Abstract: An image processing apparatus and an image processing method are provided for allowing a user to achieve a desired image quality while controlling toner consumptions. An amount of toner reduced is calculated based on a set toner reduction rate. For objects other than an object specified as an excluded object to which toner reduction is not applied, a toner reduction rate for achieving the calculated amount of toner saved is calculated.

Abstract: A print server in a printing system including a print server, at least one mediation apparatus, and at least one image forming apparatus, comprises: a unit configured to establish a connection with the at least one mediation apparatus and to maintain the established connection to be able to transmit data from the print server serving as a source; a unit configured to manage a mediation apparatus and an image forming apparatus in association with each other as a group; a unit configured, upon receiving a print instruction, to determine, among the at least one mediation apparatus, a mediation apparatus to which a print request transfer instruction is to be transmitted, and to transmit the print request transfer instruction to the determined mediation apparatus via the maintained connection; and a unit configured to transmit a print job in response to the print job acquisition request.

Abstract: Disclosed is an image variable magnification device including: a first screen processing unit to carry out a first screen processing for the original image by applying a dither threshold on a position in a dither threshold matrix, which corresponds to a position obtained by adding the shift amount; a second screen processing unit to carry out a second screen processing for the original image by applying a dither threshold on a position in the dither threshold matrix, which corresponds to a position obtained by adding the shift amount and +1 or ?1; and a variable magnification processing unit to shift each pixel in an image obtained by the first screen processing, in accordance with the shift amount, and to determine a gradation value of a pixel required to be inserted due to the shift, by adopting a processing result obtained by the second screen processing unit.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: an image data arrangement unit configured to perform the arrangement of print image data of each page on both sides of a sheet, according to multiple-fold printing which assumes a multiple-fold equal to or more than three folds; a preview display unit configured to display on a screen the image data with at least one of fold positions in the multiple-fold being folded and with at least one of the other fold positions being spread, on the basis of the arrangement by the image data arrangement unit; and a print command output unit configured to output a print command based on an arrangement mode displayed on the preview display unit.

Abstract: Color shifting correction is performed first based on shifting amount information indicating a shifting amount with respect to the scanning direction on an image carrier of each image forming unit, and halftone processing is then performed, thus suppressing caused by color shifting correction, and forming a high-quality image. An image forming engine has color shifting amount storage units storing actual shifting amounts with respect to ideal scan directions on image carriers in image forming units. Color shifting correction amount arithmetic units calculate color shifting correction amounts for respective color components using stored color shifting amounts. Color shifting correction units perform color shifting correction by converting coordinates upon reading image data from bitmap memories using calculated color shifting correction amounts, and perform tone correction. Data after tone correction undergo halftone processing.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a first storing portion storing first setting groups; and a controller including: a first receiving portion receiving designation of one of the first setting groups; a storage controlling portion storing values of priority and settings of setting items in the first setting group as a second setting group in a second storing portion; a second receiving portion receiving designation of the second setting group stored in the second storing portion; a display controlling portion making a displaying portion display the settings of the setting items in the second setting group; a third receiving portion receiving a change of at least one of the settings of the setting items displayed in the displaying portion; and an execution receiving portion receiving instruction of executing of image processing by using the settings of the setting items displayed in the displaying portion.

Abstract: An image processing method includes: displaying a functional image; storing processing information in association with the functional image; displaying a first setting screen and comprises an execution instruction image if an input made by a first operation for the functional image is received; transmitting, to the image forming apparatus, a function execution command if an input for the execution instruction image is received; displaying, on the display unit, a second setting screen if an input made by a second operation for the functional image is received; storing non-display information if a non-display instruction is received, and displaying, on the display unit, operation information if the non-display instruction is received.

Abstract: When an information processing apparatus is in the normal mode, the main controller determines whether or not the main controller is to perform a process on a received packet, on the basis of a filtering condition which is set in the information processing apparatus. When the information processing apparatus is in the sleep mode, a communication unit determines whether or not the communication unit, instead of the main controller, is to perform a process on a received packet, on the basis of the filtering condition.

