Abstract: An image displaying device includes a first display portion capable of changing display contents and provided at a surface side of a main body, a second display portion capable of changing display contents and provided at a lower surface side of the main body and a detector which detects a turning-over of the main body. The display contents of the first or second display portion is changed by a display controller depending on detected results of the detector.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus with increased convenience of setting an operation panel includes a touch panel LCD, an LCD controller, a video RAM, a control RAM, a panel CPU performing an operation for realizing the image forming apparatus based on data input from outside, a nonvolatile RAM a backup power supply, a flash ROM, a communication unit, a printer CPU performing communications for realizing image formation processing with the panel CPU through the communication unit, an input/output unit, a control RAM, an image RAM, a flash ROM, and an external I/F controller.

Abstract: Data type of data attached to a first e-mail received by using an account data is determined, and if the attached data is an image data of a prescribed format, the image data is printed, and a second e-mail notifying completion of printing is transmitted to the destination of the first e-mail.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus which is superior in operability and does not uselessly read image data is provided. When image data is once read and then a copy start key is pressed again, a determination is made as to whether an automatic document feeder has not been opened and a new original has not been set in the automatic document feeder from the end of a previous read operation to the next pressing of the start key. If the condition is satisfied, image data which is stored in a memory by the previous read operation is read out and printed. If the condition is not satisfied, an original image is read again.

Abstract: The present invention provides an image transmission system that comprises a transmission apparatus, and a relay apparatus that receives image information from the transmission apparatus and forwards the received image information to a reception apparatus, wherein the transmission apparatus receives a designation of a time limit by which the image information should arrive at the reception apparatus and transmits time limit information that indicates the time limit to the relay apparatus; the relay apparatus determines a forwarding time period during which the image information is to be forwarded to the reception apparatus, based on the time limit information as well as charge information that indicates, for each of time periods, a charge for forwarding the image information to the reception apparatus, and forwards the image information to the reception apparatus during the determined forwarding period.

Abstract: An Internet facsimile machine includes an e-mail generating unit and an e-mail send unit. For sending a multi-page document, the e-mail generating unit generates separate e-mails and attaches image data of a specific page of the document to one of the e-mails and image data of remaining pages to another of the e-mails. The e-mail send unit sends each e-mail. With this arrangement, regardless of the size of image data of the entire document, it is ensured that at least the specific page showing contact information of the sender is successfully sent to the recipient.

Abstract: A digital image forming apparatus arranges an image of a specified image document among a plurality of documents on a spread page located on the innermost side of saddle stitch type prints in gathering in easy operation with high reliability. A digital image forming apparatus is equipped with: an image reader for reading images of a plurality of pages of documents and outputting an image data of each image; a printer for forming images on both sides of a paper sheet based on inputted image data; array setting means for setting allotment of each of paper sheets for the documents read by the image reader so that prints for saddle stitching are obtained by using the printer and that an image of a specified document among the documents is arranged on a spread page of the saddle stitch type prints; and control means for inputting the image data outputted by the image reader to the printer in an order changed based on the array setting set by the array setting means.

Abstract: A FAX transmission system is composed of: a plurality of first FAX gateways having a function of receiving FAX data from a sending FAX machine over a telephone network and forwarding the FAX data over a communication network other than the telephone network; and a plurality of second FAX gateways having a function of receiving FAX data over the communication network and forwarding the FAX data to a receiving FAX machine over the telephone network. A first FAX gateway in the FAX transmission system acquires, for each second FAX gateway, device information that includes (i) an address on the communication network of the second FAX gateway and (ii) an address on the telephone network of the second FAX gateway or information for acquiring the telephone network address, and transmits the acquired device information to at least one other of the first FAX gateways.

Abstract: A fax data transmission device receives fax data, and stores it together with an identifier for identifying the fax data. The fax data transmission device sends receipt information which includes the identifier and a notification that the fax data identified by the identifier has been received, to an external device. The fax data transmission device receives destination information relating to a destination to which the fax data should be forwarded, as a reply to the receipt information. The fax data transmission device sends the fax data to the destination specified based on the destination information.

Abstract: The management apparatus is connected to a plurality of image forming apparatuses via a network and manages the amount of image formations made by separate users using the plurality of image forming apparatuses. The management apparatus includes the amount of image formations distribution unit which distributes the amount of image formations allocated to each user among the plurality of image forming apparatuses in accordance with the first ratio and the distributed amount transmission control unit which transmits a respective amount of image formations associated with the user together with the identification information of the user to each of the plurality of image forming apparatuses.

