Facsimile and static presentation processing inventions

20090279114 - Print control apparatus, printing system, print control method, and computer-readable storage medium: A print control apparatus controls a color multifunction printer (MFP) having a print unit and a paper ejecting unit, and a post-press section including a nearline finisher having a feeding unit and a post processing unit and including a post-press server controlling the finisher. The print control apparatus performs control... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090279116 - Image data processing apparatus: An image data processing apparatus capable of automatically giving a proper file name based on the similarity of image data is provided. An MFP includes a scanner or communication port that inputs image data, a memory portion having stored thereon comparison data containing a fixed-form format portion (print data or... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090279115 - Obtaining print system settings for selected print media attributes in a networked print job environment: What is disclosed is a novel system and method for automatically retrieving and configuring the print device to a set of device specific system settings tailored for user selected media attributes. In one embodiment, an operator selects media attributes desired for a particular print job on a print device which... Agent: Fleit Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco P.l.

20090279118 - Printing control system, printing apparatus, and authentication apparatus: A printing control system comprises a viewing terminal, an authentication apparatus, and a printing apparatus. The viewing terminal includes an user identification information acquisition device that acquires user identification information, a print command device that issues a command to print the content, a print command transmission device that transmits the... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20090279117 - Printing control system, viewing terminal, and printing apparatus: A printing control system that comprises a viewing terminal including print request transmission device that transmits content identification information and printing apparatus identification information to the printing apparatuses, a plurality of printing apparatuses including authentication request transmission device that transmits user identification information, the printing apparatus identification information, and the... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20090279134 - Data transmitting apparatus, data transmitting method, and recording medium capable of transmitting image data to specific destination by simple operation: A destination input screen is displayed, and it is determined whether a start button is depressed. If the start button is depressed, it is determined whether a destination is already input on the destination input screen. If the destination is input on the destination input screen before the start button... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090279122 - Dual-head or hybrid print driver supporting xps and gdi print paths without performing data conversion between xps to emf or vice versa: A method is provided for improving printing performance of a print job from a Graphics Device Interface (GDI) based Windows® application submitted to an XPSDrv printer driver which is utilized by a filter pipeline service, wherein a required conversion from an existing GDI/device driver interface (DDI) to an XML Paper... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090279129 - High-resolution photographic plotting process and arrangement for tracing a high-resolution computer-stored grid image on a flat photosensitive carrier: In a partial image, certain image dots are deflected optically in x direction with reference to imaginary undeflected image dots, and the x deflection of an image dot is less than the length of the side of an image dot. The image is traced by a light-controlling unit (preferably a... Agent: Woodling, Krost And Rust

20090279136 - Image forming apparatus, job processing method, and storage medium: When an image forming apparatus executes printing based on a structured text including page entity information and a structure portion in which a link to the page entity information is set, the image forming apparatus corrects the structure portion of the structured text by deleting a link to a printed... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090279132 - Image processing apparatus: A plurality of scenes included in moving image data stored in a storage medium are detected, still images included in at least two scenes among the plurality of detected scenes are extracted, and images including the extracted still images are printed on the storage medium. The printed images include the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090279131 - Image processing apparatus and control method thereof: Conventionally, pixel data are converted into the tile sequence. According to this invention, span information or run-length information during conversion into pixel data from vector data such as a display list converted from a page description language is converted into the tile sequence before rendering into pixel data. This can... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090279135 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium: An image processing apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive information indicating capability of each image forming apparatus from a plurality of image forming apparatuses via a network, a capability determination unit configured to determine, by using the information received by the receiving unit, whether a number of predetermined... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090279128 - Image processing apparatus, screen transmission method, and screen transmission program embodied on computer readable medium: In order to transmit a screen in a shortened period of time, an MFP includes a request command receiving portion to receive one of a plurality of predetermined request commands from a PC, a history storing portion to store a piece of history information including the received request command, a... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20090279138 - Image processing system, method of controlling the same, and storage medium: An image processing system which makes it possible to find a user-friendly substitute apparatus with ease. The image processing system includes a plurality of image processing apparatuses. An operation history management module collects operation information indicative of details of operations executed in each of the image processing apparatuses and stores... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20090279126 - Jdf processing in a printing system: Print controllers and associated methods of processing JDF job tickets in a printing system are disclosed. A print controller in one embodiment includes a storage system that receives a printable file from a host system, and stores the printable file. The print controller further comprises a JDF interpreter that receives... Agent: Duft Bornsen & Fishman, LLP

