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20130120764 - Image forming system and control method for the same: An image forming system includes a first image forming apparatus and a second image forming apparatus coupled in tandem to the first image forming apparatus which are assigned differently to print images on respective different regions on a recording sheet. The first image forming apparatus includes two compressing and expanding... Agent:

20130120778 - Paper-feeding device and image forming apparatus: A paper-feeding device, during a paper leading edge detection interval that includes an expected point in time of arrival of a paper leading edge at a paper sensor installation location, and during a paper trailing edge detection interval that includes an expected point in time of passage of a paper... Agent: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.

20130120781 - Electronic apparatus, non-temporary recording medium, communication terminal unit, and operation control system: A multifunction peripheral 1 includes a communication portion 102, a control portion 101, a certified reference time storage portion 103, and a determining portion 104. A communication portion 102 receives a total maintenance time stored in a communication terminal unit 31 from the communication terminal unit 31. A control portion... Agent: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.

20130120779 - Image forming apparatus, operation device, and human detecting device: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section that forms an image on a recording material; an operating section that is operated by a person; a first detecting portion that detects a person in a predetermined first area; a second detecting portion that detects the person in a second... Agent: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

20130120782 - Image processing apparatus with improved image processing efficiency: A multifunctional printer comprises a CCD for reading an image on one side of a document, a CIS for reading an image on the other side of the document, an image processing unit for processing the image of the side read by the CCD or the CIS, and a determining... Agent: Kyocera Mita Corporation

20130120780 - Image processing system: An image processing system includes a server computer and a plurality of image processing apparatuses communicable with the server computer. The server computer has a function of causing the plurality of image processing apparatuses to execute one job in a shared manner, and if power supply/demand situation is good, it... Agent: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha

20130120783 - Input apparatus following task flow and image forming apparatus using the same: An input apparatus includes a command input unit to input a command, a key input unit having at least one key, a navigation key input unit having a rotatable navigation key, and a display panel unit to perform displaying according to manipulation of the command input unit, the key input... Agent: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

20130120785 - Image processing apparatus having user login function, control method therefor, and storage medium: An image processing apparatus which is capable of improving ease of operation for users and also improving security when destinations are made public. The image processing apparatus is shared by a plurality of users and capable of selecting a destination from a plurality of address books and carrying out file... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130120786 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method and memory medium: An object of the present invention is to solve dissatisfaction of the user who can not take out the source data in a case where a code image in the original can not be decoded. In order to accomplish the above object, the invention provides an image processing apparatus comprising... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130120784 - Printing system, control method, and computer-readable medium: A system comprises an image forming apparatus and a server, the image forming apparatus including: a receiving unit which receives the series of data from the server; a transfer unit which transfers a plurality of print jobs included in the series of data to a printing unit; and an accepting... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130120789 - Communication apparatus having pc-fax transmission function, and control method and storage medium therefor: A communication apparatus that can leave a transmission history including transmission destination information as well as transmission destination dial information at the time of PC-FAX transmission. A facsimile apparatus, which is a communication apparatus having a PC-FAX transmission function, acquires transmission destination dial information from a facsimile transmission request received... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130120790 - Control device: A control device includes a binarization processing unit which executes binarization processing on original image data using first and second types of binarization processing methods, and a compression processing unit which executes compression processing on the binary image data using one of a first type of compression processing method appropriate... Agent:

20130120795 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an operating section accepting an operation by a user, a receiving section receiving data for a print job from an externally connected instrument, an image forming section starting an image forming based on a print job if the operating section accepts an operation to start... Agent: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha

20130120794 - Image forming apparatus, print control method, and storage medium: An image forming apparatus includes a storage unit, a selection unit, and a generation unit. The storage unit stores first route information for acquiring first print information from an information processing apparatus, and stores second route information for acquiring second print information via an information conversion apparatus. The selection unit... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130120793 - Image forming device and image forming system: An image forming device includes a non-volatile print job storage unit configured to store a print job received from an outside of the image forming device, a non-volatile mapping table storage unit configured to store a mapping table associating a watermark with an overwrite erase pattern predetermined depending on confidentiality... Agent: Riso Kagaku Corporation

20130120800 - Image processing device, image processing method and remote-scan image processing system using the same: In the image processing device, method and system of the present invention, a destination identifier of an image file is stored, the destination identifier indicating one of a plurality of external stations as a destination station which receives the image file from the image processing device through a network. At... Agent:

20130120787 - Image processing for images with aroma information: A method and apparatus for capturing a digital image, automatically detecting an object in the captured digital image, automatically determining that an identifiable scent corresponds to the detected object, and automatically storing information in association with the digital image for identifying the scent in a memory of the device.... Agent:

20130120788 - Image processing for images with aroma information: A method and apparatus for processing a digital image by automatically detecting an object in the digital image, automatically determining that an identifiable scent corresponds to the detected object, and automatically storing information in association with the digital image for identifying the scent.... Agent:

20130120791 - Information processing apparatus, control method therefor and computer-readable storage medium: This invention provides a mechanism which improves the operability by speeding up an operation of displaying a personal address book. To accomplish this, an information processing apparatus manages a plurality of transmit destinations by classifying the plurality of transmit destinations into a plurality of first transmit destination groups individually for... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130120796 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium: An information processing apparatus issues information for identifying a printing apparatus, determines, based on the information, whether printing is to be performed by the printing apparatus, and transmits a print target image to the printing apparatus based on a result of the determination.... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130120792 - Job division apparatus: A job division apparatus for dividing a print job including a plurality of print sets which are units to be processed by respective image forming apparatuses and transmitting the print sets to the image forming apparatuses. The job division apparatus includes a judgment unit configured to judge whether the print... Agent: Riso Kagaku Corporation

20130120799 - Job processing system and method thereof and storage medium, and program: It is confirmed whether or not a job that instructs the execution of multiple processes using the XML language includes a process that cannot be executed by a job processing unit, and in the case where it has been confirmed that the job includes a process that cannot be executed... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130120797 - Rfid uhf stripline antenna-coupler: A system having a multi-coupler array is provided. Each coupler is configured to communicate with a targeted transponder from among a group of multiple adjacent transponders. The couplers may each include one or more conductive strips, at least one terminating load, a dielectric material, a first ground plane, and a... Agent: Zih Corp.

