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Document | Title | Date |
20080219690 | Image forming method, image forming system, image forming apparatus, and computer readable storage medium for image forming program - The image forming method for executing the proof printing based on a printing job for printing images on recording sheets including a sheet has a step 1) of selecting an substitutive sheet to be used in place of a tab sheet specified in the printing job, and a step 2) of giving an instruction to print a tab sheet image to be printed on the tab of the tab sheet and an outline image representing at least a portion of the tab sheet, on the substitutive paper selected in the step 1). | 09-11-2008 |
20080219691 | Image Forming Apparatus - In an image forming apparatus | 09-11-2008 |
20080226328 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus for judging, on the basis of image information, whether an image to be printed is a monochromatic image or a full color image, deciding, at the beginning of a job, a separation mode for the monochromatic image and a contact mode for the full color image, deciding, after a predetermined condition is satisfied on the basis of previous result information of the concerned job, the contact mode for both monochromatic images and full color images, and printing the images in the decided mode. | 09-18-2008 |
20080226329 | Image Forming System and Use Status Display Program - An image forming system includes: a computer; an image forming apparatus configured to be coupled to the computer; an inquiry unit which inquires, to the image forming apparatus, about a use status thereof; an acquisition unit which acquires the use status from the image forming apparatus, to which the inquiry unit has inquired; and a display unit which displays the use status acquired by the acquisition unit distinguishably whether the image forming apparatus is controllable by the computer. | 09-18-2008 |
20080260412 | Computer Readable Recording Medium Stored With Control Program For Controlling Image Forming Apparatus, Printing Setting Apparatus, And Printing Setting Method - The invention provides a user with a first tab printing setting part for setting up an item concerning printing on a first tab sheet and a second tab printing setting part for setting up an item concerning printing on a second tab sheet; and setting up, when the value of an item is set up in one of the first tab printing setting part and the second tab printing setting part, a value of the corresponding item in the other one of the first and second tab printing setting parts in dependence upon the value of the item in the aforementioned one of the parts. | 10-23-2008 |
20080260413 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a discharge tray determination device and a print controller. The discharge tray determination device determines a discharge tray for sample print output from available discharge trays specifiable by the image forming apparatus. The print controller divides a print job into print processes and controls print output in response to a sample print output request to cause a print process for sample print output for specifying the discharge tray determined by the discharge tray determination device to interrupt the print job. | 10-23-2008 |
20080292353 | Image forming apparatus - When discontinuing image forming, the image forming is discontinued after conducting image forming up to the separation of the set in the course of image forming, and then, the jobs in which image forming is not finished including a job in execution are stored in a nonvolatile storing medium before the power shut down and after the discontinuation. When the power is turned on again, image forming is restarted based on the job stored in the nonvolatile storing medium. | 11-27-2008 |
20080317492 | COLOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A COLOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In a color image forming apparatus, a color mode is switched from a full color mode to a single color mode as follows. When the length of an image of a last page in the full color mode is less than the distance from a first-transferring position of a most downstream image forming station to a second-transferring position, if the time interval from arrival of the trailing end of an image of a page immediately previous to the last page at the second-transferring position to arrival of the leading end of the image of the last page at the second-transferring position is longer than the time needed to separate color image forming stations from the second image carrying medium, then the separating operation is started when the trail end of the image of the page immediately previous to the last page in the full color mode reaches the second-transferring position. | 12-25-2008 |
20090003870 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus for forming an image with developing toner on an exposed portion has a mode in which a toner image is automatically output onto a recording material without using exposure by an exposure device. When an inclination adjustment of a corona charging device is performed using an output image on the recoding material, the image forming apparatus can output an image for adjusting the inclination of the charging device that is not affected by variation of an exposing light amount of the exposure device. | 01-01-2009 |
20090035005 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus capable of preventing toner fusion between recording sheets, with a construction that does not require increase in cost and size of the apparatus and does not unduly lower productivity, to thereby offer high usability. For image formation on plural pieces of recording sheets, a CPU controls a recording sheet conveyance interval for a first set based on a detected amount of toner used for the image formation on each page, stores the toner use amounts for respective pages of the first set into a RAM, and controls the recording sheet conveyance interval for second and subsequent sets based on the toner use amount stored in the RAM for each page. | 02-05-2009 |
20090035006 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus capable of preventing toner fusion between recording sheets to thereby offer high usability, with a construction that does not cause increase in cost and size of the apparatus and an undue reduction in productivity. In the image forming apparatus, a toner use amount in a partial region of an toner image transferred from an intermediate transfer belt to a recording sheet is detected. When it is determined that the toner use amount detected for the partial region is equal to or greater than a predetermined amount, a recording sheet conveyance interval is widened. | 02-05-2009 |
20090041496 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus and a post-processing apparatus that performs post-processing on sheets discharged from the image forming apparatus. The image forming system includes a feeding unit configured to store a plurality of sheets and successively feed the sheets; a stack unit configured to stack sheets processed by the post-processing apparatus; a state detection unit configured to detect a predetermined state of the stack unit; and a control unit configured to restrict the number of sheets fed from the feeding unit so that the number of sheets existing in a sheet conveyance path extending from the feeding unit to the stack unit does not exceed a predetermined number. The predetermined number is the number of sheets that the post-processing apparatus can receive from the image forming apparatus after detection of the predetermined state by the state detection unit. | 02-12-2009 |
20090087208 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - Disclosed is an image forming method for forming a combined image by combining a first image and a second image to be combined, the first image including an inserting area in which an inserting image is to be inserted and the second image including the inserting image to be inserted in the inserting area, the method including: placing a first detection mark showing an attribute of the first image in a margin of the first image; and placing a second detection mark in a margin of the second image in a position corresponding to a position of the first detection mark in the first image so that when a combination of the first image and the second image is correct, the second detection mark is integrated to the first detection mark to form a predetermined pattern. | 04-02-2009 |
20090103938 | Image Forming Apparatus - Disclosed is an image forming apparatus which forms an image on a paper including an image forming unit to form the image, a plurality of paper feeding trays to store the paper, a storage unit to store information of a paper direction of the paper for each of the paper feeding trays and a control unit to select one paper feeding tray among the plurality of paper feeding trays based on information of an post-processing mode set for a job and the information of the paper direction of the paper for each of the paper feeding trays. | 04-23-2009 |
20090103939 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus for forming an image on sheets, includes: a storage unit for storing the number of jobs in which a discharge position of the sheets is switched; a switching unit for switching the discharge position of the sheets; a sheet discharge unit for stacking the sheets; and a control unit for controlling the switching unit to switch the discharge position of the sheets per the number of jobs, which is stored in the storage unit, to discharge the sheets. | 04-23-2009 |
