Patents by Inventor Tsutomu NISHIMAKI

Tsutomu NISHIMAKI has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Print server, print control system and print control method having a raster image processor (RIP) function
    Patent number: 8908207
    Abstract: A print server is linked through a communication network to a client device for sending PDL data, and an image forming apparatus provided with a RIP section for creating raster data by rasterizing the PDL data and a printer section for executing printing according to the raster data. This print server is provided with at least a RIP section for creating raster data by rasterizing the PDL data received from the client device, and a control section that compares the time to be taken before output when the PDL data received from the aforementioned client device is sent to the image forming apparatus with the time to be taken before output when the raster data created by the RIP section of the printer server is sent to the image forming apparatus, whereby the data whose length of time before the output is shorter is sent to the image forming apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Tsutomu Nishimaki
  • PRINT SERVER, PRINT CONTROL SYSTEM AND PRINT CONTROL METHOD
    Publication number: 20110299114
    Abstract: A print server is linked through a communication network to a client device for sending PDL data, and an image forming apparatus provided with a RIP section for creating raster data by rasterizing the PDL data and a printer section for executing printing according to the raster data. This print server is provided with at least a RIP section for creating raster data by rasterizing the PDL data received from the client device, and a control section that compares the time to be taken before output when the PDL data received from the aforementioned client device is sent to the image forming apparatus with the time to be taken before output when the raster data created by the RIP section of the printer server is sent to the image forming apparatus, whereby the data whose length of time before the output is shorter is sent to the image forming apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Tsutomu NISHIMAKI