20130120798 - Systems and methods for improving performance of trigonometric and distance function calculations during printing and display: Consistent with disclosed embodiments, systems and methods for optimizing printing of a print job comprising graphics by a printer are presented. In some embodiments, the method calculating optimal granularity for the print job, based on specified resolution and page size; generating at least one trigonometric table with the calculated granularity;... Agent:

20130120766 - Image creating apparatus and printing apparatus provided therewith: There is provided an image creating apparatus including: an inputting device for inputting creation data composed of input data and creation condition data; an image creating device for creating a two-dimensional code image based on the inputted creation data; and an informing device for informing of a print size of... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130120765 - Print content dependent adjustment of printed liquid: A method of adjusting a level of liquid to be deposited on a print media includes providing an image processing system. Image data for a page of a print job and information regarding a printing system to be used to deposit the liquid on the print media during a printing... Agent:

20130120767 - Methods and systems for creating structural documents: A method of generating a structural document may include causing, by a cloud system, a graphical representation of a structural document associated with a structural document kit to be displayed on a user computing device. The cloud system may be located remotely from the user computing device. The method may... Agent: Xerox Corporation

20130120768 - Printing apparatus, method of changing layout, and storage medium: Logical pages are laid out on a physical page according to setting of a multipage printing condition. When a user drags a logical page, a layout of logical pages is changed based on an area to which the logical page is dragged.... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130120769 - Printing device, printing method and program thereof: A printing device includes the following features. The first dot group in which dots are formed based on the first printing condition and the second dot group in which dots are formed based on a printing condition which is different from the first printing condition are formed together in a... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130120775 - Color monitoring method for printing presses: A method of signaling or indicating a coloration condition upon a change of an operating condition in a printing press having a control unit, includes the steps of specifying a target ink density for a print job, storing the specified target ink density in the control unit, calculating an actual... Agent: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Ag

20130120772 - Detection apparatus and method, image forming apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable medium: A detection apparatus includes the following elements. A first measuring unit measures, from a binary image, density levels of first and second regions which are alternately arranged in a first direction in the binary image, the binary image being disposed on a second surface of a holding member which includes... Agent: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

20130120774 - Image processing apparatus: An image processing apparatus includes a storage unit and a control unit. The control unit analyzes and rasterizes print data; generates raster data represented by a first color value in a first color space, color space information indicating the first color space, and specific color information indicating that the first... Agent:

20130120771 - Image processing for images with aroma information: A method and apparatus for receiving a digital image file, reading the digital image file to obtain information identifying a scent and printing the digital image on a receiver medium including automatically applying the scent on the receiver medium.... Agent:

20130120777 - Method and apparatus to generate a preview image: A method and apparatus to generate a preview image. The method of generating the preview image includes classifying data input from an application program by data types, performing a color matching operation that converts a first color signal of the input data into a second color signal used in a... Agent: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

20130120770 - Methods and systems for creating structural documents having background content: A method of generating a structural document may include causing, by a cloud system, a graphical representation of a structural document associated with a structural document kit to be displayed on a user computing device. The cloud system may be located remotely from the user computing device. The graphical representation... Agent: Xerox Corporation

20130120776 - Print engine for printing a print job using appropriate calibration data: A print engine for producing printed output according to image data in a print job includes in its user interface an activation element for printing a part of the image data in a selected print job using currently applicable calibration data. After inspection of the printed output the selected print... Agent: Oce Technologies B.v.

20130120773 - Terminal device having correction function for natural color and method thereof: A terminal device having a correction function for natural color and a method thereof are provided for creating an image closest in color to the natural color. A priority storing unit stores at a reference color data area a range of natural colors which are colors of objects existing in... Agent: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

20130120801 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: An image processing apparatus includes a conversion unit and a determination unit to convert image data into color material data including color material data indicating a color material amount of a chromatic color material and color material data indicating a color material amount of an achromatic color material. The conversion... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130120802 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: Provided is an image processing apparatus and image processing method that make it possible to reduce jaggedness and blurring that may occur when performing resolution conversion of an inputted image from low resolution to high resolution, and make it possible to output a high-resolution image. When performing the conversion from... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130120803 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer-readable medium: An image processing apparatus, when correcting image data using correction information, corrects skew of the image in the sub-scanning direction that is formed by the image forming unit by correcting the image data also at an end portion of an area where an image forming unit forms the image.... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130120804 - Compact configuration for a scan bar assembly: A scan bar assembly includes an illuminating unit including a first length; a photosensor array including a second length; and a first spacer member and a second spacer member, each of the first and second spacer members including: an inner side that is proximate the photosensor array; and an outer... Agent:

20130120807 - Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and program: Banding can be prevented and image-quality degradation can be reduced. An image processing apparatus includes first creation means configured to distribute density of image data to a pixel on another scanning line on the basis of a difference between an actual print position of the image data and a reference... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130120806 - Image processing apparatus, line detection method, and computer-readable, non-transitory medium: There are provided an image processing apparatus, line detection method and a computer-readable, non-transitory medium that can precisely detect boundaries of a document from a read image. The image processing apparatus includes an edge pixel extractor for extracting edge pixels from an input image which includes a document, a grouping... Agent:

20130120805 - Image systems and scan methods: An imaging system is provided, including a detection unit and a scan unit. The detection unit senses radiation of a target area. The scan unit directs the radiation to the detection unit, in which the scanning unit scans the target area N times at a constant speed within a scan... Agent: Industrial Technology Research Institute

20130120808 - Reading device: A reading device includes a first illuminating section that illuminates a reading area with first illumination light of a first direction; a second illuminating section that illuminates the reading area with second illumination light of a second direction; a light-receiving section that receives reflection light of the first illumination light... Agent: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

20130120809 - Technical documents capturing and patents analysis system and method: Disclosed is a system and method for capturing technical documents and reading and commentating captured documents thereof. The system may comprise a capturing system and a reading with commentating system. The capturing system selects related drawings from a group of technical documents. It then provides important information and the related... Agent: Industrial Technology Research Institute