20090129805 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - There is described an image forming apparatus that performs an image forming operation in a N-up printing mode based on a print job. The apparatus includes an image forming section; an operating section to designate the N-up printing mode, and to set an arranging method in the N-up printing mode; and a controlling section to apply image processing to the image data of the plural pages, so that the plural images are arranged onto the single paper sheet according to the arranging method set by the operating section. When implementing the image forming operation in the N-up printing mode, the controlling section groups the plural pages into plural groups, each of which includes specific pages fulfilling a same condition in respect to the image forming operation, and then, aligns the specific pages on a same line among plural lines extended along a conveying direction of the paper sheet. | 05-21-2009 |
20090129806 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD THEREFOR, AND PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus capable of efficiently performing an image forming processing even in a case where a post-processing apparatus performs a post-processing during a both-sides printing. A first time period needed by a first both-sides image forming processing and a second time period needed by a second both-sides image forming processing are computed in a case where a post-processing unit performs a post-processing on a recording sheet formed images on both sides thereof. The first time period and the second time period is compared, and any one of the first both-sides image forming processing and the second both-sides image forming processing is selected based on the comparison. | 05-21-2009 |
20090136252 | Image forming apparatus and method for controlling the same - A control unit controls a starting process and a stopping process of an image forming unit in a stepwise manner. Upon receiving an instruction for executing the image forming process during the stopping process, a determination unit inquires of the control unit about a stage of the stopping process and determines whether the stopping process in the stage is interruptible. A shutdown unit instructs the control unit to interrupt the stopping process during or after the stage, based on a result of determination by the determination unit. A start-up unit instructs the control unit to perform the starting process after interrupting the stopping process. | 05-28-2009 |
20090142090 | Methods Of Operating A Multi-Color Image Forming Device In A Mono-Color Mode - The present application is directed to methods of operating a multi-color image forming device in a mono-color mode. The methods may include performing three basic loops during the printing in the mono-color mode. A first loop may include printing mono-color pages up to an initial preset maximum. The preset maximum may prevent a wear mark from forming on the non-operational PC members due to rubbing against the moving ITM. A second loop may occur when the mono-color pages exceeds the initial preset maximum. The second loop may include rotating the non-operational imaging stations to prevent wear. A third loop may occur when the number of mono-color images exceeds an overall maximum number. The third loop may include resetting the non-operational image forming stations to allow for continuing printing in the mono-color mode. | 06-04-2009 |
20090142091 | Image forming apparatus - An image forming apparatus performs a single-side image formation in a way that, when delay of image formation is needed to secure time for post-process, a stacked sheet discharge control section controls a sheet carrying mechanism so that: a first sheet (for a second imaging job) to be discharged after passing a first sheet-discharging roller via a first sheet-carrying path is directed to another carrying path without being discharged, and is stood by therein; and the first sheet and a second sheet (for the second imaging job) which is carried to the first sheet-discharging roller via the first sheet-carrying path subsequently after the first sheet, are concurrently discharged overlappedly. For imaging jobs in succession, this eliminates needs for delaying image formation for the second imaging job, and for securing time for post-process for the first imaging job. Even the delay is inevitable, this reduces the delay time greatly. This improves productivity of an image forming apparatus, without reducing its performance wastefully. | 06-04-2009 |
20090148178 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING RESERVATION JOB OF THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A method for performing a reservation job of an image forming apparatus includes: selecting the kinds of jobs to be reserved as job data; setting a time for starting and a period for performing the job reserved as the job data; and performing the selected job reserved as the job data at the set time and period. | 06-11-2009 |
20090162090 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing apparatus includes a receiving means for receiving a printing job including a plurality pages, a printing means for performing printing processing on a plurality of papers based on the received printing job, a paper discharge means for discharging the plurality of papers which has been subjected to the printing processing, storing means for storing job information for specifying the printing job and paper-discharge-interval control information for controlling a paper discharge interval, a determination means for, when the printing processing based on the received printing job is performed, determining whether there exists a performed printing job that is substantially the same as the received printing job based on the job information stored in the storing means, and a control means for, when the determination means determines that the performed printing job exists, controlling the paper discharge interval based on the paper-discharge-interval control information. | 06-25-2009 |
20090232538 | Methods For Determining When To Transition Between Color Printing And Black-Only Printing In An Image Forming Device - The present application is directed to methods for determining when to transition between printing color images and printing black-only images in an image forming device. A variety of factors may be evaluated in order to select a trigger value. An examined portion of a print history and an examined portion of a print queue may be evaluated to determine one or more test values. Based on a comparison of the one or more test values with the trigger value, a determination may be made whether to transition between color printing and black-only printing. | 09-17-2009 |
20090252522 | Recording Apparatus, Computer, and Recording System - A recording apparatus connected to a computer executes jobs in a desired order at the time of carrying out plural jobs transmitted from the computer. A printer for carrying out plural jobs transmitted from the computer and recording an image on a recording medium registers the jobs transmitted from the computer as object jobs corresponding to a first LED and a second LED for displaying job states and a first instruction button | 10-08-2009 |
20090252523 | PRINTING SYSTEM, JOB PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In order to build a convenient printing environment which can meet various needs associated with double-sided printing (e.g., a reduction of the load on the operator) from users upon double-sided printing and can cope with the POD environment, a user request associated with a double-sided printing job to be executed by a printing system which includes a printing apparatus that can execute a double-sided printing operation is accepted from the user via a user interface unit. When the user request accepted via the user interface unit is a specific user request, the printing apparatus is controlled to execute a series of double-sided printing operations using a function of adjusting a printing position of data to be printed on one of first side and second side of a printing medium in the double-sided printing job to be processed. | 10-08-2009 |
20090252524 | PRINT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, PRINT MANAGEMENT METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A print management apparatus includes a generation unit configured to generate, from a document including a clear toner page on which both colored toner and clear toner are used and an insert page on which the colored toner is used without the use of the clear toner, a clear toner page print job for printing the clear toner page by using the colored toner without using the clear toner, and an insert print job for applying the clear toner on the clear toner page printed by using the colored toner without using the clear toner and for printing the insert page by using the colored toner. The print management apparatus also includes a first instruction unit configured to instruct an execution of the clear toner page print job, and a second instruction unit configured to instruct an execution of the insert print job after a predetermined period of time elapses. | 10-08-2009 |
20090304408 | MULTI-COLOR PRINTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HIGH TONER PILE HEIGHT PRINTING - Document processing systems and methods are presented in which one or more pages of a print job are segmented into two or more parts, with the first part being transferred and affixed to the printed medium prior to transferring and affixing the second part, in order to facilitate high TMA (pile height) printing while mitigating adverse retransfer, blur, fusing, and hollow character effects. | 12-10-2009 |