20090279137 - Job management apparatus, job management method, and storage medium: An MIS server sends, to a color MFP, a job ticket including information of post-processing apparatuses (in single or combined use), which have abilities to execute post-processing instructed by a print job, along with print contents data. Accordingly, even when the other post-processing apparatus than the apparatus that has been... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090279123 - Job scheduling in a workflow architecture: Job schedulers and associated methods of scheduling jobs are disclosed. A job scheduler in one embodiment includes a job queue and a schedule processor. The job queue receives and stores a plurality of jobs to be executed on the devices, such as in a print shop. Each of the jobs... Agent: Duft Bornsen & Fishman, LLP

20090279127 - Mechanism for data extraction of variable positioned data: A method is disclosed. The method includes generating one or more Tag Logical Elements (TLEs) in a variable location within a page of an Advanced Function Presentation (AFP) document.... Agent: Infoprint Solutions/ Blakely

20090279125 - Methods and structure for generating jdf using a printer definition file: Methods and structure for generating a JDF job ticket using a printer definition file (e.g., a PPD or GPD) corresponding to a selected printing system. The printer definition file may be a text file that associates a JDF element with each available feature of the corresponding printing system. The JDF... Agent: Duft Bornsen & Fishman, LLP

20090279124 - Methods and structures for converting jdf information into commands for a printer: Methods and structures for processing JDF elements for a printing system by translating JDF elements into corresponding command language strings for output to a printer. The command language strings are associated with a priority value. The generated command language strings are output in an order based on the associated priority... Agent: Duft Bornsen & Fishman, LLP

20090279139 - Print job management device, print job management method, and computer-readable storage medium: When it is set by a user to use a nearline finisher with priority, if a print job that uses an inline finisher is to be processed, the print job using the inline finisher is divided into a print job to be executed with the inline finisher and a print... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090279133 - Printing control apparatus and printing control method: When the processing of process steps of a print job that includes job definition information showing the process steps of a printing process and information relating to drawing data used in printing is executed by devices, a printing control apparatus connected to the devices determines whether the processing content of... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20090279120 - Printing system and method for indicating the print status of at least one image of a print sequence: A printing system and method are provided for indicating the print status of a print job, including the print status of individual images of a print sequence having a plurality of images. The printing system and method provide for a printer and a computing device adapted to be connected to... Agent: Xerox Corporation (cdfs)

20090279119 - Printing system with dynamic sample page preview: A printing system is provided having interactive sample page preview and selection capabilities. An operator or user of a printing system, such as a xerographic copier, laser printer, or multi-function device, may visually confirm the print quality of pages printed by the system by requesting that a sample page, i.e.,... Agent: Xerox Corporation (cdfs)

