Abstract: A system is employed to reveal a watermark in a document. A watermark generator is utilized to select the placement and at least one colorant combination of an image and at least one colorant combination for a watermark on a document, where the at least one colorant combination of the image and the watermark form a metameric pair. A printing system receives data from the watermark generator and places the image and the watermark on the document. A decoder comprising a narrow band illumination element is selected or tuned to a wavelength corresponding to the colorant combinations utilized by the printing system to reveal the watermark placed thereon.

Abstract: A method and system for identifying a fluorescence mark in a printed document includes using an image acquisition device to derive an input digital image. For each pixel of at least one of the input image color channels, the gray value is adjusted to define a filtered digital image including a plurality of pixels each defined by an adjusted gray value. A binary image is derived that that represents the filtered digital image. The binary image includes a binary representation of the fluorescence mark and a binary representation of the background. At least one morphological operation is performed on the binary image. An ASCII character for the binary representation of the fluorescence mark (or each constituent character thereof) is derived and compared to a known security code to authenticate the printed document.

Abstract: A radio wave absorber for use in an electromagnetic field probe that measures an electromagnetic field by means of an antenna section provided therewith, the radio wave absorber including: a first end section; a second end section that is located at a position opposite the first end section; and an intermediate section that is located between the first and second end sections, the intermediate section having outer dimension and thickness that increase in accordance with a distance from the first end section toward the second end section.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for adjusting the height of a media stack in an image production device is disclosed. The method may include setting the height of the media stack using a default multiplier, determining if printing has started, wherein if it is determined that printing has started, measuring the thickness of media sheets in the media stack, counting the number of media sheets fed to an image production section of the image production device, determining if the media stack height is below a predetermined threshold using the one or more media stack height sensors, wherein the one or more media stack height sensors determine that the media stack height is below the predetermined threshold, calculating a next multiplier using the measured paper thickness and counted number of sheets fed, and setting the next media stack height using the calculated next multiplier.

Abstract: A photoconductor that includes, for example, a backing layer, a supporting substrate, a photogenerating layer, and a charge transport layer, and where the outermost layer of the backing layer is comprised of a mixture of a glycoluril resin and a polyacetal resin.

Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for generating an infrared mark indicator comprised of security information in a printed image. Image data is rendered to a CMYK image. A black plane of the CMYK image is separated and transformed to a frequency domain wherein the frequency components are alternated to encode the watermarking message. The CMY values are selected based on the encoded black value in order to maintain a same color appearance image for the printed image under a normal visual light illuminant. The image data is printed on the substrate in accordance with the transformed planes wherein upon the resultant printed image being exposed to infrared illuminant, a print pattern is detectable as an infrared mark when scanned with an infrared sensing device.

Abstract: One exemplary method embodiment, pre-processes customer requests that are maintained in a dataset to create a matrix between products and the customer requests. Each of the customer requests comprises at least a customer identification, a textual request, and a product identification related to the textual request. After such pre-processing of the dataset, the method can respond to queries of the dataset using the matrix.

Abstract: An intermediate transfer media, such as a belt, that includes a cyclo olefin polymer.

Abstract: A content use management system includes a content-providing system and a content-using device. The content-providing system includes a providing unit that provides, to the content-using device, digital content having content identification information corresponding to user-side-specific information specific to the content-using device or a user of the content-using device, and a primary distribution destination field.

Abstract: The presently disclosed embodiments are directed to an improved overcoat for an imaging member having a substrate, a charge transport layer, and an overcoat positioned on the charge transport layer, and a process for making the same including combining a resin having a reactive group selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl, carboxylic acid and amide groups, a melamine formaldehyde crosslinking agent, a formaldehyde scavenger, an acid catalyst, and an alcohol-soluble charge transporting molecule to form an overcoat solution, and subsequently providing the overcoat solution onto the charge transport layer to form an overcoat layer.

Abstract: A photoconductor that includes, for example, a substrate; a first layer like a ground plane layer; an undercoat layer thereover wherein the undercoat layer contains an aminosilane and a phosphonate; a photogenerating layer; and at least one charge transport layer.

Abstract: A method for detecting a two-dimensional code in which three position detection patterns are provided in positions corresponding to respective apices of a right angled isosceles triangle, and a data region is provided in a region defined by the position detection patterns is provided. The method includes detecting plural position detection patterns included in an image; identifying center points of the detected position detection patterns; selecting, from among the center points that positions are identified, three center points that constitute apices of a right angled isosceles triangle; extracting a feature as a two-dimensional code from a two-dimensional code region defined by the position detection patterns corresponding to the selected center points, or the peripheral region thereof; and in case where the feature as a two-dimensional code is extracted, determining that a two-dimensional code exists in the two-dimensional code region.

Abstract: A DMA control system includes: a plurality of DMA control units that are controlled in a manner that, while one of the plurality of DMA control units use a transmission path, the other DMA control units other than the one of the plurality of DMA control unit are prevented from using the transmission path; and a transfer instruction unit that defines transfer amounts of DMA transfers for the respective DMA control units and gives transfer instructions thereto. The transfer instruction unit, when the transfer instruction unit gives a transfer instruction to a first DMA control unit of the plurality of the DMA control units, defines a transfer amount for the first DMA control unit and gives the transfer instruction thereto in accordance with a state of utilizing a second DMA control units of the plurality of the DMA control units.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods of controlling a speed of a fuser cleaner web in a fuser apparatus, and the corresponding fuser apparatus. The method utilizes a fuser cleaner web for cleaning a fuser roll and being disposed between the fuser roll and a web nip roll, the fuser cleaner web being unwound from a web supply roll and wound onto a take up roll, the take up roll being driven by a motor. The method determines an angular displacement of the motor from a start of the fuser cleaner web being unwound from the web supply roll, and controls a speed of the motor to maintain a substantially constant fuser cleaner web speed, wherein the speed of the motor is controlled based on the determined angular displacement of the motor and a changing diameter of the take up roll.

Abstract: A photoconductor comprising a supporting substrate, a photogenerating layer, and at least one charge transport layer comprised of at least one charge transport component, and wherein the at least one charge transport layer contains at least one imidazolium salt.

Abstract: A method to modify the availability of one or more attributes within a print network. One or more devices are interrogated to determine associated attributes. A first set of attribute combinations that cause device failure is determined and placed in an unsupported bank for each device. A second set of attribute combinations that do not cause device failure are determined and placed in a supported bank for each device. Access to the first set of attribute combinations is disabled and access to the second set of attribute combinations is enabled.

Abstract: A function optimization method includes the operations of: constructing an upper bound using a double majorization bounding process to a sum-of-exponentials function including a summation of exponentials of the form ? k = 1 K ? ? ? k T ? x ; optimizing the constructed upper bound respective to parameters ? to generate optimized parameters ?; and outputting the optimized sum-of-exponentials function represented at least by the optimized parameters ?. An inference process includes the operations of: invoking the function optimization method respective to a softmax function constrained by discrete observations y defining categorization observation conditioned by continuous variables x representing at least one input object; and applying the optimized softmax function output by the invocation of the softmax function optimization method to the continuous variables x representing at least one input object to generate classification probabilities.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of image forming units that form toner images in different color; an image carrier which carries the toner image of each color; a determination unit that determines, in relation to a size of image data instructed to print, whether or not a first area where a misregistration correcting image is formed at an end portion in a width direction of the image carrier is secured; a first control unit that controls the image forming unit; and a detection sensor that detects the misregistration correcting image formed on the image carrier by controlling of the first control unit; wherein the misregistration of the toner image formed by each image forming unit is corrected on a basis of a value detected by the detection sensor.

Abstract: A history image generating system and method is configured such that a determining unit determines whether or not an image to be combined with a history image stored as a history is a digital watermark image, and when it has been determined by the determining unit that the image is a digital watermark image, a processing unit performs, with respect to the digital watermark image, processing including enhancement processing such that the visibility of the image is increased, and a generating unit generates an image in which the digital watermark image with respect to which processing has been performed by the processing unit and the history image are combined. Further, a recording medium stores a computer program that causes a computer to execute operation of each unit of this history image generating system.

Abstract: An electrostatic latent image developing carrier is provided which comprises a core particle and a resin coating layer containing conductive particles dispersed therein, the carrier having a volume average particle diameter of 25 to 60 ?m and an average degree of circularity of 0.975 or more, wherein the core particle has a BET specific surface area of 0.1 to 0.3 m2/g and an internal void ratio of 10% or less.