20090304409 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus for processing a print job includes an acquiring unit configured to acquire information about a set of printed sheets to be post-processed by a post-processing apparatus, the post-processing apparatus not being connected to the image forming apparatus via a conveying path of the print sheets output from the image forming apparatus, an analyzing unit configured to analyze the print job, and an output control unit configured to output printed sheets on the basis of the print job in which offset stacking is applied to each set of printed sheets to be post-processed as defined by the post-processing apparatus in accordance with a result of analysis performed by the analyzing unit and information regarding the set of printed sheets to be post-processed acquired by the acquiring unit. | 12-10-2009 |
20090317119 | TANDEM FINISHING - Systems and methods are described that facilitate permitting a high-speed marking system or printer to run at maximum speed without being impeded by a relatively slow, low-speed finisher. A plurality of low-speed finishers are coupled to the high-speed marking system in a tandem, and optionally parallel-tandem, arrangement, where the number of finishers is equal to or greater than the ration of the maximum operating speed of the marking system to individual finisher maximum operating speed. In this manner, a low-cost solution is provided to overcome bottleneck problems associated with low-speed finishers. | 12-24-2009 |
20090317120 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PRINTING CONTROL METHOD - Provided is an image forming apparatus comprising: mixed printing control unit that performs, in a situation where the job instruction to perform single-sided printing and the job instruction to perform double-sided printing coexist in a plurality of jobs continuously, double-sided printing process with a blank page set to be printed on one of the one side and the another side of the sheet of paper when performing printing corresponding to the job instruction to perform single-sided printing. | 12-24-2009 |
20090317121 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND JOB EXECUTION METHOD - An image forming apparatus is provided with a job storage portion that stores a print job relating to an image forming process and a command job relating to a control process of operation of the image forming apparatus, a job management portion that registers the print job and the command job in the job storage portion and manages the print job and the command job, an image formation portion that executes the print job, a command execution portion that executes the command job, and a controller that performs control such that the print job stored in the job storage portion is executed ahead of the command job. | 12-24-2009 |
20090317122 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus includes an input unit configured to input image data, an image processing unit configured to process the image data, a transfer unit configured to form a developer image corresponding to the processed image data and transfer the developer image onto a sheet, a fixing unit configured to fix the developer image, a conveyance unit configured to convey a plurality of sheets at predetermined conveying intervals to the transfer unit and the fixing unit, and a control unit configured to control the transfer unit and fixing unit such that a developer image corresponding to image data of a page is not transferred onto a sheet and the sheet is conveyed to the fixing unit if an image processing with respect to the image data of the page has not been completed. | 12-24-2009 |
20100003046 | PRINTING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An apparatus includes a printing unit configured to perform printing by a short edge feed mode or a long edge feed mode, an inputting unit configured to input a print job, a setting unit configured to set an upper-limit value of a number of sheets to be used for a job, and a control unit configured to control the printing unit to perform printing by the short edge feed mode if the number of sheets to be used for the print job is less than the upper-limit value, and to perform printing by the long edge feed mode if the number of sheets to be used for the print job is equal to or greater than the upper-limit value. | 01-07-2010 |
20100014884 | Printer - For a sheet circulating transfer route that includes a sheet transfer portion of a printing mechanism provided with a transfer belt for transfer of a sheet as positioned thereto, a transfer section provided with drive rollers for transfer of a sheet as image-formed by an image former of the printing mechanism, and a sheet invert portion operable for inversion of the sheet as image-formed, there is a drive controller adapted, in conformity to a condition that a sheet to be positioned in the printing mechanism is equal in length to or longer than a path distance from the image former to the drive rollers, to set a transfer speed of the sheet as image-formed by the drive rollers up as an identical speed to a transfer speed of the sheet as positioned by the transfer belt, and in non-conformity to the condition, to set it up as a greater speed than the transfer speed by the transfer belt. | 01-21-2010 |
20100098450 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND JOB PROCESSING METHOD FOR THE SAME - An information processing apparatus including an acquisition unit configured to acquire configuration information for each of a plurality of paper feed units including type and number of sheets of paper capable of storage in each paper feed unit, a generation unit configured to, based on type and number sheets of paper required to be used for an externally acquired print job and the configuration information acquired by the acquisition unit, generate paper allocation information for associating a paper feed unit with type and number of sheets of paper to be stored in the paper feed unit so as to reduce replacement of paper, an addition unit configured to add the paper allocation information generated by the generation unit to the print job, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the print job with the paper allocation information added by the addition unit to the image forming apparatus. | 04-22-2010 |
20100135687 | AUTOMATIC INITIATION OF PRINT JOB PREPROCESSING BEFORE RELEASE OF PRINT JOB - Print job management information, including management actions performed by a press operator, is collected from a print job manager. An evaluator evaluates the collected print job management information using an evaluation algorithm to generate a predicted press-operator job release sequence of one or more of the print jobs. The evaluation algorithm may be adapted to predict print job release behavior of the press operator. A print job is selected in accordance with the predicted press-operator job release sequence. Print job preprocessing of the selected print job is initiated in the printing system, prior to actual release of the print job by the press operator. Actual print-job release information may be compared with a predicted job release sequence to revise the evaluation algorithm. | 06-03-2010 |
20100189458 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing apparatus includes a printing control unit that performs, between printing on a first printing side of a paper sheet and printing on a second printing side thereof, to print on the first printing side of a next paper sheet; a determination unit that determines, when the printing on the first printing side of the paper sheet is finished, whether a process of processing print data for the next paper sheet has been completed; and a standby control unit that causes a printing unit to delay a printing process on the second printing side of the paper sheet until printing on the first printing side of the next paper sheet is finished if it is determined that the process of processing the print data for the next paper sheet has not been completed. | 07-29-2010 |
20100189459 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming apparatus is supplied that comprises a storing section | 07-29-2010 |
20100196042 | PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINTING CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A printing control apparatus that causes printing by a printing unit having a fixing unit that fixes a recording agent on a sheet, the printing control apparatus including: a printing control unit configured to cause the printing unit to stop printing of a currently printing job, and print another job in a state that printing of the job has been stopped; and a determining unit configured to determine whether or not to permit execution of the other job in a state that the currently printing job has been stopped by the printing control unit, based on a fixing unit temperature necessary for printing of the currently printing job and a fixing unit temperature necessary for execution of the other job. | 08-05-2010 |
20100202793 | Checking and Conditional Processing of a Print Job Printed with Multiple Transfer Media - Provided are a method, system and program for checking and conditional processing of a print job printed with multiple transfer media. A print job indicates first print content to print using a first transfer medium and second print content to print using a second transfer medium. The first print content is printed onto a print medium with the first transfer medium. The printed first print content is read to determine whether the printed first print content satisfies a quality requirement. The second print content is printed onto the print medium with the second transfer medium in response to determining that the quality requirement is satisfied. Information is printed indicating an error on the print medium in response to determining that the print quality requirement is not satisfied. | 08-12-2010 |