20090279130 - Printing system, information processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, information processing method, and processing method: This invention provides a flexible method capable of appropriately determining whether 2-path printing can proceed especially to second-path processing, in order to apply a conventional upper limit management mechanism to a 2-path printing system. According to this invention, when executing 2-path printing, the printing system performs upper limit management based... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090279121 - Prioritizing print requests for a configurable shared network printer: A computer implemented method and program product for configuring and prioritizing local network print requests. In one embodiment, a printer shared on multiple networks is configured to a set of parameters defined by an administrator for prioritizing the print requests received from users on a local network. A first print... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20090279140 - Relay device for relaying data from a sensing device to a computer system: A relay device is provided which is configured to relay data processed by a sensing device to a computer system and which has a memory storing an ID of the relay device, a first interface for receiving, from the sensing device, region data of an interactive surface and a sensing... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090279141 - Method and apparatus for image processing, and computer program product: In an image processing apparatus, an image memory handler (IMH) sets an engine descriptor for an engine unit and a virtual descriptor for a virtual video input driver, thereby controlling moving of image data from a local memory (MEM) to a hard disk drive (HDD). In a process in which... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090279109 - Image forming system and recording medium storing program: An image forming system includes an image forming portion for forming a transparent image on a sheet by using transparent toner; an obtaining portion for obtaining a size of the sheet on which an image is to be formed; a storing portion for storing image data, for forming the transparent... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090279108 - Image processing apparatus: There is described an image processing apparatus, which makes it possible not only to eliminate the deterioration of the perceptibility, but also to determine the pages being suitable for applying the predetermined image processing. The control section determines specific pages, being suitable for applying a predetermined image processing, based on... Agent: Cameron Kerrigan Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20090279110 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method and computer readable medium: An image processing apparatus is provided which determines a printing position of an identification code in accordance with a print setting designated for printing target data. For example, it makes a decision as to which one of the cutting printing, poster printing, job-based printing (such as bookbinding printing or staple... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090279111 - Color separation multiplexing for real-time dimensional device calibration: In accordance with the disclosure, a method is provided for processing color images for rendering on a color image. The method comprises receiving a plurality of device color separations for an image intended for rendering on a color image device; forming at least one intermediate image by interleaving pixels from... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20090279113 - Information processing apparatus: A PC is provided with a display control portion for displaying, in a setting dialogue box in which setting items corresponding to each function are provided in order to perform an operation setting for each function of a plurality of connected devices, illustrations of the plurality of devices, a device... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090279112 - Ink minimizing profile making tool: An International Color Consortium (ICC) profile making tool includes a regression module to establish a dependency between a profile connection space (PCS) and a device color space and an optimization module to generate a first output profile based on an ink minimization mode and a second output profile based on... Agent: Infoprint Solutions/ Blakely

20090279142 - Mechanism for k-only object rendering in a high-speed color controller: Embodiments of the invention disclose a method for K-only (gray/black) object rendering in a high-speed color controller of a printing system. The method includes setting a flag to indicate selection of a K-only text and barcode print preference from a user of a print system, receiving one or more objects... Agent: Infoprint Solutions/ Blakely

20090279144 - Image processing apparatus, image data creation method and image data creation program: An image processing apparatus including an imposition processing section which arranges plural page images on an output area to form an imposed image; and a tint block composition processing section which composes a tint block image on the imposed image, wherein the imposition processing section arranges at least two page... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090279143 - Securing printed output: A notary processor can be dedicated to performing the security-based variable information printing. A method resolves the availability of resources required by a document template and a security map, replaces the data placeholders with dynamic data, replaces the data placeholders with the dynamic data to produce a complete, printer-ready secure... Agent: Gibb Intellectual Property Law Firm, LLC

20090279145 - Image data processing system and method: The image data processing system and method disclosed, processes intermediate compressed binary data representing images scanned for copy or exporting, thereby enabling storage of the copy or export file to a common memory storage device. According to an exemplary embodiment, the image data processing system comprises a binary lossless decompress... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20090279146 - Image reading device and image forming apparatus: An image reading device includes an image reading section, a frame, and an operating unit. The image reading section is configured to obtain image data by reading an image carried on a document. The frame supports the image reading section. The operating unit has an operating section including a plurality... Agent: Mark D. Saralino ( Sharp ) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090279147 - Scanner with removable data storage media: A stand alone flat bed scanner including a CPU, a removable storage medium, a control system displaying digital image and controls for controlling the mode of operation, degree of resolution, related parameters associated with generating, storing and displaying digital data. Ports for printers, accessories and other peripherals, an internal hard... Agent: Jon E. Hokanson Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP

20090279148 - Method of determining rotational orientation of coded data on print medium: A method of determining a first relative rotation of coded data on a print medium to be printed on by a mobile device that has a printer, a first sensor and processing means. The print medium has a substrate defining first and second opposite faces, the first face bearing coded... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090279149 - Scanner with simplified document feeding path: A scanner with a simplified document feeding path is provided for scanning a document. The scanner includes a paper path, a conveying mechanism, an optical module and a scan window. The conveying mechanism conveys the document along the paper path. The optical module, rotatably disposed, captures an image of the... Agent: CovenantIPConsulting Co.