20130120810 - Sheet feeding device, image forming apparatus, and image scanning apparatus: A sheet feeding device includes a sheet supporting portion, a sheet feeding portion, and a movable regulating portion. The sheet feeding portion feeds a sheet bundle uppermost sheet. The movable regulating portion is disposed downstream of the sheet bundle in a sheet feeding direction such that the movable regulating portion... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130120811 - Image determining apparatus and image determining method: Erroneous determination of an image caused by color shift is prevented. Image data is divided in a sub-scanning direction into a first region where color shift hardly occurs and a second region where color shift easily occurs. There are detected a first color line drawing extending in a main-scanning direction... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130120812 - Image processing apparatus and method of controlling the same: Disclosed is an image processing apparatus and a method of controlling the same. A color contact image sensor (CIS) module employing a single channel line sensor can be used to produce substantially the same performance as a color CIS module employing a three-channel line sensor and having color filters to,... Agent: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

20130114096 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: Image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a paper transport unit, a paper position measuring unit, a deviation compensating unit in preparation to image forming, a control unit for controlling the image formation and the deviation compensation, wherein the control unit includes a function that receives the results measured... Agent:

20130114095 - Image forming apparatus and methods used in the image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus in which applications can be installed is provided, in which the image forming apparatus includes an application information obtaining part for obtaining application information that is used for determining whether an application is installable in the image forming apparatus.... Agent:

20130114097 - Image forming apparatus with document conveying unit: A control unit for controlling a document conveying operation stops the conveyance of a document by a document conveying unit if document(s) is/are placed on a placing portion, the document is being conveyed and an upper structure is not in a closing posture. Further, the control unit stops the conveyance... Agent: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.

20130114099 - Image processing system and image processing method: This invention provides an image processing system and image processing method, which can acquire a document such as a paper document or the like as data of a format that allows easy re-use and re-edit processes. Image information is acquired by scanning a document, and its features are recognized. The... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130114098 - Portable multiuse projector with fiber optic projection: A portable multiuse projector is described. The device includes a fiber-optic projection system which allows the portable multiuse projector to have the capability to copy, scan, print and fax. A personal computer or laptop input allows for presentations, copy, scan, print and fax functions from the convenience of a laptop... Agent: Taishita LLC

20130114101 - Image forming apparatus, method of controlling the same, and storage medium: This image forming apparatus determines, when a user authentication function of the image forming apparatus is set to be valid and a re-execution function of re-executing an executed job is set to be valid, that the re-execution function can be executed, and determines, when the user authentication function is set... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130114102 - Inspection apparatus, inspection method, inspection system, and storage medium: There is provided an inspection apparatus. When the inspection apparatus inspects a printed product, whether positional alignment of a print image obtained by reading the printed product and a reference image is to be performed is determined, and in a case where it is determined that the positional alignment is... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130114100 - Printing system, image forming apparatus, and method: An information processing apparatus, which is configured to communicate with a server apparatus and an image forming apparatus, comprises a receiving unit configured to receive AR information that includes AR guidance for a first operation of an image forming apparatus, wherein the AR information superimposes the AR guidance on an... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130114107 - Electronic apparatus, cloud server, and method of controlling printing thereof: An electronic apparatus is provided, which includes a searching unit searching for image forming devices to which the electronic apparatus is connectable, a user interface unit receiving a selection of an image forming device, by which a printing job is to be performed, of the searched image forming devices and... Agent: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

20130114104 - Image forming apparatus and control method thereof: An image forming apparatus which is connected to at least one host device. The image forming apparatus includes a communication interface unit which communicates with the at least one host device; a user interface (UI) unit which provides information received from the at least one host device; and a control... Agent: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

20130114109 - Image forming apparatus, electric apparatus, and recording control method: A disclosed image forming apparatus includes a recording unit which records image data on a recording medium; a first spread spectrum clock generator receiving a first clock signal, providing the first clock signal with frequency diffusion to have a first predetermined frequency diffusion width, and outputting a second clock signal;... Agent: Ricoh Company, Ltd.

20130114103 - Image forming system: An image forming system includes plural image forming devices, a determining unit determining an image forming device in which image data corresponding to user information is stored among the plural image forming devices, a first storage unit storing the user information and device information in a correlated manner, a transmitting... Agent: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

20130114108 - Network system, cable set, and method and program for controlling network system: A network system for operating multiple printers in different locations includes an RFID tag or print information that is arranged at a location where the printer is used and stores location information for identifying the location. The system further includes a printer provided with location information read capability for electromagnetically... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130114106 - Printing apparatus and control method therefor: A rendering process is not distributed in units that take into consideration an object construction. The rendering process divides printing data into page units, generates a plurality of divided printing data, merges divided printing data related to the same double spread page from the plurality of divided printing data, and... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130114105 - Semantically ranking content in a website: Semantically ranking content in a website (110) with a computerized ranking device (105) includes: parsing content from the website (110) into multiple autonomous content blocks (415-1 to 415-17) with the computerized ranking device (105) and assigning an importance ranking with said computerized ranking device (105) to each of the content... Agent:

20130114091 - Printing index images and file information together: An image forming apparatus is provided with a data retrieving unit that retrieves index image data and associating file information corresponding to files from a recording medium. The index image data and associating file information are allocated to a plurality of arrangement sections. The index image data and associating file... Agent: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

20130114094 - Conversion table compression method and program: This invention relates to a conversion table compression method of compressing a conversion table and storing the conversion table in a storage medium, including an axial difference creating step of creating an axial difference table by calculating, from data stored in the conversion table, the difference values between grid points... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisah

20130114092 - Method and system for imaging device characterization including look-up table construction via tensor decomposition: A method and apparatus for characterizing the performance of a printing device comprising printing a target set of patches with the device and measuring the printing device response with the printed target set; compiling a LUT from the printed target set and measured response; and representing the LUT as a... Agent: Xerox Corporation

20130114093 - Method to enhance detailed information: A method for enhancing detail information in rasterized, continuous tone images includes a function that enlarges the contrast of a pixel in a neighborhood of pixels when in that neighborhood one of the pixels has a value that is close to a white color. This is determined by selecting the... Agent: Oce-technologies B.v.