20100221031 | MULTI-ARRANGEABLE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to an embodiment of the invention, there is provided an image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes, an image forming unit configured to fix a developer image on a sheet medium and output the sheet medium, and an output-image storing unit configured to store, on the inner side of a door involving a lock mechanism, the sheet medium on which the developer image is fixed by the image forming unit. | 09-02-2010 |
20100221032 | MULTI-ARRANGEABLE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to an embodiment of the invention, there is provided an image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes, an image forming unit configured to fix a developer image on a sheet medium and output the sheet medium, and an output-image storing unit configured to store, on the inner side of a door involving a lock mechanism, the sheet medium on which the developer image is fixed by the image forming unit. | 09-02-2010 |
20100226680 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME, RECORDING MEDIUM FOR THE SAME, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A disclosed image forming apparatus includes an image forming paper accommodating unit accommodating papers on which an image is formed, a specific paper accommodating unit accommodating specific papers, an image forming processing unit forming an image based on single-side or double-side image page data for papers, a sheet discharge unit to which the papers are discharged, and a control unit configured to control all the units, in which, when determining that the image forming job assigned to the specific papers accommodated in the specific paper accommodating unit is the double-side image forming job, the specific papers are fed from the specific paper accommodating unit based on the image page data assigned to a front side of the double-side image forming job and the image page data assigned to a rear side of the double-side image forming job are deleted. | 09-09-2010 |
20110008066 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus capable of selectively discharging a sheet having an image formed with toner on one surface thereof and a sheet having images formed with toner on both surfaces thereof includes a fixing unit configured to fix a toner image on a sheet, a sheet stacking portion configured to stack sheets each having the toner image fixed thereon, and a control portion configured to control a maximum sheet stacking amount of sheets stacked in the sheet stacking portion. The control portion controls the maximum sheet stacking amount set when sheets, at least one of which has the toner images formed on both surfaces thereof, are stacked to be smaller than the maximum sheet stacking amount set when sheets each having the toner image formed on one surface thereof are stacked. | 01-13-2011 |
20110044716 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS SUPPORTING GLOSSY PRINTING IN HOST DEVICE, AND THE HOST DEVICE AND THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PERFORMING THE METHOD - A method of controlling an image forming apparatus supporting glossy printing in a host device, the method including: executing a printer driver of the image forming apparatus; setting a glossy printing option by using a user interface of the executed printer driver; and transmitting printing data and a glossy printing command based on the set glossy printing option to the image forming apparatus for printing the printing data on a printing medium according to the printing data and for performing a fusing operation additionally on a second side that is a reverse side of a first side of the printing medium in accordance with the glossy printing option command, wherein the first side is the latest printed side of the printing medium. | 02-24-2011 |
20110052242 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - Disclosed is an image forming apparatus, which makes it possible to visually recognize a suitable time when an operator should stay at the machine side, even if a reserved job includes a job continuous implementation impeding factor. The image forming apparatus includes: an image forming section to implement the reserved job; an operating section to accept operations for inputting a plurality of reserved jobs; a controlling section to extract a specific reserved job, which includes the job continuous implementation impeding factor, from the plurality of reserved jobs inputted through the operating section, so as to set discrimination information representing the job continuous implementation impeding factor into the specific reserved job; and a displaying section to display the specific reserved job to which the discrimination information is set and other reserved jobs to which the discrimination information is not set, on the same screen in a synopsis manner. | 03-03-2011 |
20110058840 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - When executing an image forming process for same sheets divisionally a plurality of number of times, a subsequent image forming process needs to be prevented from becoming impossible depending on the process result of a preceding image forming process. To accomplish this, when executing a second image forming process for a sheet having an image formed by a first image forming process is designated, an image forming apparatus of this invention restricts execution of post-processing for the sheet that has undergone the first image forming process even when executing the post-processing for the sheet is designated. | 03-10-2011 |
20110069986 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - An image forming device including a first image forming unit, a second image forming unit, an assignment unit and a reporting unit is provided. The first image forming unit forms images on one face of a recording paper. The second image forming unit receives the recording paper from the first image forming unit and forms images on the other face of the received recording paper, and performs image formation of a type that differs from the image formation performed by the first image forming unit. The assignment unit assigns logical pages of image data of a printing target to the first image forming unit or the second image forming unit. The reporting unit reports image forming information indicating what type of image formation is to be performed on each of the assigned logical pages of the image data. | 03-24-2011 |
20110123214 | PRINT SYSTEM FOR MONITORING PRINT JOBS - A print system includes a print engine for printing on sheets of receiving material. A user interface unit includes a display. A plurality of holders each hold one type of receiving material and deliver the material to the print engine. A receiver receives jobs, a job being an order for printing information on sheets of receiving material of a type as specified in the order. A control system plans jobs, wherein the jobs are placed in a print queue in a sequence of finishing, the control system also being provided with a device configured to establish the types of receiving material required for printing the respective jobs in the print queue. The control system is adapted to establish, for a type of receiving material, a shortage quantity, if any, of that receiving material, for completely printing the jobs, and to indicate the shortage quantity on the display of the user interface. | 05-26-2011 |
20110129248 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion for forming a toner image on a recording material with transparent toner containing a parting agent; a fixing portion for fixing the toner image formed on the recording material; an obtaining portion for obtaining information as to whether or not the recording material on which the toner image is to be formed has already been subjected to image formation; a selecting portion for selecting a mode to be executed from a first image forming mode in which the toner image depending on image data is formed on the recording material by the image forming portion and a second image forming mode in which the toner image is formed so that a whole surface of the recording material is coated in an image formable area with the transparent toner by the image forming portion; and control portion for controlling execution of the mode so that execution of the first image forming mode and execution of the second image forming mode are permitted when the information indicates that the recording material has not been subjected to the image formation and so that execution of the second image forming mode is permitted but execution of the first image forming mode is forbidden when the information indicates that the recording material has already been subjected to the image formation. | 06-02-2011 |
20110211856 | INTERCHANGING COLOR PRINTER AND RELATED METHOD - A method may include the steps of providing a printing assembly that includes a plurality of printing modules that each include a specific toner color, wherein a first printing module is failing and at least one second printing module is functioning; determining a toner use demand for the plurality of printing modules; and swapping the first printing module with the at least one second printing module to facilitate reducing a downtime of the printing apparatus, wherein the first printing module has a toner use demand that is substantially greater than the toner use demand of the at least one second printing module. | 09-01-2011 |
20110211857 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRINT CONTROL - A print control apparatus and method for determining a sheet size specified by a first print job and a sheet size specified by a second print job, deciding on a sheet width usable by the first print job and a sheet width usable by the second print job based on determined respective sheet sizes, deciding on a sheet width of a continuous sheet to be used by the first print job and the second print job based on the decided respective sheet widths, and printing an image based on the first print job and an image based on the second print job on a continuous sheet supplied from a sheet supplying unit that supplies a continuous sheet having the decided sheet width. | 09-01-2011 |
20110229183 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE FOR PROCESSING JOBS TO BE EXECUTED BY IMAGE FORMING DEVICE INCLUDING FIXING UNIT - An image processing device processes jobs to be executed by an image forming device incorporating a fixing unit. The image processing device receives a plurality of jobs. Based on an attribute of each of the plurality of jobs, the image processing device determines, out of the plurality of jobs, at least one job for which fixing can be performed after heating of the fixing unit is stopped and for which fixing is performed after fixing for another job is finished. The image processing device reorders the processing of the plurality of jobs so that fixing is performed for the at least one job after the fixing for the other job is finished. In this way, an image processing device and a method of controlling an image processing device can be provided where power consumption can be reduced. | 09-22-2011 |
20110299869 | REDUCING TONER CRACKING WITH SCREENING PATTERNS - Toner is applied to a receiver having an area to be folded and a separate area not to be folded. Non-fold and fold-area screening patterns are selected. The non-fold screening pattern has a toner coverage greater than 50% and the fold-area screening pattern has a toner coverage less than 50%. Image data to be applied to the receiver in the area to be folded and the area not to be folded are received. The image data in the area not to be folded are processed using the non-fold screening pattern and the image data in the area to be folded are processed using the fold-area screening pattern to provide screened data. Toner corresponding to the screened data is applied to the receiver. The applied toner is fused to the receiver, so that the area to be folded includes fused toner. | 12-08-2011 |
20110299870 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus has a controller, when a continuous two-sided printing is carried out, which causes two image forming sections to print images of image data on an Nth page and an (N+1)th page onto respective surfaces of a preceding recording sheet, causes the same image forming section as the image forming section that has formed the image on the (N+1)th page to print an image of image data on an (N+2)th page onto a following sheet, causes a sheet reversing section to reverse the sheet on which the image of the (N+2)th page has printed before the sheet is ejected from the apparatus, and then controls a sheet ejection so that a surface of the (N+1)th page of the preceding sheet faces a surface of the (N+2)th page of the following sheet. | 12-08-2011 |
20110318043 | PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF PRINTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - When a job for executing both of a one-sided printing and a two-sided printing, the lowering of the productivity is suppressed and an output result a user desires is output. | 12-29-2011 |
20120027445 | METHOD FOR MAKING COMBINATION PRINTS WITH PLEASING APPEARANCE - Methods for operating a printer to form a combination print with improved appearance are provided. In one aspect first receiver is provided with a first thickness at a first edge and having a first toner image on a first side with toner in an overlap area proximate the first edge. The first edge and overlap area are overlapped with a second receiver having a second thickness at a second edge; and the first receiver and second receiver are fused to cause any toner thereon to fuse such that the toner in the overlap area bonds the first receiver to the second receiver. The first toner image includes an edge concealment toner pattern positioned confronting the second edge with the edge concealment toner pattern having toner that reduces the visual impact of artifacts created by the overlapping second edge. Printed articles are also provided | 02-02-2012 |
20120027446 | APPARATUS FOR FORMING DURABLE COMBINATION PRINTS - A printer is provided for forming a durable combination of printed receivers having a printer controller cooperating with a print engine, receiver transport system, overlap positioning system and fuser to cause a first toner image on the first side of the first receiver with toner in an overlap area proximate to a first edge of the first receiver and a toner edge shield; to overlap the first edge of the first receiver with a second edge of the second receiver having a second thickness and to fuse the overlapped first receiver and second receiver to cause the toner in the overlap area to bond receivers receiver. The toner edge shield forms a first end confronting the second edge that extends from a first side of the first receiver to at least about 50% of the second thickness and that has a deflection surface that slopes toward a second end. | 02-02-2012 |
20120033987 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The task is accomplished by an image forming system comprising an image forming apparatus including a heating fixing portion and a host computer capable of instructing printing. In an image forming apparatus, a throughput can be changed and discriminated in accordance with a printing number, wherein for printing on a small size sheet, said system is operable in a normal small size sheet mode, and in a high speed small size sheet output mode in which the printing is effected at a throughput which is higher than in the normal small size sheet mode, and after completion of the printing, the image forming apparatus rests for a predetermined rest period, wherein said host computer includes a mode selector for selecting a mode from the high speed small size sheet output mode and the normal small size sheet mode, and a controller for transmitting the mode selected by said mode selector to said image forming apparatus. | 02-09-2012 |
20120063802 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, PRINT CONTROL METHOD, AND PRINTED-MATTER MANUFACTURING METHOD - A print control apparatus includes a generating unit that generates color image data based on gloss-control image data, the gloss-control image data containing a gloss control value for identifying a type of a surface effect being a visual or a tactile effect applied to the recording medium and for identifying a region to which the surface effect is applied in the recording medium, and generates clear-toner image data based on presence or absence of at least one post processing device connected to the printing device and based on a type of the post processing device; a post-processing control unit that controls the post processing device in accordance with the presence or absence of the post processing device connected to the printing device and the type of the post processing device; and an output unit that outputs the clear-toner image data. | 03-15-2012 |
20120070176 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND CONTROL APPARATUS - A control apparatus controls at least one of the first image forming apparatus and the second image forming apparatus connected downstream of the first image forming apparatus so that when switching from a first mode to a second mode, if the second image forming apparatus is unable to perform image forming on a second side of a sheet whose first side has undergone image forming in the second image forming apparatus before the second image forming apparatus performs image forming on a second side of a sheet whose first side has undergone image forming in the first image forming apparatus, an order of the sheet whose first and second sides undergo image forming in the second image forming apparatus and the sheet whose first side undergoes image forming in the first image forming apparatus and whose second side undergoes image forming in the second image forming apparatus is not swapped. | 03-22-2012 |
20120087690 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Disclosed is a tandem-type image forming system performing single-sided printing and double-sided printing on a sheet, the image forming system including: a first image forming apparatus; and a second image forming apparatus connected with the first image forming apparatus in series, wherein when the single-sided printing is performed, either the first image forming apparatus or the second image forming apparatus performs printing on a sheet, and when the double-sided printing is performed, both the first image forming apparatus and the second image forming apparatus performs the printing on a sheet, the image forming system further including: a control section which controls a sheet-passing image forming apparatus which is either the first image forming apparatus or the second image forming apparatus, and does not perform the printing but performs sheet-passing in the single-sided printing. | 04-12-2012 |