20090279150 - Image forming apparatus, method of controlling same, and storage medium: If an image is shifted in increments of pixels according to scan line changing points, the printed image suffers from jaggies or boundaries at positions corresponding to the scan line changing points. The jaggies or boundaries are also produced when a ½ speed or a ⅓ speed obtained by varying... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090279151 - Data classifying method, multi-dimensional interpolation device, multi-dimensional interpolation method, and computer program: A data divider divides N-dimensional digital image signals into higher-order bit signals and lower-order bit signals. Reference values corresponding to all combinations of the divided higher-order bit signals are divisionally stored in 2N−1 sub-memories without overlaps. The (N+1) reference values necessary for interpolation processing are read by a reference value... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090273804 - Document processing apparatus, document processing method, and storage medium: An object is to reduce operation load on a user when correcting the positional shift of tab document data with respect to a tab sheet. This invention provides a document processing method of a document processing apparatus, which includes acquiring tab sheet information to be used for printing, determining, based... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20090273802 - Image output setting control system, image output setting control apparatus, image output instruction apparatus, management server, image output apparatus, computer-readable medium and computer data signal: An image output instruction apparatus includes an output condition reception section and an output instruction section. The output condition reception section receives, for each predetermined range of a document to be output, a setting of an output condition concerning an image output process. The output instruction section provides a first... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090273806 - Information processing apparatus, print data forming method, print control program, and memory medium: An information processing apparatus for forming print data to be print-processed by a printer is constructed by: designation receiving means for receiving designation of a duplex printing, discriminating means for discriminating the number of pages in the case where data to be printed has been arranged on a recording paper,... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090273807 - Method of obtaining a copy of a previously printed document: A method of enabling a user to obtain a printed copy of a document previously printed by the user is provided. A history list of documents previously printed by the user is maintained. A list document is printed at a printer. The list document includes history items from the history... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090273803 - Printer, terminal, and printing system: A printer includes a printer memory that stores information, a printer communication device that performs communication with a terminal, a printing device that prints based on print data, a receiving device that receives operating state information, the operating state information indicating that an operating state of the printer is one... Agent: Day Pitney LLP

20090273805 - Printing apparatus and print managing method: Each time printing is performed by an MFP, a controller control unit counts up a billing counter value stored in a billing-counter recording unit. Additionally, each time a print job is completed, the controller control unit stores a job history of the print job in a job-history storage unit. A... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090273808 - Resubmission to alternate printers to help efficient printing and space planning: A method starts when a print job is received from a workstation. The print job includes user printing options and an identification of an initial printer. The method ranks the abilities of the available printers to process the print job to identify the best printer for the print job according... Agent: Gibb Intellectual Property Law Firm, LLC

20090273800 - System and method for compiling print job segments or composite print jobs in a printing system: A system is provided for compiling a multi-part print job. The system is adapted to receive a first print job part at a first print system gateway, and responsive to determining that the first print job part is part of the multi-part job, the first print job segment in memory.... Agent: Basch & Nickerson LLP

20090273801 - System and method for proximity-based printing: A system and method for proximity-based printing are disclosed. A method may include communicating access point proximity information from an information handling system to a print server, the access point proximity information including information regarding the proximity of the information handling system to one or more network access points. The... Agent: Baker Botts, LLP

20090273809 - Systems and methods for producing portraits: A system of producing digital portraits and associated methods are provided. One method includes capturing a plurality of images with a digital recording device and displaying the images in the predetermined groups, such as in groups of two or three images. The customer selects desired images, which can be digitally... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20090273810 - Integrating targeted ads in faxes: A system and method for inserting an advertisement for a document to be faxed. In this embodiment, a processor may be configured to determine a category associated with content in a document being faxed. The processor may select at least one advertisement that is related to the associated category. A... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20090273796 - Peeling imaged media from a substrate: A method for imaging a media is provided which includes supporting a substrate and the media in a layered configuration. An imaging head is operated to image the media by directing radiation beams towards a surface of the imaged media while effecting relative movement between the imaging head and the... Agent: Eastman Kodak Company Patent Legal Staff

20090273799 - Image forming apparatus and control method thereof: An image forming apparatus is provided which associates specific folders, which are set for specific setting items, with a specific file, and performs operations on the specific file according to the settings of the specific folders. The image forming apparatus includes an associating unit that associates a file having setting... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090273798 - Print control apparatus and print control method for the same: A PDL controller divides a print job of providing instructions to perform printing using color toners and a clear toner into a print job using the color toners and a print job using the clear toner in accordance with a ratio in an entire image formed on the basis of... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090273797 - System and method for visualization of black-component gamut sculpting: The subject application is directed to a system and method for visualization of black-component gamut sculpting. Parameter data is first received corresponding to parameters associated with the black replacement for a primary color system. Alternative color profiles are then generated according to the parameter data and characteristics of the primary... Agent: Tucker Ellis & West LLP