Abstract: In order to efficiently utilize a memory in a digital copying machine which reads image data from an original and stores the read image data, whether or not to store image data in the memory is determined when the image data is read or the image data is input through an external interface. For example, image data read by an image reader is stored while data from an external device which is input through the external interface is not stored. This is because when the digital copying machine is used as an external device printer, the owner of the image data is difficult to identify and therefore the image data is not to be stored in the memory.

Abstract: In an image processing apparatus capable of easily preparing a document having plural kinds of images and printing sheets, a plurality of management jobs containing linkage data, such as the order of linking image jobs are stored and registered in storage 32. In linking the image jobs, one of the registered management jobs is selected. Then, a controller 34 causes the execution of linking the plurality of image jobs on the basis of the linkage data of the selected management job. Accordingly, the information of the plurality of image jobs can be treated independently of the information of the data for linking the plurality of image jobs. This permits easy preparation of a linked document having a plurality of images.

Abstract: An image displaying device includes a first display portion capable of changing display contents and provided at a surface side of a main body, a second display portion capable of changing display contents and provided at a lower surface side of the main body and a detector which detects a turning-over of the main body. The display contents of the first or second display portion is changed by a display controller depending on detected results of the detector.

Abstract: A digital image forming apparatus is equipped with image input means, image signal storage means and image forming means. The image signal storage means stores image data of a plurality of documents per page. The image forming means forms images on copy paper sheets based on the image data read from the image signal storage means. The digital image forming apparatus is also provided with a saddle stitching mode wherein the image data stored in the image signal storage means is transmitted in sequence to the image forming means so that images are formed on the copy paper sheets in a page order indicated by a page array of saddle stitching corresponding to a total page number of the documents. The digital image forming apparatus is further equipped with mode specification means which make it possible to specify a mode for the spread page that is different from that for the remaining pages.

Abstract: In an image processing apparatus capable of easily preparing a document having plural kinds of images and printing sheets, a plurality of management jobs containing linkage data, such as the order of linking image jobs are stored and registered in storing means 32. In linking the image jobs, one of the registered management jobs is selected. Then, a controller 34 causes the execution of linking the plurality of image jobs on the basis of the linkage data of the selected management job. Accordingly, the information of the plurality of image jobs can be treated independently of the information of the data for linking the plurality of image jobs. This permits easy preparation of a linked document having a plurality of images.

Abstract: In the image data processing of the digital copying machine (M), the image data is assigned to the expanders (30,31) in such a manner that the expansion time of each of the expanders (30,31) is close to one another. Thus, because the difference of the expansion time between the expanders (30,31) is very close to one another, both of the expanders (30,31) can be efficiently used so that the timing when printing can be started is quickened. In consequence, the speed of expansion processing or print processing is improved.

Abstract: A digital image forming apparatus is equipped with image input means, image signal storage means and image forming means. The image signal storage means stores image data of a plurality of documents per page. The image forming means forms images on copy paper sheets based on the image data read from the image signal storage means. The digital image forming apparatus is also provided with a saddle stitching mode wherein the image data stored in the image signal storage means is transmitted in sequence to the image forming means so that images are formed on the copy paper sheets in a page order indicated by a page array of saddle stitching corresponding to a total page number of the documents. The digital image forming apparatus is further equipped with mode specification means which make it possible to specify a mode for the spread page that is different from that for the remaining pages.

Abstract: A digital image forming apparatus arranges an image of a specified image document among a plurality of documents on a spread page located on the innermost side of saddle stitch type prints in gathering in easy operation with high reliability. A digital image forming apparatus is equipped with: an image reader for reading images of a plurality of pages of documents and outputting an image data of each image; a printer for forming images on both sides of a paper sheet based on inputted image data; array setting means for setting allotment of each of paper sheets for the documents read by the image reader so that prints for saddle stitching are obtained by using the printer and that an image of a specified document among the documents is arranged on a spread page of the saddle stitch type prints; and control means for inputting the image data outputted by the image reader to the printer in an order changed based on the array setting set by the array setting means.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus of the present invention provides an image reader which reads image, an image memory which stores image data read by said image reader, a compressor which reads out image data previously stored in said image memory, and compresses image data reading out, and a controller which controls starting operation of said compressor so as not to complete compressing image data in said image memory before completion of storing image data into said image memory.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for processing paper ejected from an image forming device includes the use of a plurality of bins for sorting the paper ejected from the image forming device into packets and for housing the packets. A tray for stacking the packets is provided, along with a packet conveying device for conveying the packets from the plurality of bins to the tray. A detection device is included for detecting the maximum amount of paper that can be stacked onto the tray. A control device is also included which performs a number of controlling functions such as halting the packet conveying device, counting the number of empty bins from which the packets have already been removed and transmitting the number to an image forming device controller, in addition to controlling the guidance of the paper subsequently ejected from the image forming device in the empty bins.