20120093536 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming system of a series-connected tandem configuration includes a plurality of image forming apparatuses connected in series, and when a job in a both-side mode in which images are formed on both sides of a sheet is executed, one of the image forming apparatuses forms an image on one side of the sheet, and an image forming apparatus different from the image forming apparatus forming the image on the one side forms an image on the other side of the sheet. The image forming system comprising a control section for managing execution of a job of each of the image forming apparatuses, receiving an execution reservation of each of a plurality of jobs, managing the received jobs as reservation jobs, selecting a reservation job for which the image forming apparatuses operate concurrently among the reservation jobs, and preferentially executing the selected reservation job. | 04-19-2012 |
20120107007 | SIMULATED PAPER TEXTURE USING CLEAR TONER ON UNIFORM SUBSTRATE - A system is adapted for simulating a textured pattern on a non-textured substrate. The system includes generating at least a first textured description in a controller unit operatively associated with at least one image forming apparatus. The first textured description is combined with at least one image of an original print job to generate a first print job. The first textured description is printed on at least one face of a substrate to provide a perceived first textured substrate. The at least one image is then printed on the perceived first textured substrate. | 05-03-2012 |
20120114362 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHICALLY PRINTING JOB HAVING JOB TYPE - A method of printing a job having a type using an electrophotographic (EP) printer includes receiving the job and its type. A processor is used to automatically select a first or a second job mode based on the job type; the first job mode indicates aggressive gray component replacement (aGCR) is used but not clear toner, and the second job mode indicates clear toner is used but not aGCR. The data of the job are processed using the processor according to the selected job mode to provide six separations corresponding to respective colorants. Toner corresponding to the six separations is then applied to the receiver using at least one EP printing module in the EP printer to produce a print image of the job. | 05-10-2012 |
20120121287 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND JOB PROCESSING METHOD FOR THE SAME - An information processing apparatus to output, to an image forming apparatus, a print job using paper stored in paper feed units includes an acquisition unit, a generation unit, an addition unit, and a transmission unit. The acquisition unit acquires configuration information for each paper feed unit including type and number of sheets of paper capable of storage in each paper feed unit. The generation unit generates, based on type and number of sheets of paper required to be used for an externally acquired print job and the acquired configuration information, paper allocation information for associating a paper feed unit with type and number of sheets of paper in such away as to reduce replacement of paper. The addition unit adds the generated paper allocation information to the print job. The transmission unit transmits the print job with the added paper allocation information to the image forming apparatus. | 05-17-2012 |
20120163852 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing apparatus capable of processing a variable data printing (VDP) job including a plurality of records includes a determination unit configured to determine whether the number of occurrences of printing failures depending on a reusable object included in the VDP job is greater than or equal to a set number of times, and whether the number of appearing times of the reusable object on remaining pages of the VDP job is less than a set value, and a printing control unit configured to control continuing or cancelling the variable data printing job based on a determination result of the determination unit. | 06-28-2012 |
20120163853 | PRINTING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD OF THE PRINTING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM FOR EXECUTING THE CONTROL METHOD - A printing system includes a determination unit configured to determine whether input image data includes first data to be printed with the first recording agent and second data to be printed with the second recording agent, and whether the input data inhibits misregistration in a printing position between the first data and the second data on the printing paper, a first printing unit configured to, when the determination unit determines that the input image data inhibits the misregistration in the printing position, transfer and fix the data using the first recording agent and the second recording agent, and a second printing unit configured to, when the determination unit does not determine that the input image data inhibits the misregistration, after transferring and fixing the first data by using the first recording agent, to transfer and fix again the second data by using the second recording agent. | 06-28-2012 |
20120189340 | PRINTING MEDIA RECYCLING APPARATUS AND PRINTING MEDIA RECYCLING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a printing media recycling apparatus includes a printing-medium feeding section, a scanner section configured to read an image of printing medium and generate image data, the decoloring section configured to decolor an image formed of a decolorable recording material on the printing medium, a decoloring-processing-execution determining section configured to determine whether the execution of decoloring processing is appropriate for the printing medium or the execution of the decoloring processing is unnecessary based on the image data generated in the scanner section, a decoloring determining section configured to determine a decolored state of the printing medium after the execution of the decoloring processing by the decoloring section, and a diverting-section-switching control section configured to switch a diverting section to lead the printing medium to a predetermined discharge tray. | 07-26-2012 |
20120237247 | PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND PRINTING CONTROL METHOD - A printing control apparatus includes an acquiring unit, a storing unit, a replacing unit, and a generating unit. The acquiring unit is configured to acquire apparatus configuration information of a printing apparatus that forms an image based on image data. The storing unit is configured to store therein gloss control plane data in which a type of a surface effect imparted to a recording medium and a control value for specifying an area in the recording medium, to which the surface effect is imparted, are designated. The replacing unit is configured to replace, based on the apparatus configuration information, the type of the surface effect imparted to the recording medium in the gloss control plane data with a predetermined type of a surface effect. The generating unit is configured to generate the image data based on the gloss control plane data subjected to the replacement by the replacing unit. | 09-20-2012 |
20120243898 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A loop of a transferring material is formed at a position between a secondary transfer nip portion and a fixing nip portion such that a loop amount of the loop of the transferring material, which is formed at the position between the secondary transfer nip portion and the fixing nip portion when a mono-color mode is executed, is larger than a loop amount of the loop of the transferring material, which is formed at the position between the secondary transfer nip portion and the fixing nip portion when a full-color mode is executed. In the mono-color mode, image formation is executed such that primary transfer rollers are separated from an intermediate transfer belt. In the full-color mode, image formation is executed by photosensitive drums. | 09-27-2012 |
20120251154 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRINTING ON PRE-PRINTED MEDIA AND LETTERHEAD MEDIA - A method for managing the printing of documents on pre-printed media, which includes the steps of: receiving a print job representing a document to be printed; detecting an orientation of a pre-printed media being fed into an image forming apparatus; processing the print job for printing based on the orientation of the pre-printed media; and printing the print job on at least one sheet of the pre-printed media | 10-04-2012 |
20120288298 | JOB CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - There is provided an error recovering method that can be applied to a photobook production flow handling plural types of parts and reduces operator's manual workload while keeping consistency in the job order between the plurality of parts at the time of occurrence of an error. An information processor receives information on an error that is caused in a printer or a post-apparatus and determines whether or not reprinting of a target part is necessary. When determining that reprinting is necessary, the information processor updates job tickets of an error-caused part and other types of parts and transmits the updated job tickets to the printer and the post-apparatus. The printer and the post-apparatus execute post-processing in accordance with the job tickets updated by the information processor. | 11-15-2012 |
