Abstract: A communication apparatus is connected to a terminal apparatus via a network. The communication apparatus includes a detector that detects at least a part of the communication apparatus to obtain status information regarding the detected pair of the communication apparatus. A memory configured to store a homepage generated by a HTML file, the homepage including function information which indicates at least one function provided in the communication apparatus, and status information which indicates the detected status of a part of the communication apparatus. The detector generates a latest status information to be stored in the memory when a change in the status of the part of the communication apparatus occurs. A communicator is configured to transmit the homepage to the terminal apparatus when a request for the homepage is received from the terminal apparatus.

Abstract: An image forming device comprising a job storage means 11 connected to a network for storing jobs input through the network composed of a group of image data to be output, a job select means 12 for selecting various arbitrary jobs out of the jobs stored to the job storage means, a job output means 13 for combining the jobs selected by the job select means and outputting the same as one job, an output form comparison means 14 for comparing each of the image output forms of each job selected by said job select means, and a display means 16 for notifying that a job having different output form compared to the other forms of jobs is included in the selected jobs.

Abstract: A communication terminal apparatus which includes a non-volatile memory device that stores parameters of various kinds, and a control device that performs an operation based on at least the parameters. The non-volatile memory device includes a read-only non-volatile memory, for example, a ROM, storing parameters regarding a plurality of geographical divisions, such as countries, areas and the like, and a re-writable non-volatile memory, for example, an EEPROM, capable of storing at least the parameters. When a geographical division is selected, the control device initializes the re-writable non-volatile memory on the basis of at least the parameters regarding the selected geographical division read from the read-only non-volatile memory, that is, the control device reads the parameters regarding the selected geographical division from the read-only non-volatile memory, and stores the parameters into the re-writable non-volatile memory.

Abstract: A printing apparatus for printing out contents carried on broadcast signals onto paper, which comprises a receiving unit for receiving the broadcast signals; a detecting unit for detecting designated contents, which are designated for printing, from contents carried on the broadcast signals received by the receiving unit; and a printing unit for printing out the designated contents detected by the detecting unit onto paper.

Abstract: An electronic-mail apparatus comprises an acceptor that accepts an electronic-mail, an electronic-mail transmitter that transmits the accepted electronic-mail to a designated electronic mail destination address, and an operational panel that includes a start member that starts a transmission of an electronic-mail to a destination address. The operational panel designates an electronic mail destination address, and further designates an alternative destination address, to be used in case of a transmission completion failure, to which a message indicating a failure in completion of a started transmission of an electronic-mail is sent when the transmission of an electronic-mail started by the start member is not completed. The message provides an indication, at the alternative destination address, of a transmission completion failure during transmission of an electronic-mail.

Abstract: An image forming device management system includes a plurality of image forming devices, a central service station which provides a maintenance service for the image forming devices, and a communication control unit which is connected to each of the image forming devices by a signal line, the communication control unit connecting one of the image forming devices to the central service station via a communication network. In the system, each of the image forming devices includes a message unit which outputs a signal line separation message when the image forming device has no signal from the central service station or the communication control unit over a predetermined period.

Abstract: Undercolor reduction is performed to a color image that is to be marked to reduce an amount of marking material used to mark underlying colors in overmarked pixels where a top color is marked over at least one underlying color. Information is generated to designate the overmarked pixels. This information may be generated as tags. A raster image is created in which both the underlying and top colors are included in the overmarked pixels. The image data of the raster image is modified such that an amount of marking material used to mark the at least one underlying color in each overmarked pixel is reduced.

Abstract: Facsimile image data received from a normal facsimile apparatus connected to a general telephone network can be transmitted as an e-mail to the e-mail address of a computer network such as a LAN or the like designated by the source facsimile apparatus. An apparatus has a LAN I/F (6-14) for connecting to the LAN, and a line I/F (6-6) for connecting to the public telephone network. Upon reception of a remote instruction from the public telephone network, a CPU (6-3) converts received facsimile image data into e-mail data, and transmits the converted e-mail data to the e-mail address designated by the received remote instruction.

Abstract: Documents are processed collectively by multiple printing devices. A printing device receives a request to print a document, and partitions the document into one or more blocks. The printing device communicates, to each of one or more additional printing devices, at least one of the one or more blocks. The additional printing devices convert the portions they receive to a print-ready format, and return the portions in the print-ready format to the printing device. The printing device uses the portions in print-ready format received from the additional printing devices to print the document.

Abstract: A data communication apparatus regularly obtains counter information from a plurality of image forming apparatuses. Then, the data communication apparatus moves and writes the counter information that is in a first memory and obtained at a previous time to a second memory. Thereafter, the counter information obtained this time is written to the first memory. At the same time, the data communication apparatus compares the counter information obtained this time with the counter information obtained the previous time. When there is a contradiction between both sets of counter information, the counter information is determined to be a counter abnormality and transmitted to a central management apparatus.

Abstract: A method for forming a recording position adjusting pattern that is capable of correcting a recording position correctly, a method for adjusting the image recording position, and an image recording apparatus are provided. Corrected K color parallel bars are grouped into blocks each of which includes a certain number of bars and plural blocks are printed in block (180, 188), and the color parallel bars are printed between the K color parallel bars with tilt magnitude that is different for every block (182, 190). The optical detection unit detects the block having the highest density among the printed parallel bars (184, 192), the tilt magnitude of the detected block is set as the tilt magnitude of the color to thereby correct the tilt of the color (186, 194). The tilt of each color is corrected in the same manner.