20130114110 - Image forming apparatus and method of producing threshold value matrix: An image forming apparatus for depicting a gradation image through halftones includes a threshold value generating unit for generating a threshold value matrix, and a comparison unit for converting the gradation image. The threshold value generating unit determines an order of gradations of pixels in halftones. The threshold value generating... Agent: Oki Data Corporation

20130114113 - Method and system for generating a document having a layered void pantograph: A method and system for generating a document having a void pantograph highlight pattern is presented. The method includes computing a score for a void pantograph highlight pattern layer in relation to a document formatted content layer, incrementing a relative position of the void pantograph highlight pattern layer and the... Agent:

20130114112 - Printing setting apparatus, printing apparatus, and recording medium: A printing setting apparatus is disclosed that includes a first part to establish a connection to a printing apparatus; a second part to make a setting with respect to printing of printing data; a third part to add a first ground pattern to the printing data in response to the... Agent: Ricoh Company, Ltd.

20130114111 - Printing system and image forming apparatus: A printing system includes an image forming apparatus and a host terminal apparatus. The image forming apparatus is operated by a first user who picks up a printed output of the image forming apparatus. A second user sends print data from the host terminal apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes... Agent: Oki Data Corporation

20130114114 - Laser plotter and method for engraving marking and/or inscribing a workpiece: The invention describes a laser plotter and a method for engraving, marking or inscribing a workpiece. Two lasers are installed in a housing of the laser plotter and may alternatively operate on the workpiece. The workpiece is positioned on a processing platform and a laser beam is sent to at... Agent: Trotec Produktions U. Vertriebs Gmbh

20130114115 - Contact image sensor and recognition system and method thereof: A contact image sensor (CIS) and a recognition system and a recognition method thereof are provided. A storage unit storing driving information of the CIS is directly built in the CIS, and a control module of the CIS is enabled to actively transmit/report the driving information of the CIS back... Agent: Cal-comp Electronics & Communications Company Limited

20130114116 - Image reading apparatus: An image reading device includes: an original table having a stationary original reading area and a moving original reading area on its top surface; an image reading unit provided inside the original table and moving the reading line in the direction of the width of the stationary original reading area... Agent:

20130114117 - Systems and methods for improving the scan-line throughput of an image scanner using a modulated light source: This disclosure provides systems and methods for decoupling the mechanical drive systems of image scanners from the exposure system. A light source, such as an array of light-emitting diodes (LEDs), may be modulated in order to maintain a constant exposure for each scan-line, regardless of the document velocity. Accordingly, the... Agent: Conexant Systems, Inc.

20130114118 - Calibration of imaging devices for minimizing individual color reproducing errors of such devices: The present invention relates to a calibration target containing calibration data, the calibration data containing at least one color, for calibrating an imaging device for minimizing an individual color reproducing error of such a device. The inventive target comprises a pointer, preferably comprising a barcode, whereby the pointer contains information... Agent: Lasersoft Imaging Ag

20130107282 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes: a main body; image forming cartridges detachably disposed in the main body and each including; an image carrier unit having an image carrier; a developing unit that is configured to swing with respect to the image carrier unit and has a developing roller; and an... Agent: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

20130107283 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion for forming an image on a medium; a main body portion; a medium storage portion; a state detection portion for detecting a movement of the medium storage portion from the main body portion; a medium characteristic identifying portion for identifying a... Agent: Oki Data Corporation

20130107281 - Printer cover opening/closing mechanism, and printer: Characterized by having a printer cover that is attached to a main unit and opens and closes; a contact member that contacts or separates from an installation surface according to the state of the printer relative to an installation surface on which the printer is placed; and a preventing member... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130107299 - Method and apparatus to perform direct printing: An image forming apparatus to perform direct printing of print data, wherein the image forming apparatus receives print data encoded in a first encoding method, determines whether the received print data includes a character expressed in 2 bytes, converts the print data encoded in the first encoding method to be... Agent: Samsung Electronics, Co Ltd

20130107305 - Active printing system and method for printing based on image size: A system and method for printing an image on a medium whose dimensions are determined based on the size of the image are disclosed herein. A system includes a processor and a printing software system including an—Active Printing System (“APS”) configured to execute on the processor. The APS receives from... Agent: System Development Inc.

20130107303 - Image forming apparatus storing a stylus pen: Disclosed is an image forming apparatus provided with an operation panel receiving instructions from a user by touch operations, a stylus pen used to perform the touch operations, and a pen holder holding the stylus pen, the pen holder including an opening for insertion of the stylus pen from outside... Agent:

20130107302 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method and memory medium: The present invention provides an image processing apparatus that can easily print a sheet appropriate for a user to issue an instruction. The content of a read image obtained by a reading apparatus reading an original is determined. According to the content of the determined read image, a printing apparatus... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130107304 - Image recording apparatus: An image recording apparatus includes a printing device, an image reading device, two hinge members, and a feed tray. The printing device includes a printing unit configured to record an image on a sheet. The image reading device is disposed above the printing device and includes a scanner configured to... Agent: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

20130107300 - Multi-function printer with a built-in really simple syndication (rss) reader: A multi-function printer (MFP) is provided, which includes a user interface, a storage unit, a network module and a control module. The user interface is served as an input interface and a display interface of the MFP. The storage unit stores address information and at least one really simple syndication... Agent: Cal-comp Electronics & Communications Company Limited

20130107301 - Printing apparatus, printing control apparatus and printing control method: A multifunction machine includes, a print setting section that performs setting to contribute to a reduction in the environmental load, based on designated content with respect to an operating panel of the multifunction machine or an external computer, an eco-printing judging section that judges whether printing according to the applied... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130107306 - Touch pad and electronic device having the same: A touch pad with a simple structure to enable an electronic device to be manufactured more slimly and with low manufacturing costs. The touch pad includes a cover having a plurality of function icons a cover frame to support the cover, the cover frame including a plurality of light guide... Agent: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd

20130107310 - Image forming apparatus: Image forming apparatus communicates with a server computer and obtains information related to state of power supply from the server computer. Based on the obtained information, the image forming apparatus determines whether or not it is in a time zone of peak power consumption. If it is determined to be... Agent: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha

20130107307 - Image forming system, image forming device, and non-transitory computer readable medium: An image forming system including plural image forming devices, a first storage unit that stores user information and device information, a transmitting device that transmits image data to an image forming device, a second storage unit that stores the image data, a receiving unit that receives an input of the... Agent: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

20130107309 - Job management apparatus, method of managing jobs, and recording medium: A job management apparatus connected to an external storage via a network, includes a storage management unit that determines whether to store job data of a job to be executed by an electronic device in the external storage based on a predetermined transfer condition; and a job management unit that... Agent: Ricoh Company, Ltd.