20130004195 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a plurality of discharge units, a storage unit, a searching unit, a display unit, a designating unit, and a setting unit. In a case where a request for executing a predetermined print job is accepted, with respect to each of the plurality of discharge units, the searching unit searches for print job information designating each of the plurality of discharge units as a discharge destination of a printed material on the basis of designation information included in the print job information stored in the storage unit. With respect to each of the plurality of discharge units, the display unit displays information on whether there is print job information designating each of the plurality of discharge units as a discharge destination of a printed material. | 01-03-2013 |
20130089353 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS TO ENHANCE PRINTING PERFORMANCE AND PRINTING METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus to perform mono printing and color printing having different printing speeds and enhance printing performance includes an image forming unit to perform the color printing and the mono printing, and a control unit to determine whether to change a printing speed by comparing an amount of printing to be processed with a predetermined critical value and, if it is determined to change the printing speed, controlling the image forming unit to perform printing according to the amount of printing to be processed by switching a printing speed from printing at a relatively slow printing speed to printing at a relatively fast printing speed. | 04-11-2013 |
20130108302 | EDGE PRINTING METHOD | 05-02-2013 |
20130129372 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Disclosed is an image processing apparatus including: a control unit; an image forming unit; a storing unit; and a job reception unit, wherein in case that the control unit identifies that the print job received while the job reception unit receives the print job group is another print job received from another external device in accordance with the identification information, the control unit controls the storing unit so as to hold the another print job until the image forming unit completes the image forming in accordance with the print job group, and after the image forming unit completes the image forming in accordance with the print job group, the control unit controls the image forming unit so as to start the image forming in accordance with the another print job. | 05-23-2013 |
20130136482 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WHICH FORMS IMAGES ON ONE SIDE OR BOTH SIDES OF A SHEET - An image forming apparatus capable of selectively discharging a sheet having an image formed with toner on one surface thereof and a sheet having images formed with toner on both surfaces thereof includes a fixing unit configured to fix a toner image on a sheet, a sheet stacking portion configured to stack sheets each having the toner image fixed thereon, and a control portion configured to control a maximum sheet stacking amount of sheets stacked in the sheet stacking portion. The control portion controls the maximum sheet stacking amount set when sheets, at least one of which has the toner images formed on both surfaces thereof, are stacked to be smaller than the maximum sheet stacking amount set when sheets each having the toner image formed on one surface thereof are stacked. | 05-30-2013 |
20130223866 | PRINTING SYSTEM, IMAGE INSPECTING APPARATUS, AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing system includes following components. A deciding unit decides, by using setting data and output image data including pieces of original image data corresponding to plural pages, a printing order in which the plural pages are to be printed. A printing unit respectively prints images of the plural pages on recording media by using the output image data, in accordance with the printing order. A reading unit reads, in accordance with the printing order, the images of the plural pages having been printed on the recording media to obtain pieces of read image data corresponding to the plural pages. An identifying unit identifies pieces of reference image data corresponding to the plural pages of the output image data, in accordance with the printing order. A verification unit verifies, for each page, the piece of read image data of the page against the corresponding piece of reference image data. | 08-29-2013 |
20130243468 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - In a serial tandem image forming system having a plurality of image forming apparatuses, a double-side printing job can be performed in a way according to the needs of users by taking into consideration an adjustment operation. The serial tandem image forming system includes an upstream apparatus | 09-19-2013 |
20130243469 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus has an image forming section configured to form an image on a recording sheet, a controller to execute a job, and an adjustment section configured to adjust a density of the image formed on the recording sheet by the image forming section during execution of the job. The controller discharges an inserting sheet onto the recording sheet having the image formed during the execution of the job when a value of the adjustment is larger than a predetermined value. | 09-19-2013 |
20130272741 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - Provided is an image forming system including an image forming unit to print an image on a sheet based on a job, a postprocessing unit to carry out postprocessing to the sheet based on the job, and a control unit to manage the job, and to control the print and the postprocessing, the control unit can determine whether the postprocessing execution job includes an applying prohibition sheet or not, and if a predetermined condition such as a page other than first and last pages is satisfied in predetermined postprocessing such as bundle processing, permits the job for the predetermined postprocessing to carry out an output such as insertion of the applying prohibition sheet, for which the postprocessing is prohibited in applying due to a difference in sheet size from a prescribed size and the like, into a bundle of applying permission sheets. | 10-17-2013 |
20130294794 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, OUTPUT ORDER SETTING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image forming apparatus includes a heating unit, a storage unit, and a setting unit. The heating unit uses electric power and performs a heating operation in accordance with a print condition specified in a print job to thermally fix a developer onto a recording medium. The storage unit stores therein output priorities, which are determined for different print conditions based on power consumption in a heating operation, so as to be associated with their corresponding print conditions. In outputting a plurality of print jobs having different print conditions successively, the setting unit sets output order of the print jobs to be output in accordance with the output priorities. | 11-07-2013 |
20130294795 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus, in a case where a print setting for printing an image on a preprinted surface of a preprinted sheet has been set and a surface of the sheet read by a reading unit is a preprinted surface, executes printing on the sheet. The image forming apparatus, in a case where a print setting for printing an image on an unprinted surface of a preprinted sheet has been set and a surface of the sheet read by the reading unit is not a preprinted surface, executes printing on the sheet. | 11-07-2013 |
20130336673 | METHOD AN APPARATUS FOR A PRINT JOB TYPE DEPENDENT RELEASE AGENT APPLICATION - An approach is provided for applying a release agent to a substrate having at least a first surface and a second surface. The approach involves determining a print job type for applying one or more printed images to the substrate to be one of a simplex print job type that applies the one or more printed images to one of the first surface and the second surface and a duplex print job type that applies the one or more printed images to the first surface and the second surface. The approach also involves processing the determined print job type to cause, at least in part, a determination of a release agent application instruction that corresponds with the determined print job type. The approach further involves causing, at least in part, an amount of the release agent to be applied to the substrate based on the release agent application instruction. | 12-19-2013 |
20140072322 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a mode setting section configured to set an operation mode in a manner that the image forming apparatus is operated in an erasing mode if an erasing operation is instructed, a supplying section configured to supply a medium on which the image formation is completed, and which is set in an designated or specified receiving section, a decoloring section configured to decolor the color of the formed image by carrying the medium to a heating section that includes at least heating and decoloring function, and a return section configured to return the operation mode to a predetermined mode except for the erasing mode from the erasing mode, when the last medium on which the image formation is completed and which is set in the receiving section is decolored. | 03-13-2014 |
