Facsimile and static presentation processing inventions 02/06

20060039012 - Combined host and imaging device menu interface: An imaging method enabling spontaneous, single-site implementation of, and control over, the execution of an imaging job employing the combinable native functionalities and related user-accessible controls of plural, currently available, imaging-related instrumentalities. This method features the steps of (a) establishing, with respect to a selected plurality of such instrumentalities, an...

20060039013 - Data output system and data output method with data output monitoring: The invention relates to a data output method and to a data output system comprising: a printing device; a database device in which corresponding reference data and/or control data are stored for a plurality of data output system users; a data output control device providing or compiling corresponding output data...

20060039014 - Data output system with printing device, and data output method, in particular for performing a test printing: The invention relates to a data output method and to a data output system comprising: a printing device; a database device, in which corresponding reference data and/or control data are stored for a plurality of data output system users; and a data output control device that delivers, at points in...

20060039018 - Apparatus and method to provide osd: An apparatus to provide an OSD (On Screen Display) and a method thereof. The apparatus includes a font ROM to store basic fonts, a memory to store additional fonts, a font RAM, a controller to control at least one of the basic fonts stored in the font ROM and at...

20060039019 - Feeding method of printing medium and printing apparatus: When a to-be-transported printing medium is fed in association with an operation for transporting the printing medium to a predetermined printing start position, a control is provided so as to eliminate an emergency stop of the feeding operation that tends to be caused due to an increase in the printing...

20060039021 - Image supply device and control method thereof and printing system: According to a print system, a printer supplies function information of the printer to a DSC based on a communication link between the DSC and the printer, and the DSC establishes a UI based on the supplied function information to display it on the DSC. The DSC converts image data...

20060039020 - Image supply device, control method thereof and printing system: A printing system having a DSC and a printer that prints an image based on image data supplied from the DSC, in which the DSC acquires print function information-of the printer in accordance with a communication with the printer, configures and displays a UI based on the print function information,...

20060039022 - Information processing apparatus: An information processing apparatus used for generating print data from image information and outputting to an external print equipment, includes a print data generator for converting image information into print data, a print data storage for storing the print data generated by the generator, a display device for previewing a...

20060039023 - Method and system for commercial processing of digital image files: The method for bulk processing digital image files of the present invention utilizes a management control system that divides and distributes the processing of media files to two or more processing computers and then recombines the processed media files for use. The result of the present invention is that high...

20060039024 - Information processing apparatus, system, and method: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a producing portion producing instruction information to instruct a device to notify a result of a process, and a sending portion sending the instruction information that has been produced by the producing portion to the device. A destination to be notified of...

20060039027 - Data output system with printing device, and data output method: The invention relates to a data output system comprising a printing device, a database device in which corresponding reference data and/or control data are stored for a plurality of users, and a data output control device delivering corresponding output data sets to the printing device, and to a data output...

20060039029 - Device and method for controlling printing: A print control device that can communicate with a plurality of information processing apparatuses includes a managing section that manages scheduling requests for print jobs from the information processing apparatuses; and a control section that prevents reception of print data not based on scheduling requests if schedule requests are registered...

20060039031 - Digital camera: The present invention provides a digital camera comprising a planar image display device, a camera body coupled to an end of the image display device, and a printer device coupled to another end of the image display device. In the digital camera, the camera body and/or the printer device can...

20060039028 - Image processing apparatus and control method thereof, processing module drive control method, and data processing apparatus: An image processing apparatus includes a number of processing modules which apply a process to predetermined data in inputted print data; a detecting unit configured to detect a processing module that has performed a process during processing by the plurality of processing modules of print data inputted in a predetermined...

20060039025 - Network-accessible document bulletin board enabling on-demand printing in a networked office environment: A network-accessible document bulletin board enables user access to on-demand printing in a networked office environment. Users upload a document or document pointer to a print server manager associated with a networked printers. A user interface accessible over a data network associated with the office environment enables the user to...

20060039026 - Print sequence scheduling for reliability: A method for scheduling print jobs for a plurality of printers (40,42,44,46, 48, 50) includes, for each of a plurality of print jobs, determining a number of pages of a first print modality (such as black only printing) and of a second print modality (such as color printing) for the...

20060039032 - Printer controller and system having a dma data transmission: A printer controller and system that include a descriptor storing device which stores descriptor information, an image memory which stores at least one of encoded image data and non-encoded image data, a decoding device which decodes encoded image data, a first data path which transmits the encoded image data stored...

20060039030 - System and method of archiving family history: Digital media and contextual data relating to the digital media are archived by a system for archiving family history. The system includes a storage medium, a network interface, and a control processor. The storage medium stores the digital media and contextual data. The network interface communicates with a network to...

20060039033 - Method and apparatus for providing hard-copy output from a portable memory device: A method and an embodiment for providing hard-copy output from a portable memory device wherein a portable memory device is recognized. One or more files stored on the portable memory device are identified and a list of the identified files is presented to a user. The user selects one or...

20060039034 - Photo-direct printer: A photo-direct printer connected to a digital still camera and comprising a display unit for displaying print layout information created on the basis of multiple divided images sent from the digital still camera. When a user inputs a command to change the print layout information for divided printing, the photo-direct...

20060039015 - Tandem continuous paper printer: A tandem continuous paper printer includes: a first printer engine; a second printer engine; and a printer controller; and performing tandem printing by performing printing using the second printer engine on a paper that has been printed on by the first printer engine, the tandem continuous paper printer being arranged...

20060039017 - Apparatus and method for displaying image in mobile terminal: An apparatus and method is provided for outputting a natural color image in a mobile terminal. The apparatus and method includes a color sensor to measure light quantity and color information of the surrounding environment, and a memory to store color information of a source image to be output to...

20060039016 - Polychromatic encoding system, method and device: Disclosed is a polychromatic barcode or portable data file symbology, image, system, method, and apparatus enabling virtually unlimited information density. In a preferred embodiment, ASCII characters are assigned to unique identifiers, which identifiers are in turn assigned to unique colors. Color blots are sequentially arranged in a symbol so as...

20060039035 - Fax device for receiving and printing fax image data: A fax device comprising a tray, a detecting unit, a faxing unit, a controlling unit and a printing unit is provided. The tray is for accommodating a printing medium. The faxing unit is for receiving fax image data with a page size. The detecting unit is for detecting size of...

20060039036 - Image processing apparatus and image transmitting method: An image processing apparatus is provided comprising a scanner for scanning an original, a file transmitter for transmitting an image file of the original produced by the scanning to a specified destination, a user setting receiver for receiving a setting for the image file from a user after the start...

20060039037 - Image delivering apparatus and image forming apparatus: An image delivering apparatus is provided comprising a reader for reading the image of an original, a delivery portion for delivering data of the image read by the reader to a destination on a network, a display for displaying a screen of settings to be used for delivering the data...

20060039038 - Multi-function peripheral outputting image data for multiple uses: A multi-function peripheral which outputs image data for multiple uses includes a scanning unit, a memory, a processor, a plurality of output units and an operation interface. The scanning unit scans a to-be-scanned object and generates an image signal, which is temporarily stored in the memory. The processor processes the...

20060039039 - Noise reduction apparatus, method and program: Uncorrelated noise is reduced in image data. To achieve this, CCD-RAW data, in which color components are output in order in accordance with an array of color filters that have been formed on the photoreceptor surface of a CCD, is subjected to array conversion processing in such a manner that...

20060039041 - Image forming control system, image forming apparatus, external device, image forming control program, and computer-readable storage medium storing the image forming control program: An image forming control system includes: a sending section (sending means) 47 for sending a thumbnail, generated in accordance with specific image data, whose information amount is smaller than the specific image data, to a mobile terminal (external device) 2; a receiving section (receiving means) 46 for receiving from the...

20060039040 - Image forming device and image forming method: The present invention relates to an image forming device and an image forming method using an LED print head. A number of black pixels is counted for a prescribed unit within input image data, and a number of black isolated points is counted for the prescribed unit within the input...

20060039042 - Scanner carrier: A carrier device for a contact image sense optical scanner. The carrier device incorporates a pair of magnets with identical poles facing each other or a fluid filled sealed chamber for exerting an equal pressure on a scanning module within the scanner and maintaining close contact with a document platform...

20060039043 - Reading-line adjusting device of image scanner: A reading-line adjusting device of an image scanner includes an image sensing module, a shaft, a bush member, and a fixing and adjusting member. The image sensing module has a reading line for sensing an electronic signal of an image. The shaft is arranged in a first direction. The bush...

20060039044 - Self-aligned image sensor and method for fabricating the same: A self-aligned image sensor and a method for fabricating the same is disclosed, that decrease production cost and reduce or prevent misalignment between a micro-lens and a color filter. A protection layer having a flat upper surface is formed on a semiconductor substrate that includes image sensor elements, such as...

20060039045 - Document processing device, document processing method, and storage medium recording program therefor: The present invention provides a document processing device including: an inputting unit that inputs page image data corresponding to images of pages of a document; an extracting unit that analyzes the page image data input by the inputting unit, specifies the content of each item contained in the document corresponding...

20060033942 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium: An input step of inputting image information according to an image and a judgment step of judging, for each image data corresponding a predetermined-sized block area in the image information input in the input step, whether or not the image data is a part of a specific image are provided....

20060033941 - Printer with manual collation control: The present invention relates to a printer for printing a collated multi-page document when presented with a plurality of manually collated pages, the printer including a code sensor which senses machine-readable codes on the manually collated pages, a control unit which uses the machine-readable codes to identify and retrieve previously...

20060033945 - Design model for a hardware device-independent method of defining embedded firmware for programmable systems: A processing device programming system automatically provides a user interface comprising a selectable list of one or more processing devices based on a system level solution, automatically generates an embedded programmable system solution from the system level solution and a processing device selected from the selectable list of one or...

20060033943 - Print method and print apparatus: According to the present invention, to perform double-sided printing or marginless printing, overall image data consonant with an area that includes an area on a print medium and an overrun area are generated based on information concerning the size of the print medium and information concerning the overrun distances. To...

20060033944 - Status information processor: In a status information processor, at least one is selected from a plurality of arbitrators that are different from each other in terms of an OS or specifications of an input-output port. The thus-selected arbitrator is provided in a PC. At least one is selected from a plurality of parsers...

20060033947 - Printing control device, printing system, program product, and printing control method: When a spool file processing program starts with a system permission, first, a impersonation to a user permission is performed, and then the spool file is divided into EMF for each page. After division, the permission impersonation is released. Subsequently, a new spool file can be created with the system...

20060033946 - System and method for controlling the lower power bound for a raster output scanner in a color xerographic printer: A method and system for a color xerographic machine determines a lower bound for the ROS power levels so that color defects are not produced by light attenuation from one or more layers of toner particles on a latent image. The method computes a minimum ROS power level for the...

20060033951 - Data processing device for deciding best print mode based on data characteristics and method thereof: The present invention discloses a data processing device including a data processing unit and a data outputting unit. The data processing unit is used for receiving a transmitted data block and determining and generating a corresponding eigenvalue based on at least one data characteristic of the data block. The data...

20060033957 - Data providing system, data providing apparatus and method, data acquisition system and method, and program storage medium: The present invention is intended to provide a data providing system including a data providing apparatus having provision image data generating means for generating provision image data of a provision image which is reusable by inlaying a predetermined advertisement image into a predetermined template image into which a predetermined user...

20060033948 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes various interfaces which receive job data, a communication control module which creates job data of a given file format based on the job data of different formats received by the interfaces, an entry unit which enters a job in a table based on the job...

20060033950 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus that has at least a facsimile communication function, includes an RSS-data creating unit that creates RSS data, that is data in RSS format, from a local communication history; and a communicating unit that transmits the RSS data created to a request source, based on a request,...

20060033955 - Image forming apparatus: Disclosed is a printer capable of being connected with a plurality of personal computers and having a plurality of paper ejection trays. The printer further comprises a plurality of display units respectively corresponding to the paper ejection trays. In a case where a two or more paper ejection trays are...

20060033956 - Image processing apparatus and system and control method therefor, image data processing method, image forming apparatus and control method therefor, controller, and storage medium: To enable a large amount of printing jobs to be efficiently carried out with low running costs, thereby preventing inconveniences such as complicated operations required of an operator, generating desired data for the operator, and allowing the operator to work more efficiently, an image processing system comprising a plurality of...

20060033952 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, printing system, job processing method, storage medium, and program: When two or more files input to a hot folder satisfy a predetermined condition (S505), the two or more files are merged into one file (S506). Print data is generated on the basis of the generated file (S507), and the generated print data is output to a printing apparatus (S508)....

20060033953 - Information processing device and program therefor: An information-processing device for combining a plurality of pages including image data to printing image data printed on one sheet, and converting the combined pages to input image data for a image forming device is disclosed. When a multi-page print instruction is issued, a data generation unit in the information-processing...

20060033954 - Network device and method for controlling the same: A network device is provided with a storage and adapted to be connected to a network. A document acquirer is operable to acquire a structured document in which a rule of processing executed by the network device is described by at least one first element defining at least one condition...

20060033949 - Output device identification apparatus, control program for identifying the output device and method for identifying the output device: The output device identification apparatus comprises a tentative job issuance portion for issuing a tentative job to any of a plurality of the output devices connected through a network, a historic information acquisition portion for obtaining a job historic information of a plurality of output devices that include an output...

20060033958 - Method and system for managing print job files for a shared printer: A system and method enable a user to generate a single batch job ticket for a plurality of print job tickets. The system includes a print driver, a print job manager, and a print engine. The print driver enables a user to request generation of a collective job queue and...

20060033937 - Image forming apparatus and method for printing images at sizes designated by countries: An image forming apparatus and method for printing images at image sizes designated by countries are provided. The apparatus includes a storage unit for storing image sizes respectively designated by a plurality of countries; a user input unit for receiving information on the size of an image to be printed;...

20060033936 - Resolution-converting apparatus and method: The resolution-converting method comprises steps of applying an edge-directed interpolation to an input image and producing an intermediate image; converting a sampling rate with respect to the intermediate image and producing an output image having a predetermined resolution; and improving sharpness of the produced output image. The present invention prevents...

20060033938 - Image-forming apparatus: An image-forming apparatus includes a light source, a photoconductive member, and one or more shutters disposed between the light source and the photoconductive member to selectively permit light from the light source to pass toward the photoconductive member....

20060033939 - Apparatus and method for converting color gamut of color image: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for converting a color gamut of an input color image. The apparatus includes a three-dimensional (3-D) difference lookup table, a color interpolator and an adder. The 3-D difference lookup table stores the differences between input values corresponding to the upper n bits of...

20060033940 - Image-processing device: Image-processing device for ROP is disclosed. Upon receiving a ROP command, the image-processing device determines whether the size of the brush data is required to be modified through a size modifying operation, based on the printing resolution of the printing device. If the size modifying operation is necessary, the image-processing...

20060033960 - Systems and methods for ink selection in the trapping zone: Various systems and methods for performing trapping in relation to three or more objects are disclosed. As one example, such methods may include identifying a first object, wherein the first object is associated with a first color, and a second object, wherein the second object is associated with a second...

20060033961 - Systems and methods for small element trapping: Various systems and methods for performing trapping on media productions of mixed object size. As just one example, a method is disclosed that includes providing a default trapping approach and a modified small element trapping approach. It is determined whether an object is a small element, and based on identification...

20060033959 - Systems and methods for trapping in a publishing environment: Various systems and methods for trapping in a publishing environment are disclosed. For example, a method for trapping in a printing process is disclosed and includes identifying two objects associated with the trap. One of the objects is a foreground object, and the other is a background object. A trap...

20060033962 - Print controlling apparatus, method, and storage medium: A print control apparatus which performs printing process with a printer using coloring agents of the plurality of color components includes: an identification image controller that controls to add the identification image data to the print image data without color space conversion being performed when the printer prints the document...

20060033963 - Image processing device, image processing method, image processing program, and recording medium: An image processing system is provided that performs object-oriented image processing and collectively manages image data, image elements, and the history and state of the image processing. In this image processing system, an original image object to be normalized is generated for image data to be processed. Next, the normalized...

20060033964 - Adjustable bounding box for transparent scanner: An apparatus capable of modification of an image prior to scanning by a scanning device having a scanning element, a viewing surface, a glass platen, and a controller having memory capability, includes opaque adjustable bounding strips. The bounding strips are viewable through the viewing surface of the scanning device and...

20060033966 - Camera system: A camera system comprising an imaging unit scanned by means of an X-Y address method, horizontal and vertical scanning units for scanning the imaging unit by means of the X-Y address method, a main scanning direction control signal generating unit for generating a main scanning direction control signal for designating...

20060033965 - Image reading apparatus, image forming apparatus and image reading method: The image reading apparatus comprises an original document platen on which an original document is placed, an electroluminescent layer disposed inside the original document platen, transparent electrodes that cause each area of the electroluminescent layer to emit light, and a light receiving device that is disposed opposite the original document...

20060033967 - Outlier detection during scanning: The scanning and processing of a multi-page document is described wherein scan images are generated by optically scanning a sequence of pages of a multi-page document such as a book, processing the scan images to generate page images corresponding to original pages of the multi-page document, e.g., by deskewing and...

20060033969 - Medium feeding apparatus, document feeding apparatus, and paper feeder: An automatic document feeder includes a setting section on which a document is set, a feeding device which feeds the document set on the setting section to an image reading section, a plurality of projecting indicating sections which indicate respective setting positions for the document to be set on the...

20060033968 - Sheet conveyance apparatus and image forming apparatus: A sheet conveyance apparatus can convey a recording paper (12) in a stable condition irrespective of a kind of the material of the recording paper (12). The sheet conveyance apparatus conveys a recording sheet (12) by attaching the recording paper (12) onto an endless conveyance belt (21) by applying electric...

20060033970 - Color appearance space to cmyk mapping: Color management which converts internal color appearance space color values to CMYK device values. CMY values are interpolated from a plurality of CMY to color appearance space lookup tables, wherein each CMY table is associated with a specific value of K. A target internal color value is received and one...

20060033971 - Automated trapping system for desktop publishing: A trapping process that evaluates values relating to the luminance of the colors as well as the ink components of each of the colors. The trapping process is then able to determine the direction of the trapping of each the objects on an ink by ink basis. The trapping process...

20060028669 - Image forming apparatus, printing-mode setting method, and printer driver: In an image forming apparatus enabling communication through a network and having a monochrome-printing mode and a color-printing mode, by, in a case where printing of a Web page downloaded through the network is instructed, determining whether or not there is any color image in the Web page, and by,...

20060028670 - Image processing apparatus and its method: When a trapping process is applied to data which are subdivided upon conversion from application data into PDL data or conversion from PDL data into intermediate data, the trapping process is applied to all subdivided objects. As a result, the trapping process brings about image quality drop. Hence, a clustering...

20060028666 - Image processing apparatus with symmetric processors: A multifunction image processing apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a communications module, a scan subsystem, a print subsystem, and a digital signal processor (DSP) block. The communications module is used to communicate with a host computer to send and receive image data files. The scan subsystem is used to...

20060028668 - Information processor, a printing method, a printing program, a printing information generating program, and a recording medium: An information processor that causes a printer connected through a network to print information generated by an application is disclosed. The information processor includes a setting management unit for defining a plurality of presets, each including a setup of a plurality of printing functions specified when printing by the printer,...

20060028667 - Printing system and printing processing method: A printing system capable of processing target print data by a selected processing method, comprises specifying means that enables a user to specify print data processing units and their order of execution from a function library; printing processing means that causes the specified print data processing units to process the...

20060028671 - Gloss difference control method and image forming apparatus: A gloss difference control method includes: forming a predetermined image on a sheet in each of a plurality of image forming apparatuses connected to a network; measuring a glossiness of the image formed on each sheet; and controlling a gloss difference among the plurality of image forming apparatuses by changing...

20060028672 - Process control system, process control server and process control method: Disclosed is a process control system for connecting a plurality of devices and a process control server, which manages the plurality of devices, via a network. The system accepts input of a job, creates a schedule of each device necessitated by the job that has been input and causes the...

20060028675 - Charging system for an image processing device: An image processing system including an information processing unit, an image processing unit, a transmitter, and a charging unit. The image processing unit is connected to the information processing unit and conducts image processing selected by a user to obtain image data. The transmitter transmits the image data to an...

20060028681 - Computer printer control method: A method of controlling print operations via a print server and a printer, the method comprising the steps of: routing a datastream representative of a document to be printed from a workstation to the print server; causing the print server to determine from the datastream the type of document to...

20060028676 - Device controller and method for controlling same, central controller and method for controlling same, control device, control program for device controller, control program for central controller, and storage medium storing the control programs: An engine controller controls a plurality of devices in an image forming engine. The engine controller includes a communication interface to perform data communication with the main body controller, and a storage section for storing information. The storage section stores a character string-bit order lookup table, in which the order...

20060028682 - Hardcopy output engine consumable supply management and method: A method of configuring a hard copy output engine includes activating a hot link and configuring the hard copy output engine via an embedded web server contained in the hard copy output engine using the activated hot link....

20060028678 - Image processing apparatus and its control method: When data of a print job are stored on another device or a file server, data transfer is required to obtain image data, and the start of a print process and a preview process take time compared to a print job whose data is stored in a local storage device....

20060028679 - Information input/output system, method and terminal therefor: An information input/output system includes printer servers and facsimile servers, connected with the Internet respectively, and printers and facsimile apparatuses connected with the printer and facsimile servers, respectively. A terminal is configured to access information contents on the Internet and to transmit printing request data including at least a contents...

20060028680 - Information input/output system, method and terminal therefor: An information input/output system includes printer servers and facsimile servers, connected with the Internet respectively, and printers and facsimile apparatuses connected with the printer and facsimile servers, respectively. A terminal is configured to access information contents on the Internet and to transmit printing request data including at least a contents...

20060028677 - Information processing apparatus and its control method, and image processing method: A print job often includes secret information, and information may suffer sniffing from devices that execute distributed processing of jobs, or on the network. Therefore, executing the distributed processing of a print job including secret information reduces the robustness in terms of security protection. Hence, upon reception of a job,...

20060028674 - Printer with user id sensor: A computer network for a plurality of users, the computer network comprising: a server; a printer; a network user identifier for a network user to carry on their person; and, a printer identifier associated with the printer; wherein during use, the network user identifier and the printer identifier interact such...

20060028673 - System and method for printing out image data and text data: There are provided a system and a method for printing out image data and text data. The system for printing out image data and text data includes: a mobile device transmitting a document including link information on an image data file, file identification information for identifying the image data file,...

20060028684 - Method and apparatus for image processing method, and a computer product: The image processing apparatus comprises an image data control section and a system controller. The image data control section is connected to any one or more of a sensor board unit, an image-memory access control section, an image processor, a video data control section, and a facsimile control unit. The...

20060028683 - Method and apparatus for image processing, and a computer product: A programmable image processor capable of realizing a plurality of image formation operations is comprised of an SIMD type data operation processing section, RAMs, memory controllers, and memory switches. The memory controller and the memory switches selectively connect the plurality of RAMs to the data operation processing section thereby changing...

20060028659 - Layout adjustment method, apparatus and program for the same: The present invention provides a layout adjustment method, an apparatus and a program for the same for preferably achieving layout adjustment of a variable data document in accordance with printing conditions without losing a part of a container of a variable data document, which is already determined, or inappropriately scaling...

20060028660 - Encoder of an image forming apparatus: An encoder of an image forming apparatus includes an encoder scale positioned along a movement path of a carriage that has a recording/reading head mounted thereon and reciprocates along the movement path, at least one sensor to measure displacement of the carriage with reference to the encoder scale, and at...

20060028661 - Image forming apparatus, and control method of the same: When a shutdown instruction is input, whether there is a job under execution or a waiting job is determined (S604). A list of information on a job under execution, if it is found, and information on a waiting job, if it is found, is displayed (S611). After the list is...

20060028663 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: An image processing method includes steps of acquiring information about image conditions, such as resolution settings, supported by a first print device for printing image data; generating an image data item corresponding to each acquired image condition; determining an image attribute, such as a character image or a dot image,...

20060028665 - Method of creating color conversion table and image processing apparatus: In creating a color conversion table, search time for searching a point at which a color difference with a target color corresponding to a grid point is minimum can be reduced effectively. In a predetermined grid point constituting a second pre-color processing table, a post-RGB value of a target color...

20060028664 - Printing apparatus and control method therefor: The format of attribute information is determined based on header information included in print data (S1102 to S1106), and image processing in accordance with the attribute information based on the decided format is performed for the result of rendering performed in accordance with print data (S1111)....

20060028662 - System for and a method of producing a book on demand: A system for manufacturing a book on demand includes a first printing unit for printing a first component of the book (i.e. a cover), a second printing unit for printing a second component of the book (i.e. a text block), and a binding station for binding the first component and...

20060028686 - Encoding image data using mask lookup table and decoding such encoded image data: In one aspect, an image is quantized by assigning sub-ranges of pixel values in the image to respective quantization levels. The quantized image is encoded based at least in part on a mask lookup table assigning index values to respective masks, wherein each mask corresponds to a respective spatial distribution...

20060028685 - Method for allowing users to specify multiple quality settings on mixed printouts: A method for controlling the quality of a print job which includes selecting a first print quality for a first type of print object, selecting a second print quality for a second type of print object, and printing a print job such that the first type of print object is...

20060028687 - Electro-optical device, method for displaying an image, electronic device, and display structure: What exemplifies the invention is an electro-optical device that includes a matrix of pixel elements, a matrix of pixel drivers, each of which corresponds to each of the pixel elements, and a matrix of element processors, each of which corresponds to each of the pixel drivers. The element processors collaborate...

20060028688 - Image processing device, image processing method, and image processing program: The image processor has a half tone processing unit which converts the grayscale input data of pixels into image regeneration output data corresponding to a dot size of pixels, and a lookup table including a plurality of gamma tables storing image regeneration output data corresponding to the grayscale input data,...

20060028689 - Document management with embedded data: This disclosure details systems and methods for embedding and reading auxiliary code signals in documents, and for using the code signals to enable a variety of forensic tracking, monitoring and usage control functions....

20060028690 - Image processing apparatus and control method thereof: It provides an image processing apparatus and a control method thereof capable of, on calling and reproducing recorded past user operations, changing the operations and suitably alleviating trouble of setting up the user operations for the sake of performing a desired operation. An image processing apparatus includes the operating unit...

20060028691 - Network communication apparatus: A hyper-text-transfer-protocol communication unit sends and receives data based on a hyper text transfer protocol via a network. A facsimile communication unit sends and receives facsimile data based on a facsimile transmission procedure via a public line. A history storing unit stores communication history data. A history sending unit sends,...

20060028692 - Network facsimile apparatus: A network facsimile apparatus that performs a direct facsimile communication as a sender terminal with a receiver terminal via a network includes a flow control unit that stops transmission of data, when an amount of data transmitted from the sender terminal exceeds an amount of data that can be processed...

20060028693 - Fax machine: A fax machine is disclosed. A document to be transmitted is placed on the fax machine, and it is determined whether a function for preventing transmission of a “copy prohibited document” is enabled. If the function is disabled, normal fax transmission is performed. If, on the other hand, the function...

20060028694 - Image processing apparatus and its control method: An image processing apparatus includes a decompression unit (302) that is configurable by dynamic reconfigurable logic into either a first decompression circuit (302a) or a second decompression circuit (302b) that has a slower decompression speed and a lower power consumption than the first decompression circuit (302a), a buffer unit (304)...

20060028695 - Applications with integrated capture: Embodiments include a system for integrating capture software functionality into other software applications including computer aided design (CAD) application, search application, database management application, email applications, network publishing applications, collaboration applications, copying and facsimile applications, manufacturing applications and similar programs. A user may utilize any of these applications to initiate...

20060028696 - Document reading apparatus, image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, and copying machine: A driving unit drives an illuminating light. An image pick-up device reads a document in a main-scanning direction. An optical unit projects an image of the document onto the image pick-up device. An extracting unit extracts image signals at a plurality of points in the main-scanning direction of a first...

20060028697 - Reproducing apparatus: A reproducing apparatus includes: a reproducing portion for reproducing, from a recording medium, moving image data including plural frames whose information amount has been compressed by intraframe encoding; a memory for storing the moving image data reproduced by the reproducing portion; a decoding portion for reading out the frames of...

20060028698 - Automatic document feeder scanner with a scanning module capable of positioning on an adf scan position accurately: An automatic document feeder scanner includes a housing, an automatic document feeder, a predetermined pattern installed on a bottom surface of the automatic document feeder, a scanning module, and a processor capable of analyzing image data of the predetermined pattern and of determining a distance between the scanning module and...

20060028699 - Patch codes for color calibration job identification encoding: A color calibration job identification system and method are provided, wherein the job identification data is encoded on a printed page, in a patch code, along with color targets, according to a protocol and format approximately identical to a format of the color targets. The patch code comprises a first...

20060028700 - Image sensor with device for adjusting focus: A focus adjusting device (50) for an image sensor (1) is provided for ensuring precise focusing of the image sensor. The focus adjusting device includes a contact element (51) in direct contact with the bottom of a scanner cover plate, a focus varying element (53) engaging with the contact element,...

20060028701 - Color image forming apparatus: A CPU of a printer controller analyzes PDL data that is sent from a PC, and generates intermediate codes for one page. After the completion of generation of intermediate codes for one page, the CPU reads out the intermediate codes one by one in the order of drawing, and executes...

20060023236 - Method and arrangement for copying documents: A method for copying documents, includes creating input document image data for a plurality of input documents; analyzing and manipulating the image data based on collation feature criteria; and forming a coherent output document from the analyzed and manipulated image data....

20060023246 - Apparatus and methods for transferring printer driver preferences: A system is provided for supporting multiple platforms with common personal preferences for printer drivers. The set preferences for the printer driver are therefore reusable and may be moved from one driver to another. The system involves the provision of a common format for printer driver preferences. When a new...

20060023242 - Electronic apparatus, information processing system and method of controlling said apparatus: An electronic apparatus includes a first device and a second device that stores a driver for the first device. The first device and the second device are capable of generating transactions on a common interface for external connections. The electronic apparatus includes: a setting unit that puts the first device...

20060023243 - Image forming apparatus and image forming system, image forming method, job processing method, storage medium and program: A job processing method for an image forming system having an image forming apparatus capable of print-outputting additional information of a job on a sheet where image data of the job, stored in a storage unit capable of storing plural page job data, is print-outputted. Information related to an operating...

20060023245 - Image forming apparatus, control method therefor, and program for implementing the control method: An image forming apparatus which is capable of bringing processing devices, such as sheet feed devices and post-processing devices connected respectively to the image forming apparatus, into operable states in timing optimal for carrying out an image forming job, thereby improving productivity and operation rate of the image forming apparatus...

20060023237 - Image reproducing device, image holding device, and image reproducing system: Each of setting items in print setting when image data held in a digital camera is printed by a printer is provided with an option of “Depend on printer setting”. When print setting data received by the printer contains a setting item of “Depend on printer setting”, concerning this setting...

20060023244 - Information processing apparatus, control method therefor, computer program, and computer-readable storage medium: A method of processing data to be printed and print setting information used to print the data includes a detection step of detecting uninterpretable information from the print setting information, a transmission step of transmitting the uninterpretable information detected in the detection step, an acquisition step of acquiring interpretable information...