Abstract: Compressed data transmitted to a print control apparatus includes break data having information on a compressed size and a decompressed size for each page. When the compressed data is transferred to a decompressing unit, the break data is converted to NOP data. Information on the decompressed size included in each break data is provided to a checking unit. During a period in which a decompression process is performed, a decompression flag is turned on. The checking unit obtains the actual decompressed size by counting a period in which the decompression flag is turned on, to check whether the decompression process has been normally performed. During a period in which the decompressing unit and the checking unit perform processes for a certain page, a reading unit reads compressed data for the next page.

Abstract: Disclosed is an image forming apparatus, including: a first storing device; a second storing device in which consumed power is low as compared with the first storing device; and a control unit configured to start up the image forming apparatus by a program stored in the second storing device, and to execute the job by using one of the storing devices as a storing area for the image data, wherein the control unit controls the image forming apparatus in a first operation mode in which the image forming apparatus is started up without supplying electric power to the first storing device, and in which when a predetermined condition is satisfied, the job is executed by using the second storing device and when the predetermined condition is not satisfied, the job is executed by supplying the electric power to the first storing device and using the first storing device.

Abstract: A data transmission device includes: a communication portion that performs a transmission job which transmits data; an input portion that receives, at the time of performance of the transmission job, an input of a symbol sequence obtained by adding command information to a transmission destination address; and a processing portion that identifies a portion indicating the transmission destination address of and a portion indicating the command information of the symbol sequence input at the time of performance of the transmission job, that changes a setting value on the transmission job according to the command information and that makes the communication portion transmit data to a transmission destination corresponding to the transmission destination address.

Abstract: When first wireless communication is established, a mobile terminal sends image data specific information for specifying a set of image data to an image recording apparatus by the first wireless communication. When a set of image data associated with the image data specific information corresponding to the image data specific information received by the first wireless communication is stored, an image recording apparatus records an image corresponding to the stored set of image data onto a recording medium. When such a set of image data is not stored, the image recording apparatus receives the set of image data from the mobile terminal by the second wireless communication and records an image corresponding to the received set of image data onto the recording medium. The image recording apparatus then stores the received set of image data and the image data specific information in association with each other.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus is described where restoration of unnecessary data is prevented, and a storage area of the image forming apparatus is effectively utilized. When an option to increase the storage capacity of the image forming apparatus is selected, data backed up by a backup unit is set as data to be restored by a restore unit. When the option to increase the storage capacity of the image forming apparatus is not selected, data indicated by data identification information as being required data is set as data to be restored by the restore unit from among the data backed up by the backup unit.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a printing control method, a printing control device and a printing device with printing data printed according to height of another blank space. The printing control method comprises the following steps: receiving printing data; acquiring first printing format information of the printing data, wherein the first printing format information includes a first blank space height; acquiring paper-saving parameter information; obtaining second printing format information according to the first printing format information and the paper-saving parameter information, wherein the second printing format information includes a second blank space height; and printing the printing data according to the second blank space height. With the disclosure, a significant paper-saving effect can be achieved during printing.

Abstract: Image forming apparatus and system include a searcher and a search responder, wherein the searcher transmits a first search-message notifying first identification-information and first group-confirmation-information to other image forming apparatuses, receives a search-response-message notifying second identification-information, and to store the second identification-information notified by the received second search-response-message in the storage.

Abstract: A control device includes a storage unit in which a parameter group for setting an operational content of an electronic apparatus and functional information related to a function realized when the parameter group is set are stored in correspondence with each other; a reception unit that receives an operation; an extraction unit that extracts the functional information from the storage unit when a changing operation for changing at least one parameter is received by the reception unit, the functional information corresponding to the parameter changed by the changing operation; a presentation unit that presents the extracted functional information; and a setting unit that reads the parameter group corresponding to the presented functional information from the storage unit and sets the parameter group when the reception unit receives a usage confirmation operation for confirming that the function corresponding to the presented functional information is to be used.

