Abstract: An image processing apparatus is capable of communicating with a server apparatus. In the image processing apparatus, an acceptance unit accepts input of a job, and an analysis unit analyzes content of a document included in the inputted job. A search unit searches a database of the server apparatus for relevant content that is related to the document analyzed by the analysis unit. A display control unit displays the relevant content on a display unit of the image processing apparatus based on a result of the search by the search unit.

Abstract: An information processing system includes a server configured to distribute content items and an information processing apparatus. The server including a storing unit configured to store, for each of state information identifying a state of the information processing apparatus, one or more the content items associated with the state information. The information processing apparatus includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire the content items associated with the state information from the server; and a display control unit configured to perform control of displaying the content items associated with the state information indicating a current state of the information processing apparatus.

Abstract: Disclosed an image forming apparatus including: an image forming section to form an image on a sheet based on an input image data; an additional information position instruction section to instruct a position of an additional image indicating additional information to be formed with the image data; a sheet-cutting position instruction section to instruct a sheet-cutting position on the sheet; and a control section to calculate an image formable region where the additional image can be formed based on the sheet-cutting position instructed by the sheet-cutting position instruction section, to set the position instructed by the additional information position instruction section within the image formable region as a position where the additional image is formed, to combine the additional image with the image data at the set position, and to control the image forming section to form the combined image data on the sheet.

Abstract: Disclosed an image forming apparatus including: an image forming section to form an image on a sheet based on an input image data; an additional information position instruction section to instruct a position of an additional image indicating additional information to be formed with the image data; a sheet-cutting position instruction section to instruct a sheet-cutting position on the sheet; and a control section to calculate an image formable region where the additional image can be formed based on the sheet-cutting position instructed by the sheet-cutting position instruction section, to set the position instructed by the additional information position instruction section within the image formable region as a position where the additional image is formed, to combine the additional image with the image data at the set position, and to control the image forming section to form the combined image data on the sheet.

Abstract: An image forming device, an image forming method, and a program intended to print out multiple documents of different sizes collectively in one output sheet with a margin upon adjustment of the magnification of the documents to an appropriate size. The image forming device used for combined printing is capable of printing image data obtained from multiple documents into one output sheet which includes a margin generating section for generating a margin area upon the output sheet, a document arranging section that arranges the multiple documents in a document depicting area without the margin area in the output sheet with respect to one corner of the document depicting area as a reference for the purpose of minimizing the generation of blanks, and a magnification processing section that adjusts the magnification of the multiple documents in order to make them fit into the document depicting area.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a dividing section which divides a plurality of pages into groups, each group including at least one page; an inputting section which inputs different text strings for each group; a creating section which creates a composite image of an image of a page and a text string which is inputted for the group including the page; and a printing section which prints the composite image on a sheet.

Abstract: In an information processing apparatus when the body pages are set to start from the back side of the cover, the cover is printed on the first side of the first sheet, the first page of the body is printed on the second side of the first sheet, and the second and subsequent pages of the body are printed on both sides of the second and subsequent sheets. When the body pages are set to start from a sheet different from the cover, the cover is printed on the first side of the first sheet, only a background image of the cover is printed on the second side of the first sheet, which is the back side of the cover, and the body pages are printed on both sides of the second and subsequent sheets.

Abstract: An image forming device for adequately forming an image in which images overlap one another. The priority order (display order) of the images overlapping with one another is judged for the area where images of different attributes overlap with one another. When the priority rank of a three-dimensional image is high, a planar image in the overlapping area is deleted, or a three-dimensional image is formed on a planar image. When the rank of a planar image is high, only the color image of a three-dimensional image in the overlapping area is deleted, and a planar image is formed using foaming toner.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus has a movable image bearing member, a image forming device for forming a developer image on the image bearing member, and an intermediate transfer member on which the developer image on the image bearing member is transferred while it is moving at a predetermined surficial moving speed different from the surficial moving speed of the image bearing member. The image forming apparatus forms a predetermined image prior to formation of a normal image.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus capable of preventing the increase of the size thereof by having a lengthened developer bearing member is provided with regard to an image forming apparatus capable of printing a registration mark (dragonfly) on a large sheet of recording paper for producing an art work in case of the use of a formed image as a printing manuscript. The length of the lengthwise direction of a developer bearing member provided in at least one developing device among the developing devices provided in the image forming apparatus is longer than those of the developer bearing members of the other developing devices.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus has a movable image bearing member, a image forming device for forming a developer image on the image bearing member, and an intermediate transfer member on which the developer image on the image bearing member is transferred while it is moving at a predetermined surficial moving speed different from the surficial moving speed of the image bearing member. The image forming apparatus forms a predetermined image prior to formation of a normal image.

