Abstract: In an image forming device, a control panel having an intuitive hierarchical layout including: three rocker type switches corresponding to a menu selector, an item selector and a value selector; a select push-button; a job cancel push-button; and a go button. Menu selector, item selector, value selector and select button are arranged in an intuitive hierarchical fashion with the selectors corresponding to higher level features and menus are placed higher in the control panel layout hierarchy than lower level selectors. The rocker type switches allow a user to proceed through menus and items within the menus in both forward and backward directions. The separate go button as well as the separate job cancel button are provided to allow independent selection of those features.

Abstract: Method and apparatus facilitate alignment of a print image to a desired position. The print image includes a set of original linear groupings of pixels. A distortion of the print image is determined as compared to the desired position. Based on the determined distortion, a set of original linear groupings of pixels to warp is identified. A set of warped linear groupings of pixels is then generated, which correspond to the set of original groupings of pixels. A placement location in the print image for the warped linear groupings of pixels so generated is identified, and the print image is printed with the set of warped linear groupings of pixels.

Abstract: This still picture filing system comprises a printer unit 2, a picture processing block 3, a thinning and compression/expansion processing block 4, a storage unit 5 and a system controller 6 which are connected through a bus line 7. Print picture data is formed by the picture processing block 3 on the basis of plural picture data which have been read out from a recording medium by the storage unit 5 to print the print picture data onto an index card at the printer unit 2. To realize this, the system controller 6 controls the printer unit 2, the picture processing block 3, the thinning and compression/expansion processing block 4 and the storage unit 5.

Abstract: A facsimile apparatus generating a monitor report. The facsimile apparatus stores kinds of causes of communication troubles and codes corresponding to the kinds of causes of the communication troubles. A control circuit recognizes an occurrence of the communication troubles during facsimile communication, self-diagnoses the cause of the occurrence of the communication troubles, and searches for a corresponding code. A monitor list then includes the cause of the occurrence of the communication troubles in accordance with communication trouble information if the communication trouble information has been stored.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus which forms an image based on bit map data. A compressing circuit compresses the bit map data to generate compressed data by reversible compression, and the compressed data is then stored in a first storing unit, such as a frame memory. Then, a decompression circuit reads and decompresses the compressed data. The decompressed data can then be stored in a second memory unit, such as a FIFO memory. An amount of data stored in the second memory is detected and based on the amount of data detected, a controller controls reading of the compressed data by the decompression unit. Based on the detected amount of data stored in the second storing unit, the decompression unit can execute a non-reversible decompression operation in which data is omitted prior to being stored in the second storing unit. An image based on the decompression data from the second storing unit is then recorded.

Abstract: A job development task performs image processing on image data of input jobs. An output section control task causes the processed image data to be output from a print section, a FAX transmission/reception section, or the like. A job control task recognizes the execution state of a specified job. A UI control task determines alterable process items relating to the specified job in accordance with the recognized execution state, and causes those process items to be displayed on a display device of an operation section. As a result, in altering a certain process item of the job, the process items that can be set are displayed in accordance with the job state of the specified job, which allows the user to alter the process item correctly and quickly.

Abstract: An image processing method and apparatus which can obtain an image, at a desired resolution, far from degradation in image at a high speed is disclosed. Input original image data is converted into hierarchical codes by a JBIG-CODEC 95, and the codes of the layers are stored in a memory. To obtain image information at a desired resolution, a code necessary for representing an image having, of the resolutions which can be represented by the hierarchical codes stored in the memory, a resolution hither than and closest to the desired resolution is selected to execute decoding processing in the JBIG-CODEC 95, thereby obtaining reproduced image data. A resolution conversion unit 96 converts the resolution of the reproduced image into a desired resolution by using, e.g., linear interpolation and outputs the converted image data.

Abstract: In a "hi-fi" color printing system, wherein colorants of secondary colors beyond the regular CMYK primary colorants are available, the colorants of the secondary colors are substituted for combinations of the primary colorants in order to obtain a full color gamut. The functions by which colorants of the secondary colors are substituted for primary colorant are non-linear through a path in the color space.