20090273811 - Image forming system, controlling apparatus, and recording medium having program recorded therein: An image forming system includes an image forming device configured to form an image on a recording material using a color toner and a transparent toner, a fixing device, a glossing device that has a conveying device which conveys the recording material, a heating device heating the recording material, and... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090273812 - Method for halftone image transformation, printing and halftone mask generation: A printing method for printing an input image. Firstly, a halftone mask is generated. The input image is transformed into a halftone image through the halftone mask. The halftone image is then output for printing. The halftone mask is an array of N elements, and the following steps generate the... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20090273813 - Method of correcting streaks using exposure modulation and spatially varying trcs: Systems and methods are provided for compensating for streak defects in images formed by an image forming device, such as a digital printer. The systems and methods include using both modulation of a raster output scanner (ROS actuation) and spatially varying tone reproduction curve (STRC actuation) in a common control... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20090273814 - Apparatus and method of image processing: An image processing apparatus includes a first color determining device, a storage device, a second color determining device, an output image processing device, and a controller. The controller compares between a first area of input image data and a second area of the input image data to generate a comparison... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090273815 - Image processing method and computer-readable storage medium: In a control method for a processing apparatus connected to an image reading apparatus, in a case where the processing apparatus receives a cancellation instruction while the image reading apparatus performs a reading step, the processing apparatus causes the image reading apparatus to terminate the reading step and deletes image... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090273816 - Image processing method, apparatus and program: A method for processing an image obtained by reading an original plate on which at least one original is placed includes a determining step of determining whether the image is corresponding to one original or a plurality of originals placed on the original plate, an extracting step of extracting, from... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090273817 - Two-dimensional cmos sensor array to image documents and other flat objects: A flatbed scanner includes a housing, a transparent platen atop the housing for receiving an object to be scanned, and a carriage operable to travel along a horizontal direction and a vertical direction. The carriage includes a light source for illuminating the object and a rectangular photodetector array for simultaneously... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/marvell

20090273818 - Apparatus and method for image processing and processing program: Disclosed is an image processing method for processing an image obtained by reading a document plate on which at least one document is placed. The method includes a first detecting step of specifying a first rectangular region including all of objects included in the image to detect the coordinates of... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090273819 - Image processing method, image processing apparatus and computer program: An image processing method for displaying a simulation image of an image formed on a print medium under a first light-source color on a display device under a second light-source color comprises an acquisition step of acquiring image data to be simulated in a format according to the second light-source... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090262378 - Image modification for improved printing and cutting of the image: Preparing an image for printing and/or cutting of a material comprising the image. An original image may be received. Versions of the image may be drawn over the original image. The versions of the image may be translated relative to the original image, but the original image may be unmodified... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20090262379 - Image forming apparatus providing user support in sleep mode: An image forming apparatus that can support the user in sleep mode is provided. When the apparatus enters sleep mode, guidance information is displayed on an electronic paper. The electronic paper maintains displayed contents even when power is not supplied and, therefore, even when power is not supplied to a... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090262380 - Concurrent image and diagnostic pattern printing: Print image-quality defects are diagnosed by printing an image and one or more diagnostic patterns concurrently.... Agent: Hewlett-packard Company Intellectual Property Administration

20090262381 - Information processing device, multifunction printer, external authentication system for multifunction printer, and storage medium: In an external authentication system for a multifunction printer according to the present invention, a USB device management section, according to an instruction from a USB device management section instructing section, (i) performs a virtualization process for virtually connecting an information processing device to a user information reading device which... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090262389 - Image formation apparatus capable of receiving power from a plurality of power sources and control method performed in such image formation apparatus: If commercial power is received (YES at step S100), a CPU determines whether any print instruction has been received (step S102). If not (NO at step S102), the CPU maintains a low power consumption mode (step S104). If there is any print instruction received (YES at step S102), the CPU... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20090262395 - Image forming apparatus, control method, and computer-readable storage medium: With reprinting of a print job, in the case that a job ticket strictly defining the output article form is not transmitted, the output article at the time of a first printing and the output article at the time of reprinting may differ, whereby the client may not be able... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090262388 - Image forming method and apparatus: An image forming method and apparatus, the image forming method including: requesting networked image forming apparatuses to perform a user authorization; receiving account information corresponding to the user authorization request, from one of the image forming apparatuses; determining whether to perform an image forming operation, based on the received account... Agent: Stein Mcewen, LLP