Abstract: Image forming apparatus is equipped with a memory for storing additional images and an area discriminating unit for discriminating areas included in document images. The area discriminating unit discriminates text areas included in a document image based on the cyclicity of the density distribution of the document image. An additional image stored in the memory is synthesized into a discriminated text area. On the other hand, no additional image is synthesized into graphic areas and photograph areas. Images obtained as a result of the syntheses of document images and additional images are printed out on paper.

Abstract: A copier scans an original document and displays the scanned image together with a printing image of the printing paper corresponding to the scanned image. Prior to a copy operation, a printing status of the scanned image to be printed on the printing paper is checked. The user sets a position, a size and an angle of the scanned image on the printing paper. The printing paper is selected by a selecting command input from a user, or the printing paper that is closest to the scanned image in size and position can be automatically selected. The user obtains a correct copy as intended easily even when the size of the original document and the printing paper are different from each other, or when the user only wants to copy a partial image of the scanned image.

Abstract: In an image forming apparatus that forms a toner image on a continuous medium, the tension force applied to the continuous medium by the image forming drum is controlled within a proper range. The apparatus comprises a toner image forming unit forms a toner image on a rotating image forming drum, a transfer unit that transfers, to the continuous medium, the toner image on the image forming drum by a transfer current, and a control unit that monitors the tension force applied to the continuous medium by the image forming drum and controls the transfer current at the transfer area, based on the results of this monitoring. Alternatively, the apparatus increases the minimum printing ratio by adding additional data to the print data.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus has: character data forming means for forming character data; synthesizing means for synthesizing the character data formed by the character data forming means with image data; image output means for printing a synthesis result of the synthesizing means onto a sheet; sheet post-processing means for performing a post-process to the sheet outputted by the image output means; and adjusting means for adjusting a printing position of the character data and a processing position of the sheet post-processing means.

Abstract: A method includes generating a first set of image information representative of a first portion of the multiple page image, the first set of image data corresponding to a first page of the multiple page image. The method also includes generating alignment indicia image information relating to the first portion of the multiple page image. The method further includes generating combined image information comprising the first set of image information and the alignment indicia image information.

Abstract: A method includes generating a first set of image information representative of a first portion of the multiple page image, the first set of image data corresponding to a first page of the multiple page image. The method also includes generating alignment indicia image information relating to the first portion of the multiple page image. The method further includes generating combined image information comprising the first set of image information and the alignment indicia image information.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus and an image forming method, in which an image on an original document is read with the image divided into plural areas, a copy image is formed by synthesizing images of the divided areas, and the copy image is printed on a surface of a target image forming medium.

Abstract: An image forming system selects any one of plural image forming modes including a first mode, wherein an image forming process is performed such that plural images are arranged on an identical face of a sheet. The system performs the image forming process based on the selected image forming mode and inhibits a working process for the sheets on which the images have been formed When printing is performed for a postcard or the like, the system shortens a printing time necessary to print an output result desired by a user, obviates a user's erroneous operation, and prevents creating an unpurposed output matter.

Abstract: A copying machine with a charging device that can substantially improve the advertisement effect in case of printing by adding an additional image to a document image. This copying machine, when the set registered number is plural, changes the kind of advertisement images to be printed every time a document is exchanged. It also changes the kind of advertisement images depending on whether or not a copying mode is a color copy. In particular, if it is the color copy, the above-mentioned changeover is done in accordance with a function mode and/or a document mode, which are detail modes of the color copy. This copying machine also displays a plurality of printable selection candidates from a plurality of advertisement images stored in advance and makes a user on his/her own select an advertisement image to be printed.

Abstract: Disclosed is a copy protection method for identifying copied images that have been captured or generated in electronic form. The method generates information in electronic form for causing the printing of copy restrictive information as a plurality of contiguous pixels, of substantially yellow color onto the hard copy. The visibility of the yellow pixels is very low until a cyan illumination is applied to the protected image then the copy restrictive information becomes highly visible.

Abstract: In a color image forming apparatus, an electrostatic latent image based on image data is formed onto a photosensitive body. A toner image of the electrostatic latent image is transferred to an intermediate transfer belt. Final toner images are transferred to a transfer material together. Plural original images are synthesized and written onto the intermediate transfer belt by an image processing unit and a writing unit. A process of this image synthesis is displayed in a display of a display editor. The image processing unit and a main control panel write the synthesized images in accordance with a synthetic condition. The toner images finally formed on the intermediate transfer belt are transferred to the transfer material together. Accordingly, the images can be synthesized accurately and the color image forming apparatus can be simply constructed and can be cheaply manufactured. Color image forming methods are also shown.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus designates image area on the original. A shifting device shifts the image area by predetermined amount. An outputting device outputs the image data corresponding to the image area and the image data corresponding to the shifted image area.

Abstract: Apparatus for producing photographic prints (10) with write-on borders (14) from filmstrips (26, 46, 48, 58) having images (28-34, 38, 42) with varying orientation from image to image or from filmstrip to filmstrip or both, includes a mechanism (56, 60, 86) for intermittently conveying a filmstrip (58) through a filmstrip print gate (62); a system (80-86; 180-280) for determining an orientation of each image on the filmstrip to identify a top (18), bottom (16), left (20) or right (22) edge of each image; a controller (86) for selecting for at least some images on a filmstrip a common edge on which to provide a write-on border on at least one photographic print of each image; a system (72, 76, 86) for intermittently conveying a photographic paper strip (74) through a paper print gate (78); at the photographic paper print gate, a mechanism (88-94; 96-116; 118-148) for masking at least one edge of the paper print gate which corresponds to the selected common edge; and an illuminator (64) for each image at the fi

Abstract: Method and apparatus for optically reproducing information from an original document sheet together with electronically written additional information that may be either constant in content for all copies or may vary in content from copy to copy. Electrophotographic reproduction apparatus includes data entry apparatus for reading in the sets of variable information data items defining the electronically written information and is operable to format a template of one or more patches defining a minimal template area in which the variable information may be electronically reproduced onto the document without unnecessarily obscuring the optically reproduced information. Optionally, the template may be displayed to the operator who may format the size, style and font of alphanumeric and symbolic information in order to achieve a desired appearance on the composite copy.

Abstract: An annotation system for automatically recording additional image information on an image bearing member is provided. The system includes an occluding device assembly, including an occluder bar for masking the image bearing member in a predetermined region to allow for the additional image information to be recorded thereon, a light emitting source for producing a light image of the additional image information, and a drive apparatus for simultaneously selectively positioning the occluder bar and the light emitting source with respect to an image area on the image bearing member.

Abstract: An image combining printer, capable of producing a highly intelligible image combination print having explicit colors and shapes, includes: a scanner for reading colors of an original image from a negative film; a color identifier for estimating positive colors on a finished print from the color data of the scanner; a color area determining element for determining the size of a color area to be exposed a multiple number of times in accordance with a scale of enlargement; a vertical position detector for detecting a vertical position data which represents the upward and downward positioning of the original image in the negative film; a vertical position determining element for determining the vertical position of the original image from the vertical position data of the vertical position detector; an exposure element for exposing a photosensitive material to the original image projected from the negative film; a multiple exposure condition determining element for determining the location, orientation, and colo

Abstract: For enabling efficient two-side recording of images from plural image sources, there is provided a recording apparatus with plural image input devices for respectively entering image signals, a recording unit for recording images of the image signals entered from the plural image input devices, respectively on first and second sides of a recording medium, and a manual designation unit for setting the color mode of the image to be recorded by the recording unit, independently for each of the first and second sides.

Abstract: An image synthesizing system is provided which uses an intermediate transfer belt on which a plurality of toner images are superimposed. The image synthesizing system is used for an image processing apparatus which forms a toner image on a recording sheet by using an electro-photographic method. The image synthesizing system comprises a photosensitive drum on which the toner image is formed and an intermediate transfer belt which makes contact with the photosensitive drum so that the toner image formed on the photosensitive drum is transferred onto the intermediate transfer belt. A plurality of toner images are formed on the intermediate transfer belt, each of the toner images being formed on the photosensitive drum in accordance with image data obtained from different image data sources, the toner images being transferred onto the intermediate transfer belt one after another. A command ejection mode can be set by an operator in which an additional image will be superimposed on a first superimposed image.

Abstract: Creation of multiple color images is accomplished in a single pass utilizing a multilayered photoreceptor structure having layers which are responsive to different wavelength lasers. A composite image including three images areas is formed with substantially perfect registration. A CAD and DAD image are developed using CMB development and a second DAD image is developed using a non-interactive development system. Development of the second DAD image without developing halos around the CAD image by recharging the photoreceptor prior to development of the second DAD image.