20140079426 | METHOD AN APPARATUS FOR MANAGING A PRINTING SYSTEM - An approach is provided for managing a printing system. The approach involves determining at least one printer of the printing system is capable of at least five-color printing. The approach also involves determining a print job to be processed by the printing system includes using a custom colorant. The approach further involves determining if the custom colorant is ready for use, if an alternative colorant is ready for use, or if any custom colorants or alternative colorants are within a predetermined proximity of the printer. The approach additionally involves causing a preview of an output of the print job to be rendered and displayed, causing the print job to be processed or held, and causing one or more colorants to be ordered or made ready for use if the print job is held. | 03-20-2014 |
20140079427 | Method and System for Efficient Duplex Printing - An imaging device, including one or more imaging units for use in transferring toner to media sheets, one of the imaging units being a black imaging unit for transferring black toner; a media transport path having a duplex path, the duplex path having at least one set of rollers for independently moving media sheets through the duplex path; and a controller operatively coupled to the one or more imaging units and the media transport path, for staging one or more media sheets in the duplex path for a period of time. The period of time results in an increase in the interpage gap which may be utilized while the imaging device interrupts a printing operation to perform any of a number of operations. | 03-20-2014 |
20140079428 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, HOST APPARATUS, SERVER, AND METHOD OF PERFORMING IMAGE FORMING JOB THEREOF - An image forming apparatus includes a storage unit, an interface unit which is connected to a host apparatus and at least one of other image forming apparatuses, an image forming unit which prints image data received through the interface unit, and a controller which, if image data is received when the image forming apparatus is in a normal mode, controls the image forming unit to perform an image forming job using the image data, and if the image data is received when the image forming apparatus is in a power saving mode, controls the interface unit to transmit the image data to another image forming apparatus so that the another image forming apparatus performs an image forming job. | 03-20-2014 |
20140105631 | Image Forming Apparatus Including Coupling Member Selectively Coupled to Photosensitive Drum - An image forming apparatus includes a main body, endless belt, photosensitive drums, setting unit, contacting/separating mechanism, transmitting mechanism, and coupling members. The photosensitive drums are disposed in confrontation with the endless belt and are arranged in a first direction. Each photosensitive drum has an axis extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The setting unit sets the image forming apparatus to a monochrome mode or color mode. The contacting/separating mechanism controls at least one photosensitive drum to contact or separate from the endless in accordance with the set mode. The transmitting mechanism selectively transmits drive power to photosensitive drums. Each coupling member is selectively coupled to the corresponding photosensitive drum and has a coupling axis extending in the second direction. Each coupling member is uncoupled from the corresponding photosensitive drum when the contacting/separating mechanism controls the corresponding photosensitive drum to separate from the endless belt. | 04-17-2014 |
20140147155 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an input unit, a printing unit, and a storage device. Printing data of each page included in a printing job is input into the input unit. The printing unit selectively prints a page which is printable without changing attributes of the printing data when input in the same apparatus, among the pages included in the printing job. The storage device stores the printing data of a page which is unprintable without changing the attributes of the printing data when input in the same apparatus, among the printing data of the pages included in the printing job as pending job data. | 05-29-2014 |
20140161477 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - A print job is executed such that, in a case where single-sided printing is instructed for some pages and double-sided printing is instructed for some pages among multiple pages for which printing instructions have been given according to a print job, and in a case where it has been determined that a conveyance path is present that is different from the conveyance path for double-sided printing and is for reversing the printing sheets front to rear for discharging, the conveyance path for double-sided printing is used in the double-sided printing and the printing sheets are reversed and discharged through the conveyance path for reversing the printing sheets front to rear for discharging in the single-sided printing. | 06-12-2014 |
20140321876 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a job executing portion, a mode setting portion, and an operating portion. The operating portion accepts a function unit setting operation for setting a job executing mode in a function unit, the mode setting portion sets the job executing mode in the function unit based on the function unit setting operation accepted by the operating portion, and the job executing portion executes a job in the job executing mode set by the mode setting portion. | 10-30-2014 |
20150063854 | PRINTING CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A printing control device includes a receiving unit and a replacing unit. The receiving unit receives a print job, which includes gloss control printing data indicating a type of surface effect by predetermined density information and table information capable of identifying a surface-effect selection table used in creation of the gloss control printing data, from a host device. The replacing unit replaces a part or whole of the surface-effect selection table implemented in the printing control device in advance on the basis of the table information included in the print job. | 03-05-2015 |
20150071673 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - In accordance with one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes an image forming section configured to form an image on the surface of a medium with a recording material the color of which cannot be erased by heating; a heating section configured to heat the medium to fix the image; and a control section configured to determine whether or not an executed job is a quota subtraction target job or a quota addition target job, calculate a corresponding subtraction quota when the job is a quota subtraction target job or a corresponding addition quota when the job is a quota addition target job, and update the current quota based on the subtraction quota and the addition quota. | 03-12-2015 |
20150071674 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, CONTROL APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD - An image forming system includes an image forming unit, a post-processing unit, an acquiring unit, a first transmitting unit, and a post-processing control unit. The image forming unit forms an image on a recording medium. The post-processing unit is provided at a side for discharging the recording medium of the image forming unit and performs predetermined post-processing on the recording medium. The acquiring unit acquires a discharge timing at which the recording medium is discharged from the image forming unit. The first transmitting unit transmits a post-processing start signal corresponding to the discharge timing. The post-processing control unit causes the post-processing unit to start the post-processing when receiving the post-processing start signal from the first transmitting unit. | 03-12-2015 |
20150125173 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus including; a non-inversion conveyance unit that conveys a sheet to a downstream without inverting through the image forming unit; an inversion conveyance unit that inverts the sheet with printing on one side and that conveys the sheet to an upstream; a first sheet inversion unit that is arranged on the inversion conveyance unit and inverts the front and back of the sheet conveyed by the inversion conveyance unit; a control unit that controls the image forming unit and the conveyance unit, wherein the control unit includes a single-sided print mode and a double-sided print mode, and at a breakpoint of jobs, the control unit discharges the sheet so as to provide charge polarity that does not electrostatically attract a sheet discharged just before the breakpoint and a sheet discharged just after the breakpoint at least in the double-sided print mode. | 05-07-2015 |
20150355589 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing apparatus prints, on a sheet, an image for one page or a plurality of pages, stores a sheet on which an image has been printed inside the printing apparatus, discharges a sheet on which an image has been printed outside the printing apparatus without storing the sheet, saves, in a case where a sheet is not storable, data corresponding to a page to be printed on the sheet, and performs, upon receipt of a printed sheet taking-out instruction, control to convey a stored sheet so that at least a part of the sheet is exposed outside of the printing apparatus, to print an image based on saved data, and to discharge the sheet on which the image has been printed outside the printing apparatus. | 12-10-2015 |
20160011545 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | 01-14-2016 |
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