20090262391 - Image processing apparatus: An image processing apparatus obtains a job identification condition from a host device. When the image processing apparatus receives an input job, it also obtains a primary processing condition, uses the primary processing condition and the job identification condition to determine whether the job was input under a given condition,... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090262390 - Image processing apparatus and computer-readable storage medium for storing an operation control program: Devices and methods wherein if a predefined recognition dot pattern designed to prohibit an image data outputting is detected from image data acquired by an image data acquiring unit, outputting of the image data is prohibited, and if a predefined recognition mark to cancel image data outputting prohibition is detected,... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090262387 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, computer-readable medium and computer data signal: An image processing apparatus has a function of processing a plurality of jobs in parallel. The image processing apparatus includes a job processing section, a language information receiving section, a job managing section and a display controlling section. The job processing section processes each job. The language information receiving section... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090262383 - Methods and systems for improved multi-processing utilization in a printing controller: Methods and systems for enhanced parallel processing of data objects in a print job sent to a printing device having multiple processors. The entire print job (or any portion thereof) is spooled by an enhanced driver module on an attached host system and the data objects are re-ordered to allow... Agent: Duft Bornsen & Fishman, LLP

20090262382 - Network system, cable set, and method and program for controlling network system: A network system is provided with a cable set having a nonvolatile memory module mounted thereon, and a printer connected by the cable set. The printer is provided with a set information read means for reading set information for performing initial setting of itself from a nonvolatile memory module of... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090262393 - Print control apparatus and printing apparatus: In the case that a control section takes out a print job from an output queue, the control section notifies a terminal device being a transmitting source of the print job of a termination notice that a period to permit to change a print condition related to the print job... Agent: Cameron Kerrigan Quire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20090262392 - Printer drive, printer driver program recording medium, print data importing device, print data importing program recording medium, and installer recording medium: One embodiment of a printer driver according to the present invention includes a document data obtaining means for obtaining document data indicated by a received print instruction, a conversion means for converting the obtained document data into print data written in page description language, a transmission-use data generation means for... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090262394 - Printer driver and method of printing print data: A printer driver conserves recording paper by removing blank space formed at the top and bottom of each page when printing. The printer driver 9 acquires the coordinates of the top and bottom of the part of the print image that is not blank space from the print image B... Agent: Epson Research And Development Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20090262384 - Processing of electronic documents to achieve postage optimization: A method is suitable for processing a plurality of electronic documents designated for processing and delivery to a plurality of recipients, each recipient having a zip code associated therewith. Each electronic document is assigned a plurality of attributes, and the documents are sorted into one or more attribute groups based... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd Attorneys For Client Number 007131

20090262396 - Structured document conversion apparatus, structured document conversion method, and storage medium: A structured document conversion apparatus is configured to convert structured document data that contains document data in a plurality of nodes in a tree structure and can associate a print attribute with each of the plurality of nodes. The structured document conversion apparatus reflects a print attribute of a lower... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090262385 - System and method for saving and loading user configurations for a multi-function peripheral (mfp): System and method for saving and loading user configurations for a multi-function peripheral are disclosed. In one aspect, a multi-function peripheral (MFP) comprises a storage unit having stored therein a software module. The MFP further comprises a control unit configured to execute the software module to a) retrieve a set... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olson, & Bear, LLP

20090262386 - Systems and methods for reusing processed data in an imaging device: A method for reusing data in an imaging device is described. An imaging job is received at an imaging device. The imaging job includes file system information and a document in a first format. It is determined whether the document has been previously processed by the imaging device. The document... Agent: Austin Rapp & Hardman

20090262397 - Method and apparatus for print image distortion compensation: Disclosed herein are tools allowing users to finely adjust the print image before actual printing to compensate for expected distortion. These tools will be available at the queue level and allow the user to apply adjustments to front side or back side of the pages independently. These tools utilize a... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20090262376 - Grain pattern for grain pattern printing, method and program for creating grain pattern, and housing building material product, automotive interior part, electric home appliance, and information equipment with grain pattern printed thereon: An object of the present invention is to install software in a computer to create a grain that replaces a conventional grain. The present invention provides a grain pattern for grain pattern printing created by a computer, the grain being characterized in that basic structures are repeatedly generated using a... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090262374 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is provided. A first cleaning unit is configured to collect a particle deposited on an object. An applying unit is configured to apply a voltage to the first cleaning unit. A first detector is configured to detect a first current flowing between the first cleaning unit... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client No. 016689

20090262371 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: When executing super-resolution processing, both reduction in necessary memory capacity and generation of high-resolution image data having a desired image quality are achieved. This invention provides an image forming method in an image forming apparatus capable of executing super-resolution processing using a plurality of low-resolution image data to generate high-resolution... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090262372 - Image processing apparatus and method thereof: Image data of a pixel of interest is inputted, diffusion data diffused from errors occurred by decrease of a tonal number of image data is added to the image data of the pixel of interest, the tonal number of the image data of the pixel of interest, to which the... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20090262375 - Liquid ejecting apparatus and liquid ejecting method: [Means for Resolution] A raster (POL raster) formed by a partial overlap (POL) is formed such that pixels (first type of dots) formed upon a going movement and pixels (second type of dots) formed upon a coming movement are alternately arranged. The first type of dots and the second type... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090262373 - Method of calculating correction value and liquid ejecting apparatus: A method of calculating a correction value includes forming a correction pattern on a medium in a yellow color, acquiring blue color information by reading out the correction pattern, and calculating a correction value of the density of the yellow color based on the blue color information.... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090262377 - System and method for calibrating a document processing device from a composite document: A system and computer-implemented method for calibrating a document processing device from a composite document is disclosed. A composite document including human-readable content and machine-readable code marks is input into a document processing device. The machine-readable code marks are decoded to identify at least one spatial pointer including at least... Agent: Cascadia Intellectual Property

20090262370 - System and method for distributing image values of a color separation: A method processes image data in a color separation to attenuate printing defects arising from misalignment of serially arranged printheads that eject ink for the color separation. The method includes processing image values of the color separation with a first rendering process that corresponds to one printhead in a plurality... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP

20090262399 - Binarization-use-pattern generating method and printing apparatus: In the present invention, tetragons are generated, each of the tetragons being formed of four points of a point A(c, 1), a point B(a+c, b+1), a point C(0, d+1), and a point D(a, b+d+1) specified with arbitrary parameters satisfying the specified number of pixels n=2(ad+bc). From among the generated tetragons,... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090262398 - Halftone image generation method, threshold matrix generation method, threshold matrix, prinitng plate manufacturing method, and printing plate: In a halftone image formed on a printing plate for letterpress printing, a minimum halftone dot has a square main cluster consisting of 9 pixels and four sub-clusters located around the main cluster radially, each of which is one pixel. Each sub-cluster contacts with only a vertex of the main... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20090262400 - Infrared watermarking of photographic images by matched differential black strategies: A system and method for infrared watermarking using gray component replacement and other color removal schemes is shown. This method includes providing a substrate and implementing two infrared absorption strategies, one with low infrared absorption and the other with high infrared absorption. These two strategies are then combined in order... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20090262401 - Scanning member with flexible pressing member: A scanning device includes a transparent platen, a scanning module, a document transporting mechanism and a flexible pressing member. The scanning module is located in a scan zone and acquires through the transparent platen an image of a document. The document transporting mechanism transports the document along a passageway and... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20090262402 - Show-through reduction method and system: A show-through reduction method is disclosed. The method is designed to deal with both light and severe show-through. The method focuses mostly on text documents, with characters possibly appearing in multiple gray levels, although the method can also be extended to color documents. As in the prior art, the front... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20090262403 - Image scanning apparatus: An object of the present invention is to produce an image scanning apparatus for preventing occurrence of a black line in the scanning of a sheet of document. A light source 23 is moved between positions A and B when a sheet of a document is scanned while being transported.... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP