Abstract: The present invention provides a mechanism capable of executing print processing by appropriately selecting, in accordance with the power state of a printing apparatus, the first printing mode in which the printing apparatus performs print processing regardless of whether a predetermined condition is satisfied, or the second printing mode in which it performs print processing when the predetermined condition is satisfied.

Abstract: A print color predicting apparatus, a print color predicting method, and a recording medium having a program recorded therein acquire a spectral reflectance of a print, estimate a plurality of sets of optical property values of a protective film that covers the print, depending on the spectral reflectance of the print, and predict a spectral reflectance of a protective-film-covered print, using the spectral reflectance of the print and the sets of optical property values of the protective film.

Abstract: A paper product having at least one ply, a basis weight of greater than 18 g/m2, and indicia having L*a*b* color values disposed thereon is disclosed. The indicia disposed upon the web substrate has a color value defined by the CIELab coordinate values disposed inside the boundary described by the MacAdam 3-D gamut and CIELab coordinate values disposed outside the boundary described by the Kien 3-D gamut.

Abstract: An image forming system includes: a print instruction terminal; and a print apparatus having a printing unit that prints print data instructed to be printed from the print instruction terminal. The print instruction terminal includes: a setting information receiving unit that receives print setting information including paper attributes; a loading method displaying unit that displays a method of loading paper corresponding to the print setting information received by the setting information receiving unit in a feeding unit of the print apparatus; and a transmitting unit that transmits the print setting information. The print apparatus includes a print controlling unit that receives the print setting information and controls the printing unit to print the print data instructed to be printed from the print instruction terminal based on the print setting information when the paper is loaded in the feeding unit.

Abstract: A communication unit acquires image data. A flow control unit controls execution of a workflow in which optional processing on the image data and check processing are combined. A determining unit determines whether user confirmation is needed for a result of check target processing included in the check processing according to the workflow. A notification unit notifies a user of confirmation of the result when it is determined that the user confirmation is needed. A receiving unit receives a modification input of the result of the check target processing from the user. A modification unit modifies the image data according to the modification input when the receiving unit receives the modification input, while the unit modifies the image data corresponding to the check target processing when it is determined that the user confirmation is not needed.

Abstract: For a web application which takes time to execute processing, Internet connection between a web browser and the web application needs to be maintained until the completion of processing. In a web application server which provides conversion processing from document data into print data, the conversion processing itself is provided as a software process asynchronous with the web application. The web application only accepts a conversion processing execution request. The progress is confirmed using Comet communication, and the web server delays a response to an HTTP request.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a document conveying unit, an image reading unit, a gradient calculating unit, a gradient comparing unit and a document discriminating unit. The image reading unit scans a document conveyed by the document conveying unit in a scanning direction orthogonal to a conveying direction and detects pixel values of color components of each pixel. The gradient calculating unit calculates a gradient of the pixel value of each color component in the conveying direction for each pixel based on the detected pixel values. The gradient comparing unit compares differences of gradients among color components for each pixel and extracts the pixel where the graduent difference is below a threshold value. The document discriminating unit discriminates whether each pixel is color or black-and-white based on pixel values using discrimination criteria different for the specific pixels extracted by the gradient comparing unit and other pixels.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus and a control method thereof which performs an auto-recovery function, the image forming apparatus including: a housing including a door; an image forming unit mounted in the housing to form an image on a print medium; a medium discharger which discharges the print medium to an outside of the housing; a finisher mounted on the housing to perform a finishing operation; a discharging direction changer which changes a discharging direction of the print medium to guide the print medium to one of the medium discharger and the finisher; and a controller which controls the image forming unit, the finisher and the discharging direction changer, and selectively performs an auto-recovery operation to automatically recover a jam of the print medium depending upon an occurrence location of the jam of the print medium if the jam occurs from a predetermined location of a print medium feeding path.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an obtaining unit, an image forming section, and a controller. The obtaining unit obtains color signals containing color components the number of which is n, n being a natural number. The image forming section forms an image on a medium, the image being based on the color signals obtained by the obtaining unit. The controller performs control so that colors in a color gamut that is not reproduced if area coverage modulation, not density modulation, is used for expression are included in the image by expressing densities of the n color components contained in the color signals obtained by the obtaining unit by using density modulation and area coverage modulation.

Abstract: A first profile corresponding to a first print is generated based on first spectral data of a first print and third spectral data of a light source, which serves as an observational light source for the first print. A second profile corresponding to a second protective-film-covered print is generated based on spectral data of a second print, second spectral data of a second laminating film, and third spectral data of a light source, which serves as an observational light source for the second protective-film-covered print. Using the first profile as an input profile and the second profile as an output profile, colors of image data representing an image of the first print are converted into colors of image data representing an image of the second print.

Abstract: A printing control apparatus determines a size of a recording medium based on an instruction to print an image of a predetermined size in the recording medium. A control unit causes application software to generate data to be printed having a size corresponding to the number of pages and the size of one page according to the instruction, causes a printer driver to generate print data based on the generated data to be printed corresponding to the size of the recording medium and the number of pages by registering the determined size of the recording medium in the printer driver and by designating processing for generating the print data of a size corresponding the size of the recording medium according to the instruction, and causes the printer driver to execute processing for printing the image of the number of pages on the recording medium of the size.

Abstract: Scanner, method or computer program product, arranged to sense media color information, store predetermined color values of preselected non-printed media and storing corresponding color profiles adapted for the respective preselected media, and process sensed color values, compare a sensed color value with the predetermined color values, and select one of said color profiles based on the comparison.

Abstract: A method of controlling a digital printing system that uses multiple metadata packets is provided. A controller including a metadata channel is provided. Information in a first metadata packet that is associated with an initial point of interest of a media is provided by a primary metadata packet creation unit. The first metadata packet is inserted into the metadata channel of the controller. A second metadata packet including new information associated with a new point of interest of the media is created using a secondary metadata creation unit. The second metadata packet with the new formation is inserted into the metadata channel of the controller based on the location of the new point of interest of the media.

Abstract: A printer having multiple stages of nozzles is controlled to avoid or minimize blank space between print portions when printing on roll paper. A controller in communication with the printer is configured to determine if last partial print data to be printed contains blank raster data. If so, the controller calculates the difference between a total number of rasters in the first through the last partial print data and the number of blank rasters in the last partial print data, prints the last partial print data, and controls the paper transportation mechanism to advance the roll paper only the calculated distance to eliminate excess blank space between print portions. The functionality of the controller is also embodied in a method for controlling a printer as described above.

Abstract: A scanning device including a base, a guiding module and a scanning head is provided. The guiding module includes a guiding rod, a guiding element, a sliding element and an elastic element. The guiding rod is fixed to the base. The guiding element has a notch, wherein the guiding rod is slidingly disposed at the notch along a first axial direction. The sliding element is slidingly disposed at the guiding element along a second axial direction substantially perpendicular to the first axial direction. The elastic element is fixed to the guiding element and contacts with the sliding element, wherein the sliding element pushes the guiding rod to contact an inner wall of the notch along the second axial direction by an elastic force of the elastic element, so as to prevent the guiding rod from swaying during a scanning process.

Abstract: A color display system has an image transforming device transforming an image signal (XC, YC, ZC) of a XYZ colorimetric system to an image signal of a RGB colorimetric system and outputting the image signal of the RGB colorimetric system; and a display receiving the image signal of the RGB colorimetric system which has been output from the image transforming device. The image transforming device has: a converting part; a calculation part; a determination part; and a feedback part.