20130107308 - Printing apparatus, printing system and printing method: The printing apparatus is provided for processing a print job received from an information terminal to accumulate the print job sent from the information terminal in an image storage portion, and includes a timer for measuring elapse of a predetermined time from reception of a print job for each user... Agent:

20130107320 - 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... Agent: Electronics For Imaging, Inc.

20130107313 - Evaluating and managing image quality performance and improving service effectiveness of groups of production printers: Method and systems maintain historical printing device information from a plurality of printing devices, maintain historical actions performed on the printing devices, and maintain historical print image quality produced by the printing devices within a storage medium of a computerized device. These methods and systems determine which of the historical... Agent: Xerox Corporation

20130107322 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a paper discharge section sequentially accumulating printed matters allowing them to be taken out freely; a memory section storing the print jobs performed by the image forming section and information on terminals having ordered runs of the print jobs associating the former with latter; a... Agent: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha

20130107316 - Image forming apparatus supporting plurality of network interfaces and method of editing routing table thereof: An image forming apparatus receives a user request for a change in network settings between a plurality of network interfaces defined in a routing table and networks, edits the defined network settings based on the received user request, and stores the routing table.... Agent: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd

20130107315 - Image forming system, image forming device, and non-transitory computer readable medium: Provided is an image forming system including plural image forming devices, a first storage unit that stores user information and device information, an updating unit that updates the device information, and a transmitting device that transmits image data to an image forming device, each image forming device including a second... Agent: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

20130107318 - Image processing device and image processing system: An image processing device is provided that includes an establishment unit configured to establish a first connection with a first information processing device, a detector configured to detect a connection request that requests the image processing device to terminate the first connection with the first information processing device and thereafter... Agent: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

20130107312 - Location-based print notifications: In one implementation, a print service system communicates with a device to provide notifications related to a print job at the device based on the proximity of the device to the printer. Additionally, the print service system communicates with the printer to provide a print job to the printer.... Agent:

20130107314 - Methods and apparatus for cloud printing: A method of printing at an imaging device includes initiating a search for a server registered to a domain using zero configuration networking, receiving a print job associated with a user account from the server and printing the print job.... Agent:

20130107321 - Operation device and operation method: Disclosed is an operation device which receives an input of an address twice in a row from a user, and determines the input of the address when a second address is identical to a first address, and the operation device includes a pseudo-address generator 402, a pseudo-address display unit 404,... Agent: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.

20130107323 - Printer, printer system, and firmware rewriting method: Firmware stored in a printer such as an inkjet printer can be rewritten by executing a firmware rewriting process which is not dependent upon the internal processing status of the printer. A printer for executing a printing process based on print data sent from a host computer has a rewriting... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130107317 - Printer, printing control method, and computer-readable recording medium: A printer includes a first feeder that feeds a first sheet, a second feeder that feeds a second sheet, a feed position on the second feeder being set so that the second sheet overlaps the first sheet when the second sheet is ejected, a stacker that collects the first sheet... Agent: Fujitsu Limited

20130107319 - Printing apparatus: A printing apparatus including: a connecting unit connected to a management server through a network; a printing unit configured to print of print data received through the network; a receiving unit configured to receive input of a name indicating the printing apparatus; a determining unit configured to determine whether another... Agent:

20130107311 - Printing system and methods: In one embodiment, a printing method includes accessing a printer server homepage with a browser and adding a bookmarklet to the browser from the homepage. The method includes accessing a content server web page with the browser, and, in response to activation of the bookmarklet, accessing and executing a toolbar... Agent:

20130107324 - Processing print requests: A request to print a file at a printer is received at a first computer system over a public network. Responsive to receiving the request, an indication of the request is exposed to the printer to enable fulfillment, by the printer, of the request to print the file.... Agent: Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

20130107284 - Image forming apparatus having real-size preview function, method of controlling the same, and storage medium: An image forming apparatus that enables prevention of a print error of different sizes of characters and graphics from those intended by the user, during execution of printing involving magnification, such as aggregation printing. When performing the image formation, a controller unit determines whether or not a processing instruction instructing... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130107286 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes: Photoreceptors; an image carrier; a plurality of light emitting element arrays each configured to emit a light beam to a corresponding one of the photoreceptors independently; an angle adjustment unit to adjust a mounting angle of the light emitting element arrays to a frame of... Agent:

20130107285 - Method for operating a printing module for edge printing: A method for operating a printing module includes determining that a receiver is to be printed having an image that extends to a cross edge of a receiver that is positioned across a printing path along which the receiver is moved during printing, determining when the receiver is at a... Agent:

20130107287 - Printing system and printing method: A printing system includes a screen printing unit as a printing processor of a non-digital system and an ink jet printing device as a printing processor of a digital system. Holes as reference marks formed in a three-dimensional shape are provided on a placement table which is used commonly in... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130107288 - Image forming apparatus, image forming system, image data processing method, program, and storage medium: The purpose of this invention is to avoid unnecessary print out and cut wasteful consumption of resources and electricity. A printer receives a command indicating whether or not a user does not need to print out images such as advertisements on web pages. If a drawing command acquired by analyzing... Agent:

20130107292 - Dynamic image gamut compression: A method and apparatus are provided by which optimum usage of available color space of an output device, e.g. an inkjet printer or laser printer, is achieved. Gamut compression is dynamically computed by being dependent on contents of a print job, as opposed to only using pre-calculated or static tables... Agent:

20130107294 - Image forming apparatus: Provided is an image forming device that has a duplex printing function, and suspends execution of a printing operation to allow internal temperature to decrease when the internal temperature increases and reaches predetermined limit temperature at which toner in a developing unit is fusible, the image forming device storing, each... Agent:

20130107296 - Image processing apparatus: A pixel extracting unit extracts pixels belonging to a previously designated color range from the image data of a correction object. A target color selection receiving unit receives a selection of one target color by a user, from among a plurality of target colors stored in a target color storage... Agent: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.

