Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a data acquiring circuitry and an image generating circuitry. The data acquiring circuitry acquires image formation data that includes an image of a process color as a process color image and an image of a spot color as a spot color image. The image generating circuitry detects, from the image formation data acquired by the data acquiring circuitry, an overlapped region in which a region of the process color image and a region of the spot color image are overlapped with each other, and generates a first process color image from an image of the overlapped region.

Abstract: An image forming method using plural types of developers includes: step for performing a designation relating to a change of a type of developer to be used; step for inputting first image data including a first image of a first color that is different from the type of developer designated by the change of the type; step for receiving second image data including a second image of the first color that is designated; step of changing at least the first color of the first image data to a developer designated by the change of the type; and step for printing the first image data of which the first color is changed and the second image data expressing the first color without changing the first color on a same medium.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a data acquiring circuitry and an image generating circuitry. The data acquiring circuitry acquires image formation data that includes an image of a process color as a process color image and an image of a spot color as a spot color image. The image generating circuitry detects, from the image formation data acquired by the data acquiring circuitry, an overlapped region in which a region of the process color image and a region of the spot color image are overlapped with each other, and generates a first process color image from an image of the overlapped region.

Abstract: An image formation apparatus including: a first image data creation unit configured to create image data of a main image to be formed on the front side of a first medium; a second image data creation unit configured to create image data of a sub-image to be formed on the back side of the first medium; and an engine unit configured to form the main image on the front side of the first medium on the basis of the image data of the main image, and the sub-image on the back side of the first medium on the basis of the image data of the sub-image. A position indication part that indicates a position of the main image on the front side of the first medium is formed on the sub-image.

Abstract: An image forming method using plural types of developers includes: step for performing a designation relating to a change of a type of developer to be used; step for inputting first image data including a first image of a first color that is different from the type of developer designated by the change of the type; step for receiving second image data including a second image of the first color that is designated; step of changing at least the first color of the first image data to a developer designated by the change of the type; and step for printing the first image data of which the first color is changed and the second image data expressing the first color without changing the first color on a same medium.

Abstract: An image formation apparatus including: a first image data creation unit configured to create image data of a main image to be formed on the front side of a first medium; a second image data creation unit configured to create image data of a sub-image to be formed on the back side of the first medium; and an engine unit configured to form the main image on the front side of the first medium on the basis of the image data of the main image, and the sub-image on the back side of the first medium on the basis of the image data of the sub-image. A position indication part that indicates a position of the main image on the front side of the first medium is formed on the sub-image.

Abstract: A print controlling apparatus is provided having a direct print function for receiving and printing an electronic document on a printing region of a record medium. The apparatus includes a first obtaining section for obtaining page size information indicating the page size of the received electronic document, a second obtaining section for obtaining medium size information indicating the medium size of the record medium, a comparing and judging section for judging whether the page size information matches with the medium size information upon comparing the page size information with the medium size information, and a controlling section for generating inside region printing data corresponding to the printing region from inside region image data corresponding to the printing region of the recording medium among the received image data where the page size information matches with the medium size information, for preventing the electronic document from being unnecessarily reduced.

Abstract: A print controlling apparatus is provided having a direct print function for receiving and printing an electronic document on a printing region of a record medium. The apparatus includes a first obtaining section for obtaining page size information indicating the page size of the received electronic document, a second obtaining section for obtaining medium size information indicating the medium size of the record medium, a comparing and judging section for judging whether the page size information matches with the medium size information upon comparing the page size information with the medium size information, and a controlling section for generating inside region printing data corresponding to the printing region from inside region image data corresponding to the printing region of the recording medium among the received image data where the page size information matches with the medium size information, for preventing the electronic document from being unnecessarily reduced.

Abstract: A print controlling apparatus is supplied capable of adjusting image of electronic document to an optimum size.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A print controlling apparatus is supplied capable of adjusting image of electronic document to an optimum size.

Abstract: An image forming system supplied capable of keeping a high thruput when performing a background pattern data print (e.g. Anoto print). The image forming system comprises a color image processing apparatus and a color image forming apparatus that is connected with the color image processing apparatus, wherein the color image processing apparatus has a color changing section that uses one of CMYK values to designate background pattern data when performing a CMYK change with respect to color image data generated in the color image processing apparatus; wherein the color image forming apparatus has an image forming section that receives the color image data that has been performed by the CMYK change and the background pattern data that has been designated by one of CMYK values from the color image processing apparatus, and compounds the both data to form an color image.

Abstract: There is provided a value data management method for managing a first value data acquired by each of users and having value exchangeable for specific merchandise, comprising: reading second value data from a first information storage medium and user identification data from a second information storage medium; and updating the first value data acquired by the user corresponding to the user identification data read from the second information storage medium, based on the second value data read from the first information storage medium.