Facsimile and static presentation processing inventions 08/08

20080204768 - Image processing apparatus, method and program: Disclosed is an image processing apparatus having a large number of image processing functions, in which resources necessary for code processing units can be suppressed while a large-scale decline in performance is prevented. The apparatus includes a plurality of code processing unit (310) for executing coding and decoding of image... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080204783 - Image data processing device: An image data processing device includes a plurality of image data treating units, a storing unit, and a setting unit. The plurality of image data treating units treats image data. The storing unit stores a plurality of conditions relating to a property of image data to be treated by each... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080204785 - Image processing apparatus disclosure information transmission method and disclosure information display method: An image processing apparatus includes a disclosure information setting unit configured to set disclosure information including information on a disclosure target related to an area of a storage unit and information on a disclosure time, a disclosure information transmission determination unit configured to determine, based on the disclosure time information,... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080204784 - Multifunction image processing apparatus and method of controlling the multifunction image processing apparatus: A multifunction image processing apparatus having a plurality of functions including at least an image transmission function includes a job execution unit executing a job for any of the functions; an output unit outputting result information after execution of a job for the image transmission function, the result information containing... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080204787 - Apparatus for embedding information and performing processing based on embedded information, and method of controlling same: An apparatus and method that allow a user to copy a copy-protected document where copy-protection information is embedded in the document and copy-protection-cancellation information is embedded in a form different from the document, where the copy-protection-cancellation information is used to cancel the copy protection.... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080204786 - Information processing apparatus, display control method, and storage medium: An object of the invention is to improve convenience in using a system capable of recording electronic data in association with time information. To achieve this object, an information processing apparatus of this invention includes a display control device which displays, on a display device together with a time line,... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080204794 - Automatic job routing for wide format print distribution: A method for dispatching a job for printing an original document from an original document set to a printer. The method includes routing the job to a printer group based on the characteristics of the original document via a dispatcher. When exactly one printer group has all capabilities required by... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080204802 - Communication apparatus: A communication apparatus includes: a receiving unit which receives reception data transmitted from an external apparatus; an acquiring unit which acquires identification information for identifying the external apparatus which transmits the reception data; and a tag writer which wirelessly write the identification information into a wireless tag.... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080204801 - Communication apparatus and communication system: A communication apparatus includes: a first communication unit which wirelessly communicates with a first device using a channel in a frequency band; a determination unit which determines a number of times by which the first communication unit transmits data to the first device before transmitting the data; and a communication... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080204795 - Data transmission apparatus and method of controlling the same and method of processing data to be printed onto a printable medium: A data and address transmission apparatus of a printer head, capable of transmitting data and address between a printer head controller and a head chip and a method of controlling the same. The data and address transmission apparatus of the printer head includes an input terminal to receive combined address... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080204793 - Document processing system providing job attribute control features and related methods: A document processing system may include at least one document processing device for performing document processing jobs. A controller connected to the at least one document processing device may be for recording job attribute usage history based upon document processing jobs performed by the at least one document processing device... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.a.

20080204797 - Image forming apparatus, image forming system, and method to control the same: An image forming apparatus, an image forming system, and a method to control the same, the method including: adjusting a count of a selected type of job of an image forming apparatus based on a count of another type of job, thereby achieving convenient management of the counts of the... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080204800 - Image forming system and method of controlling the image forming system: An image forming system includes a selection unit configured to select an image supply apparatus for supplying image data and an image forming apparatus for forming an image based on the image data, a specification setting unit configured to set image formation specifications for image formation in the image forming... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080204804 - Image processing device: An image scanning device to which an external storage is detachably connected. The image scanning device is provided with an image scanning unit configured to scan an image formed on an original document and generate data representing the scanned image, a data storing unit configured to store the data generated... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080204796 - Image processing system, image processing apparatus and control method of the same, and computer program: An image processing apparatus includes a request information reception portion that receives a request to execute an image-related process relating to an image from another image processing apparatus and obtains limited functions information from another image processing apparatus relating to a right of a user that specified the request to... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080204791 - Image-processing system, image-processing log recording method, computer-readable medium, and computer data signal: There is provided an image-processing system including a request acquisition unit that acquires an image processing request for an electronic document; an attribute information acquisition unit that acquires attribute information managed in connection with the electronic document by the document management system that manages the electronic document which is a... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20080204792 - Method and system for managing information: FIG. 4 depicts a preferred embodiment upon which a method for communication of data between a sender and a recipient is implemented. The sender utilises a first computer (50) in conjunction with a data correlation scheme (51) to prepare a form. The data correlation scheme (51) correlates available data fields... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer Pllc

20080204798 - Print job management system and default printer determining apparatus: A print job management system includes a job maintaining unit, a user default storing unit, a determining unit, and a job providing unit. The job maintaining unit stores a print job, ID information on an owner user of the print job, and model information on a job handling printer in... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080204799 - Print system, information processing apparatus, and information processing method: It is the object of the present invention to realize a print system capable of storing content of print processing as log information using a simple method. To realize this object, a user-client terminal 101 of the present invention is communicably connected to a printer 102 and a tracking information... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080204803 - Printer for communicating commands with host device and method of controlling said printer: Provided is a printer which receives inquiry information relating to the print setting sent from a host devices sends to the host device reply information based on its characteristic information in response to the received inquiry information, receives print setting information sent from the host device based on the reply... Agent: Osha Liang L.l.p.

20080204790 - Printing management apparatus, printing system, and printing management method: A management apparatus receives an allocation request from a printer in accordance with a designation of a user, and reads a page count upper limit and an already-allocated page count for the user. The management apparatus calculates an allocable page count by subtracting an already-allocated page count from the page... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080204788 - Process for electronic document redaction: A redaction process (10) to enable a user to redact an electronic document on a computer. The redaction process (10) includes the steps of converting a copy of the original electronic document file (14) from its native format into the format of an electronic image file. The user may redact... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080204789 - Systems and methods for identifying physically proximate printers: In one embodiment, a system and method pertain to identifying a need to locate printers physically proximate to a client computer, and determining which printers are physically proximate to the client computer through reference to network addresses.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080204805 - Automatic detection of user preference for printer setting: A method is described for automatically predicting user-preferred printer settings based on past user behavior. A driver service module maintains an application/driver/user (ADU) settings database that stores printer settings associated with the application that initiated the print job, the printer driver and versions thereof, and (in a multiple user environment)... Agent: Ying Chen Chen Yoshimura LLP

20080204806 - Image forming apparatus and computer-readable recording medium storing image forming program: A controller (3) controls band data generating of a band data generating section (2), band data storing of the storage section (4), print image producing of the print image producing section (5), and printing of the printing section (6). The controller (3) allows the storage section (4) to store repeating... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080204807 - Print processing execution apparatus, history information processing method,program, and recording medium: A print processing execution apparatus includes a restriction information acquisition unit configured to acquire restriction information including processing information, a print processing execution unit configured to execute print processing based on a job, a determination unit configured to determine whether a condition for storing history information related to the job... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080204808 - Method of printing a multi-page document: A method of printing a document having a plurality of pages in an original sequence includes determining an second sequence to print each of the pages, wherein the second equence is different than the original sequence; loading each of the pages onto cyclic multi-page transport apparatus according to the optimal... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080204809 - Printing apparatus: When a print pattern setting mode is set and a printing apparatus receives print data including object print data from an external device, all arrangement patterns where the object print data is located in each printing areas defined in template data are produced. A setting capability checking process is executed... Agent: Day Pitney LLP

20080204769 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a data receiving unit for receiving print data from a host device; a job control unit for controlling edition, expansion, and print control of the image data; a data edition unit for editing the print data; a data expansion unit for receiving an analytical result... Agent: Kubotera & Associates, Llc

20080204770 - Bit selection from print image in image translation device: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for selecting bits from a defined print image in memory of a handheld imaging translation device are described herein. The bits may be selected by determining a location of a print nozzle, mapping the location to a memory location, and selecting a bit from the memory... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.c.

20080204771 - Continuous calibration of proof printer: A method for printing includes sending first image file data (160) and color target data (32) to a printing system (5) comprising a printer (7), a color measurement device and a controller (90). A first document (190) including a first image and at least one color patch (30) based on... Agent: Patent Legal Staff Eastman Kodak Company

20080204780 - Image forming apparatus, printer driver, program and recording medium: According to an image forming apparatus of the present invention, when a user with the intention of having a processing completed in a short time inputs execution of an image forming job involving the intention, this operation information is acquired by an operation information acquisition section. In response to that,... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20080204778 - Image processing apparatus: The present invention provides an image processing apparatus which can verify whether or not an image has been able to be correctly read and easily correct an image which has not been able to be correctly read. The image processing apparatus has a reading section 105, an image processing section... Agent: Mark D. Saralino ( Sharp ) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080204775 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: In an image processing apparatus, a first conversion unit converts, on the basis of an input device profile, input data into first device-independent data expressed by a color space that is independent of an apparatus. A storage unit stores plural conversion profiles for converting using a color appearance model in... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080204777 - Image processing circuit and printer controller equipped with the same: An image processing circuit divides input image data having gradation values for each pixel into cells formed from a plurality of pixels and performs screen processing on a per-cell basis, to thus convert the input image data into output image data. The image processing circuit includes: a cell screen processing... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080204779 - Image processing device and image display device: An image processing device for converting a color tone of an image includes: an input unit to which an image is input; a designation unit that designates precision of color conversion performed on the input image; a color conversion table that stores output color data after color conversion of color... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080204782 - Image reading apparatus and image reading method: An image reading apparatus is provided which includes a contact image sensor comprised of a plurality of sensor chips arranged in series, an analog image processor for processing an analog image signal from the contact image sensor, a unit for conducting black shading correction for each pixel and a unit... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080204772 - Method and apparatus for processing a print order: A printing system allows a print buyer to submit an electronic print order. The system analyzes the print order to determine whether a print configuration dictated by the print order can accurately reproduce all of the colors of the associated printing content. The system provides the print buyer with information... Agent: David A. Novais, Patent Legal Staff Eastman Kodak Company

20080204773 - Patch codes wtih improved robustness: A method for encoding information on a printed page includes generating a set of color patches, each having a unique color. The set of color patches is printed. The printed color patches are scanned to identify color values for each patch in the set of patches. For each patch, the... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080204774 - Print controlling program, print controlling apparatus, image forming apparatus and print controlling method: There is described a print controlling apparatus that acquires print data, which are described in the PDL and include objects having image attributes being different from each other, and converts the print data to raster data. When converting the print data to the raster data, the apparatus creates attribute data,... Agent: Sidley Austin LLP

20080204776 - Printer and control method for the same: A printer that writes print data to the print buffer and runs the paper feed and printing process while receiving image data from a host computer desirably balances the speed of the paper feed and printing process and the speed of the conversion process to enable continuous printing so that... Agent: Epson Research And Development Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20080204781 - System for imaging printing forms: A system for imaging printing forms includes a raster image processor breaking down a printing image data set into color separation data sets, a data storage medium for storing the color separation data sets generated by the raster image processor, the color separation data sets being printing location-nonspecific color separation... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20080204810 - Image forming apparatus and method of controlling the same: An image forming apparatus and a method of controlling the same in which input image data is divided into blocks and color chrominance data of each block is analyzed thereby perform a print job by automatically detecting whether an image should be print in color or pure black.... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080204811 - Detection of differential gloss images: An apparatus and method are provided for processing a digital image to determine whether the image includes a region of differential gloss (which would yield a differential gloss when that digital image is printed into hardcopy). The method includes identifying whether an input digital image has a periodic characteristic which... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080204812 - Image forming apparatus: In the present invention, in a color copy machine, original modes of copy job units, and setting changes of sharpness adjustment, whose updates are permitted beforehand, are totaled, change of default is judged, when this accumulated result is larger than a threshold value, and the original mode whose accumulated result... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080204813 - Facsimile apparatus and method of controlling facsimile apparatus: A facsimile apparatus includes: receiving unit which receives plural types of sheets including facsimile sheets; a printing unit which performs printing on the sheet received in the receiving unit; an operation unit which is operated; a facsimile data receiving unit which receives facsimile data; a reception print controller which allows... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080204814 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus according to an aspect of the invention includes: a media sensor that detects a type of a recording paper; a development unit configured to develop an image on the recording paper; a pair of rollers that fixes the image on the recording paper by nipping the... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080204815 - Image forming apparatus, segragation method in image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus has a reading unit configured to read image information on a sheet, and a segregating unit configured to detect an identifier image from the image information read by the reading unit and to segregate plural applications of the sheet on the basis of the identifier image.... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080204816 - Image forming system and grayscale characteristics correcting method: An image forming system includes a storing unit that stores a color test pattern made up of a set of test images for grayscale characteristic measurement; a print position setting unit that sets plural positions where the color test pattern stored in the storing unit is printed, based on paper... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080204817 - Communication device: A communication device has a reading unit, a wireless tag reading unit, and a transmitting unit. The reading unit reads image data from an original document. The original document has a first wireless tag including wireless tag data. The wireless tag data has data size. The wireless tag reading unit... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080204818 - Communication device: A communication device has an image reading unit, a wireless tag reading unit, a transmitting unit, a detecting unit, and a data-size notifying unit. The image reading unfit reads image data from an original document on a page basis. The original document has a wireless tag including wireless tag data.... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080204819 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and printing system: An apparatus capable processing form data including a variable region acquires image data to be inserted into the variable region of the form data. The apparatus calculates a scaling rate between the acquired image data prior to being scaled for insertion into the variable region and corresponding image data that... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080204820 - Image reading apparatus and shading correction data generating method: An image reading apparatus capable of generating accurate shading correction data while removing noise. A shading reference plate is arranged at a location having different optical distance between the location and an image sensor in an image reading unit from optical distance between original reading position and said image sensor.... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080204821 - Document reading apparatus and method of determining position of carriage: A document reading apparatus includes: a carriage, including an image reading sensor for reading an image from a document, and reciprocating in a predetermined range; contact portions, disposed at both ends of the predetermined range; a judgment section, judging whether the carriage comes in contact with the contact portions; a... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080204822 - Solid-state imaging device and imaging apparatus: A solid-state imaging device includes: a sensor unit; a vertical scanning unit and a horizontal scanning unit; column amplifier units provided at respective vertical signal lines corresponding to columns in the sensor unit and amplifying signal charges read out to the vertical signal lines; a bias current adjustment unit controlling... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080204823 - Compensating method for image scanning, image scanning apparatus and image processing system: A compensating method for image scanning measures original optical values corresponding to a plurality of scan lines in a frame using a plurality of channels. First, a reference channel is selected from the plurality of channels. Based on the differences between the actual exposure locations of the reference channel and... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080204824 - Image sensor: An image sensor includes: a light transmissive member extending in a direction orthogonal to a direction of conveying the document; a reference portion provided outside the conveying region where a document is conveyed with respect to the orthogonal direction and having a transmittance lower than a transmittance of in the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080204825 - Image reading apparatus and reading control method: An image reading apparatus reads a document on a line-by-line basis by using a reading unit. The image reading apparatus includes a modulation unit configured to modulate a clock signal at a predetermined period, a trigger signal generation unit configured to generate trigger signal for reading one line in the... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080204826 - Integrated circuit device, circuit board, and electronic instrument: An integrated circuit device includes an analog signal processing section, an A/D converter, a timing generator (including a motor controller), and a memory that stores timing generation setting data. The timing generator generates various driving control signals in synchronization with a shift pulse trigger (TGCK) supplied from a host board,... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080204828 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus having: a reading section that reads out an image of an original document placed on a document table; a storage section that stores image data obtained by reading out the image by the reading section; a sheet feeding section including a sheet feeding tray and an... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080204827 - Read-image transfer apparatus and method, read-image transfer system, computer program sheet, and carrier sheet: A read-image transfer apparatus is connected to an image reader and to a weblog server via a network. The read-image transfer apparatus stores therein user setting information including at least destination address information for the weblog server, a transfer protocol for the weblog server, and user identification information for causing... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080204829 - Hard copy out of gamut detection: A method for representing out of gamut colors in a original printed image for an output device includes sampling the original printed image to identify colors for the original image, comparing the identified colors of the sampled original printed image with an output profile of an output device to identify... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080204830 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is provided which includes: an image acquisition section (110) which reads an original and acquires an original image; a specific-pattern storage section (141) which stores a specific pattern which expresses, using a dot pattern, apparatus identification information for identifying an apparatus that prints the original image... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080204831 - Image producing apparatus, image producing method, and image producing program: An image producing apparatus includes a light-emitting element, a light-receiving section, a control section which controls the light-emitting element to emit a light by outputting a light-emitting control value to the light-emitting element, a recording section which records an ideal output value for every light-emitting control value, an output value... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080204832 - Constructing a color transform using a neural network for colors outside the spectrum locus: A color management module which provides color values in a destination color space by interpolation of a LUT that maps from color values in a source color space to corresponding color values in the destination color space. The LUT includes cells corresponding to color values within a spectrum locus and... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080198397 - Image forming apparatus and control method: An image forming apparatus is equipped with a print unit, a recording medium, a recording medium controller, and a power-saving controller. The print unit performs a printing operation. The recording medium temporarily stores an image and information. The recording medium controller controls the recording medium. The power-saving controller supplied independently... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080198402 - Communication system, image formation apparatus, controller, computer readable medium and data signal: An image formation apparatus includes a reception section, a function section, an image formation section and a power output device. The reception section is configured to be connected to a communication line over which image information and power are transmitted. The reception section receives the image information and the power... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080198409 - Editing and browsing images for virtual cameras: Digital imaging including creating, in a virtual camera, an unedited image request for an unedited digital image; editing the unedited image request, producing an edited image request for an edited image; communicating the edited image request to a web site for imaging for virtual cameras; receiving, in the virtual camera,... Agent: International Corp (blf)

20080198406 - External storing device, image processing apparatus and image forming apparatus respectively comprising the external storing device: The present invention has an object to make the unallowed image forming apparatus be unable to use option data or option program even if having read out them from the allowed image forming apparatus having the option data or the option program. In an image forming apparatus, a program executing... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20080198403 - Image forming apparatus and control method thereof: An image forming apparatus includes a device information acquisition unit configured to acquire information about at least one remote device registered as a target device with which the at least one device cooperates, from at least one device, a display control unit configured to display at least one candidate remote... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080198401 - Image forming apparatus and image forming system: An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming section for forming images on papers based on image data of a document having a plurality of document pages and an additional image which is previously set; a post-processing device for carrying out a post-processing for the papers; a first input section... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080198404 - Image forming apparatus and print control method used therein: An image forming apparatus, connected to an information processing device via a network, includes a receiving section, a memory, an interpretation section, and a transmission section. The receiving section receives a plurality of pieces of print data from the information processing device via the network. The plurality of pieces of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080198398 - Image forming apparatus, image forming method and computer readable medium and computer data signal for image formation: An image forming apparatus is provided and includes: a storage unit that holds target data information on image data to which image formation processing is applied and processing information on a process of the image formation processing; a generating unit that generates hint information on optimization of the image forming... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080198405 - Image processing apparatus and image processing system: In a printing operation, a first MFP prints a code image of a paper ID, and stores paper information including information specifying an electronic document as a print source with the paper ID. In a copying operation in a second MFP, the second MFP acquires the paper ID from the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080198407 - Information processing apparatus and control method thereof: In a print log management system, printing prioritized processing or log-recording prioritized processing is switched in accordance with network performance. A driver agent transmits a job log to a server to measure a response time, and compares the obtained response time with a threshold. If the response time is equal... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080198408 - Method of controlling computer and printer for printing system capable of executing direct printing: If a user wish to print files to be printed in accordance with a specific print setting, the user may store the file in a predetermined area of the external storage that is preliminarily associated with the predetermined print setting. When the printing device starts printing, files stored in the... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080198400 - Optimized document printing: The method disclosed enables a user to load a document printing job into the document loading station and select the desired mode of printing from a user input adjacent the document loading station. The system automatically selects the appropriate remote printer, based upon the user selected mode and executes the... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080198399 - System for maintaining a cache of printer-readable prioritized content: A system for prioritizing a cache of print jobs associated with at least one print driver includes a workstation having a processing unit and at least one print driver having a processing unit, that interface via a network. The workstation implements a print job request for a document and determines... Agent: Xerox Corporation (cdfs)

20080198412 - Data processing device and data processing method: There is provided a data processing device having a plurality of functions including at least a print function of forming an image on a recording medium and a facsimile function of transmitting facsimile data. The data processing device comprises: a connection unit to which a portable storage medium is detachably... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080198411 - Image forming apparatus and activating method thereof: An image forming apparatus includes a memory interface configured to receive an external memory, an internal memory, a reading unit, a writing unit, and an activating unit. The activating unit activates the image forming apparatus when an external memory is connected to the memory interface and model data read from... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080198413 - Image forming device: An image forming device is provided with an external storage, a printing unit, a storage controlling unit configured to store the image data in the external storage or an internal storage. The storage controlling device stores the image data developed from the print data retrieved from the print data stored... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080198410 - Print management device and print management method: A print management device receives printing data and judges whether a digital signature is attached to the printing data. When a digital signature is attached, the device judges whether a public key of the digital signature is stored and permits printing when the public key of the digital signature is... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080198414 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including: a memory unit having a common storage area which temporarily stores intermediate data between page description language data and bitmap data, and the bitmap data generated based on the intermediate data, and which includes a rasterization area used when the bitmap data are... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080198415 - Image forming device: An image forming device configured as follows. A user is allowed to select desired print data files to be printed from among print data files stored in an external storage. A file list generating unit generates a list of the desired print data files selected by the user. The list... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080198416 - Ordered stock jam recovery: A method of operating a printing system is described, wherein the system includes a marking device, a controller, and a digital front end. The digital front end manages paper jam recovery of a paint job containing ordered stock, including programming the system to produce a pretermined number of prints of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

20080198417 - Print medium having linear and two-dimensional coded data: A print medium is provided which has a surface provided with first coded data in a linear pattern encoding first information and second coded data in a two-dimensional coordinate grid encoding second information. The first and second information are indicative of a print media identifier linked to a product. The... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080198390 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program: There is provided an image processing apparatus that lays out a layout image on a template image and outputs a resultant image to a print device. The image processing apparatus includes a template image storing unit that stores the template image, the aspect ratio of the template image, and information... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080198392 - Image forming apparatus and calibration method: Disclosed an image forming apparatus that adjusts density gradation characteristics based on density data obtained by forming a calibration image and measuring the formed calibration image and performing calibration, the image forming apparatus including: a storage section to store data related to adjustments of density gradation characteristics in past calibrations;... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080198391 - Image forming apparatus, color conversion method and color conversion program: An image forming apparatus formed by including: a color space determination unit 201 configured to determine in which one of plural specific color spaces in representation systems different from one another colors of image data to be subjected to image forming processing are represented; a color space setting unit 202... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080198394 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program product: A print-information acquiring unit acquires print object information as an image and predetermined information to be encoded. A code-image creating unit encodes the predetermined information according to a predetermined encode rule to create a plurality of types of code images. A layer-image creating unit creates a plurality of types of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080198393 - Image processing method and image processing apparatus: In the case where an output value of a document reading section for at least any of R, G and B is out of a range between a first reference value and a second reference value due to a change in an output value of a reading device caused by... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080198396 - Output image adjustment method, apparatus and computer program product for graphics files: When a memory card MC is inserted into slot, a control circuit of a color printer acquires and analyzes graphics processing control information GC from the memory card MC. A CPU corrects standard values for image quality parameters indicating graphics data qualities, to reflect the graphics processing control information GC.... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20080198395 - Print control device and program: Print data representing a superimposed image is generated by developing the main image on a first memory area, developing an additional image on the first memory area so as to be overlaid on the main image and on a second memory area having the same size of the first memory... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080198419 - Color image forming apparatus and control method thereof: A color image forming apparatus and a control method thereof to correct an error between scanning lines due to an alignment error between the laser scanning units corresponding with each color of the image forming apparatus on the basis of a difference of detection times between termination signals for each... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080198418 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus that facilitates combination of a monochromatic scanner or a color scanner with a monochromatic plotter includes a common image-processing unit for a monochrome and a color that processes monochromatic image data and color image data that is input via an interface from an exclusive reader for... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080198420 - Image forming apparatus to save toner and method to control the same: An image forming apparatus to save toner, which can increase the sharpness of printed data (for example, images or characters) on a printing medium while achieving toner saving, and a method to control the same. The image forming apparatus includes a determinator, a storage unit, and a halftoning processor. The... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080198421 - Confidential documents management system: An image forming apparatus management system of an embodiment of the invention includes a first storage unit to store a document, an input unit to input print document data as use setting of the document after printing, a second storage unit to store the print document data inputted by the... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080198422 - Contextual management of multiple device capabilities in a communication device: A communication device invokes its various device capabilities according to context information about the device. Events, which may be initiated by a user or may occur without direct user involvement, are mapped to the various functions that implement the capabilities of the device. The mapping may be updated dynamically and... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20080198423 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program product: A controller combines a code image created by encoding a paper ID and an image representing an electronic document, causes a printing unit to print the code image on a paper, causes a code-image reading unit to read the code image printed on the paper by the printing unit, acquires... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080198424 - Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus: A light-collective member (142) for collecting a light outputted from a light source (140), which irradiates a light toward a document surface, toward a sub-scanning direction is provided in front of the light source (140). An illuminating portion which is so formed that each of opposite end surfaces (170, 172)... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080198425 - Image forming apparatus: In an image forming apparatus, an energy converting unit receives light from an optical source and converts the light into electric power, and an electrical storage unit stores therein the electric power. The energy converting unit is arranged in such a manner that a relative position of the energy converting... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080198426 - Image reading device: An image reading device according to one aspect of the invention comprises: a conveying unit configured to convey a recording medium; a first transmissive portion having a first surface that allows the recording medium to pass the first surface; a second transmissive portion having a second surface on which a... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080198427 - multiple lightguide electronic document imaging device:

20080192279 - Image forming apparatus including video data processing device: An image forming apparatus including a video data processing device in which a video controller that outputs video data using a reference clock and print data is improved. A radio frequency component that is not output as an actual image is removed from the video data so that it is... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080192278 - Image forming apparatus with a plurality of functions: An image forming apparatus with a plurality of functions includes an image information member at a position in a scan area of a scanner and outside an original document placement area. Image information which can be read by the scanner and specifies a permitted function or a prohibited function in... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080192280 - Remote copy system, image forming apparatus, control method therefor, and storage medium: A remote copy system capable of improving the quality of an image formed by remote copy. The remote copy system includes a plurality of image forming apparatuses connected to a network. A controller unit of a local apparatus that reads an image of an original accepts input settings and determine... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080192294 - Computer network and related methods for generating printer usage information: A computer network may include a plurality of computers connected together in a network and generating printer control data, and at least one printer connected to the network for printing the printer control data. The at least one designated computer may generate printer usage information from the printer control data.... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.a.

20080192286 - Document processing system providing job attribute control and override features and related methods: A document processing system may include at least one document processing device for performing document processing jobs, and a controller connected to the at least one document processing device. The controller may be for determining whether to restrict document processing jobs from being performed by the at least one document... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.a.

20080192289 - Image forming apparatus and image forming system: If image stabilization becomes necessary while an MFP is executing a print job received from a user, the MFP performs the image stabilization while emitting an operation sound if the user has not moved away from the MFP. Also, if the user has moved away from the MFP, the MFP... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080192285 - Image forming apparatus including a viewer program and method of controlling the same: An image forming apparatus which includes a viewer program so as to directly print printing data stored in an external digital storage medium without using a host computer and a method of controlling the same. The image forming apparatus includes a connection interface unit to receive printing data from an... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080192282 - Image forming apparatus with department management function, network printer with department management function, department management method of image forming apparatus and department management method of network printer: The invention relates to an image forming apparatus with a department management function connected to computers provided in plural departments, respectively, via a network. The image forming apparatus has a communication interface with external apparatuses to which addresses different from one another notified for the respective computers of the plural... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080192291 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: In a copying operation, an MFP reads a code image printed on the paper, acquires a paper ID from the code image, acquires paper information associated with the paper ID, specifies an electronic document as a print source, and acquires the specified electronic document. The MFP prints a paper ID... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080192287 - Image processing apparatus, image processing system, and image processing method: In an image processing apparatus which is connected to a server and permitted to make an access request to the server, the server receiving the access request only from a request source which is permitted to make the access request, a reader reads an image to obtain an image file,... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080192293 - Information processing apparatus executing process in behalf of other apparatuses or requesting other apparatuses to execute process, and proxy process execution method and proxy process execution program executed in these apparatuses: In order to match a setting of a function requested for execution with the ability of the apparatus itself, a proxy MFP includes a window request reception portion to receive from a requestor MFP a transmission request for a setting window for setting a parameter necessary to execute a prescribed... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080192283 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method and computer readable medium: An information processing apparatus includes: a display unit that displays a screen including at least one operation target item constituting a target of an operation; a recording unit that records pieces of information depicting operations performed by a user on operation target items displayed on the display unit as pieces... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080192290 - Information processing device, method and computer readable medium for printer connection setting: There is provided an information processing device, comprising: an information obtaining unit configured to obtain at least one of network connection information, position information concerning a position of the information processing device and time information; and a setting unit configured to make settings such that a printer associated with information... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080192284 - Method for transmitting a color extraction and a management information system: In order to facilitate a conclusive management of the color information in the context of a CIP4 workflow, it is suggested that the color extraction is initially transmitted from the prepress system to a management information system, and subsequently there from to the press system. Additionally it is proposed for... Agent: Henry M Feiereisen, Llc Henry M Feiereisen

20080192281 - Multi function peripheral apparatus and printing method for the same: In an MFP apparatus of the invention, a printing order registration unit registers, with respect to a plurality of print jobs including a plurality of image data, a printing order of each of the plurality of image data for each of the print jobs, a priority setting unit sets a... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080192288 - Network facsimile machine and image forming device: According to a first network facsimile machine 11 among network facsimile machines of the present invention, for example, a main control section 17 makes a domain determination whether an electronic mail having been transmitted is from a domain of an important other party by referring to a domain management table... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20080192292 - Printing apparatus, printing method, computer program product, and printing system: An image required for printing can easily be generated, and printing that satisfies user's needs can be achieved by obtaining image information stored in a image data server, obtaining user-specific information from an external device, generating a printing image based on the obtained image information and the obtained user-specific information,... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080192296 - Direct composition printing method for rapid streaming: An effective and efficient means for composition printing of multi-page image data is disclosed. Multiple image files may be received and read into memory to be processed and printed as a single job. Pages may be reordered and/or a subset of pages may be selected for printing by changing the... Agent: Kirton & Mcconkie

20080192295 - Generation of areas of position location pattern: A method of generating an area of location pattern, the area comprising a plurality of sub-areas, the method comprising: for each of the sub-areas, determining (a) metadata identifying the sub-area, and (b) the position of the sub-area relative to the area; transmitting to a receiving device (a) and (b) for... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080192265 - Systems and methods for communication authentication: A device that can confirm the identity of a message recipient (303) and additionally can confirm the identity of a message sender (305) is issued to insure a message is received by the intended entity (306). Upon identification of an unapproved sender or recipient, the device will terminate communication, thereby... Agent: Needle & Rosenberg, P.c.

20080192268 - Dual printhead controller architecture having hidden slave: Dual printhead controller architecture includes a master central processor capable of being interfaced with a first printhead. A slave central processor is capable of being interfaced with a second printhead. Data transfer means is operatively connected between the master central processor and the slave central processor to permit communication between... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080192267 - Image forming apparatus, image processing apparatus, and control method therefor: In performing multi-pass printing by using a printhead having a plurality of nozzles, a print data setting unit sets a printing amount for each nozzle for each main scan of the printhead based on a print data setting LUT. This print data setting LUT reflects the information of the number... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080192266 - Image processing method and apparatus for improving image quality in dot matrix printer: Ink coalescence in inkjet printing is reduced by printing mutually interstitial images using an arrangement of multiple curing stations in combination with multiple printing heads.... Agent: Agfa C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20080192272 - Calibration data creating device: A calibration data creating device includes a reference measured density memory, a dither data memory, a corresponding set density determining unit, a calibration data creating unit, and a calibration data creating unit. The reference measured density memory stores measured densities of reference density patches that are formed by an image-forming... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, Pc

20080192269 - Gamut mapping for printer color rendering: A system for color gamut mapping includes a control color list for mapping colors between a first color space and a second color space, and also including a processor. The processor is configured to identify a projected color defined in the first color space and map the projected color to... Agent: Stolowitz Ford Cowger LLP/sharp

20080192277 - High-speed printing method having parallel processes: A method of printing having the steps of receiving compressed page data that includes both continuous tone (“contone”) data and foreground bi-level data, and decompressing the contone data and the foreground bi-level data in parallel. The method also includes the steps of halftoning the contone data to bi-level color data... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080192271 - Image forming apparatus capable of outputting color and monochrome images, control method thereof and computer readable recording medium: An image forming apparatus outputting a color image and a monochrome image obtains data for output image by RIP-convert of accepted image data, and extracts feature of the data for output image. When the data for output image is determined to correspond to a color image, the image forming apparatus... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080192274 - Method of and apparatus for generating proof image: When a halftone dot image structure reproduction mode is selected in a proof image data generating apparatus, color image data are generated using threshold matrixes having respective screen angles which are essentially equal to the screen angles of printing plates for a color print and screen ruling ratios between the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080192275 - Methods and apparatuses for printer calibration: A test pattern printed by a printer is assessed—without colorimetric equipment—to provide data used in recalibrating the printer. The assessment may be made by an unskilled operator, and can include discerning whether a particular pattern is visible in the printed test pattern, or whether a feature in the test pattern... Agent: Digimarc Corporation

20080192273 - System and method for disseminating color ink and colorant formulas: The present invention provides a plurality of representations of color that are stored in an electronic color library and that can be selected by a user. After a color selection is made, a plurality of color ink formulas and/or colorant formulas capable of producing the selected color are provided. Further,... Agent: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080192276 - System for software interaction using printed form identity: A system for enabling user interaction with computer software which includes a printer for receiving print data, printing a form, using the print data, by printing information related to at least one text field coincident with coded data indicative of the text field, receiving indicating data from a sensing device... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080192270 - Transport amount correcting method, transport amount correcting apparatus, and storage medium having program stored thereon: A transport amount correcting method is provided that includes: (A) determining whether or not correction values associated with relative positions of a head and a medium are stored in a memory, wherein the correction values are correction values for correcting target transport amounts when transporting the medium, and the medium... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080192297 - Color-consistent three level differential gloss images: A method for creating a differential gloss image includes providing first and second anisotropic halftone structures. The first and second anisotropic structures have different orientations. One of the first and second anisotropic structures is applied to image data in a first region of an image to be halftoned. The other... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080192298 - Threshold matrix generation method, threshold matrix generating apparatus, and recording medium: A plurality of types of basic tiles are arranged in a matrix area while prohibiting an arrangement of only ON or OFF elements in two rows and two columns, to acquire an element matrix representing an arrangement of dots in a gray level of 50%. After one element is specified... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080192299 - Image processing apparatus, image forming method and recording medium: An image processing apparatus capable of outputting a document comprises a security layer generator that generates a security layer having security information as an image, a document generator that generates a document having the security information by giving to the document the security layer generated by the generator, and an... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080192300 - Information output device, medium, and information input/output device: To achieve an information output device in which information of a medium disposed on a stage surface can be surely and efficiently read out, and a stage effect and a security are high. In the information output device, media are disposed on a stage surface in a state where the... Agent: Duane Morris, LLP Ip Department

20080192301 - Image reading apparatus: An image reading apparatus includes a roller which transports a sheet, a motor which drives the roller, an image sensor which reads data from the sheet and a control unit which synchronizes a read timing of the image sensor with a drive timing of the motor in response to change... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080192302 - Method and apparatus for summarization of threads in electronic mail: The present invention discloses a pre-processing summarization technique that makes use of knowledge specific to the electronic mail domain to pre-process an electronic mail message so that commercially-available document summarization software can subsequently generate a more useful summary from the message. The summarization technique removes extraneous headers, quoted text, forward... Agent: Lotus And Rational Software David A. Dagg, Esq.

20080192303 - Method and apparatus for generating synchronization signal and image display device: Provided are a method and apparatus for generating a synchronization signal. The method includes generating a square wave signal based on a sensing signal, which shows a motion of a scanner, and a specified threshold signal, generating a reference signal having a phase locked reference frequency, based on the generated... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080192304 - Method and system for facsimile transmission: A system for facsimile transmission using an Internet Protocol (IP) telephone is disclosed. This system includes an analog facsimile machine connected to an interface device, which is in turn connected to an IP telephone. The interface device includes a two-to-four wire converter and a switch. The switch is coupled to... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080192305 - Multimedia pen with image processing module to convert captured images for printing by a printer module: A multimedia pen having a plurality of modular components with male and/or female connectors linkable via a four wire serial bus. The pen includes a camera module having an image sensor for capturing an image in an RGB (red, green, blue) color space, along with a central processing module arranged... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080192306 - Image reading apparatus: An image reading apparatus includes a housing, a rod lens array, a light module and a sensor board. The housing accommodates the rod lens array, the light module and the sensor board. The sensor board includes a plurality of light sensor chips. The light module includes a light guide, a... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.a.

20080192307 - Scanner with an adjustable light source for scanning opaque and transparent media: A scanner has a movable carriage, a platen that is substantially transparent to visible light overlying the carriage, and a light source physically connected to the carriage for moving therewith. The light source is selectively movable between a first position for scanning substantially opaque media positioned on the platen, and... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080192308 - Color image communication device and color image communication method: A color image communication device includes a transmission unit which carries out a facsimile transmission of image data of a sYCC-Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) color space, and a control unit which controls a facsimile transmission of the image data of the sYCC-JPEG color space without setting size information in... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.l.p.

20080192309 - Color scan correction method and system: Scanners typically capture image data in a device-dependent RGB space, after which the signal is converted to a device-independent color space. The color data capture and calibration is often not sufficiently accurate and sometimes leads to a visible color difference in hardcopy output. Methods for improving the accuracy include scanning... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20080186522 - Discharge tray apparatus: A discharge tray apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention is a discharge tray apparatus wherein a plurality of sheets of recording paper that have been successively transported at a fixed speed and a fixed interval, discharged from a discharge opening, and have landed on a discharge tray,... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080186523 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: When multiple-size double-side printing in an APS mode has been selected, a system CPU first reads an original which corresponds to a second side of a paper sheet, prints data of the original on the second side of the paper sheet having the same size as the original, and stacks... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080186524 - Control device, image forming apparatus, printing system, control method, and control program: In order to reduce power consumption and shorten the waiting time until printing, the PC, controlling the MFP that is maintained in a sleep mode instead of being switched to a standby mode when a print job having a printing method set to confidential printing is received while it is... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080186525 - Information processing apparatus, control method therefor, and program for executing the method: The present invention discloses, as an example, an information processing apparatus for downloading an expansion module for a print driver from a server apparatus for setup, including: a reception unit for receiving a program from the server apparatus; a determination unit for determining whether the reception unit receives the expansion... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080186526 - Printing apparatus and control method therefor: In a printing apparatus having full-color and monochrome print processes and a method therefor, whether a page to be printed is color or monochrome is checked. The presence of an immediately preceding page which is successively printed before a page to be printed that is determined to be monochrome, and... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080186527 - Image forming apparatus, print sheet selection method and recording medium: An image forming apparatus comprises at least one printer that prints inputted image data on a plurality of types of print sheets, an expiration time attribute detector that detects from the image data, data representing an expiration time attribute, and a controller that judges based on the detection result drawn... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080186535 - Data communication system and data communication method: If information indicating a number of cover sheets included in a job sheet data does not match a number of cover sheet data counted by a sheet count unit, a facsimile transmission unit does not transmit a facsimile document. Moreover, if a facsimile number included in a cover sheet data... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080186539 - Glue wheel assembly for a printer having an integral binding arrangement: The invention provides for glue wheel assembly for a printer having an integral page binding arrangement. The glue wheel assembly is configured to apply glue to an edge of a sheet of paper passing through the printer. The glue wheel assembly includes a glue wheel, and a partially hollow axle... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080186538 - Image forming apparatus and method of controlling the same: An image forming apparatus and a method of controlling the same. Although the extension of a data file to be printed may not be registered as a printable extension in an image forming apparatus, when the header content of the data file is analyzed to determine that the data file... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080186531 - Image forming apparatus for performing processing flow and control method therefor: An image forming apparatus is configured to manage a processing flow including a plurality of steps. The image forming apparatus includes a managing unit configured to manage a plurality of processing flows as one group, a designating unit configured to designate one group managed by the managing unit, and a... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080186533 - Image processing apparatus: A first image-data processing unit unifies characteristics of input image data so that the image data is usable in an image writing unit and an external device, stores characteristic-unified image data in a storing unit, and changes an attribute of supplemental information according to an image input condition. When converting... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080186536 - Image processing system, information processing apparatus, image processing apparatus, control method therefor, and computer program: An information processing apparatus acquires communication setting information for communicating with an image processing apparatus by a second communication unit via a first communication unit. In accordance with the acquired communication setting information, communication by the second communication unit is established to execute, via the second communication unit, an image... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080186537 - Information processing apparatus and method for controlling the same: An information processing apparatus operates to generate template data including one or more variable areas in which content data acquired from a database can be disposed. The information processing apparatus includes a setting unit that sets preview conditions. A selection unit selects a variable area to be previewed and into... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080186528 - Method and apparatus for print statistics reporting: Embodiments disclosed herein relate to compiling and reporting printing statistics in a printing system. In an embodiment, a data gathering unit may be configured to query print servers for print events (e.g., occurring in a period of time); parse each print event according to a set of attributes (e.g., user... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080186529 - Method and apparatus for providing printer recognition and management of a print job entity: A Job Monitor for providing printer recognition and management of a print job entity is described. The Job Monitor includes a repository of attributes and status associated with each print job that passes through the system. Interfaces to the Job Monitor provide the ability for components to process a job... Agent: David W. Lynch Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel

20080186534 - Method for preparing mail pieces and a kit of parts and mail preparation systems for use therein: For generating and printing documents and preparing mail pieces from the printed documents, a word processing program running on a data processor, a printer for printing documents and a mail preparation system are used. Data for selectively controlling the mail preparation system are included in the data source used for... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080186532 - Print system, print program, and recording medium: A disclosed client-server type print system including a client device, a server device, and printers connected and configured to communicate via a network facilitates the installation of a printer driver in the server device. The server device creates a printer table of the printers on the network and sends it... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080186530 - Printing system and printing method: A printing system and a printing method are provided that automatically determine a preferentially executed print job to perform printing when a requested number of prints exceeds an upper limit value of permitted number of prints. The printing system and method include a user terminal, a print apparatus, a manager... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080186540 - image processing method incorporating decompression: A method is provided for image processing a page to be printed. The method includes the step of respectively decompressing a bi-level black layer and a contone layer of a page to be printed. The decompressed contone layer is halftoned to form a bi-level cyan, yellow, magenta, and black (CYMK)... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080186541 - Image processing method and apparatus: An image processing apparatus stores, in a buffer, an image data of c bits in the main scanning direction and y lines in the sub scanning direction, and reads out a pixel data of p bits that configures the image data stored in the buffer, in accordance with the completion... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080186542 - System and method for providing contexual exception page programming within a print job: A system having an operative set of processor executable instructions employed in connection with an exception page programming tool for programming exceptions to a print job. The system comprises a visual representation module and a graphical user interface module. The visual representation module may be configured to operatively generate at... Agent: Xerox Corporation (cdfs)

20080186516 - Printer controller and method of printing print decument: A printer controller includes an XPS driver operable to cause a printer to perform printing operation in conformation with XPS standard. The XPS driver includes; a receiver, operable to receive a print document; an analyzer, operable to analyze the print document; a determiner, operable to determine, based on a result... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080186517 - Printer controller for inkjet print head: A printer controller is provided for controlling an inkjet print head. The controller has an interface for receiving image data, a contone image decoder for decoding continuous tone image data in the received image data, a bi-level decoder for decoding bi-level image data in the received image data, a dithering... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080186519 - Image generating apparatus, image generating method and computer readable medium: An image generating apparatus includes a color correcting unit, a setting unit and an image generating unit. The color correcting unit corrects a drawing color of each image element. When at least one of color components of the corrected drawing color of each image element meets a predetermined condition, the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080186518 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: An image processing apparatus of the invention includes a background color specifying portion 54D that specifies a background color using RGB signals outputted from a scanner portion 120, a hue determination portion 54C that determines the hue of a pixel of interest, and a monochrome signal generation processing portion 55... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080186521 - Method of and apparatus for generating proof image: When a halftone dot image structure reproduction mode is selected in a proof image data generating apparatus, color image data are generated using threshold matrixes having respective screen angles which are essentially equal to the screen angles of printing plates for a color print and screen ruling ratios between the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080186520 - Tonescales for geographically localized digital rendition of people: In a method and system for processing a photographic image having lightness values, L*, representing one of the colorimetric values of an original scene, the photographic image is transformed. The transformed image has a gamma as a function of CIE 1976 L*, which includes a dark region having a rising... Agent: J. Lanny Tucker Patent Legal Staff

20080186543 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: There are included a first setting information acquisition unit to acquire setting information relating to a print setting of monochrome printing, a second setting information acquisition unit to acquire setting information relating to a print setting of color printing, and a print execution unit to cause the monochrome printing based... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080186544 - Tag encoder for encoding orientated fixed and variable data: A tag encoder is provided having a tag dot generator configured to generate encoded tags having single bits positioned in each tag based on information on an orientation of a page to be printed, a tag structure template, fixed data bits and variable data bits. Each fixed data bit is... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080186545 - Dual-tasking decoder for improved symbol reading: A symbol scanning and decoding device that is configured for capturing a series of images of a symbol over time and configured for providing a first (image processing) procedure that processes one or more of the series of images within a first period of time, and a second (image processing)... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.