20130107298 - Image processing apparatus: An image processing apparatus includes a display, a retrieving unit, a process display unit, a process receiving unit, a process storing unit, a thumbnail display unit, and a thumbnail designating unit. The retrieving unit retrieves image data. The process display unit displays on the display a plurality of candidate image... Agent: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

20130107291 - Method and apparatus for controlling the color accuracy of digital printing devices and adaptation to a previously defined state: A method and apparatus are provided for providing color consistency on a same digital printing device at different points in time or on multiple digital printing devices. Measured spectral color values, which correspond to a particular calibration set of a printer-ink/toner-media combination, are stored as target values. Spectral color values... Agent:

20130107293 - Method and system for personalized digital printing: A method for customizable printing a multi-pack of articles includes providing data from a database; electronically generating variable data based on the data from the database; printing variable data on a plurality of articles; and combining the plurality of similar articles to form a multi-pack of articles.... Agent: Plastipak Packaging, Inc.

20130107297 - Operating device and image processing apparatus: A touch screen displays a plurality of images corresponding to a plurality of colors represented by color information stored in a color information storage unit. A selection part indicating whether the image is in a selected state or an unselected state is associated with each image displayed on the touch... Agent: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.

20130107295 - Print control terminal device, image forming apparatus, print control method, and image forming method: A print control terminal device, which is connected to an image forming apparatus, includes: a User Interface (UI) unit which receives a print command for a target document; a printer driver unit which detects a transparency region, which is a region to which transparency is applied, from the target document... Agent: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

20130107290 - Printer calibration using a scanner: Methods of performing print engine calibration create a color space conversion equation for a scanner of a class of printing devices, print test patches on a sheet, and scan the test patches using a scanner of the printing device to produce a scanned RGB value for each test patch. Such... Agent: Xerox Corporation

20130107289 - Rasterization of printing data: Techniques for determining how to perform a rasterization of printing data. A rasterization facility may receive from a printer driver a request to rasterize printing data in a page description language (PDL) format. The rasterization facility may select a processing unit on which to rasterize the printing data, which may... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20130107325 - Dynamic image dithering: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for dynamic image dithering for a printing device are described herein. Embodiments may include an image processing module to process a source image file to provide a dithered image file with print data for each of a plurality of image locations. Printing substance may be deposited... Agent: Marvell World Trade Ltd.

20130107326 - Printer with auto-cleaning operation and method thereof: A method for performing auto-cleaning in a printer, which is designed for printing on a substrate, may include periodically printing an auto-cleaner print on the substrate in a predetermined frequency. The method may also include scanning the auto-cleaner print to obtain scanned image data of the auto-cleaner print. The method... Agent:

20130107327 - Image forming apparatus, host apparatus, and file editing method thereof: A file editing method of an image forming apparatus is provided and includes detecting image data included in a image file and generating a first raw data from the image file, scanning an image and generating a second raw data from the scanned image, combining the generated second raw data... Agent: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

20130107330 - Document scanner: A document scanner comprises a first image sensor unit (30) and a second image sensor unit (32) and a scanning mechanism (70, 72, 76, 80) for causing relative movement between a document and the units so that the units scan the document in a scanning direction. The first unit (30)... Agent: Colortrac Limited

20130107329 - Image forming apparatus and control method thereof: A 2-pixel averaging unit (101) halves an input image in the subscanning direction, and a multi-level error diffusion unit (102) performs multi-level error diffusion processing. A 2-pixel reconstruction unit (103) replaces each pixel with two pixels adjacent in the subscanning direction. A density value exchange unit (104) exchanges pixel values... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130107328 - Image forming apparatus equipped with light scanning device: A light scanning device equipped with a housing that houses lenses, a rotating multifaceted mirror, and a motor for driving rotation of the rotating multifaceted mirror, and has a bearing section for rotatably supporting the rotating shaft of the motor. The bearing section has a first fitting section of circular... Agent: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.

20130107331 - Solid-state image capture device and control method and control program therefor: A solid-state image capture device including: a pixel having a photoelectric conversion element and first to fourth switch elements; a reference-signal generator that generates a reference signal; and an analog-to-digital converter that generates a digital signal corresponding to an analog signal output by the pixel, by using a comparator having... Agent: Sony Corporation

20130107332 - Image reading apparatus: An image reading apparatus includes an LED light source, a CCD sensor receiving light reflected from a document irradiated with light from the LED light source, a fan, and a frame housing the LED light source, the CCD sensor and the fan. The fan circulates air in a substantially sealed... Agent:

20130107333 - Image reading optical system and image reading apparatus: An image reading optical system, including: an imaging optical system used for imaging a slit area of a document and includes an optical element having different cross section shapes in a main scanning direction and in a sub-scanning direction; an aperture stop; and an optical phase changing filter disposed adjacent... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130107334 - Image scanning apparatus: An image scanning apparatus comprising a feeding unit and a scanning unit is provided. The feeding unit comprises a separation unit configured to separate the document sheet and a discharge unit configured to discharge the document sheet to a discharge tray. The feeding path includes a curved path formed to... Agent:

20130100471 - Cover sheets used for diagnosis: A method and system collects diagnostic data for use in diagnosing existing and potential image quality issues related to a printer. Document cover sheets and/or electronic versions of the cover sheets are routinely collected, even when there has been no reported image quality issue, to preserve a historical record of... Agent: Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated

20130100473 - Image forming apparatus, method of controlling image forming apparatus, and storage medium storing program for image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus, including: a display device; a coordinate detecting portion which detects a directed coordinate in a display area including a first area in which is displayed a hierarchy image including uppermost-level images and lower-level images; a first display control section; a second display control section to display... Agent: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

20130100472 - Image forming system, image forming device, image forming method, and non-transitory computer readable medium: An image forming system includes plural image forming devices each of which forms an image corresponding to image data. Each image forming device includes a memory, a determining unit, a selecting unit, a specifying unit, and a transferring unit. The memory stores one or more pieces of image data. The... Agent: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