Abstract: A communications system receives fax image data encoded with a specific facsimile data format and carrying transmission codes having no relation with image contents, converts the received fax image data into Internet-fax data in a specific format, and transfers the Internet-fax data to an Internet terminal as an in-system terminal. The communications system includes a receiver to receive the fax image data supplied via a regular communications network, a comparator to compare an encoding mode for the received fax image data and an encoding mode for the Internet-fax data for the Internet terminal, a converter to add format data for the Internet-fax data to the fax image data with no decoding of the fax image data if there is a match in the comparison, for converting the format data-added fax image data into the Internet fax data, and a transmitter to transmit the converted Internet fax data to the Internet terminal.

Abstract: The invention relates to microlithography, in particular to the writing of photomasks for computer displays, microelectronic devices, and precision photoetching. It is also applicable to wafers, optical devices and a variety of electronic interconnection structures such as multichip modules. Other applications are possible, such as printing and graphics, as well as laser projection displays. In the present invention the data conversion is divided in two steps: first cutting the geometries in scan lines and simplifying them, and then finishing the conversion of the scan lines at the point of demand, i.e. in a beam processor in the driving electronics for each beam. The idea is to make as much as possible of the conversion at the latest possible point, i.e. at the beams. What is needed at an earlier stage is to separate the data for different beams and distribute them, and to simplify the data enough to make sure that the beam processors can always handle the data flow.

Abstract: A plurality of patterns such as half-tone patterns, solid patterns, edge patterns, and verbatim data are losslessly represented in a compressed raster data stream. A pattern selection module selects among the various patterns to provide the best combination of lossless representations according to particular criteria such as storage compactness. Half-tone patterns are compressed by exploiting the characteristics of the half-tone threshold screen used to generate the half-tone image. A half-tone pattern codebook is produced by half-tone screening a calibration image. A packet formatting module packs multiple pattern identifiers and lossless representations into a packet which may be transmitted compactly. Upon receipt, a packet deformatting module unpacks the pattern identifiers and lossless representations from the packet. After deformatting, a pattern decoding module uses the pattern identifier to activate appropriate pattern generation modules.

Abstract: The method and system of the present invention provides a single interface to process and upload files to a document management system on a remote computer system. The method includes initiating a print driver, accessing the remote server, acquiring metadata, queuing the files with a spooler for processing and transmitting processed files and the metadata to the document management system on the remote computer system.

Abstract: A method for including a barcode as part of a print job. A user is presented an option to encode and print at least one property of the document as a barcode. Data representative of a document to be printed is rendered. Rendering and encoding may take place in serial or in parallel, with either one of the steps occurring prior to the other. The document to be printed is printed. If the user selects to print the barcodes, the barcodes are then printed.

Abstract: When correction data is set, a CPU 3 reads out the correction data from an EEPROM 8 through strobe signal lines STB1-N to STB4-N and supplies it as print data signals DATA3 to DATA0 to an LED driver IC 6. When the driving of an LED array 7 according to print data is instructed, the CPU 3 supplies a group selection signal to the LED array 7 through the strobe signal lines STB1-N to STB4-N. An electrophotographic printer which can realize a high speed of the operation and contribute to the improvement of the reliability is provided.

Abstract: The method and system of the present invention provides for converting all RFQ documents to a common compressed format. The method includes receiving an electronic file for use in an RFQ; extracting link information from the file and storing the extracted link information in an output file, if the file is a text-based file; extracting ISO symbol information from the file and storing the extracted symbol information in an output file, if the file is a CAD file; converting the file to a raster image; compressing the raster image into an RFQ format file, whereby, if an output file was created, the output file is used to generate a separate display layer that will display extracted information, and whereby the separate display later is inserted into the electronic RFQ format file.

Abstract: A document processing system is provided that renders digital image data in individual pages, where each individual page is rendered to a bitmap page and a corresponding control string. The system includes a system architecture with a control channel for communicating and synchronizing the control strings at one or more process stations in an image output terminal (IOT). Further, the system architecture includes a cross channel rendering technique (“dual rendering”) for constructing the control string in such a manner as to verify process correctness at one or more process station. In addition, a method is provided for setting up and controlling one or more process stations prior to normal operations. Still another method is provided for controlling one or more process stations during normal operations. Finally, a method is provided for archiving documents in an archive station during normal operations for potential retrieval and reference at a later date.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes first and second image carrying members, ejection trays, and a sheet transferring mechanism. The first image carrying member carries images in increasing order of corresponding sheet numbers. The second image carrying member carries an image transferred from the first image carrying member. The ejection trays include a first ejection tray, which stacks output sheets in a straight or forward orientation, and a second ejection tray, which stacks output sheets in a reversed orientation. The sheet transferring mechanism transfers a recording sheet to the first and second image carrying members. The first and second image carrying members transfer images onto both first and second surfaces of the recording sheet, at the same time, in response to a selection between the first and second ejection trays in a double-sided recording mode so that the first and second ejection trays stack the recording sheets in increasing order of page numbers.