and the smart phone may execute a software application that decodes and presents the detailed information to the user. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140098399 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF DISPLAYING THUMBNAIL IMAGE, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHODS AND STORAGE MEDIA THEREFOR, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming apparatus capable of displaying a thumbnail image of a first page of a document to enable a user to easily recognize the document based on the displayed thumbnail image. When determining that a print job received from an information processing apparatus includes page data for generating a thumbnail image of the first page of a document, the image forming apparatus generates the thumbnail image of the first page of the document based on the page data included in the print job and displays the generated thumbnail image on a touch display panel of the image forming apparatus. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140098400 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus for displaying a tally window of print histories, comprises: a tally unit which tallies the print histories; a receiving unit which receives a condition used to determine whether to display the tally window, and a setting corresponding to the condition and used to generate the tally window; a determination unit which determines, based on a total result by the tally unit and the condition received by the receiving unit, whether to display the tally window; a generation unit which, if the determination unit determines that the tally window is to be displayed because the condition received by the receiving unit is satisfied, generates the tally window using the setting corresponding to the condition; and a display unit which displays the tally window generated by the generation unit. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140098401 | PRINT JOB MANAGEMENT APPARATUS - A print job management apparatus includes a sending section configured to receive a mail including an address of a user designated as a destination and an attached file, and send the mail to the user designated as the destination, a user information storage section configured to store therein the address and a print necessity flag indicating whether the attached file needs to be printed in association with each other as user information for each user, a judgment section configured to judge whether the attached file needs to be printed for the user designated as the destination of the mail on a basis of the user information stored in the user information storage section, and a job generation section configured to generate a print job of the attached file for the user judged as requiring a printing of the attached file by the judgment section. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140098402 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM AND OPERATIONAL EVENT DETERMINING METHOD - An image processing device includes: a display part on which various types of screens are displayed; a manipulation detecting part for detecting an input by a user on the screen of the display part; a setting part for setting an event to detect in response to the user's input among from multiple events by associating it with each screen displayed on the display part; an event determining part for running only an operational event determining routine corresponding to the event associated by the setting part with the screen being displayed on the display part of multiple operational event determining routines, each of which corresponds to the respective events, when the user's input is detected by the manipulation detecting part, thereby specifying the event corresponding to the user's input; and a controlling part for controlling operations based on the event specified by the event determining part. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140098403 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus activates an installer by a basic printer driver, transmits information of an image forming apparatus to automatically install and activate a printer adaptor module, and automatically prepares a second extension printer driver, thereby achieving original bidirectional communication. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140104642 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A print control apparatus includes the following components. Drawing processing units each perform a drawing process. A sending unit sends the entire print instruction including multiple pages and written in a page description language, to the drawing processing units. The delivering unit delivers each processing request which specifies one of the multiple pages, to a corresponding one of the drawing processing units. When performing, to perform a drawing process in which a print instruction for a page specified by a processing request is converted into print data, an analysis process on the print instruction from the first page to the specified page, each drawing processing unit refers to an identifier in the page description language of the print instruction for pages other than the specified page, and does not perform the analysis process for a range not containing a command that influences a drawing process of other pages. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104643 | METHOD OF PRINTING CONTENT SHARED BETWEEN APPLICATIONS AND COMPUTING APPARATUS TO PERFORM THE METHOD - A method of printing at least one of contents shared between applications installed in an operating system (OS), and a computing apparatus to perform the method. According to the method, a printing application is executed by activating a companion window according to a share action requested to share the content being used in a source application, and a printing operation is performed through the activated companion window. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104644 | PRINT IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A print image processing system includes plural logical page interpretation units, a dual interpretation unit, a cache memory, an assignment unit, and a print image data generation unit. The logical page interpretation units interpret assigned logical pages in input print data in parallel. The dual interpretation unit interprets an assigned logical page in the print data or an element to be cached which is included in the logical page. The cache memory stores interpretation results of elements to be cached. The assignment unit assigns logical pages to the dual interpretation unit and the logical page interpretation units. The print image data generation unit generates print image data for the logical pages using the interpretation results output from the logical page interpretation units or the dual interpretation unit and the interpretation results stored in the cache memory. The print image data generation unit supplies the print image data to a printer. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104645 | PRINT IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A print image processing system includes plural logical page interpretation units, a caching interpretation unit, and a print image data generation unit. The plural logical page interpretation units interpret different logical pages in print data in parallel to obtain interpretation results, and output the interpretation results. The caching interpretation unit interprets an element to be cached which is included in each of logical pages in the print data to obtain interpretation results, and stores the interpretation results in a cache unit. The print image data generation unit generates print image data of the logical pages using the interpretation results of the logical pages output from the logical page interpretation units and the interpretation results of the elements to be cached stored in the cache unit. The print image data generation unit supplies the generated print image data to a printer. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104646 | DISPLAY PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus displays an input screen including a setting area in which setting items are selectably arranged, and detects an operation on the input screen. When a flick operation has been detected in the setting area, the image processing apparatus enlarges the setting area, and moves the setting items in the setting area based on the speed of the flick operation. Then, the image processing apparatus sets a setting item in a selection area among a plurality of the setting items arranged in the enlarged setting area to a selected state. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104647 | APPARATUS CAPABLE OF PERFORMING SETTING FOR A PLURALITY OF SETTING ITEMS - When an automatic clearing function for resetting is executed in the case of no operation for a certain period of time, without occurrence of automatic clearing complicatedly and by executing automatic clearing appropriately, it is enabled to satisfy both improvement of usability by a user and convenience by automatic clearing. A control portion, when setting for a plurality of setting items is performed in accordance with operation input to the operation portion, measures time during which operation input to performing setting is not performed for each of the plurality of setting items, and executes automatic clearing to reset setting based on the measured time. When performing resetting for a setting item for which automatic clearing is executed during setting by a user, the time until executing automatic clearing is then extended. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104648 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM AND OPERATIONAL EVENT DETERMINING METHOD - An image processing device comprises: a display part on which various types of screens are displayed; a manipulation detecting part for detecting an input by a user on the screen; a grouping part for classifying multiple screen parts contained in the screen into a group as a closed region by the screen part that is capable of receiving the same event and associating the same event with the group as the common event in the group; an event determining part for identifying the closed region where the user's input is detected and running only an operational event determining routine corresponding to the event associated with the group of the identified closed region of a plurality of operational event determining routines when the input is detected, thereby specifying the event corresponding to the user's input; and a controlling part for controlling operations based on the specified event. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104649 | COOPERATIVE IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, COOPERATION METHOD, PORTABLE TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A cooperative system comprises an image processing apparatus and a portable terminal; the image processing apparatus comprises: a display; a judgment portion judging whether an operation screen requested from the portable terminal apparatus is a first screen including a file area or a second screen including no file area; and a transmitter transmitting screen data for reproducing the first or second screen depending on the judgment result, along with a file and area reproduction information; the portable terminal comprises: a requestor requesting for the screen data; a reproducer reproducing the first or second screen; a display displaying the first or second screen; a judgment portion judging whether user operates on the file area or the other area; and a controller showing in the file area an appropriate portion of the file for user operation if user operates on the file area. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104650 | APPARATUS & METHODS FOR IMAGE PROCESSING OPTIMIZATION FOR VARIABLE DATA PRINTING - Apparatus and methods for providing a pre-rasterized print job for variable data printing are disclosed. In one embodiment, a set of printer characteristics may be determined and then transferred to a typesetting system. The typesetting system may then pre-rasterize objects of the print job based in part on the received printer characteristics. A pre-rasterized print job, including the pre-rasterized objects and print layout instructions may then be generated, such as in the form of a PostScript file, which may then be transferred to a raster image processor (RIP) for generation of printed output. In another embodiment, a printer characterization file may be used for execution on a printing system to determine the set of printer characteristics that may include native resolution, rotation angle, compression data and/or other data or information characterizing the printing system. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104651 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND PRINTING SYSTEM - This invention has as its object to allow an authentication process that avoids unnecessary information from being stored in a digital camera irrespective of whether or not a digital camera connected to the printer has a direct print function. To this end, in this invention, in an early stage of connection between a digital camera DSC and PD printer, the PD printer side requests an object which contains a keyword as authentication information of those which are stored and held by the DSC (S | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104652 | SERVER AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing device is configured to provide a service relating to at least one of (1) the image data generated by the function of the image processing device and (2) image data representing the image to be formed, in response to a request from the image processing device. The image processing device may include a parameter designating unit, a service request unit, and a function implementation unit that is adapted to implement the function of the image processing device based on the service providing parameter designated by the parameter designating unit. The service providing device is provided with a service provision executing unit that is adapted to execute a process to provide the service to the image processing device after receiving the request from the service request unit provided to the image processing device. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104653 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATING BETWEEN A REMOTE PRINTER AND A SERVER - In order to enable downloading to a mobile printer data items from a server, a method comprising the steps of establishing communication connection end points (“sockets”), communicating with the server, where the communication includes sending a request for authentication to the server, receiving an authentication response, requesting print data portions from the server, receiving the requested print data portions, and notifying the server after each print data portion has been printed. The method also includes the step of terminating their communication connection when a printing session ends or if an error occurs. The method constitutes a printer-server protocol. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104654 | PRIORITY ORDERED USER INTERFACE SCREENS FOR CONTROLLING A DEVICE - An information processing apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store information representing a plurality of screens in each of a plurality of groups to which priorities are previously set, a determination unit configured to determine a group which is assigned the highest priority, and a control unit configured to display on a display unit a representative screen of the group assigned the highest priority. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104655 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR NETWORK PRINTING WITH USER SELECTABLE SETTINGS - Methods and systems for network printing using user selectable printer settings. A printing system such as a multi-function printer/device receives user input providing a document identifier (e.g., a release code) identifying a document stored in a network storage server. The printing system also identifies a finisher unit associated with the printing system. The printing system sends the document identifier and a finisher identifier to a print server. The print server determines available printer settings associated with the identified finisher unit and transmits a presentation to the printing system prompting the user to select a desired printer setting. The selected printer settings are transmitted to the print server. The print server retrieves a copy of the identified document and modifies the copy based on the selected printer setting. The modified copy of the document is sent to the printing system to be printed. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140111827 | ASSOCIATION OF A PORTABLE SCANNER WITH INPUT/OUTPUT AND STORAGE DEVICES - A device identifier is scanned with a portable scanner and communicated to a service provider. The service provider associates the device with the portable scanner. Information is scanned from a printed source and communicated to the service provider and subsequent information is received in response at a device identified by the device identifier. In some embodiments, a communication session identifier is scanned with a portable scanner and communicated to the service provider rather than (or in cooperation with) the device identifier. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140111828 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF SYNTHESIZING FORM IMAGE WITH AGGREGATE IMAGE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus capable of synthesizing a form image with an aggregate image created by aggregating images on one page. A CPU determines whether an operator performed on a touch panel a first operation for changing an image with which the form image is to be synthesized from an image as an operation target to one of the images of the aggregate image or the whole aggregate image, or a second operation for rotating the form image synthesized with the operation target image. When the first operation is performed, the CPU synthesizes the form image with the changed image after scaling the form image to the size of the changed image. When the second operation is performed, the CPU synthesizes the form image with the operation target image after rotating the form image and scaling the same to the size of the operation target image. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140111829 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - The printing system according to the present invention includes a specifying unit configured to specify specified data from print object data of a print job containing the print object data and a print setting of the print object data, the specified data representing the print object data to be printed; a partial extraction unit configured to extract the specified data and a partial print setting from the print job, the partial print setting representing the print setting to be applied to the specified data; a job generation unit configured to newly generate a print job containing the specified data and the partial print setting; and a printing unit configured to print an image based on the generated print job. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140118775 | Automated Printer's Dashboard - Techniques are provided for generating and using automated production and performance dashboards. For example, an automated production dashboard is generated and used that includes, but is not limited to, defining production performance metrics, job stats, trends, red/green/yellow with health check, and risks. As well, an automated upkeep dashboard is generated and used that includes, but is not limited to, defining supplies, maintenance, trends, next service appointments, red/green/yellow with health check, and risks. Such techniques may include a remote view of such dashboards, e.g. via native mobile applications in addition to web/client, etc. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140118776 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROLLING METHOD, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An electronic apparatus includes a network manager to deactivate a WiFi Direct function of the electronic apparatus when an application to perform a print job is operated and which is connected to an image forming apparatus around the electronic apparatus using a WiFi Direct method, a job generator to generate print data regarding a file based on an input print command to print the file, and a controller to transmit the generated print data to the image forming apparatus that is connected using the WiFi Direct method. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140118777 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus, includes: a communication unit that communicates with a server apparatus and another image forming apparatus; an identification unit that identifies a user of a local device as the image forming apparatus; a request transmission unit that transmits a request to check a state to another image forming apparatus through the communication unit; a data acquisition unit that, when a result of a response for the request indicates that an error occurs in said another image forming apparatus, obtain image data of the user who is identified by the identification unit from the server apparatus through the communication unit; and an image forming unit that forms an image in accordance with the image data acquired by the data acquisition unit. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140118778 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, WIRELESS CONNECTION METHOD, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An electronic apparatus includes a network managing unit configured to form a link to an access point through a first communication network and form a link to an image forming apparatus through a second communication network different from the first communication network, a collecting unit configured to collect wireless setting information of the access point, and a controller configured to transmit the collected wireless setting information to the image forming apparatus using the second communication network to form a link with the image forming apparatus via the access point. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140118779 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a main storage device, an auxiliary storage device, a receiving unit, and an execution unit configured to execute a program corresponding to a first-type packet by reading the program from the auxiliary storage device to the main storage device to shift the image forming apparatus to a first power state based on the first-type packet in a case where the received network packet is the first-type packet, and execute a program corresponding to a second-type packet by reading the program from the auxiliary storage device to the main storage device to shift the image forming apparatus to a second power state based on the second-type packet in a case where the received network packet is the second-type packet. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140118780 | PRINT DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, PRINT DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, PRINT DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A print document management system adds individual transfer document information to a transfer document list, which can be accessed by a plurality of users, if it is determined that a transfer destination user is specified in a request for uploading print document data, wherein the individual transfer document information includes information for identifying the print document data, information about a transfer source user, and information about the transfer destination user. When the transfer destination user makes a request for acquiring a print document list, the system searches the transfer document list for individual transfer document information and adds print document data identified based on the searched-for individual transfer document information to a print document list of the transfer destination user. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140118781 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, SETTING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH SETTING PROGRAM - A data processing apparatus includes a position detection portion for detecting a position designated on a display, a data select portion for selecting data identified by a first image displayed on the display as target data, a clone image display portion for arranging a clone image corresponding to the first image at the detected position, a clone image moving portion for moving the clone image, a second image display portion for arranging one or more second images for identifying one or more kinds of processes executable on the target data at positions based on the position of the first image, a candidate process decision portion for deciding a process identified by the second image having a predetermined relative positional relation to the clone image as a candidate process, and an execution process decision portion for deciding the candidate process as an execution process when the position is no longer detected. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140118782 | DISPLAY APPARATUS ACCEPTING SCROLL OPERATION - An image forming apparatus displays part of function keys for menu items of basic functions so as to be stopped at a predetermined stop position. The image forming apparatus switches the function keys for menu items of basic functions to be displayed, by displaying another part of function keys for menu items of basic functions so as to be stopped at a predetermined stop position. When part of function keys for menu items of advanced functions are displayed so as to be arranged in a predetermined direction, the image forming apparatus accepts scroll operation and then moves the menu items of advanced functions by a distance decided based on the speed of the scroll operation. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140118783 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD TO OUTPUT IN AN APPROPRIATE SEQUENCE - An image forming apparatus includes a print engine configured to perform printing on a recording medium, a job issuing unit configured to issue a print job, two print control units configured to control the print engine in accordance with the issued print job, and a job allocating unit configured to allocate the print job to an appropriate print control unit, among the two print control units. If a last print job that is issued is for a first print control unit, the control of the print engine by the first print control unit in accordance with the last print job allocated to the first print control unit is not completed, and a next print job that is issued is for a second print control unit, the job allocating unit is configured to place on standby the allocation of the next print job to the second print control unit. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140118784 | SET VALUE INPUT DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, SET VALUE INPUT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A set value input device, comprising: a display in which a screen having at least one set value input area can be displayed; a touch detection portion; a first input portion which is displayed when the touch detection portion detects the set value input area is touched and which is to input a set value in the set value input area; a judging portion for judging, whether a second input portion is in an enabled state or in a disabled state, the second input portion being operable of the set value input screen, and inputting a set value when the set value input area is selected; and a control portion which disables the first input portion, makes one of the set value input areas selected if the second input portion is enabled, and which makes all the set value input areas non-selected if the second input portion is disabled. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140118785 | FUNCTION SETTING CONTROL SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A function setting control system includes: an image forming apparatus including a control unit, a setting information storage unit, and a function setting information transmitting unit; and a mobile terminal device including a mobile-side display unit, a mobile-side receiving unit, and a display control unit. The setting information storage unit associates a plurality of pieces of setting item information and a plurality of pieces of setting content information with each other and stores the associated information as first function setting information. The function setting information transmitting unit transmits second function setting information including at least a part of the pieces of setting item information included in the first function setting information and corresponding pieces of setting content information. The display control unit associates the setting content information and the setting item information included in the received second function setting information and displays the associated information on one screen. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140118786 | OPERATION DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND OPERATION METHOD - An operation device according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a touch panel, storage portion, and display reception portion. The touch panel displays a predetermined screen, and, when a key representing a predetermined name has been pressed on the screen, receives an input of a setting condition regarding the key. The storage portion stores as a table a name of a key displayed on the screen and an alternative name in association with each other, the alternative name being different from the name and representing a function substantially equivalent to a function of the name. The display reception portion, if an alternative name exists for a name in the table, displays, near a key of the name for which the alternative name exists, the alternative name corresponding to the name. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140118787 | DISPLAY INPUT DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME AS WELL AS METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE DISPLAY INPUT DEVICE - A display input device, when it has been determined that a plurality of messages, display periods of which overlap with each other, are mutually similar, selects one of the plurality of mutually similar messages as a display message to be displayed, and displays the display message in a display mode corresponding to a highest one of respective importance levels of the plurality of mutually similar messages, while not displaying, among the plurality of mutually similar messages, a message other than the display message. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140118788 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a storage part configured to store a plurality of job data, an output part configured to output a job of the job data and a job data erasion controlling part configured to erase a previously output job data output from the output part by overwriting. The job data erasion controlling part erases the previously output job data by overwriting in an idle time other than a time at which the storage part is read and/or written when the job is output, and then, if the storage part has a free space area having a capacity larger than a predetermined capacity, the output job data is erased by overwriting in descending order of data size, and if the storage part has a free space area having a capacity smaller than the predetermined capacity, the output job data is erased by overwriting in ascending order of data size. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140118789 | Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Mediums and Image Processing Apparatus - A process and system for minimizing an image processing apparatus from remaining in a waiting state when communication with a client application has been lost. Various implementations are described in which processing requests are canceled based on losses of communication with the client application. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140118790 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING ROUTING OF PRINT JOBS - A computer-implemented method for controlling routing of print jobs, the computer-implemented method includes determining whether a print job meets at least one predetermined criteria and sending a notification based on a result of the determination. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140126010 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WIRELESSLY ACTIVATING OR DEACTIVATING FEATURES THAT ARE SAFETY ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH A MOBILE MULTI-FUNCTION DEVICE USER INTERFACE - A system and method for wirelessly activating or deactivating features that are safety issues associated with a mobile multi-function device user interface based on user proximity. A mobile telecommunication device configured with a mobile multifunction device user interface can be paired with a multifunction device utilizing a wireless communication link (e.g., Bluetooth). A proximity detection mechanism with respect to the wireless communication link can be configured in association with the mobile telecommunication device to set a user proximity range. A permanently disabled feature due to safety concerns can be automatically enabled when the mobile user interface device is within the programmed range. The features can be automatically disabled if the mobile user interface device is out of range. Such an approach controls the device functionality based on the user proximity for correct and safe operation of the device. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140126011 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS SUPPORTING NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION FUNCTION AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING MENU IN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus to support a near field communication (NFC) function receives address book information stored in a user terminal by tagging the user terminal, and generates a quick menu in which image forming functions related to the received address book information are listed and displays the quick menu on a user interface unit. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140126012 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a communication interface unit which receives print data, an image forming unit which prints the received print data, a volatile memory which, if the received print data is data that needs to be stored, stores the received print data, and a controller which, if a power-off command regarding the image forming apparatus is input, backs up print data stored in the volatile memory in a storage medium connectable to the image forming apparatus and converts an operation mode of the image forming apparatus to a power-off mode. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140126013 | PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - A printing control apparatus includes a display unit to display a preview screen of a document to print, a control unit to extract objects included in the document displayed on the preview screen and individually set a printing option corresponding to an object selected by a user from among the extracted objects, and a printing data generation unit to generate printing data corresponding to the set printing option and to spool the printing data. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140126014 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A PRINT SPOOLER TO CONTROL DOCUMENT AND WORKFLOW TRANSFER - A method and apparatus for a print spooler to control document and workflow transfer are described. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving a request to print an electronic document from a print driver. The method may also comprise retrieving a workflow configuration utilizing a workflow print spooler, where the workflow print spooler provides pre-configured workflow configuration data for a corresponding workflow. In one embodiment, the method further comprises deploying the electronic document into the workflow based on the workflow configuration data. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140126015 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - When a print job containing a first job attribute is received, it is determined whether or not the print job is able to be executed in accordance with the first job attribute, based upon the information indicating a function or a status of the image forming apparatus. If it is determined that the print job is able to be executed in accordance with the first job attribute, the print job is executed in accordance with the first job attribute, and if it is determined that the print job is not able to be executed in accordance with the first job attribute, the print job is executed in accordance with a second job attribute and the print job is stored together with the second job attribute. When re-execution of the stored print job is designated, the stored print job is executed in accordance with the second job attribute. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140126016 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing system includes a device, a first apparatus that is connected to the device via a first network, and a second apparatus that is connected to the device via a second network and is unable to receive a request from the first apparatus. The device includes an input part that inputs image data and a transmission part. In a case where the second apparatus corresponds to an output destination of the image data, the transmission part transmits the image data to the second apparatus via the second network. In a case where an apparatus that is capable of receiving data from the first apparatus corresponds to the output destination of the image data, the transmission part transmits to the first apparatus via the first network a transmission request to have the image data transmitted to the output destination. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140126017 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS REMOTELY OPERATED BY EXTERNAL TERMINAL, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM INCLUDING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus remotely operated by an external terminal includes a generation unit that generates a first composite image by combining a first image and a second image such that the second image is displayed within and over the first image, the first image being an operation screen image corresponding to an operation screen of the image forming apparatus, and the second screen being an image of an area including hardware key images corresponding to hardware keys of the image forming apparatus, a transmission unit that transmits first image data that is image data of the first composite image to the external terminal as data for displaying a remote operation image for the image forming apparatus, and a reception unit that receives, from the external terminal, first manual input information on manual input to the first composite image displayed as the remote operation image on the external terminal. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140126018 | GUIDANCE INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a guidance information display device, including: a display unit; a camera unit; an action detecting unit to detect a specific action of a user; and a control unit to instruct the display unit to display guidance information when the specific action is detected by the action detecting unit and a specific instrument to be operated is shot by the camera unit, the displayed guidance information corresponding to a combination of the detected specific action and the shot instrument to be operated. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140126019 | IMAGE READING SYSTEM, IMAGE READING DEVICE, AND JOB MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - To make it easy to set a desired job and execute a series of tasks on an image reading device, an image reading system is equipped with an image reading device and a plurality of information terminals connected to the image reading device by a communication network, wherein the information terminals are equipped with setting means (unit) for setting a job to be executed on the image reading device, and response means (unit) for responding to a job inquiry and sending the job to the image reading device. The image reading device is equipped with inquiry means (unit) for sending the job inquiries to the plurality of information terminals, display means (unit) for displaying the jobs received from the plurality of information terminals so as to be selectable, selection means (unit) for selecting the displayed jobs, and execution means (unit) for executing the selected job. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140126020 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING SPEED OF ETHERNET CONNECTION IN POWER SAVE MODE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PERFORMING THE SAME - A method of controlling a speed of an Ethernet connection in a power-save mode of an image forming apparatus includes turning off a print engine when the image forming apparatus enters the power save mode, reducing the speed of the Ethernet connection between the image forming apparatus and an external device, detecting an attempt to transmit printing data via the Ethernet connection from the external device, determining a necessity of increasing the speed of the Ethernet connection based on the printing data, and receiving and outputting the printing data, wherein the receiving and outputting the printing data comprises, when it is not necessary to increase the speed of the Ethernet connection as a result of the determining, receiving and outputting the printing data after turning on the print engine, without changing the speed of the Ethernet connection. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140126021 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, WEB SERVER, CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - This image processing apparatus displays a web page received from a web server, and when a setting related to scan processing is performed via the displayed web page, causes a transition to a state in which execution of scan processing can be instructed using a predetermined hardware key, and when an execution of scan processing being instructed using the predetermined hardware key, executes scan processing based on the setting performed via the web page. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140126022 | METHODS FOR OPERATING A CIRCUIT BOARD AND AN APPARATUS EACH HAVING CORRESPONDING SYSTEMS ON CHIPS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION AND PRINTING - A method for operating a circuit board, where: the circuit board is mounted within a printer; a first system on a first chip and a second system on a second chip are mounted on the circuit board; the first system on the first chip comprises a receiver and a transmitter; and the second system on the second chip comprises a first processing module and a second processing module. The method includes wirelessly receiving a first radio frequency signal at the receiver. A second radio frequency signal is generated based on the first radio frequency signal. The second radio frequency signal is wirelessly transmitted from the transmitter. The transmitter is implemented in the first system on the first chip. A data signal is generated based on the first radio frequency signal via the first processing module. A printing process is implemented based on the data signal via the second processing module. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140132980 | NETWORKED PRINTING SYSTEMS - A system and method provide a la carte reproduction services wherein a printing system is capable of performing multiple operational printing modes, but is configured, in a normal operational printing state, to perform a subset of the multiple operational printing modes. The printing system includes a user interface to enable a user to select an operational printing mode. The printing system, in response to a user selecting an operational printing mode not included in subset of the multiple operational printing modes, communicates with a printer service provider server to request authorization to perform the user selected operational printing mode. The printer service provider server requests predetermined information from the printing system, and, upon processing and verification of information received from the printing system, configures the printing system to perform the selected operational printing mode. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140132981 | NETWORKED PRINTING SYSTEMS - A system and method for enabling content to be displayable in association with a local client printing system associated with a printer provider. The local client printing system, in response to commands entered through the user interface, communicates with a remote printer provider server to retrieve displayable content associated with the commands entered through a user interface. The local client printing system, in response to commands entered through the user interface, communicates with the remote printer provider server to identify the display device upon which the retrieved displayable content is to be displayed. The display device receives, from the remote printer provider server, the retrieved displayable content and displays the retrieved displayable content thereupon. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140132982 | NETWORKED PRINTING SYSTEMS - A system and method for providing printing services to a mobile device connected to a network provides a remote print service provider server and local printers. The mobile device transmits a printer location request to the remote print service provider server. The remote print service provider server determines a physical location of the mobile device; determines which local printers are located within a predetermined parameter of the physical location of the mobile device; and transmits information to the mobile device identifying physical locations of local printers with respect to the physical location of the mobile device. The mobile device selects a local printer identified by the remote print service provider server and transmits, to the remote print service provider server, a print request. The remote print service provider server transmits the print request to the selected local printer. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140132983 | VIRTUAL MEDIA TRAYS - Methods and devices maintain the status of unaltered media currently available within physical media trays of a printing device and maintain the status of currently available media processing components of the printing device. The media processing components have elements that physically alter the unaltered media. Further, such methods and devices dynamically enable previously created virtual media trays (and/or create virtual media trays) based on the availability of the unaltered media and the availability of the media processing components. The virtual media trays virtually appear to contain virtual media that is physically different from the unaltered media currently available. Such methods and devices receive a request to print on a selected virtual media from one of the virtual media trays through the graphic user interface. Then, these methods and devices physically alter the unaltered media using the media processing components to physically change the unaltered media to the selected virtual media. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140132984 | INFORMATION TRANSMITTING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information transmitting apparatus includes a first interface connected to a first network; a second interface connected to a second network; a saving unit that saves, when the first or second interface receives information from a device belonging to the first or second network, identification information of the device in a memory; and a transmitter that transmits, at a certain timing, information to the device indicated by the saved identification information. The saving unit saves, when the first or second interface receives information transmitted from a device belonging to the first or second network, interface information indicating the network interface that has received the information and identification information of the device in an associative manner in the memory. The transmitter obtains the interface information associated with the saved identification information and transmits information via the network interface indicated by the obtained interface information. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140132985 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - To restrain generation of waste sheets and a decrease in production efficiency as much as possible in sample sheet discharge, provided is an image forming apparatus including an image forming unit for forming an image on a sheet, an image read unit for reading the output image on the sheet on which the image has been formed, an operation/display unit for providing operation and display, and a control unit for controlling the image forming apparatus, where the control unit can display a screen image of the output image read by the image read unit on the operation/display unit for check by a user, thereby saving of waste sheets and minimizing a decrease in the production efficiency, and efficiently checking the output image. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140132986 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD THEREOF, HOST APPARATUS AND IMAGE-FORMING CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD OF IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming method of a GDI image forming apparatus includes forming an image density pattern for tone compensation, measuring an image density of the formed image density pattern for tone compensation, and transmitting measured image density data of the image density pattern for tone compensation to a host apparatus communicating with the image forming apparatus. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140132987 | INFORMATION INPUT METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR ASSOCIATED APPARATUS OF IMAGING DEVICE - An information input method, apparatus and system for an associated apparatus of an imaging device are provided. The system includes a chip and an information input apparatus; the chip is adapted to store universal information, and alternative information sent by the information input apparatus; the information input apparatus is adapted to store and send to the chip the alternative information. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140132988 | MANAGING PRINT JOBS - Methods for creating a customized document using a downloadable product design tolls executing in the user's browser. A template for a partially completed product design is selected by the user and downloaded to the user's computer for editing by the user at the user's computer using the downloadable design tools. While viewing the product design template, the user can enter text or other content into the template elements. The completed product design can be uploaded to the server for production of the corresponding printed product. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140132989 | DEVICE MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM - In a device management device, a storage part stores device information pieces of devices on a network, an acquisition part acquires a device information piece of one of the devices via the network, and a detection part compares the device information piece with each of the device information pieces stored in the storage part, and detects at least one of installation, movement, addition, change, and disposal events with respect to the one of the devices. A transforming part transforms both identification information of the one of the devices and device information items corresponding to the detected event into data that enables an asset management device to manage the data. A transmission part transmits the data to the asset management device via the network. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140132990 | IMAGING CARTRIDGE CHIP WITH SELF-ADAPTIVE CONTACTS, IMAGING CARTRIDGE AND SELF-ADAPTIVE METHOD - An imaging cartridge chip with self-adaptive contacts includes a set of contacts. Each contact of the set of contacts has the function of a full series of contacts. The specific function of each contact in the set of contacts is determined by identifying a signal received by the contact from an external contact. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140139864 | FILE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, FILE MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND FILE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a file management apparatus includes an operation panel, a communication unit configured to communicate with a device by near field radio communication, and a control unit configured to receive information about files stored in the device, display file names of the files on a display unit of the operation panel, accept one or more passwords given to the files by a user as a inputted through the operation panel, and transmit the passwords given to the files to the device. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139865 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a plurality of communication interfaces connected to a plurality of communication networks that are independent from each other, the plurality of communication interfaces each receiving data from a terminal connected to at least one of the plurality of communication networks, the plurality of communication interfaces each transmitting data to the terminal on a basis of terminal identification information, a first acquiring section that acquires the terminal identification information of a destination terminal, and service information indicating a service that can be executed in the destination terminal, a second acquiring section that acquires service information indicating a service that can be executed in a candidate terminal, and a selecting section that selects one of the plurality of communication interfaces on a basis of the service information of the destination terminal and the service information of the candidate terminal. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139866 | Printer control mechanism for a device having a mobile operating system - A table-side hospitality device includes an integral printer mechanism, such as a thermal printer. The device comprises a general purpose processing unit on which a mobile- or embedded-device operating system, such as Android, executes. A control program (the device application) executing on the processing unit facilitates ordering, order management, invoicing and payment. When the application needs to print, it interacts with the printer directly, preferably using the general purpose input-output (GPIO) bus of the processor. In particular, during the print operation, the processor (via the general purpose I/O) outputs, as a set of control signals, a bit-map of the desired graphics (text, images, or the like), and these control signals drive the printer directly without requiring a dedicated micro-controller or OS-specific printer drivers. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139867 | PRINT DATA GENERATION APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A print data generation apparatus generating print data includes a processor, and a memory configured to store a database having a plurality of records in which texts are respectively set for fields, template data which is associated with one of operation keys and in which at least arrangement positions of the texts to be printed are set, link information associating arrangement positions in the template data with the fields of the database, and computer-readable instructions instructing the processor to execute steps including detecting operation of the operation keys, selecting, from among the plurality of records of the database, the record to be used for printing, and generating print data such that the texts that are respectively set for the fields of the selected record are arranged in the arrangement positions associated with the fields by link information, by using the template data corresponding to the operated operation key. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139868 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication system includes a plurality of communication apparatuses and a host apparatus that is connected to the plurality of the communication apparatuses through a network. The plurality of the communication apparatuses includes a first communication apparatus and a second communication apparatus. The first communication apparatus obtains information about the second communication apparatus by using a second communication unit that performs communication with the second communication apparatus that has moved to a state in which the second communication apparatus cannot communicate through the network and reports to the host apparatus the obtained information about the second communication apparatus through a first communication unit that performs communication through the network. The host apparatus accepts a first command from a user for the second communication apparatus based on the information about the second communication apparatus reported by the first communication apparatus. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139869 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming apparatus communicably connected to another image forming apparatus through a network includes a printer unit, a communication unit enabling a connection with another image forming apparatus, and a control unit that executes a first operating system (OS) operating on the first image forming apparatus and a control program operating on the first OS and performing a process relating to image formation, and enables a second OS performing other processes in parallel with the operation of the first OS to be operable. The control unit selects and determines another image forming apparatus in which the second OS is operable based on a process state relating to the image formation of the image forming apparatus operating the second OS, transmits an operating state of the second OS at that time point to the other image forming apparatus, and executes the second OS on the other apparatus. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139870 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING DEVICE SPECIFIC PRINT OPTIONS TO REMOTE PRINTING SERVICES - Systems and methods are disclosed for enabling remote printing services to consistently obtain and utilize print capabilities of printing devices across a wide variety of connection topologies. A client device retrieves the print capabilities from one or more printing devices selected for printing a document. The document and the print capabilities are transmitted to a web print service for rending the document. The web print service generates a print job based on the document and the print capabilities of the printing device selected for printing the document. The web print service provides the print job to the selected printing device for subsequent printing. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139871 | MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, MANAGEMENT METHOD AND NETWORK SYSTEM - A management apparatus obtains setting information from a replacement target device. Thereafter, it designates a distribution mode for distributing the setting information to a new device. If a replace mode is designated as the distribution mode, the management apparatus distributes the setting information to the new device and issues a power-off request to the replacement target device. The replacement target device that received the power-off request turns off its own power. The new device that received the setting information reflects the setting information in the new device in accordance with the designated distribution mode. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139872 | DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display position that includes a main region and a subregion, an operation portion that receives an input for producing a message and a movement operation for moving the message in the main region to the subregion, a storage portion that stores set data on the message and degree-of-importance data and a determination portion that determines, based on the degree-of-importance data, the degree of importance of the message. The display portion displays, in the subregion, the message on which the movement operation has been performed when the degree of importance is equal to or lower than a first criterion and continuously displays, in the main region, the message on which the movement operation has been performed when the degree of importance is higher than the first criterion. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139873 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An image forming apparatus includes a communication unit, a radio wave intensity measurement unit, and a communication control unit. The radio wave intensity measurement unit measures a radio wave intensity of radio waves received by the communication unit. The communication control unit performs control associated with communication disruption between the portable terminal and the communication unit when the measured result is lower than a predetermined first radio wave intensity and continuously decreases for a predetermined reference time. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139874 | DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device has a registration portion which accepts input of a message created by a user, a storage portion which stores the message inputted via the registration portion, a determination portion which extracts information on a display period of the message from the content of the message and which determines, based on the extracted information, an end time of display of the message, a time counting portion which counts time, and a display portion which displays the message stored in the storage portion until the end time determined by the determination portion. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139875 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT USES APPROPRIATE PRINT CONTROL DEVICE TO COMPLETE PRINTING AT HIGH SPEED - An image forming apparatus has a print engine, a job issuing device, two print control devices that control the print engine, and a job assignment device that assigns the print job to one of the two print control devices that is appropriate for the print job. Each print control device notifies the print engine of print information corresponding to the print job and manages already-indicated latest information, which is the latest print information. The print information is different from the already-indicated latest information. When making a switchover between the two print control devices to select a switched-to print control device, which is a print control device to which to assign the print job, the job assignment device causes the switched-to print control device to delete the already-indicated latest information managed by the switched-to print control device. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139876 | Communication Relaying Technology and Image Processing Apparatus - A non-transitory computer-readable medium having a communication relaying program stored thereon and readable by a computer of an information processing apparatus, which is connectable to an image processing apparatus through a communication interface. The communication relaying program, when executed by the computer, causes the information processing apparatus to perform operations including: a request receiving process of receiving a processing request from a client application; an extracting process of extracting a folder name from the processing request received by the request receiving process; a specifying process of specifying a particular image processing apparatus on the basis of the folder name extracted by the extracting process; and a request transmitting process of transmitting the processing request to the specified particular image processing apparatus. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139877 | Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Medium, Communication Relaying Method, Information Processing Apparatus, and Image Processing Apparatus - A communication relaying method, which is used in an information processing apparatus that is communicated to an image processing apparatus through a first communication interface, the method comprising: processes data, which is transmitted to and received from the image processing apparatus by execution of an application program, according to a particular protocol in accordance with transmission/reception through a second communication interface different from the first communication interface; registering a predetermined own-device address to feed transmission data according to the protocol, back to the information processing apparatus; and transmitting, in a case where the transmission destination address of transmission data processed by the processing is the own-device address transmit the transmission data through the first communication interface. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139878 | Communication Relaying Technology and Communication Relaying Apparatus - A non-transitory computer-readable medium having a communication relaying program which, when executed by a computer of an information processing apparatus, causes the information processing apparatus to perform operations including: generating a communication path unique for an image processing apparatus; generating selection screen information for displaying a screen for receiving selection of identification information of the image processing apparatus, the selection screen information being configured to, in response to selection of the identification information, allow a client application to transmit a processing request with designating the communication path for the image processing apparatus identified by the selected identification information; transmitting the selection screen information to the client application; receiving the processing request from the client application; and transmitting the processing request to the image processing apparatus corresponding to the communication path designated by the processing request. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139879 | Image Forming Apparatus That Allows for a Multi-Operation - Modules include ASIC modules for printing and ASIC modules for the scanner. A permission time slot, in which a bus request for inter-buffer memory data transfer is permitted, is allocated to each of a first module group including the ASIC modules for printing and a second module group including the ASIC modules for the scanner, in each of a first multi-operation in which print and image scan functions are operated in parallel and a second multi-operation in which copy and image scan functions are operated in parallel. The permission time slot is defined so that a value obtained by dividing the permission time slot allocated to the first module group by the permission time slot allocated to the second module group is larger in the first multi-operation than in the second multi-operation. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139880 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, JOB-PROCESS CONTROL METHOD, AND JOB-PROCESS CONTROL COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An information processing apparatus includes: a reception unit that receives a job; a prohibition process unit that performs a prohibition process on the job; a process decision unit that decides a handling process at a time of a prohibition violation based on predetermined process rule data; and a job-process control unit that, when a determination result of the prohibition process indicates the prohibition violation, controls a process of the job according to the decided handling process. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140146348 | WINDOW PICTURE SYSTEM - The present invention is a window picture system that includes a retractable window shade pulled down from a top portion of a window, one or more images that include a selected one of one or more pictures, one or more photographs and one or more drawings, a window frame with a bottom and a window sill with a top surfacing. The system also includes a three dimensional projector that displays a selected one of the one or more images and one or more slide shows onto the window, an image change button disposed on the top surfacing of the window sill, a camera SD card inserted into the three dimension projector, a battery and a scanner utilized to scan the selected one of the one or more images and one or more slide shows. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140146349 | PRINTER INCLUDING WIRELESS ROUTING CAPABILITY - A printer is configured to provide local network access for at least one other local electronic device. The printer includes a printing apparatus for printing on a recording medium; a media advance system for moving the recording medium into position to be printed on by the printing apparatus; a port for connection to an external modem; a wireless communication device; and a controller including router firmware for wirelessly directing and routing data for the at least one other local electronic device between computer networks. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140146350 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A print control apparatus includes a print management unit, a storage unit, a print control unit, and a checking unit. The print management unit accepts print instructions for output data items, and generates a first list in which identification information items of print processes based on the print instructions are recorded. The storage unit temporarily stores the output data items related to the accepted print instructions. The print control unit sequentially acquires the output data items from the storage unit, transmits the output data items to an image forming apparatus, and generates a second list in which identification information items of the print processes based on the output data items are recorded. The checking unit checks, as comparison targets, the identification information items recorded in the first list and the identification information items recorded in the second list in order from the tops of the lists. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140146351 | PRINT CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A print control device includes an output unit, an adding unit, and a transmitting unit. The output unit outputs generated print data to a printing mechanism. The generated print data is generated as a result of unit print data, which includes page data of at least one page, being copied; and includes pieces of the unit print data. The adding unit adds blank page data between one piece of unit print data and another piece of unit print data to be printed next in line to the one piece of unit print data. The transmitting unit transmits, to the printing mechanism, information for causing an additional image to be formed on a medium when an image based on the page data is printed on the medium, and information for causing the additional image not to be formed on a blank page formed based on the added blank page data. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140146352 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A print control apparatus includes a print management unit, a storage unit, a print control unit, and a checking unit. The print management unit accepts print instructions for output data, and records an order in which the print instructions have been accepted. The storage unit temporarily stores the output data related to the print instructions accepted by the print management unit. The print control unit sequentially acquires the output data from the storage unit, transmits the output data to an image forming apparatus, and records an order in which the output data have been transmitted. The checking unit compares and checks the order in which the print instructions have been accepted, which has been recorded by the print management unit, and the order in which the output data have been transmitted, which has been recorded by the print control unit. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140146353 | PRINT CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A print control device includes an output unit, an adding unit, and a transmitting unit. The output unit outputs generated print data to a printing mechanism. The generated print data is generated as a result of unit print data, which includes page data of at least one page, being copied; and includes pieces of the unit print data. The adding unit adds blank page data between one piece of unit print data and another piece of unit print data to be printed next in line to the one piece of unit print data. The transmitting unit transmits, to the printing mechanism, information for causing an additional image to be formed on a medium when an image based on the page data is printed on the medium, and information for causing the additional image not to be formed on a blank page formed based on the added blank page data. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140146354 | PRINT CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A print control device includes an output unit, an adding unit, and a transmitting unit. The output unit outputs generated print data to a printing mechanism. The generated print data is generated as a result of unit print data, which includes page data of at least one page, being copied; and includes pieces of the unit print data. The adding unit adds blank page data between one piece of unit print data and another piece of unit print data to be printed next in line to the one piece of unit print data. The transmitting unit transmits, to the printing mechanism, information for causing an additional image to be formed on a medium when an image based on the page data is printed on the medium, and information for causing the additional image not to be formed on a blank page formed based on the added blank page data. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140146355 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHODS THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - This invention provides a mechanism for printing or storing a file attached to a “message” or “comment” registered using the microblog function by a simple operation. To accomplish this, an information processing system or information processing apparatus controls to print data related to a managed message when a predetermined feedback operation for the managed message is detected. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140146356 | MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, MANAGEMENT METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - For a device from which identification information (serial number) cannot be obtained when configuration information of the device has been changed, log information is obtained from the device and is compared to stored log information, thereby confirming identity of the device. The device whose identity can be confirmed is continued to be monitored. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140146357 | DATA TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DATA TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - When a print screen for transmitting a print job to a printing apparatus is displayed, an information processing apparatus transmits a disable command of disabling a power saving mode to the printing apparatus. The printing apparatus receiving the disable command temporarily disables the power saving mode. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140146358 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS REMOTELY OPERATED BY EXTERNAL TERMINAL, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM INCLUDING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus remotely operated by an external terminal includes a generation unit generating a first composite image by combining an operation screen image corresponding to an operation screen of the image forming apparatus that includes software keys, and the hardware key area image of an area including hardware key images corresponding to hardware keys of the image forming apparatus, a setting unit not setting a dead area within the hardware key images but setting the dead area in a portion of an area of at least one software key among the software keys, the portion being on a side close to the hardware key area image, and the at least one software key being adjacent to the hardware key area image, and a transmission unit transmitting the first composite image as a remote operation image used in remotely operating the image forming apparatus, to the external terminal. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140146359 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Provided is an image forming apparatus that is one of a large number of image forming apparatuses logically connected in a hierarchical structure of multiple levels. The image forming apparatus includes: a state obtaining unit configured to obtain an available processing capacity of each of a plurality of child apparatuses, the plurality of child apparatuses being a plurality of image forming apparatuses on a lower level by one from the image forming apparatus; and a distribution control unit configured to transmit update data to the plurality of child apparatuses, the update data relating to firmware of apparatuses, wherein the distribution control unit determines a distribution order relating to the plurality of child apparatuses based on the available processing capacity of each of the plurality of child apparatuses, and transmits the update data to the plurality of child apparatuses in accordance with the distribution order. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140146360 | GESTURE CONTROL FOR PRINTING PRESSES - A device controls at least one of a machine, a color measurement device or an inspection system of the graphic arts industry. The device contains a control console that has at least one screen for displaying at least one of machine information, color information or image information. The control console includes a plurality of sensors for detecting gestures of an operator who operates the machine, the color measurement device or the inspection system via the control console. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140146361 | JOB PROCESSING APPARATUS, JOB PROCESSING METHOD FOR JOB PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A job processing order for reducing waiting time of individual users is displayed in a case where a plurality of users requesting jobs is recognized at the same time. A control method for controlling a job processing apparatus includes holding jobs in a holding unit, imaging a plurality of users, detecting face information of the plurality of imaged users, recognizing the plurality of users based on the detected face information, searching the holding unit for jobs of the plurality of recognized users, determining, based on processing time of the searched jobs, an order of executing the searched jobs, and displaying information indicating the users corresponding to the ordered jobs, based on the determined order of executing the jobs. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140146362 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive a setting when an input image is output, a determination unit configured, by acquiring a number of sheets of the input image and a content of the setting received by the reception unit and acquiring a number of output sheets reduced by executing blank-sheet skip processing on the image, to determine whether an effect is achieved when the blank-sheet skip is executed, and a display unit configured to perform a display for prompting an execution of the blank-sheet skip processing determined as having the effect by the determination unit. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140146363 | DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A device includes an input part configured to input data, a first transmission part configured to transmit the data to a predetermined transmission destination, a second transmission part configured to transmit the data to a transmission destination different from the predetermined transmission destination, and a transmission control part configured to cause the second transmission part to transmit the data in response to receiving a request to transmit the data from the first transmission part. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140146364 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - An image processing device may comprising a USB I/F and a control device. The USB I/F may be configured to receive USB data packets transmitted by a data processing device. The USB I/F may be configured to cause a specific buffer corresponding to one USB endpoint for reception to store content data included in the received USB data packets. The control device may be configured to: execute one or more processing on the basis of an HTTP command; execute image processing on the basis of a particular command other than the HTTP command; and execute content data allocation processing. The content data allocation processing may include: causing content data including the HTTP command to be processed in the execution of the one or more processing; and causing content data including the particular command to be processed in the execution of the image processing. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140146365 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a document box, a communication unit, a console unit, a referencing entity management table, and a control unit. The console unit accepts a delete operation of inputting a delete instruction to delete document data stored in the document box. The referencing entity management table allows information about another image forming apparatus referencing document data stored in the document box to be registered therein as referencing entity information. The control unit determines whether or not the document data to be deleted designated by the delete instruction input by the delete operation is referenced by another image forming apparatus, based on the referencing entity management table. The control unit, if the document data to be deleted is referenced by another image forming apparatus, causes the communication unit to transmit the document data to be deleted to the another image forming apparatus based on the referencing entity information. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140146366 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS REMOTELY OPERATED BY EXTERNAL TERMINAL, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus which can be remotely operated by an external terminal comprises a touch panel for displaying various information and receiving an operation input from an operator, a status detection part for detecting an apparatus status of the image forming apparatus, a status display part provided separately from the touch panel, for displaying the apparatus status detected by the status detection part, a generation part for generating data of a first image representing a display content on the touch panel and a second image representing a display content on the status display part, and a transmitting part for transmitting the data of the first and second images to the external terminal as display data for a remote operation screen on the external terminal. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140153037 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD TO SEARCH FOR AND PRINT IMAGES ON NETWORK - An image forming apparatus includes an input unit to receive a network resources address where a document exists, a web information receiving unit to read information on the document existing at the received address, an image path extracting unit to extract a path and a name of an image file consistent with predetermined reference data from the document information, an image receiving unit to receive the image file through the network using the extracted path and name of the image file, and a printing unit to print the image file. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140153038 | PRINTER RANKINGS IN CLOUD PRINTING - An approach is provided for ranking cloud printing devices. A printing device ranking service is configured to retrieve printing device information data that specifies one or more attributes of a plurality of printing devices and print job data that specifies one or more attributes of a plurality of print jobs that have been processed by the plurality of printing devices. The printing device ranking service determines, based at least upon the printing device information data and the print job data, rankings data for the plurality of printing devices, wherein the rankings data indicate a ranking of the printing devices from the plurality of printing devices. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140153039 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming system comprises an external terminal and an image forming apparatus. The external terminal has a position information detection part for detecting terminal position information which is position information of the external terminal and a transmitting part capable of transmitting the terminal position information. The image forming apparatus has a communication part for receiving the terminal position information which is position information of the external terminal from the external terminal and an acquisition part for acquiring apparatus position information which is position information of the image forming apparatus on the basis of the terminal position information. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140153040 | METHOD OF EXECUTING APPLICATION INSTALLED IN OUTSIDE SERVER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS TO PERFORM THE SAME - A method of executing an application installed in an outside server at an image forming apparatus includes receiving, at the image forming apparatus, an input of an install uniform resource locator (URL), accessing, by the image forming apparatus, the outside server through the install URL and receiving from the outside server metadata of the application installed in the outside server, verifying a reliability of the received metadata, creating an icon corresponding to the application on a user interface of the image forming apparatus when the reliability is verified, and executing the application installed in the outside server at the image forming apparatus. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140153041 | RECORDING SYSTEM, RECORDING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING CONTROL METHOD - A recording system, including: a recording apparatus configured to perform recording using a recording head having a plurality of recording elements; and an information processing apparatus configured to send a print job to the recording apparatus to shift a range of use of the recording elements in an array direction of the recording elements, the information processing apparatus including: a head shading correction unit configured to execute, based on information indicating that the range of use of the recording elements is one of ranges of use, head shading correction corresponding to the one range on image data; and a sending unit configured to send the image data subjected to the head shading correction to the recording apparatus, the recording apparatus including a recording control unit configured to control the recording head to perform recording at the one range by using the image data subjected to the head shading correction. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140153042 | DATA TRANSMITTING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, DATA TRANSMISSION CONTROLLING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING DATA TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROGRAM - A data transmitting device is provided. The data transmitting device includes plural bundles of signal lines, each of which includes flatly arranged plural signal lines and which are overlaid in such a manner that surfaces of the bundles of signal lines are contacted with each other while the signal lines extend in a same direction, wherein signal transmission and reception are performed through the signal lines; a transmission timing adjuster to adjust signal transmission timing for each of the plural bundles of signal lines; and a transmission timing controller to perform time division control such that the transmission timing adjuster adjusts the signal transmission timing under the time division control for each of the plural bundles of signal lines. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140153043 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION SYNCHRONIZING METHOD - An image processing system includes a main unit of an image processing apparatus and an operational unit. The operational unit includes a request receiver that receives a request to modify operational unit administrative information, an administrative information modifying unit that modifies the operational unit administrative information in response to the received request to modify, and an administrative information reporting unit that reports modified content of the operational unit administrative information to the main unit of the image processing apparatus. The main unit of the image processing apparatus includes an apparatus information synchronizer that modifies the apparatus administrative information that corresponds to the reported modified content after receiving the modified content of the operational unit administrative information from the operational unit. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140153044 | RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING REPLACEMENT PRINTING CONTROL PROGRAM, REPLACEMENT PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, AND REPLACEMENT PRINTING CONTROL METHOD - A computer-readable storage medium stores a program for causing a computer to execute a process. The process includes: a data generation step of, in response to a command to perform replacement printing of original data, generating, based on the original data, print target data to be printed on a sheet and save data to be transmitted to a data saving server connected via a network; a save-data transmission step of transmitting the save data generated in the data generation step to the data saving server, and acquiring address information indicating a save location of the save data saved in the data saving server; and a data print step of generating print data by adding the address information acquired in the save-data transmission step to the print target data and driving a printing machine to print the print data as generated. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140153045 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA EDITING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An information processing apparatus includes a first controller, a data editor, and a second controller. The first controller is configured to display a data editable preview window based on job data created from input data and receive data editing operation through the preview window. The data editor is configured to edit the job data in accordance with the data editing operation received through the preview window. The second controller os configured to transmit, to an output device, output data converted from the edited job data and request the output device to execute job processing. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140153046 | PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In a printing apparatus which detects a size of a conveying sheet, even when sheets are replaced during execution of print processing, an incorrect size is suppressed from being stored as a size of sheets stored in a sheet storage unit. In order to achieve this, a printing apparatus of an aspect of this invention controls not to store a sheet size as a size of sheets stored in the sheet storage unit in a case where the sheet storage unit is opened during conveyance of a sheet, and controls to store a sheet size as the size of sheets stored in the sheet storage unit in a case where the sheet storage unit is not opened during conveyance of a sheet. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140153047 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus may include an accepting part that accepts an execution instruction of a process having a first time specified in a first time zone, a computing part configured to compute a second time in the first time zone at the first time in a second time zone, based on a time difference between a standard time of the second time zone at which the process is to be executed and a standard time of the first time zone, and an executing part that executes the process when the second time arrives in the first time zone. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140153048 | Setting Change Control for an Image Forming System and Image Forming Apparatus - Setting change for an image forming device may include determining whether the image forming device is currently performing print processing. In some examples, if the image forming device is currently performing print processing, the setting change may be delayed. In other examples, the setting change may be implemented irrespective of the print processing. In one arrangement, the setting change may be specific to a particular entity (e.g., a user). | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140153049 | AUTHENTICATING PRINTERS PRIOR TO PAIRING WITH PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES - The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates the execution of a print job. During operation, the system receives, at a printer, a signal from a portable electronic device indicating the printer has been selected for the print job. Next, in response to the selection, the system generates an output that facilitates identification of the printer by a user of the portable electronic device. The system also provides a mechanism for confirming physical access to the printer by the user. Upon confirming the physical access to the printer by the user, the system establishes a connection between the portable electronic device and the printer, wherein the connection is subsequently used by the portable electronic device and the printer to perform the print job. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140160520 | APPLICATION MANAGEMENT OF PRINTING REQUESTS THROUGH INDUCED ANALYTICS - An approach for managing printing requests of a computer printing system is provided. In one aspect, the approach comprises a computing printing system receiving a printing request based on parameters of a printing request data. The approach further comprises the computing printing system determining printing alternatives for the printing request based on the printing request data. In addition, the computing printing system detects if the printing request can be archived in an email repository or transmitted to a mobile device of the requestor based on the printing alternatives. Moreover, the approach further comprises the computing printing system redirecting the printing request to one or more of an email archive of the email repository or the mobile device based on the detection of the printing request. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140160521 | VALIDATION OF BRANCHING PRINT WORKFLOWS - Methods and systems disclosed provide for validating branching print workflows by segmenting the workflows into a plurality of linear sequences of steps, and validating each of the linear sequences. In one embodiment, a system receives a print workflow for a print job. The print workflow comprises steps identifying the print shop activities to perform for the print job. The system determines whether the print workflow comprises a branching workflow. If the print workflow is a branching workflow, then the system segments the branching workflow into a plurality of linear sequences of steps. The system then determines if the branching workflow is valid by analyzing each of the linear sequences based on workflow rules. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140160522 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus, a method of controlling it and a storage medium. The apparatus detects a level of a load on the CPU, and selects, when a communication request is received, a communication mode corresponding to the communication request from a plurality of communication modes in accordance with a level of the load on the CPU detected levels of the loads on the CPU for communication modes stored in a storage unit. The apparatus communicates with a device that issued the communication request in accordance with the selected communication mode. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140160523 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - While calibration is being executed in an image forming apparatus, it is not possible to execute printing until the calibration is completed, and therefore, usability of a user is poor. An image forming apparatus including Media Direct Print function to print data stored in a portable storage medium. The image forming apparatus includes a connection detection unit configured to detect connection of the portable storage medium and a control unit configured to control calibration from being executed in response to the connection detection unit detecting the connection of the portable storage medium. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140160524 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided a printing apparatus in which when paper information is set for a paper holding unit, it can be determined whether to set paper information already stored in a paper brand database or generate new paper information and set the newly generated paper information for the paper holding unit. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140160525 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - A printing control apparatus configured to transmit a received job to an image processing apparatus transmits, in a case where, after receiving information indicating that preparation for transition to a power saving status is completed from the image processing apparatus, determination is made that a job to be preferentially transmitted to the image processing apparatus exists among the plurality of received jobs stored in a storage unit, the job to the image processing apparatus with priority over a job stored in the storage unit before the job. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140160526 | PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF THE PRINTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing apparatus sets, as time for performing pre-processing before performing print processing, first time if the printing rate calculated by the calculation unit is smaller than a predetermined value, and second time that is longer than the first time if the printing rate calculated by the calculation unit is larger than the predetermined value. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140160527 | System and Method for Prioritizing Print Jobs in a Batch - Systems and methods for prioritizing print jobs of different families within a print job batch are provided, Such a system may include, for example, an input/output port and a processor. The input/output port may output a print job batch including at least one print job of a first family and at least one print job of a second family. The processor configured may determine the order of priority of the print job batch based at least in part on a first trend of expected differences in setup times between print machines when the first family is prioritized before the second family and a second trend when the second family is prioritized before the first family. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140160528 | APPLICATION MANAGEMENT OF PRINTING REQUESTS THROUGH INDUCED ANALYTICS - An approach for managing printing requests of a computer printing system is provided. In one aspect, the approach comprises a computing printing system receiving a printing request based on parameters of a printing request data. The approach further comprises the computing printing system determining printing alternatives for the printing request based on the printing request data. In addition, the computing printing system detects if the printing request can be archived in an email repository or transmitted to a mobile device of the requestor based on the printing alternatives. Moreover, the approach further comprises the computing printing system redirecting the printing request to one or more of an email archive of the email repository or the mobile device based on the detection of the printing request. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140160529 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A clearing section includes a counter for measuring a period up to the reset of contents set by means of an operation panel to initial values. If a position discriminating section discriminates that the operation panel is at a first position, the clearing section starts measuring the period by means of the counter from the first entry made to the operation panel. When a count value reaches a predetermined value, the clearing section executes an automatic clear processing to reset the contents set by means of the operation panel to the initial values. On the other hand, the clearing section cancels the execution of the automatic clear processing if the position discriminating section discriminates that the operation panel is at a second position. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140160530 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a screen information storage part to store, on a user basis, the screen information of an operating screen containing a shortcut for calling an application; a shortcut creating part to, in response to receiving a request for a job of the application, create a job shortcut for executing the job based on the information of the requested job, and make a request for updating the screen information of a user having requested the job; a screen management part to, in response to receiving the screen information updating request, add information of the created job shortcut to the screen information of the user; a user management part to authenticate and manage the user; a screen creating part to create the operating screen containing the job shortcut based on the screen information of the managed user; and a display part to display the created operating screen. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140168691 | Multiple Pass Pipe/Filter Mechanism - A computer generated method disclosed. The method includes each filter within a chain of filters of a pipes and filters architectural pattern declaring a pass requirement to indicate a number of times the filter is to be processed to produce final form data and processing a stream of data at each filter within the chain of filters to produce the final form data. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168692 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND SERVER - An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus, and a server which communicates with the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus requests a transmission of image data to the server, receives, from the server, conversion data which is image data converted by the sever according to a conversion condition, and performs printing based on the conversion data. The server converts the image data requested to be transmitted according to the conversion condition to generate the conversion data from the image data, and transmits the generated conversion data to the image forming apparatus. At least one of the server and the image forming apparatus further determines the conversion condition based on specific information of the image forming apparatus. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168693 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - In a printing apparatus, an image processing unit comprises: a unit that decides a transfer speed of the signal of the image data to a print processing unit; a selection unit that selects, out of a plurality of thinning patterns, a thinning pattern to be applied to the image data; and a unit that performs thinning processing of the image data using the selected thinning pattern and transfers the signal of the image data that has undergone the thinning processing to the print processing unit at the decided transfer speed, wherein the selection unit selects the thinning pattern that does not superimpose a frequency component corresponding to a periodicity of a signal of the thinning pattern on a multiplying of the frequency component of the transfer speed of the signal of the decided image data. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168694 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention is configured to detect an execution status of a transmission job, upon receipt of a display instruction to display information on the transmission job after execution of the transmission job has started, and to perform display control in accordance with the detected execution status of the transmission job. Specifically, the image processing apparatus is configured to display a job history screen on the display unit when it is detected that the execution of the transmission job has already been terminated, and to display a job status screen on the display unit when it is detected that the execution of the transmission job has not been terminated. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168695 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus according to the present invention generates objects based on print data, stores the generated objects, determines whether or not a series of objects to be subjected to pseudo-transparency processing in the stored objects is subjected to an avoidance processing to deal with a shortage of the memory, which includes rendering objects to create a bitmap, encoding the bitmap for lossy compression and storing the compressed image as a new object, and controls execution of the avoidance processing on the basis of the determination result. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168696 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing system has a portable information terminal and an information processing device that allow communication therebetween. The portable information terminal includes: a first application executing part for acquiring screen information indicating a screen with which a user makes remote operation from the information processing device and displaying the screen; and an informing part for sending access information as to a destination being accessed by a second application executing part to the information processing device when an application detecting part detects that both of the first and second application executing parts are running. The information processing device includes: a screen creating part for creating the screen based on the access information; and a transmitting part for sending the screen information created by the screen creating part to the portable information terminal. The first application executing part displays the screen based on the screen information received from the transmitting part. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168697 | PRINT DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS - A print data processing apparatus is provided which includes: a generation unit configured to generate image information and attribute information from print data; a conversion unit configured to convert an attribute of a first area included in the attribute information, wherein an attribute of a second area included in the attribute information is not converted; a compression unit configured to compress the image information and the attribute information in which the attribute of the first area has been converted by the conversion unit; an area information generation unit configured to generate area information indicating the first area having the converted attribute; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the image information compressed by the compression unit, the attribute information compressed by the compression unit, and the area information generated by the area information generation unit, to a printing apparatus as transfer data. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168698 | REMOTELY-OPERATED APPARATUS REMOTELY OPERATED BY EXTERNAL TERMINAL, REMOTE OPERATION SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A remotely-operated apparatus remotely operated by an external terminal notifies the external terminal of a first transition command when a server cooperation process which is a cooperation process with a server is performed. The first transition command is a command indicating that a display mode of the external terminal, in which a remote operation screen used for remotely operating the remotely-operated apparatus is displayed on a display part of the external terminal, should be changed from a transmitted image use mode in which a transmitted image screen is displayed to a browser use mode in which a browser screen is displayed. Further, the remotely-operated apparatus notifies the external terminal of a second transition command indicating that the display mode should be changed from the browser use mode to the transmitted image use mode when occurrence of a specific event inside or outside the remotely-operated apparatus is detected. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168699 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PRINTING CONTROL METHOD - A printing system includes a storage unit for storing permission information indicating that a user permits printing to be executed even if it is determined that there is a lack of a recording material. The printing system executes printing if it is determined that there is the lack of the recording material and the permission information indicating that the user who instructs printing permits printing to be executed, is stored. The printing system does not execute printing in a state where it is determined that there is the lack of the recording material if the permission information indicating that the user who instructs printing permits printing to be executed, is not stored. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168700 | Image Forming Apparatus Processing a Plurality of Pages in Parallel - An image forming apparatus includes a data storage unit, a plurality of data processing units, and an assignment unit. The data storage unit is configured to store data of pages onto a plurality of storage devices. The plurality of data processing units are configured to perform parallel processing on the data of the pages, wherein the data for each of the pages is assigned to one of the plurality of data processing units. The assignment unit is configured to assign the data of each of the pages to be processed by one of the plurality of data processing units, wherein the assignment of the data of each of the pages to one of the plurality of data processing units is determined by a transfer rate of each of the storage devices for the data of the pages stored on the plurality of storage devices. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168701 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, PAPER SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PAPER SHEET PROCESSING - When implementing a purge processing for collecting a retention paper sheet remaining within an image forming system so as to eject the collected retention paper sheet to a plurality of paper sheet ejecting trays of a paper sheet ejecting section, based on paper sheet information regarding a paper sheet feeding tray from which each of the retention paper sheets is fed, a control section controls the paper sheet ejecting section so as to eject the retention paper sheets onto the plurality of paper sheet ejecting trays, in such a manner that a first retention paper sheet fed from a specific paper-sheet feeding tray is ejected separately from a second retention paper sheet fed from a paper sheet feeding tray other than the specific paper-sheet feeding tray. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168702 | TERMINAL DEVICE, MAIL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, AND TRANSMISSION METHOD - A terminal device includes, as functions for transmitting a file with a digital signature via mail, a first communication unit for carrying out communication with a terminal device used by an authorizer when a distance from that terminal device is not greater than a prescribed distance, an obtaining unit for obtaining a value obtained from a file to be transmitted, which has been encrypted through encryption processing performed by making use of information exchanged with that terminal device, and a transmission instruction unit for outputting an instruction for mail transmission of the file and the obtained encrypted value. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168703 | FACSIMILE APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided are a facsimile apparatus, a communication apparatus, and a communication method that perform communication using a session established according to a session initiation protocol (SIP). If an INVITE in which a media type is designated as “audio” is received, an INVITE in which a media type is designated as “image” is transmitted. If a success response is made to the transmitted INVITE, an image session is established and facsimile communication or image communication is executed. If an error response is made to the transmitted INVITE, calling processing for calling an operator is started. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168704 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus executes a print job at an initial processing speed and switching the initial processing speed to a delayed processing speed lower than the initial processing speed upon detecting occurrence of a specific condition under which continuing the print job at the initial processing speed is determined not possible. The image forming apparatus acquires a print job targeted to be executed; estimates a processing time to be taken to complete the target print job at each of a plurality of processing speeds selected as candidates for the initial processing speed; and determines, as the initial processing speed, one of the candidate processing speeds that corresponds to the shortest processing time among the processing times estimated by the estimator. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168705 | CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS CONNECTABLE TO COMPUTER NETWORK - A Web server function is provided for an image processing apparatus including a scanner for reading an image on a document, a printer for printing an image, an E-mail transmission/reception function, a FAX transmission/reception function, and the like to make the image processing apparatus generate a list of information about the status of various jobs and image data stored in a storage unit as a Web page. A user can browse and operate this Web page by using the Web browser of a computer connected to the apparatus through a LAN. The user of the computer can therefore grasp and manipulate information about a plurality of jobs executed by the image processing apparatus and information about image data at a remote place from the image processing apparatus. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168706 | PRINT CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS - Upon designating bookbinding print, preview images are displayed in a layout after bookbinding. When “store” of intermediate data is designated in a print process, a spooler ( | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140176988 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRINT SHOP JOB ROUTING - A print job processing system determines a set of job size thresholds for a set of print jobs received over a period of time by a print shop. The print shop includes multiple cells. The system orders the job size thresholds from lowest to highest, assigns the lowest job size threshold to a first one of the cells, assigns the highest job size threshold to a second one of the cells, and assigns each of the remaining thresholds to the remaining cells so that each of the cells has an assigned threshold. Then, when the system receives a print job, it determines a size for the received print job, identifies which of the cells has an assigned job size threshold that corresponds to the size of the received print job, and routes the received print job to the identified cell. The identified cell may then process the received print job. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176989 | PREDICTIVE SCHEDULE-BASED TRACKING OF INCOMING PRINT JOBS - Systems and methods are provided for predictively tracking expected print jobs. The system comprises a memory that identifies categories of print jobs, and that stores rules that indicate how often print jobs will be received at a presentation system. The system also comprises a control unit operable to identify a rule for a category of print jobs, to analyze the rule to generate a predicted schedule of print jobs expected for receipt at the presentation system, and to determine whether expected print jobs have been received at the presentation system in accordance with the schedule. The control unit is further operable to generate an alert if an expected print job has not been received at the presentation system in accordance with the schedule. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176990 | PRINTER - A label printer comprising: a connector configured to allow said label printer to be connected to a PC; at least one memory; at least one processor; said label printer being configured to function as a Human Interface Device (HID) when connected to said PC. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176991 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION - An image forming apparatus having at least one of print, scan, copy, fax, and web browsing functions, the image forming apparatus including a near field communication (NFC) module to detect a mobile terminal through NFC, a touch panel to display an interactive screen on which at least one object appears and to receive an input of a gesture with respect to the object from a user, and a control unit to interpret a gesture from the user based on a relative position relationship between the NFC module and the touch panel and to transmit the object to the mobile terminal according to a result of the interpretation of the gesture. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176992 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING PRINTING SERVICE - Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for implementing a printing service, comprising: a user terminal, a cloud printing service platform in a cloud, and a plurality of printing service provider terminals; wherein the cloud printing service platform comprises: a receiving module, configured to receive over the cloud a file from the user terminal, and a selection of the plurality of printing service provider terminals; a converting module, configured to convert the file into a file in a uniform format; and a sending module, configured to send the file in the uniform format to the selected printing service provider terminal for printing. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176993 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SERVER, CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOF - The present image processing apparatus externally receives document data, obtains attribute information that indicates information on matters from a matter management server, and transmits the received document data and the obtained attribute information on individual matter data to a document management server. The document management server presents, in accordance with a request from an external apparatus, the transmitted document data and attribute information on matters to the external apparatus, and receives, from the external apparatus, association information that is selected in accordance with the presented information and associates the document data with the matter data, and registers, together with the association information, the corresponding document data in the matter management server. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176994 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM WITH IMAGE FORMING PROGRAM STORED THEREON - An image forming apparatus includes an image reading section, an image processing section, an image forming control section, and an image forming section. The image reading section is configured to read an original document and output a band data set for one band. The image processing section is configured to compress the band data set at a first compression rate to generate a first compressed band data set, expand the first compressed band data set, and subject the expanded band data set to image processing. Thereafter, the image processing section compresses the band data set subjected to the image processing at a second compression rate to generate a second compressed band data set. When the number of second compressed band data sets reaches a printing start value, the image forming control section allows the image forming section to start forming an image based on the second compressed band data sets. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176995 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A plurality of received documents is stored, and a plurality of documents transmitted from the same transmitting source as an identified document is selected from the stored plurality of documents. A screen is then provided which allows information on the plurality of documents that have been selected, to be collectively registered. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176996 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An information processing apparatus includes: a display processing unit configured to display a preview of content of an image file; an acquisition unit configured to acquire designation information which designates an image to be printed in the image file in units of a page; and a creation unit configured to create a print job in which a page designated by the designation information is to be printed. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176997 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEMS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA STORING INSTRUCTIONS FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUSES - Image forming systems include servers and image forming apparatuses. Image forming apparatuses include first storage devices, printing devices, accepting devices, and first controllers. Printing devices print images corresponding to image data pieces stored in first storage devices. Accepting devices accept instructions. First controllers include first control devices. Servers include second storage devices and second controllers. Second controllers include second control devices. First controllers specify printing conditions for print-target image data pieces based on instructions. First controllers start downloading print-target image data pieces from servers in response to specifying printing conditions for print-target image data pieces. First controllers store downloaded print-target image data pieces in first storage devices. First controllers control printing devices to print downloaded print-target image data pieces stored in first storage devices after accepting print-start instructions at accepting devices. Second controllers transmit print-target image data pieces based on instructions accepted at accepting devices. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176998 | Information Processing Apparatus, Information Processing System - An information processing apparatus includes connection portion, first acquisition portion, printing condition determination portion, second acquisition portion, and first selection portion. Connection portion connects the information processing apparatus to a plurality of image forming apparatuses. First acquisition portion acquires management data in which meeting information relating to the content of meeting is associated with material information relating to material used for the meeting. Printing condition determination portion determines printing condition to be applied to printing process for the material, based on the meeting information acquired by first acquisition portion. Second acquisition portion acquires printing condition information relating to printing condition that can be set in each of the plurality of image forming apparatuses. First selection portion selects, from among the plurality of image forming apparatuses, image forming apparatus that satisfies the printing condition determined by printing condition determination portion, based on the printing condition information acquired by second acquisition portion. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176999 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus is connected to a plurality of external apparatuses. A job reception portion receives from each of the external apparatuses request to execute print job for forming image on paper sheet. A print control portion causes image forming portion to form image on paper sheet based on the print job received by the job reception portion, and causes discharge portion to discharge to paper sheet discharge portion the paper sheet on which the image has been formed by the image forming portion based on the print job. A collection determination portion, after the person detection portion has detected the presence of person, when person detection portion has not detected the presence of person and discharge detection portion has not detected the presence of paper sheet, determines that all paper sheets discharged to the paper sheet discharge portion have been collected. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140177000 | SERVICING A PRINT REQUEST FROM A CLIENT SYSTEM - A method and system for servicing a print request from a specific client system. Client-specific information from a client profile is read from database accessible to at least two printer server systems. The client-specific information includes the specific client system's geographic location, a favorite time span reflecting when the specific client system was previously connected to a network, an amount of data reflecting data previously printed within a given historical time span, a maximum data transfer rate at which the specific client system can transfer data to the network, a minimum speed required for printing data received from the specific client system by each printer server system, or combinations thereof. At least one best-suited printer is ascertained to be used for servicing the print request, utilizing the client-specific information, printer server information, and printer information. The print request is serviced by the at least one best suited printer. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140177001 | INTERNET FAX MESSAGE SEARCHING AND FAX CONTENT DELIVERY USING KEYWORD DETECTION - A system for providing an internet fax service has an engine to process a raw fax document, received for a user of the internet fax service, using digital character recognition to produce recognized text or an associated formatted text document. A conversion engine may convert the raw fax to native file format being one of a) word processor format, b) spreadsheet format, c) slide presentation format, or d) another format that can be read on a user interface. An internet server is to make the native file format document available to the user over an internet. A fax content processing unit is to perform keyword scanning of the recognized text, and then allows the user to search for stored faxes by keyword. Other embodiments are also described. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140185083 | NETWORK PRINTER SELECTION BASED ON PRINTER STATUS AND PROFILES - A computer program product maintains a printer profile associated with each of a plurality of printers. For each printer, the printer profile includes the current power status, a cost to power up, and a rate of cost to print. A print job is received and, for each printer, a total cost to print the print job, including the cost to power on the printer, is determined. The print job is redirected from a default printer to a destination printer selected from printers having a lower total cost to print. Each printer profile may further include a time period to power up and a print speed, and, for each printer, a total time period to print the print job is determined. The total time period includes an amount of time to complete other print jobs, and further includes, where the printer is off, the time period to power on the printer. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140185084 | PRINT JOB DISTRIBUTION WITHIN A PRINTING SYSTEM - Disclosed are a method, computer program product, and system for print job distribution. An amount of available consumable resources for each of a plurality of printers is determined. An estimated usage of the consumable resources for the plurality of printers for one or more printer jobs in a printer queue is determined. A maintenance schedule related to the maintenance of the consumable resources for each of the plurality of printers is accessed. A print distribution plan for each print job in the printer queue is determined, based at least in part on the amount of available consumable resources for each of the plurality of printers, the estimated usage of consumable resources for the plurality of printers for each printer job in a printer queue, and the maintenance schedule related to the maintenance of the consumable resources for each of the plurality of printers. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140185085 | Process Enablement in Network Downtime Condition - It is a first aspect of the present disclosure to provide a computer implemented method of enabling a peripheral device connected to a network during an inactive communication with the network, that includes activating an ad-hoc network connection with a mobile device during the inactive communication of the peripheral device with the network; transmitting a document to the mobile device for processing; receiving the processed document from the mobile device; storing the processed document in a memory of the peripheral device; and sending the processed document to a remote storage location once the peripheral device is determined to be actively communicating with the network | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140185086 | USING A PRINTER DRIVER PROVIDED BY A TARGET PRINTER - Systems and methods of operating a computing system may involve providing a printer driver to a print client in order to print a document. In one example, a request to print a document is initiated, wherein it is determined that a driver for a selected printer is not installed on the print client. Upon such a determination, a driver for the target printer may be located, transmitted to the print client, and installed on the print client. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140185087 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus which communicates with a data providing apparatus includes a printing mechanism which executes a printing operation. The printing apparatus receives a number of print copies, and acquires print data from the data providing apparatus by executing a request processing of transmitting to the data providing apparatus a data request of the print data, and a reception processing of receiving the print data from the data providing apparatus. When executing a printing operation of N copies (N is an integer of 2 or larger), the acquiring executes, for each copy, the request processing and the reception processing to acquire the print data from the data providing apparatus while executing the request processing of the print data of M-th copy (M is an integer of 2 or larger and N or smaller) after the reception processing of the print data of (M−1)-th copy is completed. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140185088 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS SUPPORTING NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION (NFC) FUNCTION AND METHOD OF SETTING AN IMAGE JOB USING NFC DEVICE - An image forming apparatus supporting a near field communication (NFC) function and a method of performing setting an image job by using an NFC device. The method includes tagging an NFC device to receive setting information stored in the NFC device and performing an image job based on the received setting information. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140185089 | PRINTER IDENTIFICATION AND MOBILE PRINTING - Techniques are provided for displaying encoded data that represent a) features and options currently supported by a printing device, b) a printer identifier for the printing device, and c) network service interface data for a network service, wherein the network service interface data allow a mobile device to send print settings selection data and electronic document identification data to the network service; and processing print data and causing a printed version of an electronic document represented by the print data to be printed by the printing device. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140185090 | DISPLAY PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, DISPLAY PROCESSING SYSTEM OF A REMOTE SCREEN, AND DISPLAY PROCESSING METHOD - A display processing apparatus comprising: a transmission portion for transmitting screen data for operations of the apparatus to a portable terminal apparatus; a receiving portion for receiving operation information indicating an operation by a user on a remote screen from the terminal apparatus and for receiving the operation information and enlargement display information indicating an enlarged display state when a user operation is performed on the screen displayed with some part thereof missing in a state in which the screen is enlarged; a determination portion for determining whether the operation is an operation of displaying a popup portion; and a screen generating portion for adjusting a display position of the popup portion to generate next screen data, so that the popup portion is displayed in an image enlarged state if the operation information and the enlargement display information are received, and the operation is the operation of displaying the popup portion. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140185091 | Box Print Realized by Image Forming Apparatus Having No Auxiliary Storage Device - An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus and an information processing apparatus coupled to the network. The image forming apparatus stores, in a memory device, an information processing apparatus identifier that is assigned to the button and transmits, to the information processing apparatus, press-down information that includes the information processing apparatus identifier corresponding to the button that is pressed-down, in response to a request for the press-down information that is received from the information processing apparatus via the network The image forming apparatus also prints, on a sheet, an image based on print job data that is received from the information processing apparatus via the network, if, in the information processing apparatus, it is determined that the information processing apparatus identifier in the press-down information matches with the information processing apparatus identifier of the information processing apparatus. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140185092 | Device Control System, A Printer, And A Control Method of The Device Control System - A device control system has a terminal | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140185093 | Device Control System And A Control Method of The Device Control System - A device control system has a terminal | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140185094 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a storing unit configured to store a plurality of pieces of screen information, each corresponding to a type of an external device that is capable of accessing the apparatus, a transmitting unit configured to transmit the screen information to the external device, a receiving unit configured to receive an instruction request that is based on the screen information displayed in the external device, and an executing unit configured to execute processing in response to the instruction request received by the receiving unit. The screen information includes a common section that is common among the plurality of pieces of screen information regardless of the type of the external device and a difference section that differs among the plurality of pieces of screen information depending on the type of the external device. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140185095 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS CAPABLE OF CHANGING CONTENT DISPLAY LANGUAGE AND DISPLAY PROGRAM - An electronic apparatus includes: a touch panel, a content storage unit that stores content to be displayed on the touch panel in different languages; a selected language storage unit that stores a selected language; a content display unit that displays, on the touch panel, content in the selected language stored in the selected language storage unit, from pieces of content stored in the content storage unit in the languages; and a language setting unit that displays a language selection screen on the touch panel if a particular operation is accepted in a non-explicit area, which is not explicitly indicated as being ready for accepting an operation, the language selection screen being one of screens displayed on the touch panel, and also stores, in the selected language storage unit, a language selected by an operation accepted on the language selection screen. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140185096 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming system, including a plurality of image forming apparatus mutually connected to one another through a network, each of the plurality of image forming apparatus being configured to form an image on a recording medium, each of the plurality of image forming apparatus including: an environment detecting device configured to detect environmental information of each of the plurality of image forming apparatus; and a control unit configured to control image forming conditions based on the environmental information detected by the environment detecting device, wherein the control unit of one of the plurality of image forming apparatus sets the image forming conditions of the one of the plurality of image forming apparatus based on the environmental information of another of the plurality of image forming apparatus through the network. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140185097 | Mobile Terminal Device, and Method and Computer Readable Medium for the Same - A mobile terminal device is provided, which includes a control device configured to acquire contents data, output screen data for controlling a display unit to display thereon images based on the acquired contents data, acquire, in response to an accepting unit accepting a selecting operation of selecting one or more images from among the images displayed on the display unit based on the screen data, image selection data for identifying specific contents data, of the acquired contents data, corresponding to the one or more images selected by the selecting operation, and transmit, in response to a near field wireless communication unit establishing near field wireless communication with a printer, a print instruction to print the specific contents data corresponding to the one or more images selected by the selecting operation, based on the acquired image selection data. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140192378 | PRINT DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, PRINT DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A print data processing system includes plural intermediate data generation units, an allocation unit, one or more memories, a print image conversion unit, and a reprint controller. Each intermediate data generation unit interprets PDL data and generates intermediate data in units of pages. The allocation unit allocates processes of interpreting the PDL data to the intermediate data generation units in units of pages and causes the intermediate data generation units to execute processes of interpreting pages in parallel. The one or more memories store pieces of intermediate data of the individual pages. The print image conversion unit acquires the pieces of intermediate data, converts the acquired data to print image data, and supplies the print image data to a printer. The reprint controller performs control to cause the print image conversion unit to reacquire the pieces of intermediate data and to reconvert the reacquired data to the print image data. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140192379 | TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS CAPTURING AND PATENTS ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and related method are provided for managing technical documents. The system includes a graphical screen divided into a plurality of document units arranged in a m×n manner, where both m and n are integers larger than 1. Each of the document units occupies a screen area for displaying document information of a document, and said document information including important information, at least one related drawing or both of the document. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140192380 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus includes an image processing portion for creating image data of a document read by an image reading portion and a communication portion for transmitting the created image data to a server or cloud, and obtains the image data saved in the server or the like to perform required processing, in which a reduced image generating portion for creating reduced image data based on the created image data, a main storage portion for linking the reduced image data and a saving destination of the data serving as original thereof for storage, and a display portion for displaying an operation screen are included, and the reduced image data stored in the main storage portion is displayed on the display portion to select image data for which the required processing is performed. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140198339 | IDENTIFICATION OF A PRINT SERVICE PROVIDER - A method comprises receiving an identifier from a user, the identifier being associated with a print object; determining capabilities associated with the print object; identifying a print service provider based on the capabilities; and providing information associated with an identified print service provider to the user. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140198340 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXPANSION OF CLOUD SOLUTIONS TO LOCAL COMPUTERS TO OVERCOME BANDWIDTH LIMITATIONS - A method of managing printing of documents includes receiving documents at a cloud processing arrangement external to a local network; rendering the documents into rasters at the cloud processing arrangement; delivering the rasters to at least one printer of the local network; monitoring delivery of the rasters; and when delivery of the rasters fails to meet a threshold condition, diverting at least some portion of the documents to at least one server of the local network for rendering of those documents into rasters and for delivering those rasters to the at least one printer of the local network. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140198341 | Image Forming Apparatus, Image Forming System And Display Control Method - An image forming apparatus, which executes printing according to a print request based on an instruction by a user of a client terminal, includes a print time calculation unit that calculates a required time for printing according to the print request; and a display unit that displays a plurality of contents on a display device during an execution of printing in accordance with a content list including the plurality of contents for the user, the content list being generated based on the calculated required time for printing. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140198342 | INFORMATION APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information apparatus includes an apparatus information obtaining unit that obtains apparatus information from a plurality of apparatuses connected via a network to the information apparatus, an apparatus selection unit that selects a target apparatus from the plurality of apparatuses based on the obtained apparatus information, and a process result obtaining unit that sends a request to the target apparatus to request the target apparatus to perform a process corresponding to the request, and obtains a result of the performed process from the target apparatus. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140198343 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus and a method of controlling the image forming apparatus are provided. The method includes detecting a conflicting option that is impossible to be set simultaneously with a plurality of options selected for a job of the image forming apparatus, reflecting the detected conflicting option to display an option setting screen for the job of the image forming apparatus, and if a conflicting option is selected on the displayed option setting screen, displaying an option list user interface (UI) window in an area of the displayed option setting screen, wherein the option list UI window includes a replaceable option that replaces an option that is impossible to be set simultaneously with the conflicting option. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140198344 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus according to the invention includes a manipulating unit receiving an instruction based on a user manipulation and outputting an instruction signal, a setting unit for setting a rule for arranging a file or files based on the instruction signal from the manipulating unit, a detecting unit for detecting a file number, and a controlling unit for arranging the file or files based on the rule set with the setting unit in a case where the file number exceeds a threshold value. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140198345 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SPEED OF PRINTING - A method for controlling printing speed of print jobs having different printing images on printing material, includes calculating printing data from a first static component, calculating and combining printing data from first variable components with printing data from the first static component forming first printing data and forwarding the first printing data to a printing unit, counting a current value with a counter, calculating printing data from a second static component, printing first printing images with the printing unit using first printing data and controlling printing speed of the printing unit to conclude the calculation before the counter reaches a value, calculating and combining printing data from the second variable components with printing data from the second static component forming second printing data and forwarding second printing data to the printing unit, and printing the second printing images with the printing unit using second printing data. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140198346 | DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND CONTROL METHOD - When a device notifies a first information processing apparatus and a second information processing apparatus of information, the device notifies the first information processing apparatus of first information and second information, and notifies the second information processing apparatus of the first information without the second information. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140198347 | DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS - A document management apparatus in an embodiment is configured to manage a printer unit which erase image information obtained by printing both characteristic identification information and document information or only the document information with an erasable color material on a printing medium, and a reading unit configured to read the characteristic identification information on the printing medium to be erased by a erasing unit, comprising: an processor unit configured to manage an erasability condition of the document information on the basis of the characteristic identification information and instruct the printer unit to output new document information according to the erasability condition of the document information, the erasability condition being contained in the characteristic identification information read by the reading unit; and an interface unit performs respectively of the transmitting and receiving of information to the reading unit and the printer unit to the processor unit. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140204411 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MULTI-TENANT FACSIMILE SERVER - In embodiments disclosed herein disclose methods and systems for providing a multitenant facsimile server. The computer instructions may be executable to maintain a set of entity information, wherein the entity information defines a plurality of tenants, and maintain a database configured to store transmitted and received fax documents corresponding to a plurality of tenants. The computer instructions may be further executable to receive a facsimile document at the fax server, wherein the facsimile document comprises one of a document to be transmitted or a received fax. The computer instructions may be further executable to identify a tenant associated with the document based on an identifier. Further, the computer instructions may be executable to store the document in the database, wherein the document is associated with the tenant in the database. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140204412 | Printer-Server Connections - A plurality of printing devices are connected to a cloud server via a persistent connection. The cloud server identifies at least one inactive printing device and provides the at least one inactive printing device with non-persistent connection information via the persistent connection. A polling message is received from the at least one inactive printing device via the non-persistent connection. The cloud server indicates when the at least one inactive printing device is to return to an active state. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140204413 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, a recording head, a maintenance unit, a cover, and a controller. The recording head has a nozzle face and nozzles in the nozzle face to eject droplets of liquid. The maintenance unit has a cap to protect the nozzle face of the recording head. The cover opens an interior of the apparatus body to an outside of the apparatus body. The controller performs a normal control to cap the nozzle face of the recording head with the cap on opening of the cover and a special control to expose the nozzle face of the recording head to an area opened by the cover on receipt of an external instruction. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140204414 | IMAGE SCANNING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND MANAGEMENT SERVER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image scanning apparatus, a control method of an image scanning apparatus connectable to a management server, a management server and control method thereof are provided. The control method includes scanning a manuscript to generate a scanned image, generating page information for the generated scanned image, adding the generated page information to the generated scanned image, and transmitting the page information-added scanned image to the management server. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140204415 | PRINTING SYSTEM, USER TERMINAL, PRINTER, USER TERMINAL CONTROL PROGRAM, AND PRINTING METHOD - To reduce effort in an operation where an email address which is assigned to a printer is set as the destination of an email in a user terminal, a printing system which performs printing based on an email which is transmitted by a user terminal and which includes a printer which has a recording medium which records information which indicates an email address which is assigned to the printer and provides the email address to the user terminal by means of contactless communication, and a printing control means which executes printing based on printing data which corresponds to an email which is transmitted with the email address set as the destination. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140204416 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus, information processing system, display control method, and display control program stored on a recording medium, each of which receives a user input that instructs specific operation to be performed on an information apparatus, transmits information regarding the specific operation instructed by the user input to the information apparatus via the network, predicts an execution result of the specific operation to be performed on the information apparatus based on the user input to generate a predicted execution result, and displays information reflecting the predicted execution result as a response to the user input, in prior to receiving a response including an actual execution result of the specific operation that is performed on the information apparatus from the information apparatus via the network. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140204417 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING PRINTING FUNCTION, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus capable of easily printing print data representing one document based on a plurality of print data stored in an external apparatus. A receiving unit receives first and second print data. A first determination unit determines whether a file name of the first print data and that of the second print data match. A second determination unit determines whether a reception time of the first print data and that of the second print data are included in a predetermined time period. A display unit displays sum of the number of pages of the first print data and that of the second print data as a total number of pages of one document when it is determined that the file names of the first and second print data match and that the reception time of the first and second data are included in the predetermined time period. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140204418 | PRINT DATA GENERATING APPARATUS AND IMAGE RECORDING SYSTEM - A print data generating apparatus includes a receiving unit for receiving first data sent from an application; a selection unit for selecting second data stored in a storage unit of a terminal device; an insertion page information generating unit for assigning a page where the second data are inserted into the first data created by the application; a blank page addition unit for generating third data in which a blank page is added to the page of the first data assigned by the insertion page information generating unit; a direction unit for directing the terminal device to overlay the second data on the blank page; and a print data generating unit for generating print data according to the third data and the direction of the direction unit. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140204419 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FORMATTING MESSAGES INTO STYLIZED MESSAGES FOR PRINT OUT - Methods for formatting messages into stylized templates for delivery to a printer. The templates include a variety of different formats to accommodate the various elements of the message. The available templates can include themed templates, calendars, to-do lists, address books, stationary, and the like. The system and methods format the message by parsing the elements of the message into component parts and fitting them within a template. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140204420 | JOB EXECUTION APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM AND JOB EXECUTION SYSTEM - A job execution apparatus includes: a receiving unit configured to receive each job; a calculation unit configured to calculate an index value representing a load needed to execute each of a pre-processing sub-job and a post-processing sub-job when each of n jobs (n is a natural number equal to or more than 2) is decomposed into a pre-processing sub-job for generating information, and a post-processing sub-job for causing an output unit to output information generated by executing the pre-processing sub-job; a pre-processing execution unit configured to sequentially execute pre-processing sub-jobs which are respectively included in jobs received by the receiving unit and registered in a pre-processing sub-job queue; and a post-processing execution unit configured to sequentially execute, upon completion of the pre-processing sub-jobs, post-processing sub-jobs which are respectively included in the received jobs and which are registered in a post-processing sub-job queue. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140204421 | PRINTER DRIVER, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A printer driver includes a plurality of modules, an interface unit that accepts the addition of plug-in including one or more additional modules for realizing a predetermined function, and a storage unit that stores setting information that defines information related to a partial process for realizing the predetermined function of the plug-in. The plurality of modules performs a process that is the partial process for realizing the predetermined function and cannot be realized in the additional modules included in the plug-in in accordance with the setting information. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140204422 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM OF THE PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing system, in which an image forming device receives a print job containing PDL data and print settings from a printer server for printing, has a problem that the print setting upon printing an image on a print paper can be changed, but the print setting reflected upon rasterizing the PDL data can not be changed. A printing system is provided with an image forming device comprising an information terminal for generating a print job composed of PDL data and print settings, a printer server to store the print job therein, and an image forming device for printing the print job stored in the printer server, the image forming device rasterizing the PDL data to generate a raster image and printing the raster image according to the print setting, wherein the image forming device can change the print setting before rasterizing the PDL data. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140211242 | PRINT JOB MANAGEMENT - A system for managing a print job is disclosed. Print job data is intercepted prior to being printed by a printer and a print job package is generated including the print job data as intercepted and metadata on the print job data, the print job data as intercepted being extractable from the print job package. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140211243 | PRINTING FROM UNTRUSTWORTHY SOURCE - Disclosed herein are a system, non-transitory computer-readable medium and method for printing. A configuration is associated with a printing device. If a print request is received from an untrustworthy source, the print request is associated with the configuration such that the printing device handles the print request in accordance with the configuration. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140211244 | PLUG-IN DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, PLUG-IN DISTRIBUTION CONTROL METHOD - A plug-in distribution system includes a distribution server and an image processing apparatus. The distribution server distributes a plug-in. The image processing apparatus is connected to the distribution server via a network and receives a plug-in from the distribution server and uses the received plug-in. In response to a request to distribute a plug-in from the image processing apparatus, the distribution server sets a function for the requested plug-in in accordance with function setting information which is set for each plug-in and for each distribution destination, and distributes the plug-in to the image processing apparatus. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140211245 | CONTROL DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND CONTROL METHOD - A control device includes a storage unit in which a parameter group for setting an operational content of an electronic apparatus and functional information related to a function realized when the parameter group is set are stored in correspondence with each other; a reception unit that receives an operation; an extraction unit that extracts the functional information from the storage unit when a changing operation for changing at least one parameter is received by the reception unit, the functional information corresponding to the parameter changed by the changing operation; a presentation unit that presents the extracted functional information; and a setting unit that reads the parameter group corresponding to the presented functional information from the storage unit and sets the parameter group when the reception unit receives a usage confirmation operation for confirming that the function corresponding to the presented functional information is to be used. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140211246 | Terminal Apparatus - A non-transitory computer-readable medium has a computer program stored thereon and readable by a computer of a terminal apparatus configured to perform wireless communication with a printer. The computer program, when executed by the computer, causes the computer to perform operations including: a position registration process of registering information, which indicates a first position for acquiring related information, with a storage unit in the terminal apparatus; a terminal position acquisition process of acquiring terminal position information indicative of a position of the terminal apparatus; an information acquisition process of acquiring the related information corresponding to a current status of the printer in a case where the position of the terminal apparatus is within a specific range that is defined on the basis of the first position; and an output process of outputting the acquired related information. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140211247 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, PRINT SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A system comprises: a processing unit which performs layout processing on data of a job; a holding unit which holds, in a storage unit, identification information of an image forming apparatus, identification information of the job and content of the layout processing performed on the data of the job by the processing unit in association with each other; a unit which transmits the data that has undergone the layout processing to the image forming apparatus and obtains history information of the processed job; and a tally unit which performs tally processing with respect to the processed job, by using the history information and the content of the layout processing held in the storage unit in association with the identification information of the image forming apparatus corresponding to the history information and identification information of the job in the history information. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140211248 | WEB SERVER APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - If a web service transmits a registration request to a web server apparatus, and if the same URL as the URL received from the web service is already registered in a web service management table of the web server apparatus, the web server apparatus registers the web server in the web service management table after determining that the extension determination condition received from the web service is not the same as an extension determination condition registered in the web service management table. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140211249 | METHOD FOR DETECTING AND TRANSMITTING PROCESS-CONTROL DATA BEFORE AND/OR DURING A PRINTING OPERATION FOR THE PRODUCTION OF PRINTED PRODUCTS IN A PRINTING PRESS - With a method for transmitting process-control data before and/or during a printing process for the production of printed products in a printing press, the data are detected at least with the aid of at least one print mark that is effectively connected to a printed product. The data obtained from the print mark are transmitted and/or transferred to at least one processing unit that is arranged downstream of the printing operation. Within the printing process, the data obtained from the print mark are subjected continuously to at least one redundant check in at least one downstream-arranged processing unit, with respect to the data determined during the integral printing process and/or with respect to a further processing location for the printed products which is specified ahead of time. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140211250 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMATION SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a communication unit for receiving unmodified data and modified data obtained when the unmodified data is modified; an image-reading unit for reading a confirmation document over which commentary has been written, and generating scan data; a storage unit for storing the unmodified data, the modified data, and the scan data; a comparison processing unit for comparing the unmodified data, the modified data, and the scan data, and recognizing confirmation places of the modified data, which are modified places that correspond to the commentary and have been modified from the unmodified data; and a printing unit for printing only those pages of the modified data that comprise the confirmation places recognized by the comparison processing unit. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140211251 | IMAGE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM FACILITATING ADDRESS REGISTRATION - An image transmission system includes an image transmission apparatus and a client apparatus connected to a network. The image transmission apparatus distributes, via the network, a search message for searching for the client apparatus, transmits a request of the address information to the client apparatus that has transmitted a reply message for replying to the search message, displays one or more addresses included in address information that has been transmitted from the client apparatus, and transmits the image to the address among the one or more addresses. The client apparatus manages the address information, transmits the reply message to the image transmission apparatus that has transmitted the search message, and transmits the address information to the image transmission apparatus. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140211252 | Terminal Apparatus and System - A terminal apparatus includes: a first position receiving unit configured to receive terminal position information indicating a position of the terminal apparatus; a receiving unit configured to receive a plurality of distance information corresponding to each of printers that are printer candidates to execute a printing, wherein each of the plurality of distance information is generated on the basis of coordinate information, which includes information of a latitude and a longitude indicating a position of the corresponding printer, and the terminal position information; a choosing unit configured to preferentially choose a printer having a short distance to the terminal apparatus from the printers based on the distance information; and a printing instruction unit configured to transmit a printing instruction for printing execution to a specific printer of the one or more chose printers. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140211253 | Terminal Device, Printer and Storage Medium - A terminal device configured to support selection of a printer, the terminal device including: a first processor; and a first memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, causes the terminal device to perform: registering area information which defines an area including a location of a printer and is for associating the area with the printer located in the area; acquiring the registered area information; acquiring terminal position information which represents the position of the terminal device; and specifying a candidate of a printer to be used based on the area information and the terminal position information, wherein the area is defined based on three or more positions. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140211254 | Terminal Device and Storage Medium - A terminal device configured to perform: acquiring area information which defines an area including a location of a printer and is for associating the area with the printer located in the area; acquiring terminal position information which represents a position of the terminal device; determining whether the terminal device is positioned in the area based on the area information and the terminal position information; transmitting, when the terminal device is positioned in the area, a print instruction that instructs the printer located in the area to perform printing; and displaying, when the terminal device is not positioned in the area, printer-related information, which relates to a printer capable of performing printing based on a print instruction from the terminal device and is for selecting a printer for performing printing, on a display unit. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140211255 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD OF A CONTROL SYSTEM - A POS system | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140211256 | MANAGEMENT SERVER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - There is provided a management server in which a print log analysis unit of a device management application analyzes a job log collected from an MFP device to detect a pair of reprint related jobs, determines whether a reprinted job is useless or useful for the detected pair of jobs, and a print log analysis result report generation unit generates an analysis result report based on a determination result to outputs the generated report. If a detection result includes a pair of jobs, in which one job has been printed based on default print settings and the other job has been reprinted based on changed print settings, it is determined that the job printed based on the default print settings is a useless job. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140211257 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - An operation device receives information indicating an image processing job to be executed according to specific image processing settings and sends an execution check request to each one of a plurality of image processing apparatuses. The operation device displays, at a display, one or more image processing apparatuses capable of executing and currently available to perform the image processing job according to the specific image processing settings, based on responses respectively received from the plurality of image processing apparatuses. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140211258 | OPERATION CONSOLE, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In an operation unit, a display panel displays a two-sided copy setting screen image including a still image display area on which a plurality of software keys (two-sided copy setting keys) corresponding to respective ones of a plurality of processes (one-sided/one-sided copy process, one-sided/two-sided copy process, two-sided/two-sided copy process and two-sided/one-sided copy process), for selecting any of the plurality of processes, are displayed. A touch-panel receives an input operation to the plurality of software keys. In response to the touch-panel receiving the input operation, a CPU displays, on a movie display area different from the still image display area of the two-sided copy setting screen image, an image representing contents of the selected process in a prescribed state. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140211259 | PERIPHERAL DEVICE AND IMAGE READING DEVICE - The present invention is applicable to a peripheral device which performs processing based on information from an information processing device. The peripheral device of present invention is characterized by a storage unit, which stores in it a program of controlling of designated processing, and stores in it data for controlling the peripheral device, and by a communication unit which sends the program stored in the storage unit to the information processing device, and by a control unit which controls operation of the peripheral device based on an instruction information written into the storage unit upon execution of the program on the information processing device. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140211260 | INFORMATION SHARING SYSTEM, INFORMATION SHARING MANAGEMENT DEVICE, AND INFORMATION SHARING METHOD - Provided is an information sharing system which allows setting information relating to a second communication device to be shared with a first communication device. The information sharing system includes an information collection device that retains the setting information and is communicatively connected to the first communication device, and a management device that makes a request for transmission of the setting information with respect to the information collection device. The management device includes a communication management unit that determines whether or not communication is established between the first and second communication devices when receiving the request for transmission of the setting information, and an information request unit that makes a request for transmission of the setting information with respect to the information collection device in a case where it is determined by the communication management unit that the communication is established between the first and second communication devices. The information collection device includes an information management unit that transmits the setting information to the first communication device in response to the request made by the information request unit. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140218759 | CREATING SOCIAL PRINTS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS MAINTAINED BY A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM - A social networking system user may request physical prints of digital photographs stored in connection with the user's user profile on the social networking system. The physical prints are generated by a photograph developer, such as a retail store, and retrieved by the user. The user may request the physical prints from an application executing on a user device that allows the user to identify social context information associated with a digital photograph for inclusion on the physical print. The social networking system may notify users connected to the user and/or to the digital image of the physical print generation. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140218760 | Preview Display Device, and Method and Computer Readable Medium for the Same - A preview display device is provided that includes a display unit, and a controller configured to determine whether a print-requested page requested to be printed is permitted to be printed, based on print restriction information, and control the display unit to display a preview image showing a print result of the print-requested page in advance of printing of the print-requested page, in a manner to distinguish the preview image showing the print-requested page determined to be permitted to be printed from the preview image showing the print-requested page determined to be not permitted to be printed. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140218761 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS - A data processing apparatus includes a display portion, a control portion including a display control portion for causing the display portion to display a preview image of output target data, a touch sensor for receiving, on the display portion, a user operation for performing output setting for the output target data concerning the preview image, an output portion for outputting the output target data based on the output setting, and a control portion for, in a state where the display control portion arranges objects in page unit sequentially to be displayed as the preview image, when the touch sensor receives a predetermined pinch operation for the objects, performing page setting concerning the objects to be operated. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140218762 | SYSTEM, JOB MANAGEMENT SERVER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, JOB PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A job management server, which is connected to a Web application server and a job processing apparatus via a network, comprises: a registration unit which registers, when a job received from the Web application server is added with information indicating that a request source of the job is the job processing apparatus, the job in a first job queue, and to register, when the job is not added with the information, the job in a second job queue having a lower priority than the first job queue; and a transmission unit which transmits the job registered in the first job queue in response to a request from the job processing apparatus while a user utilizes a Web application via the job processing apparatus. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140218763 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing device capable of communicating with an information processing terminal and a cloud server. The image processing device comprises a communication controller to communicate with the information processing terminal, a server connecting unit to make connection to the cloud server based on connection information received from the information processing terminal and acquire an operational screen about a job from the cloud server, a remote screen generating unit to generate a remote screen based on the operational screen acquired by the server connecting unit and transmit the remote screen to the information processing terminal, the remote screen being used for remote control from the information processing terminal, and a job controller, if operational information received by the communication controller is an order made on the remote screen to execute a job, the job controller executing the job in cooperation with the cloud server. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140218764 | SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD THEREFOR - An image forming apparatus receives a job list of a user using the image forming apparatus from a document management server, and, in response to the user instruction, receives from the document management server print data corresponding to a job selected from the job list, and prints the received print data. Further, in response to the user instruction, the image forming apparatus requests the document management server to enable a specified other user to print a job selected from the job list. According to the user instruction, the document management server adds data corresponding to the job selected from the job list of the user to the job list of the specified other user. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140218765 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM PERFORMING COMMUNICATION THROUGH VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION AND COMMUNICATION MODE DIFFERENT FROM VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION - An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus having a light emitter and an information terminal performing visible light communication and normal communication with the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes a visible light output unit outputting information stored in the image forming apparatus through visible light communication using the light emitter, and an output control unit controlling operation of the visible light output unit. The information terminal includes a light receiver, and an information acquisition unit acquiring visible light communication information based on information obtained by receiving visible light with the light receiver. The information acquisition unit gives a light emission communication start request to the output control unit through the normal communication with the image forming apparatus. When the light emission communication start request is received and the visible light output unit is stopping outputting information, the output control unit allows output of information. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140218766 | DISPLAY DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING INFORMATION - On a touch-panel display of an image forming apparatus, a function selecting area and a preview area are displayed next to each other. On the function selecting area, a function setting menu is displayed in one display mode among an icon mode in which only a group of icons are displayed, a regular mode in which a group of icons and a group of texts are displayed, and an express mode in which a group of icons, a group of texts and a group of function setting buttons are displayed. In the icon mode, detailed preview information is displayed on a large preview area, and in the express mode, detailed function selecting information is displayed on a large function selecting area. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140233055 | METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR MANAGING PRINT JOBS - A method for managing a print job, the method may include intercepting, by a computerized module, a request to print a print job content by a target printer; analyzing, by the computerized module, the print job content to determine an expected printing cost of the print job content by the target printer; selecting, by the computerized module, a selected printer to print the print job content, out of the target printer and another printer, in response to the expected printing cost; and sending the print job content information to the selected printer. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140233056 | DEVICE, SOFTWARE INSTALLATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is an image forming device which is capable of connecting an external storage device. After the external storage device has been connected to the image forming device, the image forming device performs a software installation based on setting data acquired from the external storage device. The image forming device stores a script for executing steps required for the executed software installation in ordered sequence in the external storage device. When the script has already been stored in the external storage device upon connection of the external storage device to the image forming device, the image forming device performs the software installation by implementing the steps in the ordered sequence in accordance with the script. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140233057 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR FORMING AND OUTPUTTING IMAGE, CONTROL APPARATUS FOR FORMING AND OUTPUTTING IMAGE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING A CONTROL PROGRAM FOR FORMING AND OUTPUTTING IMAGE - A control system for forming and outputting an image, in which an image output control apparatus cooperates with another information processing apparatus that instructs an image forming apparatus to form and output an image. The control system includes an intermediate data generator that acquires an image to be output and generates intermediate data as print data, an intermediate data storage processor that stores the generated intermediate data in a predetermined storage area, an intermediate data acquisition unit that acquires the intermediate data, an additional processor that executes an additional process in outputting the image based on the acquired intermediate data, and a print job generation controller that instructs a print job generator that generates a print job to instruct the image forming apparatus to execute forming and outputting the image to generate the print job based on the intermediate data. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140233058 | PRINTING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is a printing system in which a mobile terminal that instructs the print service device to print without specifying an image forming device that executes printing in response to a selection of document data, and the print service device transmits a command for causing the terminal device to write, in the near field communication unit of the terminal device, storage information related to a storage location on the network of the print job generated upon receiving the instruction, and the image processing device activates the near field communication unit of the image processing device, and acquires the print job based on the storage information acquired by the acquisition unit and print the print job | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140233059 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTENT DISPLAYING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH CONTENT DISPLAYING PROGRAM - A data processing apparatus includes a position detecting portion capable of detecting a position designated by a user, and a control portion which includes a content displaying portion to display a display area of content and a gesture event determining portion to determine a gesture event. The content displaying portion includes a display image generating portion, and a display control portion to display the display image. The display image generating portion includes a state storing portion to store state information for specifying the display area at a time point of start of a gesture period, and a prioritized displaying portion operable, when a first gesture event changing the display area and a second gesture event not changing the display area are determined during the gesture period, to generate a display image for displaying the display area specified by the state information, on the basis of the second gesture event. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140233060 | INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing terminal capable of communicating with an information processing device with an operational panel on which setting on a job and an order to execute the job are accepted. The information processing terminal includes: a display unit; an operational input unit; a remote controller to remote control the information processing device by acquiring an operational screen and displaying the operational screen, and by transmitting operational information to the information processing device; a terminal function controller to control a specific function mounted on the information processing terminal; and a storage storing a program that functions as a cooperation controller to make the information processing device and the terminal function controller work cooperatively. The remote controller actuates the cooperation controller by starting the program and displays the cooperation operational screen. The cooperation operational screen is used for making the information processing device and the terminal function controller work cooperatively. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140233061 | Control Device and Storage Medium - There is provided a storage medium having a computer program stored thereon and readable by a computer for a terminal device, the computer program, when executed by the computer, causing the computer to perform operations including: acquiring input information input by a user, wherein the input information is information relating to a display state of one or more display lamps arranged in a target product to represent a state of the target product; acquiring identification information for identifying state related information according to the display state of the one or more display lamps specified by the input information, wherein the state related information is information relating to the state of the target product corresponding to the specified display state of the one or more display lamps; acquiring the state related information based on the acquired identification information; and outputting the acquired state related information on the terminal device. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140233062 | TOUCH PAD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A touch pad with a simple structure to enable an electronic device to be manufactured more slimly and with low manufacturing costs. The touch pad includes a cover having a plurality of function icons a cover frame to support the cover, the cover frame including a plurality of light guide hollows, and a board, which is engaged with the cover frame and includes touch sensors and luminous elements to illuminate the function icons mounted thereon, the touch sensors and luminous elements being respectively mounted at positions on the board corresponding to the plurality of function icons. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140233063 | PRINTING METHOD AND APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROL METHOD, AND MULTIMEDIA APPARATUS - A printing method and apparatus, a print control method, and a multimedia apparatus are provided. The printing method includes receiving a multimedia file or additional information of the multimedia file from a multimedia apparatus; interpreting the multimedia file or the additional information of the multimedia and obtaining at least one item included in the additional information; and printing the obtained at least one item. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140233064 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, LOG RECORDING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming device is capable of executing an application. In the image forming device, a determining unit is configured to determine, in response to a request of execution of a communication process from the application, whether the communication process is an encrypted communication based on contents of a call stack which stores the request. A log recording unit is configured to record log information of the communication process in a storage device when the communication process is determined as being an encrypted communication. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140233065 | Proofing of a Product Over a Network - A system for proofing a product over a network comprising a first computing device ( | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140233066 | AUTOMATIC SELECTION OF WEB PAGE OBJECTS FOR PRINTING - A method includes receiving a request to print a current web page. A set of records that represent web pages that are similar to the current web page are identified from a print log that includes at least one record, each record including an indication of a web page and indicating one or more objects that had been previously selected for printing from that web page. Based on the objects that are indicated by the identified set of records, one or more objects of the current web page are selected to be printed on a printer. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140240753 | Methods, Apparatuses, And Computer Program Products For Implementing Cloud Connected Printers And An Adaptive Printer-Based Application Framework - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided to facilitate connections between devices, such as a printer and a cloud-based server, and to implement an adaptive application framework. In the context of an apparatus, a printer is provided comprising communications circuitry configured to facilitate communications with a network; and processing circuitry configured to transmit a connection request to the network; receive requested connection parameters from the network; transmit printer connection parameters to the network; and establish a first secure connection between the printer and the network. The printer comprising processing circuitry further configured to receive requested connection parameters comprising at least a signed security certificate and a DNS name for a server on the network and to verify the signed security certificate and the DNS name for the server. The printer comprising processing circuitry further configured to transmit printer connection parameters comprising at least a signed security certificate for the printer. The printer comprising processing circuitry further configured to receive a request from the network to establish one or more communication channels over the first secure connection. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140240754 | SMART DRAG AND DROP USER INTERFACES FOR PRINT WORKFLOW SYSTEM - Systems and methods are provided for generating workflows for printing systems. The system includes a memory that stores requirements for sequencing each of multiple activities available at a print shop into workflows. The system also includes a Graphical User Interface (GUI) able to graphically present a workflow. The workflow includes an ordered subset of the activities to perform for processing a print job. The GUI is further able to graphically present the available activities, and to enable a user to drag the available activities onto the workflow to alter the workflow. The system also includes a processing system able to detect an activity being dragged by a user, to determine locations in the workflow where requirements for the activity are met, and to operate the GUI to highlight the determined locations. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140240755 | Printer Event Subscription - A printing device is registered at a cloud server and a secure connection is established with the printing device. A subscription packet is sent to the printing device. The subscription packet specifics at least one event to be reported by the printing device. A notification that indicates an occurrence of the at least one event is received from the printing device. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140240756 | SENDING PRINTJOBS USING TRIGGER DISTANCES - In one example, a printer address for a network-connected printer, a printer location, and an identifier for a mobile computing device are received. Responsive to receiving a message that is sent to the printer address and that includes a print job, the print job is stored. The identifier is sent to a tracker computing device. A mobile device location is received from the tracker device. Responsive to determining a calculated distance between the mobile device and the printer is less than or equal to a trigger distance, the print job is sent to the printer. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140240757 | RETRIEVAL OF ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT USING HARDCOPY DOCUMENT - A method for managing a first version and a second version of an electronic document (ED), including: obtaining a request to print the first version of the ED; generating, in response to the request, a print job based on the first version of the ED and identifying a storage location of the second version of the ED, of which at least a part of contents is different from the first version of the ED; and sending the print job to a printer to generate a hardcopy document (HD) based on the first version of the ED, where the HD includes a graphical element specifying the storage location of the second version of the ED, and where the second version of the ED is accessible to a reader of the HD by visiting the storage location specified in the graphical element of the HD. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140240758 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a communication unit that communicates with multiple external image forming apparatuses each storing print data that is held until after printing is executed and identification information about a user, which is associated with the print data; a memory that stores print data and identification information about a user, which is associated with the print data; and a search unit that, upon specification of the identification information about the user, sequentially searches pieces of information stored in the memory and the multiple external image forming apparatuses for information corresponding to the specified identification information about the user and stops the search of the pieces of information stored in the memory and the multiple external image forming apparatuses, which are not searched, in response to a first search result that is achieved. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140240759 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A print control apparatus includes a determination unit and a controller. The determination unit determines, from among plural virtual print controllers each of which controls printing at a printing apparatus associated with the virtual print controller, whether or not any of the virtual print controllers has started operating in the print control apparatus. The controller performs control, in a case where it is determined that none of the virtual print controllers have started operating, such that a state of reception of print command information is set to be a state in which the print command information is not received, and thereafter performs control, in a case where it is determined that any of the virtual print controllers has started operating, such that the state of reception is set to be a state in which print command information is received. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140240760 | Network Scanner for Global Document Creation, Transmission and Management - A network scanner, communication protocols, and client and server programs and are provided which provide an improved way to transmit legally binding documents, obviating the need for outmoded, legacy fax transmissions. Using the network scanner, a document may be scanned and transferred directly into any shared folder inbox residing on any computer attached to the Internet. Enhanced server systems and network communications and messaging protocols are provided that are more practical to use than email for sending documents such as executed legal documents or other documents requiring robust integrity and authenticatability. Similarly, the inventive network scanner, server systems and communication protocols provide improved ways to perform large file transfers and to manage bandwidth to minimize problems associated with uploading/downloading large files as attachments to/from email servers and for enabling user control over VoIP quality during file transmission sessions. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140240761 | Image Processing Apparatus and Control Method - A communicator is configured to perform communication with a server. An image processor is configured to perform image processing. When executed by a processor, the instructions stored in a memory cause the processor to perform: a login process of establishing a login state that allows execution of a specific job that causes the image processor to perform image processing and that causes the communicator to perform communication with the server; a sign-in process of establishing a sign-in state that allows use of the server; a job execution process of executing the specific job on condition that a current state is the login state and the sign-in state; and a cancel process of cancelling the login state and of cancelling the sign-in state when a logout condition for cancelling the login state is satisfied in a state where the sign-in state is not cancelled. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140240762 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICE, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING COMMUNICATION CONTROL PROGRAM - There is provided a communication terminal device including a memory, a display, a selection operation accepting section, first and second wireless communication sections configured to perform data communication with a printer via first and second wireless communication, and a controller. In a case that the to-be printed file is a file in a particular non-support format, the first wireless communication section transmits the to-be printed file to a conversion device and obtains a to-be printed file, which has been converted to a support file at the conversion device. In a case that the second wireless communication is started and that the converted to-be printed image is not being obtained, a communication counterpart of the first wireless communication is changed to the printer. In a case that the converted to-be printed file is being obtained, the communication counterpart of the first wireless communication is maintained. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140240763 | FUNCTION EXECUTION DEVICE - A function execution may device determine whether the function execution device can communicate with an external device using a short-range communication protocol when a first screen is displayed on a display screen. When the function execution device determines that the function execution device can communicate with the external device using the short-range communication protocol, the function execution device may display a second screen that indicates an operation to be performed using the external device to start executing a predetermined function of the function execution device. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140240764 | IMAGE RECORDING SYSTEM, IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - When first wireless communication is established, a mobile terminal sends image data specific information for specifying a set of image data to an image recording apparatus by the first wireless communication. When a set of image data associated with the image data specific information corresponding to the image data specific information received by the first wireless communication is stored, an image recording apparatus records an image corresponding to the stored set of image data onto a recording medium. When such a set of image data is not stored, the image recording apparatus receives the set of image data from the mobile terminal by the second wireless communication and records an image corresponding to the received set of image data onto the recording medium. The image recording apparatus then stores the received set of image data and the image data specific information in association with each other. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140240765 | JOB PERFORMING CONTROL SYSTEM, JOB PERFORMING SYSTEM AND JOB PERFORMING CONTROL METHOD - A job performing control system that includes at least an apparatus and controls a job performing apparatus that performs a job, includes a job storing unit that stores a job input in the job performing control system with attribute data of the job, the attribute data being set based on an inputting method of the job; a rule storing unit that stores a predetermined rule that determines a method of performing the job in the job performing apparatus; a determining unit that determines whether the attribute data of the job satisfies the predetermined rule; and a performing control unit that controls the job performing apparatus to perform the job determined to satisfy the predetermined rule by the determining unit by the method of performing the job determined from the predetermined rule. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140240766 | PRINTING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING PRINTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing apparatus capable of performing wireless communication with an information processing apparatus includes a display unit configured to display a connection screen for enabling, on the screen, specification of print settings of print data received from the information processing apparatus using the wireless communication, and reception of an instruction for executing connection processing for establishing the wireless communication, a storage unit configured to store the print settings specified via the connection screen, a connection unit configured to execute the connection processing with the information processing apparatus when the instruction for executing the connection processing is received via the connection screen, a reception unit configured to receive print data from the information processing apparatus using the wireless communication established by the connection processing, and a printing unit configured to print the print data received by the reception unit based on the print settings stored in the storage unit. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140240767 | PRINTING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A user preregisters to a printing apparatus IPP print settings used when printing print data received through IPP. Upon reception of the print data through IPP, the printing apparatus prints the print data based on the preregistered IPP print settings. The printing apparatus includes a printing unit configured to perform printing, a storage unit configured to store settings regarding printing using a specific print protocol, a reception unit configured to receive print data transmitted from an external apparatus, a determination unit configured to, when the reception unit receives print data by using the specific print protocol, determine whether a communication method used for receiving the print data is a specific communication method, and a control unit configured to, based on a result of determination by the determination unit, determine whether the settings stored in the storage unit are to be used when printing the print data. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140240768 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - When a service of interest is specified, a communication apparatus searches other communication apparatuses capable of providing the specified service and establishes a wireless communication with the specified communication apparatus. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140240769 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication apparatus capable of executing a wireless communication includes an identification unit, a display unit, a notification unit, and a connection unit. The identification unit identifies a communication partner of the wireless communication. The display unit displays, if an external apparatus which is the communication partner of the wireless communication is identified by the identification unit, a confirmation screen for allowing a user to confirm whether to execute the wireless communication with the external apparatus. The notification unit notifies, if the confirmation screen is displayed by the display unit, the external apparatus that the user is confirming whether to execute the wireless communication. The connection unit executes, if the user issues an instruction via the confirmation screen to execute the wireless communication with the external apparatus, connection processing for executing the wireless communication with the external apparatus. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140240770 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING COMMUNICATION CONTROL PROGRAM - Example embodiments of the present invention include a communication terminal, a communication method, and a communication control program stored on a non-transitory recording medium, each of which is capable of communicating with a counterpart terminal via a network. The communication terminal transmits identification information that identifies an image forming apparatus to a communication management system, during when the communication terminal is communicating with a counterpart communication terminal. The communication terminal transmits image data, which is converted to be compatible with the image forming apparatus based on capability information, to the image forming apparatus through the network. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140240771 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In an image forming apparatus, an association portion is configured to associate, with each photographic image, the number of person images included in the photographic image as a number of prints when a plurality of photographic images are read. A determination portion is configured to determine whether, among the plurality of photographic images, there is a person photographic image. An inquiry portion is configured to inquire a user about whether to add the number of photographers to the number of prints associated with each photographic image, when there is the person photographic image. An addition portion is configured to set an addition number obtained by adding the number of photographers to the number of prints for each photographic image, as a number of prints for each photographic image when receiving from the user a reply that the number of photographers is to be added to the number of prints. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140240772 | Terminal Apparatus and Function Executing Apparatus - A terminal apparatus may receive first information relating to a first function executing apparatus from the first function executing apparatus. The first function executing apparatus may be configured to execute a print function. The terminal apparatus may cause a display mechanism of the terminal apparatus to display a first image indicating M1 items of communication schemes by using the first information. Each of the M1 items of communication schemes may be a communication scheme available for the first function executing apparatus to receive print data. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140240773 | Terminal Apparatus and Function Executing Apparatus - A terminal apparatus may receive first information relating to a first function executing apparatus from the first function executing apparatus. The first function executing apparatus may be configured to execute a scan function. The terminal apparatus may cause a display mechanism of the terminal apparatus to display a first image indicating M1 items of communication schemes by using the first information. Each of the M1 items of communication schemes may be a communication scheme available for the first function executing apparatus to send scan data. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140240774 | Terminal Apparatus and Function Executing Apparatus - A terminal apparatus may receive first information relating to a first function executing apparatus from the first function executing apparatus. The first function executing apparatus may be configured to execute a print function. The terminal apparatus may select, by using the first information, a particular communication scheme from among M1 items of communication schemes in a case where the first information is received. Each of the M1 items of communication schemes may be different from each other and may be a communication scheme available for the first function executing apparatus to receive print data. The terminal apparatus may send first print data to the first function executing apparatus in accordance with the particular communication scheme in a case where the particular communication scheme is selected from among the M1 items of communication schemes. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140240775 | Terminal Apparatus and Function Executing Apparatus - A terminal apparatus may receive first information relating to a first function executing apparatus from the first function executing apparatus. The first function executing apparatus may be configured to execute a scan function. The terminal apparatus may select, by using the first information, a particular communication scheme from among M1 items of communication schemes in a case where the first information is received. Each of the M1 items of communication schemes may be different from each other and may be a communication scheme available for the first function executing apparatus to send scan data. The terminal apparatus may send a first selection result indicating the particular communication scheme to the first function executing apparatus in a case where the particular communication scheme is selected from among the M1 items of communication schemes. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140240776 | Communication Apparatus - A first communication apparatus may comprise a first type of interface configured to function as an IC tag, a second type of interface, and a controller. The controller may cause the first type of interface to execute a sending operation. The sending operation may be executed by using a first wireless connection established between the first and second communication apparatuses. The sending operation may include an operation of the first type of interface to send network identification information to the second communication apparatus. The network identification information may be information to be used in a first wireless network to which both the first and second communication apparatuses belong. The controller may execute, after the first type of interface has executed the sending operation, a wireless communication of target data with the second communication apparatus via the second type of interface by using the first wireless network. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140240777 | IMAGE RECORDING SYSTEM, IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INSTRUCTIONS EXECUTABLE BY IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS, MOBILE TERMINAL, NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INSTRUCTIONS EXECUTABLE BY MOBILE TERMINAL, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE RECORDING SYSTEM - An image recording system includes: a mobile terminal and an image recording apparatus. The mobile terminal and the image recording apparatus transfer communication setting information about the mobile terminal or the image recording apparatus over a first wireless communication. The mobile terminal transmits image data to the image recording apparatus over a second wireless communication. Each time when the first wireless communication is established, the mobile terminal obtains a signal relating to its position. The mobile terminal or the image recording apparatus creates change information about a change of the position based on a plurality of the signals and sets, based on the change information, at least one setting value respectively for at least one setting item relating to image recording. The image recording apparatus records an image on a recording medium based on the received image data and based on the set at least one setting value. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140240778 | IMAGE RECORDING SYSTEM, IMAGE RECORDING METHOD, MOBILE TERMINAL, NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INSTRUCTIONS EXECUTABLE BY MOBILE TERMINAL, AND IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - An image recording system includes a mobile terminal and an image recording apparatus. The mobile terminal successively stores signals representative of its position at least from establishment of first wireless communication between the mobile terminal and the image recording apparatus. When information produced based on the signals coincides with at least one of sets of reference information which respectively correspond to image recording conditions, the mobile terminal determines at least one command for commanding at least one image recording condition respectively corresponding to the at least one set of reference information. The mobile terminal transmits the at least one command to the image recording apparatus over the first wireless communication or second wireless communication and transmits image data to the image recording apparatus over the second wireless communication. The image recording apparatus uses at least one image recording condition to record an image based on the image data. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140240779 | Immunizing Cartridge Chip - An aftermarket electronic circuit has a first discrete bi-directional communication module and a second discrete bi-directional communication module, the first discrete bi-directional communication module adapted to communicate with an imaging machine having a processor associated with a block of memory dedicated for an imaging unit blocking list having at least one blocking position. The second discrete bi-directional communication module contains blocking data, and the first discrete bi-directional communication module is adapted to access the blocking data from the second discrete bi-directional communication module. The first discrete bi-directional communication module is adapted to provide the blocking data to be read by the imaging machine and written to at least one byte of each available blocking position of the blocking list. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140240780 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL DEVICE - An image forming apparatus includes a first wireless communication unit that receives data from a mobile phone, and a reader-writer that transmits an address of the first wireless communication unit to the mobile phone. The mobile phone includes a contact/non-contact IC card that receives the address, and a second wireless communication unit that transmits image data to the first wireless communication unit utilizing the address. When communication is made between the mobile phone and the image forming apparatus, the address of the first wireless communication unit is transmitted to the contact/non-contact IC card through the reader-writer, and the second wireless communication unit transmits data to the first wireless communication unit utilizing the address. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140240781 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL DEVICE - An image forming apparatus includes a first wireless communication unit that receives data from a mobile phone, and a reader-writer that transmits an address of the first wireless communication unit to the mobile phone. The mobile phone includes a contact/non-contact IC card that receives the address, and a second wireless communication unit that transmits image data to the first wireless communication unit utilizing the address. When communication is made between the mobile phone and the image forming apparatus, the address of the first wireless communication unit is transmitted to the contact/non-contact IC card through the reader-writer, and the second wireless communication unit transmits data to the first wireless communication unit utilizing the address. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140240782 | PRINTING DEVICES AND TERMINAL DEVICES THAT SWITCH COMMUNICATION MODES - A communication system includes a printing device, a terminal device, and another device. The printing device includes a communication interface that enables communication through at least two modes; an operating portion that accepts a mode-switch instruction; a printing portion that prints an image based on print data, and a processor. In a direct communication mode, the printing device communicates directly with the terminal device. In an indirect communication mode, the printing device communicates indirectly with the other device. The processor switches the communication mode from the indirect communication mode to the direct communication mode when the operating portion accepts the mode-switch instruction, and switches the communication mode from the direct communication mode to the indirect communication mode when the processor determines that the printing device has finished receiving print data. Communication between the printing and terminal devices includes transmitting the print data from the terminal device to the printing device. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140247460 | CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND OPTIMIZATION FOR JOB DEFINITION FORMAT INSTRUCTIONS - Systems and methods are provided for addressing conflicts when merging Job Definition Format (JDF) instructions. The system includes a memory that stores rules for prioritizing Job Definition Format (JDF) instructions. The system also includes a controller able to receive a print job and to identify multiple sets of JDF instructions for the print job. The controller is further able to generate a merged set of JDF instructions from the JDF instructions in each of the identified sets, and to identify conflicts within the merged set between JDF instructions that share page ranges with each other. The controller is also able to resolve the conflicts by altering JDF instructions based on the rules stored in memory. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140247461 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HIGHLIGHTING BARRIERS TO REDUCING PAPER USAGE - A computer-implemented method for identifying constraints to reducing consumable usage includes acquiring print job information for a set of print jobs submitted for printing by a set of users. A print job representation is computed for each of the print jobs based on features extracted from the print job information. Provision is made for user-annotation of the submitted print jobs with a task category and a constraint category. Each of a plurality of task categories represents a respective task with which the printing of a print job is associated. Each of a plurality of selectable constraint categories expresses a different reason for printing the print job. User-annotations are received for at least some of the submitted print jobs. The print jobs are clustered into clusters based on the print job representations and task category annotations. A representation of the set of print jobs is generated which represents reasons for printing of print jobs in at least one of the clusters, based on the users' constraint category annotations. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140247462 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image forming apparatus includes a resource management part that manages, as a plurality of resources, image data to be used by a plurality of processes concerning a module in the image forming apparatus or a storage area that stores the image data, and one or more units of hardware; and an exclusive control part that, in a case where at least one resource of the plurality of resources is used, carries out exclusive control of the at least one resource, and stops or finishes exclusive control of the module. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140247463 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a first display unit that displays a video input on an operation and display unit, a second display unit that displays an input image that is superimposed on the video input displayed on the operation and display unit, and a captured image recording unit that records a captured image of the video input and the input image that are displayed on the operation and display unit. The second display unit erases the input image that is recorded when the captured image recording unit records the captured image of the input image. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140247464 | PRINTING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF A PRINTING DEVICE, AND CONTROL DEVICE - Additional information can be appropriately added to an area in a template. The web application execution unit of a printer displays a print layout on a control device in a format enabling adding additional information to areas formed in the printing area of a print medium based on a first template, and when additional information is added to one area, changes to a format reflecting the additional information applied to the one area, and displays the print layout. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140247465 | MULTIFUNCTION PERIPHERAL, MULTIFUNCTION PERIPHERAL CONTROL SYSTEM, and MULTIFUNCTION PERIPHERAL CONTROL METHOD - A multifunction peripheral of the present invention includes: a display section that displays an information display screen; a storage section that stores information display screen setting data including default conditions for preparing the information display screen; and an information display screen preparation section that prepares the information display screen on the basis of the information display screen setting data, the information display screen preparation section (i) changing, in accordance with an instruction received from the server, at least one of the default conditions included in the information display screen setting data, and (ii) causing the display section to display the information display screen prepared on the basis of the information display screen setting data including the change. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140247466 | External Device Interface Abstraction - Implementations of the present disclosure include methods, systems, and computer-readable storage mediums for executing a user interface on a computing device, generating one or more event handlers executed on the computing device, each event handler corresponding to a local device service file, receiving first data at a first event handler of a first local device service associated with a first device that is in electronic communication with the computing device, generating, using the first event handler, a first event that includes the first data, receiving, at an external device service, the first event, generating, using the external device service, a first external device event based on the first event, and performing a first action based on the external device event. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140247467 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus which communicates with a first terminal device includes a first display unit which displays display data, a storage unit which stores first ability information relating to a display ability of the first display unit, an operation panel management unit which is provided at the first terminal device, obtains second ability information relating to a display ability of a second display unit which displays display data, and compares the obtained second ability information to the first ability information which is stored in the storage unit; and a control unit which determines whether to display display data as a display target on the first display unit, or on the second display unit. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140247468 | PRINTING DATA DELIVERY APPARATUS, PRINTING DATA DELIVERY SYSTEM, AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing data delivery apparatus includes: a printing-data receiving section configured to receive printing data; a data storing section configured to extract print setting information from the received printing data and store the print setting information; a printing-request receiving section configured to receive a printing job request from a printing apparatus; a reuse determining section configured to perform first determination for determining whether the printing apparatus is an apparatus that performs printing with erasable toner or an apparatus that performs printing with unerasable toner, perform second determination for determining whether the printing data can be printed with the erasable toner, and perform first generation for giving, to the print setting information, information indicating whether it is appropriate to print the printing data in the printing apparatus and generating a printing job; and a printing-data delivery section configured to transmit the printing job to the printing apparatus. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140253952 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD TO SEARCH FOR AND PRINT IMAGES ON NETWORK - An image forming apparatus includes an input unit to receive a network resources address where a document exists, a web information receiving unit to read information on the document existing at the received address, an image path extracting unit to extract a path and a name of an image file consistent with predetermined reference data from the document information, an image receiving unit to receive the image file through the network using the extracted path and name of the image file, and a printing unit to print the image file. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140253953 | DESKTOP ENVIRONMENT COLOR ALERT SYSTEM FOR PRINTING DEVICES - A method and system for utilizing the desktop environment of the image processing system's user interface as a system status indicator is provided. In one embodiment, a fault code is received from one or more machine sensors at an image processing unit of an image processing system. The fault code is used to determine a corresponding machine state and desktop environment color indicator via a look-up table stored in a database. As a result, an appropriate signal is sent to a user interface of the image processing system to display on a desktop environment of the user interface a particular color and operation representing the corresponding machine state. In this way, it is not necessary for the image processing system to include hardware associated with one or more warning lights and thus costs are reduced. In addition, spare parts relating to the light hardware will not need to be stocked. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140253954 | VIRTUAL PRINTER INTERFACE NODE - A virtual printer interface node enables a non-cloud-ready printer to communicate with a cloud-based service, residing on an internet. The virtual printer interface node includes a housing; a communication interface to provide communication directly to the network router; and a microcontroller operatively connected to the communication interface. The microcontroller converts commands, received through the communication interface, from the cloud-based service, residing on the internet, to native protocols of the non-cloud-ready networked printer and communicates the converted native protocols to the non-cloud-ready networked printer. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140253955 | VIRTUAL PRINTER INTERFACE NODE - A virtual printer interface node enables a non-cloud-ready printer to communicate with a cloud-based service, residing on an internet. The virtual printer interface node includes a housing; a communication interface to provide communication directly to the network router; and a microcontroller operatively connected to the communication interface. The microcontroller converts commands, received through the communication interface, from the cloud-based service, residing on the internet, to native protocols of the non-cloud-ready networked printer and communicates the converted native protocols to the non-cloud-ready networked printer. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140253956 | VIRTUAL PRINTER INTERFACE NODE - A virtual printer interface node enables a non-cloud-ready printer to communicate with a cloud-based service, residing on an internet. The virtual printer interface node includes a housing; a communication interface to provide communication directly to the network router; and a microcontroller operatively connected to the communication interface. The microcontroller converts commands, received through the communication interface, from the cloud-based service, residing on the internet, to native protocols of the non-cloud-ready networked printer and communicates the converted native protocols to the non-cloud-ready networked printer. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140253957 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXTENDING CAPABILITY OF AN IMAGING DEVICE - In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a document workflow server application may comprise one or more instructions embodied in computer-readable media. The document workflow server application may be configured to, when executed by a processor of a document workflow server receive from an imaging device communicatively coupled to the document workflow server via the Internet a user selection to perform a document service and in response to the user selection, perform the document service. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140253958 | VIRTUAL PRINTER INTERFACE NODE - A virtual printer interface node enables a non-cloud-ready printer to communicate with a cloud-based service, residing on an internet. The virtual printer interface node includes a housing; a communication interface to provide communication directly to the network router; and a microcontroller operatively connected to the communication interface. The microcontroller converts commands, received through the communication interface, from the cloud-based service, residing on the internet, to native protocols of the non-cloud-ready networked printer and communicates the converted native protocols to the non-cloud-ready networked printer. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140253959 | VIRTUAL PRINTER INTERFACE NODE - A virtual printer interface node enables a non-cloud-ready printer to communicate with a cloud-based service, residing on an internet. The virtual printer interface node includes a housing; a communication interface to provide communication directly to the network router; and a microcontroller operatively connected to the communication interface. The microcontroller converts commands, received through the communication interface, from the cloud-based service, residing on the internet, to native protocols of the non-cloud-ready networked printer and communicates the converted native protocols to the non-cloud-ready networked printer. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140253960 | VIRTUAL PRINTER INTERFACE NODE - A virtual printer interface node enables a non-cloud-ready printer to communicate with a cloud-based service, residing on an internet. The virtual printer interface node includes a housing; a communication interface to provide communication directly to the network router; and a microcontroller operatively connected to the communication interface. The microcontroller converts commands, received through the communication interface, from the cloud-based service, residing on the internet, to native protocols of the non-cloud-ready networked printer and communicates the converted native protocols to the non-cloud-ready networked printer. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140253961 | VIRTUAL PRINTER INTERFACE NODE - A virtual printer interface node enables a non-cloud-ready printer to communicate with a cloud-based service, residing on an internet. The virtual printer interface node includes a housing; a communication interface to provide communication directly to the network router; and a microcontroller operatively connected to the communication interface. The microcontroller converts commands, received through the communication interface, from the cloud-based service, residing on the internet, to native protocols of the non-cloud-ready networked printer and communicates the converted native protocols to the non-cloud-ready networked printer. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140253962 | VIRTUAL PRINTER INTERFACE NODE - A virtual printer interface node enables a non-cloud-ready printer to communicate with a cloud-based service, residing on an internet. The virtual printer interface node includes a housing; a communication interface to provide communication directly to the network router; and a microcontroller operatively connected to the communication interface. The microcontroller converts commands, received through the communication interface, from the cloud-based service, residing on the internet, to native protocols of the non-cloud-ready networked printer and communicates the converted native protocols to the non-cloud-ready networked printer. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140253963 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING THE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A communication device, including: a touch sensor configured to detect a touch or an approach of an input object by detecting a change in capacitance; a near field communicator configured to perform near field communication with an information processing terminal present in a communication area in which near field communication is possible, the information processing terminal being capable of performing the near field communication; and a controller configured to control the communication device in accordance with detection of the touch or the approach of the input object by the touch sensor, wherein the controller is configured to reduce detection sensitivity of the touch sensor for detecting the input object when the information processing terminal is in the communication area. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140253964 | Mobile Terminal Device, and Method and Computer Readable Medium for the Same - A mobile terminal device includes a processor configured to output a first print instruction to print one or more images corresponding to one or more pieces of image data contained in a specific image data set in one case of a first case that a near field wireless communication unit establishes near field wireless communication with a printer when a display unit is showing a display created based on a first display data and a second case that the near field wireless communication unit establishes the near field wireless communication with the printer when the display unit is showing a display created based on a second display data, and output a second print instruction to print one image corresponding to one piece of image data contained in the specific image data set in the other case. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140253965 | Communication Device, and Method and Computer Readable Medium for the Same - A communication device including a processor configured to, when executing processor-executable instructions stored in a storage unit, perform determining a first configurable range including setting values stored in the storage unit, acquiring, from an image processing apparatus via a communication unit, a second configurable range including setting values for image processing executable by the image processing apparatus, determining whether the first configurable range is equal to the second configurable range, when determining that the first configurable range is equal to the second configurable range, transmitting an image processing instruction to perform an image processing operation according to the setting values of the first configurable range stored in the storage unit, to the image processing apparatus via the communication unit, and when determining that the first configurable range is different from the second configurable range, restricting transmission of the image processing instruction to the image processing apparatus. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140253966 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus which is capable of collectively managing counter information for storing a count value obtained by counting events that have occurred with operation of an application of an external apparatus. The image forming apparatus has a display unit and a storage unit. A registration unit registers an identifier of an application of a server so as to utilize the application. A generation unit generates, when the identifier of the application is registered by the registration unit, in the storage unit, counter information used for storing a count value obtained by counting at least one of the number of printed sheets and the number and read originals that has occurred with operation of the application. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140253967 | Method For Operating a Network System - The invention relates to a method for operating a network system ( | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140253968 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL DEVICE - An image forming apparatus includes a first wireless communication unit that receives data from a mobile phone, and a reader-writer that transmits an address of the first wireless communication unit to the mobile phone. The mobile phone includes a contact/non-contact IC card that receives the address, and a second wireless communication unit that transmits image data to the first wireless communication unit utilizing the address. When communication is made between the mobile phone and the image forming apparatus, the address of the first wireless communication unit is transmitted to the contact/non-contact IC card through the reader-writer, and the second wireless communication unit transmits data to the first wireless communication unit utilizing the address. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140253969 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL DEVICE - An image forming apparatus includes a first wireless communication unit that receives data from a mobile phone, and a reader-writer that transmits an address of the first wireless communication unit to the mobile phone. The mobile phone includes a contact/non-contact IC card that receives the address, and a second wireless communication unit that transmits image data to the first wireless communication unit utilizing the address. When communication is made between the mobile phone and the image forming apparatus, the address of the first wireless communication unit is transmitted to the contact/non-contact IC card through the reader-writer, and the second wireless communication unit transmits data to the first wireless communication unit utilizing the address. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140253970 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL DEVICE - An image forming apparatus includes a first wireless communication unit that receives data from a mobile phone, and a reader-writer that transmits an address of the first wireless communication unit to the mobile phone. The mobile phone includes a contact/non-contact IC card that receives the address, and a second wireless communication unit that transmits image data to the first wireless communication unit utilizing the address. When communication is made between the mobile phone and the image forming apparatus, the address of the first wireless communication unit is transmitted to the contact/non-contact IC card through the reader-writer, and the second wireless communication unit transmits data to the first wireless communication unit utilizing the address. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140253971 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, RECEPTION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM - A transmission apparatus transmits e-mail to a reception apparatus through a network by selecting one of a communication method via a mail server and a communication method without intervention of a mail server. This transmission apparatus generates the e-mail and transmits, to the reception apparatus, the e-mail and information representing the reply method of a transmittal confirmation request in response to the e-mail. The transmission apparatus receives, from the reception apparatus in accordance with the reply method, a transmittal confirmation result in response to the transmitted e-mail. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140253972 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND REMOTE-SCAN IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - In the image processing device, method and system of the present invention, a destination identifier of an image file is stored, the destination identifier indicating one of a plurality of external stations as a destination station which receives the image file from the image processing device through a network. At least one of a sender identifier of the image file, a subject identifier of the image file and a scan condition of the image file is stored. The image file is transmitted, together with at least one of the sender identifier, the subject identifier and the scan condition, through the network to one of the external stations indicated by the stored destination identifier. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140253973 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND PRINTING METHOD - An information processing apparatus is provided that includes a print data storage unit configured to store print data; a data list providing unit configured to transmit list information of the print data stored by the print data storage unit to a client apparatus via a network; a print request receiving unit configured to receive from the client apparatus selected print data identification information of selected print data selected from the list information; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the selected print data corresponding to the selected print data identification information to an image forming apparatus via the network. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140268211 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED CELLULAR MANUFACTURING WITH OUTSOURCING GROUP CONSTRAINTS - To preserve job integrity and minimize multi-site coordination overhead such as shipping, a technique to control the amount of outsourcing activities in a distributed manufacturing environment is provided. This approach to multi-site scheduling allows outsourcing control for distributed cellular manufacturing based on scheduling constraints called outsourcing group constraints. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140268212 | BATCH CONFIRMATION OF DISTRIBUTED SCAN JOB SUBMISSION IN A BUSINESS PROCESSING SYSTEM - Methods and systems execute a first scan job using a scanner device to produce a first electronic scan item, and automatically transmit the first electronic scan item from the scanner device to a computerized device over a network. Exemplary methods herein start execution of a second scan job immediately after executing the first scan job (without waiting for confirmation that the computerized device received the first scan job) using the scanner device to produce a second electronic scan item. Further, such methods automatically generate a first scan receipt confirmation using the computerized device and automatically transmit the first scan receipt confirmation from the computerized device to at least one receiving device (e.g., the scanner device) over the network. Such exemplary methods can therefore automatically display the first scan receipt confirmation (on a graphic user interface of the at least one receiving device) after starting execution of the second scan job. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140268213 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ACCURATELY ESTIMATING POWER CONSUMPTION - A device and method for estimating power consumption at a printing device. The device includes a processor and memory containing a set of instructions, the instructions configured to cause the device to perform the method. The method includes polling the printing device at a plurality of intervals over a first period of time and receiving a polling for at each of the plurality of intervals. The method further includes determining a page count difference between each poll and determining a timer count between each poll. An estimated energy consumption for the printing device is determined based upon the page count difference for each of the intervals and the timer count for each of the intervals. A total estimated energy is determined for the first period of time based upon the estimated energy consumption of the printing device for each of the intervals. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140268214 | PRINTING METHOD FOR HANDLING A PRINT JOB - A method of managing a print job is disclosed, the method includes receiving a print job on an image forming apparatus; calculating an estimated processing time and an estimated delay to print time for each page of the print job; processing each page of the print job when the estimated processing time for a page of the print job and the estimated delay to print time for the page of the print job are equal; sending each of the processed pages of the print job to a print engine associated with the image forming apparatus for printing; and printing each of the pages of the print job on the image forming apparatus upon receipt by the print engine. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140268215 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UTILIZING PERSONAL COMPUTING RESOURCES FOR MOBILE PRINT CONVERSION AND ROUTING - A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and apparatus for mobile print conversion and routing are disclosed. For example, the method receives at a mobile print server a print job request from a mobile endpoint device, determines at the mobile print server that a personal computing resource is available to convert the print job request, determines at the mobile print server to send the print job request to the personal computing resource and sends by the mobile print server the print job request to the personal computing resource for conversion of a document in the print job request that is to be printed. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140268216 | Printing Method and Apparatus for Dividing Each of the Two or More Print Jobs into a Plurality of Sub-print Jobs - A method of managing plural print jobs is disclosed, the method includes receiving two or more print jobs on an image forming apparatus; dividing each of the two or more print jobs into a plurality of sub-print jobs for printing by a print engine of the image forming apparatus; determining an estimated processing time and an estimated delay to print time for each of the sub-print jobs; managing the printing of each of the two or more print jobs based on the estimated processing time and the estimated delay to print time for each of the sub-print jobs by determining a printing priority for the two or more print jobs based on a printing sequence, which reduces down time of the print engine of the image forming apparatus; and printing the two or more print jobs based on the determined printing priority. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140268217 | OPERATION HISTORY IMAGE STORAGE APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING STORING OF OPERATION HISTORY IMAGE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An operation history image storage apparatus includes an imaging unit that captures an image of a specific area facing a processing apparatus which performs processing in accordance with an operation by an operator, a controller that controls the imaging unit to capture an image of an operation state with respect to the processing apparatus, an extracting unit that extracts a person image from the image of the specific area captured by the imaging unit, a masking unit that masks whole or a part of a background image other than the person image extracted by the extracting unit, and a storing unit that stores the image of the specific area after masking by the masking unit as operation history information of the operator operating the processing apparatus. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140268218 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing device includes a first communication interface, a second communication interface, a detecting unit, and a controller. The detecting unit detects a notification received by the first communication interface. In a case where the detecting unit detects a notification transmitted from the second communication interface to a communication medium connected to the second communication interface and indicating that a device serving as a transmission source has been connected to the communication medium, the controller performs control so that communication is not performed by at least one of the first communication interface and the second communication interface. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140268219 | Transmission of Facsimiles via Internet Protocol over Public Networks - A computer system maps unique addresses to the conventional fax numbers of conventional fax devices (such as conventional fax machines and computing devices having conventional fax capabilities). A transmitting user who is connected to the Internet may send an IP fax to a receiving user who is also connected to the Internet by addressing the receiving user using the receiving user's unique address, even if the sending user and receiving user are not within the same local network. A server outside of the receiving user's local network mediates the transmission of the IP fax from the transmitting user to the receiving user. The server may select a preferred transmission method of the recipient (e.g., conventional fax, IP fax, email, or secure document delivery) and transmit the fax to the receiving user using that preferred transmission method. Transmitted faxes may be in color and/or contain high-definition content. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140268220 | Pull Copying using Document-File Identifiers - A method for printing a coded document includes receiving a print job, generating a document-file identifier, storing a document-file table entry into a document-file table, and printing a coded document. The document-file table entry includes the document-file identifier and the original document-file path. The coded document includes the received document-file data and the generated document-file identifier. A method for scanning a coded document includes receiving scan-document data indicative of a coded document, extracting the document-file identifier from the scan-document data, and searching a plurality of document-file table entries for the scanned document-file identifier. Each of the plurality of document-file table entries includes an entry document-file identifier and an entry document-file path, and may also include a table entry lifetime and/or a plurality of document-file variations. A pull-copy system includes an image forming apparatus, a storage unit, and a processor. The processor may perform the methods for printing and scanning a coded document. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140268221 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication apparatus operable to perform communication with a communication terminal, and a method of controlling the apparatus. When a transmission is instructed, whether or not communication in a wireless communication mode for communicating wirelessly with a communication terminal, either the communication terminal or the communication apparatus having become an access point, is in process is determined. In a case that it is determined that communication in the wireless communication mode is in progress, an address of the transmission is set to a partner of the communication that is in progress by making a use of an address book invalid. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140268222 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication apparatus (a printing apparatus | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140268223 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A communication apparatus includes a first communication unit for executing direct wireless communication between an external apparatus and the communication apparatus in which one of the external apparatus and the communication apparatus serves as an access point, and a second communication unit for executing communication between the external apparatus and the communication apparatus in a different way from the communication by the first communication unit. If it is determined that the communication which the communication apparatus is executing is the communication by the second communication unit, a selection screen is displayed so as to enable a user to select a desired service, and if it is determined that the communication which the communication apparatus is executing is the communication by the first communication unit, the selection screen is displayed so as to prevent the user from selecting the specific service. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140268224 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention determines, in a case where a communication request for communicating with an external apparatus has occurred, whether direct wireless communication between a communication terminal and the communication apparatus with one of the communication terminal and the communication apparatus functioning as an access point is being executed or not. In a case where it is determined that the direct wireless communication is being executed, controls the communication apparatus to not communicate with the external apparatus based on the communication request until a communication method switches from the direct wireless communication to a different communication method, and causes communication with the external apparatus based on the communication request to be executed using the different communication method in response to switching of the communication method. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140268225 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS CONTROL PROGRAM - An image processing system including an image processing apparatus and an information processing device. The information processing device includes a display controller to control displaying a screen on a display in accordance with user operation involving transition of the displayed screen and an operational information transmitter to transfer operational information on the user operation involving the transition of the displayed screen. The image processing apparatus includes an image processing apparatus screen transition processor to perform transition of screen on the image processing apparatus in accordance with receiving the operational information. The display controller acquires status on transitioning screen of the image processing apparatus in accordance with the user operation instructing to transition to a home screen as a starting point of the user operation and gets the screen displayed on the display back to status before the transition if the screen on the image processing apparatus is untransitionable. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140268226 | APPARATUS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, APPARATUS MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An agent unit acquires apparatus status information that indicates a status of the electronic apparatus from an electronic apparatus. A remote maintenance server transmits an acquisition instruction of the apparatus status information to the agent unit and receives the apparatus status information from the agent unit if acquisition of the apparatus status information succeeded. The remote maintenance server (a) acquires operation schedule information on the electronic apparatus, (b) transmits an acquisition instruction of the apparatus status information to the agent unit, (c) registers a retransmission schedule of the acquisition instruction so as to transmit the acquisition instruction at a timing within an operation period of the electronic apparatus determined from the operation schedule if acquisition of the apparatus status information failed, and (d) transmits the acquisition instruction to the agent unit at the timing of the retransmission schedule. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140268227 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a display control unit and a generation unit. The display control unit displays a job selection screen which displays a plurality of print jobs. The generation unit generates a combined print job in which first and second print jobs selected by using the job selection screen are combined, wherein the display control unit displays, on the job selection screen, information about the combined print job identifiable of each file format of the first and second print jobs prior to be combined, based on information indicating the file format of the first print job and information indicating the file format of the second print job. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140268228 | TRANSFER SYSTEM AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A controller transfers first data to a first control circuit in correspondence with a single data line at a rising edge of a clock pulse on a single clock line, and transfers second data to a second control circuit in correspondence with the single data line at a falling edge of the clock pulse. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140268229 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR USB TUNNELING THROUGH USB PRINTER DEVICE CLASS - A USB tunnel apparatus is disclosed herein. In various aspects, the USB tunnel apparatus may include a USB printer class interface operatively received by an application specific USB peripheral. The USB printer class interface is configured to identify the application specific USB peripheral as a printer class device to the host during Plug and Play enumeration, and the USB printer class interface is configured to generate a response during Plug and Play enumeration that alters the process of PnP enumeration to create a partially instantiated printer driver stack on the host when the application specific USB peripheral is in USB communication with the host, in various aspects. Related methods and compositions of matter are also disclosed. This Abstract is presented to meet requirements of 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b) only. This Abstract is not intended to identify key elements of the apparatus, methods, and compositions of matter disclosed herein or to delineate the scope thereof. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140268230 | IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE, IMAGE FORMATION SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMATION METHOD - An image formation device includes a communication unit configured to receive image data from an external device connected to the image formation device through a network, a control unit configured to set a priority order for the image data received from the external device by the communication unit, a print unit configured to print the image data from the external device and image data requested to be printed from within a local area of the image formation device, based on the priority order, and a timer unit configured to be activated when the priority order is set and detect an elapse of a set time. The control unit lowers the priority order after the elapse of the set time detected by the timer unit. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140268231 | Printing Device, Mobile Terminal, and Computer Readable Recording Medium for the Same - A printing device includes a printing device side wireless communication unit configured to execute wireless communication with a mobile terminal, an operation acquisition unit configured to acquire user operation thereof, and a processor. The processor is configured to acquire operation data which is generated as the operation acquisition unit acquires a user operation, acquire establishment data which is generated as the printing device side wireless communication unit establishes a wireless communication with the mobile terminal, and issue a request control to control the printing device side wireless communication unit to transmit request data requesting the mobile terminal to transmit print data necessary for printing, via the wireless communication, when the establishment data is acquired, the request control being issued in accordance with the operation data as acquired. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140268232 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication apparatus allows a user to set whether each of a plurality of services provided by the communication apparatus is or is not to be provided to an external device while the external device is connected with the communication apparatus via wireless communication. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140268233 | Communication Apparatus - A communication apparatus includes: a processor; and a memory storing computer readable instructions causing the communication apparatus to: store a condition information in the at least one memory, the condition information representing a condition to transmit data and including a data identification information, and time information representing a target time; perform a determining process corresponding to the condition information, the determining process being performed every time the target time represented by the time information elapses and determining whether a value of the target data represented by the data identification information changes between the previous target time and the current target time; transmit the value of the target data to the management system when the value of the target data changes; and not transmit the value of the target data to the management system when the value of the target data does not change. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140268234 | PRINTING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing apparatus has a sheet holding unit having a detection unit for detecting a size of a sheet which is held and a storage unit configured to store sheet information including at least a size of a sheet as information representing a sheet. The apparatus sets first sheet information selected by a user in association with the sheet holding unit from a plurality of items of sheet information stored in the storage unit and notifies the user of a mismatch in a case where a size of a sheet that the first sheet information set in the setting indicates, and a size of a sheet detected by the detection unit are mismatched. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140268235 | METHODS TO MOBILE PRINTING AND DEVICES AND SYSTEMS THEREOF - The present invention discloses methods to mobile printing and devices and systems thereof. The mobile printing of the present invention allows a mobile device to wirelessly discover at least one printing device, wherein such discovery may be done with or without the mobile device knowing any existence and/or capability of the printing device. Also, the mobile device may or may not be connected to a same wireless network as the printing device. The printing device of the present invention supports such printing from mobile devices. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140268236 | Relay Apparatus, Image Processing Apparatus and Communication System - A relay apparatus includes a processor and a network interface for performing communication with an image processing apparatus and a server apparatus through a network. The processor functions as: a server-request-information receiving unit for receiving server request information transmitted to the relay apparatus by the server apparatus; an establishment request information receiving unit for receiving establishment request information transmitted by the image processing apparatus for requesting establishment of a session between the relay apparatus and the image processing apparatus according to a session establishment type first protocol for enabling server-push for transmitting the server request information to the image processing apparatus; and a server-request-information transmitting unit for transmitting the server request information received by the server-request-information receiving unit to the image processing apparatus by using the session established between the relay apparatus and the image processing apparatus. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140268237 | CLIENT APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND DISPLAY METHOD - Disclosed is a client apparatus connected to a printing server and configured to instruct the printing server to execute printing. The client apparatus includes a converting unit configured to convert a format of data to be printed into a printable format, an image generator configured to generate a preview image of the data to be printed adapted to a printing condition based on the data of the converted format, and a display unit configured to display the preview image. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140268238 | PRINT SYSTEM, PRINT SERVER, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM - A client terminal transmits a request to a printing apparatus for a registration web page for registering, in a print server, a printing apparatus used in a print service provided by the print server. The printing apparatus collects configuration information of the printing apparatus in response to reception of the request, and creates link information which contains the collected configuration information and is used to access the print server. The printing apparatus then generates a registration web page containing the created link information, and transmits it to the client terminal. The print server receives the configuration information of the printing apparatus transmitted from the client terminal via the registration web page transmitted to the client terminal. The print server creates printing apparatus information which associates the configuration information with user information of the user of the client terminal, and manages it in a storage medium. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140285836 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRINTING RELEVANT CONTENT VIA A CLOUD PRINT SERVICE - A system and method for printing relevant content via a cloud print service upon completion of an entertainment event in media from an associated one of one or more entertainment devices are disclosed. In one example, the relevant content is obtained from an associated one of one or more entertainment device cloud services by the cloud print service upon completion of the entertainment event in the media. Further, the obtained relevant content is printed on a web connected printer by the cloud print service. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140285837 | Printer Pooling Mechanism - A method disclosed. The method includes generating a printer pool object that represents a pool including one or more printers. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140285838 | CAUSING AN ACTION TO OCCUR IN RESPONSE TO SCANNED DATA - Example embodiments relate to processing a scanned form by causing an action to occur. The scanned form includes a unique identifier that indicates that the action is to occur when the form is scanned. The unique identifier is detected in the scanned form data. The scanned form data may be transmitted to a server to use the unique identifier to identify the action to execute for processing the scanned data. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140285839 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a first receiving unit, a registering unit, a requiring unit, a second receiving unit, and a transmitting unit. The first receiving unit receives a reservation and setting process executable time information, the reservation being a reservation for transmission of a management setting, the setting process executable time representing a period of time during which the second information processing apparatus may process the management setting. The registering unit registers the reservation and the information regarding the period of time. The requiring unit requires, in a case where a time at which a communication from a second information processing apparatus was received corresponds to the information regarding the period of time, a first information processing apparatus to transmit the management setting. The second receiving unit receives the management setting. The transmitting unit transmits to the second information processing apparatus the management setting. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140285840 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A communication system includes an information processing apparatus and an image processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes an image data receiving unit, a memory, a processing identification data receiving unit, a processing-related data transmitting unit, and a processing unit. The image processing apparatus includes an image data obtaining unit, an image data transmitting unit, a processing identification data transmitting unit, a processing-related data receiving unit, and an image formation instruction unit. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140285841 | PRINTING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - If a request for first element data and second element data is received, delay data indicating that notification of the second element data is to be delayed and the first element data are sent as response data in response to the received request, and thereafter notification of the second element data is sent. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140285842 | PRINTER - A printer includes a display unit, a printing unit and a printing control unit. The display unit is configured and arranged to display a paper registration screen for registering or confirming attributes of paper held in a paper feeding unit when display conditions have been satisfied. The printing unit is configured and arranged to execute printing. The printing control unit is configured to, when prescribed printing start conditions are satisfied during a period in which the paper registration screen is being displayed, control the printing unit to start printing job using the attributes registered before display of the paper registration screen as the attributes of the paper held in the paper feeding unit used with the printing job. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140285843 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, FUNCTION SETUP METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A function setup method of providing a user interface for setting various setup items related to a predetermined function, the method including: generating a setup screen in which display item groups corresponding respectively to the various setup items and each including display items are displayed in a list form; detecting an operation input instructing selection of one display item belonging to a certain one of the display item groups; changing a display state of the one display item to a setup effective state; accessing a data storage unit storing confliction information defining a conflicting relationship of setup values not allowed to be set simultaneously between the setup items, and finding a conflicting display item having the conflicting relationship with the one display item from the display item groups based on the confliction information; and changing the display state of the found conflicting display item to a setup disabled state. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140285844 | Print Control Method, Print Control Device, and Storage Medium - A print control method executes a process of adding a command to print data output from an application to a communication port in a computer having a communication port and executing a specific process by an application installed on an application layer and operating under an operating system on the OS kernel layer, the method including: the computer acquiring the print data at the OS kernel layer before the print data is received by the communication port; determining on the application layer if each command of the acquired print data is a print instruction command for an object that should be printed at a different print speed than the standard speed; and adding and outputting to the communication port a command that changes the print speed before the print instruction command when the command is determined to be a print instruction command for printing an object at a different speed. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140285845 | OPERATION CONTROL METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - There are provided an operation control method of an image processing system including an image processing apparatus and a remote terminal; the image processing apparatus; and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing an operation control program of the remote terminal. The method includes: operating the remote terminal to monitor a remaining life of the battery thereof, output a notification of a reduction of the remaining life, and in response to receiving the notification, send the image processing apparatus setup information having been set by an operator through an operating section of the remote terminal until receiving the notification; and operating the image processing apparatus to receive and store the setup information from the remote terminal, and on the operating section thereof receiving an operation to give an instruction for a continuation of the setup operations, to reflect the setup information to the setup screen displayed on the display section thereof. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140285846 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD IN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - Attribute information representing the attributes of a printing medium is stored for each printing medium. Upon receiving a print job which designates the attributes of a printing medium, it is determined whether attribute information representing the attributes designated by the print job is stored. When it is determined that the attribute information is not stored, the attribute information representing the attributes designated by the print job is newly registered. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140285847 | SERVER APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF MANAGING IMAGE FORMING DATA - According to one embodiment, a server apparatus includes a storage unit, a communication unit, and a controller. The storage unit stores print jobs received from an external apparatus. The communication unit transmits the print job stored in the storage unit, in response to a print request for the print job from any image forming apparatus, to the image forming apparatus which is a print request source. The controller changes the print job of which a storage limit expires among the print jobs stored in the storage unit into a deleted print job so as to have a temporary storage limit. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140285848 | Print Service Provider Risks Applied to Decision Making - A system that generates risk values for a print service provider. The print service provider may calculate probabilities of an event occurring, calculate the effect that the given event will have on the print service provider, and determine various risks associated with calculations. These risks may then be utilized to determine overall operational strategies for the print service provider when compared to threshold risk levels for the print service provider. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140293320 | MOBILE PRINT EMAIL REPLY WITH THUMBNAILS - Techniques are provided that allow the user to view on his or her mobile device the body of an email or other items from a message service as well as each of the attachments as thumbnails or individual images. As well, techniques allow the user to view particular attributes of each item, e.g. the number of pages and the page size of a particular attachment. Techniques are provided such that the user may view such thumbnails and/or attributes on a unique URL generated as a result of the generated email. Thus, by such techniques, the user is provided with a platform for mobile devices that allows intuitive selection of what should be or is desired to be printed. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140293321 | DOCUMENT GENERATION BASED ON TARGET DEVICE AVAILABILITY - Examples disclose a method to query an availability of a target device. Additionally, the method generates a document for transmission to the target device based on the availability of the target device. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140293322 | PRINTING ELECTRONIC MESSAGES - Systems and methods for printing electronic messages are described herein. In one implementation, the e-message printing system determines at least one message parameter of an e-message and ascertains whether a user defined template is associated with the e-message, based on the at least one message parameter. The e-message printing system further selects, based on the ascertaining, at least one of the associated user defined template and a standard template for printing the e-message. Then, the e-message printing system generates a print job, for execution by a web enabled printer, for printing the e-message based on the selection. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140293323 | Print Driver Installation - In one example of the disclosure, a document is received at a recipient computing device. The document is a document generated at a network-connected printer responsive to an interaction with a user interface included within or attached to the printer. The document includes installation data for the printer. The installation data is utilized to select, configure, or install at the recipient device a print driver for the printer. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140293324 | SECURE PRINTING - A system for secure printing is disclosed herein. An example of the system includes a client that initiates a print request, creates an identifier, transmits the print request and identifier, and renders print data. The system also includes a cloud-connected printer and a server to which the cloud-connected printer is coupled that receives the transmitted print request and identifier, verifies the availability of the cloud-connected printer, transfers the identifier to the available cloud-connected printer, and establishes a secure connection between the available cloud connected printer and the client. Other details of the system are disclosed herein, as are other examples of the system. Examples of a method for secure printing and a non-volatile storage medium are also disclosed herein. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140293325 | CLICK-TO-PRINT SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD - Systems, apparatuses and methods are provided for simplifying print job submission by a user in a network environment. A print job in a print job stream from a terminal apparatus is detected and intercepted, and it is determined whether the intercepted print job is to be processed in a job-specific selection mode or a silent mode. In the job-specific selection mode, a printer selection user interface is provided on the terminal apparatus to permit the user to select a specific printer amongst the plural printers, and the intercepted print job is then transmitted to the specific printer. In the silent mode, the user-submitted print job is transmitted to a previously-specified direct printer. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140293326 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND PRINTING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image display device having a display portion and a deflection element array. The display portion displays a display image including element images arranged in a first direction. The first deflection element array opposes to the element images. Each element image has element pixels having a width W in the first direction. The element pixels are arranged in the first direction and composing N rows. Each N row includes a plurality of the element pixels and arranged in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The element pixels of an i-th (1≦i≦N−1) row and the element pixels of an (i+1)th row are arranged such that a distance in the first direction between a first reference line along the second direction and a second reference line along the second direction is shifted by at least W/N. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140293327 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INSTRUCTIONS EXECUTABLE BY INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus and a communication terminal can carry out first wireless communication and second wireless communication. The first wireless communication is established when a distance between the information processing apparatus and the communication terminal is equal to or less than a first distance. The information processing apparatus determines whether data communication is to be carried out over the first wireless communication or the second wireless communication. When the data communication is to be carried out over the first wireless communication, the information processing apparatus carries out the data communication over the first wireless communication. When the data communication is to be carried out over the second wireless communication, the information processing apparatus carries out data communication of first setting information with the communication terminal over the first wireless communication to establish the second wireless communication and carries out data communication over the second wireless communication. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140293328 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING THE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A communication device, including: a near field communicator configured to perform near field communication with an information processing terminal; a display configured to display an image; and a controller configured to execute specific processing in which the controller obtains data from the information processing terminal utilizing the near field communication and executes process in accordance with the obtained data, wherein the controller is configured to determine, when an image is being displayed on the display, whether displayed-image-based processing that is processing in accordance with the image displayed on the display is the specific processing, and wherein the controller is configured to inactivate a communication function of the near field communicator if it is determined that the displayed-image-based processing is not the specific processing and to activate the communication function of the near field communicator if it is determined that the displayed-image-based processing is the specific processing. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140293329 | JOB INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a job information display device, including: an AR display unit configured to display an augmented reality space in which an image is overlapped with a real space viewed by a user; a recognition unit configured to recognize an image forming apparatus which exists in the real space viewed by the user; an information obtaining unit configured to obtain job information indicating an execution state of a job input to the image forming apparatus recognized by the recognition unit; and a control unit configured to instruct the AR display unit to display the augmented reality space in which the execution state of the job is indicated by a virtual paper on a paper passage of the image forming apparatus in which the job is executed, in accordance with the job information obtained by the information obtaining unit. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140293330 | PRINTER AND PRINTER CONTROL METHOD - A printer includes a printing unit, a plurality of paper feeding units, a storage unit and a control unit. The printing unit is configured and arranged to execute printing based on a printing job. The paper feeding units are configured and arranged to supply paper to the printing unit. The storage unit is configured and arranged to correlate and store the paper feeding units and attributes of the paper held in the paper supply units. The control unit is configured to compare the attributes of the paper correlated with the paper feeding units with attributes of the paper specified with a printing job, and when there is no paper feeding unit for which the attributes correlated therewith is consistent with the attributes specified with the printing job, to display on a screen one of the paper feeding units in which to place the paper specified with the printing job. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140293331 | Communication Control Technology and Communication Apparatus - A non-transitory computer-readable medium having a communication control program stored thereon and readable by a controller of a communication apparatus, the communication control program, when executed by the controller, causes the controller to perform: determining whether a wireless setting for performing wireless communication through a second communication unit is stored; requesting a wireless setting for performing wireless communication with an external apparatus through the second communication unit from the external apparatus through a first communication unit; acquiring a wireless setting for performing wireless communication with the external apparatus through the second communication unit in response to the request; and when it is determined that the wireless setting is not stored and the wireless setting is acquired by the acquiring, setting the acquired wireless setting as the wireless setting for performing the wireless communication through the second communication unit. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140293332 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INSTRUCTIONS EXECUTABLE BY INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes a first communication interface for performing first wireless communication with an external device when a distance between the external device and the first communication interface becomes equal to or less than a first distance. The information processing apparatus executes: a first display control processing in which after the first wireless communication is started, the information processing apparatus displays an input screen which accepts input of related information relating to a processing for communication data; an obtaining processing in which after the first wireless communication is started, the information processing apparatus obtains the communication data transmitted from the external device; and a data-processing execution processing in which when the input of the related information and the obtainment of the communication data are completed, the information processing apparatus executes a data processing for the communication data based on the related information. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140293333 | Communication Setting Technology and Communication Apparatus - A non-transitory computer-readable medium having a communication program stored thereon and readable by a controller of a communication apparatus, the communication program, when executed by the controller, causes the controller to perform: determining whether a wireless setting for performing wireless communication by the wireless communication method is set in an external apparatus when the communication apparatus is in communication with the external apparatus through the first communication unit; determining whether a wireless setting which is settable by the communication apparatus is stored in a storage; and transmitting the wireless setting stored in the storage to the external apparatus through the first communication unit when it is determined that the wireless setting is not set in the external apparatus and it is determined that the wireless setting that is settable by the communication apparatus is stored in the storage. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140293334 | PRINTER - A printer includes a printing unit, a paper feeding unit, a display unit and a control unit. The printing unit is configured and arranged to execute printing. The paper feeding unit is configured and arranged to hold paper. The display unit is configured and arranged to display a paper registration screen for registering or confirming attributes of the paper according to an operation on the paper feeding unit. The control unit is configured not to display the paper registration screen when non-display conditions have been satisfied even when the operation is performed. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140293335 | Image Forming System That Effectively Manages Jobs - An image forming system includes a login management unit, a job execution unit, a log management unit, and a mode accepting unit. The login management unit is configured to manage login of a user. The job execution unit is configured to execute a job after the user has logged in. The log management unit is configured to manage a job log of the job. The mode accepting unit is configured to accept a specification of a mode to store the job log. Acceptable modes where the mode accepting unit accepts a specification include a mode where the login management unit does not permit login if the log management unit determines that there is no free space to store the job log. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140293336 | PRINT SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - A print system includes: a cartridge information reading unit that reads out cartridge information including tape color information about a color of a print surface of tape-like member housed in a cartridge installed in a tape printing device and ink color information about a color of an ink ribbon housed in the cartridge, from a cartridge information recording unit provided in the cartridge; a cartridge information acquisition unit that acquires the read-out cartridge information; and a display unit that shows a color display of the color of the print surface of the tape-like member and the color of the ink ribbon, based on the tape color information and the ink color information included in the acquired cartridge information. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140293337 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus main body and a plurality of stages of option devices. An output connector of the apparatus main body is connected to an input connector of the option device in a foremost stage. An output connector of the option device in each stage other than an aftermost stage is connected to an input connector of the option device in a subsequent stage. An output connector of the option device in the aftermost stage is connected to ground. A main body control portion outputs a predetermined signal via the output connector of the apparatus main body when initial communication is performed. Each option control portion identifies in which stage of the option device the self-device is, on the basis of a voltage value of the predetermined signal inputted to an analog input port via the input connector. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140293338 | DEVICE FOR GENERATING DISPLAY DATA, INFORMATION DEVICE, AND DISPLAY SYSTEM - A device for causing a display unit to partially display a screen having a scroll region in which a content is scrolled and an operation region is provided. The device includes: a setting portion that sets a target region which is a part of the screen displayed by the display unit; a change instructing portion that instructs the setting portion to change the target region based on operation on the operation region; a determination portion that judges, when the setting portion changes the target region, whether or not a size of the operation region of the target region is smaller than a set value; a display change portion that causes the setting portion to perform processing of increasing the operation region displayed by the display unit; and a generating portion that generates section screen data representing a content in the target region. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140293339 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND REMOTE TERMINAL - An image processing system includes an image processing apparatus and a remote terminal. The control section of the image processing apparatus is configured to, on executing a process in response to an instruction received through the operating section of the image processing apparatus, operate the output section of the image processing apparatus to output a notice corresponding to the process. The control sections of the image processing apparatus and the remote terminal are configured to, on the control section of the image processing apparatus executing a process in response to an instruction received through the operating section of the remote terminal, operate the output section of the remote terminal to output a notice corresponding to the process, and operate the output section of the image processing apparatus not to output the notice or operate the output section of the remote terminal not to output a notice corresponding to a process other than the process. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140293340 | DISPLAY OPERATION DEVICE, DISPLAY OPERATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM CAPABLE OF PREVENTING OPERATION ERROR ON PANEL - A display operation device includes an operation input unit, a temporary display unit, and a confirmation display unit. The operation input unit accepts an input in accordance with an input operation via an operation key and subsequent release of the input operation. The temporary display unit temporarily displays, on a screen, an input result corresponding to the input operation during a period in which the input operation via the operation key is held without being released. The confirmation display unit performs a confirmative display by confirming or resetting the display of the input result when a specified time has elapsed while the input operation is held. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140293341 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device that displays a printed material, includes a first calculator configured to calculate display data based on: original data of an image printed on a sheet of paper; first data indicating diffuse reflection of the sheet; second data used for giving regular reflection texture of the sheet to a display image for displaying texture of the printed material; and third data used for giving regular reflection texture of the image to the display image for displaying the texture of the printed material. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140293342 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus and a network relay device are configured to be communicable with each other by communication means in which power consumption is smaller than that in a network controller connected to a wired LAN. A control unit of the image processing apparatus, while switching a first power saving mode to a second power saving mode in which power consumption is smaller by stopping power supply to the network controller, starts power supply to the network controller to switch the second power saving mode to a normal mode when a return notification is sent via the communication means. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140293343 | ORDER MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND ORDER MANAGEMENT METHOD - An order management apparatus is configured to receive order data, to register the order data, to issue an instruction to produce a product based on the registered order data according to scheduling set by an administrator, to determine whether a process that does not require an operation by an operator is included in the processes for producing the product based on the order data, and to issue an instruction to start a process with production of the product based on the order data removed from a target of the scheduling if it is determined that the process that does not require an operation by an operator is included. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140293344 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING IMAGE FORMING PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON - An image forming apparatus includes a storage unit that stores print setting made by each user as user print setting, a page setting information acquisition unit that acquires page setting information indicating whether the user print setting is permissible with respect to each page of print data, a print setting decision unit that decides, with respect to each page, whether the user print setting is permitted according to the page setting information, a print setting unit that applies the user print setting to the page for which the user print setting is permitted and applies a print setting of the print data to the page for which the user print setting is not permitted, and an image forming unit that outputs the print data for each user according to the print setting applied by the print setting unit. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140293345 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND LOCALIZATION METHOD FOR PRINTER DRIVER - Provided is a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a printer driver and a localization method for the printer driver. The printer driver causes a computing device to perform the following processing. The processing includes creating print capability information based on a localization resource file including definitions of strings about print features and on a configuration file including a definition of a dummy feature wherein one of the strings is designated. The created print capability information includes descriptions of setup items of the print features and descriptions of option values of each setup item, and the designated string. The processing further includes, on handling a conflict in the print capability information, adding a description of a feature which is not allowed to be defined in the configuration file into the print capability information and reflecting the designated string on the description of the added feature; and creating a print setup screen based on the print capability information. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140293346 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a language setting history storage section configured to store a history of language setting through which a language used is specified from among a plurality of languages; an evacuation guidance information storage section configured to store respective sets of evacuation guidance information described in a plurality of different languages; a disaster information acquiring section configured to acquire disaster information in the event of a disaster; a language selecting section configured to, when the disaster information is acquired, select one or more languages based on the history of language setting; an image forming section; and a processing section configured to allow the image forming section to print, out of the sets of evacuation guidance information, one or more sets of evacuation guidance information described in the one or more languages selected by the language selecting section. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140293347 | DISPLAY OPERATION DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING DISPLAY OPERATION PROGRAM, AND DISPLAY OPERATION METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A display operation device is included in an image forming apparatus. The display operation device includes an apparatus-image display unit and a paper feed/output specifying unit. The apparatus-image display unit displays an image of the image forming apparatus on a screen. In the image, a paper feed source and a paper output destination are separately located. The paper feed/output specifying unit receives at least information specifying the paper feed source and the paper output destination as a result of linking of the paper feed source with the paper output destination in the image on the screen. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140293348 | Printing Device, Mobile Terminal, and Computer Readable Recording Medium for the Same - A printing device includes a printing device side wireless communication unit configured to execute wireless communication with a mobile terminal, an operation acquisition unit configured to acquire user operation thereof, and a processor. The processor is configured to acquire instruction information via the printing device side communication unit, acquire at least one piece of image information from among a plurality of pieces of image information included in an image information set, acquire information, which is generated in response to an operation of the operation unit, as selection information which is used to identify image information selected by the user operation of the operation unit, and, in response to acquisition of the instruction information, execute a first print process to print an image based on the image information which is identified by the selection information. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140293349 | IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INSTRUCTIONS EXECUTABLE BY IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS - An image display control apparatus includes: a storage storing data sets; and a controller. The controller displays a first screen containing at least two of first data relating images corresponding to the data sets. When a first operation is accepted during display of the first screen, the controller replaces the first screen with a second screen containing at least three of second data relating images corresponding to the data sets. At least one second data relating image is displayed with information indicating that its corresponding data is set as data to be output. Each second data relating image has a display area smaller than that of each first data relating image. The number of second data relating images on the second screen is greater than that of first data relating images on the first screen. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140293350 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus includes a display unit configured to provide a preview display of image data stored in a memory, and an execution unit configured to execute a print job transmitted from an external apparatus. If the print job is transmitted from the external apparatus during the preview display, the display unit displays a screen for changing the preview display to a list display of the image data. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140293351 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING CONTROL PROGRAM - The image forming control apparatus is provided with: a receiving section that receives a print job including image data and job setting data; a control section that parses the print job inputted by the receiving section from an external section and controls the image forming section to implement the image forming operation based on the job setting data. Herein, the control section separates a separately-setup character string, which represents a specific setting being different from an original setting established for the setting item included in the job setting data, from a setting character string currently set in the setting item, and handles the job setting data so that the job setting data includes both the setting item represented by the separately-setup character string and the setting character string, so as to control the image forming section to implement the image forming operation and the paper sheet processing section to implement the paper sheet processing, based on the job setting data concerned. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140293352 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROUTING FACSIMILES BASED ON CONTENT - A method for routing a facsimile includes: receiving a facsimile in a computer readable format; locating one or more keywords in the facsimile, wherein at least two of the keywords are not adjacent in the facsimile; analyzing the facsimile to determine at least one of a meaning of the facsimile and a context of the facsimile; attempting to initiate a business process based at least in part on analysis; and routing at least a portion of the facsimile comprising text to one or more destinations based at least in part on the analysis. Corresponding systems and computer program products are also disclosed. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140293353 | DOCUMENT FILE OUTPUT APPARATUS, DOCUMENT FILE OUTPUT METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - Provided is a document file output apparatus capable of appropriately storing each document as different files depending on a difference in printing setting, even when printed materials which are to be different documents for each single sheet or every plurality of sheets are continuously read, a document file output method, and a computer readable medium storing a program for operating a computer as the document file output apparatus. The document file output apparatus each specifies the printing setting of each read printed material, for example, a layout, a difference in a size of the read printed material, presence or absence of framework printing, presence or absence of reduction printing, color/monochromatic setting, or image embedding, from the obtained image data, and outputs by dividing the document files before and after the read printed material in which the printing setting is changed. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140300924 | Systems and Methods for Establishing Mobile User Proximity Via Active Mimicry - The present invention generally relates to systems and methods for ensuring proximity between a first, e.g., mobile device, such as a smart phone, and a second, e.g., immobile device, such as a multi-function device. The invention can include the second device displaying a pattern that represents a series of movements, which a user of the first device can mimic. The first device can thus prove that it and its user are in proximity to the second device. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140300925 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - According to one example, there is provided a method of controlling a printing system. The method comprises: obtaining a print job to print on a substrate; obtaining a value of a factor material to an undesirable condition occurring; determining a quantity of printing fluid to be deposited on a substrate when printing a portion of the print job; determining, based on the obtained value and the determined quantity of printing fluid to be deposited, whether the undesirable condition is likely to occur whilst printing the portion of the print job; and temporarily reducing the throughput of the printing system whilst printing the portion of the print job where it is determined that the undesirable condition is likely to occur whilst printing the portion of the print job. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140300926 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATIC SELECTION OF A PRODUCTION DEVICE CONFIGURATION IN A PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT - A method of determining a configuration of production devices in a print production environment may include receiving, by a computing device, one or more production environment characteristics associated with a print production environment, receiving job processing information, identifying, by the computing device, a performance measure, receiving a desired value associated with the identified performance measure, receiving one or more parameters associated with a random search algorithm, and performing, by the computing device, the random search algorithm based on at least the received job processing information and the received parameters to determine a configuration of production devices in the print production environment that satisfies the desired value associated with the performance measure. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140300927 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus reads out setting information corresponding to a state in which a user logs in the image forming apparatus from a storage unit, and displays a screen in accordance with the read out setting information. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140300928 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - An information processing apparatus in which an OS is executed that provides a first UI environment (touchscreen UI) and a second UI environment different from the first UI environment, is provided in which, if identification information of a peripheral device connected to a communication network has been obtained when the first UI environment is provided, a device control application for controlling the peripheral device is obtained from a service that manages applications operable in the first UI environment, using the identification information. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140300929 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND OPERATING DEVICE - An image forming apparatus includes an operating section. The operating section projects forward from an upper housing of the image forming apparatus. The operating section includes an input section and a display section. The input section is for receiving input of image forming information. The display section is disposed adjacent to the input section and displays the image forming information thereon. A position of the display section is switchable between a first position and a second position. The first position is where the display section is flush with the input section. The second position is where the display section is tilted forward more than the input section, by turning the display section on a front edge side of the display section as a pivot to raise a rear edge side of the display section upward from the first position. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140300930 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - An image forming system includes an upstream apparatus for forming an image on a sheet, a downstream apparatus for applying sheet processing to the sheet on which the image is formed by the upstream apparatus, an exclusive communication path for communicating information which is necessary only for an operation of each apparatus in a state in which a communication partner is fixed between the upstream apparatus and the downstream apparatus, and a general-purpose communication path for communicating information in a state in which a communication partner is selectable between the upstream apparatus and the downstream apparatus. The exclusive communication path and the general-purpose communication path communicate information which respective paths can handle by sharing the information with each other. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140300931 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE OUTPUT SYSTEM - An information processing device includes: a data generating section generating compatible format data of application data; a selecting section causing selection of an output process among plural types of output processes that can use the compatible format data; a searching section searching image output device(s) connected on a network and extracting just an image output device at least capable of carrying out the selected output process; a disclosure/reception section disclosing the image output device extracted by the searching section and receiving (a) a selection of an image output device serving as a compatible format data transmission destination, (b) an entry of an output setting, and (c) an instruction for executing the output setting; and a command generating section generating a command for causing the selected output process to be executed based on the entered output setting, upon receiving the instruction for executing the output process from the disclosure/reception section. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140300932 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A state change of a status occurred during a communication interrupted state is stored as a state change status. Thus, a video controller | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140307285 | ENHANCED JOB CONFIRMATION SHEET - Methods and systems receive a scan job into a computerized device from an optical scanning device. The computerized device is operatively connected to the optical scanning device. These methods and systems process, using the computerized device, the scan job. Further, such methods and systems use the computerized device to cause a printing device operatively connected to the optical scanning device to print a scan confirmation sheet. The scan confirmation sheet indicates that the computerized device received the scan job. The scan confirmation sheet comprises computer readable markings. The computerized device can receive a transmission of the computer readable markings from a second device separate from the computerized device. In response to receiving the transmission of the computer readable markings printed on the scan confirmation sheet, the computerized device can provide the status of the processing of the scan job, and/or alter or cancel the processing of the scan job. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140307286 | DRIVER-BASED PRINT PREVIEW, REDUCED SIZE PROOFING, AND VIRTUAL PRINTING OF DOCUMENTS - The disclosed virtual printing and print preview systems and methods allow users to preview and proof a specialty print job on their in-house printers or computers. The printing systems and methods can be in the form of software, such as a printer driver, installed on a user's in-house printer or computer. The software allows the user to virtually print to other remote printing devices while preparing, previewing, and customizing the specialty print job on the user's in-house device. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140307287 | PRINT SCHEDULING AND PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - A print scheduling and processing method, apparatus and system are disclosed. Embodiments of the invention adopt such a method that at least one print processing apparatus satisfying a print requirement of a user is determined; upon reception of a print request sent from an idle print processing apparatus, the idle print processing apparatus sending the print request is notified of a print task of the user if it is determined that the idle print processing apparatus is included among the at least one print processing apparatus satisfying the print requirement of the user. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140307288 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - Provided is an electronic apparatus including a first controller, a second controller controlled by the first controller, a device controlled by the second controller, and a storage area, wherein the second controller includes a detector, a situation data writing unit, an update notification transmission unit that transmits an update notification to the first controller, and a situation image data writing unit, and wherein the first controller includes a reading unit, a generating unit, a display unit, and a display completion notification transmission unit. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140307289 | DIGITAL PRINTING SYNCHRONOUS CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides a digital inkjet printing synchronous control device, which comprises: a storage unit, for storing data of various colored surfaces; a control unit, for controlling an interactive processing unit to perform data receiving, storage and sending as well as generation of a printing trigger signal; and the interactive processing unit, under the control of the control unit, for receiving from a front-end system of a digital inkjet printing apparatus the data of the colored surfaces, storing the received data into the storage unit, sending the stored data to a back-end system of the digital inkjet printing apparatus, generating, according to a signal from a peripheral encoder and/or color code sensor of the digital inkjet printing apparatus, printing trigger signals of the colored surfaces, and sending the printing trigger signals to the back-end system of the digital inkjet printing apparatus. Correspondingly, the present invention provides a digital inkjet printing synchronous control method. Therefore, continuous printing of pages having different sizes and multiple colored surfaces can be implemented. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140307290 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR READING REFERENCE IMAGE - An image forming apparatus includes: a measuring section which measures a height position of a surface of a sheet at a reading position at which a reference image for image quality adjustment is read; a control section which determines a planar region of the sheet according to the height position, and determines a forming position of the reference image within the planar region; an image forming section which forms the reference image at a position of a sheet corresponding to the forming position, the sheet being newly fed after determination of the forming position; and a reading section which reads the reference image at the reading position, wherein the control section adjusts image quality by using a read value obtained from the reference image by the reading section. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140307291 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming system, including: an image forming apparatus which forms an image on a sheet; and a post-processing apparatus which performs post-processing on the sheet, wherein the image forming apparatus executes a job reservation function that is storing a new job so as to output the new job after outputting a predetermined job in a case where the new job is input during output of the predetermined job, and the image forming apparatus includes: a determination section which, when the stored new job is to be output, determines whether the new job includes post-processing to be performed by a specific predetermined post-processing apparatus; and a control section which restricts output of the new job in a case where the determination section determines that the new job includes the post-processing to be performed by the specific post-processing apparatus. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140307292 | PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD FOR PERFORMING PRINTING IN A DIRECT WIRELESS MANNER - A printing control apparatus is provided. The printing control apparatus includes a storage unit which stores at least one image, a profile generation unit which generates a profile to perform quick printing with respect to the stored image, a link forming unit which searches for at least one image forming apparatus in the vicinity of the printing control apparatus in a wireless communication manner, and forms a wireless communication link with the searched image forming apparatus, a communication interface which transmits the generated profile to the image forming apparatus with which the link is formed, and a controller which controls the communication interface to transmit an image which is requested to be transmitted by the image forming apparatus with which the link is formed in response to the transmitted profile. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140307293 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In an image processing system, a control device ( | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140313540 | MULTI-COLOR BANNER PAGES FOR PRINT JOB FINISHING WORKFLOWS - A print job includes instructions to print markings and perform finishing operations on a first type of media. Systems and methods determine print job characteristics of the print job based on data within the print job, and select a different type of media on which banner pages will be printed (e.g., “second types of media” that is different from the first type of media used for the print job pages). The banner pages contain human and/or computer readable instructions to perform the finishing operations. The media type used for the “second type of media” is based on the print job characteristics of the print job. The print markings are printed on the first type of media, and the banner pages are printed on the second type of media. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140313541 | DISTRIBUTING CONTENT VIA A CLOUD PRINT DEVICE - A system and method for content notification via a cloud print device are disclosed. In one example, a document storage entity is registered with the cloud print device using a label, a device identification number and/or a located destination address. A subscriber device is registered, for the document storage entity, with the cloud print device using a device identification number, a location identification address and/or an associated email identification. A notification is sent to the registered subscriber device in response to content placement in the document storage entity. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140313542 | CLOUD SERVICES PLATFORM - Embodiments of the disclosed technology comprise a cloud-hosted central service platform that interfaces and enables access to both central and distributed resources and peripherals for connected mobile applications. For example, this platform allows service providers and application developers to create a large number of new classes of applications, leveraging web access to devices, sensors, and/or actuators of any kind. This platform can be applied to virtually any vertical segment. Any of the disclosed features or aspects of the disclosed embodiments can be used in various combinations and subcombinations with one another or with other methods, apparatus, and systems. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140313543 | DEVICE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A device management system includes a determining unit that acquires from a storage unit information relating to a setting of a first device and information relating to a setting of a second device, compares the acquired information, and determines whether the setting of the second device satisfies the setting of the first device; a selecting unit that is used when the determining unit determines that the setting of the second device does not satisfy the setting of the first device and is configured to select at least one device that is capable of satisfying the setting of the first device based on information relating to a setting of the at least one device stored in the storage unit; and an applying unit that applies to the at least one device selected by the selecting unit a setting value set up for the setting of the first device. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140313544 | PRINTING SYSTEM, SERVER, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINTING CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - In a printing system, print data for executing printing by performing a composition with registered form data, and form data to be registered for the printing are associated and held. In a case where an instruction to print the print data is accepted, it is controlled to register the form data and then execute printing of the print data. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140313545 | IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS - An image formation apparatus includes: an imaging system synchronization signal generator which generates an imaging system synchronization signal for operating an image processing system mechanism; a feeding system synchronization signal generator which operates in synchronization with the imaging system synchronization signal generator, the feeding system synchronization signal generator generating a feeding system synchronization signal for operating a feeding system mechanism; an imaging system synchronization signal period setter which sets, as a plurality of periods of the imaging system synchronization signal, a first plurality of different periods being predetermined in accordance with a plurality of modes of the image processing, for the imaging system synchronization signal generator; and a feeding system synchronization signal period setter which sets, as a period of the feeding system synchronization signal, a common single period being common to a plurality of modes of the image processing, for the feeding system synchronization signal generator. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140313546 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD FOR EXECUTING IMAGE PROCESSING USING MULTIPLE IMAGE PROCESSING UNITS - An apparatus includes multiple image processing units configured to execute image processing on input data, which are connected in serial, and include two or more image processing units having the same image processing function. The image processing units include a transfer unit configured to transfer input first data to a next image processing unit without changing the data, and an image processor configured to execute image processing on the first data to output second data. At least one of the image processing units transfers the first data to the next image processing unit without changing the first data when the first data is input, and also outputs the second data. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140313547 | DEVICE HAVING AN INK ZONE OPERATING PANEL WITH A TOUCH SCREEN FOR OPERATING PRINTING SUBSTRATE PROCESSING MACHINES - A device for operating printing substrate processing machines includes a control panel having a deposition surface for receiving printing substrates and an operating element embodied as a touch screen for controlling the printing substrate processing machine by using a control computer. The touch screen is disposed at a front edge of the control panel in front of the deposition surface for receiving the printing substrate. The touch screen extends at least across the entire width of the deposition surface for receiving the printing substrate. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140313548 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A processor performs: receiving a print instruction including a designation of particular image data stored in a server; in response to reception of the print instruction, acquiring at least one of a property of the particular image data, a print setting of the particular image data, and a state of a printing apparatus; and based on the at least one, determining one of first and second processing modes; when the first processing mode is determined, receiving the particular image data until reaching a first unit of data; and controlling a printing device to print the particular image data of the first unit; and when the second processing mode is determined, receiving the particular image data until reaching a second unit of data; and controlling the printing device to print the particular image data of the second unit. The second unit of data is larger than the first unit of data. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140313549 | IMAGE ERASING APPARATUS - An image erasing apparatus includes an erasing unit, a reading unit, and a control unit. The erasing unit erases an image formed in a recording medium. The reading unit reads control information included in the image. The control unit determines whether or not to erase the image using the erasing unit on the basis of date information included in the control information. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140313550 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A wireless communication device may execute a response process and a search process with a first operation being performed as a trigger in a first period after the first operation. The response process may include receiving a search signal from a specific external device and sending a response signal to the specific external device in response to the search signal. The search process may include sending the search signal to the specific external device and receiving the response signal from the specific external device. The wireless communication device may communicate a wireless profile with the specific external device so as to establish a wireless connection with the specific external device in a case where the first operation is performed. The wireless communication device may execute the response process in a second period before the first operation is performed. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140320890 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RESETTING A COUNTER ASSOCIATED WITH A COMPONENT OF AN IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - Embodiments of the invention include receiving information indicating a component of an image processing device has been installed on the image processing device. Status information associated with the component is stored, the status information indicating the component has been installed on the image processing device. Information is received which indicates an operation performed on the image processing device is completed. In response to receiving the information indicating the operation performed on the image processing device is completed, the component is identified based on the status information. A counter associated with the component is identified and it is determined whether the counter has been reset. In response to determining that the counter has not been reset, an interface element is presented in a graphical user interface on a display of the image processing device, the interface element enabling a user to reset the counter by selecting the interface element. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140320891 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REALLOCATING IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICES - Systems and methods for reallocating image processing devices receive usage data of each of a plurality of distributed devices, determine respective current usage rates of each of the distributed devices based on the usage data, calculate respective anticipated print counts of each of the distributed devices expected at a first predetermined time from the current usage rates, determine that one of the distributed devices is a high-usage device based at least on the anticipated print counts, determine at least one high-usage device and at least one low-usage device to reallocate so that the anticipated print count of the each of the distributed devices stays within a predetermined range of a target print count, and indicate the at least one high-usage device and the at least one low-usage device to reallocate. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140320892 | RECOMMENDING AND INSTALLING SCHEDULED DELIVERY PRINT APPLICATIONS - A system and method for recommending and installing scheduled delivery (SD) print applications is disclosed. In one example, one or more SD print applications are determined based on prior usage of SD print applications in a printer application store by a user of a web connected computing device. Further, the determined one or more SD print applications are recommended by sending a notification to the web connected computing device and then to a web connected printer via an electronic messaging service. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140320893 | WORKFLOW DETERMINATION - According to one example, there is provided a method of determining a workflow in a production environment that comprises a plurality of production resources. The method comprises receiving a job request and determining, based on the contents of the job request and on a stored workflow history of job requests previously processed in the production environment, a predicted workflow to be used when processing the received job request. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140320894 | Intelligent Print Release - A print release environment includes a print server and pluralities of imaging devices. A user of a computing device sends to the print server a current print job for imaging operations. The print server analyzes metrics of the current print job relative to prior print jobs of the same user. Before the user makes a claim to pick up the current. print job from a specific one of the imaging devices, the print server predicts where the user will likely make their claim. The print server sends the current print job to the device in advance of the user's claim to speed processing. Further embodiments note techniques for making predictions. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140320895 | Intelligent Print Release - A print release environment includes a print server and pluralities of imaging devices. A user of a computing device sends to the print server a current print job for imaging operations. The print server analyzes metrics of the current print job relative to prior print jobs of the same user. Before the user makes a claim to pick up the current print job from a specific one of the imaging devices, the print server predicts where the user will likely make their claim. The print server sends the current print job to the device in advance of the user's claim to speed processing. Further embodiments note techniques for making predictions. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140320896 | PRINTING CONTENT OVER A NETWORK - Systems and methods for printing content over a network are described herein. The method comprises receiving, based on user instructions, the content to be printed on a printing media. A layout of the printing media is stored in a database. The method further includes retrieving metadata associated with the content and the printing media. The method also includes comparing the metadata associated with the content and the printing media to align the content on the printing media. Furthermore, the method includes printing the content on the printing media, based on the alignment. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140320897 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a reception unit and a display controller. The reception unit receives an operation for selecting a destination from a transmission destination list containing a registered mail address of the destination to which an image is to be transmitted. The display controller displays an object image in a predetermined display region. The object image indicates a parameter of an image reading unit that reads the image. When the destination is selected by the operation, the display controller makes the display region display the mail address registered in the transmission destination list in place of the object image. When a preset time period elapses, the display controller sets the display back to the object image. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140320898 | INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR PRINTING APPARATUS - Orientation information related to a orientation of an information processing terminal is acquired. Based on the orientation information, print setting related to a printing apparatus is decided on. Based on the print setting, a print job is generated. The print job is transmitted to the printing apparatus via a communication unit. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140320899 | Time-Based, Intelligent Print Release - A print release environment includes a print server and pluralities of imaging devices. A user of a computing device sends to the print server a current print job for imaging operations. The print server analyzes metrics of the current print job relative to prior print jobs of the same user. Before the user makes a claim to pick up the current print job from a specific one of the imaging devices, the print server predicts when and where the user will likely make their claim. Techniques note actions to speed processing based on the predictions. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140320900 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - Different destination information are assigned to a plurality of services which use a common communication protocol in an application layer, as services provided to a communication partner apparatus with which to communicate via a network. The communication partner apparatus is notified of the assigned destination information and their corresponding services. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140320901 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, PRINT SETTING DISPLAY METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIIUM STORING PRINT SETTING DISPLAY PROGRAM - An information processing device, a print setting display method, and a print setting display program stored in a recording medium are provided. Each of the information processing device, the print setting display method, and the print setting display program accepts instructions for print settings that include special page print settings, generates a print setting list including the special page print settings, generates a preview image that reflects finished quality of printing based on the print settings, and displays the preview image on a display based on the print setting list and the print settings. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140320902 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus (multifunction peripheral) includes an input portion and a job execution portion. The input portion includes an operation portion configured to accept user's setting input and stop of a job, and a communication portion, so as to accept a content confirmation input of a job to be executed. When executing a job for which the content confirmation input is not accepted, the job execution portion executes the job at lower speed for a predetermined number of sheets from first than a job for which the content confirmation input is accepted, and executes the job at the same speed after the predetermined number of sheets as the job for which the content confirmation input is accepted. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140320903 | PORTABLE TERMINAL APPARATUS, METHOD OF DISPLAYING JOB EXECUTION SETTINGS SCREENS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A portable terminal apparatus has a first application and a cooperation application installed thereon. The portable terminal apparatus includes a display; a communication portion that performs communication with a job execution apparatus; an obtaining portion that obtains user information objects and settings information objects from the job execution apparatus; a screen data generator that generates job execution screens on the basis of the obtained information objects; a connecting portion that connects each of the screens to the cooperation application and a calling information object; a calling portion that calls the cooperation application by specifying the calling information object, the calling information object including the user information object of a user who operates the first application; and a display controller that identifies a screen connected to the calling information object including the user information object of the user who operates the first application and makes the display show the identified screen. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140320904 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a job execution portion, an operation portion, and a storage portion. The job execution portion executes a job. The operation portion receives an operation of selecting a setting item used in a job to be executed, an operation of setting a setting value of a job to be executed, and an execution instruction for a job. The storage portion stores a content of a specific operation of making the operation portion into a state where a plurality of touch operations have been performed by one touch operation. The job execution portion makes a job execution speed different between a job for which the specific operation has been performed on the operation portion during setting operation, and a job set by only a normal operation without the specific operation during setting operation on the operation portion. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140320905 | DATA MANAGING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE RESTORING APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND DATA MANAGING METHOD - A controlling section of an image processing apparatus performs a data conversion process on image data according to a type that is set with the image processing apparatus, stores obtained converted data as well as address information of the image processing apparatus in the predetermined network into a storage medium, and transmits, when requested by an image restoring apparatus, identifying information used for identifying a reverse conversion method to the image restoring apparatus. A controlling section of the image restoring apparatus reads the address information from the storage medium, obtains the identifying information from the image processing apparatus corresponding to the address information, identifies the identified reverse conversion method on the basis of the identifying information, and restores the image data by performing a reverse conversion process on the converted data by implementing the identified reverse conversion method. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140320906 | DATA READER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - A data reader includes a memory board provided to a removable member and a reading member including a reading terminal. The memory board includes a positioning opening, a ground terminal provided to the positioning opening, and a contact terminal. The reading member includes an engagement projection that fits in the positioning opening and is disposed adjacent and parallel to the reading terminal. The engagement projection includes a uniform diameter portion, a tapered portion extending from the uniform diameter portion, and an apparatus-side ground terminal to contact the ground terminal of the memory board when the engagement projection fits in the positioning opening. The apparatus-side ground terminal includes a portion projecting laterally from the uniform diameter portion from an end of the uniform diameter portion toward a reading member base and an extended portion at the end of the uniform diameter portion, covered with the tapered portion. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140320907 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - The preview unit displays on a display a preview image of image data in the image data retaining unit. The position receiving unit receives a position that user designates on the preview image displayed on the display. The selection receiving unit receives a user selection of additional information retained in the additional information retaining unit. The information imparting unit imparts the additional information received by the selection receiving unit to the position received by the position receiving unit. The image processing unit extracts a page imparted with the additional information from the image data in the image data retaining unit, and executes the processing associated with the additional information. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140320908 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - The following processing is executed by a communication apparatus capable of performing wireless communication in a first communication mode in which communication is performed via an access point and a second communication mode in which communication is performed with a communication partner apparatus in a peer-to-peer mode. If communicating with the communication partner apparatus in the second communication mode, it is determined whether to concurrently execute operations in the first communication mode and the second communication mode. If it is determined to concurrently execute the operations in the first communication mode and the second communication mode, it is controlled to operate as a service providing source which provides a service in the second communication mode. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140320909 | COMMUNICATING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - A communicating apparatus includes a first communication unit configured to communicate with an external apparatus using a first wireless communication method, and a second communication unit configured to communicate with an external apparatus using a second wireless communication method different from the first wireless communication method. The second communication unit searches for an external apparatus which communicates by the second wireless communication method using a wireless channel used in communication by the first communication unit, and connects to the external apparatus. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140320910 | COMMUNICATING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - A communicating apparatus receives a request command which requires a response, and determines whether the communication mode of a partner apparatus corresponding to the request command matches a communication mode executed by the self communicating apparatus. If it is determined that the communication mode of the partner apparatus matches the communication mode executed by the self communicating apparatus, the communicating apparatus transmits a response command to the request command. If it is determined that the communication mode of the partner apparatus does not match the communication mode executed by the self communicating apparatus, the communicating apparatus transmits no response command to the request command. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140320911 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication apparatus includes a retry notification portion, a first storage control portion, and a cancellation notification portion. The retry notification portion is configured to notify a transmission-side communication apparatus of a retry time period indicating a standby time period until retry of a communication process requested from the transmission-side communication apparatus, when the communication process is non-executable. The first storage control portion is configured to store identification information of the transmission-side communication apparatus which is a request source of the communication process, into a first storage portion when the communication process is non-executable. The cancellation notification portion is configured to notify the transmission-side communication apparatus corresponding to the identification information stored in the first storage portion, of cancellation of a non-executable state of the communication process when the non-executable state of the communication process is cancelled. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140320912 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing system includes an image processing apparatus. A portable information terminal is communicable with the image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus includes a first display section, a storage section, and a first control section. The storage section stores screen data to be displayed on the first display section. The first control section controls the first display section to display an image indicating a first region contained in a virtual display screen corresponding to the screen data. The portable information terminal includes a second display section and a second control section. The second control section controls the second display section to display an image indicating a second region generated correspondingly to positional relationship information indicating a relative positional relationship between the first display section and the second display section. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140320913 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A processor performs receiving a print instruction of printing image files stored in a server; transmitting a first request to the server, the first request requesting the server to transmit, to the printing apparatus, attribute information with respect to each file, the attribute information being at least one of a property and a print setting with respect to each file, the property including at least one of a data size, a file type, and color information of each file; receiving the attribute information with respect to each file from the server; determining a priority order of each image file based on the attribute information; determining a sequence of downloading the files based on the priority order; transmitting a second request to the server based on the sequence, the second request requesting the server to transmit each file; receiving each file from the server; and printing images based on each file. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140320914 | OPERATION INPUT APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR OPERATION INPUT PROGRAM - An operation input apparatus includes an imaging portion, an apparatus identifying portion, a recognizing portion, a display portion, and an operation input portion. The imaging portion is configured to be able to image an image forming apparatus installed in an installation location. The apparatus identifying portion identifies the image forming apparatus imaged by the imaging portion, based on specific identification information. The recognizing portion recognizes, by image recognition, the imaged image forming apparatus, according to the identification by the apparatus identifying portion. The display portion adds selection enabling information that enables a selection operation to the imaged image forming apparatus, based on the image recognition by the recognizing portion, and displays the image forming apparatus with the selection enabling information on a screen. The operation input portion receives an operation input to the image forming apparatus, according to a selection operation performed on the image forming apparatus on the screen. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140320915 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes a display part that displays a screen; a display control part that displays one of a first display screen and a second display screen on the display part; a first operation key that is pressed by a user, and a control part that executes a first process when the first operation key is pressed by the user while the first display screen is displayed on the display part, and executes a second process when the first operation key is pressed by the user while the second display screen is displayed on the display part. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140320916 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus performs density correction. An image forming section forms a density detection image on a belt. A light source irradiates the image with light. A light receiving section receives light reflected from the image and outputs a plurality of intensity signals of the received light. An intensity obtaining section drives the belt and the light source, thereby illuminating the image a first number of times at intervals of a first distance as the belt runs, and the light receiving section receives the light reflected from the image, the first number of times being determined by at least the first distance and a second distance in which the first distance lies. A selecting section selects a second number of levels of light intensity from the plurality of intensity signals. A density correcting section performs print density correction using the second number of levels of light intensity. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140320917 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF EXECUTING APPLICATIONS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Provided is an image forming apparatus that allows information to be shared between applications, while lowering the security risk. With this image forming apparatus, a service acquisition portion references the class information of applications at the time of installation of them to acquire services from a server, or the like. A service registration unit associates the services acquired by the service acquisition portion with the respective applications to store them in a service registry. Upon one of the application being executed, an information sharing control portion uses the shared data to cause the information to be shared with the other services on the basis of the management information of the services associated with the applications by the service registration portion. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140320918 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, PORTABLE TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes: a storage that stores one or more files; a connector that connects the image processing apparatus to a portable terminal apparatus, the portable terminal apparatus including a display portion that remotely displays a screen of the image processing apparatus along with one or more application icons representing one or more applications installed on the portable terminal apparatus, the screen having: one or more file buttons and one or more file processing buttons; a receiver that receives display information from the portable terminal; a display data generator that generates remote screen display data on the basis of the display information, by moving the file processing button to a position at which the file processing button would be further away from the application icon; and a transmitter that transmits the remote screen display data to the portable terminal apparatus. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140320919 | Electronic Device for Displaying a Print Preview - An electronic device in the present disclosure includes the following: an imaging device configured to scan a paper sheet, wherein the paper sheet comprises a first side and a second side, wherein scanning the paper sheet produces an image; a display device; a printing image acquisition unit configured to acquire a printing image; an image forming apparatus configured to print the printing image; and a display control unit configured to control the display device to display, if the produced image includes an image of a paper sheet, a composite image that combines the acquired printing image and the image of the paper sheet within the produced image. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140320920 | Image Forming Apparatus, Image Forming Method - An image forming apparatus includes: an operation-suspended-period storage unit configured to store a start time and an ending time of an operation suspended period; a job-data storage unit configured to store a job including a start time of execution the job of which is reserved; a job-execution-period calculation unit configured to acquire the start time of execution of the reserved job from the job-data storage unit so as to calculate an execution period from the start time until the completion time of the execution based on a type of the job; and a job-execution-period changing unit configured to change the execution period of the reserved job to be prior to the operation suspended period when the calculated execution period of the reserved job overlaps the operation suspended period at a predetermined period of time before the operation suspended period stored in the operation-suspended-period storage unit. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140320921 | PRINTING CONTROL SERVER AND PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing control server includes a storage section which stores a printer identifier and a network identifier so as to be linked, a search response section which acquires the network identifier from a transmission origin of a search request when the search request has been received and transmits information, which is able to determine the printer identifier stored so as to be linked to the acquired network identifier, to the transmission origin of the search request, a printing request reception section which receives a printing request which includes a printing target and is linked to a printer identifier, a printing data preparation section which prepares printing data based on the printing target, and a printing data transmission section which transmits the printing data to the printer which corresponds to the printer identifier which is linked to the printing request. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140320922 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND CONTROL METHOD - When a job is a non-print job, an information processing apparatus writes dummy data to a printing apparatus during job-end processing. Alternatively, when print data is not written to the printing apparatus during the job-end processing, the information processing apparatus directly instructs a print queue to hide the management information of a non-print job. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140320923 | PRINTING SERVER, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND PRINTING METHOD - When print data transmitted by a PC is accumulated in a printing server, the printing server creates display data for displaying on the PC an image based on the print data and an image corresponding to an advertisement image to be added to the image, and transmits the display data to the PC. When print data is created so that an image is printed on only the front side of a recording paper, image data is created so that an advertisement image is printed on the reverse side of the recording paper. The PC previews an image on the surface and an image on the reverse side based on the received display data on an LCD of a display section. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140320924 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming system includes at least one transmission apparatus, and plural image forming apparatuses, wherein the transmission apparatus includes a transmission section that transmits printing data to a first image forming apparatus of the plural image forming apparatuses, wherein the first image forming apparatus includes a receiving section that receives printing data from the transmission apparatus or other image forming apparatuses, and a printing data transmission section that transmits the printing data or substantially identical printing data generated on the basis of the printing data, to the image forming apparatuses other than the own apparatus among the plural image forming apparatuses, when printing data which is substantially identical to the printing data received by the receiving section cannot be acquired from the image forming apparatuses corresponding to the predefined reference number among the plural image forming apparatuses. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140320925 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - The wireless communication device may determine in which of a parent state and a child state the wireless communication device is to operate in a case where the wireless communication device receives a first type of signal, and determine the wireless communication device is to operate in the parent state in a case where the wireless communication device receives a second type of signal. The wireless communication device may send a first wireless profile to a first external device so as to establish a wireless connection with the first external device in a case where the wireless communication device is to operate in the parent state, and receive a second wireless profile from a second external device so as to establish a wireless connection with the second external device in a case where the wireless communication device is to operate in the child state. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140320926 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR THE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - To further improve an operability in a print instruction from an information processing apparatus provided with a touch panel to a print apparatus. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140327929 | PRINT SERVICE - In an example implementation, a processor-readable medium stores code representing instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to receive at a print service, a print user interface (UI) request that identifies a web-enabled printer and a print access device, generate a native print UI document that includes print applications registered to the web-enabled printer, convert the native print UI document into a customized print UI document formatted in a UI description language supported by the print access device, and send the customized print UI document from the print service to the print access device. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140327930 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD - Status information representing the status of a device which performs predetermined processing is acquired from the device. The acquired status information is stored in a memory. The status information is output in response to input of a request to output the status information of the device. When the request is input after the lapse of the first time from the time corresponding to acquisition of the status information stored in the memory, status information is newly acquired from the device in accordance with the request, and the status information already stored in the memory before the input of the request is output. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140327931 | APPARATUS FOR CAPTURING, CONVERTING, AND TRANSMITTING A VISUAL IMAGE SIGNAL VIA A DIGITAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - An image capture, conversion, compression, storage and transmission system provides a data signal representing the image in a format and protocol capable of being transmitted over any of a plurality of readily available transmission systems and received by readily available, standard equipment receiving stations. In its most comprehensive form, the system is capable of sending and receiving audio, documentary and visual image data to and from standard remote stations readily available throughout the world. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140327932 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - When data for printing and an authentication code are inputted, a CPU of printer calculates a number of sheets to be used based on the data for printing. The CPU adds the calculated number of sheets to be used to the management table, based on the inputted authentication code, and rearranges the management table so that a use with a smaller number of used sheets is in a higher place. The CPU executes print processing using the inputted data for printing. The CPU acquires a display name, ranking, and the number of used sheets corresponding to inputted authentication code from the management table in an RAM to transmit to information technology equipment. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140327933 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE FORMATION DATA GENERATING DEVICE, AND INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM - In an embodiment, a display control device includes: a control unit configured to control the display and output of image data; a display information generating unit configured to generate display information including at least an image ID for identifying the image data and a display period whenever the image data is output by the control unit for display; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the display information to an external device so that the display information is managed by the external device as one unit information item serving as a unit of image formation together with other display information items having a predetermined relation with the display information. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140327934 | IMAGE HANDLING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESS CONTROLLING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESS CONTROLLING PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image handling apparatus is disclosed, including an operation panel, hardware resources, a transferring part, and an image generation controlling part. The transferring part transfers image handle information input at the input screen to an external apparatus. The image generation controlling part receives and parses image generation information for at least one of the hardware resources to execute an image generation based on the image handle information, from the external apparatus in response to an instruction of the image generation, so that at least one of the hardware resources executes the image generation. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140327935 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND REMOTE-SCAN IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - In the image processing device, method and system of the present invention, a destination identifier of an image file is stored, the destination identifier indicating one of a plurality of external stations as a destination station which receives the image file from the image processing device through a network. At least one of a sender identifier of the image file, a subject identifier of the image file and a scan condition of the image file is stored. The image file is transmitted, together with at least one of the sender identifier, the subject identifier and the scan condition, through the network to one of the external stations indicated by the stored destination identifier. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140327936 | Wireless Portable Print Server Devices, Systems, and Methods - Wireless portable print server devices, systems, and methods involving a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory including instructions enabling the processor to receive data from a computing device in a format native to the computing device and process the data received from the computing device into a format native to a printing device connected to the print server device. The instructions further enable the processor to provide control signals to the print device and provide the data to the print device in the format native to a printer connected to the print server device. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140333958 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes plural communication interfaces, a determining unit, and a selecting unit. The determining unit determines whether or not communication with an information processing apparatus is executable by any of the plural communication interfaces. The selecting unit selects, based on a determination result generated by the determining unit, any one of the plural communication interfaces as a communication interface that communicates with the information processing apparatus. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140333959 | NETWORKBASED PATHOLOGY SYSTEM WITH DESKTOP SLIDE SCANNER - A method for processing, saving and viewing a digital image of a microscope slide includes inserting a microscope slide into a digital slide scanner connected to an acquisition computer. A pre-scan formed from a plurality of image tiles uploaded to a network server while the pre-scan is being generated. The network server analyzes the image tiles in realtime to identify an area of interest. The acquisition computer generates a high magnification local scan of the area of interest. The local scan is formed from a plurality of local image tiles that are uploaded to the network server while the local scan is being generated. Each local image tile is viewable by a client computer in communication with the computer network while the plurality of local image tiles is being uploaded. A raw final image is then saved on the network server independent of the acquisition computer. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140333960 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF OBTAINING PRINT DATA FROM EXTERNAL APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR - An image forming apparatus that stores print data and retries document information registration when registration of document information of received print data to an external apparatus has failed. If registration of document information to an image forming apparatus with bibliographic server function has failed, print data is stored in the image forming apparatus without setting a storage time limit of the print data and document information registration is retried. The storage time limit of the print data is set and stored, if registration of the document information to the external apparatus has succeeded before the document information registration is retried a predetermined number of times or if the document information registration is retried the predetermined number of times. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140333961 | IMAGE EDITING DEVICE, IMAGE EDITING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH IMAGE EDITING PROGRAM - The image editing device is provided with an area specifying portion to associate identification information for identifying an area of interest with each of a plurality of areas into which an image of original data is divided, an image generating portion to generate an edit image by disposing onto the image of the original data a section image enclosing the area of interest for each of a plurality of areas in association with an image indicating the identification information, a transmission portion to transmit a first electronic mail including the edit image, a reception portion to receive a second electronic mail transmitted back in response to the first electronic mail, an editing portion to generate edited data obtained by updating the original data based on an editing instruction included in the second electronic mail, and an output portion to output the edited data generated. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140333962 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus that forms an image on a sheet includes a determination processing section. The determination processing section determines whether or not the quality of the image, which is formed on the sheet after detaching and attaching a component or a unit, has been improved, at least using read data of an image, which is formed on a sheet before detaching and attaching the component or unit of the image forming apparatus, the read data being read by a read sensor and read data of an image, which is formed on a sheet after detaching and attaching the component or unit of the image forming apparatus, the read data being read by the read sensor. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140333963 | SERVICE PROVIDING SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF PROVIDING SERVICE - A service providing system includes an operation terminal that includes a service information acquiring unit of acquiring service information indicative of at least one service and information of an apparatus to be used related to an electronic apparatus used for the at least one service, a receiving unit that receives a selection of one service, an apparatus information acquiring unit that acquires apparatus information determining at least one electronic apparatus, an apparatus information sending unit that sends the apparatus information through a previously defined interface; and an information processing apparatus that includes a service information sending unit that sends the service information and the information of the apparatus, and a service providing unit that provides the one service by controlling the at least one electronic apparatus by a cooperation method corresponding to the one service determined by the apparatus information sent from the operation terminal through the previously defined interface. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140333964 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR GUIDANCE ON OPERATION METHOD BY IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM - An image forming apparatus includes a touch panel connected to a network, for displaying an icon accepting an inquiry about an operation and a control unit for controlling an operation. The control unit is configured to transmit an inquiry about an operation to a terminal through the network, to receive an answer based on the inquiry from the terminal, and to display on the touch panel, an operation instruction based on operation method instruction information indicating the answer. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140333965 | Function-Based Device Registration for Data Processing Apparatus - A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores a set of instructions executed by a data processing apparatus. The instructions cause the data processing apparatus to: receive a selection of one function among a plurality of functions; acquire an IP address and/or a MAC address from each device possessing the selected function; | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140333966 | METHOD FOR MANAGING A PLURALITY OF IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICES, COMPUTER-PROGRAM PRODUCT, FLEET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, MOBILE DEVICE, AND MONITORING DEVICE THEREFOR - The present invention relates to a method for managing a plurality of image processing devices, comprising the steps of: an image processing device sending a status update to a monitoring device, the monitoring device collecting status updates received from image processing devices; in response to a predetermined event generating a work list based on the collected status updates; sending the work list to a mobile device; and communicating the work list on the mobile device. In a specific embodiment generating the work list comprises: including from a predefined list of image processing devices, image processing devices for which a status has been received that signifies that the device requires attendance, either immediately or in the near future. In a more specific embodiment, it is determined that an image processing device requires attendance by comparing the status updates received from the image processing device to a predefined list of statuses for which it is known that the status signifies that attendance is required or not. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140340705 | FACSIMILE APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - According to this invention, in a reception end facsimile apparatus having a first communication mode for performing communication at a high speed and a second communication mode for performing communication at a low speed, it is determined based on an instruction from a transmission end facsimile apparatus whether to perform error correction during facsimile communication. Control is done not to perform communication in the first communication mode based on a fact that it is determined not to perform error correction during facsimile communication. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140340706 | COOPERATIVE IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, PORTABLE TERMINAL APPARATUS, COOPERATIVE IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A cooperative image processing system includes an image processing apparatus and a portable terminal apparatus. The image processing apparatus includes a transmitter that transmits operation screen display data for reproducing an operation screen of the image processing apparatus to the portable terminal apparatus. The portable terminal apparatus includes: a receiver that receives the operation screen display data; a display portion that displays the operation screen on the basis of the operation screen display data received by the receiver; a console that accepts a user gesture instruction; a memory that records a predetermined conversion rule; a converter that converts the user gesture instruction input via the console, into operation information in accordance with the conversion rule stored on the memory; and a transmitter that transmits the operation information obtained by the converter. The image processing apparatus further comprises a controller that performs an operation being matching the operation information received therefrom. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140340707 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A measurement apparatus comprises a light source of line shape configured to move in a predetermined direction and illuminate a measurement target object, and a capturing unit configured to capture the measurement target object illuminated by the light source of line shape. The measurement apparatus controls the light source of line shape and the capturing unit, and estimates the reflection characteristics of the measurement target object from a plurality of images captured by the capturing unit. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140340708 | High Speed Activation Control Method - An image forming apparatus includes a main control unit, a sub control unit, a main storage unit, an auxiliary storage unit, an auxiliary storage load unit, a load-program storage unit, and an external storage load unit. The auxiliary storage load unit is configured to load each of a program to be executed by the main control unit and a program to be executed by the sub control unit stored in the auxiliary storage unit from the auxiliary storage unit to the main storage unit at first activation. The external storage load unit is configured to load the program stored in the external storage medium by the load-program storage unit to the main storage unit at a subsequent activation concurrently with loading the program to be executed by the main control unit from the auxiliary storage unit by the auxiliary storage load unit. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140340709 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - When a rotation instruction is issued to replace MFP A by MFP B to be used, a management application of the MFP A obtains and stores network information of the MFP B, and exchanges setting value data of the MFP A with that of the MFP B. Further, if the network information of the MFP A is included in the exchanged setting value data, the management application of the MFP A changes the exchanged setting value data using the stored network information of the MFP B. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140340710 | IMAGE FORMATION SYSTEM AND DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND TROUBLESHOOTING METHOD - The present invention discloses an image forming system and apparatus and the method for control and troubleshooting. Wherein the image forming apparatus comprises a communication interface unit for communicating with external equipment; a storage unit for storing page data information, wherein said page data information includes page data for image-forming processing; a page order determining unit to determine the image-forming processing order of said page data, i.e., image paging order; an image-forming unit that performs the image-forming processing; and an image sending unit that sends said page data stored in said storage unit to said image-forming unit according to the image paging order determined by said page order determining unit. The present invention is capable of saving the memory resources of the host connected with the image forming apparatus, reducing the purchase cost of the host and achieving a more energy saving and environmentally friendly printing process. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140340711 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In a communication system, an image forming apparatus sends an address of a receiving section to a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal receives a selection of an image data among plural thumbnails displayed on a display section, and wirelessly sends the selected image data to the image forming apparatus with the address. The image forming apparatus receives the selected image data sent with the address by the mobile terminal and prints an image based on the selected image data. A communication between the mobile terminal and the image forming apparatus is performed wirelessly with an IEEE 802.11 standard. The image forming apparatus continuously performs a second printing, when the receiving section receives a selected image data again in a condition that the communication with the mobile terminal is continuously established by the receiving section after the printing of the received image data is finished. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140340712 | METHOD FOR SUBMITTING A DOCUMENT STORED IN A FILE REPOSITORY TO A JOB QUEUE OF A REPROGRAPHIC APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT THEREFOR, AND SYSTEM FOR PRINTING A DOCUMENT STORED IN A FILE REPOSITORY - Method for submitting a document stored in a file repository to a job queue of a reprographic apparatus, the method comprising: connecting to a message repository; retrieving from the message repository at least one message; searching the retrieved messages for potential document identifiers and compiling a set of potential document identifiers; connecting to a file repository; checking for each potential document identifier in the compiled set whether a document having a document identifier corresponding to the potential document identifier exists in the file repository; selecting the documents with a document identifier corresponding to a potential document identifier for submission to the job queue of the reprographic apparatus; and submitting the selected documents to the job queue of the reprographic apparatus | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140340713 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF OUTPUT DISTRIBUTION, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING OUTPUT DISTRIBUTION CONTROL PROGRAM - An output distribution system extracts user-specific information from job data that is generated in response to an output request, obtains terminal-specific information that identifies a terminal that is associated with a user specified by user-specific information, and transmits drawing data of the job data to an output destination determined based on the identified terminal. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140347688 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A PRINT JOB - A system and method for controlling a print job receive a request to print a print job; record, in the print job, a first time at which the request is received; obtain a second time at which the print job is sent to a printing device; calculate an elapsed time between the first time recorded in the print job and the second time obtained; determine whether the elapsed time is larger than a predetermined time period, and generate a notification based on the determination. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140347689 | Recording Medium and Printed Matter Producing Method - The disclosure discloses a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program for executing steps on a computer. An operation terminal that is connected to a printed matter producing apparatus comprising a memory configured to store a database comprising a plurality of records each allocating character string data to a plurality of fields. The steps comprise an information acquiring, an object data determining, a print data creating, and a print data outputting. In the information acquiring, identification information of the field comprising a reference character string data is acquired and a plurality of offset values relating to each of a plurality of pieces of print object data are acquired. In the object data determining, the plurality of pieces of print object data is determined by using the identification information and by applying the plurality of offset values, respectively. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140347690 | SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD - A system includes an image processing apparatus, a server apparatus, and an information processing apparatus. The system receives document data from the image processing apparatus. The document data includes identification information to be referred to in identifying a processing flow including sequentially continuing tasks to be executed on the document data. The system extracts the identification information from the received document data and transmits a processing flow execution request that includes the document data to the server apparatus, based on the extracted identification information. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140347691 | Image Forming System for Partially Generating Images as Log Image - An image forming system includes a job execution unit and a log-image generating unit. The job execution unit is configured to execute a job. The log-image generating unit configured to generate a log image in the job. The log-image generating unit is configured to partially generate as the log image an image of a page output by the job execution unit among pages in the job. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140347692 | DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DATA PROCESSING - A data processing system includes a first processor and a second processor and further includes an intermediate data generating unit that generates intermediate data; a first storage control unit that stores the intermediate data and identification data that identifies the intermediate data in correspondence with each other in a first storage area; a second storage control unit that stores the identification data in correspondence with the intermediate data in a second storage area; a process requesting unit that sends a request for processing the print data to an image processing apparatus; and an obtaining unit that obtains a processed result from the image processing apparatus based on the identification data. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140347693 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing system includes a storage unit that associates and stores print job data and post processing job data; a printing unit that prints a code regarding the association on media when an image is printed on the media based on the print job data; a code reading unit that reads the code that is printed on the media; and a post processing unit that selects the post processing job data that is associated from the storage unit based on the read code and performs the post processing with respect to the media based on the selected post processing job data. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140347694 | Printer Having Web Server Function - A printer may comprise a command file storage unit, a receiving unit, a command file sending unit, and a first data sending unit. The command file storage unit may store a command file including a first command, a second command, and a third command. The first command is a command for sending a request for first data. The second command includes design data, and is a command for converting the first data into second data in accordance with the design data. The third command is a command for displaying a web page in accordance with the second data. The receiving unit may receive a request. The command file sending unit may send a response including the command file when a request for the command file is received. The first data sending unit may send a response including the first data when the request for the first data is received. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140347695 | NETWORK SYSTEM, CLIENT AND CLIENT CONTROL METHOD - A network system has a printer with an internal web browser connected to a web server. The printer has a request unit that sends an HTTP request with printer status information embedded in the URL to the server, a data acquisition unit that gets HTML data from the server, and a print unit that executes a printing process based on the supplied HTML data. The server includes a request receiving unit that receives HTTP requests from the printer, a data transmission unit that sends HTML data to the client, and a status management unit that manages the printer status based on the status information embedded in the URL of the HTTP request. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140347696 | Printer Having Web Server Function - A printer may comprise a command file storage unit, a receiving unit, a command file sending unit, and a first data sending unit. The command file storage unit may store a command file including a first command, a second command, and a third command. The first command is a command for sending a request for first data. The second command includes design data, and is a command for converting the first data into second data in accordance with the design data. The third command is a command for displaying a web page in accordance with the second data. The receiving unit may receive a request. The command file sending unit may send a response including the command file when a request for the command file is received. The first data sending unit may send a response including the first data when the request for the first data is received. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140347697 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE HAVING ERASE CONTROL - An image processing device comprises an image data input means | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140347698 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes: an information storage that stores information; a request accepting section that accepts a predetermined request for the information; a setting section that, for each of the information, sets whether the predetermined request is allowed; a setting storage that stores a setting by the setting section; a determining section that, with respect to the information corresponding to a request accepted by the request accepting section, reads out a corresponding setting from the setting storage, and that determines allowance/non-allowance of the predetermined request; and a process executing section that, in a case where the determining section determines allowance of the predetermined request, executes a process corresponding to the predetermined request on the information. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140355042 | Printing System - An example method for operating a printing system in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure includes receiving, at a printing unit, a print job, receiving, at the printing unit, a trigger generated by a finishing unit, and initiating the print job based on the generated trigger. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140355043 | PRINT PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT - Printing production management is performed by accessing a production event log that includes entries that correspond to different stages of a plurality of pending print orders. In response to receiving an inquiry for a time for completing process steps of a print job, a current status of the pending print orders is accessed from the production event log. A predictive model for the print job is generated based on completion times for the process steps of the print job accessed from the production event log. A time for completing the process steps of the print job is predicted based on the predictive model and the current status of the pending print orders. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140355044 | PROCESSING INSTRUCTION DEVICE, PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A processing instruction device includes a memory, a display instruction data acquisition unit, a changing unit, a display controller, an operation data acquisition unit, and a processing instruction unit. The memory stores management data and first display instruction data. The display instruction data acquisition unit acquires second display instruction data from an external device. The changing unit specifies second processing identification data corresponding to display position identification data, specifies first processing identification data corresponding to the specified second processing identification data, and changes the first processing identification data corresponding to the display position identification data to the specified first processing identification data. The display controller causes a display device to display an image in accordance with the first or second display instruction data. The operation data acquisition unit acquires operation data. The processing instruction unit gives an instruction to perform processing in accordance with processing instruction data. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140355045 | PROCESSING INSTRUCTION DEVICE, PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A processing instruction device includes a memory, a display instruction data acquisition unit, a display controller, an operation data acquisition unit, and a processing instruction unit. The memory stores management data and condition data. The display instruction data acquisition unit acquires display instruction data. The display instruction data is data for giving an instruction to display an image including an operator corresponding to each of the one or more pieces of processing instruction data selected from among one or more pieces of processing instruction data stored in the memory. The operation data acquisition unit acquires operation data indicating an operation of a user from an operation device that receives a user operation. The processing instruction unit instructs at least one of the image forming device, the imaging device, and the data communication device to perform a processing operation in accordance with processing instruction data corresponding to the one operator. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140355046 | PROCESSING INSTRUCTION DEVICE, PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A processing instruction device includes a memory, a display instruction data acquisition unit, a specifying unit, a display controller, an operation data acquisition unit, and a processing instruction unit. The memory stores processing instruction data, processing identification data, and processing attribute data. The display instruction data acquisition unit acquires display instruction data. If the display instruction data includes processing identification data which is not stored in the memory, the specifying unit specifies alternative processing instruction data. The display controller causes a display device to display an image which prompts a user to select the alternative processing instruction data. If the operation data acquisition unit acquires operation data indicating selection of processing instruction data, the processing instruction unit instructs at least one of an image forming device, an imaging device, and a data communication device to perform a processing operation in accordance with the acquired processing instruction data. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140355047 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PROVIDE MOBILE PRINTING USING NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION - A method of mobile printing using near field communication (NFC) includes checking a version of firmware installed in an image forming apparatus; determining whether the checked version of the firmware supports Wi-Fi Direct connection via automatic transmission of a personal identification number (PIN); updating the firmware installed in the image forming apparatus when the checked version of the firmware does not support Wi-Fi Direct connection via automatic transmission of a PIN; encrypting and storing a PIN in an NFC tag attached to the image forming apparatus; setting a Wi-Fi Direct connection by receiving the stored PIN and automatically transmitting the PIN to the image forming apparatus by the mobile device when the mobile device is NFC-tagged to the image forming apparatus; and performing mobile printing via the Wi-Fi Direct connection. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140355048 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MOBILE PRINTING USING NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION - A method of mobile printing using near field communication (NFC) includes executing a mobile printing application installed in a mobile device; setting a wireless connection for data transmission between the mobile device and an image forming apparatus by performing NFC tagging on the image forming apparatus with the mobile device; and automatically performing a function corresponding to a status of the mobile printing application when NFC tagging is performed. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140355049 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING SERVICE APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing system, when information about an image forming apparatus is registered in a printing service apparatus or when information about the image forming apparatus already registered in the printing service apparatus is updated, determines whether firmware installed in the image forming apparatus corresponds to the printing service apparatus. If the firmware installed in the image forming apparatus is determined not to correspond, the printing system determines whether firmware corresponding to the printing service apparatus exists in firmware of the image forming apparatus distributed by the distribution server. If the firmware corresponding to the printing service apparatus is determined to exist and when that firmware is distributed from the distribution server to the image forming apparatus, the printing system installs the distributed firmware. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140355050 | PRINT SYSTEM, USABILITY INFORMATION GENERATION DEVICE, USABILITY INFORMATION GENERATION METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH USABILITY INFORMATION GENERATION PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus transmits a print job to a server and generates print status information including user identification information and a print condition included in the print job. Each of one or more image forming apparatuses transmits a transmission request, forms an image based on the print job, and generates device information including state information indicating its operating state. The server transmits a print job that includes the same user identification information as the user identification information included in the transmission request, to the image forming apparatus that has transmitted the transmission request. One of the server, the one or more image forming apparatuses, and the portable information device generates usability information indicating usability in a case where the print job is executed in each image forming apparatus, based on the device information and the print status information. The portable information device outputs the generated usability information. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140355051 | APPARATUS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, APPARATUS MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING AN APPARATUS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - An agent unit acquires apparatus status information from an electronic apparatus. A remote maintenance server receives and stores the apparatus status information transmitted from the agent unit. The agent unit (a) issues a response request of whether transmission of the apparatus status information is permitted or denied to a user of the electronic apparatus when a transmission request of the apparatus status information is detected, (b1) transmits a notification that indicates that transmission of the apparatus status information is denied to the remote maintenance server without transmitting the apparatus status information if a response to the response request is received and the received response indicates that transmission of the apparatus status information is denied, and (b2) transmits the apparatus status information if a response to the response request is received and the received response indicates that transmission of the apparatus status information is permitted. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140355052 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING A NORMAL MODE AND A POWER SAVING MODE - An image forming apparatus has a normal mode and a power saving mode. The image forming apparatus includes a printing portion for performing printing, a communication portion for performing a communication process, a system controller for performing operation control of the apparatus and a process concerning communication, and a power supply controller configured to supply power to the printing portion, the system controller, and the communication portion in the normal mode while in the power saving mode, to supply power to the communication portion but to stop power supply to the printing portion. The system controller performs the process concerning communication during the power saving mode, and the power supply controller adjusts a length of a stop time so that average power consumption of the image forming apparatus does not exceed a permissible maximum power, so as to temporarily restore the system controller during the power saving mode. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140355053 | Image Processing Apparatus Signing-In to Server Based on Sign-In Data and Executing One of Scanning Process and Printing Process - In an image processing apparatus, a communication device is configured to be communicable with a server. A memory stores computer executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the image processing apparatus to: acquire sign-in data from a storing device; automatically sign-in to the server based on the sign-in data; and execute at least one of a scanning process and a printing process. In the scanning process, the at least one processor acquires image data by controlling the image processing device to scan an image, and controls the communication device to transmit the image data to the server. In the printing process, the at least one processor receives print data from the server via the communication device, and controls the image processing device to print an image based on the print data. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140355054 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTINUOUS PRINTING METHOD - An image forming apparatus prints a print job stored in a memory by a paper supply/feed setup associated with a paper setting of the print job. The apparatus includes a confirmation means for confirming whether or not print jobs with an identical paper setting exist in the print jobs every time when a predetermined condition is satisfied, a changing means for changing, when the print jobs with the identical paper setting exist, a print order of the print jobs stored in the memory so that the print jobs with the identical paper setting are to be printed continuously, and a continuous printing means for printing the print jobs with the identical paper setting continuously by a single paper supply/feed setup without making a temporary wait. According to the apparatus, the print jobs can be printed continuously and efficiently with no temporary wait, and thereby printing productivity can be improved. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140355055 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus includes a printing device that performs printing on the basis of output image data; a transmission processing unit that generates image log data from the output image data of one page and transmits the generated image log data to a server apparatus that stores image log data corresponding to a print job of plural pages; and a job executing unit that (a) starts a waiting status before a generation process of output image data of a next page when the generation process of the output image data of the aforementioned one page is completed, and (b) releases the waiting status after the image log data corresponding to the output image data of the aforementioned one page is generated and transmitted to the server apparatus by the transmission processing unit. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140355056 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A first request is transmitted to a server. Connection is established between a printing apparatus and the server. A second request is transmitted to the server. Image data is received based on the second request and stored in a first memory. It is determined whether image data stored in the first memory includes image data for which a print instruction is received. When the image data stored in the first memory is included in the image data for which the print instruction is received, printing is performed based on the image data stored in the first memory. When the image data stored in the first memory is not included in the image data for which the print instruction is received, a third request is transmitted to the server, and printing is performed based on the image data for which the print instruction is received, after receiving the image data from the server. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140355057 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO WRITE TAG USING NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION - A method of writing a near field communication (NFC) tag using a mobile terminal includes establishing a wireless connection between the mobile terminal and an image forming apparatus, extracting a predetermined field value corresponding to a data structure of the NFC tag from information collected while establishing the wireless connection, generating tag information including the predetermined field value by arranging the predetermined field value according to the data structure, and writing the tag information to the NFC tag through NFC tagging. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140355058 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH REMOTE OPERATION PROGRAM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH REMOTE CONTROL PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus remotely controls an image forming apparatus having an operating state changeable. The information processing apparatus includes a remote operation accepting portion to accept a user operation, and a remote control portion to remotely control the image forming apparatus on the basis of a remote operation accepted by the remote operation accepting portion. The remote control portion includes a motion detecting portion to detect a motion of the user, and a state maintaining portion to control the image forming apparatus not to change the operating state while a remote-operation motion for inputting a remote operation is detected by the motion detecting portion after a communication with the image forming apparatus has been established. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140355059 | Computer-Readable Storage Medium Storing Display Program and Display Device - An apparatus, such as a display device, may have a processor, memory storing computer-readable instructions, and a display portion. The apparatus may obtain one or more second files in response to converting a first file into the one or more second files. The plurality of second files may be obtained one by one. The apparatus may determine whether all of one or more selected files from among the one or more second files have been obtained, prior to obtaining all of the one or more second files. The one or more selected files may be a subset of the one or more second files. The apparatus may also output the one or more selected files in response to determining that all of the one or more selected files have been obtained. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140355060 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE INFORMATION ON A PREVIEW SCREEN - In an image forming apparatus in which a reading unit reads image information stored in an external storage unit and the read image information is analyzed to generate print information for carrying out printing, a print setting that is not to be set when printing the image information are identified based on a result of analyzing the image information. Preview image information is then generated from the stored image information, and information indicating the identified print setting is displayed on a preview screen that displays the generated preview image information. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140355061 | Display Program and Display Apparatus - A wireless communication device may have a processing unit for executing a first program and a communication interface configured to communicate with an external apparatus such as an image forming apparatus by way of a short-range communication protocol. The wireless communication device may determine whether a prescribed condition is satisfied under a condition that a specific display screen has been displayed on the wireless communication device by a second program different from the first program. The specific display screen may be displayed based on the wireless communication device being in communication with the external apparatus using a short-range communication protocol. The wireless communication device may display a message regarding communication between the wireless communication device and the external apparatus using the short-range communication protocol in response to determining that the prescribed condition is satisfied. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140355062 | DATA TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DEVICE, LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INSTRUCTIONS EXECUTABLE BY DATA TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DEVICE - A data transmitting and receiving device includes: a clock signal generator which modulates a reference clock signal having a reference frequency to produce a clock signal whose frequency changes in a set cycle within a set frequency band; and a frequency range storage which stores a first frequency range as a part of the set frequency band and/or a second frequency range as the rest part of the set frequency band. The first transmitter does not transmit first communication data to a first receiver based on the clock signal having the frequency belonging to the first frequency range and transmits the first communication data to the first receiver based on the clock signal having the frequency belonging to the second frequency range. The first receiver receives the first communication data from the first transmitter based on the clock signal having the frequency belonging to the second frequency range. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140355063 | METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION - A method of forming an image using a mobile terminal supporting near field communication (NFC) includes launching a mobile application corresponding to an application identifier of tag information of an NFC tag obtained through first NFC tagging, generating data of a job to be performed by an image forming apparatus through the mobile application when the NFC tag is detected again through second NFC tagging, the job being determined according to a state of the mobile application during the second NFC tagging, and transmitting the generated data to the image forming apparatus. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140355064 | MULTI-CORE PROCESSOR BASED HIGH-SPEED DIGITAL TEXTILE PRINTING PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present invention discloses a multi-core processor based high-speed digital textile printing processing system, comprising a gigabit Ethernet interface, a I2C interface, a Stream IO interface and a multi-core processor; the multi-core processor comprises a command receiving unit, a command processing unit, a command output unit, a data receiving unit, a compressed data buffer unit, a data decompression unit, a decompressed data buffer unit and a data output unit; meanwhile, the present invention also disclosed a multi-core processor based high-speed digital textile printing processing method. The present invention is centered on high-performance multi-core processor, which aims to implement high-speed transmission of printing data from PC to printing nozzle via the gigabit Ethernet and Stream IO interface as well as processing and transfer of printing commands via the gigabit Ethernet and I2C interface. Meanwhile, it is also capable of executing such processing as decompression of printing images and image rotation, which has significantly improved the work efficiency of digital textile printing system | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140355065 | PRINTER - A printer includes a processor and a printing mechanism. The printer also includes a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to provide a. user-interface to a device. The user-interface includes at least one of the following options to: select document media parameters of the printer, select document print job parameters of the printer, or select print job status. The storage medium also includes instructions that cause the processor to process the selections and a document received from the device for printing. The storage medium further includes instructions that cause the processor to print the document based on selections received from the device. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions executable by a printer processor for printing a document sent by a device is also disclosed, as is a method for printing a document sent by a device. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140355066 | TRANSMITTING A JOB TO A DESTINATION - In one embodiment, a processor-readable medium stores code representing instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to receive a selected destination to which to send a job of a particular type, and pass the job, including the selected destination as a job parameter, to a job engine whose function matches the particular job type. The processor further matches the selected destination with a delivery agent that supports destination data associated with the selected destination and that is registered to receive a notification of the selected destination. The processor passes to the delivery agent, the destination data and a document reference to identify a document generated by the job engine from the job, and uses the document reference and the destination data to direct the delivery agent to retrieve the document and transmit it to the selected destination. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140355067 | SETTING VALUE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND MANAGEMENT METHOD THEREOF - Virtual setting values for a specific image forming apparatus are generated using a model-dependent setting value schema which defines a schema of model-dependent setting values in each of a plurality of image forming apparatuses and tenant setting values required to commonly set setting values for the plurality of image forming apparatuses. The virtual setting values are held and managed. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140362398 | Mechanism for Tracking Print Job Segments - A method is disclosed. The method includes printing a first print job, suspending the first print job to print a second print job, determining if the print job is to be resumed upon completion of printing of the second print job, generating a segment separator page corresponding to the first print job if the first print job is to be resumed and resuming printing of the first print job. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140362399 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a registration unit and a display. The registration unit registers an address that has been inputted. The display displays, in the case where the number of addresses that have been registered is less than a threshold, a first operation image, the first operation image including a first image for operating the image forming apparatus. The display displays, in the case where the number of addresses that have been registered is not less than the threshold, a second operation image, the second operation image including the address that has been registered and a second image for operating the image forming apparatus, the second image being smaller in display size than the first image. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140362400 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - In an image forming apparatus of an image forming system, a judging section judges, based on identification information included in print job data, whether a display apparatus corresponding to the print job data is a specific display apparatus. Based on a judgment result of the judging section, an image formation control section controls image forming operation of an image forming section. When it is judged by the judging section as being the specific display apparatus, this image formation control section suspends the image forming operation by the image forming section once. Further, when it is judged by the judging section as not being the specific display apparatus, the image formation control section causes the image forming operation by the image forming section to be executed promptly. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140362401 | DISPLAY SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A display system includes an image forming apparatus, and a tablet terminal transmitting/receiving information to/from image forming apparatus through wireless communication. The Image forming apparatus detects the tablet terminal, and establishes wireless communication with the detected tablet terminal through a wireless communication driver. When wireless communication is established, the image forming apparatus transmits a display request requesting display of operation information (operation manual) related to the currently ongoing operation, to the tablet terminal. Receiving the display request transmitted from the image forming apparatus, the tablet terminal displays the requested operation information (manual) of the operation manual. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140362402 | OUTPUT SETTING DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMPUTER PROGRAM - An output setting device for setting a scale ratio for image size change when an image is reduced or enlarged to be placed in an output page is provided. The device includes a touch-sensitive panel capable of detecting a multi-touch; and a setting portion setting, when a multi-touch gesture for giving a command to change the image size is made on the touch-sensitive panel, as the scale ratio for image size change, a scale ratio closest to a present scale ratio from among scale ratios available when the image is reduced or enlarged in accordance with the multi-touch gesture in such a manner that at least one of a vertical dimension and a horizontal dimension of the image size is made equal to any one of a vertical dimension and a horizontal dimension of any one of standard sizes with an aspect ratio of the image remaining unchanged. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140362403 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a housing, an input operating device, and a display device. The input operating device includes an input operating portion formed on an upper face side of the input operating device. The input operating device is arranged on a front face side of a top face of the housing. The input operating device is configured so that a use position can be changed along the top face of the housing. The display device includes a display portion formed on a front face side. The input operating device can cause the display portion to pivot to a position in which the display portion can be easily viewed. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140362404 | DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND DATA MANAGEMENT APPARATUS - A data management system, which is implemented by one or more information processing apparatuses, includes a program storage unit that stores an operation management program, a generating unit that embeds the operation management program in first data and thereby generates second data including the operation management program. When an operation is performed on the second data at an external apparatus, the operation management program sends operation information indicating the operation from the external apparatus to the data management system. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140362405 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND CONTROL METHOD - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a first filter configured to merge first print setting information of a first hierarchical level and second print setting information of a second hierarchical level to generate and store third print setting information, wherein the second hierarchical level is lower than the first hierarchical level; and a second filter subsequent to the first filter configured to acquire the third print setting information stored in the first filter. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140362406 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided an image processing system which merges image data transmitted from a tablet terminal with image data generated by reading a document and transmits the merged image data in one outgoing call, when both of an image transmission command and a scan command are received from the tablet terminal. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140362407 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, DEVICE, AND METHOD - An information processing system includes a first display control unit and a second display control unit. The first display control unit displays, on a display unit, a button on which a setting value of a program is displayed. The second display control unit starts up the program when the button is pressed and, in accordance with the started program, displays, on the display unit, a setting screen that corresponds to the button being pressed. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140362408 | MULTI-CORE PROCESSOR BASED IMAGE DATA ROTATING PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR HIGH-SPEED DIGITAL TEXTILE PRINTER AND METHOD - The present invention discloses a multi-core processor based image data rotating processing system for high-speed digital textile printers, including a data receiving equipment, a data analysis and processing equipment, a data transmission channel and data output equipment. The present invention also discloses a multi-core processor based image data rotating processing method for high-speed printers; it aims to receive data via the Ethernet interface, use numerous cores of the processor for parallel data processing, and implement data output via FPGA. As compared with prior arts, the system and method of the present invention can significantly improve the data gyration efficiency and output, and implement high yield of digital textile printers. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140362409 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus which operates an operating system providing a first user interface environment appropriate for a touch panel and a conventional desktop user interface environment automatically executes processing by using information set as a default value, if an operation by a user on a pop-up dialog, which is displayed in the desktop user interface environment and is related to functions including a secure print function provided by a printer driver, is not performed for a predetermined period of time. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140362410 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF SETTING INSERT, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus capable of realizing setting of an insert including an interleaf sheet and a chapter sheet, on an image forming apparatus, by an intuitive operation similar to an actual insertion operation. An operation terminal includes a touch screen display and a network communication section which communicates with an MFP, and is capable of performing an operation on the MFP concerning document printing, and setting an insert to a printed matter to be printed by the MFP. When a user's drag operation causes insertion of an insert image displayed on the touch screen display between adjacent preview images of pages of the printed matter displayed on the same, the insert image is set as an interleaf sheet, and when the operation causes superimposing of the insert image on a preview image, the insert image is set as a chapter sheet. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140362411 | E-MAIL COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, E-MAIL COMMUNICATION METHOD AND PROGRAM - To provide an e-mail communication apparatus, an e-mail communication method and a program capable of, in the case of receiving e-mail which is split e-mails including request-to-send (RTS) information for transmitting the e-mail to a predetermined destination, suitably performing transmittal confirmation without transmitting to a source the e-mail of the transmittal confirmation as to each of multiple pieces of the split e-mails. First, an MFP 100 having received the e-mail determines whether or not the e-mail is one of multiple divided data pieces generated by dividing image data by a data amount so as to store it. In the case where the received data is the divided data, the MFP | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140362412 | METHOD OF ADDING VALUE TO PRINT DATA, A VALUE-ADDING DEVICE, AND A RECORDING MEDIUM - Various kinds of value can be easily added to print data output from an existing application without modifying the existing application program. A value-adding method executes a process of adding value to print data output from an application on a computer that has one or more communication ports and executes a specific process by means of an application, and includes a data acquisition step of acquiring the print data at the operating system kernel layer before the print data is received at the communication port, and a data processing step that applies at the application layer a process of adding and/or deleting print content in the print data based on previously registered information, and outputs the data after processing to the specified communication port. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140362413 | FUNCTION EXPANSION METHOD USING PRINT DATA, FUNCTION EXPANSION DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Various functions can be easily added using print data output from an existing application without modifying the existing application program. A function expansion method for executing a process that expands the functions of an application runs on a computer that operates according to an operating system on the operating system kernel layer, executes a specific process according to an application on an application layer, and has one or more communication ports, includes a step of acquiring print data output from the application on the operating system kernel layer, and a step of performing at the application layer a process expanding the function of the acquired print data, and outputs the print data after processing to a suitable communication port. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140368865 | ROVING PRINTING IN A CLOUD-BASED PRINT SERVICE USING A MOBILE DEVICE - An application manager may receive, from an application utilized at a device at a first location, a print job, the print job identifying a virtual print queue and application content to be printed, the application manager being further configured to store the print job in association with the virtual print queue. A print job router may receive, after the storing and from a mobile device at a second location, a print initiation identifying a printer at the second location and the print job, the print job router being further configured to send the application content to the identified printer, based on the print initiation. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140368866 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND PRINT JOB STATE INDICATION METHOD - A printing system includes a first unit, a second unit, a third unit, and a display. The first unit stores start and end time of a printed job. The second unit stores start time of an in-progress print job and stores predicted end time calculated from attributes of the in-progress print job. The third unit stores predicted start and end time calculated from attributes of a ready-for-print job. The display indicates a mark representing current time, indicates a figure along a time axis on one side of the mark, representing an existence of the printed job from the start to end time, indicates a figure crossing the mark, representing an existence of the in-progress print job from the start to predicted end time, and indicates a figure on the other side of the mark, representing an existence of the ready-for-print job from the predicted start to end time. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140368867 | PULL PRINTING METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - A pull printing method, apparatus and system are provided. The pull printing system includes a mobile terminal, a client that discovers the mobile terminal by using a phone number according to a print command of a user and transmits rendered print job data to the mobile terminal, and an image forming apparatus that, when connected to the mobile terminal, receives the print job data from the mobile terminal and performs printing. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140368868 | METHOD OF PRINTING WEB PAGE BY USING MOBILE TERMINAL AND MOBILE TERMINAL FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - A method of printing a web page by using a mobile terminal and a mobile terminal are provided. The method includes displaying the web page on the mobile terminal, extracting objects that are to be printed from the web page displayed on the mobile terminal, setting a layout of the extracted objects, and generating printing data by rendering the objects according to the layout. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140368869 | METHOD OF PRINTING WEB PAGE BY USING MOBILE TERMINAL AND MOBILE TERMINAL FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - A method of printing a web page by using a mobile terminal and a mobile terminal are provided. The method includes displaying a web page on the mobile terminal, receiving a request for printing the web page via a mobile printing application, generating a preview image by extracting one or more objects from the web page and setting a layout, determining the one or more objects to be printed and a layout of the one or more objects in the preview image, and generating printing data according to the determined one or more objects and the layout. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140368870 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING PRINTING CONTROL PROGRAM STORED THEREON - An image forming system according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a user registration portion, a user detection portion, and a printing control portion. The user registration portion is configured to register a user so as to associate the user with a print setting. The user detection portion is configured to detect that the user registered by the user registration portion has entered a specific area. The printing control portion is configured to cause an image forming apparatus to print a specific document with the print setting registered by the user registration portion so as to be associated with the user, when entry of the user into the area is detected by the user detection portion. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140368871 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, REMOTE CONTROL APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A remote control apparatus for remotely controlling an image forming apparatus includes a display unit configured to display an operation screen for remotely controlling the image forming apparatus, an activation unit configured to activate a handwriting input application that is installed in the remote control apparatus in a state where image data for displaying a keyboard screen as the operation screen is received from the image forming apparatus, and a display control unit configured to display a handwriting input screen on the display unit, the handwriting input screen being an input screen for the handwriting input application activated by the activation unit. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140368872 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - The image processing apparatus has a timer transmission function to execute a transmission job for transmitting image data to another apparatus at a designated transmission time of day. The image processing apparatus comprises a setting unit configured to set a restraint period of time indicating a period of time that the execution of the transmission job has to be restrained based on charge information for respective periods of time including unit prices of electricity charges for respective periods of time; and a reservation unit configured to present the restraint period of time, accept the designation of the transmission time of day, and store the designated transmission time of day as reservation information in a storage unit; and a notifying unit configured to perform notification to a user in a case where the designated transmission time of day is included in the restraint period of time. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140368873 | PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF PRINTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Before execution of a job, in a time that an operator cannot perform an operation, the present invention aims to notify that a setting needing an operation of the operator has been set. With this view, a control method of a printing apparatus comprises: setting the time that the operator cannot perform the operation to be performed by the operator according to the execution of the job; determining a time that an accepted job is executed; in a case where at least a part of the determined time and a part of the set time overlap each other, judging whether or not a printing setting needing an operation of the operator is included; and, in a case where it is judged that the printing setting needing the operation of the operator is included, performing the notification. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140368874 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - According to an aspect of the present invention, a communication resource may be saved for wireless communication in peer-to-peer mode. A communication apparatus acquires information regarding a protocol from another communication apparatus and invalidates protocols not to be used based on the information. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140368875 | IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image-forming apparatus having a touch panel displays a menu screen for allowing selection of a function to be used from a plurality of functions included in the image-forming apparatus. In a case where the menu screen includes a plurality of pages, a screen is switched from a currently displayed page to another page if a user operation for requesting a transition between the plurality of pages is detected. Information usable for limiting the transition of the plurality of pages included in the menu screen is set. The switch of the screen from a currently displayed page to another page is limited based on the set information. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140368876 | DATA GENERATING APPARATUS, DATA GENERATING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM - The numbers of pages making up respective records are acquired as individual page counts by analyzing page description data used for variable data printing. The maximum page count among the acquired individual page counts is determined as a common page count. Imposition data representing a common and single page layout made up of the determined common page count are generated. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140368877 | PRINTING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING PRINTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing apparatus includes a storing unit configured to store a job, a printing unit configured to print the job, an acquiring unit configured to acquire a preparation time for the printing unit to become a print-ready state, a determining unit configured to determine a print time for the printing unit to process the job, a specifying unit configured to specify a time for processing the job stored in the storing unit based on the preparation time acquired by the acquiring unit and the print time determined by the determining unit, and a displaying unit configured to display a job execution schedule indicating the job processing time specified by the specifying unit. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140368878 | Computer-Readable Storage Medium Storing Instructions for Information Processing Device, Information Processing Device, and Method for Controlling Information Processing Device - An information processing device may be configured to send print information to a printing device connected with a network. The information processing device may store identifying information for identifying the printing device. The information processing device may execute a print preview display processing of displaying a print preview image showing a print preview using the print information. The information processing device may send the print information to the printing device according to a user input. The information processing device may execute first connection confirmation processing of confirming that connection confirmation information has been received. The connection confirmation processing may be performed according to a first condition for starting the print preview display processing being satisfied. The information processing device may display a reception confirmation image in a case that it is confirmed that the connection confirmation information has been received. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140368879 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD FOR PRINTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - If an attribute value of a sheet to be used in print processing and sheet processing are set in a print job, a sheet satisfying both an allowable range of the sheet to be used in the printing processing and a condition of a sheet applicable to the sheet processing is searched. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140368880 | DYNAMIC APPLICATION GENERATION FOR A CONTENT FEED - A system receives an indication of a content feed of hierarchical content over a network. The content feed is hosted by a content provider. The system dynamically instantiates a content connection application that incorporates the content feed using a pre-defined declarative data structure engine. The system provides a user interface widget for the content connection application to allow user interaction with the hierarchical content of the first content feed. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140368881 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus which has a display device includes a display control unit and a launching unit. The display control unit may cause the display device to display a device management screen corresponding to an image processing apparatus. The launching unit may input identification information indicating launching in response to an instruction via the device management screen to an application associated with the image processing apparatus. In addition, the launching unit may launch the application associated with the device management screen according to the instruction input via the device management screen displayed on the display device by the display control unit. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140368882 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS SUPPORTING PEER TO PEER CONNECTION AND METHOD OF PERFORMING IMAGE FORMING OPERATION THEREOF - A method of performing an image forming operation in an image forming apparatus supporting peer to peer (P2P) connection includes P2P connecting the image forming apparatus to an external wireless device while the image forming apparatus is wirelessly connected to an access point (AP) of an infrastructured network, receiving a discovery packet from the wireless device via a P2P interface, transmitting to the wireless device a response packet including an Internet protocol (IP) address of the P2P interface, receiving from the wireless device an image forming operation performing request having the IP address of the P2P interface as a destination, and performing the requested image forming operation. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140368883 | STORAGE IMAGE DATA IN ASSOCIATION WITH REGISTRATION INFORMATION REPRESENTING A COMMUNICATION DEVICE - An image information storage device is configured such that, when an output control unit makes the output unit output an image represented by first image data stored in an image data storage, the output control unit makes the output unit also output the registration information which has been associated with the first image data, or when the output control unit makes the output unit output first registration information stored in the registration information storage unit, the output control unit makes the output unit also output an image represented by image data which has been associated with first registration information. Further, when there is an input specifying association of the first registration information stored in the registration information storage unit with second image data, the registration control unit associates the first registration information with the first image data and the second image data, and stores in the registration information storage unit. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140368884 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A cooperation server executes printing processing of a document from an MFP through a printing server based on matter information including a printing instruction for the document received from a matter management server. The cooperation server notifies the client PC of the printing order that includes the printing ID and access information used for registering the costs related to the printing after completion of printing, provides a registering screen for costs related to printing by reason of the access from the client PC, and registers the costs registering information received from the client PC on the matter management server. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140376034 | IDENTIFICATION OF PRINTERS - A system for identifying printers is disclosed herein. An example includes a network and a plurality of printers coupled to the network. The system also includes a device coupled to the network that transmits a current location to the network and a server coupled to the network to produce a map of printers within a proximity of the device based on the current location of the device. The system additionally includes an application associated with the device to selectively produce a sound on at least one of the printers to help identify a location of the printer and to transmit a print job to the identified printer. Other elements and features of the system are disclosed herein, as are examples of a method for identifying networked printers and a non-volatile storage medium. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140376035 | Managing Web Applications On Multi-Function Peripherals - A MFP includes a Web application and an encoded data generator that is configured to generate encoded access data for the Web application. The encoded access data is generated based upon access data that specifies data for accessing the Web application over a network. The generation of the encoded access data may be initiated in response to installation of the Web application on the MFP, in response to a change in configuration of the MFP or the Web application, or in response to the satisfaction of other criteria. Encoded access data may also be re-generated in response to a change to the access data for a Web application, a change to the configuration of an MFP, or in response to satisfaction of other criteria. The encoded access data for the Web application may be made available to users via a user interface of the MFP, printed by the MFP on a printed medium or transmitted to a client device of a user. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140376036 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a level selecting unit, an image quality adjusting unit, and an image forming unit. The level selecting unit selects one of a plurality of levels each distributed to one of a plurality of adjustment items affecting an image quality determining factor that determines image quality. The plurality of adjustment items are different from each other. The image quality adjusting unit adjusts a value of each of the adjustment items belonging to the level selected by the level selecting unit and any other level shallower than the selected level such that the image quality corresponding to the image quality determining factor approaches predetermined image quality. The image forming unit forms an image having image quality according to the value adjusted by the image quality adjusting unit. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140376037 | IMAGE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, IMAGE READING COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, MOBILE TERMINAL, AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING IMAGE - The image reading device (i) reads an image, (ii) causes a server, which is provided on a network, to store the image, and (iii) receives, from the server, access information that is used to access the server so as to obtain the stored image. After the image is read, the image reading device transmits the access information, which has been received from the server, to a mobile terminal with which short range wireless communication has been established. Upon receipt of the access information, the mobile terminal prepares an email which contains the received access information and indicates that the image is stored in the server and then transmits the email to an information terminal which is indicated by address information set as a destination by a user. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140376038 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes an identifier generation unit that generates an identifier unique to a combination of, at least, destination information of a destination of printed matter and content information related to part of content to be printed on the printed matter, an address generation unit that generates an address including the identifier generated by the identifier generation unit, a print information generation unit that generates print information that is to be printed on the printed matter and includes the destination information, the content information, and the address generated by the address generation unit, and a recording unit that in an associated form records the destination information, the content information, the identifier, and process result information related to the print information that is processed subsequent to printing of the printed matter. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140376039 | PRINTING CONTROL SERVER AND PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing control server includes an administration section, an acquisition section, and a printing control section. The administration section is configured to associate a printing device with a user of the printing device and administer the printing device as being associated with the user. The acquisition section is configured to acquire posting data from a service offering server that provides a posting service. The printing control section is configured to control the printing device associated with the user of the acquired posting data to perform printing based on the posting data. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140376040 | PRINTING CONTROL SERVER AND PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing control server includes an acquisition section and a printing control section. The acquisition section is configured to acquire posting data containing a specific character string in a posted content from a service offering server which provides a posting service. The printing control section is configured to make a printing device execute printing based on the posting data acquired. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140376041 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming apparatus includes a SIP controlling section, a web screen obtaining section, a display device, a first web controlling section, and a second web controlling section. The SIP controlling section establishes a connection with another image forming apparatus on the reception side, by communicating with a SIP server. The web screen obtaining section obtains information about a web screen by making a request to a web server. The first web controlling section executes the application on the basis of the operation performed on the web screen displayed by the display device and transmits/receives image data to/from the image forming apparatus on the reception side through the connection. The second web controlling section executes the application on the basis of the operation performed on the web screen displayed by the display device and transmits/receives audio data to/from the image forming apparatus on the reception side through the connection. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140376042 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, REMOTE CONTROL APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A remote control apparatus includes a display unit that displays an operation screen for remote control of an image forming apparatus, a communication unit that, when operation input is a display instruction to display a character input screen, receives character type information indicating a type of characters to be input in the character input screen from the image forming apparatus, and a display control unit that, when the character type information is received, activates a handwriting input application installed in the remote control apparatus and displays a handwriting input screen for the handwriting input application on the display unit, on condition that the character type information indicates a first character type. When the character type information indicates a second character type different from the first character type, the display control unit displays a character input screen for input of the second character type without activating the handwriting input application. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140376043 | JOB PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD OF JOB PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Displayed jobs are combined by a simple operation instruction to a schedule screen of jobs which are displayed. A job processing apparatus has: a display unit for displaying a schedule screen of jobs to be executed; a receiving unit for receiving an operation for moving a display object of a first job displayed on the schedule screen to a display object of a second job; and a combining unit for combining the first and second jobs in accordance with the received operation. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140376044 | MOBILE TERMINAL CAPABLE OF INSTRUCTING TRANSMISSION OF FAX, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHODS OF CONTROLLING MOBILE TERMINAL AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A mobile terminal improved in operability concerning fax transmission. A CPU of the mobile terminal sets information indicative of a fax transmission destination, sets reading and transmission information concerning fax transmission and original reading, and sends a request for fax transmission, to an image forming apparatus. When a response notifying capability of fax transmission is received from the apparatus, the CPU causes a message for prompting a user to set an original, to be displayed on a display section. When the original has been set and an instruction for fax transmission from the user is received, the CPU sends an instruction for reading the original and executing fax transmission, together with the transmission destination information, and the reading and transmission information, to the apparatus. The CPU causes a result of fax transmission by the apparatus to be displayed on the display section. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140376045 | MOBILE TERMINAL CAPABLE OF SETTING COVER SHEET AND HEADER OF FAX, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHODS OF CONTROLLING MOBILE TERMINAL AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A mobile terminal capable of setting a cover sheet and a header of a fax document and causing an image forming apparatus to transmit the fax document. Cover data representative of a cover sheet is created according to the settings of a cover sheet of a fax document, and header data representative of a header is created according to the settings of a header of the fax document. Upon receipt of an instruction for transmitting a fax document from the user, the mobile terminal transmits an instruction to the image forming apparatus for reading an original and transmitting the fax document, together with transmission destination information indicative of a transmission destination to which the fax document is to be transmitted and at least one of the cover data and the header data. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140376046 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROLLING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - There is provided a display controlling method by which list displaying is not updated irrespective of an operation of a user. An information processing apparatus displays, on a display, a predetermined number of job data included in a printing job list of the job data of which the number increases and decreases irrespective of the direct operation of the user, in the order of the list. A CPU does not change the job data to be displayed on the display, in a case where new job data is added between job data not displayed on the display and in a case where job data not displayed on the display is deleted. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140376047 | DEVICE MANAGEMENT TERMINAL FOR MANAGING ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A device management terminal includes: an imaging section that images an electronic device placed at an installation location; a specific information acquisition section that acquires, from a server, specific information for specifying the electronic device that is being imaged; a status information acquisition section that acquires status information from the electronic device that is being imaged based on the specific information; and a display section that displays, on a screen, the acquired status information together with the electronic device that is being imaged. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140376048 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR DISPLAYING A SCHEDULE SCREEN FOR PRINT JOBS TO BE EXECUTED - On a job schedule screen that displays a type of sheet, information for identifying a sheet storage unit in which the number of sheets has become smaller than or equal to a certain value is displayed. An identifier, which is the information for identifying a sheet storage unit, is set by a user. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140376049 | Direct Printing of Photos from Mobile Devices - Presented herein are methods for the facile wireless printing of photos from mobile devices. The methods are directed to the seamless printing of images via a photo server which accepts files transmitted from a mobile device and relays them to a printer. The systems and methods of the invention are especially amenable to the easy, wireless transfer of images from a mobile device to a photo printing kiosk, where a user may view and edit images, specify printer settings, and print hard copies of the image. Systems for printing at remote printers and kiosks are enabled as well. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140376050 | INFORMATION TERMINAL APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information terminal apparatus that is wirelessly communicable with an information processing apparatus enables a user to position an antenna of the information processing apparatus with which the information terminal apparatus communicates and an antenna of the information terminal apparatus with ease by watching a screen of the information terminal apparatus. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140376051 | Device Registration System and Method - A device registration system includes a network, an image forming apparatus, a mobile terminal communicatively connected to the network via an access point, and a server. The image forming apparatus comprises an image forming apparatus near field communication (NFC) unit configured to perform wireless communication with the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal comprises a mobile terminal NFC unit configured to perform wireless communication with the image forming apparatus. The server is configured to register setting information associated with the image forming apparatus in a search list, wherein the setting information includes (i) position information indicative of a location of the image forming apparatus and (ii) tag information representative of a text label that describes the image forming apparatus. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140376052 | PERIPHERAL APPARATUS CONTROL SYSTEM, PERIPHERAL APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PERIPHERAL APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - In a network printing system utilizing WSD Print Service, a highly operable peripheral apparatus control system that utilizes a mass storage device and a low-cost shared printer that does not include a function for requesting print data to an information processing apparatus is provided. The peripheral apparatus control system includes an information processing apparatus and a peripheral apparatus mutually connected via a network. The information processing apparatus inputs a job request and a reservation request to the peripheral apparatus. The peripheral apparatus includes a first measurement unit that measures the difference between reception timings of the job request and the reservation request. If the difference between the reception timings is equal to or less than a first predetermined time, a reservation ID is input and a reservation of the job request is accepted. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140376053 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING A DEVICE THAT UPDATES STORED PROGRAM BASED ON UPDATING DATA WHICH IS SELECTED BASED ON PROGRAM THAT IS STARTED OR STARTABLE - An image forming apparatus includes a storage section that stores programs for carrying out processes, an updating data selection section that selects an updating data for at least one of programs from an updating data group, based on a program that is started or is startable, and an updating section that updates at least one arbitrary program stored in the storage section based on the selected updating data. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140376054 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a screen information storage unit configured to store screen information of a home screen that displays a user interface component list including an application user interface component for accessing an application, a screen generating unit configured to generate the home screen based on the screen information, a display unit configured to display the home screen generated by the home screen generating unit, an image generation control unit configured to issue an instruction to generate a general-purpose image of a document when a request for scanning the document is issued while the home screen is displayed, and an image processing unit configured to generate the general-purpose image based on image data obtained from scanning the document upon receiving the instruction to generate the general-purpose image from the image generation control unit. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150009525 | PRINTING DEVICES AND MOBILE PRINTING SYSTEMS THEREOF - The present invention discloses a printing device. The printing device of the present invention may include a communication element capable of communicating with an external host utilizing a plurality of telecommunication network technologies to receive a file sent from the external host to the device, a printing element electrically coupled to the communication element to output an image file, and an audio outputting element electrically coupled to the communication element to output an audio file, wherein the communication element identifies a file type of the file received from the external host and selectively sends the file to the printing element or the audio outputting element. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150009526 | IMAGE TRANSMISSION PORT UNIT, IMAGE TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, IMAGE RECEPTION PORT UNIT, IMAGE RECEPTION APPARATUS, AND IMAGE TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION SYSTEM - An image transmission port unit includes a first arrangement surface, a second arrangement surface parallel to the first arrangement surface, ten terminals arranged in the first arrangement surface and spaced apart by a predetermined pitch, and ten terminals arranged in the second arrangement surface and spaced apart by the same pitch as that of the ten terminals in the first arrangement surface. The ten terminals in the first arrangement surface include sequentially from a first to a second end two transmission terminals, one ground terminal, two transmission terminals, one ground terminal, two terminals each to be independently used, and two transmission or transmission/reception terminals. The ten terminals in the second arrangement surface include sequentially from the first to second end one ground terminal, two transmission terminals, one ground terminal, two transmission terminals, two terminals each to be independently used, one ground terminal, and one power source terminal. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150009527 | PRINTER, PRINT CONTROL DEVICE, PRINT SYSTEM, PRINTING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A printer includes a first receiver, a second receiver, a specifying unit, and a printing unit. The first receiver receives, from any of at least one print instruction information holding device that holds print instruction information giving instructions to print, specific print instruction information associated with a first identifier and instructing the printer to print. The second receiver receives, from a print settings information holding device that holds print settings information indicating settings for printing, specific print settings information associated with a second identifier and indicating settings for printing by the printer. The specifying unit, on the basis of the first identifier and the second identifier, specifies the specific print settings information as print settings information corresponding to the specific print instruction information. The printing unit uses the specific print settings information to conduct printing based on the specific print instruction information. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150009528 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSOR, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a display controller. The display controller displays an operable image if a predetermined first operation is performed on a margin of a screen displayed in a display area displaying a portion of a display target, and if it is determined that the operable image included in the display target that appears or disappears in accordance with a second operation of moving the screen is not displayed on the screen on the basis of a relationship between a distance to a position of the image in the display target including the screen, an operation amount of the second operation, and a size of the display area. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150009529 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus accepts a request from a computer over a network, processes an image processing job in response to the request, generates identification information corresponding to the image processing job, transmits to the computer a response on which the identification is set, and controls the image processing job when the receiving unit has accepted a second request on which the identification information is set. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150009530 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT CONTROLS JETTING OF TONER, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus which is capable of obtaining stable and satisfactory cleaning performance and fixing performance without holding, in an image forming unit which forms an image on a recording material based on a video signal, data for performing maintenance of the image forming unit. A synchronization signal output from the image forming unit and indicative of timing with which the video signal is output is detected. It is determined whether the synchronization signal is a normal synchronization signal for outputting a video signal for use in forming an image on the recording material or a pattern synchronization signal for outputting a pattern signal that is a video signal for use in performing maintenance of the image forming unit. When the synchronization signal is the normal synchronization signal, the video signal is output. When the synchronization signal is the pattern synchronization signal, the pattern signal is output. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150009531 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT STORES PRINT DATA IN CACHE MEMORY, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus that stores print data in a cache memory while preventing performance from being degraded by cache flushing. The image processing apparatus includes a cache for storing print data, and an SD card for storing the print data stored in the cache. A cache controller of a CPU transmits an SD card write request for storing the print data stored in the cache into the SD card to a secondary storage device access controller. When the SD card write request is received after printing of the print data has been normally terminated, the secondary storage device access controller disables execution of the storage processing. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150009532 | TERMINAL DEVICE AND CONTROL OF TERMINAL DEVICE - A non-transitory computer-readable medium having a computer program stored thereon and readable a computer of a terminal device, the computer program, when executed by the computer, causes the computer to perform: controlling a display unit to display a first image as a selection image including first and second items for receiving instructions relative to image processing; controlling the display unit to display a second image as the selection image if the terminal device and the first image processing device are connected using the second wireless communication system; instructing a first image processing device to perform the image processing in response to receiving a performance instruction. In the first image, the first item is displayed preferentially. In the second image, the second item is displayed preferentially. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150009533 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A control apparatus includes a display unit, a storing unit, a determining unit, and a control unit. The display unit displays a job. The storing unit stores attribute information about a sheet to be accommodated in a sheet holding unit. The determining unit determines whether attribute information about a sheet to be used in the job corresponds to attribute information about the sheet stored in the storing unit. The control unit controls the determining unit, wherein, after determination processing by the determining unit has been completed. the control unit controls the determining unit to further perform determination processing in response to a change of the attribute information about the sheet stored in the storing unit, or in response to a change of the attribute information about the sheet to be used in the job. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150009534 | OPERATION APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A multifunction peripheral (MFP) provided with an operation apparatus according to the present invention includes a liquid crystal display for displaying a preview image of a predetermined page of a file having a plurality of pages, a touch screen for detecting an operation pattern based on a user's touch operation performed on a display surface of the liquid crystal display, and a central processing unit (CPU) for switching the preview image to a preview image of another page of the file or a preview image of a predetermined page of another file according to the operation pattern detected by the touch screen while the preview image is being displayed. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150009535 | SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING AND CONTROLLING COLOR REPRODUCTION AT MULTIPLE SITES - The system provides for controlling color reproduction of input color image in a network having nodes (or sites). The system distributes the input color image data from one of the nodes to other nodes, and provides data structures in the network. The system has means for providing color calibration data at each node characterizing output colors (colorants) of the rendering device of the node, and means for producing at each node, responsive to the color calibration data of the rendering device of the node, information for transforming the input color image data into output color image data at the rendering device of the node. The rendering device of each node renders a color reproduction responsive to the output color image data, wherein colors displayed in the reproduction at the rendering device of each node appear substantially the same within the output colors attainable by the rendering devices. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150009536 | PRINT FACILITATION - Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to facilitation of printing from a web application. An identifier is used to use a is of printers. Print data for one of the printers of the list is sent to a print client based on the list of printers and the identifier. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150009537 | PRINT SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD THEREOF - A print system according to the present invention includes an information processing apparatus including a Web browser, an application server including a Web application to be used via the Web browser, and a printer. The print system includes a transmission unit that, if the Web browser included in the information processing apparatus receives print data generated by the Web application and receives a print execution instruction, transmits the print data to the printer. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150009538 | PRINTING SYSTEM, COMPUTER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - In a printing system configured such that a computer and an image forming apparatus can be connected via a network, the computer sets a stamp image and transmits the set stamp image to the image forming apparatus via the network. The image forming apparatus includes a reading device that reads an original image, an image combining unit that reads out at least one stamp image from a storage unit, combines the stamp image with the original image read by the reading device, and forms a composite image, and a printing unit that prints the composite image on recording paper. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150009539 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - An information processing system includes an information management apparatus that accepts image generation requests and an image generation section that generates image data, which is provided independently of the information management apparatus. The information management apparatus issues a job ID in response to a print request from a client, and transmits the job ID and a URL of the image generation apparatus to the client. Based on the URL, the client directly requests the image generation apparatus for image data corresponding to the job ID. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150015911 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING CONTROL PROGRAM - An information processing device, separate from an image processing apparatus, which controls the image processing apparatus and includes a display unit, a volatile memory store image data, and a nonvolatile memory. The information processing device also includes an image data acquisition unit that acquires image data processed by the image processing apparatus page by page, an image data storage processor that compares the image data acquired by the image data acquisition unit for each page with the image data stored in the volatile memory and to store the image data in either the volatile memory or the nonvolatile memory based on comparison, a display image generator that generates a display image to be displayed on the display unit based on the image data for each page stored in either the volatile memory or the nonvolatile memory, and a display image output controller that displays the display image generated by the display image generator on the display unit. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150015912 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - In an image processing apparatus that communicates with a server apparatus, specific information indicating a function of the server apparatus is acquired from the server apparatus in advance. The image processing apparatus performs control so that, when data to be printed is selected, data to be printed which cannot be converted, and for which it is determined based on the acquired specific information that the server apparatus cannot perform conversion cannot be selected as a printing candidate. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150022849 | Method and Apparatus for Optimizing Memory Usage in an Imaging Device - A system including a communication interface, a memory, and a processor. The communication interface is configured to receive data. The memory is divided into a first retention region and a second retention region, wherein the first retention region is configured to store data for a first predetermined period of time, and the second retention region is configured to store data for a second predetermined period of time. The processor is configured to i) initially store, within the first retention region of the memory, the data that is received, and ii) in response to the data that is received having been stored in the first retention region of the memory for a time limit that exceeds the first predetermined period of time, transfer the data that is received from the first retention region of the memory to the second retention region of the memory. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150022850 | POINT CALCULATION APPARATUS AND POINT CALCULATION METHOD - A method for managing points associated with erasing of images on sheets includes the steps of receiving information such as a number of sheets on which images have been erased, a size of the sheets on which images have been erased, and user data associated with the erasing of the images, calculating new points associated with a user based on the received information, calculating a total of points associated with the user based on the calculated new points and points previously associated with the user, and storing the calculated total points. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150022851 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, SERVER APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PRINTING OF SERVER APPARATUS - A method of controlling printing of a server apparatus is provided. The method includes: receiving printing data, receiving error information from at least one image forming apparatus; determining an error state level corresponding to the error information among a plurality of error state levels; and when the determined error state level is an allowed level to print, transmitting the printing data to the image forming apparatus and deleting the stored printing data, and when the error state level is a disallowed level, not transmitting the printing data. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150022852 | AN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT DISPLAYS A PREVIEW OF A DISPLAY IMAGE SHOWING A STATE WHERE AN IMAGE IS FORMED ON A SHEET OF PAPER - a In an image forming apparatus provided with an image output portion, paper supply portions, a display image generating portion, a display panel, and an operation unit including an operation unit side control portion having a preview display function, a specified display image generating function and a paper display image generating function are included as the display image generating portion and a specified paper supply portion displaying function and an output state displaying function are included as the operation unit side control portion, for displaying a preview of a situation of a paper supply portion and sheets of paper on the display panel. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150022853 | Communication Control Method, Data Processing Device, and Storage Medium - Communication performance can be appropriately and easily improved without changing an application on the host side when controlling communication between electronic devices. A computer that operates according to an operating system on an OS kernel layer, has an application on an application layer that outputs a first unit of command data causing a connected electronic device to perform an operation, and has a communication port on a physical layer that sends data output from the application to the electronic device: receives data output from the application on the OS kernel layer before the data is received by the communication port; accumulates the received data and generates a second unit of data that is larger than the first unit; and outputs the generated second unit of data to the communication port. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150022854 | DATA COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PRODUCT PRODUCING SYSTEM - Provided are a data communication apparatus and method and a product producing system which can prevent each user, which is a person in charge of a work item, from forgetting the content and existence of a notice. It is determined whether the re-notification of data for urging the execution of a work item corresponding to an execution phase (hereinafter, referred to as an execution target item) is required on the basis of progress information of each work item. Then, the content of notices related to two or more execution target items which are determined to be required for the re-notification is integrated for each user who is given an execution right over a plurality of production jobs and the integrated content is transmitted as notification data corresponding to one operation. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150022855 | COMMODITY SALES DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - A commodity sales data processing apparatus comprises a stationary type docking station provided with a printer and a portable information terminal which is freely mounted on or separated from the docking station. The information terminal accepts the input of the data related to the sales of a commodity and processes the accepted data. Further, if a print job is designated, the information terminal, when mounted on the docking station, prints printing data using the printer of the docking station or stores the printing data when not mounted on the docking station. Moreover, the stored printing data is printed using the printer of the docking station when the information terminal is mounted on the docking station. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150022856 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus is capable of communicating with a server that can generate print data. In the image processing apparatus, first data is transmitted to the server when the first data is in a format that cannot be processed in the image processing apparatus. Print processing of second data is executed ahead of the first data, when the second data received after the first data is in a format which can be processed in the image processing apparatus and the first data is in a state of being converted. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150022857 | DATA GENERATING DEVICE - A data generating device may be provided with a processor; and a memory storing computer-readable instructions therein. The computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, may cause the data generating device to perform: acquiring a first document file; identifying a first type of content data described in the first document file, the first type of content data being content data by which a content to be outputted is changeable in a state where an image represented by the first document file is displayed on a display device; generating a second document file in a case where the first type of content data is identified, the second document file not having the first type of content data described by using the first document file; and sending the second document file to the external device. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150022858 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus capable of communicating with a server apparatus, includes a receiving unit configured to receive a packet from the server apparatus, a determining unit configured to determine whether a packet received by the receiving unit is a specific packet, a power supply control unit which, when the determining unit determines that a packet received by the receiving unit is the specific packet, brings the image forming apparatus into a first power condition which enables the image forming apparatus to start quickly using data stored in a volatile memory, and a start control unit configured to start the image forming apparatus quickly using data stored in the volatile memory. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150022859 | MULTI-SOURCE, ADAPTIVE PRINTER DRIVER CONFIGURATION - Some embodiments of the invention provide techniques whereby a printer driver may be modified and supplemented over time. For example, a framework may be provided which enables a printer driver's functionality to be supplemented over time to include new and/or enhanced features, such as features relating to the manner in which the capabilities of a printer are configured, print settings are manipulated, information is presented to users, print-related system events are handled, etc. In some embodiments, one or more components (which may be included in a print subsystem provided by an operating system of a computing device, in a printer driver, and/or some other system element) may be configured to automatically seek and acquire configuration data from any of various sources, including the printer device, one or more online sources, and/or other sources. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150029539 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE AND METHOD THEREOF - A method for providing a user interface of an image forming apparatus and image forming apparatus are provided. The method includes displaying a setting user interface (UI) to set a function of the image forming apparatus, and when a user manipulation is not input to the setting UI for a predetermined time before a user finishes setting the function, temporarily storing setting information that the user has input through the setting UI. The method includes when a predetermined event occurs, re-displaying the setting UI corresponding to the setting information. Accordingly, the UI is effectively provided. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150029540 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND MOBILE DEVICE FOR FORMING WIRELESS CONFIGURATION BY USING NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION (NFC) - An image forming apparatus that supports a near field communication (NFC) function includes an NFC tag for storing installation information of an application; a wireless communication module for receiving a profile including wireless configuration data from a mobile device, wherein the wireless configuration data is input by a user in execution of the application that is installed in the mobile device by using the installation information; and a control unit for forming wireless configuration based on the profile. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150029541 | MOBILE DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE SCREEN, AND METHOD OF PROVIDING USER INTERFACE SCREEN IN THE MOBILE DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A mobile device or an image forming apparatus for providing a user interface, wherein the mobile device or the image forming apparatus receives product specifications of the mobile device or the image forming apparatus via near field communication (NFC) to determine a layout of the user interface of the mobile device or the image forming apparatus, and displays the user interface having the layout determined with respect to a predetermined application before. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150029542 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSOR, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing system has a terminal apparatus, an information processor, and an image processor connected to one another. The information processor includes first and second virtual machines, a first receiving unit receiving a connection request from the image processor, a first forwarding unit forwarding the connection request to the first machine, a second receiving unit receiving another connection request from the terminal apparatus, and a second forwarding unit forwarding the another connection request to the second machine. The first machine includes an acquiring unit receiving from the image processor job information according to a job set by a user and acquiring second machine information based on the job information, a job transfer requesting unit requesting the second machine to transfer the job based on the second machine information, and a connecting unit receiving the job from the second machine and connecting the first machine and the image processor. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150029543 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSOR, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing system has a terminal apparatus, an information processor, and an image processor connected to one another. The information processor includes first and second virtual machines, a first receiving unit receiving a connection request from the image processor, a first forwarding unit forwarding the connection request to the first machine, a second receiving unit receiving another connection request from the terminal apparatus, and a second forwarding unit forwarding the another connection request to the second machine. The second machine includes an acquiring unit receiving identifying information of the image processor selected by a user and acquiring first machine identifying information based on the identifying information, a connection transfer requesting unit requesting the first machine to transfer an authority to connect to the image processor based on the first machine identifying information, and a connecting unit receiving the authority and connecting the second machine and the image processor. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150029544 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTEXT-AWARE PRINTING SERVICE - A method of providing a context-aware printing service includes storing schedule information of a user; storing contents related with the schedule; identifying a location of a mobile terminal of the user and a current time; determining whether the identified location and the identified time are consistent with the schedule information; transmitting a guide message to print out the contents to the mobile terminal if the identified location and the identified time are consistent with the schedule information; sending, by the mobile terminal, a printing request to an image forming apparatus; and printing out the contents. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150029545 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD THEREFOR, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An application is determined, which has a function of printing data using a printer and requests capability information of the printer. Based on the determined application and the capability information of the printer, sizes of selection candidates of a recording medium to be used for printing are decided. The decided sizes are provided to the application. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150029546 | MAIN BODY DEVICE, SLAVE DEVICE, AND PROGRAM UPDATE METHOD - An update program is acquired in a main body device from an external device, a generation of noise from a noise generating source that has possibility to generate noise to a communication between the main body device and the slave device is suppressed, and after that, a slave device update program is transferred from the main body device to the slave device in the second communication method (second communication speed) which is faster than the first communication method (first communication speed). | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150029547 | PRINTING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing device includes: a rule acquiring part for acquiring a printing rule from a print server; a job generating part for generating a print job containing header information showing settings of the print job and sending the generated print job to the print server; an initial determination part for making an initial determination to determine whether or not the printing rule is applied to the print job generated by the job generating part based on the header information of the print job and displaying a result of the initial determination on a display part; and a job controlling part for continuing a process on the print job in response to a user instruction to continue, and suspending the process on the print job in response to a user instruction to suspend after the result of the initial determination is displayed on the display part. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150029548 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING SERVER AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - A information processing device includes: a job generating part for generating the print job in response to a user instruction; and a job transmitting part for separating job information and header information showing settings of the print job and sending the separated header information to a print server. The print server includes: an initial determination part for making an initial determination to determine a printing rule applied to the print job based on the header information and sending a result of the initial determination to the information processing device; and a job controlling part for continuing a process on the print job in response to receiving a continue instruction from the information processing device, and suspending the process on the print job in response to receiving a suspend instruction from said information processing device. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150029549 | PRINTING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PRINTING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes a communication unit configured to communicate with a printing apparatus, and a first controller configured to generate a first print job designating one of a plurality of sheet tray of the printing apparatus, and a second print job not designating any one of the plurality of sheet tray of the printing apparatus. A printing apparatus includes an image forming unit, an operation unit, and a second controller configured to determine whether a print job received from the image processing apparatus is the first print job or the second print job. When the first print job is received, the second controller controls the image forming unit to execute the first print job using the sheet tray designated by the first print job, while when the second print job is received, it is executed using a sheet tray designated through the operation unit. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150029550 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - An information processing device comprising: a data sharing unit causing an application to process data output from a data output source application; a communication interface configured to perform communication with an external device; and a processor that, when executing the instructions, performs operations comprising: acquiring an image data set from the external device through the communication interface; defining plural image data groups, each of the plural image data groups including at least one of the plurality of image data included in the image data set; selecting a plurality of the applications each of which is corresponding to each of the plural image data groups, respectively; and causing the data sharing unit to perform a sharing process of making each of the plurality of the selected applications process the at least one of the plurality of image data included in each of the plural image data groups, respectively. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150029551 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PRINT SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus constituting a print system includes a reception unit configured to receive a job, a determination unit configured to analyze job data of the job, and determine whether or not the job involves a storage job for performing data storage processing to a non-volatile storage unit of the image forming apparatus, an analysis unit, and a communication unit. In a case where the job is determined to involve the storage job, the analysis unit performs simplified analysis processing for obtaining list display information for displaying storage target data stored by the storage job prior to the data storage processing. When the communication unit receives a display request for displaying a list of jobs including the storage job from a second image forming apparatus, the communication unit transmits, to the second image forming apparatus, list information including information about the storage target data. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150029552 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINT SERVER, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A print server includes: a storing part for storing a printing rule defining an output condition for printing; a notifying part for notifying an information processing device of the printing rule and a setting change process which can be changed by a user through user operation to select corresponding to the printing rule; and a job converting part for changing a print setting of the print job based on the setting change process selected by the user thereby converting the print job to the print job matching the printing rule. The information processing device includes: an acquiring part for acquiring the printing rule and information relating to the setting change process; and a setting changing part for changing the setting change process performed by the job converting part to a different process within a range matching the printing rule. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150029553 | DISPLAY OPERATING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH DISPLAY OPERATING DEVICE - A display operating device includes a position detecting section, an axis decision section, a movement determining section, a display section, and a first rotation processing section. The position detecting section is configured to detect three positions on a touch surface. The axis decision section is configured to decide a first axis using first and second positions which are two of the three positions. The movement determining section is configured to determine whether or not a third position, which is the remaining one of the three positions, is moving. The first rotation processing section is configured to, when with the 3D object displayed on the display section the three positions are detected and the third position is determined to be moving, rotate the 3D object by a first predetermined angle about the first axis. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150029554 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRINTING DATA WITH PREDETERMINED FORMAT USING BLUETOOTH COMMUNICATION, AND METHOD OF STORING TEMPLATE DATA - A method and apparatus for printing data with a predetermined format transmitted from a terminal device using Bluetooth communication. The method includes receiving the data having the predetermined format from the terminal device using Bluetooth communication; combining the received data having the predetermined format with template data corresponding to the terminal device stored in a printing apparatus; and printing the combined data. Accordingly, it is possible to obtain the same printing result even when different printing apparatuses print the data by transmitting the data with the predetermined format from the terminal device to the different printing apparatuses using Bluetooth communication, and to obtain the same printing result when printing the data with the predetermined format by transmitting the data with the predetermined format from the terminal device or transmitting data obtained by combining the data with the predetermined format with the template data from the terminal device. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150029555 | PRINTING FROM A HANDHELD DEVICE VIA A REMOTE SERVER - Systems and methods are provided though which a transaction, e.g., in a multi-tier, distributed application may be initiated from a portable or hand-held device, such as a smartphone. A computer system or systems, possibly remote from the device, may approve the transaction, complete it, or both, and the remote computer system or systems may cause a document to be printed, e.g., by a printer physically proximate to the device. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150029556 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM TO BE EXECUTED BY THE SAME - An image processing apparatus includes: an image processing device; a display portion capable of detecting a touch of an input object; a storage storing preset-setting groups; a preset-setting-group-selection-screen display controller displays icons corresponding to the preset-setting groups; and an image-processing-device controller for controlling the image processing device. When at least two icons are displayed on the display portion such that one icon is displayed in a selected state manner, and a specific icon is displayed in a non-selected state manner, and when the specific icon is touched, the preset-setting-group-selection-screen display controller moves the specific icon located on a second area to a first area and moves the one icon located on the first area to the second area in a direction in which the specific icon is moved, and displays the specific icon in the selected state manner and display the one icon in the non-selected state manner. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150036173 | ELECTRONIC CONTENT MANAGEMENT WORKFLOW - A method for managing an electronic document (ED) using an electronic content management (ECM) system. The method includes: receiving, by the ECM system, a submission having the ED; generating an archived document corresponding to the ED; storing, by the ECM system, the ED and the archived document; distributing, by the ECM system, the archived document to multiple users including a first user and a second user; receiving, by the ECM system and from the first user, a first request for the ED; sending, by the ECM system, the ED to the first user in response to the first user having access rights to the ED. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150036174 | AUTOMATED MODEL SELECTION - A server is configured to store a library of printable content and to select an item from the library in response to a user request. Instead of the user specifying a particular item, the server can automatically select from a number of different items. The server may automatically determine a printer type for the user and select a suitable, corresponding model for immediate fabrication by the printer. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150036175 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, COMPUTING DEVICE, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING DATA FLOW IN IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND COMPUTING DEVICE OF IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming device and a computing device controlling data flow in an image forming system determine a device to perform an image job in the image forming system according to processing capabilities of devices existing in the image forming system, when the image job is requested, and perform the requested image job by using image data processed by the determined device. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150036176 | SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus stores, in a storage unit, a plurality of charging tables for calculating a charging amount in execution of a job. A communication terminal acquires a charging table from the storage unit based on identification information for identifying a communication terminal, and calculates, based on the acquired charging table, a charging amount for a job to be transmitted to the image forming apparatus. The calculated charging amount is displayed. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150036177 | PROCESSING APPARATUS, CHARGING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - When the time required for one charging process is longer than the processing time of the execution unit of a job, one charging process is performed for a plurality of execution units of a job. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150036178 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - In a communication system including an image processing apparatus having a VNC server and a Web client, a terminal device having a VNC viewer and a Web client and an information processing apparatus having a Web server, the Web client of the image processing apparatus establishes a first connection with the Web server of the information processing apparatus, and the Web client of the terminal device establishes a second connection with the Web server of the information processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus transmits screen information of an operation panel of the image processing apparatus to the terminal device via the information processing apparatus, and the VNC viewer of the terminal device displays the screen information on a display unit of the terminal device. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150036179 | SEARCH INTERFACE DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An interface device is equipped with a touch panel and a search character input portion, and is used for inputting characters for searching search target data. The touch panel has a display surface including a search result display area for displaying a search result and a character display area for input which displays a character string for input, and detects a pressed position with respect to the display surface. The search character input portion inputs, in response to movement of the pressed position in a state that the pressing on a plurality of characters included in the character group for input displayed in the character display area for input is maintained, the character corresponding to the pressed position sequentially as a search character. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150036180 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electronic apparatus includes a display unit that includes a display screen including a touch panel configured to display an image and to accept an input from an operator made by touching the touch panel, a touch position detection unit that detects a position touched by the operator on the display screen of the display unit, upon receipt of a detection signal outputted from the display unit according to detection by the touch panel, a calibration execution unit that executes calibration to correct a shift of the touch position detected by the touch position detection unit, and a human body sensor that outputs a detection signal upon detecting that the operator has come to a position spaced from the electronic apparatus by a predetermined distance. The calibration execution unit executes the calibration upon receipt of the detection signal from the human body sensor. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150036181 | PRINTING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL, CONTROL METHODS THEREFOR, AND PRINTING SYSTEM - The invention provides a system in which, in a case where an event requiring a user operation occurs on a mobile terminal side, a printer can continue the print processing even if the terminal is moved outside the range of short distance communication by paying in advance a print fee to the printer. When the printer receives a print job from the terminal using short distance wireless communication, it charges the terminal every time one paper sheet is printed. If the terminal receives an incoming call, it transmits an advance payment request for an unprinted portion to the printer so that printing is continued even if the terminal is moved outside the range of short distance wireless communication. Upon receiving the request, the printer performs charging according to an amount indicated by the request, and continues printing of the unprinted portion. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150036182 | Print Control Device, Printing System, and Print Control Method - A print control device | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150036183 | PRINTING CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR PRINTING CONTROL DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing control device that communicates with an image forming apparatus receives a job, and analyzes the job to determine whether the job is printable by the image forming apparatus. When the image forming apparatus shifts to a sleep state, the printing control device controls the image forming apparatus such that to return from the sleep state according to a determination that the received job is printable by the image forming apparatus. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150036184 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus reads an image, generates a file from the read image, and sets a confidentiality attribute of the file for identifying a storage destination of the file. The file is stored either in the image forming apparatus or in a remote apparatus based on the confidentiality attribute. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150036185 | Information Processing Device and Information Processing System, and Computer-Readable Medium Therefor - An information processing device including an image processing unit, a communication unit configured to perform wireless communication with a terminal device within a communicable distance from the terminal device, a display, an input unit, and a controller configured to, after the wireless communication with the terminal device, control the display to display one or more parameters of all parameters available for setting an image processing operation by the image processing unit, the one or more parameters including at least one un-selectable parameter that is not selectable on the terminal device, and in response to receiving, via the input unit, a signal corresponding to a specific parameter of the one or more parameters displayed on the display, control the image processing unit to perform the image processing operation based on the specific parameter corresponding to the received signal. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150036186 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A CPU of the image forming apparatus measures a data transfer speed to an SSD for every print page, and a time-out period (paper jam detection period) for determining occurrence of a time-out associated with processing (print job) including an access to the SSD is changed in accordance with the data transfer speed determined to be lower than a predetermined value. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150036187 | PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINTING CONTROL METHOD AND PRINTING CONTROL PROGRAM - A printing control apparatus for controlling printing on a lenticular sheet includes a printing control section that generates printing data corresponding to an area included in the lenticular sheet as well as another printing data corresponding to at least one area extending outward from an edge of the lenticular sheet, and that performs printing by using the printing data and the another printing data. The printing data and the another printing data are composed of a plurality of pixels, and for the another printing data corresponding to the outer area than the edge, when a row of pixels being included in the plurality of pixels and aligning so as to correspond to a long-direction of a lenticular lens is defined as a pixel row, the printing control apparatus performs thinning-out processing by handling a predetermined number of the pixel row as unit of the thinning-out processing. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150036188 | Terminal Device and Printer - A terminal device may supply a first request to a print intermediation server. The first request may cause the print intermediation server to register file related information being related to a target file. The terminal device may receive, from a printer, print condition related information being related to an actual print condition, and control a display unit to display a selection screen. The selection screen may cause a user to select a print setting from among the actual print condition. The terminal device may send a print instruction including print setting information indicating the print setting to the printer. The print setting information may be supplied from the printer to the print intermediation server in order for the printer to obtain print data from the print intermediation server. The print data may be created from the target file in accordance with the print setting. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150036189 | Terminal Device and Printer - A terminal device may register printer related information including virtual print condition information indicating a virtual print condition in a print intermediation server, obtain authentication information from the print intermediation server, receive print condition related information being related to an actual print condition from an actual printer after the printer related information was registered in the print intermediation server, and changing, by using the authentication information and the print condition related information, contents of the printer related information being registered in the print intermediation server, from a state including the virtual print condition information to a state including actual print condition information indicating the actual print condition. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150036190 | Image Forming Apparatus With Continuous Paper Feeding, and Image Forming Method - An image forming apparatus continuously performs primary paper feeding in which paper is transported from a paper feeding roller to a resist position roller and secondary paper feeding in which the paper is transported from the resist position roller to an ejection roller while not stopping the resist position roller. The image forming apparatus divides image data into pieces of band data, stores the pieces of band data, calculates the number of specific bands corresponding to an in-advance paper feeding timing corresponding to the paper size and the paper orientation, and outputs an in-advance paper feeding timing notice when image process is completed up to the number of specific bands. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150036191 | Terminal Device and Printer - A terminal device may receive print condition related information being related to an actual print condition from a printer, and register, in a print intermediation server, by using the print condition related information, printer related information including actual print condition information indicating the actual print condition. The terminal device may control a display unit to display a selection screen by using the actual print condition information in a case where file related information related to a target file is to be registered in the print intermediation server after the printer related information was registered in the print intermediation server. The selection screen may cause a user to select a print setting from among the actual print condition. The terminal device may register the file related information and print setting information in association with the printer related information in the print intermediation server. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150036192 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, PRINTING CONDITION SETTING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PRODUCT - The CPU of a personal computer displays a list of one-click icons, each representing one or a plurality of printing functions, in the icon display area, and selects one one-click icon from the list of the one-click icons displayed in the icon display area, to automatically set a plurality of printing functions corresponding to the selected one-click icons. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150043028 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - Provided is an image forming apparatus including a display section that displays a first operating portion through which a first operation instruction of an operator is input and a second operating portion through which a second operation instruction different from the first operation instruction is input, on a display screen in image formation and an image forming section that performs the image formation, when the first operation instruction of the operator is input through the first operating portion displayed by the display section, onto a recording medium, and displays, when the second operation instruction of the operator is input through the second operating portion displayed by the display section, the image data stored in the storage unit as a list and performs the image formation onto the recording medium for image data selected from the list by the operator. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150043029 | NETWORK SYSTEM, DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus of a network system requests a distribution system for firmware, acquires the firmware from the distribution system, applies the firmware, and notifies the distribution system about version information for specific firmware relating to a function that performs application time designation. The distribution system of the network system manages version information for the firmware based on a notice from the image forming apparatus, provides a screen for a distribution setting for the firmware with the image forming apparatus, provides a first screen on which the time designation for applying the firmware is enabled, or a second screen on which the time designation is disabled by switching the screens for each of the plurality of image forming apparatuses based on the version information for the specific firmware managed. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150043030 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - In a case where an execution request for a job to be executed by an external device is received, job information of the job is registered in a first database. A second database is searched for job information of a job for the external device which executes the job. Based on the found job information, predetermined processing is executed on a job corresponding to the job information. In a case where job information is searched for in accordance with registration of a job and at least the job information is not found, predetermined processing is executed, based on the registered job information held in an information processing apparatus, on a job corresponding to the job information. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150043031 | NETWORK-BASED EVENT NOTIFICATION SYSTEM - Upon startup of an OS, the present invention obtains an entry of a StatusMonitor key from all printer driver setting information subscribed in a registry by means of a subscriber (S | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150043032 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a reception unit receiving the number of sheet identifiers to be allocated to a form definition, a comparison unit comparing the number of sheet identifiers received by the reception unit with the number of usable sheet identifiers, an information allocation unit allocating the number of usable sheet identifiers being equal to or greater than the number of sheet identifiers received by the reception unit among the usable sheet identifiers as a definition identifier to the form definition when the comparison result of the comparison unit shows that the number of sheet identifiers received by the reception unit is equal to or less than the number of usable sheet identifiers, a prohibition unit excluding the sheet identifiers included in the definition identifier from the sheet identifiers to be allocated later, and an association unit associating the definition identifier with the form definition. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150043033 | DISPLAY DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - Disclosed is a display device including: a display unit; a gaze detection unit configured to detect the user's gaze; and a control unit configured to control a display of a series of images, wherein in case that the user removes the gaze while the series of images are sequentially displayed, the control unit obtains first information specifying a position of an image in the series of images, which is displayed when the user removes the gaze, and instructs the display unit to continue a dynamic display of the series of images, and then, in case that the user returns the gaze, the control unit makes a judgment as to whether the control unit executes a replay process from the position specified in the first information, and in case that the control unit judges that the control unit executes the replay process, the control unit executes the replay process. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150043034 | PRINTING CONTROL DEVICE, PRINTING CONTROL METHOD, AND PRINTING CONTROL PROGRAM - A printing control device includes an image fetching unit configured to fetch image files expressing a page containing objects, a decision unit configured to divide the page into a plurality of bands, and configured to, for each band, decide whether or not to expand to a band unit raster format image data based on features of the objects contained in the band, an image expansion unit configured to expand to the image data according to drawing command for drawing the objects contained in the band, and a transfer unit configured to, for a band that has been expanded to the image data, transfer the expanded band unit image data to a printing unit, and, for a band that has not been expanded to the image data, transfer drawing command for drawing the objects contained in the band to the printing unit. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150043035 | CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A control apparatus includes storing, display, selection, receiving, determining, and control units. The storing unit stores attribute information about a sheet to be stored in each of a plurality of sheet holding units. The selection unit selects a job displayed by the display unit. The receiving unit receives an execution instruction for the selected job. The determining unit determines whether attribute information about a sheet to be used in the selected job corresponds to stored sheet attribute information. The control unit performs control in such a way as to prevent first attribute information, about a sheet to be used in a first job determined as being inconsistent, from being stored for a sheet holding unit in which second attribute information, about a sheet to be used in a second job selected at earlier timing by the selection unit than the first job, corresponds to the stored sheet attribute information. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150043036 | Relaying Device, Relaying Method, Image Processing Apparatus, and Image Processing System - A relaying device is configured to obtain first data received from one of an image processing apparatus and a server apparatus via a communication unit, convert the first data having a first format to second data having a second format, transmit the second data to the other of the image processing apparatus and the server apparatus. When the transmission process is abnormally terminated, process identification information is transmitted to the image processing apparatus, and the process identification information and the second data are stored in associated manner, and a re-start instruction including the process identification information identifying the transmission process to be re-started is received from the image processing apparatus. When the transmission process is abnormally terminated and the re-start instruction is received, second data associated with the process identification information is obtained, which is transmitted to the other of the image processing apparatus and the server apparatus. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150043037 | INPUT DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An input display apparatus includes the following elements. A display unit has a display area. A receiver receives plural types of gestures which are performed on the display area. A setting unit sets plural settings for an apparatus in accordance with the types of gestures received by the receiver. A display controller controls the display unit to display at least one of the plural settings and gesture guidance information for guiding an input of a gesture which is associated with the setting to be displayed. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150049359 | CLOUD PRINTING SYSTEM AND METHOD USING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is a cloud printing method using a image forming apparatus, the method including: selecting content for printing in a mobile terminal; connecting a location storage server and receiving location information of image forming apparatuses via the mobile terminal; displaying locations of the image forming apparatuses on a screen of the mobile terminal, based on the received location information; transmitting the content to a cloud server via the mobile terminal; near field communication (NFC) tagging the mobile terminal to one of the image forming apparatuses; and receiving the content from the cloud server and printing the content, via the one of the image forming apparatuses to which the NFC tagging is performed. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150049360 | CLOUD PRINTING SYSTEM AND METHOD USING NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION - Provided is a cloud printing method using near field communication (NFC), the method comprising: selecting content for printing in a mobile terminal; requesting a print by the mobile terminal being NFC tagged to an image forming apparatus; transmitting the selected content to the cloud server via the mobile terminal; parallel rendering the content in the mobile terminal and the cloud server; generating print data by merging sets of content respectively rendered in the mobile terminal and the cloud server; and printing the print data in the image forming apparatus. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150049361 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING IMAGE FORMING PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus includes an image capture device that captures a user image and generates a captured image, a document holding determination unit that determines whether or not the user appearing in the captured image holds a document based on the captured image, and a scanned data processor that performs processing including scanning the document. The scanned data processor is activated if the document holding determination unit determines that the user holds the document. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150049362 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR DISPLAYING SCREEN, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a storage section, an operating section, an assignment and management section, a press detecting section, and a display processing section. The storage section stores settings of a plurality of paper feed cassettes accommodating paper. The operating section has a plurality of operation keys to be pressed for inputting operation. The assignment and management section assigns the paper feed cassettes to the different operation keys to manage the respective paper feed cassettes. The press detecting section detects press of any of the operation keys. The display processing section displays, during the time when any of the operation keys is kept pressed, a setting check screen showing the settings of the paper feed cassette assigned to the operation key being pressed. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150049363 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT TRANSMITS AND RECEIVES MAINTENANCE WORK DATA TO AND FROM INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus without bothering a user, even when it is necessary to disconnect and restart the image forming apparatus which has been connected to the information processing apparatus so as to transmit and receive maintenance work data for performing the maintenance work on the image forming apparatus. When the image forming apparatus is required to be disconnected and reconnected after restarting the image forming apparatus during connection with the information processing apparatus, identification information for identifying an information processing apparatus to be reconnected is stored in a storage section. The image forming apparatus is reconnected to the information processing apparatus identified by the identification information stored in the storage section after the image forming apparatus is restarted. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150049364 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: an image bearing member; a developing device; a supply device that supplies the developing device with toner; a density detector that detects information about a toner density serving as a ratio of toner and carrier of the developer of the developing device; and a controller that is able to execute a remaining amount determination mode which interrupts the image forming operation and performs a toner supply operation on the developing device from the supply device, based on the detection result of the density detector, wherein the controller at least selectively executes a first state that immediately prohibits the image formation, a second state that allows the image forming operation, and a third state that executes the mode again, based on the detection result of the density detector acquired after the start of execution of the mode. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150055168 | SYSTEM TO MANAGE OPERATION OF DEVICES - A system to manage operation of plural devices has an acquiring unit configured to acquire information from a user giving a physical signal to use one of the devices, a user identification unit configured to identify the user based on the information acquired by the acquiring unit, a device identification unit configured to identify a device the user intends to use based on the information acquired by the acquiring unit, a signal identification unit configured to identify the physical signal based on the information acquired by the acquiring unit, and a control unit configured to recognize the meaning of the physical signal based on the identified user, identified device, and identified physical signal, and transmit a control signal corresponding to the physical signal to the identified device. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150055169 | EXTENDABLE SYSTEM FOR PREPROCESSING PRINT DOCUMENT AND METHOD FOR THE SAME - A system for preprocessing a print document is disclosed. The system may comprise a document inputting unit, configured to receive a print document, a document processing unit, configured to process the print document that is received by the document inputting unit, and a document outputting unit, configured to output a print document that has been processed by the document processing unit. Further, a method for preprocessing a print document is also disclosed. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150055170 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus includes a first generation unit, an acquisition unit, an identification unit, and a second generation unit. The first generation unit generates a second document resulting from deletion of first information allocated at a first position from a first document. The acquisition unit acquires a third document resulting from execution of a process to the second document generated by the first generation unit. The identification unit identifies a second position corresponding to the first position of the first document in the third document. The second generation unit generates a fourth document in which the first information is allocated at the second position identified by the identification unit in the third document acquired by the acquisition unit. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150055171 | METHOD OF SETTING PRINTING OPTION THROUGH TOUCH INPUT AND MOBILE DEVICE TO PERFORM SAME - A method of setting a printing option through a touch input includes displaying a preview, which includes a virtual sheet of paper and thumbnails corresponding to content to be printed, on a touch screen of a mobile device, determining a printing option by receiving and analyzing a touch input on the virtual sheet of paper and the thumbnails, and applying the determined printing option to the preview. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150055172 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - Sheet information of a sheet contained in each of a first sheet containing unit and a second sheet containing unit is stored in a storing step, the sheet information that is set for the first sheet containing unit and the second sheet containing unit is stored in a memory. It is determined based on the sheet information stored in the memory, whether a sheet to be used in a print job is contained in the first sheet containing unit and the second sheet containing unit. If it is determined not to be contained in the first sheet containing unit and the second sheet containing unit, a change of the sheet information stored in the memory is done. The sheet information stored in the storing step is changed using the changed sheet information in the memory. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150055173 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus reads setting value by means of a replace-import processing, and reflects the read setting value if a state of the image forming apparatus indicates that the replace-import processing has not been performed. The replace-import processing indicates an import method for setting according to a replacement. The image forming apparatus adds information indicating that the setting value has been used for original data corresponding to the setting value used in the replace-import processing. Also, the image forming apparatus sets the state of the image forming apparatus to a state indicating that the replace-import processing has been performed after the setting vales are reflected. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150055174 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided an information processing apparatus and a control method thereof. The information processing apparatus and a control method acquires user information from an external apparatus by using near field wireless communication, determines how to handle the acquired user information according to a type of a screen displayed by a display unit. For example, when the displayed screen is an authentication screen, authentication processing is executed by using the acquired user information. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150055175 | CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A control apparatus includes a storing unit, a determining unit, a first notification unit, a selection unit, and a second notification unit. The storing unit stores attribute information of sheets to be stored in sheet holding units. The determining unit determines whether attribute information of sheets to be used by a job corresponds to the stored sheet attribute information. The first notification unit notifies, in a case where the determining unit determines that the attribute information does not correspond, a user that the attribute information does not correspond to the sheet attribute information. The selection unit selects the stored sheet attribute information to change the attribute information of sheets to be used by the job. The second notification unit notifies, in accordance with selection of the sheet attribute information, the user that the attribute information of sheets to be used by the job corresponds to the stored sheet attribute information. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150055176 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus includes a memory and a controller. The memory stores first information therein. The controller is configured to obtain from an external apparatus second information about a status of the information processing apparatus. The second information is held in the external apparatus. The controller then determines based on the second information whether the first information should be deleted from the memory in accordance with the second information. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150055177 | RELAY DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER-READABLE INSTRUCTIONS FOR RELAY DEVICE, AND SYSTEM COMPRISING IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND RELAY DEVICE - A relay device may receive, from a image processing device, selected image processing identifying information configured to identify a selected image processing. A plural types of image processing may be a processing to be executed on first image information outputted from the image processing device. The relay device may receive, from the image processing device, selected second image information-identifying information configured to identify selected second image information selected in the image processing device. The relay device may receive the selected second image information identified by the selected second image information-identifying information. The relay device may execute the selected image processing identified by the selected image processing identifying information to compose the selected second image information and the first image information. The relay device may send, to the image processing device, created image information created by the execution of the selected image processing. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150055178 | RELAYING DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER-READABLE INSTRUCTIONS FOR RELAYING DEVICE, AND SYSTEM COMPRISING IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND RELAYING DEVICE - A relaying device may send, to the image processing device, first screen information for causing a first screen to be displayed on a display unit of an image processing device. The first screen may be configured to receive selection as to whether to execute a second print process or a first print process at the image processing device. The second print process may be process using print information received by the image processing device and performed prior to the second print process. The relaying device may send first print information used for the first print process to the image processing device in a case that first process-identification information is received from the image processing device. The relaying device may send second print information used for the second print process to the image processing device in a case that second process-identification information is received from the image processing device. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150055179 | FACSIMILE APPARATUS THAT CONNECTS VIA SESSION INITIATION PROTOCOL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AS WELL AS STORAGE MEDIUM - A facsimile apparatus which makes it possible to certainly perform facsimile communication via an IP network. The facsimile makes connection with a communication destination according to Session Initiation Protocol to perform facsimile communication with the communication destination via an IP network. A first connection sequence of starting call connection using a session of performing image communication is executed, and then a second connection sequence of starting call connection using a session of performing voice communication is executed. When one of the first connection sequence and the second connection sequence fails in the call connection, the other of the first connection sequence and the second connection sequence executes the call connection. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150055180 | Systems and Methods for Communicating Documents - A system includes telephone and packet-switched network interfaces and a translator. The translator receives messages. Outgoing messages originate from a multiple-function peripheral (MFP) and are received via a transfer agent (TA). Outgoing e-mail messages include an attached file in an image file format. The translator removes and delivers the attachment in facsimile format. Incoming fax messages are attached to an e-mail message. The TA receives and relays the e-mail message to an identified MFP, which discards the e-mail message and prints the attachment. A method for processing fax messages includes associating an identifier with a MFP, receiving a fax intended for the MFP, generating an e-mail message with an attachment representing the fax and communicating the e-mail message to a transfer agent that relays the e-mail to the MFP, which discards the e-mail body and prints the attachment. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150055181 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present invention relates to a print control apparatus that is connected to a data processing apparatus through a first communication unit and connected to an image forming apparatus through a second communication unit. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150055182 | IMAGE-PROCESSING SYSTEM AND IMAGE-PROCESSING METHOD - An image-processing system comprising a peripheral device | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150062621 | PROVIDING AN INTEGRATED, FEATURE ORIENTED AD-HOC PRINTING DEVICE SELECTION SYSTEM FOR MOBILE CLIENT DEVICES - An integrated printer driver includes the capability to discover available ad-hoc printing devices and obtain the features and options currently supported by those ad-hoc printing devices. The integrated printer driver automatically selects a particular ad-hoc printing device based upon a user's selected feature and option set and allows a user to print an electronic document prior to an ad-hoc communications link being established with the particular ad-hoc printing device. The integrated printer driver renders the electronic document and generates a print job, and holds the print job until an ad-hoc communications link is established with the particular ad-hoc printing device. After the ad-hoc communications link has been established, the integrated printer driver determines whether the particular ad-hoc printing device is capable of successfully processing the print job and if so, causes the print job to be transmitted to the ad-hoc printing device. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150062622 | PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing system includes a plurality of loading units, and a registration management unit configured to display on a display screen a registration screen for receiving registration of attributes of printing media loaded in the loading unit. The registration management unit is configured to arrange selection elements corresponding to unregistered loading units so as to be selectable on the registration screen, and is configured to arrange on the registration screen registration elements for registering the attributes of the printing media loaded in the loading unit corresponding to a selected selection element. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150062623 | PRINT MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND PRINT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - When the user executes printing in a system to which plural printers are connected, the waiting time of each user is minimized, and the use of the plural printers is equalized. The print management device is connected to the terminal devices and the printers via a network, for example. The print management device saves the print jobs transmitted from each of the terminal devices. When receiving the print instruction from any one of the printers, the print management device transmits the print job corresponding thereto to the printer and makes the printer execute the printing. Also, the print management device collects and manages the print execution status of the printers. When receiving a new print instruction from the printer which is already executing the print job, the print management device calculates the waiting time of each of the printers and notifies the printer having the shortest waiting time. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150062624 | ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT - To provide an electric equipment which has a function in which parameter is set, and enables a user to appropriately adjust the parameters regardless of an ability level of user. A plurality of reception screens having different degrees of detail for received instructions for adjusting parameters are displayed depending on the ability level of user to adjust the appropriate parameters, such as maintenance ability, or presence or absence of the specialized knowledge for the apparatus, or the like, thus the user adjusts the parameter using the reception screen suitable for the user. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150062625 | STORAGE INFORMATION UPDATE METHOD, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, SYSTEM FOR MANAGING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND MOBILE DEVICE - A storage information update method, an image forming apparatus, a system for managing the image forming apparatus, and a mobile device are provided. The method is performed by an image forming apparatus to which at least one identification number is assigned, a storage configured to store the identification number of the image forming apparatus, and a terminal device communicable with the storage. The method includes acquiring, by the terminal device, the at least one identification number of the image forming apparatus and transmitting, by the terminal device, the received at least one identification number to the storage. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150062626 | MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A management apparatus comprises: management unit which manages a power control rule for a change of a state of the one or more information processing devices; determination unit which determines whether or not the power control ability of the information processing device matches the power control rule; and setting unit which sets the managed power control rule to the information processing device if it has been determined that the power control ability of the information processing device matches the managed power control rule, and sets a new power control rule that matches the power control ability of the information processing device if it has been determined that the power control ability of the information processing device does not match the managed power control rule. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150062627 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A communication apparatus includes a communication unit. When receiving a request to start communication from a second communication apparatus during communication with a first communication apparatus, the communication unit transmits to the second communication apparatus a communication disabled notification with a retransmission time period indicating a time until the request to start communication again. In addition, when receiving a request to start communication from a third communication apparatus after completing the communication with the first communication apparatus and before receiving the request to start communication sent again from the second communication apparatus based on the retransmission time period, the communication unit does not start data reception from the third communication apparatus so as to give priority to data communication with the second communication apparatus. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150062628 | PORTABLE TERMINAL APPARATUS, METHOD OF OBTAINING SCANNED DATA FROM AN IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A portable terminal apparatus includes: a scan job generator that generates a scan job; a file format selecting portion that allows users to select a first file format; a display portion that displays scanned data; a first judgment portion that judges whether or not the first file format is enabled; a second judgment portion that judges whether or not a second file format is enabled; a file format setting portion that sets the first or second file format; a transmitter that transmits the scan job to the image processing apparatus; a data obtaining portion that obtains the scanned data from the image processing apparatus; a display controller that allows the display portion to display the scanned data in an enabled file format; a file converter that converts the scanned data into the first file format; and a storage that stores the scanned data in the first file format. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150062629 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - In an image forming system, a map image generation portion obtains positional information of image forming apparatuses having been detected, from the image forming apparatuses having been detected, and generates a map image that indicates, by disposing device icons representing the image forming apparatuses having been detected, a distance and a direction of each image forming apparatus having been detected, relative to a present position and a present orientation of a mobile terminal apparatus, based on the present position and the present orientation of the mobile terminal apparatus and the positional information of the image forming apparatuses having been detected. An output instruction portion transmits an output instruction, to the image forming apparatus corresponding to a device icon selected from among the device icons in the map image displayed on a display device. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150062630 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes print condition receiving portion, save information holding portion, save information re-setting portion, print data generating portion. Save information holding portion temporarily holds a set value of a predetermined setting item among setting items of print conditions that have already been received via print condition receiving portion. Save information re-setting portion, after print condition receiving portion restarts the input of the print conditions, reads out the set value held by save information holding portion and set the set value in a corresponding setting item of the print conditions. Print data generating portion, after a print execution instruction is input via print condition receiving portion, generates print data in accordance with the print conditions received by print condition receiving portion. The print data generated by print data generating portion is printed by an image forming portion of a printing apparatus. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150062631 | DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A display device incudes a display section having a display surface, a display control section, and a touch panel. The display control section is configured to causes the display section to display a first display region and a first operating region. The touch panel is configured to detect a touch point in touch with the display surface of the display section. A page selected from a plurality of pages is displayed in the first display region. The first operating region has a size corresponding to the number of pages from the page displayed in the first display region to an end page of the pages. The display control section updates the page displayed in the first display region according to the number of to-be-updated pages determined based on a start point to an end point of the touch point within the first operating region. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150062632 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND CONTROL METHOD - An information processing apparatus transmits print data to an image forming apparatus by using near field communication or to an image forming apparatus on a network, and at this time, gives preference as a print destination to the image forming apparatus using the near field communication over the image forming apparatus capable of communicating with the information processing apparatus using the network. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150062633 | Communication Apparatus - Aspects of the disclosure provide a communication apparatus that can use preferable settings regardless of which of communication in a near-field wireless communication method and communication in a wireless communication method different from the near-field wireless communication method is used as a trigger to start a function. The communication apparatus may include a controller. The controller may, if communication carried out in a near-field wireless communication method, transmit at least one of first setting table and data created based on the first setting table to an external device, and, if communication is carried out in the wireless communication method, transmit at least one of second setting table and data created based on the second setting table to the external device. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150062634 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - An image forming apparatus for performing image formation using a recording material includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a remaining amount of the recording material, a prediction unit configured to predict a remaining amount of the recording material based on data used for the image formation, a setting unit configured to set the predicated remaining amount of the recording material as a remaining amount of the recording material to be displayed, and a control unit configured to perform control so that when the predicted remaining amount of the recording material reaches a remaining amount of the recording material to be acquired next by the acquisition unit, the remaining amount of the recording material to be displayed is maintained at the remaining amount of the recording material to be acquired next by the acquisition unit until the acquisition unit acquires the next remaining amount of the recording material. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150062635 | SHEET MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING SHEET MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A sheet management apparatus includes a storing unit, an obtaining unit, and a setting unit. The storing unit stores a combination of a size and first property information of a first sheet and a size and second property information of a second sheet. The obtaining unit obtains a first size of a sheet held in a first sheet holding unit and a second size of a sheet held in a second sheet holding unit. The setting unit sets sheet property information such that the first property information is read out from the combination and the read first property information is set as sheet property information of a sheet held in the first sheet holding unit, and the second property information is read out from the combination and the read second property information is set as sheet property information of a sheet held in the second sheet holding unit. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150062636 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - In an information processing apparatus, a data transmission portion transmits print data to an image forming apparatus, and a first detection portion detects communication terminals existing in a communication range of a near field wireless communication. In addition, a terminal selection portion selects one or a plurality of communication terminals from among the communication terminals detected by the first detection portion, and an authorization portion gives print authority of the print data transmitted from the data transmission portion, to the communication terminal selected by the terminal selection portion. On the other hand, in an image forming apparatus, a printing permission portion permits printing of the print data corresponding to the print authority, when the communication terminal having the print authority exists in the communication range of the near field wireless communication. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150062637 | Image Forming Apparatus Having Function of Avoiding Overflow of Buffer and Image Forming Method - An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of buffers, an auxiliary storage unit, a data receiving unit, a data transmitting unit, an asynchronous data write unit, a data prefetch unit, a data deletion unit, and an image forming unit. The data receiving unit inputs data into one of the plurality of buffers. The data transmitting unit outputs the stored data. The asynchronous data write unit stores the stored data into the auxiliary storage unit. The data prefetch unit prefetches, if no data to be output exists in another one of the plurality of buffers, the data stored in the auxiliary storage unit to the another one of the plurality of buffers. The data deletion unit deletes the data, transmitting of which has been completed. The image forming unit performs image formation for the data as page data. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150062638 | DISPLAYING DEVICE HAVING TOUCH PANEL TYPE DISPLAYING UNIT - An image forming apparatus, as a displaying device, displays the 2nd printing page out of a plurality of printing pages on an operation panel when the 1st to 10th images were allocated to each of the printing pages. The image forming apparatus maintains an allocation state of the 1st printing page anterior to the 2nd printing page and changes an allocation state of at least one of images corresponds to the contact points with the operation panel, when the image forming apparatus receives a gesture operation moves the contact points. The starting points of the contact points are in the 2nd printing page displayed on the operation panel. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150062639 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, LOG MANAGEMENT METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a storage control portion, a setting control portion, and a deletion control portion. The storage control portion stores logs of jobs executed by the image processing apparatus into a storage portion. The setting control portion sets an importance level of each of the logs based on a plurality of target items and weight conditions, wherein the plurality of target items are set in advance with regard to the image processing apparatus, the jobs, or the logs, and the weight conditions are set in advance respectively in correspondence with the target items. The deletion control portion determines an order of automatic deletion of the logs stored in the storage portion, based on the importance level set by the setting control portion. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150062640 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - To display a real image forming apparatus together with job information about printing jobs accumulated in this image forming apparatus. A mobile terminal acquires an identification number of an image-captured image forming apparatus by image recognition processing of image data. Further, mobile terminal generates a screen layout corresponding to a detection location of image forming apparatus obtained from the image data. Further, mobile terminal transmits, to a server, an inquiry request for address information, including the identification number. Server has address information about each image forming apparatus. When server receives the inquiry request for address information, it identifies image forming apparatus corresponding to the identification number, and transmits an IP address of identified image forming apparatus to mobile terminal. Mobile terminal uses the acquired IP address to acquire job information about printing jobs from image forming apparatus, synthesizing the job information with the image data for display. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150062641 | IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - There are provided an image display control device, an image display control method, an image display control program, and an image display system that can efficiently select desired image information without spending a lot of time even if the amount of image information to be searched for is significantly large. In a standard scale obtained by matching the full range of the identification number with the entire position of a bar portion of a track bar, at a peripheral position of each slider, each identification number is assigned according to an enlarged scale that is larger than the standard scale. A selection range of the identification number is determined from the instruction position of the slider. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150062642 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STORING DATA - A method and an apparatus for storing data as a coded two-dimensional pattern of pixels on a photographic medium are described. An image representative of the data to be stored is divided into a two-dimensional array of blocks. A representative color value is determined for each block to obtain a two-dimensional array of representative color values. At least part of the data to be stored is coded such that the resulting coded two-dimensional pattern of pixels resembles the two-dimensional array of representative color values. The coded two-dimensional pattern of pixels is printed onto the photographic medium. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150062643 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided an image forming apparatus capable of performing short-distance wireless communication with a mobile terminal even when the image forming apparatus is in a low power consumption state. The image forming apparatus operates either in a normal power supply state or in a low power consumption state. If an NFC communication is established with a mobile terminal, the image forming apparatus operating in the low power consumption state shifts to the normal power supply state. Even when the image forming apparatus has been in the low power consumption state, the image forming apparatus can acquire ID data of the mobile terminal via the NFC communication. After shifting to the normal power supply state, the image forming apparatus performs authentication processing with the ID data acquired via the NFC communication. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150062644 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF PROPERLY REPRODUCING DESIRED SETTINGS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus capable of properly reproducing, even when a setting operation is interrupted by a cause unintended by a user, settings desired by the user, and thereby improving the user-friendliness. In a case where a cause of interruption of a job setting operation is generated at a timing other than a predetermined timing, information on the displayed screen and information on the job settings are stored. When the cause of interruption has been removed, the stored screen information and information on job settings are read out, and the interrupted state of the job setting operation is reproduced. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150062645 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING WEB BROWSER, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus which makes a web page of peripheral equipment such as a print controller connected to the image forming apparatus available without the need to manually register the web page of the peripheral equipment as a favorite or the like in a web browser installed in the image forming apparatus. A determination unit determines whether the print controller is connected to the image forming apparatus via an interface. A generation unit generates a URL including an IP address or a host name of the print controller. A display unit displays an icon for accessing a web page corresponding to the URL in a case where the determination unit determines that the print controller is connected to the image forming apparatus. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150062646 | SHEET MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF SHEET MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A sheet management apparatus includes a storing unit, an obtaining unit, and a setting unit. The storing unit stores a combination of first attribute information and second attribute information of sheets. The obtaining unit obtains, from the storing unit, the second attribute information stored in combination with the first attribute information, based on the first attribute information of sheets used in a job. The setting unit sets the second attribute information obtained by the obtaining unit, as attribute information of sheets stored a sheet holding unit. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150062647 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, PRINT SYSTEM, AND METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing system may include at least an image processing device, a receiving unit, a specifying unit, an acquiring unit, and an adjusting unit. The receiving unit receives a print request and identification information. The specifying unit specifies a queue corresponding to an image forming device based on the identification information. The acquiring unit acquires the number of jobs stored in the specified queue. The adjusting unit adjusts the number of print services depending on whether the number of acquired jobs is equal to or larger than a predetermined value for the number of jobs set in the identification information and depending on whether the number of print services that process the jobs stored in the queue is equal to or smaller than a predetermined value for the number of print services set in the identification information. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150062648 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In a communication system, an image forming apparatus sends an address of a receiving section to an external device. The external device receives a selection of image data through plural thumbnails displayed on a display section, and wirelessly sends the selected image data to the image forming apparatus with the address. The image forming apparatus receives the selected image data and prints an image. The image forming apparatus accepts a selection indicating whether a communication between the external device and the image forming apparatus is performed either by a first or second communication system method. The image forming apparatus performs sending and/or receiving the image data with the address by the first communication system method when the first communication system method is selected, and performs sending and/or receiving the image data with the address by the second communication system method when the second communication system method is selected. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150070723 | PRINTER THAT CAN PERFORM WIRELESS COMMUNICATION WELL REGARDLESS OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH SAID PRINTER IS SET UP - This printer is a printer having a wireless communication function, and includes an antenna ( | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150070724 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing system includes an information processing apparatus including a first computer program and one or more electronic apparatuses including a second computer program. The first computer program includes an addition unit that receives additional setting information on a function executed in the one or more electronic apparatuses and not executed by the second computer program, and a first communication unit that transmits one or more pieces of setting information including the additional setting information to the second computer program included in the one or more electronic apparatuses. The second computer program including a second communication unit that receives the setting information transmitted from the information processing apparatus, and an output unit that selectively outputs the received setting information. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150070725 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF GENERATING INFORMATION REGARDING PRINTER, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - In response to information indicating data to be printed from a portable device, a system generates compatible printer information indicating one or more compatible printers compatible with printing of the data to be printed, sing information related to the data to be printed and device information of each one of the nearby printers. Based on the compatible printer information, a display for the system displays thereon a screen that lists one or more compatible printers that are compatible with printing of the data to be printed. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150070726 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing system includes a main body that executes a plurality of functions; and an operation unit including a display unit to display a screen. The system also includes a first display controller that arranges, for each of the functions, a first display component in a home screen corresponding to the screen displayed on the display unit immediately after activation, the first display component being used to instruct an execution command for the each of the functions; and an execution controller that controls, when the first display component is pressed, the main body to perform a function corresponding to the pressed first display component. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150070727 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming apparatus includes a print job addition notification reception controller that receives from outside a print job addition notification that indicates a print job is added to a server, a print job reception controller that acquires the print job from the server, a print controller that performs printing based on the print job acquired from the server, and a service state controller that sets a service state to be any one of a service enabled state, in which the print job addition notification is received and the print job is acquired from the server, and a service stopped state, in which the print job addition notification is not received and the print job is acquired from the server based on an operation of a user. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150070728 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PRINTING CONTROL METHOD WITH DISPLAY UNIT DISPLAYING SCREEN FOR SETTING VALUES - An information processing apparatus for setting a setting value for print data to be transmitted to a printer, includes a selection unit configured to select a purpose from a plurality of printing purposes, and a display unit configured to display a screen for setting the setting value for the print data including a variable setting item for setting a setting value from a plurality of setting values associated with the printing purpose selected by the selection unit, and a fixed wherein setting values for the variable setting item and the fixed setting item are set by using different setting ways on the displayed screen. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150077788 | VALUE WEIGHTED PRINT AND RENDERING CONTROL METHODS, SYSTEMS AND PROCESSOR-READABLE MEDIA - Methods and systems for managing the rendering of documents in a rendering queue. In general, a set of criteria can be established for ranking a group of rendering jobs in a rendering queue. One or more jobs among the group of rendering jobs can be identified, which potentially constitutes a low value document. An alert can then be generated indicating that one or more of such jobs is potentially a low value document. Thereafter, a particular action can be instituted with respect to the identified job(s) if it is confirmed based on the alert that the identified job(s) is a low value document. Such a particular action can involve, for example, rendering (e.g., printing) the idenfitied job(s), modifying the idenfied job(s), preventing rendering of the identified job(s), etc. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150077789 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150077790 | NETWORK SYSTEM, CODE PROVIDING DEVICE, TERMINAL, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUIM FOR COMPUTER PROGRAM - A network system is provided which includes an image forming apparatus having a plurality of addresses for communication; and a terminal used to operate the image forming apparatus from a remote location. The image forming apparatus includes a generating portion configured to generate a code indicating the addresses and priority orders of the addresses, and an output portion configured to output the code generated. The terminal includes a reader configured to obtain the code outputted, and a transmission processing portion configured to perform transmission processing for sending data to the image forming apparatus by using, based on the code obtained, the addresses in order from an address which is given the priority order higher than any other of the priority orders. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150077791 | Information Processing Program and Function-Processing Device - A computing device such as a terminal may acquire function information about a function provided by an external device. The device may select an input device having an input function and an output device having an output function to execute a main function comprising the input and output functions. In one example, an input function may be selected from one or more functions of the selected input device and an output function may be selected from one or more functions of the output device. A command may be output to the input device and the output device to have the devices execute a main function including the selected input and output functions. When at least one of the input device and the output device has a plurality of functions, a function to be used to execute the main function is selected from the plurality of functions. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150077792 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE CAPABLE OF APPARATUS SETTING ACCORDING TO SELF-LOCATION, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND APPARATUS SETTING METHOD - An electronic device includes a resource information storage section, a location detecting section, a resource information retrieval section, and an activation section. The resource information storage section stores local resource information items in an inactive state to be used for apparatus setting in individual regions. The location detecting section detects a self-location of the electronic device. The resource information retrieval section retrieves a local resource information item corresponding to a region of the individual regions that includes the detected self-location from the resource information storage section. The activation section reads out the retrieved local resource information item from the resource information storage section and activates the read local resource information item to an active state. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150077793 | OUTPUT SYSTEM, TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF OUTPUTTING DATA - An output system includes a selection receipt unit that displays a function selection screen enabling a user to select a function based on an output request of data to be output received from the user and causes the user to select the function; a determination unit that determines, in response to the function selected by the user, an accumulation method and an accumulation destination of output data converted from the data to be output; an accumulation control unit that sends the output data converted from the data to be output based on the determined accumulation method of the output data and the output request to the determined accumulation destination and causes the determined accumulation destination to store the output data and the output request; and an output control unit that acquires the output data and the output request from the accumulation destination and outputs the output data. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150077794 | Image Processing Device, Printing System, and Control Method of an Image Processing Device - The amount of data transmitted is reduced and processing is accelerated in a process that uses image difference data to reduce the amount of data. A host computer | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150077795 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing device is capable of communicating with an information processing terminal and performing image processing on a scanned image together with the information processing terminal in a distributed manner. The image processing device includes: a document feeder that automatically feeds pages of a document continuously one by one; an image reader that generates a scanned image of one page by reading the document; an image processor that generates a processed image by performing image processing on the scanned image generated by the image reader; a halt processor that makes the image processor halt the image processing; and a transmission processor that transmits the processed image generated as a result of the image processing to the information processing terminal and transmits a scanned image not to be subjected to the image processing to the information processing terminal during the image processing or after halt of the image processing. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150077796 | PROCESS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - A process management system includes an information processing apparatus including a computer that executes a program to perform a managing process. The managing process includes managing user management information, managing coordinate organization information to manage groups of organization information, managing a process performed by processing devices by acquiring, when a user managed by organization information, upper limit management information and user information of the user who makes the process request, from a desired processing device managed by the organization information of the group of organization information, and determining whether the process requested by the user is executable within the upper limit amount of process for the user based on the acquired upper limit management information. The managing a process performed by the processing device includes determining to perform, when the process requested by the one of the users is determined to be executable, the process requested by the user. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150077797 | MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, OBJECT MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A management apparatus includes a search part that requests a plurality of communication devices to search for a terminal device to obtain search information from a communication device that detects the terminal device via communication. The search information includes object identifying information for identifying an object to be managed to which the terminal device is attached, location information regarding a location where the object locates, and storage location information indicating a storage location of the object. The terminal device stores the object identifying information and the storage location information. The management apparatus also includes a determination part that determines whether the object is stored at the storage location based on the search information; and an output part that outputs a result of the determination. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150077798 | Communication Apparatus - A communication apparatus is provided. In a state where the communication apparatus belongs to a second wireless network as a master station, when a device is found which belonged to a first wireless network as a master station, to which the communication apparatus belonged as a slave station, the communication apparatus is disconnected from the second wireless network, and configures a state where the communication apparatus belongs to a third wireless network as a slave station and the first device belongs to the third wireless network as a master station. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150077799 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICE, AND AUTHENTICATION METHOD - An information processing system includes an operation terminal and an input/output device connected to each other. The operation terminal includes a notification unit configured to send a notification based on information from the input/output device indicating that communication is possible with the input/output device. The input/output device includes an imaging unit, a detection unit for detecting the operation terminal capable of communicating with the input/output device, a transmission unit for to transmitting the information indicating that communication is possible with the input/output device, to the detected operation terminal, a determination unit for determining whether the imaging unit has taken an image of a predetermined action after the information has been sent, and an authentication unit for acquiring terminal information from the detected operation terminal, and performing authentication based on the terminal information, when the image of the predetermined action is determined to have been taken by the determination unit. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150077800 | PRINTING MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND METHOD, PRINTING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, PRINTING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - A printing management device includes: a customer property DB configured to accumulate history data for each customer; a printer property DB configured to record printer property data for each of multiple printers; target image quality index decision means configured to decide a target image quality index by the use of the history data of the customer property DB; and printout condition decision means configured to decide/output output conditions with reference to the printer property DB according to order information and the target image quality index. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150085315 | Print Job Tracking and Policy Enforcement - Methods and apparatus enforce policy on print jobs and track them per users. A computing device has a layered service provider (LSP) and a spooler. The LSP determines whether data coming to it corresponds to print data or not. If so, it extracts user information and determines whether any imaging policies apply to the user. If policy applies, the LSP iteratively acknowledges to the spooler that data is being successfully transferred to an imaging device so the spooler will continue sending a remainder of the data corresponding to the print job. Upon receipt of an entire print job, the LSP enforces policy and notifies the user. It also notifies an accounting server to update its policies. Further embodiments note relationships between the LSP and spooler and their interaction with layers in a TCP/IP model. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150085316 | Print Job Tracking and Policy Enforcement - Methods and apparatus enforce policy on print jobs and track them per users. A computing device has a layered service provider (LSP) and a spooler. The LSP determines whether data coining to it corresponds to print data or not. If so, it extracts user information and determines whether any imaging policies apply to the user. If policy applies, the LSP iteratively acknowledges to the spooler that data is being successfully transferred to an imaging device so the spooler will continue sending a remainder of the data corresponding to the print job. Upon receipt of an entire print job. the LSP enforces policy and notifies the user. It also notifies an accounting server to update its policies. Further embodiments note relationships between the LSP and spooler and their interaction with layers in a TCP/IP model. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150085317 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes a user interface unit configured to receive a user input and a user action, a controller configured to generate a first gallery including a first image saved in the mobile terminal included in a first application and generate a second gallery in response to the user input or the user action by linking the first application to a second application based on printing information on the image, the controller controlling an image printing by controlling a connection to a printable device, an output unit configured to output a second image of the generated second gallery, and a transmitting unit configured to transmit a signal including the outputted second image and a request for printing the second image to the connected printable device. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150085318 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT GENERATES LOG IMAGE - An image forming apparatus includes: a job executing unit that executes a job based on an image; and a log image generating unit that generates a log image as a history of the image and stores the generated log image in a storage unit. If the job executed by the job executing unit does not involve external output from the image forming apparatus, the log image generating unit restricts a storage size of the log image for this job. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150085319 | ENCLOSURE WITH INTEGRATED ANTENNA, SUCH AS A PRINTER WITH AN ANTENNA INTEGRATED IN A PRINTER HOUSING USED TO COMMUNICATE WIRELESSLY WITH AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A printing apparatus is described that comprises an antenna configured to intercept radio waves modulated with printing data; a receiver configured to recover the printing data from the intercepted radio waves; a printing module configured to generate a printed output on a printing medium based on the printing data; and a housing for the printing apparatus, wherein the housing encloses the antenna, the receiver, and the printing module, and further wherein the antenna is integrated with an interior surface of the housing. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150092226 | Systems and Methods for Location-Aware Imaging Devices - Methods and systems fir tracking locations of a plurality of devices includes initializing a server with a site floor plan, receiving ranging information transmitted by one or more devices of the plurality of devices at the server, creating a multi-dimensional map of locations of the plurality of devices based on ranging information using a location engine, and calibrating the multi-dimensional map of locations to the site floor plan calibrated with geospatial coordinates. Upon movement of a device from a first to a second location, ranging information changes between devices and maps relative locations and absolute locations are updated. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150092227 | VIRTUAL CLOUD PRINTING - A supply chain management system comprising: a system server comprising a central processor and a database; a plurality of user computers communicating with the system server over a network; the system server running a software process defining: an interface layer configured to communicate messages and business transactions bi-directionally between the user computers and the system server; and a services layer configured to apply business logic to the messages and business transaction and process them according to a predefined workflow of the supply chain management system; the plurality of user computers running client applications configured to communicate with the interface layer, the client applications comprising a virtual printer driver and virtual cloud printer application configured to virtually print documents into the system using the virtual print driver; the service layer comprising a cloud printer service configured to communicate bi-directionally with the virtual cloud printer application and with the database. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150092228 | DISPLAY INPUT DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY INPUT DEVICE - A display input device includes: a display portion in which setting item regions fore plurality of setting items are aligned and displayed, and the setting value input images including a character string indicating a setting value that can be set and a preview image indicating the result of an output of a job when a setting value that has been already set and the setting value displayed as the character string are further reflected are aligned and displayed such that a plurality of the preview images are displayed as thumbnails; and an operation input portion which receives an operation on the setting value input image as an input for setting the setting value corresponding to the selected setting value input image. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150092229 | NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INSTRUCTIONS EXECUTABLE BY COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, AND PROCESSING APPARATUS - A non-transitory storage medium stores instructions executable by a communication terminal including a display and an input device for detecting an instructed point on the display. The instructions cause the communication terminal to: receive, from a processing apparatus, instruction image data for displaying an instruction image for instructing the processing apparatus to execute a processing; display the instruction image; and transmit, to the processing apparatus, an input event on the input device and coordinate information about the instructed point detected with the instruction image being displayed. The coordinate information is based on: standard-size positional information for indentifying a location of the instructed point when the instruction image is of a standard size; and a location of the instructed point on the display regardless of whether a size of an instruction image being displayed on the display is increased or reduced. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150092230 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a notification portion, a print request management table storage portion, and a response portion. When a job is submitted from, among terminal devices of the multiple users, a terminal device of one user, notification portion displays a first message associated with the job on another terminal device of another user. When a print request is transmitted from the other terminal device of the other user in response to the first message, print request management table storage portion registers and stores print request in a predetermined print request management table. When print request is registered in print request management table, response portion displays, on the terminal device of the one user, a second message requesting the one user who submitted the job to respond whether or not the one user intends to print a print object for the other user in response to print request. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150092231 | Wireless Communication Apparatus - There is provided a wireless communication apparatus which, when a connection request is received from a specific apparatus in a state where an upper limit number of connections are established by the wireless communication apparatus, selects a target apparatus to be disconnected from among a plurality apparatuses which currently establish a wireless connection with the wireless communication apparatus, disconnects a wireless connection with the target apparatus, and establishes a wireless connection with the specific apparatus. When the plurality of apparatuses include a first type apparatus which is inoperable according to a specific wireless communication system, and a second type apparatus which is operable according to the specific wireless communication system, the wireless communication apparatus selects an apparatus of a type as the target apparatus based on a disconnection priority determined in advance for the plurality of types of apparatuses | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150092232 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - In the case where state information has already been obtained from a service providing server on the Internet at the time when an MFP requests access to the service providing server, a mediation server gives a notification using the MFP based on the state information. In this case, the mediation server switches a notification method between a method of displaying a view on a display panel of the MFP and other methods in accordance with a function of the MFP. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150092233 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CLOUD PRINTING SERVICE - Provided is an image forming system operable to provide a cloud printing service, the image forming system comprising: a transmitting device operable to transmit content by designating a target phone number; a cloud printing server operable to receive the target phone number and the content from the transmitting device; a receiving device assigned with the target phone number and operable to receive an upload notification of the content with respect to the target phone number from the cloud printing server; and an image forming device operable to print the content by receiving the content from the cloud printing server, wherein the cloud printing server transmits the content to the image forming device registered in the target phone number when the cloud printing service is requested for the content to the target phone number. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150092234 | PRINTING APPARATUS WHICH IS CAPABLE OF EDITING PRINTING DATA, AND A PRINTING METHOD FOR USE WITH THE PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus, including a user input unit which receives a first user command to initiate a printing operation, a display unit which displays information relating to the printing operation, a printing unit which performs printing with respect to printing data, and a controller which controls the display unit to display reference information of the printing data before the printing, and which controls the printing unit to perform the printing according to a second user command. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150098107 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming system according to an embodiment comprises a data creation section configured to create document data, and a print instruction section configured to send instructions to print the document data. The image forming section further comprises a printing mode determination section configured to determine a printing mode of the document data based on property information of the document data, and a selection section configured to select for printing the document data with one of a non-erasable image forming section and an erasable image forming section based on the determined printing mode. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150098108 | SETTING STORAGE DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A setting storage device, includes: a storage unit which stores setting information and adjustment information to be associated with each other; and a control unit which, in case that, i) first setting information associated with first adjustment information is introduced, ii) second adjustment information has been stored in the storage unit, iii) the second adjustment information has the same name as the first adjustment information associated with the first setting information and iv) the second adjustment information has the same content as the first adjustment information associated with the first setting information, stores the first setting information in the storage unit to be associated with the second adjustment information without storing the first adjustment information. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150098109 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THEREOF AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a communication interface to receive a web page related to execution of a function of the image forming apparatus through an Internet network, a user interface to display the received web page, and a web browser to retrieve an area related to the function from the received web page, and to display the retrieved area of the received web page on the user interface. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150098110 | Print Production Scheduling - A print production system includes a dispatcher and a task-resource scheduler. The dispatcher sorts print requests for placement among a series of containers to identify relative priorities among all print requests in each container and then merges the containers together to produce a prioritized list of print requests among all containers. Upon release by the dispatcher of a top N print requests from the prioritized list, the scheduler converts the prioritized list into a task-resource schedule for print production. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150098111 | Print Product Representation - A system includes a product descriptor module and a display module. The product descriptor module provides access to a three-dimensional geometric model for a print product, receives dimensional information regarding the print product, and calibrates the three-dimensional model of the print product based on the dimensional information. The display module displays a three-dimensional graphical representation of the print product based on at least the calibrated three-dimensional model. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150098112 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM HAVING A USER AUTHENTICATION FUNCTION - Provided an image forming apparatus that can realize an authentication function easily. (1) Transmit a printing requested data from a PC to a port for printing. (2) A user authentication application inputs printing requested data from the port for printing, and user determination data of the printing requested data are transmitted to a user authentication server. (3) The user authentication server transmits “use permission” or “use non-permission” to the user authentication application. (4) The user authentication application transmits the image data of the printing requested data to an application platform in case of “use permission.” (5) The application platform transmits image data to a controller. (6) The controller outputs the image data to a printing part. (7) The user authentication application transmits “use non-permission” to the PC in case of “use non-permission.” | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150103371 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACEABILITY OF CHECKS WITH IMPROVED FUNCTIONALITIES, AND RELATIVE DIGITAL SCANNER - A digital check scanner ( | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150103372 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING PAPER DISCHARGING DEVICE, PAPER DISCHARGING DEVICE, PRINTER AND PRINTING SYSTEM - The disclosure discloses a method for identifying a paper discharging device, a paper discharging device, a printer and a printing system. Wherein the method for identifying the paper discharging device includes: acquiring an identification signal by a printer, wherein the identification signal is a signal corresponding to the paper discharging device, wherein different paper discharging device corresponds to different identification signal; and judging a type of the paper discharging device according to the identification signal by the printer, wherein the corresponding relation between the identification signal and the type of the paper discharging device is stored in the printer. According to the disclosure, the problem that the printer may not automatically identify the paper discharging device type in the relevant technology is solved. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150103373 | EXPOSING NETWORK PRINTERS TO WI-FI CLIENTS - In an embodiment, a processor-readable medium stores code representing instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to receive a printer discovery request from a Wi-Fi client. The instructions further cause the processor to forward the printer discovery request and an agent identification to an enterprise network server, and receive from the enterprise network server, a list of printers associated with the agent identification. The instructions also cause the processor to expose the list of printers to the Wi-Fi client. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150103374 | METHOD FOR INITIAL SETUP OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - An initial setup method of an image forming apparatus using near field communication (NFC) according to an embodiment includes determining whether initial setup of the image forming apparatus is needed; displaying an initial setup menu on a display unit of the image forming apparatus when it is determined that the initial setup is needed; receiving initial setup data stored in the mobile terminal through NFC by the image forming apparatus when the mobile terminal is NFC tagged with the image forming apparatus; and performing initial setup of the image forming apparatus in accordance with the received initial setup data. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150103375 | PRINTING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus capable of being connected to a network via a print server updates media data in response to a modification operation for modification of the media data, and starts a recording of the updating of the media data when the print server is in a power saving state. Then, the print server transmits to the print server, in a case where the updating of the media data has been recorded when a notification that the print server returned from the power saving state is received, the updated media data. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150103376 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including: a near field communication unit configured to make a short-range wireless communication with a portable information processing device including a display unit; a recognition unit configured to recognize a portable information processing device that is within a communicable range through communication via the near field communication unit; a job setting unit configured to transmit data for displaying a job setting screen on the display unit of the recognized portable information processing device, via the near field communication unit; and a job control unit configured to execute a job in response to a start instruction of the job, wherein the job setting unit receives a job setting, which is made by using the job setting screen, via the near field communication unit after the recognition to receive the job setting from the portable information processing device, and the job control unit receives a start instruction for the job whose job setting is received. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150103377 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING APPARATUS, MOBILE DEVICE AND METHOD OF PRINTING FROM A MOBILE DEVICE - A method of printing an email comprising the steps of sending an email to be printed to an email address associated with a printing apparatus using an email application on a mobile device and receiving identifying information at the email application in response to the sent email. Identifying information is passed from the email application to a printing application. The printing application sends an instruction to print an email to the printing apparatus. The printing apparatus retrieves the email for printing from the email address associated with the printing apparatus and prints the email. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150103378 | System and Method for Guaranteed High Speed Fax Delivery - Described herein is a fax processing system that improves the speed and reliability of fax transmissions via a data communications network and provides a new method of transmitting facsimile images. Fax images are encoded with an embedded bit signal by a fax software program on the originating fax, where such bit signal is recognized by fax software at a fax service such that the original image data is transferred to the fax service via a secure link over a data communications network at internet speeds and notifies the fax service software with a confirmation. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150103379 | System and Method for Guaranteed High Speed Fax Delivery with a Fax Adapter - A fax processing system improving the speed and reliability of fax transmissions by providing a new method of transmitting facsimile images, by encoding fax images with an embedded non-facsimile-communication-protocol/non-facsimile-image digital data bit signal using a fax ATA adapter that is connected to a facsimile device, where the signal bit is recognized by fax software at a fax service such that the original image data is transferred to the fax service via a secure link over a data communications network with notification by the fax service software. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150109636 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - When the communication environment of an information processing apparatus is not a communication environment for polling a peripheral apparatus, polling performed on the peripheral apparatus by the information processing apparatus is stopped. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150109637 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image forming apparatus combines a plurality of sub-movies representing operation procedures to be performed to perform maintenance on the image forming apparatus and plays the combined sub-movies sequentially as one movie. In response to stopping the movie being played, the image forming apparatus displays a replay mark for use to issue a command to replay the movie from the beginning of a sub-movie corresponding to a position where the movie is stopped. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150109638 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming system includes mobile terminals and image forming apparatuses, in which one image forming apparatus receives setting information to be used in order to use the image forming apparatus, the setting information being stored in one mobile terminal and able to be transmitted to another mobile terminal that will use another image forming apparatus based on the setting information. The one image forming apparatus determines whether the setting information is to be changed based on a comparison between the ability of the image forming apparatuses and, when determining that the setting information is to be changed, changes the setting information and send the changed setting information to the other mobile terminal. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150109639 | SERVER APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAMS THEREFOR - A sever apparatus is configured to transmit designated image information including designated preview image data having a generally used format and is used to previewing designated image based on the designated proprietary data and designated accompanying information having a generally used format and is accompanying information of the designated image to the communication apparatus that output the designated proprietary data through the network interface. When the network interface obtains the modification information output by the communication apparatus after the designated image information is transmitted, and represents modifications to the designated image, the server apparatus retrieves the designated proprietary data from the storage device, and obtains modified designated image information reflecting the modification information based on the retrieved designated proprietary data and obtained modification information with use of the deciphering program, and transmits the modified designated image information to the communication apparatus that output the modification information through the network interface. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150109640 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A communication device having a display control determining unit configured to evaluate a display form of a display unit to determine a type of display form, a selecting unit configured to select a service corresponding to the type of display form determined by the display control determining unit, and a communication unit configured to establish a communication with a partner device by using the service selected by the selecting unit. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150116759 | STORING PRINT OPTIONS AND PRINT ACCOUNTING CREDENTIALS WHEN PRINTING VIA E-MAIL - Methods and systems provide a network-based site for obtaining user preferences, using a computerized device connected to a computer network. User preferences are received through the network-based site, and the user preferences comprise printer option selections that are specific to a specific printing device and a specific user. Such methods and systems store the user preferences using the computerized device. After storing the user preferences, the methods and systems receive a print job and an indication to apply the user preferences. In response to only receiving the print job and the indication to apply the user preferences, the methods and systems automatically print the print job according to the user preferences using the specific printing device. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150116760 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE OPERATING WITH OTHER IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, MOBILE DEVICE TO USE THE IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A mobile device includes a communication unit configured to communicate with a plurality of image forming devices, a user interface (UI) processor configured to, when communication with a first image forming device that is one of the plurality of image forming devices is performed, display a local UI of the first image forming device, and a controller configured to, when a second image forming device which is connectable to the first image forming device is selected from the local UI, generate an additional function which is providable when the first image forming device and the second image forming device operate with each other, and control the UI processor to display a virtual UI including an additional menu object corresponding to the additional function. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150116761 | PRINTING SERVER, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing system holds a plurality of content data and linking information which links a printer and registration information of a user registered to an SNS. When a posting including content data identification information is performed to the SNS, the printing system judges the presence or absence of linking of the registration information of the user who has posted and the printer by referring to the linking information. When there is a printer linked to the registration information of the user who has posted, the printing system acquires content data identified by the identification information included in the posting from the content data holding unit, generates print data for printing an image from the content data, sends the print data to the printer linked to the registration information of the user who has performed the posting, and causes the printer to print the image based on the print data. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150116762 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR MOBILE TERMINAL - A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for a mobile terminal configured to communicate with first and second scanning devices which exist within a communicatable range of an NFC (near field wireless communication), the recording medium storing instructions which cause the mobile device to, when the NFC is established between the mobile terminal and a particular scanning device, which is one of the first and second scanning devices, transmit to the particular scanning device a scan command to instruct to generate scan data, execute a determination process to determine which of the first and second scanning devices is the particular scanning device, and only when the first scanning device is the particular scanning device, execute a first process to store the scan data in a first storage server which corresponds to the first scanning device, the scan data being generated in the particular scanner device based on the scan command. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150116763 | METHOD OF EXECUTING WEB APPLICATION IN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS TO PERFORM THE METHOD - A method of executing a web application in an image forming apparatus includes receiving an input to execute a web application in the image forming apparatus, reading a hypertext markup language (HTML) file by connecting to a server supporting the web application, generating text data by analyzing the HTML file, and displaying the text data on a display unit provided in the image forming apparatus. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150116764 | OUTPUT SYSTEM, OUTPUT METHOD, AND OUTPUT APPARATUS - An output system includes a terminal apparatus, an output apparatus, and an information processing apparatus that are interconnected via a network. The information processing apparatus includes a registration process unit that registers an output request for output data received in one of multiple methods from the terminal apparatus that is operated by a user, a storage destination information storage unit that stores storage destination information for determining a storage destination of the output data, and a unit that provides the output request and the storage destination information when requested by the output apparatus. The output apparatus includes a selection receiving unit that receives a selection of the output request from the user, an output data acquisition unit that determines the storage destination of the output data based on the storage destination information and acquires the output data from the storage destination, and a unit that outputs the output data. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150116765 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, PORTABLE TERMINAL APPARATUS, FILE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing system includes an image processing apparatus and a portable terminal apparatus. The image processing apparatus includes: a first USB connector; and a command transmitter that transmits a file manipulation command. The portable terminal apparatus includes: a second USB connector; a detector that detects that the portable terminal apparatus is connected to the first USB connector via the second USB connector; a memory being capable of storing a plurality of first folders; a register that registers address information of a Web service, the Web service being combined with at least one first folder stored on the memory; a mounting portion that accesses the Web service and mounts at least one second folder of the Web service onto the at least one first folder; and a controller that obtains a file from the Web service to transfer to the image processing apparatus upon the file manipulation command being received. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150116766 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM - To improve operability for a user who uses an image processing apparatus which images an original document and displays an image indicating the imaged original document, a camera scanner causes a displaying device to display a remaining image corresponding to the image indicating the original document at a position where the original document was put, and, when detecting that an original document enters a detecting region, causes to delete the remaining image. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150116767 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus to communicate with an information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit, first and second determination units, and a transmission control unit. The acquisition unit acquires a target file. The first determination unit determines whether the target file is processable by, and the second determination unit determines whether the target file is stored in, the information processing apparatus. The transmission control unit transmits information to the information processing apparatus. When the target file is not processable by, and is not stored in, the information processing apparatus, the transmission control unit transmits the target file and processing information to the information processing apparatus. In a case where the target file is not processable by, and is stored in, the information processing apparatus, the transmission control unit transmits identification information of the target file and the processing information to the information processing apparatus. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150116768 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A wireless communication unit includes a low-speed communication IF and a high-speed communication IF. A controller includes a low-speed communication IF and a high-speed communication IF. The low-speed communication IFs are SDIO communication IFs and the high-speed communication IFs are USB communication IFs. The controller switches SDIO and USB according to a state of an image forming apparatus. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150116769 | DISPLAY INPUT DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD OF DISPLAY INPUT DEVICE - A display input device includes a display unit and a touch panel unit. When the touch panel unit accepts a predetermined transmission start operation, the display unit starts a display in a transmission transition mode, performs a transmission transition display in which a transition source screen gradually disappears while a ratio of a display of a transition destination screen belonging to a next lower layer of the transition source screen as time passes, and repeats the transmission transition display toward a lower layer. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150116770 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display control device includes a display unit that displays one or a plurality of instruction images to be pressed to input operating instructions, a key press detection unit that detects a press on the instruction image, a key press duration detection unit that detects a duration of the time the key press detection unit continuously detects that the instruction image is being pressed, and a vibration drive unit that starts applying vibration to the display unit in response to a press on the instruction image detected by the key press detection unit and adjusts the amplitude of the vibration based on the type of the instruction image detected as being pressed and the key press duration. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150116771 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A log managing unit identifies respective required time lengths for user operations performed to set setting values to plural setting items until a function is performed, and stores a setting operation log. An assistance function managing unit extracts at least one of (a) setting operation logs that include user operations returning to an initial screen of the function without setting the setting values after a user operation is performed to the initial screen, (b) setting operation logs that a required time length per step of the user operations on the basis of the required time lengths exceeds a predetermined value, and (c) setting operation logs that a total required time length of the required time lengths until the setting values are set exceeds a predetermined value, and registers to an operation assistance function a predetermined number of setting items with longest required time lengths in the extracted setting operation logs. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150116772 | PRINTING DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A printing device and an operating method thereof are disclosed herein. The printing device includes a reading module, a network module and a printing module. The reading module is configured to read a first data from an external storage device, in which the external storage device is electrically coupled to the reading module. The network module is electrically coupled to the reading module. The network module is configured to transmit the first data to an electronic device and to receive second data from the electronic device according to a first wireless networking standard. The printing module is electrically coupled to the reading module and the network module. The printing module is configured to print the first data provided by the reading module or the second data provided by the network module according to a control signal transmitted by the electronic device. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150116773 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING A REQUEST RELATING TO IMAGE PROCESSING FROM AN EXTERNAL SOURCE AND EXECUTING THE RECEIVED REQUEST - Disclosed is an image processing apparatus composed in a hierarchical architecture of a hardware resource, a first control program over the hardware resource, a second control program and an application program over the first control program. The first control program includes a first API for receiving a first request relating to image processing from the second control program and a second request relating to image processing from the application program, and controls, on receiving either of the first and second requests, the hardware resource to perform image processing based on the received request. The second control program includes a second API publicly released in advance for receiving a third request relating to image processing from an external source, converts the received third request to a command supported by the first API, and passes the command as the first request to the first control program. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150116774 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive output object information on an object to be output; a storage unit configured to store therein output device information on different types of output devices; and a determining unit configured to determine an output device based on the output object information and the output device information. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150116775 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF DISPLAYING OPERATION ITEM, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus which is capable of preventing the display of an operation item, such as an icon, from hindering user's viewing an image which the user desires to view. A distance and position-detecting section and a system controller detect a distance between a screen and an operation element. The system controller displays at least one operation candidate item on the screen when the detected distance becomes not larger than a first threshold distance. Further, when the detected distance becomes not larger than the first predetermined threshold distance, the system controller changes a display form of the operation candidate item depending on the detected distance and displays the operation candidate item as an operable item. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150116776 | PERIPHERAL DEVICE CONTROL SYSTEM, PRINTING DEVICE, PERIPHERAL DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An application in an image processing apparatus presents information about ink installed in a peripheral device, such as the shape, color, size, arrangement direction, and a remaining ink level of an ink tank, in a visually realistic manner using accurate graphics. The image processing apparatus acquires ink information about, in particular, a remaining ink level, arrangement direction, and the order of the arrangement of the ink tank, and displays the information about the peripheral device in a user interface of the application using the acquired ink information. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150124282 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINT SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus manages a first printer object that has a correspondence relationship with the image forming apparatus, and a second printer object that does not have a correspondence relationship with the image forming apparatus, holds the job without transmitting the job to a specific image forming apparatus when the second printer object is selected and a print instruction is issued, and transmits, to the image forming apparatus, the job held by the second printer object in response to an access from the image forming apparatus to the first printer object. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150124283 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR PRINTING SPECIAL SHEET OR SPECIAL DESIGN AND METHOD USING THE SAME - In accordance with one embodiment, an information processing apparatus comprises an interface and a control section. The interface receives the identification information of a user-designated sheet sent from a first terminal and the position information of the first terminal. The control section specifies, based on the identification information of the sheet and the position information, an information terminal capable of forming an image on the sheet designated by a user from the data stored in a storage section and sends information relating to the specified information terminal to the first terminal using the interface. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150124284 | Print Job Correction Mechanism - A method is disclosed. The method includes receiving print job data at a printing system, performing constraint checking of the print job data to detect one or more invalid print requirements and applying corrective actions upon detecting one or more invalid print requirements in order to facilitate printing of the print job data. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150124285 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF MANAGING DATA OF AN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A method for managing data in a system including an image processing apparatus and a server includes storing, in the image processing apparatus, first menu data having one or more parameters set by a user and associated with an operation of the image processing apparatus, and a corresponding first time at which the first menu data was most recently updated, and storing, in the server, second menu data having one or more parameters set by the user and associated with the operation of the image forming apparatus, and a corresponding second time at which the second menu data was most recently updated. The method further includes determining the older and newer of the first time and the second time, and replacing the first or second menu data determined to have the corresponding older time with the other menu data determined to have the corresponding newer time. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150124286 | CRUM UNIT MOUNTABLE IN CONSUMABLE UNIT OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A Customer Replacement Unit Monitor (CRUM) unit which is mountable on an image forming apparatus is provided. The CRUM unit includes a plurality of interfaces configured to be connected to the consumable unit and a power extracting circuit configured to, when a clock signal is received through one of the plurality of interfaces, extracts power from the clock signal, and the clock signal is a signal where a high value and a low value repeatedly alternate even in an idle section where a data signal is not received. Accordingly, the CRUM unit may operate even in the idle section by extracting power from the high value. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150124287 | BOOTING A PRINTER - A method for booting a printer includes storing a configuration image of the printer on a network storage device. The configuration image includes an input/output (I/O) initialization sequence for at least one component of the printer and I/O flow control steps and timing. The method further includes downloading the configuration image from the network storage device to the printer and playing back the initialization sequence and flow control based on the configuration image. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150124288 | Print Control System - A print control system | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150124289 | Print Control System and Print Control Method - A print control system | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150124290 | Print Control System - A print control system | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150124291 | IMAGE PROCESSING WORKFLOW WITH VIRTUAL PLUG-IN - In an image forming device adapted to acquire image data and distribute the image data, a storage unit stores respective plug-in modules of an input process, an image transforming process, and an output process with respect to the image data. A combining information acquisition unit acquires combining information including plug-in identifiers which respectively indicate the plug-in modules. A combining unit combines two or more of the plug-in modules to generate a virtual plug-in based on the combining information. A flow setting unit sets up a workflow in which the plug-in modules including the virtual plug-in are combined arbitrarily. A workflow control unit controls processes included in the workflow when a message distribution process based on the workflow is requested. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150124292 | SCANNING METHOD AND SCANNING SYSTEM USING TWAIN DRIVER - A scanning method used to scan documents in a scanning system, the system including a scanner and a user host computer having a technology without an interesting name (TWAIN) driver, the scanner and the user host computer connected by a local interface and a network, includes selecting one of the local interface or the network to connect the scanner and the user host computer; if the network is selected, connecting the TWAIN driver to the scanner via the selected network to control scanning processes of the scanner; and performing scanning according to the selected local interface or the network. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150124293 | Printing System and Printer - A printing server includes a registration request reception unit, a registration unit which allocates connection information for connection with the transmission origin of the registration request and an electronic mail address for receiving a printing request to the transmission origin of the registration request, a registration information transmission unit which transmits the registration information which has been allocated, a connection unit which receives the connection information and starts connection, a printing data generation unit which generates printing data, a printing waiting information transmission unit which transmits printing waiting information to the transmission origin of the XMPP connection request using XMPP when the printing data is generated, and a printing data transmission unit which receives an acquisition request for the printing data and transmits the printing data to the transmission origin of the acquisition request for the printing data according to the acquisition request for the printing data. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150131119 | MAINTENANCE METHOD AND MAINTENANCE APPARATUS FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, there is provided a maintenance method for an information processing apparatus including acquiring identification information for identifying the information processing apparatus and apparatus information including setting value information of a plurality of setting items of the information processing apparatus, acquiring statistical data created on the basis of the setting value information of a plurality of the information processing apparatuses, comparing the setting value information and the statistical data for each of the plurality of setting items and presenting information concerning a setting item including an outlier, transmitting, concerning the setting item including the presented outlier, if a request for update of statistical data corresponding to the setting value is input, an update request for the statistical data to a server, and receiving information subjected to update processing in the server and updating the corresponding statistical data. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150131120 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND STORAGE METHOD OF PRINT DATA - Generally, in accordance with one embodiment, an image forming apparatus comprises a communication section, a storage section, an operation section, an image forming section, and a controller. The communication section receives print data. The storage section stores print data in a print data area. The operation section receives an operation input. The image forming section forms, if the operation section receives a printing instruction of print data, an image on a sheet based on the print data. The controller moves the print data which are not printed even a given period has passed since the print data is received by the communication section from a print data area to other storage area. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150131121 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY OF POP-UP WINDOW - A method of controlling display of a pop-up window and an apparatus are provided. The method performed by an image forming apparatus includes determining at least one target device to be requested to display the pop-up window from among devices connected to the image forming apparatus when a pop-up event is generated during operations of the image forming apparatus, and transmitting information about the pop-up event to the determined at least one target device. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150131122 | DATA OUTPUT APPARATUS, DATA OUTPUT SYSTEM, AND DATA OUTPUT CONTROL METHOD - An image forming apparatus Gk of a data output system includes a data output time calculation function unit that calculates a predicted output time necessary for outputting data to be output in a specified output form by a data output function unit which outputs the data to be output in the specified output form, and a control function unit that compares the predicted output time with a predetermined threshold time and controls displaying of display data, which is stored in a storage function unit, onto a display function unit. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150131123 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING OPERATION - Disclosed is an image forming apparatus, which makes it possible to easily control various kinds of functions. The apparatus is provided with an apparatus controlling firmware that controls a default display screen, and a Web display screen application program that controls a customizable display screen according to a process being separate from another process for the apparatus controlling firmware. The Web display screen application program has a function for calling one of default display screens as a designated default display screen, while the apparatus controlling firmware has a function for accepting a screen calling instruction. When the Web display screen application program instructs the apparatus controlling firmware to conduct the screen calling operation in a state that the Web display screen application program displays the customizable display screen onto the display section, the apparatus controlling firmware conducts controlling operations for displaying the designated default display screen onto the display section. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150131124 | PRINTING A DOCUMENT FROM DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS ON WORLD WIDE WEB - System and method for printing a document from different geographical locations on World Wide Web are disclosed. For printing the document, a print request comprising a plurality of data fields and data values is received. The plurality of data fields comprises at least one of document details, print characteristics, a location, and a print schedule. Based on the location received in the print request, at least one print client is identified. After identifying the print client, the print request is transmitted to the print client using a managed file transfer protocol for catering to the print request. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150131125 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING MULTIPLE MAILING SERVICES ORDERS OF VARYING QUANTITIES AND ADDRESS LISTS - Methods and systems for processing multiple mailing services orders for print items of varying quantities include filling 3-dimensional gangs configured to receive print-ready items with print-ready items in a stack-wise manner. Individual stacks can be submitted to the system for reprint without holding up remaining items in an order. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150138591 | METHOD FOR CUSTOMIZABLE USER SPECIFIED ORDER FOR PRINTING PERSONALIZED ASSESSMENTS - A system and method for customizing assessment print order when using an educator support system that generates personalized documents. The system/method includes generating a plurality of personalized documents to be printed, each document including a recipient identifier indicating a unique recipient to which the document will be distributed after printing, associating a position identifier with each recipient identifier, and arranging the plurality of personalized documents in a specified print order based in part on at least one of the position identifiers associated with each recipient identifier. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150138592 | Information Management System, and Printer - Customers are enabled to obtain information printed on a receipt without greatly changing the configuration of devices such as POS registers that process product sales. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150138593 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus including a main control unit and a communication unit includes a receiving unit configured to receive a packet via a network when the main control unit and the communication unit are in a power saving state, a first canceling unit configured to cancel the power saving state of the communication unit in response to receiving of the packet by the receiving unit, a first determination unit configured to determine whether to cancel the power saving state of the main control unit based on the packet received by the receiving unit when the first canceling unit has canceled the power saving state of the communication unit, and a second canceling unit configured to cancel the power saving state of the main control unit when the first determination unit has determined to cancel the power saving state of the main control unit. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150138594 | OUTPUT MANAGEMENT DEVICE, OUTPUT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND OUTPUT MANANGEMENT METHOD - An output management device including: an acquiring unit that acquires a list of output data; a storage unit that stores sharing information of the data storage device; a first judgment unit that judges a state of a first output control device; a second judgment unit that judges the state of the second output control devices, when judged that the first output control device is not working and the data storage device is shared with the first and second output control device, and a setting unit that sets the output data possible to output when the first judgment unit judged that the first output control device is working or the second judgment unit judged that at least one of the second output control devices is working, and sets the output data impossible to output when the second judgment unit judged that all the second output control devices are not working. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150138595 | AR DISPLAY DEVICE, AR DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, PRINT CONDITION SETTING SYSTEM, PRINT SYSTEM, PRINT SETTING DISPLAY METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - Disclosed is an AR display device including: a display unit configured to display an augmented reality space in which an image is overlapped with a reality space; a camera configured to shoot the reality space corresponding to the augmented reality space; a setting information obtaining unit configured to obtain setting contents relating to an additional processing to be carried out for an image or an output sheet; a detecting unit configured to detect a sheet in the reality space and a posture thereof; and a display control unit configured to prepare an output image which simulatedly shows a processing result to be obtained in accordance with the setting contents and which is corrected so as to be matched with the posture of the sheet, and to instruct the display unit to display the augmented reality space in which the output image is overlapped with the sheet. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150138596 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus and an information processing apparatus, and control methods thereof, store information of jobs that have been input, and display, in a display unit, a list of the stored jobs in an order in which the jobs are to be executed. Then, in the displayed job list, a job is moved in the list in response to a user operation for changing an execution order of the jobs, and a condition of the job that will occur after the job is moved is displayed while the job is being moved. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150138597 | MOBILE TERMINAL, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM - Setting information of a function to be executed by a target device is set and stored in a mobile terminal including a contactless-type wireless communication unit, and when contactless-type wireless communication is established with the target device, the stored setting information is sent to the target device by the contactless-type wireless communication unit. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150138598 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR UPDATING THE TRANSMISSION RESULT OF A MULTI-ADDRESS TRANSMISSION - If instruction information for a multi-address transmission for performing a FAX transmission to a plurality of destinations is transmitted, and if an acquired transmission result indicates failure of the FAX transmission to at least one of the destinations, a transmission result indicating failure of the multi-address transmission is displayed. After the instruction information for performing the FAX transmission again to a retransmission target destination to which FAX transmission has failed is transmitted to an image forming apparatus, a result of the FAX transmission performed based on the instruction information for performing the FAX transmission again to the retransmission target destination is acquired. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150138599 | Network System, Interface Board, Method of Controlling Printing on an Network System, and Program - A client terminal includes a web page acquisition unit that acquires from a web application server a web page embedding a print control script that operates on a web browser and controls printing related to the web page, a display unit that displays the acquired web page as a displayed web page, a drawing process unit that accepts an input operation on the displayed web page and draws a result of the input operation in a specific drawing area, a print data generation unit that generates print data by converting image data written in the drawing area to a form enabling processing by a printer according to the print control script as a result of a print operation performed on the displayed web page, and a print command unit that commands the printer to print the print data according to the print control script. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150138600 | Image Processing Apparatus, and Computer Readable Medium for Communicating with the Same - An image processing apparatus is provided that includes a first communication device, a second communication device, an informing device, and a controller configured to control the first communication device to establish first communication with an information processing terminal device that is within a predetermined communicable distance from the first communication device, and to control the second communication device to transmit, to the information processing terminal device, target data that has been informed of by the informing device at a time when the first communication is established between the first communication device and the information processing terminal device. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150138601 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MULTI-TENANT FACSIMILE SERVER - In embodiments disclosed herein disclose methods and systems for providing a multitenant facsimile server. The computer instructions may be executable to maintain a set of entity information, wherein the entity information defines a plurality of tenants, and maintain a database configured to store transmitted and received fax documents corresponding to a plurality of tenants. The computer instructions may be further executable to receive a facsimile document at the fax server, wherein the facsimile document comprises one of a document to be transmitted or a received fax. The computer instructions may be further executable to identify a tenant associated with the document based on an identifier. Further, the computer instructions may be executable to store the document in the database, wherein the document is associated with the tenant in the database. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150146239 | Comparing Planned and Actual Asset Locations - A computing device display shows an actual location of an imaging device as configured in a computing system environment. An acceptance zone about a planned location of the imaging device visually conveys to a user whether or not the imaging device exists within a predetermined distance. If not, service level or other agreements specifying the location of the imaging device can be adjusted or the imaging device can be moved into compliance with the agreements. Alerts can be broadcast upon non-compliance or if the imaging device changes location. The display can be configured to show the imaging device with geospatial coordinates, within a building, superimposed on a map, such as a building floor plan, etc. Other embodiments note computing environments, deltas between locations, and various administrative tools. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150146240 | GROUP PRINTING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A group printing method and a group printing system are provided. The group printing system includes a control point, an intermediary printing device, and plural digital media printers. The group printing method includes following steps. The control point and the intermediary printing device issue device search broadcasts. The intermediary printing device and each of the digital media printers issue response broadcast to the control point and the intermediary printing device. At least two of the plural digital media printers are set as a printer group. The intermediary printing device splits the print command into plural split print commands and transmits the plural split print commands to the digital media printers of the printer group. Since the print command is split into the plural split print commands and the plural split print commands are executed by respective digital media printers, the printing speed is enhanced. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150146241 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, METHOD OF SUPPORTING WIRELESS CONNECTION, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF WIRELESS CONNECTION - A method of supporting wireless connection of an electronic apparatus includes searching an image forming apparatus that is not connected to a wireless network, when the image forming apparatus is searched, releasing a link with an Access Point (AP) and forming a link with the searched image forming apparatus, and transmitting pre-stored AP information to the image forming apparatus such that the image forming apparatus forms a link with the AP. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150146242 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - A control unit in an MFP determines whether a connection request from a communication device carried by a user has been received. If the control unit determines that the connection request has been received, then the control unit issues network identification information and transmits it to the communication device. When a connection is established, the control unit automatically alters the operation screen to an operation screen related to image processing based on the information transmitted/received to/from the communication device, and accepts an operation to execute image processing. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150146243 | MULTIFUNCTION PERIPHERAL, MULTIFUNCTION PERIPHERAL CONTROL SYSTEM, AND MULTIFUNCTION PERIPHERAL MANAGEMENT METHOD - In a case of a first function of carrying out a cooperative processing in accordance with an instruction from a user of a multifunction peripheral ( | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150146244 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a storage storing attribute information of the apparatus, a receiving unit receiving an instruction to perform image processing from a terminal, a checking unit, a request unit, an acquiring unit, an extracting unit, and a notification unit. The checking unit checks the image processing condition against the attribute information, and determines whether the instruction is executable in the apparatus. The request unit requests attribute information from a second image processing apparatus when the instruction is determined to be inexecutable in the apparatus. The acquiring unit acquires one or more pieces of attribute information transmitted as a response to the request. The extracting unit extracts attribute information of a second image processing apparatus which may execute the instruction, from the one or more pieces of attribute information. The notification unit notifies the terminal of identification information of the second apparatus storing the extracted attribute information. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150146245 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM THEREFOR - An information processing device including a communication unit configured to communicate with an external device on an Internet, the external device being configured to generate a single print job based on a single file received from the information processing device and provide the generated print job to a printer, and a controller configured to select one or more first-format files, each of which is in a first format configured such that an individual file in the first format contains a single page, cause a converter to convert the selected one or more first-format files into a single second-format file, the second-format file being in a second format configured to allow an individual file in the second format to contain a plurality of pages, and control the communication unit to transmit the single second-format file acquired through the conversion, to the external device. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150146246 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SYSTEM, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided an information processing apparatus capable of communicating with an apparatus capable of supplying image data via a network, and for providing a cloud-type printing service. The information processing apparatus includes: a unit configured to determine whether a mark indicating that an image can be added is included in a print image; a unit configured to prompt the apparatus capable of supplying image data to supply data of an additional image in the case where it is determined that the mark is included in the print image; a combination unit configured to combine the additional image supplied from the apparatus with the print image; and a unit configured to give instructions to print the combined image generated by the combination to a printing apparatus connected via the network. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150146247 | DISPLAY INPUT APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE DISPLAY INPUT APPARATUS - Upon accepting a region dividing operation, a display input apparatus sets a line, which passes through a predetermined region, as a first reference line; sets an end edge of the predetermined region, which is opposite to the first reference line, as a second reference line; obtains a ratio for input numerical value calculation, namely, a ratio of a distance from the first reference line to the second reference line and a distance from the first reference line to a division line of the predetermined region divided by the region dividing operation; obtains a numerical value by multiplying a maximum value or minimum value in a numerical value input range by the ratio for input numerical value calculation, and displays the obtained numerical value in a numerical value input screen. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150146248 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes: a memory that stores destination information; an operation part that receives an operation; a for-display destination information generation part that generates for-display destination information based on the destination information; and a display part that displays the for-display destination information. The operation part receives a display switch operation, the destination information includes a first destination information group and a second destination information group, and the for-display destination information generation part, based on a single operation of the display switch operation, switches the for-display destination information between a display of the first destination information group, a display of the second destination information group, and a display of both of the first destination information group and the second destination information group. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150146249 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing system that prevents erroneous job execution without significantly decreasing the usability includes receiving a request relating to a job, accepting a job execution instruction, and executing the job in response to acceptance of the execution instruction. If a plurality of requests relating to jobs is received, information for confirmation of the job is provided. If a single request relating to a job is received, information for confirmation of the job is not provided. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150146250 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A printer apparatus performs notification of an execution instruction for second calibration to a print server based on a result of first calibration, stores time information on the notification, and transmits the time information to the print server in response to a request from the print server. The print server performs a warning to prompt a user to execute the second calibration when the execution instruction for the second calibration notified from the printer apparatus is received. The print server acquires the time information from the printer apparatus when the print server is started, and performs the warning when the time information indicates a date and time later than a date and time indicated by previously acquired time information that has been stored in the print server. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150146251 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet, a wireless board for a wireless communication, a discharge tray having a placement surface on which the sheet having an image formed thereon is placed, and a wall part provided at one end-side of the discharge tray in a width direction and having a wall surface standing upwardly beyond the placement surface, wherein at least a part of the wireless board is positioned in the wall part. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150146252 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus that uses a Web application and is capable of performing image processing without delay and reducing power consumption. The image forming apparatus communicates with a Web server. A scanner unit reads an image, and a printing unit prints the image. Power is supplied to at least one of the scanner unit and the printing unit. A user interface unit displays an operating screen based on data transmitted from the Web server, and based on the data, power is supplied selectively to the scanner unit or the printing unit. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150146253 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING USER GROUP MANAGEMENT FUNCTION AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus which can reduce an amount of setting work of an administrator in the image forming apparatus provided with databases for respectively managing a department and a group. A recording unit records the number of printed sheets on a basis of a first group to which a login user belongs in a case where a print process is performed based on a request from the login user. A display unit displays an address book corresponding to a second group to which the login user belongs based on a request to display the address book by the login user. The image forming apparatus switches between managing the first group and the second group as different groups and managing the first group and the second group as the same group. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150146254 | Image Processing Apparatus and Image Processing Method That Ensures Effective Search - An image processing apparatus includes an image processing unit, a text information accepting unit, a stamp processing unit, and an image data editing unit. The image processing unit reads image data on an original document. The text information accepting unit accepts an input of text information from a user after reading the image data. The stamp processing unit creates a stamp image corresponding to the input text information, the stamp processing unit performing an optical character recognition process on the created stamp image to convert text information of the stamp image into text data where a character string is able to be searched. The stamp processing unit adds the stamp image to the image data. The image data editing unit edits a plurality of items of image data including the image data where the stamp image is added as an item of image data. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150146255 | Image Forming Apparatus That Enhances Operability on Screen Displayed as Split Screens - An image forming apparatus includes a display unit and a split screen processor. The display unit includes a display area on a first screen, splits the display area on the first screen to display a third screen on one split display area, and displays a second screen on another split display area. The split screen processor controls the display unit so as to split the display area on the first screen corresponding to display content on the first screen and display content on the second screen in response to an operation for split screen when accepting a user operation on the first screen, displays the third screen resized from the first screen on the one split display area to continuously accept an operation from the user, and displays the second screen to accept an operation simultaneously with the third screen on the other split display area. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150146256 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HANDLING MULTI-FUNCTION PRINTERS AND APPLICATIONS AT A FACSIMILE SERVER - Embodiments disclosed herein disclose methods and systems utilizing a fax server. The method may include configuring at least one setting for a multifunction printer (MFP) at the fax server. The method may further include receiving a document. The method may further include determining the at least one setting associated with the MFP based on a network address associated with the received document and applying the at least one setting for the MFP at the fax server. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150146257 | PERIPHERAL DEVICE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method used in first and second information processing apparatuses in communication with an image forming apparatus. The method includes a transfer step of transferring print setting information for controlling the image forming apparatus from the image forming apparatus to the second information processing apparatus, an acquisition step of acquiring the print setting information transferred in the transfer step from the second information processing apparatus, an input step of inputting the print setting information acquired in the acquisition step into a printer driver in a form that can be identified by the printer driver; and a print control step of controlling a printing operation by using the print setting information inputted in the input step. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150146258 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND CONTROL METHOD - An information processing apparatus ignores a second setting in a despooling process and generates a print command based on a first setting even if a change from the first setting to the second setting is received. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150293722 | PRINTING A THREE DIMENSIONAL OBJECT ABOUT A VOXEL STRUCTURE ASSEMBLED FROM PREFORMED BLOCKS - A method includes obtaining data describing external surfaces of a three dimensional object to be made using a three dimensional printer; determining, for a given voxel size, a voxel structure having a size and a shape to be subsumed within the external surfaces of the object; outputting user instructions for manually assembling the voxel structure and positioning the voxel structure into the three dimensional printer; and printing material onto the assembled voxel structure to form an object that subsumes the voxel structure. The use of a voxel structure can reduce print time and the amount of print resources required to form an object. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150293725 | SERVER APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A server apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires distance information between a printing device and a portable terminal device based on positional information of the printing device and positional information of the portable terminal device, and a control unit that controls printing of print data by the printing device based on the distance information. The server apparatus increases the security of a printed material left unattended without causing a user any trouble. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150293727 | PRINTING SYSTEM, SERVER, RECEPTION APPARATUS, AND PRINTING METHOD USED BY PRINTING SYSTEM - A transmission apparatus transmits an e-mail having a content attached thereto to a mail address destination of a printer. A server having a function of a mail server acquires a thumbnail image of a content acquired from the received e-mail and printing setting information and transmits the thumbnail image and the printing setting information to a terminal. A receiver confirms details of the content and printing setting details on the terminal, and then transmits a printing request notification from the terminal to the server. The server transmits printing data converted from the content and causes the printer to print the content. After the printing data is transmitted, the server performs a process of giving points according to the printing of the content to a user of the reception apparatus. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150293728 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING POWER SUPPLY, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING POWER SUPPLY CONTROL PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus stores function information that identifies, for each one of a plurality of functions, one or more devices capable of performing the function, receives a user instruction for executing a job from a first device of the plurality of devices, the user instruction instructing execution of at least one function that cannot be performed by the first device, identifies a second device of the plurality of devices that is capable of performing the at least one function of the user instruction using the function information, and controls the second device to transition from a power save mode to a normal operating mode, while keeping devices other than the second device to be in the power save mode. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150293729 | PRINTING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF COUNTING THE NUMBER OF TIMES OF PRINTING, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - If the printing protocol associated with a received print job is not an internet printing protocol, the number of times of printing is counted for each type of printing protocol. If the printing protocol associated with a received print job is an internet printing protocol, the number of times of printing is counted while distinguishing a transmission source application by identifying a transmission source application. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150293730 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PORTABLE TERMINAL, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An information processing apparatus which is capable of remotely operating a device through a portable terminal while reducing burden and cost to introduction without concentrating load on the portable terminal. The information processing apparatus is connected to a portable terminal through a first network. Individual identification information that a first interface unit of the portable terminal has is obtained, and generates a virtual interface based on the individual identification information concerned is generated. Address information is obtained from a device connected to the portable terminal through a second network. A part of the obtained address information is changed and the changed address information is set to the virtual interface. A device connected to the first interface unit of the portable terminal is simulated through the virtual interface as if the device concerned were directly connected to the virtual interface. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150293731 | LINKAGE SYSTEM AND LINKAGE METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING, PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING LINKAGE PROGRAM - An image processing linkage system includes: an image processing apparatus and a portable terminal device connectable with each other, wherein the image processing apparatus includes a display unit, and a transmitting unit, the portable terminal device includes a display unit, a receiving unit, a display control unit, an operation information converting unit, and a transmitting unit, and the image processing apparatus receives the operation information transmitted from the portable terminal device, and executes a process corresponding to the operation information. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150293733 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store print data including a password upon receipt of the print data, a receiving unit configured to receive a print instruction for the stored print data from a user, an authentication unit capable of performing user authentication, and a printing unit configured to perform printing without causing an authenticated user to enter a password in a case where an owner of the print-instructed print data matches the authenticated user, and to perform printing in response to a match between a password received from a user and the password included in the print data in a case where the owner of the print-instructed print data differs from the authenticated user, or in a case where a print instruction is received without user authentication by the authentication unit. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150293734 | PRINT SYSTEM, PRINT SERVER AND PRINT CONTROL METHOD - By saving the print job status in a shared database and switching the print job recovery method depending on the status, it is possible to obtain a printed result desired by the user without storing print data in the common database at the time of the occurrence of a failure. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150293735 | COMMUNICATION METHOD, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An embodiment of this invention is directed to a technique in which in a case where a mobile terminal and an MFP are directly connected to each other, the mobile terminal can readily obtain print data existing in a Web server apparatus and transmit the print data to the MFP. According to the embodiment, for example, connection information to the MFP is obtained from the MFP by using a short distance wireless communication method such as NFC. The print data existing in the Web server apparatus is obtained via a network. Furthermore, communication with the MFP is established using a wireless communication method such as a WLAN different from the short distance wireless communication method. The obtained print data is transmitted to the MFP. After that, the established communication is released. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150294198 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - To make it possible to use a function depending on bidirectional communication, an information processing apparatus comprises: a printer driver configured to generate print data to be printed by a real printer, based on image data received from an application; and a virtual printer configured to receive the generated print data, and perform output control to the real printer. The virtual printer obtains information of the real printer by communicating with the real printer; and transmits the print data based on the information of the real printer, wherein the printer driver generates the print data by executing rendering processing on the image data based on the information of the real printer obtained via the virtual printer. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150294199 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A print control apparatus includes a reconfigurable circuit that generates print data by reconfiguring a circuit configuration thereof respectively in response to a multiple image processes and performing the image processes on image data successively, and a reduction image generator that performs control to reconfigure the circuit configuration of the reconfigurable circuit in response to the image process, and generates a reduction image from the image data by performing part of the image processes on the image data using software, in response to command information including a generation method of the reduction image, in parallel with the image process performed by the reconfigurable circuit. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150294200 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing apparatus includes a storing unit, an obtaining unit, a detecting unit, a display unit, and a setting unit. The storing unit stores a print job. The obtaining unit obtains sheet attribute information designated by the print job stored in the storing unit. The detecting unit detects an openable sheet holding unit being in a shut state. The display unit displays the sheet attribute information obtained by the obtaining unit in a case where the sheet holding unit is detected in the shut state by the detecting unit. The setting unit sets the sheet attribute information displayed by the display unit for the shut state sheet holding unit in the case where the sheet holding unit is detected in the shut state by the detecting unit. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150294203 | IMAGE OUTPUT SYSTEM, IMAGE OUTPUT METHOD, DOCUMENT SERVER, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image output system includes a document server, an information processing terminal, and an image output device connected in a network. The information processing terminal designates an output target document out of documents stored in the document server and instructs output of a job to the image output device. If the image output device is not a direct output compatible device that outputs a file format of the output target document, the document server converts the output target document to image data in a given file format, generates job data, and transmits the job data to the image output device. The job data including job control information that defines output setting and job substantive information designating the image data as the output target in a page description language. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150296092 | METHOD FOR DIGITIZING PAPER DOCUMENTS BY USING TRANSPARENT DISPLAY OR DEVICE HAVING AIR GESTURE FUNCTION AND BEAM SCREEN FUNCTION AND SYSTEM THEREFOR - The present invention relates to a computer interface and to a novel method for improving paper-based information to electronic information. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method for allowing a user to experience virtual reality as if the user manipulated (used) a paper document while directly viewing the paper document by allowing the user to set a specific region on a transparent display (or the paper document) while viewing the paper document displayed through the transparent display (or a beam screen) and by enabling a specific module to be executed for data corresponding to the specific region which has been received over a network. In addition, the present invention relates to a method for displaying additional information related to a specific paper document on the transparent display (or the beam screen) so that the user is able to easily read additional information related to a part which interests the user or a desired part by simply touching an icon corresponding to the part which interests the user while viewing the paper document displayed through the transparent display or by simply touching the desired portion on the beam screen on which the paper document is displayed. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a computer interface for overcoming the limitation of paper-based information and enabling the enormous expandability of information by allowing general users to have production rights for the additional information, thereby enabling the sharing and distribution of various kinds of additional information regarding a paper document for readers reading the same paper document. To this end, the present invention comprises the steps of: (A) allowing, by a user, a system to identify a book identity of a paper document through a client device; (B) adjusting the location of a DIC layer so that the DIC layer matches and overlaps the paper document by the user or under the control of a client system when a transparent display overlaps the paper document (or a part thereof); (C) reproducing (matching or connecting) a raw digital identity matched with the book identity on the DIC layer by the user or under the control of the system without being displayed on a display and/or generating or selecting an extended digital identity (mark up data) matched with the book identity on the system and reproducing the generated or selected extended digital identity (mark up data) by the user or under the control of the system; (D) selecting a specific region (or object) for the digital identity reproduced on the DIC layer under the control of the user and the system and carrying out a specific action on the user system for the selected specific region (or object); and (E) displaying the result from step (D) on the display included in the client device. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150301765 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication system includes an image processing apparatus, a supporting apparatus capable of providing the remote support service to a user of the image processing apparatus, and a management server configured to associate the image processing apparatus with the supporting apparatus providing the remote support to the image processing apparatus to manage the image processing apparatus and the supporting apparatus. Upon receipt of the remote support service start request from the user, the image processing apparatus requests a relay server to allocate relay information for communication via the relay server, and notifies the management server of the relay information allocated by the relay server. The management server notifies the supporting apparatus managed in association with the image processing apparatus of the relay information. Using the relay information enables the image processing apparatus and the supporting apparatus to communicate with each other to provide the remote support via the relay server. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150301766 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING DEVICE DISCOVERY - Systems and methods for a method for device discovery performed by a computer device are disclosed, including discovering networked devices and listing the network devices in a first list, enumerating installed devices from system software, listing the enumerated devices in a second list, and merging the lists of discovered and enumerated devices. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150301768 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION TERMINAL, AND PROGRAM - If a control method during correction processing is not designated in setting information sent from a mobile terminal and if the image forming apparatus has no capability to execute a function (element) designated in the setting information, the image forming apparatus corrects the setting information to be a setting corresponding to the capability. On the other hand, if the control method during the correction processing is designated in the setting information sent from the mobile terminal and if the image forming apparatus has no capability to execute a function (element) designated in the setting information, the image forming apparatus performs correction after confirmation of stop of the function or correction of the function according to the control method. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150301769 | FUNCTION SETTING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Disclosed is a non-transitory recording medium storing a function setting program for utilizing an image forming apparatus. The function setting program, when processed by a processor, executes a process including receiving a page range to which page process functions settable by page unit are applied, by each of the page process functions, receiving a page range to which post process functions executable after forming an image are applied, by each of the post process functions, and displaying a list of the functions applied to each of the page ranges on a display part by associating the page range to which the post process functions are applied, among the page ranges to which the post process functions are applied, the page range to which image process functions are applied so as to identify types of the functions applied to a corresponding one of the page ranges. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150301770 | PRINT SERVER, CONTROL METHOD OF PRINT SERVER, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - When a print server according to the present invention receives a printing cancellation request from a load balancer, the print server acquires information of a print job as a target of the printing cancellation request and information of a printing device. Then, the print server determines whether a status of the acquired print job is a first status where printing cancellation processing is to be executed by a print server in charge of the printing device, a second status where the printing cancellation processing is to be executed by the printing device, or a third status where the printing cancellation request is to be handled as an error. Thereafter, the print server executes the printing cancellation processing according to the determination result. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150301772 | JOB PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING JOB PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In a case where a job associated with a user has not been successfully stored in a job processing apparatus, it is not possible to exclusively notify the user that the job has not been successfully stored. A control method in a job processing apparatus includes storing a job such that the job is associated with a user, storing, identification information for identifying the user associated with a job that has not been successfully stored, and notifying the user that the job has not been stored according to login to the job processing apparatus, by the user, in a case where identification information for identifying the user having logged in to the job processing apparatus has been stored. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150301774 | IMAGE-FORMING SYSTEM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming system includes a user terminal apparatus of a first user registered for a peer-to-peer type inter-user communication service, and a user terminal apparatus of a second user registered for the peer-to-peer type inter-user communication service and included in a contact list of the first user. The user terminal apparatus of the first user distributes operation data including (a) identification information of the first user, (b) identification information of the image forming apparatus, and (c) setting information or image information of printing to the identified user. The user terminal apparatus of the second user transmits, on the basis of an operation of the second user, an additional print request for additionally printing the same printed material for the printing of the first user, which was communicated by the received operation data, to an image forming apparatus of the identification information communicated by the received operation data. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150301775 | BUILDING AN INFRASTRUCTURE OF ACTIONABLE ELEMENTS - A computing system and method for delivering actionable elements related to a multi-page printed piece comprises a network interface circuit, a memory and a processing circuit. The memory is configured to store identifying information for a plurality of different multi-page printed pieces and associated actionable elements for each printed piece. The processing circuit is configured to receive via the network interface circuit a request for actionable elements for the multi-page printed piece, the request having input information. The processing circuit is further configured to compare the input information in the request to the identifying information stored in the memory, retrieve the actionable elements for different pages of the multi-page printed piece from the memory based on the comparison, and send the retrieved actionable elements via the network interface circuit. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150301776 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING A PRINT PREVIEW - Devices, systems, and methods for managing a print preview receives a first preview request; configures a filter pipeline; obtains a job flow; generates a first parts list based at least on the first preview request and the job flow; determines whether the filter pipeline is clear of parts; processes one or more parts listed in the first parts list using the filter pipeline; receives a second preview request; determines whether the one or more parts listed in the first parts list of the first preview request can be used in the second preview request; generates a second parts list based on the second preview request; determines whether the filter pipeline is clear of the one or more parts listed in the first parts list; and processes one or more parts listed in the second parts list using the filter pipeline. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150302278 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a first image processor configured to perform a first image processing not using a setting by a user on image data obtained by scanning a document; a first storage unit configured to store first image data corresponding to the image data on which the first image processing has been performed; a second image processor configured to perform a second image processing using the setting by the user on the first image data; a second storage unit configured to store second image data corresponding to the first image data on which the second image processing has been performed; and a preview image generator configured to generate a preview image based on the second image data, the preview image indicating a predicted result of a print execution. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150302279 | Run Length Compression Mechanism - A method is disclosed. The method includes receiving a data stream and performing Run Length Limited (RLL) encoding to encode the data stream, including adjusting run types and lengths and aligning headers to boundaries of a decoding system. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150302280 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, RECORDING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS - A data processing apparatus includes a processing unit that distinguishes a command of a first command system including commands designating attributes of a printing form and a command of a second command system including commands designating attributes that are not defined in the first command system. When a recording instruction including an instruction designating the printing form by a command of the first command system and data arranged in accordance with the printing form designated by the command of the first command system are input, the processing unit arranges the data included in the recording instruction in accordance with a printing form designated by the command of the second command system to generate recording data. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150302281 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing system includes a generation unit and a reconstruction unit. The generation unit generates a data source including data to be referred to at a time of printing for a variable portion in which data to be referred to is variable for each record. The reconstruction unit acquires the data source and reconstructs print data that is variable for each record. The generation unit executes processing of determining a largest size based on a size of data to be referred to for the variable portion to generate stub data of the determined size, of generating the print data by using the stub data, and of generating the data source for each record. The reconstruction unit executes processing of reconstructing the print data by overwriting the stub data in the print data with the data in the acquired data source. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150307295 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus of the invention includes an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet; a plurality of storage portions each configured to store the sheet with the image formed thereon by the image forming unit; an opening configured to expose the sheet stored in the storage portion to the outside; and a sheet moving unit configured to move the sheet until a leading edge of the sheet stored in the storage portion passes the opening and a portion of the sheet is exposed from the opening to the outside. The sheet moving unit exposes sheets stored in a plurality of the storage portions in a stacked manner from the opening. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150309756 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMATION METHOD THAT SUPPRESS TEMPERATURE OF FIXING DEVICE - Provided is an image forming apparatus for shortening time to printout at time of receiving a print job in a sleep state when an image forming apparatus has an unmounting state of a storage device, such as HDD. A control part notifies printing preparation and a printing process to print engine based on a processing result of an analyzing part. At time of suppressing temperature of fixing device, if received data are analyzed and print data are generated, analyzing part sends a notice of first drawing object being generated to the control part. The control part confirms a connecting state of HDD in response to the notice. If HDD is in an unmounting state, the control part notifies the printing preparation to the print engine. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150309757 | PRINTER INTERFACE FOR PRINTING DATA AND/OR RECEIPTS TO AND FROM HAND HELD DEVICES - Previous printers were designed to print a paper copy of data and/or receipts which causes a disconnect with modem day data manipulation. This printer interface can print data to and receive data from the internet and hand held devices which will open up extremely fast data exchange and data manipulation for consumers, cities, states and the federal government without the expense of having to purchase complete new systems. By simply changing out an old printer we can connect all old computer systems with modem day systems that now have the ability to manipulate data automatically. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150309758 | IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE - An image formation device includes a document box, an operating section, a version check control section, a document data update control section, and a print control section. When receiving a select operation, the version check control section determines whether or not a selected piece of document data has been updated on an external server. If the selected data has been updated on the external server, the document data update control section downloads an updated piece of document data from the external server and updates the piece of document data in the document box. When receiving a print instruction operation, the print control section causes printing based on the piece of document data already stored in the document box if the selected piece of document data has not been updated or causes printing based on the updated piece of document data if the selected piece of document data has been updated. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150309759 | TERMINAL APPARATUS, OUTPUT SYSTEM, AND OUTPUT METHOD - A terminal apparatus capable of communicating with an image forming apparatus includes an output management unit configured to manage first output data stored in a first output data storage part, the first output data being created based on data to be output, and being independent of the image forming apparatus; a second data creating unit configured to create second output data based on the first output data, the second output data being dependent on the image forming apparatus; an output data process unit configured to receive a second output data acquiring request to acquire the second output data from the image forming apparatus, and instruct the second data creating unit to create the second output data based on the first output data stored in the first output data storage part; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the created second output data to the image forming apparatus. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150309760 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATING WITH AN IMAGE-FORMING DEVICE FROM A MOBILE DEVICE - Systems, devices, and methods for device communication receive, at a proxy device, an image of a barcode that was sent from a mobile device, wherein the barcode includes device information for an image-forming device, and wherein the device information identifies a network of the image-forming device; send the device information from the proxy device to one or more support devices; and at the one or more support devices, determine if the respective support device is connected to the network of the image-forming device, and in response to determining that the respective support device is connected to the network of the image-forming device, generate an output queue for the image-forming device on the support device that is connected to the network of the image-forming device. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150309761 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus acquires connection information, which is used to communicate with an image processing apparatus via a first wireless communication complying with a first wireless communication standard, via a second wireless communication complying with a second wireless communication standard, transmits print data to the image processing apparatus via the first wireless communication, and performs control to delete the connection information in response to transmitting the print data to the image processing apparatus. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150310319 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR RENDERING AN OBJECT ON A PAGE - A method of rendering a graphical object (e.g., | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150310415 | RECEIPT DATA PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING RECEIPT DATA - According to one embodiment, a receipt data processing device includes a data generating section, an output section, and a converting section. The data generating section is configured to generate receipt data of a first data format including information about an item purchased by a customer. The output section is configured to output the receipt data to at least one of a printing device and an external device that is different from the printing device. The converting section is configured to convert a data format of the receipt data from the first data format to a second data format that is different from the first data format when the receipt data is output to the external device. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150312427 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEMI-AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF OPERATING PROCEDURES FROM RECORDED TROUBLESHOOTING SESSIONS - A method for generating procedures includes receiving a log of a troubleshooting session. The log includes device data including a sequence of detected operations performed on the device causing respective components to change states. Steps of a candidate operating procedure are generated, based on the log, each corresponding to one of the detected operations. Missing steps may be identified, based on state charts and/or stored operability constraints for the device. The candidate operating procedure is compared with existing operating procedures stored in a knowledge base for the device to identify at least one existing operating procedure which includes steps which match at least some of the steps of the candidate operating procedure and, based on the identified at least one existing operating procedure, generating a textual description based on the textual description of the matching steps. The candidate procedure can be presented to an editor for validation. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150312434 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM THAT HANDS OVER OPERATION FROM PORTABLE TERMINAL TO IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMATION METHOD - Provided is an image forming system that hands over an operation information on a portable terminal to an image forming apparatus and operates it, if the portable terminal is likely to become battery exhaustion. The portable terminal determines battery exhaustion if battery residual quantity of the portable terminal becomes less than or equal to a prescribed threshold value while accepting setting operation to the image forming apparatus. Then, handing over information (sizing information, color-balance setup information, and image quality setting operation screen information) for handing over operation to the image forming apparatus is automatically transmitted to the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus receives the handing over information from the portable terminal. In that case, based on the handing over information, operation is accepted with an operation panel with continuing the setting operation performed with the portable terminal. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150312435 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a control unit configured to control writing or reading data to or from a storage unit and a cooling unit configured to cool the control unit and the storage unit, in which the control unit reads temperature information from the storage unit, and changes a timing of when to read the temperature information next from the storage unit and a cooling level of the cooling unit in conjunction with each other. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150317103 | PRINTING APPARATUS THAT UPDATES SOFTWARE INSTALLED THEREIN, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing apparatus that is capable of reducing downtime caused by software update. A printing apparatus downloads update software for updating software installed therein, and updates the installed software using the downloaded update software. The update software is downloaded by background processing. It is determined whether or not predetermined processing is being performed when the update software is decompressed. When it is determined that the predetermined processing is not being performed, the downloaded update software is decompressed by background processing, and the installed software is updated using the decompressed update software. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150317104 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus obtains a notification item regarding the status of a processing apparatus that executes predetermined processing. The information processing apparatus notifies an external apparatus of one or a plurality of messages so as to, when the number of notification items obtained within a predetermined time is equal to or smaller than a predetermined number, notify a plurality of messages corresponding to the plurality of notification items, and when the number of notification items exceeds the predetermined number, notify one message based on the contents of at least some items out of the plurality of notification items. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150317105 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - The number of jobs in a printing apparatus is obtained at a timing that is associated with a timing at which the printing apparatus is polled; a transmission control value associated with the number of jobs that are to remain in the printing apparatus is calculated, in a case in which the obtained number of jobs is not equal to a predetermined value; and jobs according to a number of jobs determined from the calculated transmission control value are transmitted to the printing apparatus. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150317106 | PRINTING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus capable of being connected to a network via a print server updates media data in response to a modification operation for modification of the media data, and starts a recording of the updating of the media data when the print server is in a power saving state. Then, the print server transmits to the print server, in a case where the updating of the media data has been recorded when a notification that the print server returned from the power saving state is received, the updated media data. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150317107 | PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD IN PRINTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing apparatus includes an obtaining unit, a storing unit, and a setting unit and is capable of communication with a print management server configured to be able to store delivery time information about a print product along with a print job. The obtaining unit obtains attribute information about a sheet specified by the print job stored in the print management server according to the delivery time information. The storing unit stores the attribute information about the sheet obtained by the obtaining unit. The setting unit sets the attribute information about the sheet stored in the storing unit as attribute information about a sheet held in a sheet holding unit of the printing apparatus. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150317108 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, PRINTING SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR SEARCHING, RETRIEVING IMAGE FORMING DEVICES THAT ARE COLLECTIVELY REGISTERED ON A SERVICE PROVIDING DEVICE - An information processing device transmits, to a plurality of image forming devices, a registration request to the service providing device, and receives location information for accessing the service providing device corresponding to each the image forming device from among the plurality of image forming devices that have received the registration request, accesses the service providing device on the basis of the received location information, and receives and displays an authentication screen for inputting authentication information. After authentication information has been input on the displayed screen, a user corresponding to the authentication information and the plurality of image forming devices are associated with each other and managed by the service providing device. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150317109 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a display unit configured to display a print target list of printing data corresponding to a login user, and a print control unit configured to execute print processing on data selected by the login user through the print target list displayed by the display unit. The print control unit is configured to execute the print processing on the data corresponding to the login user without selecting the data by the login user through the print target list when voice use setting of the login user is valid. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150317110 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS HAVING REPORT PRINTING FUNCTION, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus that is capable of performing report printing in a language desired by a user in either manual report printing or autonomic report printing. A storage unit stores information on the image processing apparatus. A touch panel receives input from a log-in user A control unit controls execution of the automatic report printing in which the information is printed by the printing unit as a report when predetermined conditions are satisfied, and execution of the manual report printing in which the information is printed by the printing unit as a report based on an instruction from the log-in user. The control unit performs the automatic report printing in a predetermined language and performs the manual report printing in a language for the log-in user. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150317112 | COPYING APPARATUS, COPYING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND CONTROL PROGRAM THEREOF - A PC registers in advance PC-assistant copying functions which can be provided by the printer driver for a MFP. The MFP presents, to the user, copying functions including the registered functions. Upon reception of a copy instruction, the MFP determines whether selected functions include a PC-assisted copying function. If the selected functions include a PC-assisted copying function, the MFP transmits, to the PC, scanned image data and a job ticket containing information representing the selected functions. Upon reception of the job ticket, the PC generates a print job for printing the image data on the basis of the job ticket, and transmits the print job to the MFP. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150317114 | Printing Device, Mobile Terminal, and Computer Readable Recording Medium for the Same - A printing device includes a printing device side wireless communication unit configured to execute wireless communication with a mobile terminal, an operation acquisition unit configured to acquire user operation thereof, and a processor. The processor is configured to acquire operation data which is generated as the operation acquisition unit acquires a user operation, acquire establishment data which is generated as the printing device side wireless communication unit establishes a wireless communication with the mobile terminal, and issue a request control to control the printing device side wireless communication unit to transmit request data requesting the mobile terminal to transmit print data necessary for printing, via the wireless communication, when the establishment data is acquired, the request control being issued in accordance with the operation data as acquired. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150317115 | RECORDING SYSTEM, NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INSTRUCTIONS EXECUTABLE BY MOBILE TERMINAL, AND IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording system includes: an image recording apparatus for image recording based on target data in a first format; a server device; and a mobile terminal including a wireless communication device, an operation device, and a controller. The controller transmits recording instruction information to the image recording apparatus when a recording instruction for the target data in a second format is received in a state in which the wireless communication device is connected to an access point. The controller instructs the server device to receive the target data in the second format, convert it to the first format, and cause the image recording apparatus to receive the target data and perform image recording, when the recording instruction for the target data in the second format is received in a state in which the wireless communication device is not connected to the access point. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150317116 | Function Executing Device - In a case where a first information including an execution request of a specific function via a first type of interface is received, a function executing device may execute a change process for changing an interface for communicating with a terminal device from the first type of interface to a second type of interface in a case where a state of the function executing device is determined as a non-error state. The function executing device may not execute the change process in a case where the state of the function executing device is determined as an error state. The specific function may include a communication process for communicating object data with the terminal device. The function executing device may execute the specific function including the communication process via the second type of interface in a case where the change process is being executed. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150317117 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION - An image forming apparatus having at least one of print, scan, copy, fax, and web browsing functions, the image forming apparatus including a near field communication (NFC) module to detect a mobile terminal through NFC, a touch panel to display an interactive screen on which at least one object appears and to receive an input of a gesture with respect to the object from a user, and a control unit to interpret a gesture from the user based on a relative position relationship between the NFC module and the touch panel and to transmit the object to the mobile terminal according to a result of the interpretation of the gesture. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150317118 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - An image processing device accepts a user-defined code, which is a command that implements a process desired by a user and is written in the same page description language as a print job to be processed, and merges the print job to be processed and the user-defined code. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150317542 | Recording System Having Information Processing Device and Peripheral Devices - A non-transitory computer readable storage medium stores a set of program instructions executed by an information processing device. The program instructions, when executed by the information processing device, causes the information processing device to perform a data listing to display a list of first identifiers and second identifiers on the display unit in a manner selectable through the operation unit, when the operation unit receives a user's operation to select a combination of a first device and a second device among the plurality of devices. The program instructions include transmitting a first recording instruction information to the second device via the communication unit when the operation unit receives a user's operation to select one first identifier. The program instructions include transmitting a second recording instruction information to the second device via the communication unit when the operation unit receives a user's operation to select one second identifier. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150317543 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR PRINTING ON TRANSPARENT SHEETS - A method for controlling a printing apparatus, including a printing unit for performing printing on a transparent sheet, includes analyzing print data, and extracting a first object to be printed on a front side of the transparent sheet and a second object to be printed on a back side of the transparent sheet, and controlling the printing unit to print image data generated from the extracted first object on the front side of the transparent sheet, convert image data generated from the extracted second object into a mirror image, and print the mirror image on the back side of the transparent sheet. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150317546 | AUTOMATIC ACCESS TO HIGH-LEVEL EXPLANATIONS OF SCHEDULING CONFLICTS IN PRINT ENGINE SCHEDULES - Methods and devices receive scheduling constraints for sheets of print media being processed as a print job through a printing device, and prepare a timing schedule for each of the sheets of print media based on the scheduling constraints. The timing schedule determines a location of each of the sheets of print media relative to the processing components of the printing device and relative to a linear time scale. Such methods and devices augment the timing schedule to produce an augmented timing schedule by adding explanatory text to the timing schedule, and receive user input selecting a portion of the augmented timing schedule. In response to the user input that selects a portion of the augmented timing schedule, the methods and devices output corresponding portions of the explanatory text that correspond to a location on the linear time scale represented by the selected portion of the augmented timing schedule. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150317547 | PRINT PROCESSING METHOD AND PRINTING SYSTEM - A server constituted by a plurality of processors which process page description language data receives a print instruction from a client, and decides the number of layers into which a page is to be segmented based on render instructions included in the page description language data. The server decides the number of processors which perform parallel processing of the generation of print data from the page description language data based on the decided number of layers. The server generates print data equal in number to the number of layers based on which the number of processors is decided. An output device requests the server to transmit print data. The server transmits print data in accordance with the request from the output device. Upon receiving the print data from the server, the output device processes the print data and outputs it onto a sheet. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150319325 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROLLING METHOD OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORING MEDIUM - In case of supplying sheets to a sheet holding unit, information concerning a depository of the sheet to be supplied is registered. Thus, it is possible to efficiently make a transition of work to supply work by reducing a load of the supply work to be performed by various users. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150324150 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A cooperation server executes printing processing of a document from an MFP through a printing server based on matter information including a printing instruction for the document received from a matter management server. The cooperation server notifies the client PC of the printing order that includes the printing ID and access information used for registering the costs related to the printing after completion of printing, provides a registering screen for costs related to printing by reason of the access from the client PC, and registers the costs registering information received from the client PC on the matter management server. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150324152 | Network Printing System and Printing Method - A network print server includes: a print task memory configured to store a print task list; a printing device registration unit configured to establish, in response to a VPN connection request comprising VPN parameters from a printing device, a VPN connection to the printing device via a VPN server, register the printing device and create in the print task memory a print task list corresponding to the printing device, the VPN parameters comprising an IP address of the VPN server and a domain name of the printing device, wherein the domain name of the printing device is bound to the hardware id of the printing device; and a print task management unit configured to receive a print request from a computing device and add a print task entry in the print task list of the requested printing device. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150324153 | Network Printing System and Printing Method - A network print server includes: a print task memory configured to store a print task list; a printing device registration unit configured to establish, in response to a request of a printing device, a network connection to the printing device, register the printing device and create in the print task memory a print task list corresponding to the printing device; a print task management unit configured to receive a print request from a computing device and add a print task entry in the print task list of the requested printing device, the print task entry comprising a print task ID and print task content; and a two-dimensional code encoding unit. The present invention discloses also a network printing device and the corresponding printing method and system. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150324156 | Communication Setting Technology and Communication Apparatus - A non-transitory computer-readable medium having a communication program stored thereon and readable by a controller of a communication apparatus, the communication program, when executed by the controller, causes the controller to perform: determining whether a wireless setting for performing wireless communication by the wireless communication method is set in an external apparatus when the communication apparatus is in communication with the external apparatus through the first communication unit; determining whether a wireless setting which is settable by the communication apparatus is stored in a storage; and transmitting the wireless setting stored in the storage to the external apparatus through the first communication unit when it is determined that the wireless setting is not set in the external apparatus and it is determined that the wireless setting that is settable by the communication apparatus is stored in the storage. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150324157 | PRINTER DRIVER AND PROHIBITION PROCESS CONTROL METHOD FOR PRINTER DRIVER - A printer driver which operates in a computer device issuing an instruction of printing to a printing device, and executes a prohibition process in a script language for verifying and solving prohibition that causes conflict between settings of printing functions of the printing device, under the printer driver, the computer device executes: a first process that calculates identity determination information beforehand from PrintTicket in a state where prohibition is not caused, and stores the calculated identity determination information; a second process that calculates identity determination information from the PrintTicket at a start of the prohibition process for the PrintTicket; and a third process that compares the identity determination information stored in the first process and the identity determination information calculated in the second process, wherein the first process through the third process are performed in this order. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150324158 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PRINTER DRIVER AND PRINT CONTROL METHOD - A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a printer driver, when being executed by a processor of the computing device, causes a computing device to perform prohibition processing including: obtaining setup items associated with print features of the printer device and corresponding option values from PrintTicket, to create check data; checking the check data for a setup item causing a conflict between option values; and in response to finding a setup item causing a conflict between option values, replacing an option value in the PrintTicket, which is set for the setup item causing the conflict, with another option value. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150324159 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND WEB APPLICATION SYSTEM - An image forming device having a function of a web server receives a data transmission request relating to a first web page from an external device; and transmits first data (including a first script for automatically transmitting a periodic request (first periodic request) from a browser of the external device to the web server) to the external device in response to the data transmission request. The image forming device transmits second data (including a second script for automatically transmitting a periodic request (second periodic request) from the browser to the web server while the second web page is being displayed) to the external device in response to a new page call command transmitted from the external device, the new page call command being for calling the second web page from the first web page. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150324160 | Network Printing Device, Server, System and Method - A network print server, a network printing device and the corresponding print method and system are disclosed. The server comprises a print task memory, a printing device registration unit, and a print task management unit. The print task memory stores a print task list. The printing device registration unit establishes, in response to a request of a printing device, a network connection to the printing device, registers the printing device and creates in the print task memory a print task list corresponding to the printing device. The print task management unit receives a print request from a computing device and adds a print task entry in the print task list of the requested printing device. The print task entry comprises a print task ID and print task content. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150324161 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image is stored in a memory, and the stored image is printed. A log is generated for the stored image, and the generated log and the image are transmitted to an external device. The stored image is deleted after the transmission and the printing are completed. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150324235 | METHOD OF SECURELY DELIVERING AN ELECTRONIC REPRODUCTION FROM A SCANNER - A method of operating a server computer serving a group of scanners; wherein the scanners are registered in a database with a respective indication of reservation status. The method includes receiving, at the server computer, a request for a scanning operation from a user's electronic device; wherein the request includes a user identifier and a scanner identifier; granting a reservation of the selected scanner upon reception of the request for a scanning operation, wherein the reservation lapses unless the request is confirmed within a predefined time period; and receiving, from the selected scanner, a predefined user generated event. Upon reception of the predefined user generated event within the predefined time period: maintaining the reservation until a scanning operation is terminated or cancelled, and transmitting any electronic reproduction resulting from the selected scanning operation performed at the selected scanner to the user identified by the user identifier. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150324667 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, COMPUTING DEVICE, AND DISPLAY METHOD OF USER INTERFACE OF PRINTER DRIVER - A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a printer driver includes a printer driver core component and a print setup user interface component. The print setup user interface component causes the computing device to control a display section to display one or more setup user interface portions by determining whether a setup user interface portion designated by designation information obtained from the printer driver core component is implemented in the print setup user interface component; in response to determining that the designated setup user interface portion is not implemented, searching for a compatible setup user interface portion; and in response to determining that the designated or compatible setup user interface portion is implemented, controlling the display section to display the designated or compatible setup user interface portion. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150324669 | DYNAMIC SPOOLER LOAD BALANCING - Methods and systems monitor print data being retrieved by a dedicated spooler of a printing device, and monitor the quantity of print data within the print queue to be printed by a printing engine of the printing device. The dedicated spooler and the printing engine share computing resources and, therefore, the processing activities of the dedicated spooler slow processing activities of the printing engine. These methods and systems dynamically reduce the rate at which the print data is retrieved by the dedicated spooler based on the quantity of documents within the print queue to increase printing speed (for example, these methods and systems can reduce the rate at which the print data is retrieved by the dedicated spooler based on the quantity of print data within the print queue being above a threshold amount). | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150326739 | Electronic Device for Displaying a Print Preview - An electronic device in the present disclosure includes the following: an imaging device configured to scan a paper sheet, wherein the paper sheet comprises a first side and a second side, wherein scanning the paper sheet produces an image; a display device; a printing image acquisition unit configured to acquire a printing image; an image forming apparatus configured to print the printing image; and a display control unit configured to control the display device to display, if the produced image includes an image of a paper sheet, a composite image that combines the acquired printing image and the image of the paper sheet within the produced image. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150326745 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image forming apparatus and a method thereof are disclosed. The image forming apparatus comprises: a first interface unit, which includes a first port and a second port, respectively used for establishing a first channel and a second channel between the image forming apparatus and a driving device of the image forming apparatus; an imaging controller, used for receiving data from the first channel as page data to be imaged, and acquiring data from the second channel as virtual data; and a timer, used for calculating a first duration from a last time when the image forming apparatus receives either page data from the first channel or virtual data from the second channel, whichever comes later, wherein when the first duration reaches a first predetermined duration, the imaging controller performs timeout handling for ceasing a present imaging job. The image forming apparatus can save resources and improve user friendliness. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150331644 | AUTOMATICALLY PRINTING ONLY PAGES CONTAINING BLANK SIGNATURE LINES - Methods and devices receive, into a graphical user interface of a computerized device, an instruction to print an item. Such methods and devices automatically identify one or more blank signature lines within the item using a processor of the computerized device, and automatically output an option on the graphical user interface to print only one or more pages of the item that contain the blank signature lines. Upon selection of the option through the graphical user interface, these methods and devices automatically print only the pages of the item containing the blank signature lines using a printer operatively connected to the computerized device. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150331645 | DEVICE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A device management system includes a determining unit that acquires from a storage unit information relating to a setting of a first device and information relating to a setting of a second device, compares the acquired information, and determines whether the setting of the second device satisfies the setting of the first device; a selecting unit that is used when the determining unit determines that the setting of the second device does not satisfy the setting of the first device and is configured to select at least one device that is capable of satisfying the setting of the first device based on information relating to a setting of the at least one device stored in the storage unit; and an applying unit that applies to the at least one device selected by the selecting unit a setting value set up for the setting of the first device. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150331646 | Receipt Printing System, Control Method Of A Receipt Printing System, And Control Device - Content of a configuration file stored by a control device can be changed easily in a short time. A printing system has a host computer including a print control unit that generates and sends a control command causing printing referenced to a configuration file to a printer using a printing port, and a settings changing unit that changes settings information based on the change settings command when a change settings command instructing changing settings information in the configuration file is input from the server device using a configuration port; and a management server including a change settings command unit that, for a specific one or plural connected host computers, generates a change settings command related to the configuration file, and sends the change settings command to each host computer using a configuration port that is opened by each host computer. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150331647 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED PRINTING OF ONLINE CONTENT - Methods disclosed permit the printing of online content in a manner that optimally uses printer capability. A method for printing web page content can comprise: receiving a print request for a first print data associated with the web page at a printer, wherein the print request includes the web-page URL; generating a request for a second print data, wherein the request for the second print data is based on the web-page URL, and the second print data is associated with the first print data; and printing according to the second print data received in response to the request. For example, for online maps, the first print data can be low resolution map data while the second print data can be higher resolution map data. For online images, the first print data can be RGB image data while the second print data can be CMYK image data. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150331648 | Image Forming Apparatus - A storage portion stores information, which can be obtained from an image forming apparatus by a communication terminal, as a result of wireless communication with the communication terminal via a first communication portion. The processor stores setting information, the information set in the communication terminal to perform communication with the communication terminal via a second communication portion, in the storage portion. The processor stores application information, the information that can identify an application which is executed by the communication terminal in accordance with a state of the image forming apparatus, in the storage portion. The processor receives the data transmitted from the communication terminal in accordance with the application being executed in the communication terminal as a result of wireless communication, via the second communication portion, with the communication terminal in which the setting information stored in the storage portion by the first storing is set. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150331650 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A communication apparatus performs wireless connection processing for performing wireless communication with another communication apparatus, specifies a service that is to be executed along with the other communication apparatus, in the wireless connection processing, using wireless communication that is based on the wireless connection processing, and performs port control such that a port necessary for execution of the specified service is opened, and a port not necessary for execution of the service is locked. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150331651 | REDUCTION OF THE DATA VOLUME OF PRINT RESOURCES - In a method to determine print resources for creation of a print image via a printing device, print data from which the printing device should create a print image print is determined. A first print resource is identified based on the print data, a resource file of the first print resource including usable data that enable the printing device to determine a graphical depiction of the print image, and the resource file including metadata. The first identifier of the first print resource is determined, the first identifier depending on the usable data of the first print resource, and the first identifier being independent of the metadata. Based on the first identifier, a check is made whether the first print resource is already stored in a storage unit of the printing device. The print image to be created is reduced by means of the first print resource, the first print resource not being re-transferred from the control system to the printing device if it is determined that the first print resource is already stored in the storage unit. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150332133 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR HIGH SPEED ACTIVATION AND TERMINAL REDUCTION - An image processing apparatus having a storage device includes a switching unit configured to switch a bus width of a data bus of the storage device between at a time of activation of the image processing apparatus, and after the image processing apparatus is activated, and a shared terminal switching unit configured to switch a shared terminal shared between an I/O port and the data bus of the storage device, to an I/O side after the activation. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150332134 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, NETWORK MANAGEMENT DEVICE, AND NETWORK MANAGEMENT METHOD - An image forming system which can recognize the network configuration in real time is provided. The image forming system comprises an image forming apparatus for performing image formation and one or more accessory devices capable of establishing communication with the image forming apparatus via network bus. The image forming apparatus stores identification information which identifies each of the one or more accessory devices. The accessory device detects a communication state of the network bus to notify the image forming apparatus or accessory device which is adjacent of occurrence of communication error not via the network bus. When the occurrence of the communication error of the network bus is notified from the accessory device which is adjacent, the image forming apparatus realizes the network configuration in real time and erases the identification information stored. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150334254 | ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT - Provided is an electric equipment capable of simply executing functions without examining an instruction manual whenever the same function is used, in the case of reading an instruction manual from a PDF, a web page and the like. A multi-function peripheral has a plurality of functions and includes a display unit displaying information relating to each function, wherein when the information relating to one function is displayed on the display unit, the multi-function peripheral generates and displays an icon in association with the one function, and receive an instruction to execute the one function through the icon. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150339081 | PERIPHERAL DEVICE CONTROL SYSTEM, PRINTING DEVICE, PERIPHERAL DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An application in an image processing apparatus presents information about ink installed in a peripheral device, such as the shape, color, size, arrangement direction, and a remaining ink level of an ink tank, in a visually realistic manner using accurate graphics. The image processing apparatus acquires ink information about, in particular, a remaining ink level, arrangement direction, and the order of the arrangement of the ink tank, and displays the information about the peripheral device in a user interface of the application using the acquired ink information. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150339082 | HYBRID DOCUMENT PROCESSING OPERATION AGGREGATOR - Apparatus and methods for aggregating print operations are disclosed. A single login may be received via a user interface, the single login associated with a login database and automatically performing login operations using data stored in the login database for at least a network storage location and a network print queue. A search may be performed to identify print jobs stored in the network print queue and for stored documents available on the network storage location. The identified print jobs and stored documents may be displayed as an aggregate print queue. A user selection of a document from the aggregate print queue may be received, and print output of the selected document on a multifunction peripheral may be initiated. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150339084 | IMAGE DATA PROCESSING SERVER - A system connected to an information terminal and a server via a network, upon the server receiving a request for an image list from the information terminal via the network, the server correlating a first summary image information with a first image ID information and a first storage ID information, and a second summary image information with a second image ID information and a second storage ID information, the server sending the first summary image information and the second summary image information to the information terminal via the network, and the input/output means of the information terminal correlating and displaying respectively the terminal image obtained by using the first storage ID information as a search key and the first summary image information, and the server image obtained by using the second storage ID information as a search key and the second summary image information. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150339085 | Image Forming Apparatus With a Reader With Changeable Positions - An image forming apparatus including a wireless tag reader is described. The wireless tag reader is configured to be located in a first position to read wireless tags associated with consumables when the consumables are inserted into, stationary in, or removed from the image forming apparatus, and in a second position to read wireless tags outside of the image forming apparatus. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150339086 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing system includes a plurality of information processing apparatuses and a storage apparatus that stores user identification information of a user in association with identification information of at least one of the information processing apparatuses that stores bibliographic information of output data associated with the user. Each of the information processing apparatuses includes a receiving unit that receives output data to be output by a device; a storage unit that stores the received output data and corresponding bibliographic information in association with user identification information of a user; an information acquisition unit that acquires from the storage unit of the information processing apparatus that is associated with the user that is using the device in the storage apparatus, the corresponding bibliographic information associated with the user identification information of the user; and a first transmitting unit that transmits the acquired bibliographic information to the device. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150339087 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND SCANNED DATA PROCESS METHOD - An information processing system including an information processing apparatus that selects between transferring data and obtaining data, and controls transferring data or obtaining data based on the selection. The system also includes a server that stores data transferred from the information processing apparatus, and controls transferring data to the information processing apparatus based on a request for transferring data received from the information processing apparatus. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150339544 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMATION METHOD THAT REFLECTS SETUP INFORMATION EITHER OF MOBILE TERMINAL OR OPERATION PANEL - Provided is an image forming apparatus that reflects setup information according to an intention of a user. The image forming apparatus is operational from each of a mobile terminal and an operation panel. Accordingly, the image forming apparatus has an operation determination processing part. The operation determination part, when the start key in the operation panel is pressed, determines to reflect either of setup information of the mobile terminal or setup information of an operation panel. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150339546 | DATA TRANSFER APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A reading process is performed to read data of each area, which is divided from image data, from a buffer storing the image data to be performed on a predetermined image process. A transmitting process is performed to transmit the read data of the area to an image processor. A reception process is performed to receive data generated in the predetermined image process from the image processor. A parameter for a writing process is set based on an area size of the received data. A writing process is performed to write the received data to the buffer by data transfer using direct memory access (DMA). | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150339548 | PROCESSING FUNCTION PROPOSING APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD - A processing function proposing apparatus includes a status detector that detects a current status of a resource, a request acquisition unit that acquires a composite function requested to be executed from multiple composite functions, each composite function combining multiple unit functions, a function selecting unit to select at least one unit function combined that executes the requested composite function based on the current status of the resource, and a proposing unit that proposes the unit function selected by the function selecting unit. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150339549 | PRINT DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PRINTING DEVICE - A print data processing system | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150339550 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINT INFORMATION GENERATING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PRINT INFORMATION GENERATING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a print information acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of pieces of print information of each print job to be performed on an image forming unit configured to form an image on a recording material, the plurality of pieces of print information divided by a predetermined number of parallel processes and arranged in ascending or descending discrete page order, a command analyzing unit that command-analyzes the acquired print information, a rasterizing unit that rasterizes the command-analyzed print information to generate raster data, and a concatenating unit that concatinates the generated raster data in a consecutive page order. The print image acquisition unit, the command analyzing unit, and the rasterizing unit perform parallel processes thereof on the print information. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150339559 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMATION CONTROL METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section, a content fraction calculating section, and an information storage section. The content fraction calculating section calculates a content fraction of each of a plurality of toners contained in the image forming section that have been supplied from different toner cartridges to one another. The information storage section stores therein, for each of the toners, a control value that is used to control a component of the image forming section. The image forming section forms an image based on respective content fractions of the toners and respective control values for the toners. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150341510 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A storage apparatus having an application program and connected to a data processing apparatus, the storage apparatus including a reception part configured to receive data from outside and store the data in the storage apparatus; and an execution part configured to operate the application programs and transmit an execution request to the data processing apparatus via an interface which is specific to the data processing apparatus so that a data processing is executed by functions provided to the data processing apparatus when the storage device receives a data processing request related to the data stored in the storage apparatus. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150341518 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM - Provided is an image processing apparatus having a web browser and a control method thereof. The image processing apparatus has an application that executes a function of the image processing apparatus. When a control request is received from the web browser, a corresponding application is executed by loading a class of the corresponding application and calling an execution function. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150347061 | A PRINTER CONVERTS PRINT DATA INTO ONE OR TWO DIMENSIONAL CODE IS CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT PRINTING AGAIN BASED ON THE ONE OR TWO DIMENSIONAL CODE - A printer, which is capable of receiving printing data from a host, converting the printing data into a code and executing printing based on the code, is further capable of storing the code and executing printing based on the stored code. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150347062 | MOBILE TERMINAL, PRINT REQUEST METHOD - A mobile terminal includes a motion detecting portion, a selection processing portion, and a transmission processing portion. The motion detecting portion is configured to detect a motion of shaking the mobile terminal. The selection processing portion is configured to select, as print targets, one or more documents. The transmission processing portion is configured to transmit a print request for the one or more documents selected by the selection processing portion when the motion detecting portion detects a motion of shaking the mobile terminal. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150347064 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR PRINTING TARGET IMAGE DATA RECEIVED FROM A TARGET LOCATION - An image forming apparatus includes a printing unit configured to print an image an a sheet, an interface by which location information for target image data is communicated from a requesting device outside the image forming apparatus, and a control unit configured to request the target image data from a location, specified in the location information, and control the printing unit to print an image corresponding to the target image data received from the location. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150347065 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A sheet processing apparatus includes a sheet storage unit configured to enable itself to be opened and closed and a display unit configured to display a screen for setting an attribute of a sheet stored in the sheet storage unit. Whether or not to display the screen for setting the sheet attribute is determined based on a remaining number of sheets obtained before the sheet storage unit is opened and a remaining number of sheets obtained after the sheet storage unit is closed. The setting screen is displayed on the display unit based on a result of determination. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150347066 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND PROGRAM - The present invention reduces inconvenience caused by mismatch in process type between apparatuses. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150347067 | VOICE AND TOUCH BASED MOBILE PRINT AND SCAN FRAMEWORK - Initiating document management in an enterprise network from outside of the network can challenge information technology (IT) specialists because many solutions require altering security of the enterprise network. In an embodiment, a method includes polling, from an automated agent in an agent-side network, a server in a cloud-side network for a request to access a document management resource of the agent-side network via an interface between the agent-side network and cloud-side network The method further includes, responsive to the polling, downloading the request via the interface between the agent-side network and the cloud-side network. The method additionally includes issuing the request to the document management resource to cause the document management resource to access a document stored on a device of the agent-side network and perform an operation associated with the request. The method, therefore, enables a user access to the document management resource from outside of an enterprise network. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150347070 | METHOD OF PROVIDING SCREEN FOR MANIPULATING EXECUTION OF APPLICATION OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE METHOD - A method of providing a screen for manipulating execution of an application of an image forming apparatus, and the image forming apparatus using the method. The method includes an operation of displaying, on the screen, a first user interface for setting options to be applied to the execution of the application, and a second user interface including at least one virtual button for controlling the operation of the image forming apparatus, so that a user may control the image forming apparatus without using physical buttons. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150347073 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication apparatus capable of executing a wireless communication includes an identification unit, a display unit, a notification unit, and a connection unit. The identification unit identifies a communication partner of the wireless communication. The display unit displays, if an external apparatus which is the communication partner of the wireless communication is identified by the identification unit, a confirmation screen for allowing a user to confirm whether to execute the wireless communication with the external apparatus. The notification unit notifies, if the confirmation screen is displayed by the display unit, the external apparatus that the user is confirming whether to execute the wireless communication. The connection unit executes, if the user issues an instruction via the confirmation screen to execute the wireless communication with the external apparatus, connection processing for executing the wireless communication with the external apparatus. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150347873 | IMAGE TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image transmission apparatus which transmits image data comprises an operation part displaying an operation screen and receiving a user operation on the operation screen and a processor for controlling a display content in the operation screen. The operation screen has a destination specifying area used for displaying a plurality of options which are candidates of destinations of the image data and receiving a specifying operation for specifying the destinations by using the plurality of options and a number display area used for displaying the number of the destinations specified by the specifying operation. The processor displays a destination list area used for listing the destinations specified by the specifying operation, together with the destination specifying area and the number display area, in the operation screen under the condition that a specific operation which is an operation on the number display area is received. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150347874 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus includes a storage device and print attribute information from which it is determinable whether or not a file is suitable for printing is displayed on a file list screen on which a file stored in the storage device is selectable. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150347875 | IMAGE CONTENT DISPLAY SYSTEM AND DISPLAY CONTROLLER - An image content display system includes: a display device; a display controller that displays image content on the display device while switching a plurality of sets of image content; and an image forming apparatus that prints image information associated with image content displayed on the display device, wherein the display controller includes a first acquiring unit that acquires image content of a first content group, a second acquiring unit that acquires image content of a second content group, a determining unit that determines whether or not the image forming apparatus is in a printing enabled state, and a display control unit that displays the image content of the first content group, and switches image content to be displayed on the display device from the image content of the first content group to the image content of the second content group. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150347877 | Printer - A communication portion receives object data corresponds to an object. A processor receives a record including single object data and object names from an external device. The processor first stores the record and object names and first selects the object name having a predetermined configuration. The processor second selects, as at least two selected object data, at least two of the single object data, from the plurality of single object data included in the record, based on the configuration of the object name selected by the first selecting. The processor generates the combined object data that includes the at least two selected object data selected by the second selecting, as at least two setting object data. The processor second stores the generated combined object data. The processor prints a print image on the print medium, using the printing mechanism, based on the combined object data. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150347878 | CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing apparatus includes a job holding unit, a selecting unit, a performing unit, a displaying unit, and a notification unit. The job holding unit holds jobs that print an image on a sheet conveyed from at least one of sheet holding units. The selecting unit selects a job from the job holding unit. The receiving unit receives, from a user, an instruction to execute the selected job. The performing unit performs the job per the instruction. The displaying unit displays a screen for selecting at least one of the sheet holding units for which attribute information of a sheet, to be used in a selected first job, is to be stored. The notification unit notifies, on the screen in a distinguishable manner, a user of at least one of the sheet holding units which is and another which is not used in printing of a second job. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150347881 | MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A management apparatus included in a system including a plurality of MFPs receives a use history of a user from at least one MFP among the plurality of MFPs. The management apparatus, based on the use history, designates a group including one or more MFPs among the plurality of MFPs as MFPs being preferentially requested information related to a job issued by the user. Then, the management apparatus updates a group, which is stored in the storage device and previously designated, to be a designated group. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150347882 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMATION SUPPORTING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE FORMATION SUPPORTING METHOD - When an initial communication program is started, a handheld device searches for image forming apparatuses within its communicable range. Then, upon receiving a response of that inquiry from an image forming apparatus, the handheld device requests the image forming apparatus for an image-forming-apparatus control program for handheld devices according to a predetermined determination condition. The image forming apparatus then responds to the inquiry from the handheld device and sends to the handheld device the image-forming-apparatus control program for handheld devices that has been stored in a memory device. Upon receiving the image-forming-apparatus control program for handheld devices, the handheld device stores it in a memory unit, terminates the execution of the initial communication program, and executes the image-forming-apparatus control program for handheld devices. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150347885 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD TO CONVEY A SHEET, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including an image forming unit, a fixing unit, a temperature sensor, and a controller to execute a printing operation is provided. The printing operation is conducted at one of a first high-temperature printing pace, a first low-temperature printing pace, a second high-temperature printing pace, and a second low-temperature printing pace depending on a temperature detected by the temperature sensor. The first low-temperature printing pace is one of lower and equal to the first high-temperature printing pace. The second low-temperature printing pace is one of lower and equal to the second high-temperature printing pace. An absolute difference between the second high-temperature printing pace and the second low-temperature printing pace is greater than an absolute difference between the first high-temperature printing pace and the first low-temperature printing pace. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150350462 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - An information processing device may receive first communication device identification information for identifying a first communication device that can be communicated using a first wireless communication interface. The information processing device may receive second communication device identification information for identifying a second communication device that can be communicated using a second wireless communication interface. The information processing device may display, on a display unit, a first image indicating the first communication device. The information processing device may display a second image indicating the second communication device identified by the received second communication device identification information. The displaying of the second image may be performed only in a case that particular information has not been received. The particular information may indicate that the second communication device identified by the received second communication device identification information can be communicated using the first wireless communication interface. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150350469 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A setting for sheet processing including a selection of binding processing is received, and when the setting for the sheet processing is received, an attribute of a sheet for which binding can be performed without using a staple from out of a plurality of attributes of sheets is displayed identifiably. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150350485 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - In accordance with one embodiment, an image forming system comprises a portable terminal, a server and an image forming apparatus. The portable terminal includes a non-volatile memory and a control section. The non-volatile memory stores the personal authentication data for specifying a user. The control section sends the personal authentication data and user data to the server in a case where the remaining battery level value is less than a remaining level threshold value. The server includes a user data storage section. The user data storage section stores the personal authentication data and the user data sent from the portable terminal in an associated manner. The image forming apparatus includes a control section and a print section. The control section acquires the user data corresponding to the personal authentication data acquired from the non-volatile memory from the user data storage section. The print section prints the acquired user data. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150350487 | PRINTING SYSTEM, COMPUTER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - In a printing system configured such that a computer and an image forming apparatus can be connected via a network, the computer sets a stamp image and transmits the set stamp image to the image forming apparatus via the network. The image forming apparatus includes a reading device that reads an original image, an image combining unit that reads out at least one stamp image from a storage unit, combines the stamp image with the original image read by the reading device, and forms a composite image, and a printing unit that prints the composite image on recording paper. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150355865 | PRINTER AND SERVER - One of a plurality of setting screens corresponding to a plurality of printers may be generated based on original data stored in a server. Each of the plurality of setting screens may be for permitting designation of a content of each setting item matching a print condition that a corresponding printer is capable of performing. The server may acquire specific printer identification information for identifying a specific printer from a terminal device, store target data of a print target and supply specific data, which is for representing a specific setting screen corresponding to the specific printer, to the terminal device. The server may acquire setting information indicating a designated content of each setting item designated via the specific setting screen and supply to the specific printer print data according to the target data and the designated content of the each setting item indicated by the setting information. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150355866 | Network Printing System - A network printing system includes user devices, printing devices, a print server, and a logon server. The print server includes a print queue arranged to store print jobs received from the user devices and to send stored print jobs to the printing devices. The logon server is arranged to store logon details for users of the user devices and to store printer information for the users. The print server is arranged to select a printing device to which to send a print job stored in the queue based on the printer information stored in the logon server for the user of the user device from which the print job originated. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150355867 | DISPLAY PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A display processing apparatus includes a first acquisition unit for acquiring light source information including a first relative position of a light source with respect to a display unit, a detection unit for detecting posture information of the display unit, a second acquisition unit for acquiring the posture information, a third acquisition unit for acquiring document data, a calculation unit for calculating a second relative position of the light source with respect to the display unit, a generation unit for generating a document display surface where a state in which a document surface displaying the document data is disposed in a virtual three-dimensional space and also the light source is disposed at the second relative position with respect to the document surface is converted to a two-dimensional image, and a display control unit for executing control to display a preview image on the display unit. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150355870 | MESSAGE OUTPUT BASED ON VALUE - A first, message is output the resource balance is less than or equal to the low value or the device total is greater than or equal to the very low value. A second message is output if the resource balance is less than or equal to the very low value or the device total is greater than or equal to the very low value. Use of the device or resource is stopped until a user acknowledges the second message. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150355871 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A method for controlling an image forming apparatus includes specifying an image forming apparatus, launching an application that responds to a search for image forming apparatuses, acquiring print function information relating to a print setting screen from the application, and displaying a print setting screen that corresponds to the specified image forming apparatus and is based on the print function information. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150355873 | CLOUD PRINT METHOD USING AUTOMATIC RESPONSE SYSTEM AND CLOUD PRINT SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - Provided is a cloud print method using an automatic response system, the cloud print method including: receiving a call, by the automatic response system, from a user terminal; providing the user terminal, by the automatic response system, with an automatic response voice guidance message regarding a printable document via the automatic response system; selecting, by the automatic response system, a document to be printed via the user terminal; identifying, by the automatic response system, a destination phone number to which the selected document is to be transmitted; transmitting, by the automatic response system, the selected document and destination phone number from the automatic response system to a cloud print server; and transmitting, by the cloud printer server, the selected document from the cloud print server to an image forming apparatus corresponding to the destination phone number. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150355874 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING WI-FI HANDOVER TECHNIQUE, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus which is capable of continuously offering a function of the image forming apparatus to a user, who is using the image forming apparatus by operating a mobile terminal, without interruption by other terminals. When a wireless communication is established using NFC (near-field communication), a request to execute a job from mobile terminals other than the mobile terminal is rejected from when the wireless communication is established to when a connection release request from the mobile terminal is received. When a request to execute a job is received using Wi-Fi without a wireless communication being established using NFC, a request to execute a job from mobile terminals other than the mobile terminal which has sent the request to execute the job is rejected from when the request to execute the job is received to when execution of the job is completed. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150355875 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A communication apparatus capable of performing near field communication acquires communication information of a target apparatus through the near field communication, determines whether or not the target apparatus is connected to an access point to which the communication apparatus is connected, on the basis of the communication information, and accepts the target apparatus as a target to which the communication apparatus is to be connected by using a peer-to-peer communication system, when it is determined that the target apparatus is not connected to the access point to which the communication apparatus is connected. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150356379 | PRINT MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A print monitoring system configured to prompt a user to collect at least one output of a printing device. The print monitoring system comprises an imaging device configured to capture at least one image of the printing device. The imaging device comprises determining means for determining, based on the captured image, whether or not the user has collected the output. Prompting means is provided to prompt a user to collect the output in the case that the determining means determines that the output has not been collected from the printing device. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150356380 | SYSTEM, PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A printing apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store information input by a user operation, a generation unit configured to generate an extended file based on the information stored by the storage unit, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the extended file to an information processing apparatus, wherein a print setting function of the information processing apparatus is extended based on the extended file. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150356385 | PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROCESSING METHOD FOR PROCESSING PRINT JOBS - A processing apparatus includes a generation unit configured to generate print data that is based on a print job, an identification unit configured to identify a preparation time necessary for preparing the print data to be generated by the generation unit, a prediction unit configured to predict a permitted time permitted until preparation of second print data to be printed after first print data is printed is completed on the basis of a preparation time necessary for preparing the first print data, a reception unit configured to receive a supply request for the print data when printing is to be carried out by a printing unit, and a determination unit configured to determine whether print data of a predetermined unit including the second print data generated by the generation unit is to be stored in a print data storage unit. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150356388 | PROFILE CREATION METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORED WITH PROFILE CREATION PROGRAM - The profile creation method creates a color conversion profile for a printer by causing the printer to output a color chart including a plurality of patch images. The method acquires a colorimetric value of one patch image included in the color chart output by the printer and corrects the acquired colorimetric value of the one patch image according to the degree of variation in a color of the one patch image specified by data of the colorimetric value already accumulated regarding the one patch image. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150356389 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus that includes a plurality of communicating units, and that is capable of performing at least one function, includes an identifying unit and a processing unit. The identifying unit identifies the communicating unit connected to an external device. The processing unit performs processing corresponding to the communicating unit identified by the identifying unit, by using correspondence information that indicates correspondence between the communicating unit and regulation information. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150358487 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A first application installed on a multifunction peripheral (MFP) request a network communication unit to check a second application installed on the MFP to use an external service. The first application controls, according to a result of checking of the second application, registration processing for registering function information (intent element) used to cooperate with the external service by a relay function using a mechanism of Web Intents, or invocation processing by the relay function for invoking the external service using the registered function information. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150358499 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image forming apparatus switches between a first processing and a second processing when processing document data. In the first processing, the document data is transmitted to a server without making a determination using a hash value of received document data and a hash value of data transmitted to the server. In the second processing, a determination is made using the hash value of the document data and the hash value of the transmitted data, and, based on a determination result, the document data is transmitted to the server. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150363140 | Composite To-Print Product - A system can include a print history analyzer to generate history data based on a document history that includes a list of documents selected to be printed. The history data can characterize a content and layout of documents selected for printing. The system can also include a user print profile builder to generate a user print profile based on the history data. The user print profile can characterize printing preferences of a user. The system can further include a recommendation engine to generate a composite to-print product for the user. The composite to-print product can be based on the user print profile. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150363141 | SIMPLIFIED WOOBE EXPERIENCE - A system and method for cloud centric Web out-of-box print experience (WOOBPE) for Web connected printers are disclosed. In one example, a printer is registered with a cloud print service upon the printer coupling to a network. A WOOBPE application is then launched via a computing device to obtain a network identification (ID) of the printer. A user account is then created with WOOBPE service providers for a user of the printer upon obtaining printer specific information using the network ID. Printer email ID is then provided and the printer email ID is then activated and a test page is printed based on the printer specific information. The printer is then claimed by sending the printer specific information to the WOOBPE service providers for subscribing to one or more print services and associating the printer specific information with the created user account. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150363146 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes an extracting unit that extracts features of printing operations of a user, and a measurement unit that measures a processing throughput of executing the printing operations of the user as a substitute for a printing operation as a predetermined standard if a feature of the printing operation serving as the standard matches the features extracted by the extracting unit. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150363147 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication system is provided. In a communication system, when consumables mounted on an image forming apparatus main body are determined as greenhouse gas emission right-granted consumables by a computation unit, an image forming apparatus acquires contribution content information regarding greenhouse gas reduction corresponding to emission right allowance information recorded in a recording unit of the consumables from a connection unit and displays the acquired contribution content information on a display unit. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150363148 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In an information processing apparatus, in a case where a printing instruction is output for generating print data via a printing dialog of an application in a first user interface environment and also a determination unit determines that a currently presented user interface environment is a second user interface environment, a display area where an instruction can be accepted is displayed in the second user interface environment, and when the display area is instructed, a printing-time input screen corresponding to the output instruction is displayed in the second user interface environment. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150363149 | Aggregate Work Volume Estimation Mechanism - A method disclosed. The method includes receiving a plurality of jobs at a printing environment, detecting a selection of a set of the plurality jobs, automatically calculating an aggregate work volume estimation for set of selected jobs and displaying the aggregate work volume estimation at a graphical user interface. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150363150 | Printer Roll Management Mechanism - A method disclosed. The method includes receiving a plurality of jobs at a printing environment, collecting a first set of the plurality jobs at a first filter based on one or more job properties and generating a first batch of one or more jobs to be processed by selecting jobs within the first set of jobs having a volume within a defined volume range. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150363151 | PRINT SCHEDULING MECHANISM - A method disclosed. The method includes receiving a plurality of jobs at a printing environment, collecting a first set of the plurality jobs at a first filter based on one or more job properties, generating a first batch of one or more jobs to be processed from the first set of jobs in the first filter that and displaying the first filter and the first batch at a graphical user interface (GUI). | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150363152 | Print Scheduling Mechanism - A method disclosed. The method includes receiving a plurality of jobs at a printing environment, collecting a first set of the plurality jobs at a first filter based on one or more job properties, detecting a selection of one or more jobs, via a graphical user interface (GUI), from the first set of jobs in the first filter, generating a first batch of jobs to be processed using the one or more jobs to be processed and displaying the first filter and the first batch at the GUI. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150363674 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - An image processing apparatus includes an operation unit having a hardware key for accepting a user operation and a light emitting device corresponding to the hardware key. A display unit displays an operation screen based on content obtained from a web server. A control unit determines whether the content includes a description for instructing operation to transmit data input via the operation screen to the web server, and causes the light emitting device to emit light in response to having determined that the content includes the description. A transmission unit transmits the data input via the operation screen to the web server when the hardware key is operated by a user while the operation screen is being displayed based on the content including the description. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150363676 | Method and Device for the Markless Control or Regulation of a Digital Printing Process - A method for checking intermediate, part or end products during the production process without using marks is disclosed. The print image of the intermediate, part or end product produced on a digital printing press is scanned at least after a predetermined production step in order to subsequently compare the scanned print image with stored product data. Based on the comparison, the check of the previous processing steps and/or the calculation of the subsequent control actions for the order allocated to the intermediate, part or end product and the control actions by the production device are carried out. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150363678 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS AND INK-JET PRINTER - Disclosed are a data processing method, an apparatus and an ink-jet printer. A method comprises a processor sequentially receiving multiple lines of image lattice data; after receiving one line of image lattice data, splitting one line of image lattice data to n groups of image lattice data according to number of lines of corresponding nozzles along a paper feeding direction of the one line of image lattice data, wherein n is number of rows of all nozzles; writing corresponding split n groups of image lattice data to an internal buffer; writing n groups of image lattice data in corresponding internal buffer to an external storage; reading data from external storage embodiments of the present invention reduce processing cost of the image lattice data, and improve image lattice processing speed. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150365547 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - A print order reception apparatus displays one of an image selection screen and an editing content changing screen. In the image selection screen, a list display area for showing a plurality of thumbnail images and a finished print display area for showing target images, which are selected in the list display area, in a finished state are displayed side by side. In the editing content changing screen, the finished print display area and an editing command display area for showing edit buttons each for editing the target images are displayed side by side. A selection section selects and displays any one of the screens. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150365550 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided are an information processing apparatus including a plurality of different software platforms and a method of controlling the same, in which service information provided by first software for operating on a first software platform of the plurality of software platforms is transformed into information that is able to be used by a second software platform of the plurality of software platforms and is registered, and second software for operating on the second software platform calls the registered information, the information is transformed into service information provided by the first software so that the first software is able to provide a service corresponding to the service information. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150365551 | USE OF RESOURCE SERVER FOR IMAGING DEVICE APPLICATION PAYLOAD - In one example, at least a portion of a payload for web application installed on a web server is stored by a networked imaging device on a networked resource server. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150365552 | PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY SYSTEM, DISPLAY METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMPUTER PROGRAM - A processing apparatus having a function to perform specific processing based on a request from a terminal is provided. The processing apparatus includes a connection portion configured to connect the processing apparatus to the terminal; and a processor configured to control the terminal to display a second screen including a part or a whole of a first screen, the first screen having been displayed in the terminal by another processing apparatus with the function before the processing apparatus connects to the terminal. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150365560 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS CAPABLE OF SELECTING PROPER FACSIMILE COMMUNICATION, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication apparatus capable of selecting proper facsimile communication according to a gateway of a connection destination. A communication apparatus that performs facsimile communication via a gateway connected to an IP network establishes a voice session for performing voice communication, with the gateway. When a T.38 session establishment request is received after the voice session has been established, the voice session is changed to the T.38 session to perform facsimile communication using T.38 communication. When the T.38 session establishment request is not received after the voice session has been established, facsimile communication using inband communication is performed by the voice session. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150370509 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - An apparatus includes a recognition unit configured to recognize a function included in a communication partner and a determination unit configured to determine processing, which the communication partner performs on transmission data, according to the recognized function and a type of the transmission data. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150370510 | Image Forming Apparatus That Executes Fax Job Concurrently with Print Job While Reducing Delay in Fax Job Processing, Job Execution Method, and Storage Medium - An image forming apparatus includes a processing circuit, a memory, a data reception circuit, a bus, and a transmission amount control circuit. The processing circuit concurrently executes a plurality of jobs including a fax job and a print job. The memory is used for a work area of the processing circuit. The data reception circuit stores the image data received via the communication network in the memory. The bus connects a plurality of modules including the processing circuit and the data reception circuit to the memory. The transmission amount control circuit reduces an amount of data transmission from the data reception circuit to the memory via the bus when the processing circuit executes the print job concurrently with the fax job, compared with a case where the print job is executed concurrently with any job other than the fax job. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150370513 | SYSTEM INCLUDING SERVER AND PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD - Print control of access information for which a valid period is set is performed properly. A printing apparatus acquires access information which is to be used for accessing a server and which has a valid period set for the access. If an elapsed time from the acquisition of the access information exceeds a predetermined time, the printing apparatus does not print the access information even if the valid period has not expired. If the elapsed time does not exceed the predetermined time, the printing apparatus prints the access information. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150370515 | CLOUD-BASED PRINTING FLUID SUBSCRIPTION MESSAGES - Example embodiments relate to providing cloud-based printing fluid subscription messages. in example embodiments, the system may then calculate a fulfillment trigger value based on a printing fluid fill level of a printing fluid storage unit and a printing fluid usage history of a remote printing device, where the fulfillment trigger value describes a printing fluid used level of the printing fluid storage unit that triggers an order request for as replacement supply of printing fluid. Next, system may update a subscription fulfillment status for the remote printing device to an order triggered state and send the subscription fulfillment status to the remote printing device, where the remote printing device determines whether to display a printing fluid subscription message based on the subscription fulfillment status. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150370516 | Directly Transferring Data Between Devices - A method for directly transferring data between devices includes, with a first computing system that is able to wirelessly associate with a computer network, establishing a direct data-link layer connection to a second computing system that is acting as a data sink, and with the first computing system transmitting data to the second computing system over the connection without transferring the data over the network. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150370517 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus that executes at least near field wireless communication with a mobile apparatus includes a storage unit that stores first setting information indicating a setting relating to reading or printing of an image for each user, a reading unit that reads user identification information indicating a user who uses the mobile apparatus and second setting information indicating a setting relating to reading or printing of an image from the mobile apparatus through the near field wireless communication, and a writing unit that writes, in the mobile apparatus, a difference between the first setting information stored in the storage unit corresponding to the user identification information read by the reading unit and the second setting information read by the reading unit. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150370518 | CONTROLLING DISTRIBUTION OF A DEPLETABLE RESOURCE ON A NETWORK-ENABLED DEVICE - A network-enabled device can operate to permit user access to the depletable resource only if information stored on the device indicates that the replenishment for the depleted resource is being obtained from an appropriate or approved source. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150370519 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A multifunction peripheral (MFP) transmits, if the number of cases of accumulated non-transmitted history information has reached a predetermined number of cases or a designated transmission time has been reached, a communication management report (i.e., history information). When the MFP transmits the communication management report, the MFP inputs a transmission job in which deletion prevention information has been set on. Further, when performing a transmission process for processing the input transmission job, the MFP determines whether an error job clear function is executable on the job based on the deletion prevention information. If the error job clear function is not executable on the job, the MFP stands by for retransmission to be instructed by a user. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150371117 | PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR THE PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, AND PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing control apparatus connected to a printing apparatus operated in a standby state and a power saving state includes a reception unit that receives a printing request for causing the printing apparatus to execute printing, a generation unit that generates printing data in accordance with the printing request received by the reception unit, a determination unit that determines whether or not the printing apparatus is in the power saving state, and a transmission unit that transmits return data for returning the printing apparatus from the power saving state to the standby state before the printing data generated by the generation unit is transmitted in a case where the determination unit determines that the printing apparatus is in the power saving state, and does not transmit the return data in a case where the determination unit determines that the printing apparatus is not in the power saving state. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150371118 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a storage unit that stores a plurality of print jobs, an acquisition unit that acquires, when a desired print job is selected from the plurality of print jobs stored in the storage unit, a print setting of the selected print job, a determination unit that determines whether a print-cost-reducing print setting exists that reduces a print cost more than a print cost of the print setting acquired by the acquisition unit, and a changing unit that, if it is determined that the print-cost-reducing setting exists, enables changing the print setting of the selected print job to the print-cost-reducing print setting. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150373118 | CLOUD OFF-RAMP MANAGEMENT - According to an example, cloud off-ramp management may include generating folders on a cloud storage system and retrieving content from the folders based on folder settings. Retrieved content may be sent over the Internet to a device associated with the content. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150373208 | SECURE, SCALABLE AND FLEXIBLE INTERNET FAX ARCHITECTURE - Methods and systems for processing inbound fax messages in a secure, efficient and scalable manner are provided. According to one embodiment, an inbound fax call is received at a telecommunications system of an Internet fax system. The call is switched to a PBX within the system. The call is further switched to a fax server within the system. The fax signal is translated by the fax server into multiple digital representations. Each notification server within the system calculates a load score based on a processor load, a memory load and a number of currently active inbound notification processes. A notification server is selected by the fax server based on the load scores. A subset of the digital representations are delivered to users associated with a subscriber associated with the destination address by the fax server requesting the notification server to perform user notification processing. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150373210 | Device Management System That Improves Accuracy of Alert Notification, Device Management Apparatus, and Device Management Method - A device management system includes an electronic device, a device management apparatus, a value acquiring circuit, a time calculation circuit, and an alert notification circuit. The alert notification circuit notifies an alert indicating that an adjustment-limit time calculated by the time calculation circuit is close. The time calculation circuit calculates a predicted value of the use amount value where the adjusting value reaches the limit based on a log of combinations of the use amount values and the adjusting values, the use amount value and the adjusting value being acquired by the value acquiring circuit, and the time calculation circuit calculates the time at which the use amount value reaches the calculated predicted value based on a log of the use amount values as the adjustment-limit time. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150373211 | FUNCTION EXECUTION APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM THEREFOR - A function execution apparatus including a controller configured to receive an alert from a server, the alert indicating particular information about a function of the function execution apparatus, display a notification about the alert, receive the particular information from the server, in response to receiving a first operation to the notification, receive display information for displaying the particular information from the server, display the particular information in accordance with the display information, receive a second operation while the particular information is displayed, and in response to receiving the second operation, display a specific screen image, the specific screen image including a specific certain image for instructing the function execution apparatus to execute processing indicated by the particular information. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150373212 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus for locally connecting to a device and connecting to a first information processing apparatus through a network, registers identification information of the device controlled through the network, determines whether or not the connected device is registered in the registration unit, according to a request from the first information processing apparatus, and if it is determined that the connected device is registered in the registration unit, transmit a request to wake up from a sleep mode, to the first information processing apparatus. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150373213 | SETTING METHOD AND SETTING APPARATUS OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In accordance with one embodiment, a setting method of an image forming apparatus including displaying character codes that the image forming apparatus supports in a case where the import of data to the image forming apparatus is instructed; receiving a selection of the character code of the data to be imported to the image forming apparatus from the displayed character codes; and importing, if the character code of the data to be imported is selected, the data to the image forming apparatus in the selected character code. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150373214 | System, Method and Apparatus for an Interactive Virtual Fax Machine - A system, method, and apparatus for a virtual fax machine are provided. In one embodiment, a system for a virtual fax machine is provided including a computer configured to display a virtual fax machine based on a script, a server configured to receive at least one electronic document associated with a fax to be sent using the virtual fax machine, and a traditional facsimile machine configured to receive the fax to be sent. In another embodiment, an apparatus for a virtual fax machine is provided including a computer configured to locate and execute a script associated with a virtual fax machine, display the virtual fax machine, associate at least one electronic document with a fax to be sent, encode the at least one electronic document to a form suitable for communication over a network, and transmit the encoded electronic document over the network as the fax to be sent. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150373224 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention acquires a file from a file generation apparatus and also acquires address book information including a facsimile number from an apparatus having a facsimile function. Then, the information processing apparatus extracts a character string from a predetermined position in a file name of the acquired file and collates the extracted character string with the acquired address book information to identify a facsimile number of a transmission destination of the acquired file. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150378644 | Information Processing Apparatus Capable of Performing Cooperative Operation with Plural Apparatuses - A cooperation system and a program for operating a plurality of apparatuses in cooperation is provided with: a program capable of implementing a user interface for easily adding a necessary operation while one or more first apparatuses and one or more second apparatuses are involved in a cooperation operation, the program wherein a necessary operation can be added to the cooperation operation at least until the reception of the target data from all the first apparatuses is completed, the disclosure makes it possible to implement a user interface capable of easily adding the necessary operation. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150378646 | RECOMMENDING PRINTERS AND SUGGESTING ACTIONS FOR TAILORED AND EFFICIENT FULFILLMENT OF PRINT REQUESTS - A method for recommending printers and suggesting actions for tailored and efficient fulfillment of print requests is provided. The method provides: receiving, by a printer service, a request to generate a print job. The request comprises a proximity to a requestor, and a plurality of printer properties. The printers in a collection of potential printers are matched for a proximity to the requestor and the plurality of printer properties. A list of top matching available printers is created, based on the proximity to the requestor and the plurality of printer properties. A list of unavailable and incompatible printers is created, based on the matching of the proximity to the requestor. Both lists are displayed. The print job is sent to the printer that the requestor selects. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150378649 | DEVICE INSTALLATION INFORMATION DISTRIBUTING APPARATUS AND DEVICE INSTALLATION INFORMATION DISTRIBUTING METHOD - A device installation information distributing apparatus includes a distribution request acquirer configured to acquire a request to distribute device installation information, the device installation information including a function of installing a program to be installed in an information processing device to use a device connected to the information processing device via a network and a function of setting a communication with the device in accordance with the program; a device installation information updater configured to acquire an identifier of a target device to be used on the network and the device installation information for the target device, and update the device installation information by using the acquired identifier; and a device installation information distributor configured to transmit the updated device installation information to the information processing device that transmits the request. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150378650 | IMAGE FORMATION SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMATION METHOD - A method comprises: sending a transmission instruction to send status information indicating a state of an image formation apparatus; receiving a status information in response to the transmission instruction; determining, based on the status information, whether to permit a lock instruction to be sent causing the image formation apparatus to shift to a locked state in which only image formation instructed by a first external apparatus is executable; sending the lock instruction when the lock instruction is permitted to be sent; causing the image formation apparatus to shift to the locked state in accordance with the sent lock instruction; sending an unlock instruction to cancel the locked state; and causing the image formation apparatus to shift to an unlocked state in accordance with the sent unlock instruction. The lock instruction is permitted to be sent when the image formation apparatus is determined to not be in the locked state. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150378651 | Information Processing Apparatus Capable of Performing Cooperative Operation with Plural Apparatuses - An information processing apparatus, cooperation system and a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium is provided with: a computer-readable program capable of implementing a user interface for easily changing an operation of each apparatus individually while one or more first apparatuses and one or more second apparatuses are cooperatively operating wherein a state of the corresponding change instruction object is switched in correspondence to the progressing status of the operation of each apparatus, it is possible to implement the user interface for easily changing an operation of each apparatus individually. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150378652 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND MOBILE APPARATUS CONTROL SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives a print request with respect to a mobile image forming apparatus, and an instructing unit that instructs the mobile image forming apparatus to move to a request source of the print request and perform printing if the instructing unit determines that the request source is in motion, on the basis of a temporal change of location information indicating a location of the request source. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150378654 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - An information processing device may select a communication target device that is to communicate with the information processing device. The information processing device may store received first communication device identification information in the storage in a case that the first communication device identification information is received. The information processing device may store received second communication device identification information in the storage in a case that the second communication device identification information is received. The information processing device may perform the communication with the communication target device in a case that particular first communication device identification information is stored in the storage. The information processing device may perform the communication with the communication target device in a case that only the particular second communication device identification information is stored in the storage but the particular first communication device identification information is not stored in the storage. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150378657 | SERVER RECEIVING IMAGE DATA FROM TERMINAL DEVICE AND GENERATING PRINT DATA BASED ON IMAGE DATA - A server receives parameter-related data and sheet information from a first terminal device, determines a printing parameter based on the parameter-related data, registers, in a storage device, the printing parameter in association with registration-sheet information indicative of a sheet indicated by the sheet information received from the first terminal device, transmits, to a second terminal device, a list of sheets indicated by registration-sheet information registered in the storage device, receives a print command from the second terminal device, generates print data by using: the image data included in the print command; and a printing parameter associated with target sheet information, and transmits the print data to a printing device. The target sheet information is registration-sheet information indicative of a sheet specified by sheet-specifying data included in the print command The print data is used for printing an image on the sheet specified by the sheet-specifying data. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150378658 | LINKING A ROAMING DEVICE TO A NETWORK-ENABLED RESOURCE THROUGH A CLOUD SERVICE USING AN ADDRESS OBTAINED THROUGH A LOCAL INTERACTION - A roaming device obtains an identifier for a network-enabled resource as a result of interacting with the network-enabled resource. The roaming device uses the identifier to obtain a link for the network-enabled device through a cloud service. The address is used to access and use the network-enabled resource using the cloud service. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150378659 | Information Processing Apparatus, Cooperation System and Computer Readable Medium - An information processing apparatus configured to control a cooperation operation that is to be executed by a first apparatus and a second apparatus, executes: reception processing of receiving the target data from the first apparatus; first determination processing of determining whether the information processing apparatus can communicating with the second apparatus; storing control processing of storing the received target data in a storage unit when it is determined in the first determination processing that the communication unit is in a non-communicable state with the second apparatus; second determination processing of determining whether the information processing apparatus cannot communicate with the second apparatus, after executing the storing control processing; and transmission processing of wirelessly transmitting the target data stored in the storage unit to the second apparatus through the communication unit when the information processing apparatus can communicate with the second apparatus. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150379328 | NETWORK-BASED PATHOLOGY SYSTEM WITH DESKTOP SLIDE SCANNER - A method for processing, saving and viewing a digital image of a microscope slide includes inserting a microscope slide into a digital slide scanner connected to an acquisition computer. A pre-scan formed from a plurality of image tiles uploaded to a network server while the pre-scan is being generated. The network server analyzes the image tiles in realtime to identify an area of interest. The acquisition computer generates a high magnification local scan of the area of interest. The local scan is formed from a plurality of local image tiles that are uploaded to the network server while the local scan is being generated. Each local image tile is viewable by a client computer in communication with the computer network while the plurality of local image tiles is being uploaded. A raw final image is then saved on the network server independent of the acquisition computer. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150379378 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus has a trial printing mode in which, when printing of a plurality of sheets of an image of a read document is requested, one sheet is printed first, the printing is interrupted once, and then the remaining sheets are printed after the interruption of the printing is released. The image forming apparatus has an image reading device, a printing unit, a judgment unit, and a control unit. The image reading device reads an image of a document. The printing unit prints an image on paper. The judgment unit judges whether or not an image read by the image reading device is outside an image formation region of paper to be printed by the printing unit. When the judgment unit judges that the image is outside the image formation region of the paper, the control unit controls the image forming apparatus to enter the trial printing mode. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150379379 | Printing Apparatus And Print Control Device - A printer includes a storage unit that spools print jobs, a print job sorting unit that sorts the spooled print jobs into a processing order, and a printing unit that performs printing on a paper roll in response to the print jobs in the sorted processing order. The print job sorting unit sorts the print jobs into a processing order based on medium attributes of the paper roll supplied to the printing unit and medium attributes which are requested in the print job. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150379382 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - When performing image processing on a designated image by the function of the application, image data of the designated image is obtained in a second layer constituted by an instruction set executable by a processor. In a first layer constituted by a script instruction set, the print script of print content including the image data which has been obtained and converted into a data format interpretable by the first layer in the second layer is generated. The print script is rendered into print image data corresponding to a print resolution by interpreting the generated print script. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150381827 | SERVER APPARATUS STORING PRINT DATA, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND PRINTING SYSTEM FOR CHECKING PROCESSING STATUS ON A PRINT DATA LIST - A server apparatus includes a first receiving unit configured to receive print data transmitted from a client apparatus, a storage unit configured to store the print data of which reception has finished by the first receiving unit, and a second receiving unit configured to receive, from a printing apparatus, a request of print data, and a transmission unit configured to, in response to the request received by the second receiving unit, transmit a list of print data to the printing apparatus, the list of print data including identification information of the print data stored in the storage unit and identification information of print data of which reception has been started but has not finished by the first reception unit yet. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150381829 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image processing apparatus including a communication unit, a controller, and an image processing unit. The communication unit receives information related to a processing condition for image processing stored in and specified with a terminal device. The controller sets a state in which the information related to the processing condition is accepted with the communication unit from one terminal device, which performs wireless communication, and not from another terminal device, which performs wireless communication, other than the one terminal device. The image processing unit performs the image processing. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150381833 | PRINTING APPARATUS WITH PULL SCAN FUNCTION, METHOD OF CONTROLLING PRINTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Regarding a Pull Scan function, a printing apparatus allows a user to select either employing a method for displaying a specific screen in using the Pull Scan function, or employing a method for permitting the use of the Pull Scan function even without displaying the specific screen. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150381843 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image processing apparatus includes a communication unit, a display unit, an input unit, and an image processing unit. The communication unit receives information related to at least one processing condition for image processing stored in and specified with a terminal device. The display unit displays a screen in which the at least one processing condition received by the communication unit is displayed. The input unit, when a user wishes to change the at least one processing condition displayed in the display unit, allows the user to input a different processing condition to which the user wishes to change the displayed processing condition. The image processing unit performs the image processing. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150381850 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An apparatus control method includes receiving an image, displaying the received image, presenting candidates for a printing device to be allowed to print the displayed image, selecting at least one of the presented candidates for the printing device, and transmitting, to the selected printing device, an instruction to print the displayed image. When the candidates for the printing device include a printing device that transmitted the image, the printing device that transmitted the image is presented in preference to the other printing devices. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150381853 | SCANNER - One scanner taught in the present specification may be provided with a processor and a memory that stores computer-readable instructions. The computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, may cause the scanner to perform: obtaining a scan request from a terminal device; determining a target scan resolution based on software-related information included in the scan request; generating scan image data having the target scan resolution; and supplying the scan image data to the terminal device. The software-related information is information relating to a software installed in the terminal device and used by the terminal device for supplying the scan request to the scanner. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20160004485 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, PORTABLE TERMINAL, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS IDENTIFYING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing system comprises a portable terminal and multiple image processing apparatuses. The portable terminal comprises: a determining portion which determines a target identification operation proving the identify of a target image processing apparatus; a display which displays information about the target identification operation; and an instructing portion which instructs the multiple image processing apparatuses to return answer information. The multiple image processing apparatuses each comprises: a detector which detects that the operation corresponding to the target identification operation has been performed; and a transmitter which transmits to the portable terminal, the answer information and apparatus information. Then the portable terminal further comprises: a receiver which receives the answer information and the apparatus information; and an identifying portion which identifies the target image processing apparatus based on the answer information and the apparatus information. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160004487 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM AND DISPLAY METHOD - When an image formation instruction for created document data is received, image data for a preview image corresponding to the document data is generated, the preview image based on the image data is displayed on a display, and an image is formed using data for image formation based on the image data for the preview image. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160004488 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes a process control unit configured to execute one or more processes with respect to input data in an order defined by definition information, an output unit configured to cause the definition information to be output in a form changeable by a user when a first process of the one or more processes is suspended, an accepting unit configured to accept information indicating a change to the definition information, and an application unit configured to apply the change indicated by the information accepted by the accepting unit to the definition information. The process control unit controls execution of a subsequent process of the one or more processes that is executed after the first process is resumed based on the definition information that reflects the change applied thereto by the application unit. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160004489 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION SETUP METHOD, AND TERMINAL DEVICE - A communication system | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160004490 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing device, which is wirelessly connectable to a device configured to perform a certain process, includes: a wireless connection unit configured to establish a wireless connection to the device by a first connection method in which a connection is established to the device via a wireless router, which is an external wireless router and differs from the device, or by a second connection method in which a connection is established to the device not via the wireless router; a determination unit configured to determine whether the information processing device has already been wirelessly connected to the wireless router; and a control unit configured to perform control such that, in a case where the determination unit determines that the information processing device has already been wirelessly connected to the wireless router, a connection is not established to the device by the second connection method by the wireless connection unit. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160004493 | SYSTEM INCLUDING OPERATION DEVICE AND INFORMATION STORING APPARATUS, METHOD PERFORMED BY THE SYSTEM, AND THE INFORMATION STORING APPARATUS - A system includes an operation device and an information storing apparatus, which are connected via a network. The operation device determines, based on information input from the outside of the operation device in response to an operation performed on the operation device, an electronic device among a plurality of electronic devices connected to the system, for causing the electronic device to input electronic data to the information storing apparatus, and sends, to the information storing apparatus, a first request to cause the determined electronic device to input the electronic data to the information storing apparatus. The information storing apparatus sends, to the determined electronic device, a second request based on the first request sent from the operation device, and stores the electronic data that has been sent from the determined electronic device based on the sent second request. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160004495 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a communication unit and a controller. The communication unit receives first identification information via wireless communication from a terminal that has received the first identification information. The first identification information indicates a first storage location for image information in another apparatus. A controller transmits the image information to the first storage location indicated by the first identification information in a case where the communication unit has received the first identification information from the terminal. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160004496 | FLEXIBLE ATTRIBUTE TRACKING AND REPORT GENERATION FOR A WORKFLOW - System and methods for flexible attribute tracking and report generation for a workflow. One embodiment is a workflow server that receives a selection of attributes to track for print jobs as the print jobs are processed in a print system, and generates print reports based on the attributes being tracked. The workflow server receives an indication to remove a first attribute from tracking, receives an instruction to include data for the first attribute in a print report, retrieves the data for the first attribute that was recorded before removal of the first attribute from tracking, and includes the data for the first attribute in the print report while the first attribute remains removed from tracking. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160004497 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, TERMINAL APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication apparatus includes a first communication unit, a second communication unit, and a communication-apparatus-side controller. The first communication unit wirelessly communicates with plural terminal apparatuses, the number of which is less than or equal to a predetermined maximum number of connections allowed. The second communication unit wirelessly communicates with a connection-requesting terminal apparatus that attempts to wirelessly communicate with the first communication unit. The communication-apparatus-side controller transmits, to the connection-requesting terminal apparatus via the second communication unit, information indicating that wireless communication via the first communication unit is not available in a case where the number of connections established for wireless communication via the first communication unit has reached the predetermined maximum number of connections allowed. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160004498 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, TERMINAL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHODS THEREOF, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - According to the present invention, when a terminal apparatus is brought close to a printing apparatus serving as a processing apparatus, the terminal apparatus uses its own NFC unit to acquire, from the printing apparatus, information for communicating with each of one or more network connection units provided in the printing apparatus. Then, using a communication unit, the terminal apparatus then searches for the printing apparatus on a network in accordance with the acquired information. In the case where the terminal apparatus has successfully identified the printing apparatus as being present on the network, the terminal apparatus transmits a processing request to the printing apparatus successfully identified on the network via the communication unit. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160004940 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus controlling a printing of multiple copies includes: a comparison unit which compares an image generation processing period of the image data with a processing period threshold; and a control unit which controls the image data of a page in which the image generation processing period is shorter than the processing period threshold as a result of the comparison by the comparison unit, so as to be deleted after the page of the first copy has been printed, and which controls the image data of a page in which the image generation processing period is the processing period threshold or longer, so as to be saved even after the page of the first copy has been printed. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160004943 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a detection unit and a determination unit. The detection unit detects an error by comparing image data related to a print job with read image data obtained as a result of reading a print output related to the print job. The determination unit compares read image data related to a post-error print output, which is a continuously-printed print output related to the print job for a page subsequent to a page in which the error is detected, with the image data when the error is detected by the detection unit, so as to determine a process for recovering the print job by using the post-error print output. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160006886 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AUTOMATIC INSTALLATION SYSTEM AND AUTOMATIC INSTALLATION METHOD - Individual setting values are previously associated with an image forming apparatus to be removed and information regarding the association is stored on a medium. When the medium is connected to the image forming apparatus to be removed and an automatic installation program is executed, the association is removed. Subsequently, when the medium is connected to an image forming apparatus to be installed and the automatic installation program is executed, individual setting values that are not associated with an image forming apparatus to be removed are identified and imported. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160006889 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - In a network environment, an e-mail to which an image obtained by a scanner (image obtaining device) is attached is stored in a folder on a Web mail service, not via a terminal. Therefore an application is prepared such that management and communication between a terminal, an MFP (scanner) and an e-mail service are executable via themselves. As a result, the e-mail to which the image obtained by the scanner is attached can be stored on the Web mail service, not via a terminal only by operating the application without setting up a driver of the scanner MFP to the terminal. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160006890 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In event type push scan, information identifiable by communication between a scanner and a PC is limited by a communication protocol, and there is no method of notifying settings for scan from the scanner to the PC. For this reason, settings for push scan made by a user cannot be reflected on execution of scan. According to an embodiment, the scanner is controlled in the following way. That is, a condition to execute image reading is set, and the setting is stored. When image reading is instructed, an information processing apparatus is notified of an image reading event before the start of image reading. After that, control is performed to start image reading based on the stored condition in accordance with the instruction from the information processing apparatus according to the event notification. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160006891 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS, IMAGE READING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - According to an embodiment of this invention, in a system including an image reading apparatus and a server, the image reading apparatus and the server can efficiently cooperatively perform image processing with a simple arrangement. More specifically, the image reading apparatus reads an image of an original, upon receiving an image reading instruction from a user terminal via the server, according to the instruction. The apparatus analyzes whether image processing included in the instruction is executable. If executable image processing exists, the apparatus executes the image processing for image data obtained by reading the image of the original. The image data of the original or image data that has undergone the image processing is transmitted to a transmission destination together with information representing whether the image processing included in the instruction has been executed. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160006892 | Systems and Methods for Location-Aware Electronic Devices - Methods and systems for tracking locations of a plurality of devices include initializing a computing device with a site floor plan. One or more electronic devices transmit ranging information to the computing device and their initial locations are marked on the site floor plan. Upon movement of the devices to subsequent locations, and further transmission of ranging information, the site floor plan shows movement of the devices between positions for display to a user. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160006901 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, RELAY SERVER, AND PROGRAM - An image processing system includes: an application server located in the Internet; an image processing apparatus located in a local network connected to the Internet via a firewall; a relay server configured to relay communication between the image processing apparatus and the application server, the relay server being located in the local network; and a connection mediation server configured to transmit, to the relay server, a request for a connection to the application server, the connection mediation server being located in the Internet, wherein the connection mediation server includes a connection request transmitting unit so as to have communication established between the image processing apparatus and the application server, the relay server includes: a communication establishing unit; a job transferring unit; a job identifying unit; and a communication terminating unit, and after the communication terminating unit terminates the communication, the communication establishing unit reestablishes the communication. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160011824 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, TERMINAL APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160011826 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND PRINT DATA REWRITING METHOD | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160011830 | Terminal Device | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160011832 | Mechanism for Automatically Disabling Printer Separator Pages | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160011833 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING WIRELESS PRINT COMMAND | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160011834 | PRINT SYSTEM, PRINT SERVER, PRINT CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH PRINT CONTROL PROGRAM | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160011835 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, TERMINAL APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160011836 | OUTPUT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OUTPUT WITHOUT AN OUTPUT DRIVER | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160012320 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160012321 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM THAT ACQUIRE AND OUTPUT PRINT JOB WITHOUT USING SPOOLER FUNCTION | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160014281 | CONTACT INFORMATION TRANSFER SYSTEM, CONTACT INFORMATION TRANSFER METHOD, PORTABLE TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160014286 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160014293 | WORKFLOW SYSTEM, WORKFLOW EXECUTING DEVICE, WORKFLOW EXECUTING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH WORKFLOW EXECUTING PROGRAM | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160014298 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160019006 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR AND AUTOMATIC PAGE REPLACEMENT METHOD - An information processor comprising a storage unit, a data acquisition unit, a search unit, and a replacement unit, wherein each of the first document data and the second document data is expressed in a page description language, and the search unit includes an object type determination unit configured to determine one kind of object type used in the search processing on the basis of priority of search defined with respect to plural object types, and an object type search processing unit configured to perform the search processing by comparing an object belonging to the one kind of object type determined by the object type determination unit of the objects included in the page after modification with an object belonging to the one kind of object type of objects included in each of the plural pages in the first document data. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160019007 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus capable of executing near field wireless communication, comprises: a display unit configured to display a screen; an obtaining unit configured to obtain identification information regarding a device from a near field wireless communication tag with use of the near field wireless communication; a selection unit configured, in a case where the obtaining unit obtained the identification information, to select one of first processing for connecting to the device indicated by the identification information and second processing for connecting to the device indicated by the identification information and sending data to the device, based on a type of screen being displayed by the display unit; and a processing unit configured to execute the processing selected by the selection unit. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160019009 | Automatic Speed Adjustment of a Printing Device - The present invention relates to an automatic calibration of a printing apparatus. A system for calibrating a printing device includes a media having at least one predetermined attribute and an attribute detector for detecting the attribute. The attribute detector may automatically detect the attribute of the media as the media is moved through the printing device. The attribute detector may provide instructions for adjusting the printing speed of the printing device in dependence on the detected attribute. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160019010 | Device Management System That Ensure Improved Convenience, Device Management Apparatus, and Device Management Method - A device management apparatus includes a set content collection circuit and a set content notification circuit. The set content collection circuit collects set contents of a plurality of electronic devices. The set content notification circuit notifies the set contents collected by the set content collection circuit. The set content notification circuit notifies a specific number of set contents with highest ranks in counts of electronic devices having an identical set content. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160019011 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PERFORMING SHORT-RANGE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - An image forming apparatus including a near field communication unit configured to make a short-range wireless communication with a portable information processing device including a display unit and a control unit, the control unit including: a recognition unit configured to recognize a portable information processing device that is within a communicable range through communication via the near field communication unit; a job setting unit configured to transmit data for displaying and activating a job setting screen on the display unit of the recognized portable information processing device, via the near field communication unit; and a job control unit configured to execute a job in response to a start instruction of the job, wherein the job setting unit receives a job setting, which is made by using the job setting screen, via the near field communication unit after the recognition to receive the job setting from the portable information processing device, and the job control unit receives a start instruction for the job whose job setting is received. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160019012 | AUTOMATIC LOAD BALANCER FOR PRESSES - A press load balancer automatically balances the printing load over a number of presses by taking into account the load on each press and the substrates (i.e., paper types) and inks installed on the presses to improve throughput while minimizing load on the press operators. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160019013 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND NETWORK SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - An image forming apparatus stores permission information that identifies a network for which printing is permitted, and receives a print job from a terminal device via a network. If network information indicating a network to which the terminal device belongs is not included in the permission information, the image forming apparatus accepts an instruction as to whether or not to perform printing based on the print job. Upon accepting an instruction for printing the print job, the image forming apparatus stores the network information as the permission information and prints the print job. Upon accepting an instruction for prohibiting the printing of the print job, the image forming apparatus cancels the print job. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160019442 | APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING MEDIA, APPARATUS FOR TRANSPORTING MEDIA AND PRINTING APPARATUS - To provide a media determining apparatus for enabling transparency of a medium to be determined at low cost, the media determining apparatus is provided with a transport section that transports a medium, a sensor including a light emitting device and a light receiving device to detect the medium, and a control section that detects the medium transported with the transport section corresponding to an output voltage of the sensor. The control section determines transparency of the medium by comparing the output voltage A of the sensor before a front end of the medium arrives at a detection position of the sensor, the output voltage B of the sensor when the front end arrives at the detection position, and the output voltage C of the sensor after the front end arriving at the detection position. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160019444 | DATA COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, HISTORY INFORMATION STORAGE METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A history information storage method making it possible to identify a user who gave a data transmission instruction from history information. A job processing apparatus is caused to execute a job. A generation step of generating history information, about the job in which information identifying a user included in a name of the job is set as information indicating the user who gave an instruction to execute the job, is generated in a generation step. The generated history information is stored in a storage step. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160021262 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROLLING METHOD OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided an image processing apparatus which comprises: a receiving unit configured to receive a print job from an information processing apparatus; an obtaining unit configured to obtain at least owner information and domain information from a header of the print job; a generating unit configured to generate user identification information including the owner information and the domain information; a registering unit configured to register the user identification information; and a storage unit configured to store the print job in association with the user identification information. Thus, it is possible to register the appropriate user identification information according to environments of a network system. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160021263 | Additional Input Sources For Data Acquisition At Distributed Scan Management Systems - A method and apparatus is provided for acquiring document data from additional input sources to a DSM system. In an embodiment, a DSM computing device includes a remote image receiver service configured to connect to a remote image source via a network connection, receive configuration information and image data from the remote image source, and determine post scan processing instructions based, at least in part, on the configuration information. In another embodiment, a DSM computing device includes an input selection service configured to identify one or more input sources available at the computing device, receive input source information identifying a particular input source of the one or more input sources, receive image information identifying the particular image data residing on the particular input source, retrieve the particular image data from the particular input source, and make the particular image data available to a distributed scan management service. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160021264 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, PORTABLE TERMINAL, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing system includes a portable terminal and an information processing device that is connected to a network via a first access point and that is connected to the portable terminal. The information processing device includes a connecting unit that connects a storage device provided with a wireless network function. The storage device connected by the connecting unit includes a communication unit that achieves the wireless network function, and the communication unit is used as a second access point used only for communication of data transmitted between the information processing device and the portable terminal. The storage device also includes data storage, and the data storage is used as a temporary storage area for the data transmitted via the second access point between the information processing device and the portable terminal. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160021266 | ELECTRIC DEVICE - An electric device, including a chassis and an operation panel, is provided. The operation panel is disposed on a face of the chassis and has one end and the other end opposite from the one end. The operation panel includes a first capacitive touch switch configured to be responsive to a touch and a second capacitive touch switch configured to be responsive to a touch. The first capacitive touch switch has a first sensitivity for responding to the touch, and the second capacitive touch switch has a second sensitivity for responding to the touch. The second capacitive touch switch is arranged in a position closer to the one end of the operation panel than the first capacitive touch switch, and the second sensitivity of the second capacitive touch switch is lower than the first sensitivity of the first capacitive touch switch. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160021273 | IMAGE HANDLING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESS CONTROLLING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESS CONTROLLING PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image handling apparatus is disclosed, including an operation panel, hardware resources, a transferring part, and an image generation controlling part. The transferring part transfers image handle information input at the input screen to an external apparatus. The image generation controlling part receives and parses image generation information for at least one of the hardware resources to execute an image generation based on the image handle information, from the external apparatus in response to an instruction of the image generation, so that at least one of the hardware resources executes the image generation. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160026412 | MANAGING PRINT JOBS - Systems and methods for managing print jobs associated with multiple customers. Customer-editable design templates for printed products and design software tools enabling creation by customers of custom print product designs are provided, via a network, to multiple customers operating corresponding electronic devices. Individual print jobs corresponding to custom print product designs created by multiple different customers via the electronic devices are received and automatically aggregated into an aggregate print job comprising individual print jobs from different customers. The aggregated individual print jobs in the aggregate print job are printed simultaneously on one or more units of a shared substrate when the aggregate print job is printed. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160026415 | NETWORK SYSTEM, CLIENT AND CLIENT CONTROL METHOD - A network system has a printer with an internal web browser connected to a web server. The printer has a request unit that sends an HTTP request with printer status information embedded in the URL to the server, a data acquisition unit that gets HTML data from the server, and a print unit that executes a printing process based on the supplied HTML data. The server includes a request receiving unit that receives HTTP requests from the printer, a data transmission unit that sends HTML data to the client, and a status management unit that manages the printer status based on the status information embedded in the URL of the HTTP request. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160026416 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus acquires, from a plurality of plug-ins that performs searches for printers, detection results in the searches, and displays, based on the detection results, a selection screen enabling selection of a printer from detected printers. If a printer is determined to have been redundantly detected, the printer is displayed as a single selection candidate on the selection screen. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160026417 | PRINTING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF PERFORMING NEAR FIELD WIRELESS COMMUNICATION, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - When a print processing apparatus is not connected to a printing apparatus, the printing apparatus generates communication information using an IP address of the printing apparatus and writes the generated communication information into a memory of an NFC communication unit. When the print processing apparatus is connected to the printing apparatus, the printing apparatus generates communication information using an IP address of the print processing apparatus and writes the generated communication information into the memory of the NFC communication unit. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160026418 | Big Data Algorithm and Platform Solution For 3D Visualization Services - A method for generating a 3D object for visualizing multivariate data includes gathering subscriber information about subscribers of a network, receiving a user request to generate the 3D object, and generating object-data specifying a three-dimensional contour that models a relationship between at least two variables of the subscriber information and a measure. The three-dimensional contour is based on the received request and on the subscriber information, and the object data is generated in a format that is printable by a 3D printer. The object data is transmitted to the user. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160026420 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC MOBILE PRINTING BASED ON SCHEDULED EVENTS - Systems and methods are disclosed method for dynamic mobile printing based on scheduled events. One method includes receiving, from a device associated with a user, an identifier associated with the user and a print request, the print request including one or more print items to be printed; accessing, by a server, a calendar of the user based on the received identifier associated with the user; determining, by the server, whether an event of the calendar is scheduled for a time of interest; locating, by the server, a printer near a location of the event when the event is scheduled for the time of interest; and transmitting, by the server, the one or more print items to the printer near the location of the event. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160026903 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - In an information processing apparatus according to the present invention, if setting of performing imaging processing of converting a page of print data into a raster image is accepted, a first filter converts a page of first print data into a raster image and stores the raster image as second print data in a storage area, and a third filter acquires the second print data from the storage area, and if setting of not performing the imaging processing is accepted, the first filter transmits the first print data to a second filter that converts print data received from the first filter, and the third filter acquires, from the second filter, the first print data converted by the second filter. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160028905 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus displays, in a display unit including a touch panel, image data for one page including a plurality of document images which are arranged. When a user performs a flicking operation on the touch panel, the image processing apparatus shifts a display region displayed in the display unit from a first region to a second region of the image data in accordance with a direction of the flicking operation. When one of the arranged document images corresponding to the image data is included in the second region, the image processing apparatus performs shift after changing a shift destination so that the document image is displayed in a predetermined position of the display region. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160028906 | RECORDING MEDIUM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - When installing a driver program on a terminal device of a user who joins a group to which an image forming apparatus supported by the driver program is assigned, a non-transitory recording medium for installation of the driver program causes a computer in the terminal device to display an operation screen including a first and a second operation element. When the first operation element is selected, the computer is caused to create a document box for the user and add membership information of the user to group management data managed by a predetermined server. When the second operation element is selected, the computer is caused to create the document box, identify an image forming apparatus assigned to a former group of the user with reference to the group management data, delete a document box from the identified image forming apparatus, and add the membership information to the group management data. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160028911 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus, a method of controlling the same and a non-transitory computer readable recording medium are described in which it is possible to disable a particular one of the functions which are implemented using the same communication protocol. A multifunction peripheral (MFP) is capable of communicating with terminal devices. The MFP acquires a capability information request transmitted from the terminal device, returns a capability notification to the terminal device which has transmitted the capability information request, and determines the capabilities which is required by the function that is set to be disabled from among different functions. In this case, the MFP does not notify, as a supported capability, the required capability even if it can be handled by the MFP. Namely, the capability notification is returned such that this capability is not supported. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160028912 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a receiving section, a distance acquiring section, an arrival time calculating section, an execution order determining section, and a printing section. The distance acquiring section acquires a distance between a user and the image forming apparatus. The arrival time calculating section calculates a travel speed of the user based on variation per unit time in the distance acquired by the distance acquiring section and calculates an arrival time indicating an amount of time it will take for the user to arrive at the image forming apparatus based on the calculated travel speed and the acquired distance. The execution order determining section determines, an order of execution of print jobs based on the arrival times calculated by the arrival time calculation section. The printing section then executes the print jobs in the execution order determined by the execution order determining section. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160028913 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - In a case where an image forming apparatus is connected to an information processing apparatus, correction information is generated through comparison between time information obtained by the image forming apparatus and time information obtained by the information processing apparatus. The image forming apparatus transmits, to the information processing apparatus, time information indicating a time at which setting information is updated in the image forming apparatus. The information processing apparatus corrects the received time information with the correction information. The information processing apparatus determines whether to update setting information stored in the information processing apparatus with received setting information, based on the corrected time information. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160028918 | PRINTING APPARATUS HAVING DIRECT WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FUNCTION, CONTROL METHOD FOR PRINTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - When a print processing apparatus is connected to a printing apparatus, use of Wi-Fi Direct is prohibited. On the other hand, when the print processing apparatus is not connected to the printing apparatus, the use of Wi-Fi Direct is permitted. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160028919 | COOPERATION SYSTEM INCLUDING COOPERATING PORTABLE INFORMATION DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COOPERATION METHOD - Portable information devices each include a portable-side communication unit to communicate with an image processing apparatus within a range of a predetermined distance, and a portable-side control unit. The portable-side control unit executes the steps of: specifying a linked process; displaying an operation screen for accepting a setting value corresponding to the linked process in a state in which the portable-side communication unit is unable to communicate with the image processing apparatus; accepting a setting value from a user; in response to the portable-side communication unit becoming able to communicate with the image processing apparatus, transmitting a setting request and receiving a response to the setting request from the image processing apparatus; if the response indicates to start the linked process, transmitting/receiving data in cooperation with the image processing apparatus; and if the response requests a setting value, displaying an operation screen for setting the requested setting value. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160034233 | Print Control System - A connection server includes a connector that connects to a printing device, sends print data to the printing device, and receives first and second data from the printing device, the first and second data being different; a print data processor that generates the print data based on print information data sent by a management server; a first transceiver that sends the first data to the management server and receives the print information data sent by the management server; and a second transceiver that sends the second data to a management device. In another embodiment, a printing device includes a communication controller that sends the first data to the management server through a connection server and sends the second data to the management server through the connection server. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160034235 | NETWORK PRINTER - A network printer is connected to a plurality of information terminals over a network. The execution order of printing jobs received by the network printer over the network is specified based on printing job information included in the printing jobs received from the information terminals, and based on login information of a user who is logging into the network printer to execute the printing job on the network printer. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160034236 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DOCUMENT TRANSMISSION FROM A COMPUTING DEVICE TO A PORTBALE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present specification provides an managing a document using printer emulation. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160034237 | DEVICE CONTROL APPARATUS, DEVICE CONTROL METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR RECORDING DEVICE CONTROL PROGRAM - A device control apparatus (mobile equipment) wirelessly receives specification information related to a specifications of a device from the device when a first connection with the device is established using the short distance wireless communication, performs settings related to a process to be executed in the device depending on the specifications of the device on the basis of the specification information, and executes a process of the settings, which depend on the specifications of the device, in the device when a second connection with the device is established using the short distance wireless communication. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160034792 | A FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAY AND CORRESPONDING METHOD FOR DYNAMIC PRINT TECHNOLOGIES - Example embodiments presented herein are directed towards the implementation of a FPGA where a printing core may be dynamically reconfigured with respect to a currently used printing type. Example embodiments are also directed towards print handling, direct memory access printing, and the use of an internal FPGA timer. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160037000 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Upon an image processing device receiving a message from a terminal device, a screen display section displays the message and a predetermined inquiry key in a predetermined screen image on the image processing device. The message is displayed using a font preregistered in the image processing device. Upon the image processing device receiving input of selecting the inquiry key, a screen image transmitting section transmits to the server the screen image in which the message is displayed and information specifying the terminal device as a transmission source of the message. Upon the server receiving the screen image, a screen image notifying section notifies the screen image to the terminal device based on the information specifying the terminal device as the transmission source of the message. Upon the server receiving a re-created message from the terminal device, a re-notification section notifies the re-created message to the image processing device. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160037002 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD WHICH DETERMINE PRINTED MATTER CONDITION BASED ON CAMERA-CAPTURED IMAGE - Provided is an image forming apparatus that is capable of solving a problem caused at a discharge part in quick, effective manner. The discharge part is for placing a discharged printed matter. A camera captures an image of a sheet stacking surface of the discharged printed matter. A delivery decision processing part determines, based on the image captured by the camera, a current condition of the discharged printed matter that is placed in the discharge part. Then, the delivery decision processing part takes a specified action in response to the determination result. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160037006 | DISPLAY INPUT APPARATUS, DISPLAY INPUT SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE DISPLAY INPUT APPARATUS - A display input apparatus according to a first aspect of the present disclosure includes a display portion, a touch panel portion, and a communication portion. The display portion displays a setting screen which disposes a plurality of images for accepting a setting operation. The touch panel accepts the setting operation on the setting screen and when accepting the setting operation, accepts a selection operation as well for selecting a non-permission image from the plurality of images that is an image not permitted to be displayed on a partner machine which is a communication destination. The communication portion transmits screen data for forcing the partner machine to display a screen to the partner machine, in which the non-permission image is removed from the setting screen, as a sharing screen and forces the partner machine to display the sharing screen. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160041794 | CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORYCOMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A control apparatus includes a setting unit that sets information on a print medium for a paper feed unit, a determination unit that, if the setting unit sets the information on the print medium, determines whether the set information on the print medium can be reflected in a setting condition for a specific mode, and an update unit that, if the determination unit determines that the set information on the print medium can be reflected, updates the setting condition for the specific mode to the information on the print medium. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160041798 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE, AND PRINT CONTROL PROGRAM - A printing system includes: a printing apparatus; a portable terminal device; and a server, which are connectable to each other, the printing apparatus including a profile creation unit, and a transmission unit, the portable terminal device including a display unit, a transfer request unit, a transfer unit, and a print instruction unit, the server including a saving unit, a reception unit, and a transmission unit, the printing apparatus further including a reception unit, and a print performing unit. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160041799 | Print Control System and Print Control Method - A print control system | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160041802 | DATA TRANSFER SYSTEM, METHOD OF TRANSFERRING DATA, AND SYSTEM - A data transfer system includes a virtual printer driver to receive a report from a first system, the report in the form of a print job, and to generate an electronic document representative of the report; and an extraction module to extract a parameter from the electronic document, format the parameter in a first format, and provide the parameter in the first format to a second system. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160042255 | Method and Systems For Incorporating Advertisements In Objects Printed On Three-Dimensional Printers - Systems, methods, and devices of the various embodiments enable advertisements (e.g., promotions, signs, logos, samples, etc.) to be part of the 3-D printing process. In an embodiment, advertisements (i.e., “ads”), such as partial product samples, may be 3-D printed prior to 3-D printing a purchased 3-D printable good. In another embodiment, ads may be 3-D printed on a 3-D printable good itself (e.g., embossed, impressed, as a tag, etc.). In a further embodiment, users may select the ads to be 3-D printed on their goods in return for compensation from advertisers. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160042257 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, PRINTING CONTROL TERMINAL DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORD MEDIUM - An image forming system is provided. One or more embodiments sets forth an image forming method using printing data that includes a plurality of strip information including a plurality of images, respectively, segmented into a plurality of regions by rendering at least one page from a file, and that includes unique information having information on respective number indicators allocated to the plurality of strip information The method includes sequentially receiving the unique information and the plurality of strip information, detecting an intended number of the plurality of strip information configuring the page based on the received unique information, determining whether all of an intended plurality of strip information configuring the page are received by comparing the intended number of the plurality of detected strip information with a detected number of the received plurality of strip information, and performing printing using the plurality of received strip information based on the determining. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160044186 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present invention provides a communication apparatus configured to transmit image data through a network and a control method therefor. The apparatus stores, as transmission history, a destination and a communication mode for IPFAX at a time of transmission, reads the destination and the communication mode, and transmits image data to the read destination in the read communication mode. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160044187 | DEVICE CONTROL SYSTEM AND DEVICE CONTROL METHOD - A device management system includes a device-information acquiring unit to acquire, from each of devices, device information including address information and acquisition source information; a first image acquiring unit to acquire an image that is obtained by capturing a space where any of the devices is provided; a recognizing unit to recognize the device from the image; and an associating unit to associate the recognized device with device information about the recognized device on the image. An information processing device includes a second image acquiring unit to acquire an image with which the device information is associated; a control-program acquiring unit to acquire a control program of the recognized device on the basis of the acquisition source information; and a device control unit to control the recognized device on the basis of the control program and the address information associated with the image acquired by the second image acquiring unit. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160044188 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A coordinate measuring unit ( | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160044189 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH MENU DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image forming apparatus according to an embodiment includes an input unit that receives a selection of a menu item from a plurality of menu items. A display control unit displays setting information corresponding to the selected menu item on a display unit. An image forming control unit performs image forming and processing according to the setting information when a predetermined condition is satisfied after the setting information is displayed on the display unit. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160044190 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image processing system has a plurality of image processing apparatuses connected via a network. At least one of the image processing apparatuses includes a storing unit, a determination unit, a retrieving unit, and a notification unit. The storing unit stores data on each of the image processing apparatuses, including data on an optional function included in the apparatus. The determination unit determines whether an image read by an image reading unit has any mark left by processing corresponding to an optional function. In response to determination by the determination unit that the image has the mark, the retrieving unit retrieves from the storing unit the data on the image processing apparatus that includes the optional function corresponding to the mark. The notification unit notifies the data on the image processing apparatus that includes the optional function, retrieved by the retrieving unit. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160044199 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a first controller, a display panel, a touch panel, a timer, a first storage unit storing a timeout period, and a first communication unit communicating with an external apparatus. When a user selects a predetermined service provided by the image forming apparatus, the first storage unit changes the timeout period to a value obtained from an external apparatus providing the selected service. The first controller uses the changed timeout period to determine whether or not a timeout process is to be performed. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160044200 | DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A device is connected to an information processing apparatus via a network. The device includes a receiving unit configured to receive a program from the information processing apparatus via the network; and a calling unit configured to call the program received by the receiving unit. The program causes the device to execute a process with respect to data stored in the device. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160044205 | EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT DEVICE, AND EQUIPMENT - There are included: a processing-result-information-acquiring-unit that acquires, from each equipment, processing result information associating communication device identification information for identifying a communication device being installed corresponding to the equipment and processing request information regarding a processing request; a layout-information-acquiring-unit that acquires layout information associating, with each piece of the communication device identification information, area information indicating an area where the communication device indicated by the communication device identification information is installed; a proposal-information-acquiring-unit that acquires proposal information associating, for each type of area, a proposal condition and a proposed content; a determining-unit that determines, for each area, whether the proposal condition is satisfied or not, based on a plurality of pieces of the processing result information, the layout information, and the proposal information; and an output-control-unit that causes, when the proposal condition is satisfied, an output unit to output a proposed content associated with the proposal condition. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160048361 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus wirelessly communicates with an information processing apparatus without passing through an access point, provides a print service in which predetermined printing is performed in response to a print request from the information processing apparatus via a wireless communication unit, and enables a setting that is used for providing the print service if the setting is disabled when the information processing apparatus establishes communication with the image processing apparatus via the wireless communication unit. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160048743 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AUTOMATIC INSERTION OF PROOF SHEETS IN RUNNING PRINTING APPLICATIONS IN DIGITAL PRINTING SYSTEMS - In a method or controller to execute a proof job of a copy print job, the proof job including a printing of a proof sheet, at a first point in time first raster data for the print sheet of the copy print job is provided. After expiration of a first provisioning time period at least one first job is inserted for printing a plurality of copies of the print sheet into a print buffer. A second point in time is determined at which the print buffer includes a first number of copies of the print sheet that are to be printed, the first number being such that a time period for printing of the first number of copies is greater than or equal to a second provisioning time period for providing of second raster data for the proof sheet of the proof job. After expiration of the second provisioning time period a second job is inserted to print the proof sheet into the print buffer so that copies of the print sheet and the proof sheet are printed according to an order of the first and the second jobs in the print buffer. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160048745 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a master unit configured to detect a data capturing timing by using data information received with being synchronized with an arbitrary clock in response to a request for data information with respect to a slave unit and use the detected data capturing timing to capture data of the slave unit and a slave unit configured to provide the data information which is synchronized with an arbitrary clock in response to a request for data information from the master unit. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160050322 | PRINTING SYSTEM, SERVER FOR DISTRIBUTING PRINT JOB, METHOD FOR RESUBMITTING PRINT JOB, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMPUTER PROGRAM - A printing system includes a registration portion configured to, when a print job to print an image onto a sheet of paper is executed after specified conditions are modified, store attribute data containing a user identifier and a job identifier into a storage portion, the user identifier being for identifying a user who has given a command to execute the print job, the job identifier being for identifying the print job; a determining portion configured to, when the user identifier is entered, determine whether or not the print job corresponding to the job identifier of the attribute data containing the user identifier can be executed in accordance with the conditions; and a re-execution portion configured to, when the determining portion determines that the print job can be executed in accordance with the conditions, execute the print job once again. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160050324 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - The system includes a terminal apparatus and an image forming apparatus that comprises: a communication unit that performs near field wireless communication; a communication controller that controls the communication unit so as to receive document identification information for identifying a document and personal information to be input to the document transmitted from the terminal apparatus through near field wireless communication; a storage unit that stores document identification information for identifying a document, document image information, and entry position information of entries in association with each other for each document; and an information combining unit that searches the storage unit for the document image information and the entry position information stored in association with the same document identification information as the received document identification information and generates a combined image in which the received personal information is combined at a position on a document image indicated by the entry position information. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160050327 | Information Management System, and Printer - Customers are able to obtain information printed on a receipt without greatly changing the configuration of devices such as POS registers that process product sales. In an information management system | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160050336 | NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING COMMUNICATION PROGRAM, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND FACSIMILE DEVICE - Disclosed is a non-transitory storage medium storing a communication program for causing a processor to execute a method including steps of receiving an input of facsimile data; determining whether an identification image is added to the received facsimile data; a step of retrieving, when the identification image is added, information indicating an association with different facsimile data from the identification image that is added to the facsimile data; storing the received facsimile data in a predetermined memory, wherein the received facsimile data is associated with the different facsimile data based on the retrieved information; generating, when the identification image is not added, the information indicating the association with the different facsimile data; and adding, to the facsimile data, the identification image that is generated based on the information indicating the association with the different facsimile data. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160054693 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH ATTACHABLE/DETACHABLE DUPLEX UNIT, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus which is capable of preventing printing from being performed with a duplex unit incompletely attached. The duplex unit is attachable to and detachable from the image forming apparatus. Execution of one-sided printing and double-sided printing by a printing unit is inhibited based on that a detection unit does not detect attachment of the duplex unit in a state where information to an effect that attachment of the duplex unit has been detected previously by the detection unit. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160054954 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes an identifier that: (i) calculates, between multiple items of first document data and multiple items of second document data, a first degree of similarity of a pair of each page of the first document data and each page of the second document data, based on a page order of the first and second document data, (ii) extracts a pair of pages of which a second degree of similarity is calculated based on the first degree of similarity, and calculates the second degree of similarity of the extracted pair of pages based on images of the first and second document data, and (iii) identifies a page of the second document data that corresponds to a page of the first document data, based on the second degree of similarity. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160054957 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING NEAR-FIELD WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FUNCTION, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus which does not reserve a print job when a user is supposedly close to the image forming apparatus so that convenience for the user can be improved. Data that is to be sent to an external apparatus and includes identification information is generated and written in a near-field wireless communication unit which the image forming apparatus has. When the image forming apparatus receives a print request, it is judged whether or not the identification information is included in the print request. When it is judged that the identification information is not included in the print request, the image forming apparatus is controlled to carry out a printing process without reserving a print job corresponding to the print request. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160054958 | PRINT SERVER, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND PRINTING METHOD - A print server includes a job acquisition unit that acquires a print job, a job holding unit that holds the acquired print job, a transmission unit that transmits an email containing a URL for instructing execution of the held print job to an address corresponding to the print job, and an execution control unit that, in response to an access of the URL, communicates with a printing apparatus and causes the printing apparatus to execute printing that is based on the held print job. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160054959 | PRINT APPARATUS AND PRINT SYSTEM - Disclosed is sprint apparatus, including: an information reporting unit that prepares a file indicating a predetermined situation to be reported, by using information having a predetermined format which can be displayed by a filer, and stores the file in a storing area which can be browsed by an external device via a network. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160054960 | SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SERVER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THEREOF - The present invention includes an image processing apparatus provided with a storage unit storing a setting value for defining operation content of the image processing apparatus and specification management information relating to a specification of the setting value; when the stored setting value is changed, information relating to the change to the setting value is communicated to a server configured to manage master data for the setting value, and when information concerning a change to the master data of the server is received, stored setting information is changed, and the specification management information is transmitted to the server. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160054961 | NETWORK PRINTING - Systems and methods for printing a document over a network are described herein. In one implementation, a method for network printing comprises receiving a request from a node to connect to a parent node and determining whether a number of child nodes of the parent node has reached a predefined threshold number. The method further comprises transmitting a connection acknowledgement message to the node on determining the number of child nodes not to have reached the predefined threshold number. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160054962 | METHOD OF SETTING WIRELESS CONNECTION VIA NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION FUNCTION AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - A method of configuring a wireless connection of an image forming apparatus via near field communication (NFC) is provided. The method includes receiving, by the image forming apparatus, wireless configuration information and Internet protocol (IP) address configuration information from a mobile device when the mobile device is tagged by the image forming apparatus, performing, user authentication of the mobile device with respect to the image forming apparatus, establishing communication between the image forming apparatus and an access point (AP) based on the wireless configuration information, and assigning an IP address to the image forming apparatus based on the IP address configuration information. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160054963 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD - A request processing unit in a job history processing server requests, when it receives a request to reserve data transfer including an agent ID, first agent information corresponding to the agent ID of an agent management unit, requests second agent information of an MFP when it cannot acquire the first agent information from the agent management unit, and stores the requested second agent information in a temporary agent management unit. The request processing unit exports data accepted from a collection agent after the second agent information is stored, together with the second agent information, to a storage area that can be referred to by a job history audit system. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160054964 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD - A job history processing server issues second agent information for use of when first agent information cannot be acquired from an agent management server. Then, the job history processing server exports, as incomplete information, data received from a collection agent together with the issued second agent information. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160055401 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORED WITH DISPLAY PROGRAM - A display apparatus that switches and displays a plurality of operation screens each including an operation object selectable by an operator and having a layered structure includes a storage unit which stores information on guidance of prompting an operator to select a predetermined operation object, a recognizing unit which recognizes that an operation object is added or deleted, and an update unit which updates information on guidance in response to a relation between an operation screen to/from which the operation object is added or deleted and an operation screen positioned higher or lower than the operation screen such that content of the guidance provided on the basis of the information reflects configurations of the plurality of operation screens after addition or deletion of the operation object, when the operation object is added or deleted. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160057297 | PORTABLE TERMINAL APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CHARACTER INPUT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A portable terminal apparatus includes an access portion that enables access to an information processing apparatus; an image obtaining portion that obtains an image of a character input tool, a transmitter that transmits the image of the character input tool to the information processing apparatus; a receiver that receives touched key information from the information processing apparatus, and a character identification portion that identifies a character on the basis of the touched key information received by the receiver, wherein the image obtaining portion obtains a different image of the character input tool upon each change to a screen appearance of the character input tool or upon each receipt of the touched key information and the transmitter transmits the different image of the character input tool and character information to the information processing apparatus. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160057298 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, PORTABLE TERMINAL AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing system comprising an information processing device and a portable terminal. The information processing device includes: a first wireless communication part that establishes wireless communication with the portable terminal; a screen controller that updates a screen displayed on a display part based on a user operation; a tag information storage that stores therein tag information which is sent to the portable terminal; and a tag information updating part that updates the tag information depending on the screen displayed on the display part. The portable terminal includes: a second wireless communication part that establishes wireless communication with the information processing device; and a controller that performs an operation depending on the screen displayed at the information processing device based on the tag information. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160057299 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - Provided is an image processing apparatus including a display part that has a display area on which output candidate images less then or equal to a predetermined number are selectably displayed, a distance detecting part that detects a spatial distance between the indicator and the display area, an area detecting part that detects an area of a projection image of the indicator on the display area when the detected spatial distance is less than or equal to a first distance, and a selection control part that executes a first selection process for displaying all the displayed output candidate images in a selected state when the detected area detected by the area detecting part is greater than or equal to a threshold and the detected area is not changed for more than a time limit. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160062715 | COLLABORATIVE METHOD OF CREATING, PRINTING, DISTRIBUTING INFORMATION TAGS - A fully collaborative software management method allows creating, printing, delivering and hanging-in-stores a sequential arrangement of information tags. Customer and printer computers are operably connected to communicate during a design and assembly stage of developing the tags. Customer decision-makers and printer decision-makers collaborate on template authoring, content and template management, printing-event construction, staging and proofing, including integration of various elements such as stored data, timing, customer-driven controls, and event-driven controls. The method allows printer decision-makers to operate a publishing engine that permits viewing the customized information tags as a display prior to viewing as a printed product. The system includes a file transfer protocol (FTP) server connected to an information processing and printing system comprising designer workstation computers, a staging server, a load balancer, production distiller workstation computers, a database server, an SQL server, multiple print servers, and digital presses. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160062716 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - To perform automatic image processing to obtain an appropriate result, information other than information obtained from the image file itself to be processed is necessary. According to an embodiment of this invention, an image is selected and downloaded from an image group that is uploaded on a network and is accessible by a third party. Upon performing image processing for the downloaded image, the following processing is performed. That is, evaluation information of the third party for the downloaded image is obtained, the obtained evaluation information is analyzed, and image processing for the downloaded image is performed in accordance with the analysis result. Image data that has undergone the image processing is then output. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160062717 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A portable terminal transmits a print job to a print apparatus, by connecting to an access point based on connection information acquired from an NFC tag. On completion of the transmission of the print job, the portable terminal deletes the connection information acquired from the NFC tag, from a memory, so that the connection information acquired from the NFC tag is not displayed in a connection history. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160062718 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING COOPERATIVE FUNCTION AUTOMATICALLY AND DEVICE USING THE SAME - A device for performing a cooperative function with another device is provided. The device includes a communication unit; and a controller that determines whether the other device is in a surrounding area of the device based a signal received through the communication unit, selects one cooperative function from among a plurality of cooperative functions according to a relative position of the device with respect to the other device and performs the selected cooperative function with the other device. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160063360 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH FUNCTION AND IMAGE SELECTION - An image forming apparatus includes a display unit and a controller in communication with the display unit. The controller is configured to receive a selection of a function to be executed among a plurality of functions executable with respect to image data, generate a display to be displayed on the display unit, the display including a plurality of selectable items, each corresponding to an image data, receive a selection of one of the selectable items, and control execution of the selected function with respect to the selected image data. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160063679 | IMAGE REGISTRATION SYSTEM - An image registration server which can communicate with a client device, includes an image data receiving device for receiving image data transmitted from the client device, an image data generation device for generating image data representing the same image as an image represented by the image data received by the image data receiving device and having a different form of representation therefrom, and an image data storage device for storing the image data generated by the image data generation device so as to be accessible. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160065756 | EQUIPMENT UNIT, INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An equipment unit includes: a first processing unit which provides a request for displaying a constituting element of a screen; and a first communication unit which accepts the request and designates information identifying the constituting element to transmit a displaying request for the constituting element to the information processing terminal. The operation unit includes a second communication unit which receives a displaying request and a second processing unit which causes the constituting element related to the identifying information designated for the displaying request received by the second communication unit to be displayed in a form different from a form designated for the request accepted by the first communication unit. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160065757 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus including: a read section configured to read a plurality of data items as well as date and time information related to the data items; a slider configured to generate a first operation signal on accepting the input of an operation of a movable knob part of the slider by a user to a position corresponding to the length of a time period; a grouping section configured to divide the plurality of data items into groups based on the time period determined from the first operation signal as well as on the read date and time information; and a display control section configured to display a list of representative pictures representing the data items in each of the groups, on a screen of a display portion. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160065758 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS BY USING WEARABLE DEVICE - Provided is a method of controlling an operation of an image forming apparatus by using a wearable device, the method including operations of converting a task performance request related to a task, which is transmitted from the wearable device, into an execution instruction of a first application that controls the operation of the image forming apparatus; requesting, as the first application is executed based on the execution instruction, the image forming apparatus to perform the task; and receiving, as the task is performed by the image forming apparatus, information indicating a task performance result related to the task from the image forming apparatus. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160065759 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING REMOTE OPERATION, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes an NFC control unit that performs proximity wireless communication with an information processing apparatus, a network control unit that performs communication with the information processing apparatus through a network, and an RUI control unit that accepts remote operation from the information processing apparatus. When a unique ID of an NFC tag of the information processing apparatus acquired by the NFC control unit, and an IP address of the information processing apparatus acquired by the network control unit identify the same information processing apparatus, the RUI control unit performs control so as to enable remote operation by the external device. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160065761 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, MOBILE TERMINAL, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus includes: a housing accommodating a plurality of component devices serving functions provided in the information processing apparatus; a plurality of tags mounted to individual locations on the housing relating to the respective associated component devices, each of the tags being embedded with a piece of device type information indicating the component device associated with the tag; a storage section configured to store a plurality of component device information sets indicating respective sets of information about the component devices; a communication section configured to send and receive data to and from a mobile terminal; and a communication control section configured to allow the communication section to receive data sent from the mobile terminal and allow the communication section to send back to the mobile terminal the component device information set about the component device indicated by the piece of device type information contained in the received data. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160065762 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - An information processing system includes a first web server and a second web server that communicate with each other via a browser, wherein the first web server includes a first web page generating unit, and a first communicating unit, the second web server includes a second web page generating unit, and a second communicating unit, the first web server allows the browser to execute a first script, in which state the browser functions as a web page acquiring unit, a first data input/output control unit, and a first server communication control unit, the second web server allows the browser to execute a second script, in which state the browser functions as the second data input/output control unit, and a second server communication control unit, and the first web server and the second web server transmit and receive data to and from the opposite server via the browser. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160065781 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS SUPPORTING NEAR-FIELD COMMUNICATION (NFC) FUNCTION, AND METHOD OF PREVIEWING SCAN DATA OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS ON MOBILE TERMINAL - An image forming apparatus supporting a near-field communication (NFC) function generates scan data by scanning a document, transmits the scan data to a server, receives access information for accessing a preview image of the scan data stored in the server, tags a mobile terminal on which the preview image is to be displayed through NFC, and transmits the access information to the tagged mobile terminal. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160065784 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes a stored data acquiring unit configured to acquire stored data that is stored in a predetermined storage location of an output apparatus that is connected to the information processing apparatus via a network. The stored data is acquired from the predetermined storage location based on destination information of input data. The information processing apparatus further includes an editing unit configured to execute editing operations of combining the input data and the stored data acquired by the stored data acquiring unit to generate one single set of output data, and a delivery control unit configured to control delivery of the output data generated by the editing unit such that the output data is delivered, based on the destination information, to the predetermined storage location from which the stored data has been acquired. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160070509 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus accumulates one or more jobs sent from a terminal device connected via a network. The information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire user information for identifying a user who logs in on the terminal device and first identification information for identifying the terminal device; a determination unit configured to determine whether the first identification information corresponds to second identification information for identifying the terminal device which sends a job including the user information, the second identification information being included in the job; and an execution unit configured to execute the job to perform a predetermined process in a case where the determination unit determines that the first identification information corresponds to the second identification information. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160070513 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is a technique for preventing registration regarding event notifications to a communication apparatus from remaining in an information processing apparatus after a communication session using a direct connection between the information processing apparatus and the communication apparatus is disconnected. The information processing apparatus (image forming apparatus) performs, upon receiving from the communication apparatus (mobile terminal) a registration request regarding an event to be notified to the mobile terminal in the case where the event occurs in the image forming apparatus, registration regarding the event in accordance with the received registration request. When a WiFi-Direct connection to a specific mobile terminal is disconnected, the image forming apparatus identifies, among registered events, an event in which that specific mobile terminal is registered as a communication destination, and cancels the registration regarding the identified event. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160070515 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF CREATING COMMUNICATION APPLICATION, COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM WITH APPLICATION CREATING PROGRAM FOR CREATING COMMUNICATION APPLICATION STORED THEREON, AND PROGRAMING TOOL - An information processing apparatus includes a tool storage section, an acquisition method acceptance section, a template specification acceptance section, and an application creating section. The tool storage section stores a programing tool having a function of acquiring print data from an advertisement delivery server and a function of managing the print data. The acquisition method acceptance section is configured to accept setting of a data acquisition method for acquiring the print data. The template specification acceptance section is configured to accept specification of a template for use in printing the print data. The application creating section is configured to use the programing tool to create a communication application allowing acquisition of the print data according to the accepted data acquisition method and generation of an image according to the accepted template. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160070518 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - According to an embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a memory, an operation panel, and a processor. The memory stores a plurality of printing jobs not yet executed. The operation panel accepts a selection of a plurality of printing jobs to be executed and a designation of a printing order of the selected printing jobs. The processor causes the image forming unit to execute the plurality of selected printing jobs in the designated printing order. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160070519 | INTERFACE BETWEEN OUTPUT DEVICE AND TRACKING COMPUTER - Methods and systems are described for tracking usage of an output device that is one of a printer, a copier, a fax machine, a scanner, or a multi-function device. According to one embodiment, the output device is connected to a network element that is also separately connected to a network. A tracker computer is also connected to the network. The network element receives status updates from the output device periodically. The network element receives a tracker query from the tracker computer. In response, the network element interprets the last status update and generates a tracker response including an interpreted status of the output device, and transmits the tracker response to the tracker computer. In some embodiments, the network element also allows a user of the output device to identify themselves and pay for their output device usage. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160070520 | DOCUMENT DISTRIBUTION SERVER AND DOCUMENT DISTRIBUTION METHOD - A document distribution server includes a first communication interface that receives printing data corresponding to a document, a processor that generates image data corresponding to the document, based on the received printing data, a memory that stores the received printing data and the generated image data, and a second communication interface that distributes the generated image data in response to a request for a document which corresponds to the generated image data stored in the memory. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160070998 | PRINTER CONTROL DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A printer control device includes: a rasterized data generation unit that generates rasterized data for a first printer; a setting information obtainment unit that obtains setting information that is related to drawing of a mark image for a second printer in the generated rasterized data and a mark drawing unit that draws the mark image for the second printer in the generated rasterized data on the basis of the setting information. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160072966 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - An image processing device includes a preview unit that displays a specific page on a basis of a feature amount of an image of each page of document image information generated by optically scanning a document with an optical scanning unit. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160072967 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR CREATING COMMUNICATION APPLICATION, AND COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM STORING APPLICATION CREATION PROGRAM FOR CREATING COMMUNICATION APPLICATION - An information processor includes: an application information reception section, a function information reception section, a communication setting reception section, and an application creation section. The application information reception section receives an input of application information. The function information reception section receives an input of print settings as the function information from an operator. The communication setting reception section receives an input of communication settings, including an URL of a data storage server, required for the communication with the data storage serve. The application creation section creates, by using the application information, the communication application for executing processing in accordance with the print settings and the received communication settings. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160072968 | ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT GENERATION APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT GENERATION SYSTEM - An electronic document generation apparatus generates a recognition object image by performing an image processing on a scan image so that each of a plurality of line areas extracted from a character area of the scan image should be determined as a unit recognition area and transmits the recognition object image to the cloud server. The apparatus further receives text data which is a processing result of an optical character recognition processing on the recognition object image, in which a delimiter code is added at the end of a character recognition result for each of a plurality of unit recognition areas, from the cloud server, separates the text data into a plurality of character string data on the basis of the delimiter code, and generates an electronic document by arranging each of the plurality of character string data in the line area corresponding to each character string data. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160072969 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, LICENSE SERVER, COMMUNICATION RELAY DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM AND DATA RESTORATION METHOD - An information processing system comprises: an image processing device; an application server that provides with an application service for cooperation with the image processing device; a communication relay device that relays communications between the image processing device and the application server; a license server managing the communication relay server; and a backup server. The communication relay device includes: a relay information generating part that generates relay information to relay the communications; a storage part in which the relay information is stored; a communication relaying part that relays the communications based on the relay information; a backup part that sends the relay information to the backup server; an identification information transmission part that reads identification information and sends the read identification information to the license server; and a setting applying part that obtains the relay information from the backup server and stores the obtained relay information in the storage part. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160072971 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM HAVING IMAGE READING PROGRAM - An image reading apparatus includes a storage storing shortcut information having specific information for specifying an external apparatus as a transmission destination of read data and associated reading setting values set through an input device, and a control device which, when the input device receives an operation of selecting one shortcut information, determines whether activation information indicating the setting that the specific application is to be activated at the external apparatus specified by the specific information included in the selected shortcut information is stored, executes a first scan operation in accordance with reading setting values included in the selected shortcut information when the activation information is stored, and executes a second scan operation in accordance with reading setting values preset in the external apparatus specified by the specific information included in the selected shortcut information when the activation information is not stored. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160072977 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes an address information storage storing recipient information relating to a recipient and the recipient's address with an address identifier as address information; a program storage storing setting information in association with a program identifier as program information, the setting information including program identification information specifying a program and the address identifier; a program execution unit executing the program associated with the program identifier based on the setting information; an address information change unit changing the address information in the address information storage, and changing the address identifier along with the change in the address information; and an information change adjusting unit adjusting, upon detecting a change in one of the address identifier and the address information, the address identifier of the program information including the address identifier in the program storage in response to the change in the corresponding address identifier or the address information. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160077769 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRINTING IN A DISTRIBUTED COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A method and system is provided for printing jobs received from enterprise customers through a global printing network. One aspect relates to an architecture that interfaces customers, communication service firms (CSFs), and downstream digital print service providers (PSPs) in a global communications network. Such an architecture permits last-mile production functions that allow the distribution of print jobs to be optimized, containing costs, maintaining quality, and performing billing functions that improve the quality of such networks and make a global print network feasible. As a result, Enterprise customers benefit from lower costs and global sourcing while print service providers and graphics service firms benefit from increased revenue due to increased utilization of the overall global network. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160077770 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire printer information from a printer, a display unit configured to, by being called from a first print setting screen offered by an operating system, display a second print setting screen offered by a device application based on the printer information, and a responding unit configured to, if the first print setting screen is called from the second print setting screen, transmit capability information as a response, based on the printer information, wherein the first print setting screen is displayed based on the capability information transmitted by the responding unit as the response. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160077774 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS - When an image formation apparatus included in an image processing system including a plurality of apparatus groups each consisting of a plurality of image formation apparatuses accepts a request for an inquiry about an image formation apparatus which has stored a print job associated with a designated user from another image formation apparatus belonging to an apparatus group to which the image formation apparatus belongs, the image formation apparatus requests, in response to the request, of an image formation apparatus which belongs to another apparatus group and is saved in advance, for the inquiry. When the request originates from another image formation apparatus belonging to another apparatus group, the image formation apparatus inquires of a management image formation apparatus within that apparatus group. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160077775 | COMMUNICATION RELAY DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM AND COMMUNICATION RELAY METHOD - A communication relay device installed on a local network relays communications between an image processing device installed on the local network and an application server installed on a network different from the local network. The communication relay device comprises: a communication path setting part that sets a communication path to send and receive job data of a job to and from the application server when the job is created at the image processing device or the application server; and a communication controller that sends and receives the job data to and from the application server over the communication path. When a new job is created at the image processing device or the application server as at least one communication path has been established with the application server, the communication path setting part sets either the new communication path or the existing communication path for the new job. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160077777 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a print data generation part that receives, via an operating system, a print execution instruction including a file and a first print setting from the application, and generates print data; an application management part that sends a printing instruction to the application; an extended interface part other than an interface part defined by the operating system; and a print setting storing part that stores a second print setting that is input from the application management part via the extended interface part. The print data generation part changes a print setting to be used to generate the print data from the first print setting to the second print setting. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160077778 | INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - According to this invention, in printing from a mobile terminal to a printer, the distance between them is measured in an LE mode, and when the distance reaches a predetermined distance, print data is transmitted to the printer in a normal mode and held in the printer. When the distance becomes shorter, a print execution instruction is issued to the printer in the normal mode, thereby causing the printer to execute printing. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160078324 | ITERATIVE CALIBRATION OMMITTING FIRST CORRECTIONS FROM A NEXT ITERATION - In an example implementation, a method of iterative calibration includes, in a first iteration, measuring first values of a calibration parameter, and determining first corrections for the measured first values. The method includes, in a next iteration, measuring next values of the calibration parameter that incorporate the first corrections. The first corrections are omitted from the next iteration measurements to provide pseudo iteration measurements, and the first iteration measurements are averaged with the pseudo iteration measurements. Second corrections are then determined based on the averaging. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160078325 | PRINTER SYSTEM - There is provided a printer system including a printer apparatus configured to be controlled by a controller having a configuration of which at least a part is different for each client. A printing processor is configured to execute printing processing on a medium. A tray state detector is configured to detect a tray state indicating whether or not there is the medium on a destination tray to which the medium on which the printing processing has been executed is discharged. A printing processing control unit is configured to control whether or not to execute the printing processing in the printer apparatus on the basis of the tray state, when the controller is changed. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160078326 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes: a first conversion unit that converts into intermediate information for printing, a document which has a possibility of being printed; a second conversion unit that converts the intermediate information into information which can be printed by a printing apparatus; and a control unit that controls the first conversion unit to perform a process on the document which has the possibility of being printed and controls the second conversion unit not to perform a process in response to the document being not a complete edition and having no possibility that a content thereof is changed. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160078327 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a virtual machine configuration unit, a comparing unit and a determining unit. The virtual machine configuring unit configures a first virtual machine on which a same image processing program as an old version of an image processing program installed on an image processing apparatus is installed and a second virtual machine on which to new version of the image processing program provided for updating the old version of the image processing program is installed. The comparing unit compares output images from the first and the second virtual machines in response to a same instruction to process an image being input into the first and the second virtual machines. The determining unit determines a validity of update on the basis of a comparison result by the comparing unit. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160078328 | DOCUMENT PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A document processing apparatus includes: a reception unit that receives a designation of cover pages of an electronic document having the cover pages and document body pages; and an instruction unit that gives an instruction to respectively print the cover pages and the document body pages on the basis of the designation received by the reception unit. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160078330 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - Provided is a printing method of performing printing onto a recording medium to be transported with a plurality of recording element arrays. The printing method includes a storing step of storing a perimeter of a timing roller upon acquiring correction data in association with the correction data, an obtaining step of obtaining the perimeter during printing after the storing step of storing the perimeter upon acquiring the correction data, and a modifying step of modifying the correction data during the printing in accordance with the perimeter upon acquiring the correction data and the perimeter during the printing. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160078643 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Whether or not a received drawing instruction is an instruction which needs an arithmetic operating process with a background portion is discriminated. When it is determined that the received drawing instruction is not the instruction which needs the arithmetic operating process with the background portion, the drawing instruction is converted into a drawing command and transmitted to a printing apparatus, and the received drawing instruction is stored as intermediate data. When it is determined that the received drawing instruction is the instruction which needs the arithmetic operating process with the background portion, the intermediate data which relates to the received drawing instruction is extracted from the intermediate data stored by the storing step, a drawing command in which the arithmetic operating process of the received drawing instruction has been executed to the extracted intermediate data is formed and transmitted to the printing apparatus. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160080584 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive an output instruction to output data; a calculator configured to calculate an index value indicating a cost or an environmental burden when data subjected to output are output in a first output condition specified by the output instruction, and the index value when the data are output in a second output condition differing from the first output condition; and a display controller configured to display a screen to display a calculation result obtained by the calculator and to receive an output instruction based on one of the first and the second output conditions. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160080585 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A mobile terminal transmits a document file to a conversion server. In a case where it is determined that an image forming apparatus is capable of acquiring from the conversion server print data acquired by converting the document file, information for acquisition of the print data from the conversion server by the image forming apparatus is transmitted to the image forming apparatus. In a case where it is determined that the image forming apparatus is not capable of acquiring the print data from the conversion server, the print data is acquired from the conversion server and transmitted to the image forming apparatus. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160080587 | DEVICE, DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A device includes an input unit configured to input first data; a reduction unit configured to perform a part of a first process for the first data inputted by the input unit to generate second data, a data amount of the second data being less than a data amount of the first data, and the first process being requested to be performed by an information processing apparatus connected via a network; a transmission unit configured to transmit the second data generated by the reduction unit to the information processing apparatus; and a reception unit configured to receive third data via the network, the information processing apparatus performing the first process for the second data to generate the third data. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160080588 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING AN INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - An information processing system includes an execution request unit that requests one or more multiple preregistered apparatuses to execute an operation, an authority information acquisition unit that acquires authority information that indicates user authority on the preregistered apparatus from at least one of the preregistered apparatuses, an authority management information generator that generates authority management information that indicates the user authority applied to the preregistered apparatuses based on the authority information that the authority information acquisition unit acquires, and a controller that controls whether or not to allow the execution request unit to request to execute the operation based on the authority management information. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160080590 | STORAGE MEDIUM, DEVICE INFORMATION ACQUISITION SYSTEM, AND DEVICE INFORMATION ACQUISITION METHOD - A portable terminal issues a response request to an electronic device. According to a response of the electronic device to the response request, the portable terminal determines a power state of the electronic device and issues a notification of a determination result of the power state. The portable terminal acquires, from an information carrier, location information indicating a location of a main power switch of the electronic device and issues a notification of the location information. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160080591 | Communication Apparatus - A communication apparatus may perform: in a case where an operation state of a communication apparatus is a second state, determining a termination timing of a maintenance period for maintaining the operation state of the communication apparatus in the second state; when the termination timing arrives, changing the operation state from the second state into a first state; in a case where a first wireless network to which both the communication apparatus and a particular external apparatus belong is formed before the termination timing arrives, executing a wireless communication of target data with the particular external apparatus via a first interface by using the first wireless network; detecting a predetermined instruction; and when the predetermined instruction is detected before the termination timing arrives, extending the termination timing so as to determine a new termination timing of the maintenance period. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160080592 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A multifunction machine includes a user interface having a display screen, a first control circuit that controls the multifunction machine, and a second control circuit that controls communication with a management server. The first control circuit causes the display screen to display a native screen based on native screen information prepared by the multifunction machine. The second control circuit receives browser screen information from the management server and causes the display screen to display a browser screen based on the browser screen information. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160080593 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a display controller that controls, for a piece of processing information stored in a memory and that is not concealed, to display details of the piece of processing information on a display, controls, for a piece of processing information stored in the memory and that is concealed, to not display details of the piece of processing information but to indicate a presence of the piece of processing information on the display, and controls to display details of both concealed and non-concealed pieces of processing information on the display, for a user that has been identified as an administrator. The display controller receives a request to delete a piece of processing information that is stored in the memory and that is selected by the user that has been identified as the administrator, even if the piece of processing information is concealed. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160080594 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT CAUSES CLIENT TERMINAL TO PERFORM APPROPRIATE DISPLAY, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus that is capable of causing a client terminal to perform appropriate display based on setting information of a user stored in the image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus transmits Web page information to the client terminal based on access from the client terminal. The user setting information is on display and is set in advance by each user. The Web page information is generated based on access from the client terminal used by a user, based on setting information associated with the user out of the stored user setting information. The generated Web page information is transmitted to the client terminal. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160080604 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming device includes a setting unit and an acquiring unit. Among a remaining connected image forming device group, the setting unit sets, for every time frame, an image forming device group excluding an image forming device set as an exclusion target as an image forming device group set as an access target. The acquiring unit accesses the image forming device group set as the access target. The acquiring unit accesses the image forming device group set as the access target corresponding to a time frame during the access so as to acquire image-data-related information stored in the image forming device group set as the access target. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160085483 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A printing system includes a distribution apparatus, print servers, and an image forming apparatus. Upon each reception of print data, the distribution apparatus distributes the print data to one print server, the print server creates a print job from the print data and transmits the print job to the image forming apparatus, and the image forming apparatus executes the print job. Each print server includes an identifier addition unit adding identifier of the print server to a created print job, the image forming apparatus includes an exception event determination unit, upon reception of a print job from one print server, determining whether exception event has occurred in the print server based on identifier added to the print job, and the distribution apparatus includes an exclusion unit, when exception event has occurred in one print server, excluding the print server from candidates for distribution destination of a subsequent print job. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160085489 | SYSTEM FOR REMOTE PRINTER PAIRING - A system for facilitating the remote printing of a document by using a mobile device to pair a visually displayable code with a printer by associating the code with a confirmation code printed or conveyed by the printer. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160085490 | Setting Change Control for an Image Forming System and Image Forming Apparatus - Setting change for an image forming device may include determining whether the image forming device is currently performing print processing. In some examples, if the image forming device is currently performing print processing, the setting change may be delayed. In other examples, the setting change may be implemented irrespective of the print processing. In one arrangement, the setting change may be specific to a particular entity (e.g., a user). | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160085491 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRINTABLE DOCUMENT JOB SUBMISSION - In some embodiments, a method which includes receiving an indication of the presence of a first message from a first client device, the first message including a first specification file and a first network address associated with a first print data file. The method includes retrieving the first print data file from the first network address. The method includes processing the first specification file and the first print data file by a raster image processor. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160085493 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING RESERVATION PRINTING FUNCTION, CONTROL METHOD FOR THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus which enables all group users who share a print job to order execution of the print job. It is determined whether or not execution of a stored print job is ordered by a plurality of users. When it is determined that execution of the print job is ordered by a plurality of users, the print job is not deleted even after it is executed. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160085494 | CONTROL DEVICE, PRINTING DEVICE, PORTABLE TERMINAL, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A control device includes a selection unit. The selection unit selects, based on location information of a portable terminal and information of a moving speed of the portable terminal, regional information related to a region represented by the location information. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160086061 | Network System, Interface Board, Method of Controlling Printing on an Network System, and Program - A method of controlling printing by print control script embedded in a web page acquired by a client terminal from a web application server includes, after the acquired web page is displayed, accepting an input operation on the displayed web page and drawing a result of the input operation in a specific drawing area, the accepting and drawing operations being performed by the client terminal. The method further includes generating print data by converting image data written in the specific drawing area to a form enabling processing by a printer as a result of a print operation performed on the displayed web page, and commanding the printer to print the print data. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160086063 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming device includes a receiver, a generator, and a controller. The receiver receives, from an external device, print instruction information including print data described in a page description language and a first image generated from the print data by the external device. The generator generates a second image from the print data included in the print instruction information. The controller compares the first image and the second image with each other and causes a display to display misregistration of the first image and the second image as a comparison result. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160086068 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A print control apparatus includes a generation unit that generates pieces of image data based on pieces of print data of a plurality of pages, a first determination unit that, each time the generation unit generates image data of a target page based on print data of the target page, determines whether a print condition of the target page satisfies a predetermined print condition, a setting unit that, based on a result of the determination performed by the first determination unit, sets a discharge destination of sheets on which images based on pieces of image data of a predetermined number of pages including the target page are printed, and a print control unit that causes a print unit to print an image based on image data generated by the generation unit. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160086070 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a detection unit and a control unit. The detection unit detects an abnormality of imposition printing. The control unit performs in response to the abnormality influencing a finish region in imposition printing in an imposition layout, the imposition printing in another imposition layout in which the abnormality does not influence the finish region. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160086238 | ON-LINE VIDEO AND IMAGE SYSTEM - A handheld computing device for editing images and a method thereof The handheld computing device can include a screen, a memory for storing an application for at least one of image acquisition, image uploading, and image editing, and a processor. The handheld computing device can receive a notification message from a first external device over a communication network, the notification message containing location information for accessing a specific image, the location information indicating an internet-address of the specific image, access the specific image by using the location information, display the specific image on the screen, and perform an image editing option on the screen to edit the displayed specific image based on the application stored in the memory. Also, the image editing option can include a selection function to determine a portion of the specific image to be edited by selecting at least one position of an upper left corner and a lower right corner of an expandable window on the displayed specific image. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160086569 | ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electronic equipment includes a control unit, an EMI frequency storage unit, and a settable range detection unit. The EMI frequency storage unit stores respective frequencies of EMI noise components in ones of driving pulse signals, which are transmitted from the control unit to other modules than a display module in association with the other modules. The settable range detection unit detects a settable range of the frequency of one of the driving pulse signals, which is transmitted from the control unit to the display unit. When transmitting the driving pulse signal to the display module, the control unit sets, as the frequency of the driving pulse signal to the display module, a frequency that is a frequency excluding the frequencies of the EMI noise components stored in association with the other modules that are being driven and also is a frequency in the settable range that has been detected. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160088165 | SUBMITTING CAPTURED DATA TO AN ANALYTICS SERVICE - A method of submitting an event relating to MFP device activity to an analytics service. The method of submitting an event to an analytics service comprises a receiving step of receiving a command in a first format. A writing step is provided to write a value of the received command to a stored property. A monitoring step is provided to monitor the property to determine whether or not the property has changed. A transmission step is provided to, in the case that it is determined that a stored property has changed, transmit an event corresponding to the updated property to the analytics service in accordance with a second format. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160088166 | REMOTE SUPPORT APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, REMOTE SUPPORT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus including a plurality of processing units capable of performing different support processing for a user asking for support, and a remote support apparatus operated by an operator are connected via a communication path. The remote support apparatus transmits to the image forming apparatus a request to perform the support using the selected processing unit, or a request to switch the processing unit to a selected specific processing unit and a request to perform the support. The image forming apparatus allows the processing unit which follows the request to perform the support, to perform the support, and switches the processing unit according to the request to switch the processing unit to allow the switched processing unit to perform the support. Further, the image forming apparatus returns a result which should be returned, among results of the performed support, to the remote support apparatus. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160088168 | PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - An embodiment of the invention has been made to solve a problem that it is impossible to store externally transmitted job information if a printer apparatus is in a hard-off state and it is, therefore, necessary to store the job information in an external apparatus on the transmission side. In the embodiment, a wireless communication unit which can transmit/receive data even if no power is supplied receives job information from an external terminal, and stores it in a non-volatile memory. When an information processing apparatus is supplied with power, and enters a normal activation state, it executes the job stored in the non-volatile memory. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160088169 | MOBILE DEVICE CONNECTED TO A MULTIFUNCTIONAL DOCUMENT PROCESSING DEVICE - A method for operating a mobile device. The method includes receiving a software application for the multifunctional document processing device by the mobile device, establishing a local connection with the mobile device to a multifunctional document processing device, and generating with the software application a service request by the mobile device, wherein the service request includes service request data. The method further includes transmitting the service request with the software application to the multifunctional document processing device and receiving, by the software application of the mobile device, return data in response to the service request from the multifunctional document processing device. The mobile device does not provide a location of the mobile device to a service provider of the mobile device. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160088170 | Systems and Methods for Configuring an Imaging Device to Image Media Using Settings Suitable for the Media - A method of automatically configuring an imaging device to print on a media using one or more operating parameters suitable for the media is disclosed. The method includes receiving a barcode corresponding to the media to be printed on by the imaging device, determining one or more characteristics of the media using the barcode, retrieving one or more print settings to be used by the imaging device to print on the media having the one or more characteristics, detecting one or more environmental conditions of the imaging device, and adjusting the one or more operating parameters to print on media having the one or more characteristics based on the detected environmental conditions. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160088171 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a printing unit, a storage unit, and a processing unit. The storage unit stores communication addresses of image processing apparatuses in a group to which the apparatus belongs. In response to a request for registration in the group from a different image processing apparatus, the processing unit causes the storage unit to store a communication address of the different image processing apparatus, and transmits a registration commission for registering the communication address of the different image processing apparatus in the group to the image processing apparatuses in the group using the communication addresses stored in the storage unit. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160088172 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND SCREEN OPERATION METHOD - Provided is an image forming apparatus mainly including a recognition part, a first determination part, and a second determination part. The recognition part recognizes the plural characters when a user performs a first operation tracing a sequence of plural characters out of the character group included in the screen displayed on the display part by bringing an indicator into contact with the touch panel part. The first determination part determines whether or not the plural characters recognized by the recognition part match with any of predetermined plural terms. The second determination part determines whether or not a user performs a second operation that is gesture different from the first operation by bringing the indicator into contact with the touch panel after the first operation is performed. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160088173 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus includes a display section, a touch panel, an acceptance section, a communication section, and a communication control section. The display section is capable of displaying a first operating image in which a plurality of first operating keys are arranged. The communication section is capable of communicating with a mobile terminal device capable of displaying a second operating image in which one or more second operating keys operable in combination with the first operating keys are arranged. The communication control section allows the communication section to receive from the mobile terminal device operating information indicating that one of the second operating keys has been selected. When the one first operating key is selected while the communication section receives the operating information, the acceptance section accepts an instruction corresponding to a combination of the selected first operating key and the second operating key indicated in the operating information. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160088174 | OPERATION DISPLAY APPARATUS, PORTABLE TERMINAL, PROGRAMS THEREFOR, AND OPERATION DISPLAY SYSTEM - An operation display apparatus includes: an operating unit; a display unit; a position detecting unit configured to detect a position of a predetermined portable terminal; a free region detecting unit configured to detect a free region on a display screen of at least one of the display unit and the portable terminal; and an operation control unit configured to display an image of the operating unit in the free region when the position of the portable terminal detected by the position detecting unit is in front of a front side of the operating unit, and accept an operation performed on the image, as an operation received by the operating unit, the free region being detected by the free region detecting unit. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160088175 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a processing unit that performs a process, and a notification unit that is adapted to notify a display of a status of the process for the display to display the status, performs first communication from the information processing apparatus to the display if the status as a notification target occurs, and notifies the display of the occurring status by second communication to transmit a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) response in response to an HTTP request from the display to which the first communication has been performed. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160088176 | APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND METHOD - An apparatus includes a controller that controls a display to display a setting status of a setting item set for executing a predetermined process, and an accepting unit that accepts a change to the setting status. When the accepting unit accepts the change to the setting status, the controller controls the display to display an item that accepts an indication to reset the changed setting status to the setting status set prior to the change. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160088183 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING PARALLEL PROCESSING - An image forming apparatus includes a processor including a CPU formed with a plurality of cores, the CPU performing processes, wherein a CPU core managing unit operates at least one predetermined core by a first control method involving relatively frequent process switching through task switching, and operates the other one or more cores than the at least one predetermined core by a second control method involving relatively less frequent process switching, and when a first process requiring communication with a device outside the processor and a second process not requiring communication with a device outside the processor are performed in parallel, the CPU core managing unit causes the at least one predetermined core to perform the first process, and causes the at least one predetermined core and the other one or more cores to perform the second process. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160088184 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes plural communication interfaces, a network service executing unit, a type-of-network determining unit, and a communication interface selecting unit. The network service executing unit executes at least one network service. The type-of-network determining unit determines types of communication networks respectively connected to the plural communication interfaces. The communication interface selecting unit selects, in accordance with a type of a communication network used in the at least one network service, a communication interface to be used in the at least one network service from among the plural communication interfaces. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160092101 | ARRANGEMENT DRAWING CREATION SYSTEM, ARRANGEMENT DRAWING CREATION APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN ARRANGEMENT DRAWING CREATION PROGRAM FOR CREATING ARRANGEMENT DRAWING OF APPARATUS - An arrangement drawing creation system includes: a portable apparatus carried by an arrangement drawing creator; and a server. The portable apparatus includes: a first communication processing portion communicates with the server and a target apparatus; an acquisition processing portion acquires a device ID from the target apparatus; a generation processing portion generates a device icon; a display processing portion displays the generated device icon and a layout drawing; an operation input processing portion accepts an instruction of moving a position of the device icon; and a registration processing portion registers the changed position of the device icon in the server. The server includes: a second communication processing portion communicates with the portable apparatus; and a storage portion stores the layout drawing and the arrangement drawing. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160092148 | Portable Communication Terminal That Ensures Efficient Process with Image Forming Apparatus, Image Forming System That Ensures Efficient Process by Portable Communication Terminal and Image Forming Apparatus, and Recording Medium - A portable communication terminal causes an image forming apparatus to print. The portable communication terminal includes a terminal storage unit, an operation unit, a processing unit, and a terminal communication. The processing unit calculates a first required time and a second required time. The first required time is a time spent when the image forming apparatus performs a predetermined image processing on the generated print job data. The second required time is a time spent when the portable communication terminal performs the predetermined image processing on the generated print job data. When the first required time is equal to or less than the second required time, the processing unit causes the image forming apparatus to perform the predetermined image processing. When the first required time is longer than the second required time, the processing unit performs the predetermined image processing on the print job data. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160092149 | PORTABLE INFORMATION DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, REMOTE OPERATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH REMOTE OPERATION PROGRAM - A portable information device includes a controller. The controller executes: a pre-setting acquisition step of acquiring device identification information for identifying an image processing apparatus to execute a job and a unique setting value that is a setting value preset in the image processing apparatus; a setting step of setting a setting value; a job generation step of generating a job based on the set setting value; and a job transmission step of transmitting the generated job to the image processing apparatus specified by the device identification information acquired in the pre-setting acquisition step. The setting step includes an initial setting step of setting the acquired unique setting value in response to the unique setting value being acquired in the pre-setting acquisition step. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160092150 | USER INTERFACE FOR A DOCUMENT PROCESSING SYSTEM - A user interface for a document processing system includes a scheduler adapted to calculate and display an expected processing time for a job to be processed. The scheduler has an input device permitting a user to input a calibration command causing the scheduler to apply a user-specific calibration function to the calculated expected processing time. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160094726 | Controlling Apparatus - The controlling apparatus may search for one or more access points so as to obtain N items of wireless identifiers, in a case where a first wireless network to which a set device belongs is a first type of wireless network in which a carrier wave having a first frequency is used, a first wireless identifier has been set in the set device and an unset device is a first type of device which is not capable of using the carrier wave having the first frequency. The controlling apparatus may obtain, from a memory of the set device, the first wireless identifier for identifying the first wireless network, select, based on the first wireless identifier, a second wireless identifier from among one or more wireless identifiers included in the N items of wireless identifiers, and execute a first setting process for setting the second wireless identifier in the unset device. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160094727 | PRINTER, STORAGE MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR PRINTER - A printer that performs: supplying first capability information which includes information indicating that the printer has a specific processing capability to a first external apparatus, acquiring first print data from the first external apparatus in response to the supplying of the first capability information, executing first printing processing including specific processing corresponding to the specific processing capability in response to the acquiring of the first print data, supplying, in a case where the first print data satisfies a first predetermined condition, second capability information, which does not include the information indicating that the printer has the specific processing capability, to a second external apparatus, acquiring second print data from the second external apparatus in response to the supplying of the second capability information, and executing second printing processing not including the specific processing in response to the acquiring of the second print data. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160094728 | FUNCTION EXECUTION APPARATUS AND SCREEN INFORMATION SERVER - A function execution apparatus is configured to execute a specific function relating to a specific service that is to be provided by a service providing server. A screen information server is configured to supply, to the function execution apparatus, screen information for enabling a user to select setting information corresponding to a setting item relating to the specific service. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160094729 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT SYSTEM - An image forming apparatus in an image forming apparatus development support system includes an apparatus control section and an output section. Upon receiving virtual apparatus information from a development computer, the apparatus control section perceives the image forming apparatus as if an unattached optional device were attached to the image forming apparatus despite the fact that the unattached optional device is not attached. The apparatus control section then controls an apparatus storage section to store the virtual apparatus information as apparatus information indicating the current apparatus state. Upon receiving an instruction for outputting a report indicating the state of the image forming apparatus while the virtual apparatus information is stored in the apparatus storage section, the output section outputs the report based on the virtual apparatus information in accordance with a report outputting program. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160094730 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR THE SAME - An information processing device may display a first image indicating a first image file stored in a memory. The information processing device may display a second image in response to receiving a first specific operation. The first specific operation may be performed on the first image. The information processing device may receive first path information in response to receiving a second specific operation. The first path information may indicate a location of the first image file. The information processing device may send an execution instruction to the image processing device in a case that the second specific operation is received. The information processing device may receive scan data from the image processing device. The information processing device may integrate the received scan data to the first image file designated by the first path information. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160094733 | CONTROL SERVER AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A control server is configured to: receive, through a communication interface, a guidance image data request and specific information which are transmitted from an image processing apparatus, the guidance image data request being a request for guidance image data representing a guidance image of an acquiring procedure for acquiring authentication information required for receiving service provided by a service providing server connected to the image processing apparatus through the network; determining location information representing a location of data to be accessed in the acquiring procedure, based on the specific information transmitted from the image processing apparatus; generating the guidance image data representing the guidance image including the location information determined by the location information determining processing, when the guidance image data request is received from the image processing apparatus; and transmitting the guidance image data to the image processing apparatus through the communication interface. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160094734 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THE SAME - An image processing apparatus including a wireless communication unit, an image processing unit, and a controller configured to establish a wireless connection to perform wireless signal communication between the wireless communication unit and an external device, acquire a reception intensity of a wireless signal received from the external device via the wireless communication unit, determine whether the reception intensity is more than a threshold value, when determining that the reception intensity is more than the threshold value, control the image processing unit to execute an image processing instruction received from the external device via the wireless communication unit, and when determining that the reception intensity is not more than the threshold value, transmit an instruction to display a warning on the external device, to the external device via the wireless communication unit, without controlling the image processing unit to execute the image processing instruction. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160094735 | Function Execution Apparatus, Function Execution Method, and Non-Transitory Computer Readable Medium Storing Instructions Therefor - A function execution apparatus has a display, a scanner, and a controller. The controller is configured to execute a key display process in which at least one shortcut key is displayed on a display, and a multiple functions assigning process in which the controller assigns multiple particular functions to a multiple-function assigned key which is a shortcut key. Each of the multiple functions is associated with a scanning operation in which a scanner scans an image on the original, and a multiple functions execution process in which the controller executes the multiple functions assigned to the multiple-function assigned key when a user operation to select the multiple-function assigned key is done such that only one scanning operation is executed and the multiple functions are executed based on scan data obtained by one scanning operation instead of executing the scanning operation for each of the multiple functions. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160094736 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus includes: a display section displaying a first operation image for user operation; a display control section; a detection section detecting an approach direction of a predefined communication device approaching the display section; a storage section storing, besides the first operation image of the display section, plural second operation images associated with the approach direction; a communication control section reading, from the storage section, the second operation image associated with the approach direction detected by the detection section, allowing a communication section to transmit the read second operation image to the communication device, and to receive, from the communication device, an instruction corresponding to an operation inputted on the second operation image in the communication device; an instruction reception section receiving the instruction received by the communication section besides an instruction corresponding to operation on the first operation image of the display section; and an execution section. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160094737 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a controller configured to switch a display mode of a menu screen for setting between a first display mode and a second display mode. On a menu screen of the first display mode, the controller (i) determines as display object function buttons a part of function buttons of a plurality of function buttons used to call up each of detailed settings screens each related to each of a plurality of functions provided in the image forming apparatus, (ii) displays the display object function buttons to be arranged in a row in a predetermined direction, and (iii) changes and displays the display object function buttons according to a scroll operation performed by a user. On a menu screen of the second display mode, the controller displays at least a part of function buttons of the plurality of function buttons to be arranged in a grid-like manner. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160094738 | FUNCTION EXECUTION APPARATUS, FUNCTION EXECUTION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING INSTRUCTIONS THEREFOR - A function execution method includes a selection step in which the a user is encouraged to select multiple shortcut functions to be executed subsequently from among a registered plurality shortcut functions each of which is configured to be executed with user of a preliminarily setting value necessary for executing the particular function, a continuous execution registration step in which a continuous execution function configured to execute the multiple shortcut functions selected in the selection step such that the multiple functions are executed in accordance with a particular order, a displaying step in which a continuous execution key corresponding to the continuous execution functions registered in the continuous execution registration step, and a continuous execution step in which, when the continuous execution key displayed by the displaying step is selected, the controller executes the multiple shortcut functions constituting the continuous execution function in accordance with the execution order. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160094743 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus reducing number of control signals in detecting nth connection stage of a paper feed cassette unit piled up, and increases noise resistance. It includes a main body part and a paper feed cassette unit that can be piled up in plural stages under main body part. Main body part has a start control line transmitting a start signal; a ready control line transmitting a ready signal; and a main body side control part generating start signal and detects nth connection stage of paper feed cassette unit on number of times of ready signal. Paper feed cassette unit has a cassette side control part delaying start signal inputted from an upper stage through start control line to output it to a lower stage, and while delaying start signal, generating a ready signal to output it toward ready control line to upper stage. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160094746 | Image Forming Apparatus and Blank Sheet Output Confirmation Method That Facilitate Removal of Blank Sheet from Printed Matter - An image forming apparatus for performing image formation based on image data on a print job to output a printed matter includes a blank sheet detecting unit, a blank sheet processing unit and a blank sheet display unit. The blank sheet detecting unit determines whether the image data in the print job is blank sheet image data or non-blank sheet image data by each piece of image data. The blank sheet processing unit detects an order of the determined blank sheet image data and outputs a blank sheet corresponding to the blank sheet image data such that the blank sheet is displaced with respect to a printed matter corresponding to the non-blank sheet image data by a predetermined amount. The blank sheet display unit displays an order of blank sheet among the orders of the printed matters. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160098230 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, BILLING PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing system includes an image processing device executing a job and a billing server performing billing process in response to execution of the job connected through a network. The billing server includes: a remaining amount management part for managing a remaining amount of each user's available funds; and a savings amount transmission part for determining a savings amount in the image processing device based on a user's available funds and sending the determined savings amount to the image processing device. The image processing device includes: a savings amount storage part for storing therein the savings amount in accordance with the user; a job execution part for executing a job with an instruction by the user; and a billing processing part for performing billing process to charge to the user in response to execution of the job. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160098231 | OPTIMAL SCHEDULING OF MULTI-SITE ENTERPRISE PRINT JOBS - Methods and systems evaluate the most recent print job processed with different printing sites to calculate the current residual capacity for each of the different printing sites. The current residual capacity is determined and maintained by a computerized server. These methods and systems can then calculate the turnaround time of a print job for each of the different printing sites based on the current residual capacity, can calculate the cost of the print job for each of the different printing sites based on historical cost information maintained by the computerized server, and can calculate a weighted sum of the turnaround time and cost of the print job for each of the different printing sites. This allows these methods and systems to select one of the different printing sites based on the relatively lowest weighted sum for the print job, and to assign the print job to the selected printing site. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160098234 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTELY SERVICING AN INDUSTRIAL PRINTER - A method and system for remote servicing of an industrial printer includes obtaining, on a processor, sensor data that indicates values output by a sensors configured to measure physical phenomena related to a plurality of components of the industrial printer. Also obtained, on the processor, is parameter data that indicates values for parameters that indicate user settings for operation of the industrial printer. It is determined, on the processor, a service issue related to the industrial printer based on the sensor data and the parameter data, It is also determined, at least in part on the processor, an action to be performed on the industrial printer in response to the service issue. Furthermore; the action is caused to be initiated. In some embodiments, the action is initiated at one facility different from a facility where the industrial printer is located. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160098235 | PRINTING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing apparatus measures a communication environment between the printing apparatus and a server. Then, based on the measured communication environment, the printing apparatus selects whether to transmit a scan image to a server by using a multi-connection communication function or to transmit the scan image to the server without using the multi-connection communication function. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160098237 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM THAT ENSURES PREVIEW DISPLAY BY USE OF PORTABLE TERMINAL OF USER AND INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL - An image forming system includes a portable terminal, an information processing terminal, and an image forming apparatus. The portable terminal has an imaging function. The information processing terminal generates print data. The image forming apparatus generates a printed matter based on the print data received from the information processing terminal. The portable terminal includes an imaging unit, an information acquiring unit, a preview image generating unit, and a display unit. The imaging unit images the preview-display code displayed in the display unit of the information processing terminal. The information acquiring unit acquires information necessary for the preview display based on the preview-display code acquired by the imaging unit. The preview image generating unit generates a preview image of the printed matter according to the information acquired by the information acquiring unit. The display unit displays the preview image generated by the preview image generating unit. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160098238 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRINTING FROM A MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE TO A NARROW MEDIA PRINTER - One aspect of the disclosure relates to a method for printing a document in a mobile environment, comprising: using a mobile computing device, executing a first application in the background; executing a second application in the foreground; activating, from the second program, an extension of the first application; wherein the extension facilitates conversion of a selected document having a first encoding to a second encoding, the second encoding useable to control a printer communicatively coupled to the mobile computing device via a WiFi, Bluetooth, or wired connection. The printer can be a narrow media printer, wherein, responsive to receipt of the second encoding, the narrow media printer prints the document. Additionally, the extension can facilitate re-sizing/re-formatting the selected document. In an embodiment, the first application, the second application and the extension execute within separate sandboxes. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160098282 | CUSTOMIZABLE FOOD FRESHNESS PRINTER STARTUP WIZARD - A method of utilizing a startup wizard is disclosed. The startup wizard guides a user through the installation of a food freshness barcode printer, enabling a non-technical user to complete the installation in minimal time. Specifically, the startup wizard detects first power on or is accessible from a system menu. Then, when the printer is installed, the startup wizard is entered which prompts the user for some or all of the following items: language, date format, product database, network configuration, or other specific elements required for implementation. The user is then guided through the installation process which enables a non-technical user to complete the installation of the food freshness barcode printer in minimal time. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160100064 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An apparatus includes an association unit and a transmission controller. The association unit associates an image among one or more images with at least one piece of transmission information among one or more pieces of transmission information on a display in accordance with a user operation. The one or more pieces of transmission information are information on the one or more images and each include a transmission method and a transmission destination. The transmission controller causes transmission of the image in accordance with the at least one piece of transmission information associated with the image. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160100066 | ALLOCATION APPARATUS FOR ALLOCATING INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE TO BE MANAGED, ALLOCATION METHOD, PROGRAM FOR ALLOCATION, AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An allocation apparatus configured to allocate a plurality of information processing devices to two or more management apparatuses that perform distributed management of the plurality of information processing devices, the allocation apparatus includes: an allocation unit configured to allocate an address range on a network, allocatable to a plurality of information processing devices, to the two or more management apparatuses; and an acquisition unit configured to obtain, from each of the two or more management apparatuses, management information indicating a state of the information processing device whose address belongs to a range allocated to the management apparatus, wherein the allocation unit dynamically performs allocation of the address range on the network based on the management information that has been obtained by the acquisition unit. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160100067 | STATUS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATION IN SYSTEM - A multifunction machine of a status management system includes an apparatus-side status change communication unit that transmits a status change notification to a management server when status information that is managed by the multifunction machine is changed by operating the multifunction machine, and an apparatus-side information communication unit that transmits a response to the request notification to the management server when a request notification is received from the management server. The management server of the status management system includes a server-side status change communication unit that receives a status change notification from the multifunction machine, and a server-side information communication unit that transmits a request notification to the multifunction machine and receives a response to the request notification from the multifunction machine when the server-side status change communication unit receives the status change notification. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160100068 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, PRINTING CONDITION SETTING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PRODUCT - The CPU of a personal computer displays a list of one-click icons, each representing one or a plurality of printing functions, in the icon display area, and selects one one-click icon from the list of the one-click icons displayed in the icon display area, to automatically set a plurality of printing functions corresponding to the selected one-click icons. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160100069 | NETWORK SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD - In response to a request from an image forming apparatus, a separate apparatus identifies information on applicable firmware, determines whether warning is permitted based on an output ability of the image forming apparatus and a result of referring to a warning permission policy table, and transmits a response including the information on applicable firmware and warning permission information. When making the request and applying the firmware after receiving the response, in a case where the warning permission information indicates displaying of warning is permitted, the image forming apparatus determines a message to be output and displays the message based on the result of referring to the warning display pattern table. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160103494 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NETWORK CONFIGURATION AND BEHAVIOR CONTROL BY PROXIMITY ENABLED DEVICES - A method and system of configuring a network using a network application of a mobile device including detecting a gesture sequence that comprises at least one gesture, in response to a user performed action. The detected gesture sequence may be indicative of network configuration rules associated with at least one network device. The method may further include receiving and storing network access credentials, and accessing a network configuration database. The network configuration database may comprise a plurality of gesture sequences and a plurality of associated tasks. The method may also include determining a match for the detected gesture sequence among the plurality of gesture sequences; determining an associated task based on the match; and performing the associated task to achieve the network configuration action. The associated task may include a network configuration action based on the network configuration rules associated with at least one network device. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160103638 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - When sequentially receiving pages one by one from the outside and printing them at the time of printing based on printing data including a plurality of pages, a page count per copy when printing a plurality of copies is acquired, and data of a predetermined portion of a printing area are extracted from respective pages by the page count. It is determined whether the data of the extracted predetermined portion is identical between the respective pages. When it is determined that the data is identical, it is determined that printing of the printing data is not collation printing. When it is determined that the data is different, it is determined that printing of the printing data is collation printing. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160103641 | Control Method, Printer, and Storage Medium - A printer switches between and uses plural communication units according to the operating mode, can switch the operating mode appropriately to the operating conditions, and can improve power conservation. The printer has a network control unit with a first communication unit configured to communicate in a first operating mode; and a main control unit having a second communication unit configured to communicate in a second operating mode. The main control unit limits the power supply to the first communication unit in the second operating mode; and the second communication unit determines whether or not to go to the first operating mode based on content of data received in the second operating mode. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160103644 | PRINTER DRIVER THAT CAUSES A COMPUTER TO GENERATE A PRINT COMMAND TO PRINT WITH DECOLORABLE MATERIAL - A printer driver that is executable in a computer causes the computer to carry out a process including the steps of reading a first number of copies of a document to be printed with a decolorable material and a second number of copies of the document to be printed with a non-decolorable material, and generating a print command for a printer that causes the printer to print the first number of copies with the decolorable material and the second number of copies with the non-decolorable material. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160103646 | WIRELESS PRINTING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING SAME - In a system in which communication between an information processing apparatus and a printing apparatus is possible, the information processing apparatus detects that communication with the printing apparatus has become possible and, in response to detection that such communication has become possible, generates print data based upon data that the information processing apparatus is displaying on a display unit connected to or built in the information processing apparatus, and transfers the generated print data to the printing apparatus. The printing apparatus prints the data received from the information processing apparatus. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160104315 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) MODEL FILE, AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING 3D MODEL FILE - A three-dimensional (3D) model file, and a method and apparatus for providing the 3D model file are provided. The method may include generating a 3D model file comprising a first field defining information associated with a printing material of a 3D model to perform 3D printing, and providing the 3D model file. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160105569 | FACSIMILE APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR FACSIMILE APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In a case where facsimile transmission is carried out while a cover sheet is added, a transmission image that does not include the cover sheet is output to an archive destination as transmission history information. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160105570 | PRINT CONTROL PROGRAM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes a generation unit configured to generate identification information unique to each logical printer, a storage unit configured to store setting information of a logical printer in association with identification information unique to the logical printer and name information of the logical printer in a storage area that is managed with respect to each user by an operating system, and a deletion unit configured to delete unnecessary information that is stored in the storage area based on the identification information unique to the logical printer and the name information of the logical printer. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160105571 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING A REPROGRAPHIC JOB - Device for receiving a reprographic job comprising a first processing step on a media by a first processing apparatus and a second, subsequent processing step on the media by a second processing apparatus, wherein the media that are to be output by the first processing apparatus are to be subjected to media handling operations between the first processing step and the second processing step comprising unloading from the first processing apparatus, intermediate media handling operations, and loading in the second processing apparatus; the device comprising: a controller arranged for creating or receiving the reprographic job; the controller being further arranged to access a storage storing configuration information on the second processing apparatus, the configuration information relating to loading media in the second processing apparatus; wherein the controller is arranged to specify the first processing step in the first specification in the reprographic job in order to simplify the media handling operations. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160105572 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING THESE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus, in a case where in a remote control instruction received from an information processing apparatus that controls a maintenance, a screen to be displayed next is a restricted screen, if a predetermined input is not accepted from a user of the image forming apparatus, does not display the restricted screen to the operation unit, and if the predetermined input is accepted, does display the restricted screen to the operation unit. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160105573 | MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A management apparatus configured to communicate with a plurality of information processing apparatuses generates common data to be set into the plurality of information processing apparatuses in common and individual data to be individually set into any one of the plurality of information processing apparatuses, in such a manner that the common data and the individual data are associated with an installation location, identification information for identifying an information processing apparatus to be set being not finalized for the any one of the plurality of information processing apparatuses. The management apparatus registers and manages the common data and the individual data in a storage unit. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160105574 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus comprising a plurality of devices driven by power and configured to be operated in: 1) a standby mode in which the image forming apparatus stands by a start of an image formation; or 2) a power saving mode in which power supply to a part of the plurality of devices is stopped so that the power consumption of the image forming apparatus in the power saving mode is reduced compared with that of the image forming apparatus in the standby mode. The image forming apparatus further including a door which is opened when consumable material is supplied, and a door opened/closed sensor configured to detect the door opening or door closing. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160105575 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A second display control section of a multifunction printer switches from a first display process in which an external browser screen is displayed on a display section to a second display process in which an internal browser screen is displayed on the display section, and displays the internal browser screen on the display section according to the state of a paper feeding cassette and a cover member which are operated, when a change in state of the paper feeding cassette and the cover member is sensed by an event generation section while executing the first display process. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160105576 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING AN IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A request for data of an operation screen is transmitted to a Web server, and as a response to the request, data of the operation screen, which includes a plurality of components is received from the Web server. The operation screen is displayed based on the received data of the operation screen, and one of the plurality of components in the displayed operation screen is designated in accordance with an operation by a user. Voice output is performed based on content of voice output associated with the designated component. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160105577 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A multifunction peripheral (MFP) acquires a display setting of an operation unit in the MFP, which is associated with a user at a client terminal, when accessed from the client terminal. The MFP performs control so that display of an operation screen of the MFP in the client terminal becomes display according to the acquired display setting of the operation unit. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160105582 | JOB PROCESSING APPARATUS, JOB PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING JOB PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - If a storage period of data held in a holding unit elapses and the data is deleted from the holding unit after a user logs out of a job processing apparatus, the user cannot easily recognize that there is deleted data. A method for controlling the job processing apparatus includes holding in the holding unit a job associated with a user, storing in a first storing unit identification information for identifying a user associated with a job deleted from the holding unit, storing in a second storing unit identification information for identifying a user associated with a job of which holding in the holding unit has failed, notifying based on the identification information stored in the first storing unit a user that the job is deleted, and notifying based on the identification information stored in the second storing unit a user that the holding of the job has failed. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160110138 | TECHNIQUE FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND PRINTER - An information processing device may receive, from a server, identification information for identifying an image file being stored in the server and status information indicating a print process status of the image file, display a first screen indicating these information, and send a change instruction to the server. The change instruction may be for changing status information of a designated image file into a first status indicating where a print process for an image file has not been performed. The information processing device may send print instruction information and authentication information to a printer. The print instruction information may be for causing the printer to acquire print data from the server. The authentication information may be used by the printer to acquire the print data from the server. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160110139 | Device Control System, a Printer, and a Control Method of the Device Control System - A device control system has a terminal | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160110142 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming system according to an embodiment includes a data creation section that creates document data. A print instruction section sends instructions to print the document data. A printing mode determination section determines a printing mode of the document data based on property information of the document data. A selection section selects for printing the document data with one of a non-erasable image forming section and an erasable image forming section based on the determined printing mode. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160110145 | Device Control System And A Control Method of The Device Control System - A device control system has a terminal | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160110320 | Workflow automation at a multifunction printer via a composite document - A composite document comprises a publicly posted composite document including a plurality of parts, a map-file for each participant in a workflow associated with the composite document, and a set of encryption keys. The encryption keys are associated with at least one of the plurality of parts and distributed via the map file to the participants. At least one of the parts of the composite document, associated with the encryption keys, includes workflow processing instructions. The workflow processing instructions are enactable by the multifunction printer independent of a server and automate at east some steps of the workflow for participant at the multifunction printer via resident functions of the multifunction printer. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160112583 | Image Forming Apparatus That Achieves Pull Print without Using Server Computer, and Image Forming System and Recording Medium - An image forming apparatus includes a print device, a communication device, a print executing circuit, a job managing circuit, and an another-apparatus transmitting circuit. The print device executes print on a recording medium. The communication device performs communications. The print executing circuit causes the print device to perform a print job addressing a first port number received by the communication device. The job managing circuit manages a print job addressing a second port number received by the communication device. The second port number is different from the first port number. The another-apparatus transmitting circuit transmits the print job managed by the job managing circuit to another image forming apparatus upon request from the other image forming apparatus via the communication device. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160112584 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CLOUD PRINTING SERVICE - Provided is an image forming system operable to provide a cloud printing service, the image forming system comprising: a transmitting device operable to transmit content by designating a target phone number; a cloud printing server operable to receive the target phone number and the content from the transmitting device; a receiving device assigned with the target phone number and operable to receive an upload notification of the content with respect to the target phone number from the cloud printing server; and an image forming device operable to print the content by receiving the content from the cloud printing server, wherein the cloud printing server transmits the content to the image forming device registered in the target phone number when the cloud printing service is requested for the content to the target phone number. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160112585 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CLOUD PRINTING SERVICE - Provided is an image forming system operable to provide a cloud printing service, the image forming system comprising: a transmitting device operable to transmit content by designating a target phone number; a cloud printing server operable to receive the target phone number and the content from the transmitting device; a receiving device assigned with the target phone number and operable to receive an upload notification of the content with respect to the target phone number from the cloud printing server; and an image forming device operable to print the content by receiving the content from the cloud printing server, wherein the cloud printing server transmits the content to the image forming device registered in the target phone number when the cloud printing service is requested for the content to the target phone number. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160112590 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF SETTING VARIOUS PROCESSES USING OPERATION SCREEN, PORTABLE TERMINAL, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - An image processing apparatus that is capable of reducing a user's burden about setting of setting information while maintaining a desired security level about the setting information. An operation screen displays information. A holding unit holds setting information about a job when a user logs out from the image processing apparatus during execution of the job. A display control unit displays the setting information held by the holding unit on the operation screen when the user who logged out from the image processing apparatus during execution of the job logs in to the image processing apparatus again, and to restrict the displaying on the operation screen when a user other than the user who logged out from the image processing apparatus logs in to the image processing apparatus. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160117134 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND SYSTEM - An image forming apparatus instructs job execution, and determines whether processing for performing the job execution is executable in the image forming apparatus. In a case where it is determined that the processing is not executable in the image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus transmits to a server data for performing the job execution. The image forming apparatus determines whether a job exists in a job list, and transmits to the server a deletion request of the data transmitted to the server, using a result of the determination and a detection result of logout. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160117135 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION ON FILE OR JOB - An information processing apparatus which can be connected to a first network includes a connection acceptance portion which accepts connection to the first network from a first device, a job acceptance portion which accepts a job output from the first device connected to the first network to a second network different from the first network, and a transfer portion which transfers, when the job is a job held in a second holding portion included in the second network and designated to be executed in response to acceptance of an execution instruction from a user in the second network, the job to a first holding portion such that the job is held in the first holding portion included in the first network. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160117136 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACHIEVING TAP-TO-PRINT FUNCTIONALITY ON A MOBILE DEVICE - A method of printing a document from a mobile device coupling the mobile device to a print device. The method may also include launching a tap-to-print application software on the mobile device in response to the coupling, identifying a document to be printed via the tap-to-print application, and transmitting the document to be printed to the print device by the tap-to-print application. The tap-to-print application does not modify an operating system of the mobile device. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160117138 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING MIMIC DRIVEN OPERATIONS IN DIGITAL IMAGING DEVICES - Systems and methods for facilitating processing of at least one value of attribute(s) on a device such as an imaging device or a printing device. A method includes providing a GUI including graphical format object(s) corresponding to a number of attributes on a display device associated with the device. The method further includes allowing a user to manipulate the graphical format object(s) by dragging the graphical format object(s) of the GUI. The method also includes creating a graphical representation for the attributes based on the manipulation of the graphical format objects by the user. The method also includes defining one or more values of the attributes based on the graphical representation. Further, the method includes saving the graphical representation and the values of the attributes. One or more operations can be executed on the device based on the saved graphical representation and the values of the attributes. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160119489 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming system includes a terminal device and an image forming device. The image forming device includes a file returning unit that returns a PDL file of a print job to the source terminal device which had sent the print job as a comparison PDL file through a network. The terminal device includes a file transmitting unit that temporarily stores the PDL file of the print job in a first memory as a reference PDL file on transmission of the PDL file of the print job to the image forming device through the network, a file judging unit that judges whether or not the comparison PDL file returned from the image forming device matches with the reference PDL file, and a file storing unit that stores the comparison PDL file in the first memory if the comparison PDL file does not match with the reference PDL file. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160119490 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS HAVING FILE SERVER FUNCTION, AND CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR - An image processing apparatus having a file server function and capable of using a path notification function according to the way in which the image processing apparatus is utilized by a user. The image forming apparatus does not perform a URI notification, if an image data file is stored into a storage unit of the apparatus via the file server function, or if the file is stored via the file server function from an unregistered data storage source, or if the file was not created by an MFP job, or if the file is stored via the file server function and has a registered file type. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160119491 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing system includes an acquisition unit, a first specifying unit, a second specifying unit, and a display controller. The acquisition unit acquires device specifying information. Based on first correspondence information in which each the device specifying information is associated with first function information representing a function that the device has, the first specifying unit specifies the first function information associated with the device specifying information acquired by the acquisition unit. Based on second correspondence information in which each application is associated with second function information representing a function necessary to use the application, the second specifying unit specifies an application associated with the second function information representing a function contained in the first function information specified by the first specifying unit. The display controller performs control for displaying an application list screen for providing the application specified by the second specifying unit on the device. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160119492 | DESKTOP INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD THEREOF - In accordance with one embodiment, a desktop information processing apparatus comprises a touch panel display, an insertion section, a scanning section, an image processing section, a discharging section and a control section. The display surface of the touch panel display is on the upper surface of the top plate of the desktop information processing. An original sheet is inserted into the insertion section. The scanning section reads the surface of the sheet inserted into the insertion section. The image processing section carries out an image processing for the sheet. The discharging section discharges the sheet processed by the image processing section. The control section controls the operation or display on the touch panel display and controls the operations of the image processing section based on the operation. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160119498 | DISPLAY INPUT APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM WITH DISPLAY INPUT CONTROL PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON - A display input apparatus includes a display section, a touch panel, a gesture acceptance section, a display control section, a job generating section, a communication section, and a communication control section. The job generating section is configured to, when a slide gesture in a predetermined first direction is made on a candidate image, generate an image formation job based on a piece of data represented by the candidate image. The display control section is configured to, when the slide gesture in the first direction is made on the candidate image, allow the display section to display a pending image indicating a piece of data pending on an image forming apparatus and thereafter, when the communication section receives a report indicating a completion of the image formation job, allow the display section to eliminate the display of the pending image. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160119504 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided an information processing apparatus and a control method thereof. The information processing apparatus and a control method acquires user information from an external apparatus by using near field wireless communication, determines how to handle the acquired user information according to a type of a screen displayed by a display unit. For example, when the displayed screen is an authentication screen, authentication processing is executed by using the acquired user information. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160124685 | Method for transmitting print data, server and mobile terminal - The invention relates to a method for transmitting print data, a server ( | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160124690 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROOFREADING DOCUMENT - There is provided a management system for managing a manuscript of a book in a plurality of steps, works serially performed on the manuscript being divided into the steps, the management system comprising: a print control unit configured to generate data for printing out sheets in response to receiving a print request of manuscript data, respective pages in the manuscript data being incorporated in the sheets, wherein the manuscript data is generated by digitizing the manuscript including the respective pages, and the respective sheets include identification information items which are made unique on a sheet-by-sheet basis and used for determining properness of the respective sheets, the identification information items indicating a step among the steps which includes a work most lately performed. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160124692 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DISCHARGE DESTINATION DISPLAY METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes an inquiry portion, a determination portion, and a discharge destination display portion. The inquiry portion inquires a terminal device as a transmission source of a print job as to whether or not another terminal device exists near a terminal device. The determination portion, when the other terminal device exists, determines whether or not the other terminal device is included in a transmission destination of a print job of a printed matter existing in a discharge destination, based on the present state of a discharge destination. The discharge destination display portion, when the other terminal device is included in the transmission destination of the print job of the printed matter existing in the discharge destination, displays a discharge destination of a printed matter corresponding to the other terminal device, and user identification information of a user who owns the other terminal device. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160124693 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus comprises: an editing unit that accepts editing of a workflow formed by a plurality of jobs which are to be processed in one or a plurality of job processing apparatuses; an obtaining unit that obtains pieces of history information from the processed jobs; an extraction unit that extracts, from the obtained pieces of history information, a series of jobs having a job type arrangement in common with a job of interest out of the plurality of jobs forming the edited workflow and at least one of the jobs preceding or succeeding the job of interest; and a setting unit that sets a setting, selected by a user out of the displayed settings, as the setting of the job of interest. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160124694 | Configurable Document Server - A configurable document server is described. In some embodiments, the configurable document server can enable administrators to set an option that prevents documents from being routed to users when the configurable document server experiences some types of errors. When the configurable document server determines that such an error condition exists, it may prevent the routing of the corresponding document. By preventing documents causing errors from being routed, the configurable document server enables administrators to improve the accuracy of document workflow and thereby improve productivity of users. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160127572 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing system includes a vote adding portion, a vote reception portion, a vote determination portion, and a default registration portion. The vote adding portion adds a vote key indicating whether image data is good or bad, to the image data. The vote reception portion displays, of the vote key, a goodness key indicating that the image data is good, in a selectable manner, and receives selection of the goodness key. The vote determination portion counts the number of votes to the goodness key and determines whether or not the counted number of votes to the goodness key is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value. When the number of votes is equal to or greater than the threshold value, the default registration portion automatically registers a setting condition for the image reading of the transmitted image data as an initial setting condition. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160127573 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus has a judgment portion, a job control portion, and an operation portion. When print data is received by a reception portion, the judgment portion checks whether or not a detection portion is outputting a detection signal. When the detection portion is found to be outputting the detection signal, the job control portion inhibits a printing portion from executing the print job for the print data received by the reception portion and instead stores the print data in a storage portion. The operation portion accepts an instruction to print for an image represented by the print data stored in the storage portion. When the instruction is entered on the operation portion, the job control portion makes the printing portion execute a print job for the print data stored in the storage portion. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160127574 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING - An information processing system includes: an operation unit that receives an operational input; and an main body unit that operates depending on the operational input, wherein, the operation unit includes a first setting manager that transmits, to the main body unit, first setting information in which setting information of at least one operation unit application which is an application working in the operation unit is integrated and the main body unit includes a second setting manager that outputs second setting information in which setting information of at least one main body unit application which is an application working in the main body unit and the first setting information is integrated. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160127575 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION CONDITION SETTING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a speed detecting portion and a communication condition setting portion. The speed detecting portion performs wireless communications with a communication device in a plurality of predetermined frequency bands and detects communication speeds of the wireless communications that respectively correspond to the plurality of predetermined frequency bands. The communication condition setting portion sets a frequency band that corresponds to a highest communication speed among the communication speeds detected by the speed detecting portion, as a communication frequency band to be used in wireless communications that are performed to transmit and receive image data to/from the communication device. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160127576 | NETWORK SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS - An image formation apparatus includes: a controller configured to control apparatus operation; and an analyzer configured to analyze maintenance information depending on the apparatus when an event requiring maintenance occurs in the apparatus. The maintenance information includes solutions to the event requiring the maintenance. The analyzer determines the order of application of the solutions to the apparatus. The controller controls the apparatus operation based on the order of application of the solutions determined as a result of the analysis by the analyzer. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160127578 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND TRANSLATION SYSTEM - An image forming apparatus connected over a network to an information processing apparatus, which translates source text information to be translated, includes a reading unit, a transmitter, and an output unit. The reading unit reads image information from an original document. The transmitter transmits partial image information read from a part of the original to the information processing apparatus at a point in time when the partial image information has been read. The receiver receives, from the information processing apparatus, partial translated information obtained by translating source text information contained in the partial image information. The output unit outputs the received partial translated information. The reading unit reads the image information from the original even while the partial image information is transmitted to the information processing apparatus. When the reading unit has completed reading the image information, the transmitter transmits the reading-completed image information to the information processing apparatus. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160127579 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image file naming rule is set by setting each of a plurality of items that configure a file name. It is determined whether or not any one of the plurality of items includes an item for which information that defines the file name to be unique is set. If it is determined that none of the plurality of items includes the item for which information that defines the file name to be unique is set upon changing information set in a target item of the plurality of items, information that can be set for the target item is restricted. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160127580 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF USING SAME - At least one image processing apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store configuration information of an image forming apparatus, a return unit configured to return the image processing apparatus from a power saving state when the image processing apparatus detects a predetermined condition, and a request unit configured to transmit a request for acquiring the configuration information of the image forming apparatus to the image forming apparatus when the return unit returns the image processing apparatus from the power saving state. The image forming apparatus includes a transmission unit configured to transmit the configuration information of the image forming apparatus to the image processing apparatus based on the request transmitted by the request unit. Further, the image processing apparatus includes an update unit configured to update the configuration information stored in the storage unit by using the configuration information of the image forming apparatus transmitted by the transmission unit. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160127581 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A technique for automatically activating an application corresponding to an operation that a user is attempting to perform in a communication apparatus when connecting to an information processing apparatus from the communication apparatus using a short-range wireless communication is provided. A mobile device connects to an image forming apparatus by NFC, obtains from the image forming apparatus by NFC communication connection information (handover information) for connecting to the image forming apparatus by WiFi, and performs a handover from NFC communication to WiFi communication. The mobile device receives from the image forming apparatus by WiFi communication information indicating a number of print jobs that the image forming apparatus holds, determines, based on the received information, an application to be activated from a plurality of applications that use WiFi communication after the handover, and activates the determined application. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160127583 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image processing apparatus includes a storage configured to store a setting of various functions of the image processing apparatus; a first receiver configured to receive operation information for changing the setting stored in the storage via a network; a changer configured to change the setting stored in the storage based on the operation information received by the first receiver; a second receiver configured to receive, through an input unit provided in the image processing apparatus, a display operation of displaying the setting stored in the storage; and a notifier configured to notify, when the second receiver receives the display operation after the setting is changed by the operation information, that the setting has been changed by the operation information. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160127584 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR PERFORMING PRINTING BASED ON COLLECTION SETTINGS - A controller in an image forming apparatus, which stores print data generated based on a collection setting received from an external apparatus and performs printing in response to an instruction from a user, acquires information about the collection setting of the print data, uses information about the collection setting and coordinate information contained in each of drawing commands included in the print data to divide the drawing command for each page, and lays out, when an instruction to change the collection setting has been issued to the print data by the user, the divided drawing commands based on the instruction to change the collection setting. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160127586 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROCESSING IMAGE SELECTION METHOD - Provided is an image forming apparatus with which, in selecting one of plural processing image areas in one image, even an inexpensive display unit will not lower the convenience. An information processing part of image forming apparatus includes a division number questioning part, answer receiving part, image dividing part, key highlighting part, processing image selection part, and reporting display part. Division number questioning part makes a question about a required image division number. Answer receiving part receives an answer. Image dividing part displays image, dividing it into plural processing image areas by the required image division number answered. Key highlighting part highlights keys corresponding to processing image areas. Processing image selection part selects processing image area corresponding to a key operated, as processing object. Upon a highlighted key being operated, reporting display part reports that processing image area corresponding to that key is selected as processing object. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160127596 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus is configured to adjust a data size of a facsimile transmission job. The data size exceeds a buffer size of an image processing apparatus if the acquired data size of the facsimile transmission job is smaller than or equal to the acquired buffer size of the image processing apparatus, and transmit the facsimile transmission job to the image processing apparatus. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160127600 | POINT OF SALE PLATFORM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A computer-implemented method for pairing a point of sale printer with a client device, using two-way identification, is disclosed. The method comprises receiving, using the point of sale printer and a wireless communication protocol, a request to pair the point of sale printer. The method also comprises deriving, using the point of sale printer, the client device, and a device pairing protocol, a shared secret at the client device and the point of sale printer. The method also comprises printing, using the point of sale printer and upon deriving the shared secret, client device association information on a printout. The method also comprises receiving, using the client device and the printout, the client device association information. The method also comprises associating the point of sale printer and the client device using the client device association information as received using the client device. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160127604 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR PERFORMING SPECIFIC PROCESS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a processor having a plurality of cores, each having different specifications. The image processing apparatus further includes a first estimator that estimates a processing capability of each of the plurality of cores, a second estimator that estimates, based on the processing capability of each of the plurality of cores, a required time for each of the plurality of cores to perform a specific process, and a controller. The plurality of cores comprises one or more candidate cores. The required time for each of the one or more candidate cores is equal to or less than a threshold. The controller controls one of the one or more candidate cores to perform the specific process. The required time of the candidate core that performs the specific process is the longest among the one or more candidate cores. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160132274 | PRINTING IN A DISTRIBUTED COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A method and system is provided for printing jobs received from enterprise customers through a global printing network. One aspect relates to an architecture that interfaces customers, communication service firms (CSFs), and downstream digital print service providers (PSPs) in a global communications network. Such an architecture permits last-mile production functions that allow the distribution of print jobs to be optimized, containing costs, maintaining quality, and performing billing functions that improve the quality of such networks and make a global print network feasible. As a result, Enterprise customers benefit from lower costs and global sourcing while print service providers and graphics service firms benefit from increased revenue due to increased utilization of the overall global network.7 | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160134763 | OFFLOADED DATA ENTRY FOR SCANNED DOCUMENTS - Embodiments described herein provide the capability to offload a data entry activity from a Multi-Function Printer (MFP) to a remote computing device, such as a user's computer, tablet, smartphone, etc. In one embodiment, the MFP generates a scan of a document for a user, and holds the scanned document pending a data entry activity that assigns metadata to the scanned document. The MFP identifies a remote computing device for performing the data entry activity by the user, provides a notification to the remote computing device requesting the metadata for the scanned document, and receives the metadata from the remote computing device. The MFP assigns the metadata to the scanned document, and to release the scanned document to a scan destination. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160134766 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS HAVING USER LOGIN FUNCTION, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus which is capable of improving ease of operation for users and also improving security when destinations are made public. The image processing apparatus is shared by a plurality of users and capable of selecting a destination from a plurality of address books and carrying out file transmission to the destination. It is determined whether or not a user has logged in, and when it is determined that the user has logged in, only personal addresses for the logged-in user are displayed on a display unit. The personal destinations displayed on the display unit are switched to destinations other than the personal destinations according to selection by the user. When it is determined that the user has not logged in, all destinations which are registered in the plurality of address books are displayed on the display unit. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160139856 | Synchronized Order Batching Mechanism - A method disclosed. The method includes receiving a plurality of jobs at a printing environment, collecting a first set of the plurality jobs at a first filter based on one or more job properties, generating a first batch of one or more jobs to be processed from a first set of jobs in the first filter based on one or more job properties specified in a first sub-filter component of the first filter and generating a second batch of one or more jobs to be processed from a second set of jobs in the first filter based on one or more job properties specified in a second sub-filter component of the first filter. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160139857 | PRINT APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING A PRINT APPARATUS, AND A NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A print unit configured to print an image on a sheet; an operation unit configured to accept an instruction from a user; a control unit configured to cause printing by the print unit to stop based on acceptance of a print stop instruction via the operation unit, and to cause printing by the print unit to resume based on acceptance of a print resume instruction via the operation unit; and an acquisition unit configured to acquire a number of copies printed from when the print unit started printing to when printing is stopped by the control unit are comprised. The control unit, after causing printing by the print unit to resume, causes printing by the print unit to stop based on the number of copies that the acquisition unit acquired. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160139858 | JOB PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR JOB PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - Job information being information concerning a processed job is managed together with an attribute that indicates whether the job information is printed or unprinted. Out of the managed pieces of job information of jobs, job information having an attribute indicating unprinted state is printed and the attribute of the printed job information is updated so as to indicate printed state. Out of the managed pieces of job information of jobs, when an instruction to print job information of a job corresponding to a logged-in user is received, the job information corresponding to the user is printed and the attribute of the printed job information is not updated. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160139859 | CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM - A control apparatus includes a first predicting unit configured to predict a rasterizing time for each of predetermined units of processing of a first print job, an allocating unit configured to allocate a plurality of divided jobs acquired by dividing the first print job into the units of the processing to a plurality of rasterizing units, an acquiring unit configured to acquire an actual value of a rasterization speed of each of the rasterizing units, and a second predicting unit configured to predict completion times of rasterization processing of a second print job in each of the rasterizing units based on the actual values of the rasterization speed of each of the rasterizing units and processing states of each of the rasterizing units. In this case, the allocating unit divides and allocates the print jobs to each of the rasterizing units based on the prediction results. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160139861 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD - An information processing system includes first and second information processing apparatuses. The first information processing apparatus transmits a request for status notification to the second information processing apparatus, which transmits a response of the status notification to the first information processing apparatus. The second information processing apparatus transmits a header of the response to the first information processing apparatus when receiving the request for the status notification from the first information processing apparatus, and transmits a part of a body of the response to the first information processing apparatus in response to the occurrence of a status change to be reported in the second information apparatus. The part of the body includes information on the status change. The second information processing apparatus transmits a last part of the body of the response to the first information processing apparatus when the status notification becomes unnecessary. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160139863 | METHOD FOR OBTAINING A PRINT PROCESSING TIME AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING A PRINT FUNCTION - Disclosed are a method for obtaining print processing time and an electronic device having a print function which can be connected with a printer. The method comprises: executing a print instruction to make the printer perform a print operation on a first file while the current system time of the electronic device is recorded, referred to as time | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160139865 | HOST DEVICE, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - Text data is acquired from print request data, print content is expressed as raster data and print data is generated using a printer command based on the print request data, the acquired text data is added to the print data using the command, and the print data is sent with the text data to the printer. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160142563 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM WITH IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CONTROL PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON - An image forming apparatus includes an image reading section, a storage section, a communication section, an acceptance section, and an operation control section. The storage section has a plurality of storage regions at least one of which is associated one-to-one with one or more digital signage devices. The operation control section is configured to, when the acceptance section accepts a delivery instruction, allow the image reading section to read an original document and generate image data from the read original document, allow the storage section to store the image data generated by the image reading section in the one or more respective storage regions associated with the one or more digital signage devices designated in the delivery instruction, and allow the communication section to send the image data stored in the one or more associated storage regions to the one or more respective digital signage devices. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160142564 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM WITH IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CONTROL PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON - An image forming apparatus includes an image reading section, a storage section, a communication section, an acceptance section, and an operation control section. The storage section has a plurality of storage regions at least one or more of which are signage-specific storage regions associated one-to-one with one or more digital signage devices. Each of the signage-specific storage region stores: a plurality of pieces of image data generated by the image reading section having read a number of documents; and setting data indicating a display setting of how the relevant digital signage device displays the pieces of image data. When the acceptance section accepts a delivery instruction, the operation control section allows the communication section to send the pieces of image data and the setting data both stored in the signage-specific storage region associated with the relevant digital signage device designated in the delivery instruction to the relevant digital signage device. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160142565 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM WITH IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CONTROL PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON - An image forming apparatus includes an image reading section, a storage section, a communication section, an acceptance section, and an operation control section. The storage section has a plurality of storage regions at least one or more of which are signage-specific storage regions associated one-to-one with the one or more digital signage devices. Each of the signage-specific storage regions stores the image data generated by the image reading section having read the original document. The operation control section is further configured to, when the acceptance section accepts the delivery instruction, allow the communication section to send the image data stored in the signage-specific storage region associated with the individual digital signage device designated in the delivery instruction to the digital signage device designated in the delivery instruction and allow the storage section to store the delivery instruction as history information in the associated signage-specific storage region. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160142566 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE DATA RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING CONTROL PROGRAM STORED THEREON - There is provided an image forming apparatus capable of improving the operability at the time of transition from a currently-displayed image to another image as compared with the conventional technique. The image forming apparatus includes: a display unit; an operation accepting unit for accepting an operation indicating that display of an image currently displayed on the display unit is unnecessary; a generating unit for generating, based on the operation, a menu showing image candidates to which transition from the currently-displayed image can be made; a menu display unit for displaying the menu on the currently-displayed image; a selection accepting unit for accepting an operation for selecting a particular image from the candidates; and an image display unit for displaying the particular image on the display unit based on the operation for selecting. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160142567 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus containing a web server is provided. The image processing apparatus regularly notifies a web browser of an operation instruction. When it is determined that setting processing of a set value for an operation of the image processing apparatus is attached, whether or not there is a set value saved on the web browser is checked. When it is confirmed that there is a set value saved on the web browser, the web browser is caused to transmit the set value to the image processing apparatus. When the set value transmitted from the web browser is reflected on the image processing apparatus, the set value saved on the web browser is deleted. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160142568 | Terminal and Method to Access an Intelligent Module Adapted to Connect to a Printer, and to Access a Web Server in Which a Web Application is Maintained - A terminal uses a web application to control a printer on a network. The web application includes an API that permits the terminal to send instruction and inquiries to the printer over the network. The terminal submits, to the API, the printer's IP address and instructions for defining a print document or printer commands. The API then sends the print document or printer commands to the printer in accordance with the IP address. In this manner, the terminal can request status updates without sending a print job to the printer. The terminal sets the printer's ID address, identifies a type of status event inquiry, and submits the inquiry to receive the printer's current status related to the identified status event. To submit a print job, the terminal creates a print document using the API, sets the printer's ID address, and sends the print document as a print job to be printed. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160142572 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a sheet accommodating portion that is attachable to and removable from an apparatus body and that is capable of accommodating a sheet therein; a detecting part that detects the presence/absence of a sheet in the sheet accommodating portion; a fixing part that fixes the status of detection by the detecting part to a sheet absent state when the sheet accommodating portion is not attached to the apparatus body; an informing part that informs a user of the status of the apparatus; and a control part that causes the informing part to inform the user of the possibility of a sheet left in the apparatus when the status of detection by the detecting part changes from a sheet present state to the sheet absent state during standby when printing is not performed. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160142573 | IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - An image reading device includes: a transport path; a reading member that reads an image of a document at a reading position on the transport path, and that includes a light source movable with respect to the reading position in a sub scanning direction which extends along a document transport direction and being capable of reading at positions in the vertical scanning direction; a reflecting member that has a reflecting surface that faces the reading member; a movement controller that controls the reading member so as to move the light source with respect to the reading position before the document is transported to the reading position when the reading member reads the image; a dust determination unit that determines presence of dust; and an announcement member that announces presence of dust to a user when dust is present. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160142575 | APPARATUS THAT PRODUCES GUIDANCE DISPLAY INTERLOCKED WITH HUMAN SENSOR, CONTROL METHOD OF THE APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An apparatus having a plurality of operation modes including at least a normal power mode and a power-saving mode in which power consumption is lower than that in the normal power mode comprises: a human sensor configured to detect a person who exists within a predetermined range of the apparatus; a communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with external equipment that is held above the apparatus; a first guidance display unit configured to indicate a position where the external equipment is held above by lighting; and a control unit configured to control, in the case where the human sensor detects a person in the power-saving mode, the communication unit to enter a state where communication with the external equipment can be performed and the first guidance display unit to turn the light on. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160147485 | METHOD AND DEVICE TO LOCATE A PRINT JOB IN A PRINTING CENTER - In a method or print job administrator to determine status of a print job, a print job is printed on a recording medium. An ID of a transport on which the recording medium is located is determined, the recording medium being printed to according to the print job. The transport has a positioner. A position of the transport is determined using the positioner, the positioner comprising an active RFID transponder arranged at the transport and supplied with power. The determining of the position of transport includes receipt of position data with regard to the position of the transport from a plurality of distributed RFID readers. The determining of the position of the transport occurs by using the position data of the plurality of distributed RFID readers. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160147486 | PRINTING APPARATUS ENABLING TWO-SIDED PRINTING, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - A printing apparatus that is capable of performing a printing process efficiently. The printing apparatus is capable of two-sided printing. A reception unit receives image data. A printing unit prints an image on a sheet based on the image data received. A timer unit measures elapsed time. A control unit instructs the printing unit to print a first side of a first sheet. The control unit decides whether printing of a second side of the first sheet or printing of a first side of a second sheet will be instructed following the printing of the first side of the first sheet based on whether the reception unit receives image data that should be printed on the first side of the second sheet before the elapsed time measured by the timer unit reaches a predetermined time period after instructing the printing unit to print the first side of the first sheet. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160147488 | Collaborative Remote Maintenance of Printing Devices via Communication with Multiple Servers - Example systems and related methods may relate to controlling a printing device remotely during real-time communication session. Namely, a system may include a first server and a second server. The first server may include an application configured to provide a user interface. The second server may be configured to communicate with the first server and a plurality of printer devices according to a data transport protocol. A request that includes a printer device identifier may be received by a controller. Based on the printer device identifier, a target printer device may be determined from the plurality of printer devices. A communication session may be established between the first server, the second server, and the target printer device. The communication session is configured according to the data transport protocol. The controller may be configured to control the target printer device based on the communication session. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160147489 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR WIRELESSLY INITIATING PRINTING AT A PRINTER - A system-in-a-package including a printed circuit board, a receiver, a processor, a baseband module, an image module and a transmitter. The printed circuit board is configured to be mounted within a printer. The receiver (i) receives a first radio frequency signal wirelessly transmitted to the printer from a network device, and (ii) generates a first baseband signal based on the first radio frequency signal. The processor generates a second baseband signal based on the first baseband signal. The baseband module generates a data signal based on the first baseband signal. The image module processes the data signal to implement physical printing via a print mechanism. The transmitter (i) generates a second radio frequency signal based on the second baseband signal, and (ii) transmits the second radio frequency signal from the system-in-a-package to the network device. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160150100 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION MONITORING SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION MONITORING CIRCUIT - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a controller including a master unit and a slave unit, and a serial communication line connecting the master unit and the slave unit and used in serial communication. The master unit includes an arithmetic module that generates first serial data to be transmitted to the slave unit to monitor serial communication, and monitors whether the first serial data has been successfully received in accordance with second serial data received from the slave unit. The slave unit includes a pulse signal output module that outputs pulse signals for a number of pulses which is set from the first serial data, an analog voltage output module that receives the pulse signals, changes an analog voltage in accordance with the number of pulses, and outputs the analog voltage, and an analog/digital conversion module that converts the analog voltage into the second serial data. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160150101 | IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING IMAGE READING DEVICE - An image reading device includes: first and second conductive members provided so as to be opposed to each other at a predetermined position at pivot end side in cover portion in state where the cover portion is in first attitude, the first conductive member being provided in image reading portion and electrically conducted to first housing, the second conductive member being provided in the cover portion and electrically conducted to second housing; magnetic force generating portion and first magnetic force control portion configured to bias the second conductive member in a direction toward a predetermined reference position at which upper surface of the image reading portion and a cover surface are in contact with each other when the document cover is in the first attitude; and a holding portion configured to hold the second conductive member when the document cover is brought from the first attitude into a second attitude. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160150103 | PRINTING SERVER, PRINTING MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND DATA STORAGE PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing server includes a scan data receiving portion that receives, via the Internet, a set of scan data resulting from canning of a document; a storage server communication portion that transmits the set of scan data to a storage server that stores data therein in a state in which the data is ready for being downloaded by an external terminal; a printing data generation portion that, on the basis of the set of scan data, generates a set of printing data in accordance with which a printer performs printing; and a printer communication portion that transmits the set of printing data to a printer corresponding to a designated e-mail address. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160150104 | Relay Connection System and Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Recording Medium - Disclosed is a relay connection system including: a server; one or more job processing devices; and a terminal device, wherein each job processing device blinks the light emitting unit in accordance with each blinking pattern, the terminal device recognizes the blinking pattern of the light emitting unit by shooting the job processing device, and transmits a connection request including the recognized blinking pattern and an address of the terminal device, to the server, the server registers an address of the job processing device and the blinking pattern of the job processing device, in case that the server receives the connection request, the server checks whether a coincident blinking pattern which is coincident with the blinking pattern included in the connection request is registered, and in case that the coincident blinking pattern is registered, the server relays the communication between the terminal device and the job processing device. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160150105 | DATA COMMUNICATION DEVICE, DATA COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A data communication device includes a communication unit that performs a communication in accordance with a standard of a short-range wireless communication; a storage unit that stores therein, among profiles that conform to the standard of the short-range wireless communication and that define a method of using a protocol, a first profile in which multiple services are settable and in which identification information is related to the services; and an arbitrating unit that, when an application is to be installed, adds or updates a service used by the application with regard to the first profile in accordance with the identification information that is related to the service. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160150116 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXECUTING AND CONTROLLING SEQUENTIAL PROCESSING - A flow application receives an event generated by an MFP. If a type of data relating to the event is an expansion program including a definition file, and if an event type is installation, the flow application registers an object associated with the definition file included in the expansion program according to installation of the expansion program. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160150121 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image processing device is provided that allows a user to readily know identification information of the image processing device without performing any particular operation on the image processing device. Each of image processing devices includes a motion sensor which detects a person, a display unit, and a control unit which causes the display unit to display identification information for distinguishing the image processing device from other image processing devices in response to detection of the person by the motion sensor. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160154611 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160154612 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160154613 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160154618 | METHOD OF QUICKLY CONFIGURING AN RFID PRINTER | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160156788 | SETTING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SETTING DEVICE AND CLEAR-COAT SETTING METHOD | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160156789 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160156790 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, TERMINAL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHODS THEREOF, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160156791 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM THAT ENSURES REDUCED COUNT OF TIMES OF BAND PROCESSING | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160156792 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM THAT SUPPORT OPERATION OF USERS | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160156793 | OPERATION DISPLAY APPARATUS AND INPUT METHOD THERETO | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160156807 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160156808 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160162220 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There are provided a printing apparatus which holds a job, determines whether attribution information of a sheet to be used by the stored job is registered for a sheet storage unit, judges whether a sheet exists in a sheet storage unit to be used by the job, and notifies a result of the determination and a result of the judgment. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160162221 | PRINTING USING MULTIPLE PRINT PROCESSING RESOURCES - A method of managing an electronic document (ED). The method includes: receiving, by a print manager, the ED and an output location; sending, by the print manager, a first portion of the ED to a plurality of print processing resources (PPRs); receiving, by the print manager, a first raster image file associated with the first portion from a first winning PPR of the plurality of PPRs; sending, by the print manager, an interrupt message to a losing PPR of the plurality of PPRs; and sending, by the print manager, the first raster image file to the output location. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160162222 | METHOD FOR TRACKING OF INTERMEDIATE PRODUCTS IN A PRINTING SYSTEM - A method is provided for processing a print job according to print job specifications by means of production steps on a printing system, the printing system including a plurality of production modules and a user interface, each production module performing a production step in order to deliver a resulting product of the production step. The method includes performing a production step by means of a production module of the plurality of production modules delivering the resulting product, establishing a real-life perspective image of the resulting product taking into account the print job specifications, and displaying the real-life perspective image on the user interface. A printing system is provided for carrying out the method. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160162223 | SYSTEM FOR UTILIZING A CACHE EFFECTIVELY - An information processing system of the present invention includes a data generation device that generates variable data, and a rendering device that performs rendering of the variable data. A first data storing unit of the data generation device stores, as a first correspondence relationship, the generated variable data and identification information for identifying the variable data in association with each other, and a first data management unit manages the first correspondence relationship based on a predetermined management scheme. A cache search unit searches for predetermined variable data from the first correspondence relationship, and a cache hit determination unit determines that rendering data obtained by performing rendering on the variable data is cached when there is predetermined variable data in the first correspondence relationship. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160162224 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - A communication apparatus including a first wireless communication unit that communicates with a partner apparatus by a first wireless communication method, and a second wireless communication unit that communicates with the partner apparatus by a second wireless communication method different from the first wireless communication method, acquires an application identifier from the partner apparatus by the first wireless communication method, executes an application corresponding to the identifier acquired by the identifier acquiring unit, and notifies, using the first wireless communication method, the partner apparatus of network setting information in the second wireless communication method. The communication apparatus communicates with the partner apparatus via a network, the setting information of which has been notified through the notification unit. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160162226 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus installs a printer driver and validates a setting value of a specific function of the printer driver, which is present in a saving region provided by an operating system, based on a setting file including information indicating customization contents of the printer driver. When a print setting screen of the printer driver is opened, the function of the printer driver is customized by performing processing according to a prohibition rule applied to the validated setting value of the specific function in the saving region and a setting value of another function described in a definition file. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160162228 | BEAM SHAPING NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Systems, devices, and related methods for shaping near field interrogation signals are discussed herein. Some embodiments may provide for a printer that includes a housing and a beam shaping near field communication (NFC) device secured with the interior surface. The beam shaping NFC device may include a ferromagnetic component including a core portion and a bottom flange portion. The beam shaping NFC device may further include a wire coil disposed around the core portion. The ferromagnetic component may concentrate near field interrogation signals generated by the wire coil toward a near field interrogation region and away from nearby conductive components, such as the interior surface of the printer. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160162229 | SPINDLE SUPPORTED NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Systems, devices, and related methods for shaping near field interrogation signals are discussed herein. Some embodiments may provide for a spindle supported near field communication (NFC) device including a spindle configured to mount to a mounting surface, and a beam shaping NFC device. The beam shaping NFC device may include: a ferromagnetic component including a core portion, wherein the core portion defines a core cavity and the spindle is inserted within the core cavity; and a wire coil disposed around the core portion. The ferromagnetic component may be configured to concentrate near field interrogation signals generated by the wire coil toward a near field interrogation region and away from the mounting surface, or other components capable of causing interference or degradation of the near field interrogation signals. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160162232 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSOR, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing system has a terminal apparatus, an information processor, and an image processor connected to one another. The information processor includes first and second virtual machines, a first receiving unit receiving a connection request from the image processor, a first forwarding unit forwarding the connection request to the first machine, a second receiving unit receiving another connection request from the terminal apparatus, and a second forwarding unit forwarding the another connection request to the second machine. The second machine includes an acquiring unit receiving identifying information of the image processor selected by a user and acquiring first machine identifying information based on the identifying information, a connection transfer requesting unit requesting the first machine to transfer an authority to connect to the image processor based on the first machine identifying information, and a connecting unit receiving the authority and connecting the second machine and the image processor. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160162234 | AUTHORIZING MARKING AGENT CONSUMPTION AT DISCOVERED PRINTERS - In one example of the disclosure, subscription data is received from a computer via a web application. The subscription data is indicative of a subscription for a printer that is, or is to be, connected to a supply of marking agent. The subscription authorizes the printer to consume a subscription amount of marking agent. A browser plug-in is sent to the computer, via the web application, to enable the computer to discover the printer via a wireless connection. Identification data obtained via the browser plug-in is received from the computer printer. The identification data is utilized to establish an operative connection with the printer. A credit is sent to the printer, via the operative connection, to authorize consumption of at least a portion of the subscription amount from the supply. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160162235 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a manager setting application configured to perform a manager setting requiring an input to a predetermined item of a print setting; a first print setting application executed on a first execution environment; and a second print setting application executed on a second execution environment. If the manager setting application performs the manager setting requiring the input to the predetermined item of the print setting and there is no input to the predetermined item requiring the input, the first print setting application and the second print setting application display a screen for prompting the input to the predetermined item. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160162236 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes an object processing time information acquiring unit configured to extract object processing time information of an object for every page, a layout-specific object processing time information acquiring unit configured to extract layout-specific object processing time information about drawing of the object for every predetermined layout, and an image forming processing time estimating unit configured to estimate a time of an image forming process based on the object processing time information and the layout-specific object processing time information. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160162237 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes: an image input unit configured to input image data; one or more applications configured to process the image data that has been input by the image input unit; an analysis unit configured to analyze a characteristic of the input image data; and a processing selection unit configured to select one or more of the applications suitable for processing the input image data, based on an analysis result obtained by the analysis unit. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160162238 | POS System, Data Processing Device, and Control Method of a POS System - A POS system comprises a printer and a network-connected data processor. The printer stores identification information and prints a receipt based on print data including transaction information. A transmission unit of the printer transmits over the network the print data and identification information to the data processor. The data processor stores relation information linking layout information for the printed receipt to the received identification information, and acquires the layout information related to the identification information based on the stored relation information, and based on the acquired layout information, analyze the print data. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160162239 | Communication Apparatus Comprising Integrated Circuit Tag Interface - A first communication apparatus may comprise a first type of interface configured to function as an IC tag, a second type of interface, and a controller. The controller may cause the first type of interface to execute a sending operation. The sending operation may be executed by using a first wireless connection established between the first and second communication apparatuses. The sending operation may include an operation of the first type of interface to send network identification information to the second communication apparatus. The network identification information may be information to be used in a first wireless network to which both the first and second communication apparatuses belong. The controller may execute, after the first type of interface has executed the sending operation, a wireless communication of target data with the second communication apparatus via the second type of interface by using the first wireless network. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160162765 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus, image forming system and image forming method are shown. The image forming apparatus includes a sheet feeding tray, an image forming unit, and a control unit. The sheet feeding tray stores and feeds a sheet. The image forming unit forms an image on a sheet fed from the sheet feeding tray. The control unit controls the image forming unit to form an image including information regarding a sheet before changing when operation including changing of a sheet stored in the sheet feeding tray is performed or there is a necessity to change a sheet stored in the sheet feeding tray. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160165069 | IMAGE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS CAPABLE OF PERFORMING FACSIMILE COMMUNICATION VIA IP NETWORK, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present invention provides a technique that enables an image communication apparatus capable of performing voice communication and T.30 in-band FAX communication over the IP network to positively detect a CNG signal and achieve switching to FAX reception in the answerphone connection mode and the FAX/TEL-switching mode. The communication apparatus includes a MODEM that controls facsimile communication and a SLIC that controls a telephone. A selector includes switches for connecting the IP network and the MODEM, and switches for connecting the IP network and the SLIC. A CPU controls the switches of the selector such that signals from the IP network are supplied to both of the MODEM and the SLIC. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160165072 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - When a registration request of an application button is received, an information processing apparatus generates an image for transition if an activation-completed notification is received. If the activation-completed notification is not received, the information processing apparatus generates the image for transition after the activation-completed notification is received. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160165073 | Image Coordination in a Fleet of Disparate Imaging Devices - Apparatus and methods coordinate imaging in a fleet of disparate imaging devices. Each imaging device is associated to a unique identifier. Imaging volumes are gathered for each device in advance of a user walkthrough past the fleet. The volumes are averaged over a predetermined time period and displayed to the user during their walkthrough on a handheld computing device. A confidence factor is included so the user can ascertain reliability of the volume averages. The handheld computing device provides the user real-time knowledge of the fleet to better coordinate managed print services, for example. The handheld computing device is also configured to receive partial data from the user and in response provide selectable options corresponding to an identity of the imaging devices as standardized by third party reference data, for instance. Embodiments typify user interfaces, user actions, data, and computing applications, to name a few. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160165074 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - When provision of a movement instruction for moving a file stored in a first folder to a second folder is detected, whether exclusion processing is already performed for the file is determined. In a case where it is determined that the exclusion processing is not performed for the file, the exclusion processing is performed so that the file to be operated by another user is not allowed and information indicating that the file is being moved is stored. After the file is moved to the second folder, the exclusion processing for the file is canceled. In a case where it is determined that the exclusion processing has already been performed for the file and when the information indicating that the file is being moved is stored for the file for which the exclusion processing has been performed, a notification indicating that the file is being moved is provided. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160165075 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus capable of executing near field wireless communication, comprises: a display unit configured to display a screen; an obtaining unit configured to obtain identification information regarding a device from a near field wireless communication tag with use of the near field wireless communication; a selection unit configured, in a case where the obtaining unit obtained the identification information, to select one of first processing for connecting to the device indicated by the identification information and second processing for connecting to the device indicated by the identification information and sending data to the device, based on a type of screen being displayed by the display unit; and a processing unit configured to execute the processing selected by the selection unit. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160165076 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - An information processing system including an electronic apparatus and at least one information processing apparatus which are connected through a network includes an acquisition destination information administration unit configured to administer acquisition destination information of setup information for an execution of a job in the electronic apparatus, a setup information acquisition unit configured to acquire the setup information from an acquisition destination specified by the acquisition destination information acquired from the acquisition destination information administration unit, and a setup information reflection unit configured to control a content of the job executed by the electronic apparatus based on a content of the setup information. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160165077 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus configured to execute job processing includes a communication unit configured to communicate with a management apparatus for managing the information processing apparatus, a management unit configured to register authenticated user information and setting information of the authenticated user in a storage unit, and manage the user information and the setting information, a request unit configured to request a holding unit managed by the management apparatus, to register the user information and the setting information managed by the management unit, by using the communication unit, an acquisition unit configured to acquire from the management apparatus, update information indicating an updated content of a user list for which the management apparatus manages the setting information, and a control unit configured to synchronize the user information registered in the storage unit with the managed user information, based on an update time point in the acquired update information. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160165078 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication system includes an image processing apparatus, a supporting apparatus capable of providing the remote support service to a user of the image processing apparatus, and a management server configured to associate the image processing apparatus with the supporting apparatus providing the remote support to the image processing apparatus to manage the image processing apparatus and the supporting apparatus. Upon receipt of the remote support service start request from the user, the image processing apparatus requests a relay server to allocate relay information for communication via the relay server, and notifies the management server of the relay information allocated by the relay server. The management server notifies the supporting apparatus managed in association with the image processing apparatus of the relay information. Using the relay information enables the image processing apparatus and the supporting apparatus to communicate with each other to provide the remote support via the relay server. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160165080 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing device includes: a communication unit that communicates with an image forming apparatus; a storage unit; a receipt unit that receives a setting value of the image forming apparatus; an acquisition unit that acquires information about a state of the image forming apparatus from the image forming apparatus to change setting of the setting value; and a request unit that stores the setting value received by the receipt unit in the storage unit when the image forming apparatus is in a state not allowed for setting a setting value, and requests the image forming apparatus to set the setting value stored in the storage unit when the image forming apparatus shifts to a state allowed for setting a setting value, wherein the setting value is stored in the storage unit by a function of a web browser application program executed by the information processing device. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160165081 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SCREEN DISPLAY METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a job execution portion, a screen data processing portion, and a display processing portion. The job execution portion is configured to access a memory connected via a bus and execute a job associated with image processing. The screen data processing portion is configured to store predetermined first screen data in the memory when the job is not being executed by the job execution portion, and store, in the memory, predetermined second screen data having a data amount less than the first screen data when the job is being executed by the job execution portion. The display processing portion is configured to display a screen based on the first screen data or the second screen data which is stored in the memory connected via the bus. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160165082 | FUNCTION SETTING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A function setting device includes a first operator and a second operator. The first operator is operated for selecting one function item from among plural function items forming a first menu and for setting the selected function item and for then selecting one function value from among plural function values of the set function item forming a second menu and for setting the selected function value, the second menu being provided for each function item. One function item is assigned to the second operator. The second operator sets the selection of the assigned function item when the second operator is operated for the first time and selects one function value from among plural function values of the set function item forming the second menu every time the second operator is operated for a subsequent time. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160165088 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus connectable to a device includes: an acquiring unit to acquire, from the device, a display request including destination information indicating a country or an area where the device is used and indicating information for requesting an application list screen for providing an application; a specifying unit to specify, based on application compatibility information in which application identification information identifying an application available for the device is associated with the destination information, the application identification information associated with the destination information included in the display request; and a first transmitting unit to transmit, to the device, the application list screen for providing the application identified by the application identification information. The device includes: a second transmitting unit to transmit the display request to the apparatus; a receiving unit to receive the application list screen from the apparatus; and a display controller to display the application list screen. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160165091 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - When a user changes a setting of a hold job that includes a stapleless binding process setting, a print control apparatus determines whether the number of sheets to be printed when the setting change is applied is equal to or less than the upper-limit number of sheets that can be bound in the stapleless binding process. The print control apparatus inquires whether the user wants to change the staple setting to a staple binding process or cancel the setting change in a case where it is determined that the number of sheets to be printed is greater than the upper-limit number of sheets. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160165092 | PRINTING DEVICE, PRINTING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD OF A PRINTING DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Terminating a wireless connection is simplified. A printer | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160170687 | PRINT CONTROL DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160170689 | SELECTIVELY SETTABLE MESSAGE ROUTING SYSTEM FOR JOB STATUS ON A MULTIFUNCTION DEVICE | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160170690 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINT SYSTEM, PRINT CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160170691 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR EXECUTING PRINT DRIVER MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160170692 | PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160170694 | PERSONAL PRINT SERVER | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160170695 | PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160170697 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, PRINT SYSTEM, SERVER APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160171351 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVING DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT COMPLIANCE | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160171353 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING OR USING INTERACTION ACTIVITY INFORMATION | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160171357 | METHOD OF PROVIDING CONTENT TRANSMISSION SERVICE BY USING PRINTED MATTER | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160173703 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, RECORDING SYSTEM, PRINTING PROGRAM AND EXTERNAL PROGRAM | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160173704 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, RECORDING SYSTEM, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160173708 | TASK REQUEST MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, TASK REQUEST MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND TASK REQUEST MANAGEMENT METHOD | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160173709 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINT OUTPUT DEVICE, AND PROGRAM | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160173710 | METHOD OF USING A PRINT SERVER | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160173711 | PORTABLE TERMINAL AND RECORDING MEDIUM | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160173712 | DISTRIBUTION SWITCHING DEVICE | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160179438 | METHOD FOR TRACKING IMAGE DATA PRINTED ON A PIECE OF MEDIA | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160179439 | PRINTING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160179440 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PERFORMING SHORT-RANGE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160179441 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROLLER THEREFOR | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160179444 | Printing Device, Control System, and Control Method of a Control System | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160179446 | ANALYSING IMAGE CONTENT | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160179447 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160179449 | METHOD OF PROCESSING WORKFLOW AND MOBILE DEVICE FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160179450 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160180203 | Protection of Communication Lines | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160182742 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160182743 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER PROGRAM | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160182744 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND PRINTING INSTRUCTION APPARATUS | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160182745 | DOCUMENT PRINTING | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160182746 | Function-Based Device Registration for Data Processing Apparatus | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160182749 | DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY METHOD | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160182754 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT ACHIEVE APPROPRIATE CONTINUOUS READING AND RECORDING MEDIUM | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160182757 | Method of generating workform by using byod service and mobile device for performing the method | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160182758 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160188260 | PRINT JOB MANAGEMENT APPARATUS - A print job management apparatus includes a storage device that stores a data storage time associated with each of a plurality of user identifications. The data storage time indicates a period of time for storing a print job. An interface receives a print job including a user identification. A controller controls the storage device to store the received print job in association with the data storage time corresponding to the user identification included in the print job. The controller determines whether the period of time for the print job has passed since the print job is received. The controller removes from the storage device the print job for which the corresponding period of time has passed. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160188263 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM AND USER INTERFACE - An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire status information of an image forming apparatus; and an information display unit configured to constantly display the status information of the image forming apparatus in a first region on a display device, to display setting information regarding image processing to be performed in the image forming apparatus in a second region on the display device, the second region being adjacent to the first region, and to display a relation display element related to the setting information at a position so as not to overlap the relation display element with the first region. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160188264 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD WHICH ALLOW IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS TO PRINT DOCUMENTS EVEN WHEN BATTERY EXHAUSTION ATTACKS ON MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - Provided is image forming system wherein an image forming apparatus (IFA) being able to print a document even when a battery exhaustion attacks on a mobile communication terminal (MCT). A battery residual electric charge detection part of the MCT is configured to detect a residual electric charge of the battery. A print operation process part of the MCT is configured to transmit, prior to transmitting print setting data, a document priority transmission signal and the document data to the IFA, in a case where, based on the detected residual electric charge of the battery and a data size of the document data, the residual electric charge of the battery is recognized insufficient. A remote control operation receiving part of the IFA is configured to, when receives the document priority transmission request, receive the document data prior to receiving an unreceived data based on another transmission request. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160188265 | Local newspaper printer - A local printer for newspapers—and perhaps magazines—for subscription service that would print out the publications in their traditional forms. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160188267 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - At least one of a plurality of image forming apparatuses in an image forming system is a report accepting image forming apparatus that accepts a last exit report. Upon accepting the last exit report, the report accepting image forming apparatus executes a last exit process and transmits, to any other of the plurality of image forming apparatuses in the image forming system listed on a list, a last exit notification including a command for commanding the any other of the plurality of image forming apparatuses to execute the last exit process so that the any other of the plurality of image forming apparatuses also executes the last exit process. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160188268 | PRINTING MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND METHOD, PRINTING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, PRINTING SYSTEM INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR DECIDING A PRINTOUT CONDITION - A printing management device includes: a customer property DB configured to accumulate history data for each customer; a printer property DB configured to record printer property data for each of multiple printers; target image quality index decision means configured to decide a target image quality index by the use of the history data of the customer property DB; and printout condition decision means configured to decide/output output conditions with reference to the printer property DB according to order information and the target image quality index. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160188272 | PRINT CONTROL DEVICE - A print control device is configured to perform operations including: determining whether to execute a preflight processing for checking a print job based on a print setting information and a condition information specifying a condition for executing the preflight. processing; upon determining to execute the preflight processing, executing the preflight processing and then generating a print output information for printing an image on a print sheet based on a print job information; and upon determining not to execute the preflight processing, generating the print output information based on the print job information without executing the preflight processing. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160188273 | DISPLAY/INPUT DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A DISPLAY/INPUT DEVICE - A display/input device has an input portion, a display panel, a storage portion, and a control portion. The storage portion stores current value data containing current setting values, default value data, and saved setting data containing setting values changed, on registration, from default values. The control portion extracts, out of the saved setting data, setting values that have not been changed, on registration, from the default values and that differ from current default values, and writes, out of the values, on registration, of the extracted values and the current default values, values selected by a user to the current value data. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160188559 | AMBIGUITY REDUCTION FOR IMAGE ALIGNMENT APPLICATIONS - According to exemplary systems and methods, a template is partitioned into blocks using an image processor. An image is scanned using an optical scanner. The image is aligned to the template. Image features are matched with template features in the blocks of the template. Displacement vectors are identified for differences of the image features from the template features. Normalized cross correlation (NCC) is determined between blocks of the image and each block of the template using the image processor. Peaks in the NCC are identified. A displacement vector is selected for a peak with highest NCC for each the block of the template. Ambiguous template features are identified in the image based on the displacement vector. Blocks are iteratively combined and NCC determined to remove the ambiguous template features. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160191723 | Image Forming Apparatus with Direct Wireless Communication - The present disclosure is directed to an image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus may connect to a local area network via at least one network interface. The image forming apparatus may also provide a network access point through which devices can wirelessly communicate. The image forming apparatus may further establish a wireless connection between the network access point and a terminal apparatus. Additionally, the image forming apparatus may receive, at the network access point, instructions to execute an operation of the image forming apparatus from the terminal apparatus. Upon disconnecting from the local area network, the image forming apparatus may maintain the established connection between the network access point and the terminal apparatus. The image forming apparatus may perform the operation specified by the received instructions upon determining that execution of the operation is permitted. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160191724 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A high-compression file format can be designated even in a case where an external device and an image communication apparatus communicate with each other according to a set communication protocol. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160191725 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication mode in an address book to be imported is replaced with a communication mode supporting an own apparatus and registered therein. A control method for controlling a communication apparatus that performs IP fax communication via an IP network, includes importing a destination of G3 fax communication, storing in a storage unit the destination imported as a destination of the IP fax communication to be performed via the IP network, and allowing a user to select a communication mode of the IP fax communication to be performed using the destination stored in the storage unit. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160191726 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD - An information processing system includes an information processing apparatus that is capable of being remotely operated by a remote operation terminal via a network, an execution unit that executes a job in accordance with operation, a first operation receiving unit that receives operation of the remote operation terminal for the execution unit, a second operation receiving unit that receives operation for the execution unit, a determining unit that determines whether operation is received by the first operation receiving unit or the second operation receiving unit, a charging determining unit that determines whether the job executed by the execution unit is an object for charging in accordance with the result determined by the determining unit, and a storing unit that stores therein the result determined by the determining unit. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160191728 | PORTABLE TERMINAL AND RECORDING MEDIUM THAT HANDLES TARGET IMAGE DATA AND SCANNED IMAGE DATA AS SINGLE DATA - A portable terminal includes a storage circuit, a communication circuit, a reading instruction circuit, a target-selection accepting circuit, a scanned-image data acquiring circuit, and a combined image data generating circuit. The reading instruction circuit instructs the scanner to read the document image. The target-selection accepting circuit accepts selection of target image data from the image data inside the storage circuit. The scanned-image data acquiring circuit acquires the scanned-image data from the scanner. The scanned-image data is generated by the reading of the document image by the scanner. The combined image data generating circuit generates single combined image data with a plurality of pages by combining the scanned image data with the target image data, and acquires the combined image data instead of the scanned image data. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160191729 | REMOTE CONTROL APPARATUS, REMOTE CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH REMOTE CONTROL PROGRAM - A remote control apparatus includes a communication unit that communicates with a remote operation device and an apparatus-side controller. The apparatus-side controller includes an operation screen determining portion configured to determine an operation screen transmitted to the remote operation device, a page display information producing portion configured to produce page display information including a description to describe a display of an operation screen with a display mode of contents being capable of changing when the operation screen includes the contents of which the display mode is capable of changing in a predetermined variable region, a first transmitting portion configured to transmit the image of the operation screen to the remote operation device when the operation screen does not include the variable region, and a second transmitting portion configured to transmit the produced page display information to the remote operation device when the determined operation screen includes the variable region. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160191730 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus is provided that is capable of conducting short-range wireless communication with a terminal having a first display unit. The image processing apparatus includes an operation panel including a second display unit, and a sensor configured to sense a radio wave from the terminal for short-range wireless communication. The operation panel is capable of changing a position thereof relative to a main body of the image processing apparatus. The operation panel includes a touch area arranged on the operation panel, wherein the touch area is an area where the terminal is sensed by the sensor. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160191731 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - A control unit in an MFP determines whether a connection request from a communication device carried by a user has been received. If the control unit determines that the connection request has been received, then the control unit issues network identification information and transmits it to the communication device. When a connection is established, the control unit automatically alters the operation screen to an operation screen related to image processing based on the information transmitted/received to/from the communication device, and accepts an operation to execute image processing. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160191732 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A display apparatus includes a display and an acceptance controller. The display displays on a display unit a list of processing images, each of which is an image representing a unit of processing. The acceptance controller restricts acceptance of an operation for a different processing image whose display position moves in accordance with an action of one processing image. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160191737 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In one embodiment, a control method for an image processing apparatus including a reading unit configured to read a document image and a printing unit configured to print the document image read by the reading unit is provided. The control method includes detecting an error in process of reading by the reading unit, causing the reading unit to perform reread processing for rereading the document image based on the error being detected, and refraining, in a case where the image processing apparatus operates in a mode in which the printing unit starts printing without waiting for the reading unit to complete reading a document image, from causing the reading unit to perform the reread processing based on the error being detected. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160196092 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD | 07-07-2016 |
| 20160196093 | PROCESSING PRINT JOBS IN REVERSE ORDER | 07-07-2016 |
| 20160196095 | DATA CONVERSION SYSTEM, DATA CONVERSION DEVICE, AND DATA CONVERSION METHOD | 07-07-2016 |
| 20160196096 | TERMINAL APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND OUTPUT METHOD | 07-07-2016 |
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| 20160205268 | FACSIMILE APPARATUS | 07-14-2016 |
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| 20160253126 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INSTRUCTIONS EXECUTABLE BY COMPUTER OF THE IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160253127 | Print Data Retrieval System using Graphical Codes | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160253128 | OUTPUT SYSTEM, TERMINAL DEVICE AND OUTPUT METHOD | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160253130 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING PACKAGES OF PRINTED MATERIALS BY GENERATING AND EXECUTING A JOB SET CONTAINING MULTIPLE LINKED SUB-JOBS | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160253131 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160253132 | PRINTER DRIVER PROGRAM INSTALLED ON BOTH TERMINAL AND SERVER | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160253133 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160253134 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160253135 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INSTRUCTIONS FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160253140 | DYNAMIC WORKFLOW CONTROL BASED ON RECIPIENT PREFERENCES FOR DOCUMENTS | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160255208 | PULL PRINTING SYSTEM INCLUDING PRINTING DATA TRANSMITTER THAT TRANSMITS PULL PRINTING DATA AND STORAGE MEDIUM | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160255209 | User Interface for Presenting Printing Device Metrics | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160255210 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160255213 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160255214 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160255216 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING WIRELESS NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION WITH RESPECT TO IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION THAT IS USED TO RECEIVE SERVICE FROM SERVICE PROVIDING APPARATUS | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160255218 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160255221 | APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160255233 | Program Exchange System That Exchange Firmware Program and/or Application Program on Image Forming Apparatus, Program Exchange Method, and Recording Medium | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160378406 | IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS, METHOD FOR MANAGEMENT OF IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided an image formation apparatus that can prevent a system from having a reduced throughput even when the system includes an increased number of image formation apparatuses. When each MFP included in the system detects a presence of a user within a predefined range, the MFP notifies another MFP of the detection result. Each MFP determines, based on the detection result, a group of one or more MFPs from which the MFP of interest requests a list of one or more jobs issued by the user, more preferentially than another MFP, and the MFP of interest notifies another MFP accordingly. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160378407 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING QUEUE-BASED ASSIGNMENT OF PRINT JOBS IN A MULTI-SITE PRINT PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT - A system for performing queue-based routing of print jobs in a multi-site print production environment may include an electronic dispatch system having a scheduling queue, at least one processor and a computer-readable storage medium. The computer-readable storage medium may include programming instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to receive print jobs from client computing devices, identify one or more print shops, select a set of print jobs from the scheduling queue that are to be assigned to the print shops for completion, generate a feasibility matrix for the selected print jobs, determine a preliminary assignment of the selected print jobs to the identified print shops using a set cover heuristic, use a linear programming heuristic to determine a final assignment of the selected print jobs to the identified print shops, and route each of the selected print jobs to an assigned print shop as specified by the final assignment. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160378408 | IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMATION SYSTEM, AND IMAGE FORMATION METHOD - An image formation apparatus include a first transmission section, a fist reception section, and a printing section. The first transmission section sends first print setting information to an external device according to a request from the external device. The first reception section receives second print setting information from the external device, the second print setting information being obtained by changing the first print setting information. The printing section, upon receiving print data from the external device, processes the print data based on the second print setting information. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160378410 | INFORMATION TERMINAL, METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A mobile terminal, which is an information terminal, finds a printing apparatus positioned in a vicinity of the mobile terminal by wireless communication such as Bluetooth communication or WiFi communication. Furthermore, a printing apparatus from the found printing apparatuses that satisfies a predetermined condition, for example that is closest to the mobile terminal, is decided upon, and when displaying a printing apparatus setting screen in accordance with a user operation, the setting screen is displayed in an operation unit in a state in which setting details of the decided printing apparatus are displayed. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160378411 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a first search unit that searches for a communication device communicating in a first communication method while acquiring capability information of the communication device, a second search that searches for a communication device communicating in a second communication method different from the first communication method without acquiring at least some of the capability information acquired by the first search unit, a selecting unit that selects a communication device, and a registration unit that registers the selected communication device as a communication device to communicate with the information processing apparatus. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160378412 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing device, comprises: an import unit that sets setting items of the information processing device all at once using import data designating a plurality of setting values; a generation unit that generates a report file regarding a result of an import performed by the import unit; and an output unit that outputs information of a setting item that is included in the report file generated by the generation unit and that has been determined as meeting predetermined conditions, wherein the predetermined conditions are that there is no change in setting value before and after the import performed by the import unit, and there is a difference between a setting value designated by the import data and a corresponding setting value after the import. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160378414 | PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR PRINTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing apparatus includes a detecting unit, a determination unit, a holding unit, and an instruction unit. The detecting unit detects a sheet type of a sheet used for a print job. The determination unit determines, in a case where a cassette is opened, whether the cassette is used for the print job and the print job is suspended because of a sheet empty state. The holding unit holds, in a case where the determination unit determines that the cassette is used for the print job and the print job is suspended because of the sheet empty state, the sheet type detected by the detecting unit. The instruction unit instructs, in a case where printing is restarted, a printer unit to restart printing of the print job using the sheet type held by the holding unit. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160378415 | PRINTER, BARCODE PRINTER AND PRINTER CONTROL METHOD - In accordance with one embodiment, a printer comprises a plurality of communication interfaces; an operation interface setting section configured to set at least one of the plurality of communication interfaces as an operation interface and set the other communication interfaces as non-operation interfaces; a first command processing section configured to process a command received by the operation interface; and a second command processing section configured to execute the processing of the command in a case in which the command received by the non-operation interface is a command for requesting internal information of the printer, and not to execute the processing of the command in a case in which the command received by the non-operation interface is not a command for requesting the internal information. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160378416 | JOB PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In a job processing apparatus and a method of controlling the same according to this invention, if a setting has been made to automatically transmit history information of an executed job, history information printed by a print unit is not managed as output history information. On the other hand, if no setting has been made to automatically transmit the history information, control is performed to manage, as output history information, the history information printed by the print unit. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160379097 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, AND PRINT CONTROL METHOD - A print control apparatus receives a print job with a print page range indicating target pages selected among all pages of the print job, the print job including a plurality of documents, the target pages including pages of different documents, and selectively rasterizes the received print job according to the print page range, so that the target pages are rasterized and pages among the all pages other than the target pages are not rasterized. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160381234 | NETWORK SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD OF A NETWORK SYSTEM - In a system in which a server and a client to which a device is connected communicate, the server can execute processes based on the result of checking device operation. The POS terminal of a network system has a device control function for controlling the device, and a diagnostic function for checking operation of the device. To check the operation of the device connected to the client, a maintenance server sends a control command instructing starting the diagnostic function to the POS terminal. The POS terminal stops the device control function if the device control function is executing, starts the diagnostic function, checks operation of the device with the diagnostic function, and returns the result of the checked operation to the maintenance server. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160381235 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND LOGOUT METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes: a tray on which at least one sheet is loaded; a sensor and a controller. The sensor measures overall weight of the sheet loaded on the tray. The controller calculates decrement from the overall weight measured by the sensor upon completion of a job. The controller calculates total weight of the sheet loaded on the tray through execution of the job. The controller executes a logout process based on the decrement and the total weight. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160381236 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores therein an information processing program. When the processor executes the information processing program, the processor operates to: detect an operation performed by a user; determine the posture of the information processing apparatus observed when the operation is performed; and determine one of a plurality of image forming apparatuses to be selected as a destination to which an image forming instruction is transmitted, the image forming apparatus to be selected varying depending on the posture of the information processing apparatus observed when the operation is performed. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160381237 | CONTROL DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND CONTROL METHOD - A control device includes a setting unit, an accumulation unit, a registration unit, and a selecting unit. The setting unit sets image data expressing an image including a first layer corresponding to a foreground-operating application and a second layer located in front of the first layer in a viewing direction. The accumulation unit accumulates information related to a screen corresponding to the second layer requested for display from an application and for which the display is not completed. The registration unit registers, for each application, a rule to be applied when selecting any of screens corresponding to the accumulated information. The selecting unit selects a screen corresponding to the second layer in accordance with the rule of the foreground-operating application among the registered rules if display of the screen corresponding to the second layer is requested from an application and that commands the setting unit to set selected-screen-containing image data. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160381243 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE THAT REDUCES TIME AND LABOR FOR INPUTTING LICENSE-RELATED DATA TO VALIDATE OPTIONAL FUNCTIONS OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The information processing device includes: a display part; an operational input part; an MFP selection part for presenting to an administrator a list of MFP candidates for activation of an optional function and then accepting a selection of the MFP via the operational input part; an optional function selection part for presenting to the administrator a list of optional function candidates to be activated on the selected MFP and then accepting a selection of the optional function via the operational input part; a license key acquisition part for acquiring a license key for activation of the selected optional function; and an optional function activation part for issuing to the selected MFP an instruction for activating the selected optional function on the selected MFP. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160381245 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT ENSURES EXECUTION OF ASYNCHRONOUS INFORMATION SHARING WITHOUT USING MAIL SERVER, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus that executes information sharing among a plurality of image forming apparatuses includes a communication circuit, a set value management circuit, a storage circuit, and a distribution hold list management circuit. The communication circuit ensures communication with another image forming apparatus of the plurality of the image forming apparatuses. The set value management circuit distributes, based on a master authority as an authority for distributing a changed set value to the other image forming apparatus, the changed set value to the other image forming apparatus. The storage circuit, when the distribution fails, stores a distribution hold list that includes a combination of: an identifier of another image forming apparatus where the distribution has failed, and an item name and value of a set value where the distribution has failed. The distribution hold list management circuit manages the stored distribution hold list. | 12-29-2016 |
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| 20220137889 | STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An object of the present disclosure is to output an output material in accordance with the intention of a user. One embodiment of the present invention is a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer of an information processing apparatus to function as: an acquisition unit configured to acquire printing setting information including at least information on a sheet type relating to mounted sheets and information on a sheet width, which correspond to each sheet feed unit in a printing apparatus capable of feeding sheets from a plurality of sheet feed units; and a first creation unit configured to create a display item for a GUI on which it is possible to designate sheet feed units whose both sheet type and sheet width are the same en bloc among sheet feed units of the printing apparatus. | 05-05-2022 |
| 20220137890 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING UNIVERSAL MOBILE INTERNET PROXY PRINTING - Disclosed is a method to enable printing on legacy devices. The method includes discovering a legacy device that does not have a universal record that enables the legacy device to provide services to a mobile device through a network, appending the universal record for the legacy device, transmitting the universal record for the legacy device to a controller, receiving, at the controller and from the mobile device, a request for services which can be provided by the legacy device, transmitting, from the controller and based on the universal record for the legacy device, data associated with the legacy device to the mobile device to yield transmitted data and transmitting, based on an acceptance of the transmitted data by the mobile device, a service request from the mobile device to the legacy device for providing a service to the mobile device. | 05-05-2022 |
| 20220137898 | APPLICATION FOR ACQUIRING AND DISPLAYING PROCESSING STATUS OF PRINT DATA - By using the present disclosure, for example, a notification of an error that has occurred in a device can be received even in cloud printing. Some embodiments provide a method performed by executing an application using an information processing apparatus that transmits print data to be transferred to a printing apparatus by a server system, the method including transmitting, to the server system, a request to check a processing status of the print data in the printing apparatus, receiving the processing status of the print data from the server system having responded to the request, and displaying the received processing status on a display unit of the information processing apparatus. | 05-05-2022 |
| 20220137906 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus capable of communicating with an image output apparatus stores print setting information corresponding to a print job for which print is commanded, as history information in a storage unit thereof, and displays, in a case where print using the history information is commanded, information regarding an image output apparatus that is available for use by the information processing apparatus does not correspond to part of setting values included in the history information, and a print result of print processing to be executed by the image output apparatus using the history information satisfies a predetermined condition, a print setting screen in which the information regarding the image output apparatus is reflected in an item corresponding to the part of the setting values and setting values of the history information are reflected in other items. | 05-05-2022 |
| 20220138516 | SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SERVER - A system includes a server and a printing apparatus. The server manages a first printing content and a second printing content as a predetermined printing target. When an instruction user issues a speech instruction for printing the predetermined printing target to an audio control device as an n-th speech print instruction, the server selects the first printing content associated with the predetermined printing target. | 05-05-2022 |
| 20220138517 | NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PLURALITY OF INSTRUCTIONS AND PRINT DATA GENERATING APPARATUS - A non-transitory storage medium stores a plurality of instruction readable by a computer of an information processing apparatus. When executed by the computer, the plurality of instruction cause the information processing apparatus to determine a generating condition such that a number of pixels of the bitmap image in a particular direction is less than or equal to a particular number, obtain the first bitmap data satisfying the generating condition by using the generating condition, determine a magnification condition for magnifying the first bitmap data based on condition information indicating a printing condition, obtain second bitmap data by using the magnification condition, and generate print data by using the second bitmap data. | 05-05-2022 |
| 20220138518 | PROCESSING JOB GENERATION APPARATUS AND SHEET PROCESSING SYSTEM - A processing job generation apparatus includes a decision unit that decides whether or not a sheet processing apparatus can execute a processing of a sheet based on a layout data. | 05-05-2022 |
| 20220141347 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SYSTEM, METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided a method for an information processing apparatus configured to communicate with an image processing apparatus. The method includes displaying a screen of an application, wherein the screen corresponds to a screen displayed on a display unit of the image processing apparatus and is subjected to display control by the image processing apparatus, and transmitting an instruction to stop the display control to the image processing apparatus if a predetermined condition is satisfied in a state where the application is no longer operating as a user's operation target on the information processing apparatus. | 05-05-2022 |