20130100475 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer-readable medium: An image processing apparatus includes a screen information storage unit configured to store screen information of a home screen that displays a user interface component list including an application user interface component for accessing an application, a screen generating unit configured to generate the home screen based on the screen... Agent:

20130100474 - Image processor and non-transitory storage medium storing program: An image processor includes a display. The display displays a preset-setting-group selection screen containing a plurality of icons respectively corresponding to preset-setting groups such that one icon is displayed in a manner indicative of a selected state while at least one icon other than the one icon is displayed in... Agent: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

20130100476 - Image reading device and image forming apparatus: The image reading device includes a light emitting portion, stick-like light guiding member, holding member and case member. An end portion the light guiding member is disposed to face the light emitting portion. The holding member holds the light emitting portion and the light guiding member. The holding member has... Agent: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.

20130100477 - Server apparatus, client apparatus, information processing method, and program: A method and apparatus for controlling the use of a service includes receiving an acquisition request, including user identification information identifying a user, for service identification information identifying a usable service, specifying, based on the user identification information included in the acquisition request, service identification information identifying a service that... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130100479 - Electronic apparatus, management system, and recording medium: An electronic apparatus includes an information presenting part that obtains the job information of a stored first job of a first user who has logged on to the electronic apparatus and the job information of a stored second job of a second user who has authorized the first user to... Agent: Ricoh Company, Ltd.

20130100481 - Image forming apparatus and warming up method thereof: A controlling method of an image forming apparatus includes receiving a wake up command for the image forming apparatus in a power save mode; confirming prestored authority of a user to use a plurality of operations of the image forming apparatus; and selectively performing warming up for at least one... Agent: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

20130100478 - Image processing apparatus having secure print function, control method therefor, and storage medium: An image processing apparatus which is capable of solving a problem that printing cannot be performed due to a shortage of a storage area for image data after rendering of a secure print job, and reducing a wait time from authentication to start of printing. A first storage unit performs... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130100480 - Printer, control method, and storage medium: A printer performing printing for a cloud print server that provides a print service includes an acquisition unit, a determination unit, a flag enabling unit, a request unit, and a control unit. The acquisition unit acquires a job list from the cloud print server. The determination unit determines presence/absence of... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130100486 - Communication architectures for direct printing and scanning: One example of a communication architecture for direct printing and scanning includes a computing device for generating an electronic image and a page description language for producing a deterministic print file of the electronic image, the deterministic print file being natively viewable in a Portable Document File (PDF) viewer. The... Agent:

20130100495 - Content display system and method for displaying content: Wallpaper serving as a screen and display content such as an image to be projected onto the wallpaper are created while maintaining their correlation. The created display content is projected on the wallpaper. The content display system creates a background image, which is a first image serving as a screen,... Agent:

20130100497 - Display system including first and second display devices: A display system includes an image forming apparatus for storing screen data and a portable information terminal for displaying a screen based on the screen data stored by the image forming apparatus. The display system accepts flick operation for requesting movement of a screen at the portable communication terminal and... Agent:

20130100498 - Image formation processing apparatus and image processing method: To realize effective load distribution and improve the performance in image formation processing, an image processing apparatus includes a first image processing unit configured to perform image processing on a drawing area, a second image processing unit configured to be differentiated from the first image processing unit, a load analysis... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130100488 - Image forming system, image forming apparatus, transmission apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable medium: An image forming system includes at least one transmission apparatus, and plural image forming apparatuses, wherein the transmission apparatus includes a transmission section that transmits printing data to a first image forming apparatus of the plural image forming apparatuses, wherein the first image forming apparatus includes a receiving section that... Agent: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

20130100493 - Information processing apparatus, control method thereof, and computer-readable medium: An information processing apparatus which transfers a print job to a lower apparatus that is included in a print system and located at a lower level in print processing, comprises: a determination unit configured to determine whether to cancel the print job; and a cancel command issuing unit configured, when... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130100499 - Information processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, and information processing system: An invented information processing apparatus includes a designating unit for designating a particular letter or string, a judging unit for judging as to whether line data forming text data include the particular letter or string designated by the designating unit, and an editing unit for editing the line data judged... Agent: Oki Data Corporation

20130100494 - Information processing system and management method: A set value management service holds first operation setting information that is applied to an image forming apparatus belonging to a first management range managed thereby and second operation setting information which is applied to an image forming apparatus belonging to a second management range. The set value management service... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130100490 - Management apparatus, management method, and computer-readable medium: A management apparatus, which manages status information of a printing apparatus that processes a print job, comprises: a status acquisition unit configured to acquire, as the status information, device status information of the printing apparatus and job status information of a print job processed by the printing apparatus; a status... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130100482 - Method and apparatus for a print spooler to control document and workflow transfer: A method and apparatus for a print spooler to control document and workflow transfer are described. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving a request to print an electronic document from a print driver. The method may also comprise retrieving a workflow configuration utilizing a workflow print spooler, where the... Agent:

20130100483 - Method for controlling printing of a print job: A method for controlling printing of a print job involves portioning the print job into a plurality of parts via a partition manager, and converting each part of the print job into respective binary image data parts via a Raster Image Processor (RIP) manager. The method further involves controlling a... Agent:

20130100496 - Power supplier and image forming apparatus including the power supplier: A power supplier includes a power supply to provide a supplied power to the power supplier, a first capacitor charged by a predetermined voltage corresponding to supplied power supply, a power state detector to detect an on-state or an off-state of the power supply, a first controller to generate a... Agent: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

20130100491 - Print control system, method of controlling printing, and recording medium: The print control system includes a data conversion apparatus including a data conversion unit that converts application data to print data; an image processing apparatus including a print control unit that prints print data; and a data processing apparatus including a data conversion request unit that sends conversion request data... Agent:

20130100489 - Print controlling terminal apparatus, image forming apparatus, print controlling method of controlling terminal apparatus, and image forming method of image forming apparatus: A print controlling method, an image forming method and a print controlling terminal apparatus are provided. The print controlling method includes receiving a job command to execute a printing job, determining whether accumulative printing is needed based on a ratio of a number of accumulated organic photo conductor (OPC) revolutions... Agent: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

20130100487 - Print server for a portable device: Systems and methods for a print server are provided that includes a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory including instructions causing the processor to receive data from a computing device in a format native to the computing device and process the data received from the computing... Agent: Lantronix, Inc.