Abstract: A preflight check unit in a printing control apparatus includes a sub-preflight check unit, an object page determination unit, a main preflight check unit, and a preflight result output unit. The sub-preflight check unit obtains resource use information and part use information. The object page determination unit determines object pages to be subjected to the preflight check, based on the resource use information and the part use information, and writes object page information indicating the object pages in a storage unit. The main preflight check unit reads the object page information from the storage unit to perform preflight check on the object pages indicated by the object page information. The preflight result output unit outputs a preflight result.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an image reading mechanism configured to read an image from a document; an image forming mechanism configured to print the image read by the image reading mechanism on a recording sheet; and an image inspection mechanism configured to read the image printed on the recording sheet in the image forming mechanism. The image reading mechanism and the image inspection mechanism each include: a light source configured to irradiate a reading target with light; and a solid-state image sensing device on which reflected light from the reading target is made incident, and configured to perform photoelectric conversion operation. Light emitting members forming the light sources of the image reading mechanism and the image inspection mechanism have the same spectral characteristics.

Abstract: A handheld digital camera device including: a digital camera unit having a first image sensor for capturing images and a color display for displaying captured images to a user; an integral processor configured for: controlling operation of the first image sensor and color display; decoding an imaged coding pattern printed on a substrate, the printed coding pattern employing Reed-Solomon encoding; and performing an action in the handheld digital camera device based on the decoded coding pattern. The decoding includes the steps of: detecting target structures defining an extent of a data area; determining the data area using the detected target structures; and Reed-Solomon decoding the coding pattern contained in the determined data area.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus for setting a setting value for print data to be transmitted to a printer, includes a selection unit configured to select a purpose from a plurality of printing purposes, and a display unit configured to display a screen for setting the setting value for the print data including a variable setting item for setting a setting value from a plurality of setting values associated with the printing purpose selected by the selection unit, and a fixed wherein setting values for the variable setting item and the fixed setting item are set by using different setting ways on the displayed screen.

Abstract: An image processing system, connecting a plurality of image forming apparatuses via a network for outputting an input image using one of image forming apparatuses, includes an output-specifying information obtaining unit that obtains output-specifying information including to-be-output image data and information designating one of the image forming apparatuses as an output destination to output the to-be-output image data; an output-able size information obtaining unit to obtain output-able size information linking information identifying each image forming apparatus and output-able image size information at each image forming apparatus; an output-able size information display unit to display an output-able image size of each image forming apparatuses on a display area; an image data converter to convert image data to a data format suitable for the designated image forming apparatus; and an image data transmission unit to transmit the converted image data to one of the image forming apparatuses designated as

Abstract: A method and apparatus for extending LCDS imaging data stream imaging capabilities. An imaging data stream can be modified to permit the imaging data stream to implement at least one full-color call for rendering full-color forms and full-color jobs via at least one rendering device within a rendering system. This can be accomplished by creating and associating at least one full-color extension with a syntax of the imaging data stream in order to implement the at least one full-color call in an extensible set of color spaces, and also compactly decoding, storing indexing and searching the at least one full-color call within a particular job. In addition, an LCDS imaging data stream can be modified to provide an image substitution pathway to permit at least one full-color image included in said LCDS imaging data stream to be substituted for monochrome images or highlight color images.

Abstract: On a Web service apparatus, messages are monitored and obtained. The contents of an obtained message are analyzed, and if it is determined that the message includes a print instruction for a follower, the corresponding file is obtained from the Web service apparatus, printed, and after the print completes, a comment relating to the print is sent to the Web service apparatus.

Abstract: Systems and methods consistent with some embodiments presented provide methods for print resource management. In some embodiments of methods for print resource management print data comprising PDL data may be parsed to identify reusable resources in the print data. The reusable resources may be converted to a common internal format and stored. In some embodiments, reusable resources may be rendered to obtain a rendered version of the reusable resource, which may be stored. In some embodiments, the stored rendered version or a rendered form of the stored formatted version of the reusable resource may be used in a bitmap image for a page whenever the reusable resource is referenced during the creation of the bitmap image for the page.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a first processor which is connected to a first memory and converts print data into an image data format based on a page description language, a second processor which is connected to a second memory and performs image processing for print data of the image data format to generate data of a format interpretable by a printing unit, and a communication control unit which externally receives print data and transfers the received print data to either the first memory or second memory based on a descriptor. The second processor determines the format of received print data. When the print data has the page description language format, the first memory is set as the transfer destination in the descriptor. When the print data has the image data format, the second memory is set as the transfer destination in the descriptor.

Abstract: By selecting information about print option processing to be performed on an image based on a user's instruction, the print option can be specified without a necessity of any complicated procedure, so that convenience of a user of a printing apparatus can be improved.

Abstract: A method for controlling printing speed of print jobs having different printing images on printing material, includes calculating printing data from a first static component, calculating and combining printing data from first variable components with printing data from the first static component forming first printing data and forwarding the first printing data to a printing unit, counting a current value with a counter, calculating printing data from a second static component, printing first printing images with the printing unit using first printing data and controlling printing speed of the printing unit to conclude the calculation before the counter reaches a value, calculating and combining printing data from the second variable components with printing data from the second static component forming second printing data and forwarding second printing data to the printing unit, and printing the second printing images with the printing unit using second printing data.

Abstract: An information processing device equipped with a data generating unit which generates print data from original data based on setting information (information on parameters which are selected in regard to multiple setting items, respectively) comprises an object generating unit which generates an object corresponding to possible setting information and a display control unit which makes a display unit display the objects which have been generated by the object generating unit while relatively increasing display level of relevant objects (objects relevant to an application that generated the original data) compared to other objects.

Abstract: A data processing apparatus includes a display portion, a control portion including a display control portion for causing the display portion to display a preview image of output target data, a touch sensor for receiving, on the display portion, a user operation for performing output setting for the output target data concerning the preview image, an output portion for outputting the output target data based on the output setting, and a control portion for, in a state where the display control portion arranges objects in page unit sequentially to be displayed as the preview image, when the touch sensor receives a predetermined pinch operation for the objects, performing page setting concerning the objects to be operated.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus to perform direct printing of print data, wherein the image forming apparatus receives print data encoded in a first encoding method, determines whether the received print data includes a character expressed in 2 bytes, converts the print data encoded in the first encoding method to be encoded in a second encoding method of analyzing the character expressed in 2 bytes in the image forming apparatus if the print data includes the character expressed in 2 bytes, and forms an image of the converted print data.

Abstract: A portable handheld device including a CPU for processing a script; a multi-core processor for processing an image; an input buffer for receiving data for processing by the multi-core processor, the input buffer being provided under the control of the multi-core processor to send data thereto; and an output buffer for receiving data processed by the multi-core processor, the output buffer being provided under the control of the multi-core processor to receive data therefrom. The multi-core processor comprises a plurality of micro-coded processing units. The CPU is configured with authority to clear and query the input and output buffers.

Abstract: A method of displaying an option screen in an image forming apparatus includes determining at least one operation option corresponding each of two or more image forming functions, among image forming functions provided by the image forming apparatus; generating an option screen in which regions for setting the operation options determined with respect to the two or more image forming functions are arranged in a same screen; and displaying the generated option screen through a user interface unit.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a protected area determining unit that determines a protected area to be protected by forming a transparent color material pattern made of a transparent color material on recording paper; a grain-direction acquiring unit that acquires a grain direction of the recording paper; a pattern determining unit that determines a direction of the transparent color material pattern based on the acquired grain direction; a pattern generating unit that generates the transparent color material pattern in the determined direction; and a color material forming unit that forms the transparent color material pattern in the determined direction on the protected area of the recording paper.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a calculation unit and a white layer density determination unit. The calculation unit calculates, based on multiple color component signals to be used for image formation, an image layer halftone percentage of an image layer to be formed on a recording medium. The white layer density determination unit determines, based on the image layer halftone percentage, a white layer halftone percentage of a white layer to be formed as an underlying layer of the image layer on the recording medium.

Abstract: In a case where a determination is made that a density of a pixel of interest is greater than a threshold, or in a case where a pixel having a greater density than the threshold is present in a neighborhood of the pixel of interest at a predetermined distance from the pixel of interest, exposure with intensity corresponding to a density of the pixel of interest to which a predetermined density has not been added is performed on a photoreceptor drum at a position corresponding to the pixel of interest. Otherwise, exposure with intensity corresponding to a density of the pixel of interest to which the predetermined density has been added is performed on the photoreceptor drum at the position corresponding to the pixel of interest.

Abstract: System, method and program product, comprising computers configured with components to receive access data from a device for an item that may be printed and validated; access a device identity computer that determines a device identity based at least in part on X parameters; obtain risk data associated with that ID; access a database that lists a number of item copies associated with the ID; determine based on the print number data or risk data, whether to transmit the image data; transmit the image data containing a print request element but missing an essential element for validation; receive activation for the print request element; record print number data based on a number of times the activation data has been received; obtain the missing essential element for validation, bypass dialog communication with the device and transmit to a print spooler the basic print image data and the missing essential element for validation.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus is configured so that an attachable and detachable storage medium is attachable thereto, and the image forming apparatus includes an operation unit, a document reading unit, and a control unit. The operation unit receives an operation due to a user. The document reading unit reads a document and generates the image data of the document. The control unit controls the document reading unit to start an operation for reading a document after having received an instruction for reading a document, from the user through the operation unit, and after identification information of the document and a destination to save the image data of that document have been saved in the attached storage medium, when the storage medium is not detached during the operation for reading the document, the control unit stops the operation for reading the document.

Abstract: A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and apparatus for entering data in a print order based upon a prose attribute are disclosed. For example, the method receives a print job request comprising a prose attribute field that comprises the prose attribute, analyzes the prose attribute to identify one or more print job parameters as data for the print order, identifies one or more fields in the print order that correspond to the one or more print job parameters, and populates the one or more fields with the data obtained from the prose attribute.

Abstract: A method of performing an image forming operation through a user authentication of an image forming apparatus that supports a peer to peer (P2P) connection includes: receiving and storing user identification information and an image forming operation by the image forming apparatus; receiving a P2P connection request from an external wireless device by the image forming apparatus for a user authentication; receiving device information from the wireless device by the image forming apparatus that is P2P connected to the wireless device, and performing the user authentication by using the received device information and the stored user identification information; and when the user authentication is succeeded, performing the image forming operation by the image forming apparatus.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion that forms a toner image using a screen; a first transfer member that transfers the toner image formed by the image forming portion to a rotating transfer belt; a second transfer member that transfers the toner image transferred to the transfer belt by the first transfer member to a recording medium; and a controller that differentiates between, in a transfer area of the transfer belt to which the toner image is transferred by the first transfer member a screen that is used to form a toner image to be transferred to the transfer area in a preceding print cycle and a screen that is used to form a toner image to be transferred to this transfer area for the first time after the transfer belt has been rotated and the toner image has been second-transferred to a recording medium.

Abstract: A nonvolatile storage medium storing an image-forming-data transmitting program readable by a computer of a mobile terminal including: a sensor for outputting sensor information indicating at least one of a movement and an orientation of the mobile terminal; a communication portion for communicating with an image forming apparatus for forming image based on image forming data; and a display for displaying an image based on image data. The image-forming-data transmitting program has the computer function as: a parameter determining section for determining a parameter for image forming based on the sensor information; an image-forming-data-creation controlling section for controlling a first creating section to create image forming data based on the image data, by using the determined parameter; and an image-forming-data-transmission controlling section for controlling the communication portion to transmit the created image forming data to the image forming apparatus.

Abstract: During the performance of a printing command of an application program of a client being connected to a server, the printer status information is provided to the client so that the client can selectively use a variety of printer features. Additionally, printers are effectively managed and controlled so that a printing system has an improved operation speed. The printing system is controlled at a management server. In the printing system having the server, at least one client, and a plurality of printers, each being connected through a communication line, the server has the printer status information. Accordingly, in the performance of a printing command of the client, the client requests the management server for the transmission of the printer status information, receives the requested information, and indicates the received information through an indicating part according to a predetermined form.

Abstract: A portable handheld device includes an image sensor for capturing an image; an orientation sensor for determining a rotation of the image sensor; and a system-on-chip processor having integrated on a common wafer a CPU for processing a script language, a multi-core processor for processing an image captured by the image sensor, and a common synchronization register. The multi-core processor includes multiple processing units connected in parallel by a crossbar switch. Each processing unit stores one or more synchronization bits for identifying which of the other processing units are functioning as a single process therewith. The common synchronization register contains therein synchronization bits from each of the processing units.

Abstract: A method of making a panoramic image includes capturing a first image (30) defining a first overlap region (115) capturing a second image (40), and defining a second overlap region (215). Two points (150, 151) in the first overlap region are identified and a first vector (175) overlap region connecting the two points is defined. Two points (250, 251) in the second overlap region which correspond to the two points in the first overlap region are identified and a second vector (275) the two points is defined. If points in the first vector match points in the second vector, determine if the first and second vectors are parallel. If the vectors are not parallel, rotate the second vector image until the second vector is parallel to the first vector.

Abstract: When an automatic clearing function for resetting is executed in the case of no operation for a certain period of time, without occurrence of automatic clearing complicatedly and by executing automatic clearing appropriately, it is enabled to satisfy both improvement of usability by a user and convenience by automatic clearing. A control portion, when setting for a plurality of setting items is performed in accordance with operation input to the operation portion, measures time during which operation input to performing setting is not performed for each of the plurality of setting items, and executes automatic clearing to reset setting based on the measured time. When performing resetting for a setting item for which automatic clearing is executed during setting by a user, the time until executing automatic clearing is then extended.

Abstract: There are provided a paper conveying apparatus that can precisely determine the presence of occurrence of a jam by a jam sound. The paper conveying apparatus includes an analog sound signal generator for generating an analog sound signal corresponding to a sound generated by the paper during conveyance of the paper, a corrected signal generator for generating a signal acquiring the peak hold of the analog sound signal or a signal detecting the analog sound signal as a corrected signal, a digital converter for sampling the corrected signal and converting the corrected signal to a digital format to generate a digital sound signal, and a sound jam detector for determining whether a jam has occurred based on the digital sound signal.

Abstract: When an original is scanned by a scanning apparatus and the corresponding one or more page images are generated and temporarily stored in a storage unit of the scanning apparatus, these page images are sent to a display device for preview. As a new replacement sheet is detected by the scanning apparatus when one of the page images is currently previewed on the screen of the display device, the page image stored in the storage unit and currently previewed on the screen is replaced by a new page image of the replacement sheet. Finally, all the page images temporarily stored in the storage unit are outputted as an output file.

Abstract: A method of determining a cell configuration in a print production environment may include identifying a set of print devices to assign to a cell, identifying a print device number, identifying one or more subsets of print devices from the set, where each subset includes a unique portion of the print devices in the set, and each subset includes a number of print devices equal to the print device number, performing a simulation of operation on each subset to determiner a subset performance metric for each subset, selecting one of the subsets based on the associated subset performance metric, decrementing the print device number by an amount, updating the set with the selected subset, and repeating the identifying one or more subsets, performing the simulation, selecting one of the subsets, decrementing the print device number and updating until no subset performance metric satisfies a performance constraint.

Abstract: A color processing apparatus includes a correction unit. When, among colors on a color gamut boundary from a lowest-lightness color on an achromatic color axis to a highest-chroma color in a predetermined color space in an output color gamut of an output device in the color space, there exist a high-lightness color whose lightness is higher than that of the highest-chroma color and a color with the same lightness as that of the high-lightness color but with different chroma, and when there exists a low-lightness color whose lightness is lower than that of the lowest-lightness color on the achromatic color axis in the color space, the correction units corrects the low-lightness color to a higher lightness side higher than that of the lowest-lightness color on the achromatic color axis.

Abstract: Systems and methods of operating a computing system may involve utilizing an graphics engine to complete a print request. Upon receiving a request to print a scheduling management application may direct an application programming interface call to the graphics engine, and the graphics engine may process a print imaging instruction.