20060023239 - Method and apparatus for handling different print data formats: A printing system operates multiple different printing pipeline stages that together convert raster formatted print data or image formatted print data into a printer swath. The raster formatted print data or image formatted print data is received at the different printing pipeline stages according to the print data's level of...

20060023241 - Method of outputting image by automatic recognition of table image, terminal device and computer program product employing such a method: A method of acquiring an image contained in a page described with a markup language and outputting the acquired image is provided. The method includes the steps of a judgment step of judging whether or not a table in a page contains an image laid out as a table, a...

20060023240 - Program, information processor and preview method: A preview system utilizing an operating system standard spooler for spooling intermediate data converted from print data supplied from an application, including a print processor for implementing a print thread process and a preview thread process and a previewer for executing preview based on a bit map produced based on...

20060023238 - Select reprint of records in variable data printing: A method and system for selective reprint of individual records in a variable data printing operation in which a variable data print job defined by an original digital document having a plurality of records to be printed is provided to the printing device (2). The variable data print job is...

20060023247 - Image forming apparatus, printing apparatus and image processing method: An image forming apparatus, printing apparatus and image processing method are provided that enable simple execution of reprinting of an image by selecting a history of a reprintable image from a printing history of a printing apparatus that is displayed on an operations screen. In the case of the printing...

20060023253 - Direct image formation method and apparatus: Provided are a direct image formation method and apparatus in which a predetermined image file that is transmitted from a host computer is directly received and printed or transmitted. The direct image formation method includes setting a USB class of the direct image formation apparatus to a mass storage class...

20060023252 - Image processing apparatus and image processing system: A print file having print data is transmitted to corresponding image forming apparatuses. A print management section manages first information that identifies a print file and second information that addresses an image forming apparatus. A print file monitoring section monitors a print file memory to detect whether a print file...

20060023254 - Image processing apparatus, network system, information processing method, program, and storage medium: An object of this invention is to realize maintenance of a plurality of image processing apparatuses connected to a network at low cost while suppressing the time and labor. According to this invention, an image processing apparatus (303) connectable to a network (301) includes a unit (411) which stores set...

20060023257 - Link object to position on surface: A method of generating an association between an object and a position on a surface, the surface having disposed therein or thereon coded data being at least partially indicative of an identity of the surface and a plurality of locations on the surface, the method including, in a computer system:...

20060023256 - Method for printing a digital print file and a printer adapted for applying the said method: The present invention pertains to a method for printing a digital print file using a system comprising a digital network which interconnects a plurality of service units, for example a plurality of printers, and a print file memory. The method includes submitting a print job comprising the print file via...

20060023250 - Modulated video waveform generator: A video controller includes a video block that connects to the print control engine and one laser driver. The video block includes a direct memory access (DMA) block, a video processor, a waveform generator including pattern and multiple pulse mode modulation, a frequency synthesizer, configuration registers, and a data bus....

20060023248 - Multifunctional peripheral: A multifunctional peripheral (MFP) including a scanner mechanism can deliver a report to a user. The MFP can generate, by use of the scanner mechanism, electronic data that describes an image of a receipt, where the receipt indicates a credit to a credit card account. The MFP can automatically deliver...

20060023255 - Print controlling program, process method, recording medium, information processor and printing system: An object is to provide a scheme that holds back loads born by a print controlling apparatus capable of communication with an information processor, secure a constant level of usability related to printing by users and can establish a highly reliable printing system. With a scheme in an information processor...

20060023251 - Printer attachable to various models and types of portable devices and terminals for operation therewith: A portable printer which can be removably attached to a variety of models and types of portable devices, such as Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), cell phones, or other terminal devices. The portable devices can be attached to the portable printer via a clip-on adapter, thereby providing a universal clip-on printer....

20060023249 - Replacement component for a printing device: A printing device can transmit a remote procedure call message to invoke a network device. The RPC message includes data read from a memory that is an integrated part of a replacement component....

20060023230 - Information processing apparatus, print processing method, and computer program: A mechanism in which whether or not a printing process can be executed in a user's desired format can be recognized by the user before a print output is executed from an application is provided. The application inquires of a printer driver about a restriction value of a printing apparatus...

20060023231 - Color image forming apparatus and process cartridge: A color image forming apparatus in which an engine controller outputs an operation start signal to write controllers at a timing at which a registration sensor detects a position of a sheet of transfer paper. Synchronization detection signals for colors are used to set reference positions for front edges of...

20060023233 - Grayscale mistracking correction for color-positive transparency film elements: In a color image transformation method and system, a photographic color-positive transparency media bearing a captured image is transmission scanned to provide a scanned image. The scanned image has an overall cyan-blue color balance and has grayscale mistracking relative to colorimetric chromaticity. The scanned image is automatically transformed to intermediary...

20060023235 - Image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, method for searching processed document, program for searching processed document, and recording medium: An image processing apparatus of the present invention includes: an appearance data generating section 21 for generating appearance data according to a drawing appearance of a processed document; a classification information producing section 22 for producing, from the appearance data, classification information for classifying the processed document; a data file...

20060023234 - Image processing method and device: According to an image processing method, an input value combination is received. The input value combination includes a plurality of input values for a plurality of primary colors and is indicative of image information. The received input value combination is converted into an output value combination that includes a plurality...

20060023232 - Method for matching printing ink colors: A system is provided that includes a first computer that can communicate with a second computer. The second computer sends information to the first computer that includes a desired ink color and optionally includes information of other desired ink properties. The first computer includes a database of data...

20060023259 - Halftone detection and removal: Methods, computer program products and apparatuses are disclosed for processing images to detect and/or remove halftone. In one aspect, a portion of an image comprising a plurality of colour channels is selected for processing (210), a frequency domain representation of the selected portion is generated for each colour channel (220),...

20060023258 - Method for minimizing boundary defects using halftone classes with matched harmonics: A method for minimizing boundary effects when switching between halftone screens on a scanline, includes selecting a first halftone screen having a first fundamental frequency and a first angle for printing pixels of a first type; and selecting a second halftone screen having a second fundamental frequency and a second...

20060023260 - Image processing method, image printing method, image printing mechanism and printed matter: A multi-gradation image such as a face image of a person in which sub-information is to be embedded is subjected to a preprocess by a preprocessing section based on a relationship between certain image data and read image data of a printed matter on which the certain image data is...

20060023261 - Camera, reproducing apparatus, and album registration method: A reproducing apparatus of the present invention includes an image display device with a touch panel, picked-up images as candidates to be registered are displayed in the upper portion of a display unit of the image display device so that they are freely scrolled, and albums as registration-destined candidates are...

20060023262 - Communication device: A communication device is connectable to a terminal device, which can perform a data communication with the communication device. The communication device is capable of receiving data through another communication device via a communication network. The communication device may include a data storing system that stores data received from the...

20060023263 - Data communication apparatus: A data communication apparatus comprises a memory for storing plural data, a transmitter for transmitting the plural stored data, a display for displaying situations of the plural stored data, and a controller for performing, in case of displaying the situations, control to change order of display of the data being...

20060023264 - High-speed image scanning system and the method thereof: A high-speed image scanning system and the corresponding method are disclosed. A high-speed photo sesnor, which can simultaneously output several sets of RGB color signals cooperates with the converter controlling unit and memory controlling unit of an ASIC so that several sets of analog/digital (A/D) converters and memories can be...

20060023266 - Image reading apparatus: A document platen supports a document. A sensor module has a first sensor reading the document and a second sensor disposed parallel to the first sensor and reading the document. An adjustment member adjusts an inclination of the sensor module to the document platen....

20060023268 - Image reading apparatus and image reading method: It is made possible to effect the reading of image data of four channels (corresponding to four basic colors) without resulting in an increase in the construction of an A/D conversion circuit for three channels (corresponding to three basic colors). In an image reading apparatus provided with photoelectric conversion element...

20060023267 - Image scanner and image scanning method: An image scanner includes a transparent plate, a scanning device, a driving device, a positioning member, a light absorbing portion and a white reference portion. The transparent plate has an original placing surface. The scanning device irradiates an original with light by means of a light source and scans reflected...

20060023265 - Scanner and method of controlling a position of a scanning unit: A scanner and a method of controlling a position of a scanning unit. The scanner includes: a flat-plate glass having a pattern display in a scanning area thereof, a carriage mounted with a scanning unit to generate an image data by reading the scanning area, an actuator to drive the...

20060023269 - Document feeder: In a document feeder, a length of a discharge path from a reading position to a discharge position is longer than a length of a supply path from a feeding position to the reading position. An idling discharge position is disposed, where the distance with the discharge position through the...

20060023270 - Sheet handling device: A sheet handling device comprising a cutting member (1) for cutting at least one sheet (A) produced by industrial printers to obtain two sheets (B) there from, and a control member (3) for distributing the sheets obtained in this manner by directing them towards suitable post-print document processing devices....

20060023271 - Scanner with color profile matching mechanism: Scanner with light source calibration mechanism. The scanner includes a light source that generates a white light utilized to scan an image. The light source calibration mechanism includes a calibration color sensor that generates a calibration color sensor output. The light source calibration mechanism receives a predetermined color profile that...

20060023272 - Method for calibrating color image forming apparatus: A calibration method for calibrating a color image forming apparatus includes: a detection step of detecting the color of a patch formed on a recording medium by the color image forming apparatus using a color sensor; a conversion step of converting a color signal in the first color specification system...

20060023273 - Image pickup device with brightness correcting function and method of correcting brightness of image: An image pickup device includes a histogram generation unit which generates a histogram representing a brightness distribution of digital image data (RAW data) acquired during picture taking and a table change unit which calculates an amount of correction with reference to a target brightness value based on the histogram and...

20060023274 - Electronic photo display devices: An electronic photo display device. The device comprises a panel, which is the size of a typical photo, an internal storage medium storing digital image files, and a central control unit. The central control unit acquires a digital image from the internal storage medium and displaying it on the panel...

20060023275 - Method for conversion and reproduction of film images through a digital process: The present invention relates to a method for directly converting visual images, such as motion picture film, to a digital format and recording stable archival film elements so that a digitally-recorded film master or other visual image can be accurately reproduced without the necessity of creating a digital intermediate....

20060023276 - Digital imaging apparatus capable of creating panorama image and a creating method thereof: A digital imaging apparatus for creating a panorama image and a method thereof, wherein the digital imaging apparatus comprises a capture part for consecutively capturing a plurality of images, an image information detection part for detecting image information regarding the plurality of images output from the capture part, respectively, and...