20130100492 - Printing system and data transfer method: A printing system provided with a printer and a host computer which transfers image data to the printer includes a data transfer unit configured to transfer the image data as image data of a first data format in the case where a connection between the printer and the host computer... Agent: Seiko Epson Corporation

20130100484 - Public network printing system: A printing system includes a client printing network, a third-party printing network and a cloud computing server coupled to the client printing network and the third-party printing network. The cloud computing server includes a workflow engine to receive print job data from the client printing network, download the print job... Agent:

20130100485 - Systems, methods, and apparatus to print messages from an electronic mailbox: In one implementation, a print service system selects a message from a plurality of messages at an electronic mailbox and generates a print job associated with the message from the plurality of messages. The electronic mailbox is associated with an account of a print service system. The print service system... Agent:

20130100500 - Device control system, electronic device, and device control method: An electronic device connectable to a control device and an external storage device. The electronic device includes a request receiving unit configured to receive a request for obtaining information from the control device, a gathering unit configured to gather information based on the received request, a determining unit configured to... Agent:

20130100463 - Mobile apparatus and print controlling method: A mobile apparatus is disclosed. The mobile apparatus includes a user interface unit which is selected with a web page to be printed, an obtaining unit which obtains a size of the selected web page, a calculating unit which calculates a plurality of capture areas regarding the web page based... Agent: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

20130100468 - Color adjustment method, color adjustment apparatus and computer readable medium storing color adjustment program: Disclosed is a color adjustment method including color converting to obtain output CMYK values corresponding to an object indicated by input image data from the input image data by using a color conversion table for converting the input image data to the output CMYK values which is created on the... Agent:

20130100467 - Image formation device: An image formation device includes a printing portion containing a detachable fixer, a fixer identification portion which identifies a type of fixer mounted on the image formation device, a sensor which reads an image printed on a paper by the printing portion, a gamma correction data generating portion which generates... Agent:

20130100470 - Image processing apparatus that is capable of two-color printing, control method therefor, and storage medium storing control program therefor: An image processing apparatus that is capable of reducing the printing time when printing data saved and is capable of two-color printing. A raster conversion unit generates raster image data by developing image information that shows an image expressed in arbitrary colors. A storage unit stores the raster image data... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130100469 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program for the same: When an image processing apparatus transmits image data input thereto to an external apparatus via a network, and image processing is performed on the image data in the external apparatus, the image processing apparatus selects and transmits a component signal of the image data required according to the type of... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130100465 - Ink reduction method: A method for forming a color transform for a color printing device having a plurality of colorant channels that includes applying a tone scale adjustment function and a total colorant load limit. An optimization process is used to optimize a merit function including a tone scale reproduction accuracy term and... Agent:

20130100464 - Method and apparatus for a print driver to control document and workflow transfer: A method and apparatus for a print driver to control document and workflow transfer are described. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving a request to print an electronic document. The method may also comprise capturing workflow configuration data with a workflow print driver. In one embodiment, the method further... Agent:

20130100466 - Method of ink reduction: A method for forming a color transform for a color printing device having a plurality of colorant channels that includes applying a colorant control value transformation function characterized by a set of transformation function parameters. An optimization process is used to optimize a merit function including a gamut shape term.... Agent:

20130100502 - Apparatus and method for processing images: An area designation unit designates a processing area within an input image. An image processing unit performs predetermined processing on the processing area. A marker area detection unit detects a marker area in the input image, the marker area being capable of accommodating a marker that demarcates the processing area.... Agent: Fujitsu Limited

20130100501 - Cloud processing method with identifiction mechanism and system using the same: A cloud processing method with identification mechanism is provided. The method is adapted for processing a document, and includes following procedures. One or more corresponding processing procedures are configured for the document; identification information of the corresponding processing procedures are obtained; a cover page including the identification information is obtained;... Agent: Teknowledge Development Corp.

20130100505 - Document scanner for a handheld computing device: A scanner for a handheld computing device is disclosed. The scanner includes a housing. A USB port is on the housing. The scanner also includes a memory. A scanning microprocessor is configured and arranged to scan and store images on the memory. An USB controller is configured and arranged to... Agent: Inmusic Brands, Inc.

20130100504 - Image processing apparatus and determination method: A signal value representing at least one of a plurality of types of optical characteristics are calculated for each pixel from the read signal obtained and output by reading light reflected by a document placed on a document table and a document table cover while the document is covered with... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20130100503 - Scanner belt load and stretch compensation control system: Upper to lower assembly analog position sensors in a dual scanning system measure alignment offsets. A controller uses error signals from the position sensors to calculate actuator error profiles that are used in the next scan in the same direction, with different error profiles being used for forward and reverse... Agent: Honeywell Asca Inc.

20130100506 - Lens array and image forming apparatus using the lens array: According to one embodiment, a lens array includes a first lens and a second lens. The first lens includes a plurality of lens elements arrayed in a main scanning direction and configured to condense, with an emission surface, light made incident on an incident surface from an object point. The... Agent: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha

20130100507 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus including a control section which detects an offset of a recording sheet being conveyed, the offset being in a main scanning direction perpendicular to a conveyance direction of the recording sheet; performs an offset regulation control which adjusts a main scanning direction image area signal in... Agent: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.

20130100508 - Image sensor unit and image reading apparatus: An image sensor unit has a first light guide that emits light to a bill, a second light guide that emits light to the bill, a rod-lens array that receives the light emitted by the first light guide and reflected by the bill and the light emitted by the second... Agent: Canon Components, Inc.

20130100509 - Optical scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus: An optical scanning apparatus, including: light sources; a deflector configured to deflect beams emitted from the light sources; and imaging optical systems configured to focus the beams deflected by a deflecting surface of the deflector on surfaces to be scanned, respectively, wherein: the beams entering the deflecting surface are P-polarized... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha