Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090006833 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a hardware resource used in image formation; and a storage unit storing a program for processing the image formation; and a controller that is operable to: accepting rebooting commands for rebooting the hardware resource and the program; monitoring a state of the hardware resource and a state of the program and detecting whether or not at least one of the hardware resource and the program is in automatic adjustment processing; and rebooting the hardware resource and the program according to the rebooting commands after completion of the automatic adjustment processing, when the rebooting commands are accepted in a state that the hardware resource or the program is in the automatic adjustment processing. | 01-01-2009 |
20090207442 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives image data; an extracting unit that extracts specific information from the image data; a first recognizing unit that recognizes destination information from the specific information; and a control unit that outputs the image data, wherein, when the first recognition unit recognizes a plurality of destination information, the control unit outputs the image data to respective destinations corresponding to each of the plurality of the destination information. | 08-20-2009 |
20090241025 | Image Processing Apparatus - An image processing apparatus includes an receiving unit that receives e-mail via a first path, an acquiring unit that acquires an acquired file via a path other than the first path, a determining unit that determines whether an attached file and synthesization information for synthesizing the attached file and the acquired file are included in the received e-mail, and a synthesizing unit which, when the attached file and the synthesization information are included in the received e-mail, synthesizes the attached file and the acquired file based on the synthesization information. | 09-24-2009 |
20100002271 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE HAVING SCANNED-DOCUMENT DISTRIBUTED-TRANSMISSION CAPABILITY - An image processing device, such as multifunction peripheral, includes a reading section, a judging section and a transmission section. The reading section reads an image on each of a plurality of objects and outputs a plurality of pieces of image data. Each piece of image data represents the image on each of the plurality of objects. The judging section judges whether each piece of image data meets a predetermined criterion. The transmission section transmits one or more pieces of image data that are judged by the judging section to meet the predetermined criterion to a predetermined destination set in relation with the criterion. | 01-07-2010 |
20100083042 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE CAPABLE OF AUTOMATICALLY RETRANSMITTING DATA FILE DELETED FROM SERVER - To facilitate retransmission of a data file that has been deleted from a server, a data processing device includes a first storage section in which a management table is stored. The management table includes a list of communication histories with respect to communications with each of the servers. Each communication history indicates a data file transmitted to the server. The device further includes a second storage section storing data files transmitted to the servers. A control section is provided for judging, when a communication section is in communication with a server, whether or not a data file which has already been transmitted to the server needs to be retransmitted and retransmit the data file to the server upon retrieving the data file from the second storage section when judgment is made so that retransmission of the data file is needed. | 04-01-2010 |
20100110459 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming apparatus includes: a forming unit that includes an image forming function for forming an image; a restricting unit that restricts usage of the image forming function based on presence or absence of usage authorization for the image forming function of the forming unit; an adjusting unit that executes an image quality adjusting process to improve a quality of the image formed by the forming unit; and a control unit that inhibits the adjusting unit from executing the image quality adjusting process in accordance with presence or absence of restriction of the usage of the image forming function by the restricting unit. | 05-06-2010 |
20100141990 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image processing apparatus includes: an execution unit that executes a processing request accepted by an acceptance unit and stored in a storage unit; a setting unit which, when the processing request is accepted, sets the stored processing request as a queued processing request if another processing request is executed, and which sets the stored processing request as a permitted processing request if no processing request is executed; a notification unit that notifies a current user that there exists a queued processing request; an instruction unit which, when instructed by the current user, instructs whether or not to permit execution of the queued processing request; and an interrupt control unit which, when the current user instructs to permit the execution of the queued processing request through the instruction unit, controls the execution unit to interrupt the execution of the permitted processing request and execute the instructed queued processing request. | 06-10-2010 |
20100166442 | IMAGE OUTPUT APPARATUS - An image output apparatus, which outputs an image on a recording medium, and which is activated in an activation mode including a first activation mode and a second activation mode that consumes less power than the first activation mode, the image output apparatus including: a switching unit that selects one of the first activation mode and the second activation mode as the activation mode for activating the image output apparatus; and a storage unit that stores a total amount of power consumed on and after a reference time. The switching unit switches the activation mode from the first activation mode to the second activation mode when the amount of total power consumption stored in the storage unit is equal to or more than a first threshold value. | 07-01-2010 |
20100238478 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing system that executes plural functions with respect to image data, the image processing system including: a decision unit that decides whether or not a function among the plural functions is authorized to be executed with respect to the image data; and a notification unit that identifiably notifies an authorized function, which is authorized to be executed with respect to the image data, and an unauthorized function, which is not authorized to be executed with respect to the image data, decided by the decision unit. | 09-23-2010 |
20100276870 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING DEVICE, AND PRINTER DRIVER - A printing system includes: a printing unit that performs printing on a sheet; a conveyance mechanism that has a printing path for guiding a sheet to a printing position of the printing unit and a reverse path for reversing the sheet passing through the printing position and guiding the sheet again to the printing position; a control unit that performs double-side printing processing depending on a plurality of methods in which maximum numbers of the sheets existing in the conveyance mechanism at the same time are different from each other; and a determination unit that determines a probability of sheet jamming occurring in the conveyance mechanism. When the determination unit determines that the jamming occurrence probability is high, the control unit selects the method in which the maximum sheet number is small, and performs the double-side printing processing in accordance with the selected method. | 11-04-2010 |
20100278578 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND PRINTER DRIVER - A printing system includes a printing unit performing printing on a sheet, a conveyance mechanism, a control unit, and a selection unit causing a user to select any one of a plurality of methods whose maximum numbers of sheets existing in the conveyance mechanism at the same time are different from each other. The control unit controls the printing unit and the conveyance mechanism to perform double-side printing processing depending on any one of the methods. The control unit performs double-side printing processing in accordance with the method selected by the selection unit. | 11-04-2010 |
20110078339 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE HAVING A PLURALITY OF CONTROL UNITS - An image processing device includes a memory unit that stores plural sets of user information and a plurality of modes in correspondence with each other so as to specify correspondence between a plurality of users and the plurality of modes, and a plurality of control units that execute a function on image data in one of the plurality of modes corresponding to one of the plurality of users having a predetermined relationship with a current user. | 03-31-2011 |
20110102825 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE HAVING A PLURALITY OF CONTROL UNITS - A plurality of control units is configured to control a executing unit to execute each function in one of a plurality of performance modes. Each control unit is configured to be capable of switching an operational state thereof between a running state and a halt state. A plurality of combinations of the operation states for the control units are different from one performance mode to another. At least one control unit of the plurality of control units is in the running state in each performance mode. The plurality of performance modes have different performance levels. A selecting unit selects one of the plurality of performance modes based on the function corresponding to the at least one instruction. The plurality of control units controls the executing unit to execute the function corresponding to the at least one instruction in the one of the plurality of performance modes. | 05-05-2011 |
20110128559 | PRINTING DEVICE THAT EXECUTES CALIBRATION AT FREQUENCY SUITED TO USER DEMAND - A printing device including a printing unit that prints an image with print agent, a calibration unit that executes a calibration process, a specifying unit that specifies a usage amount of the print agent, and a control unit that controls the calibration unit to execute the calibration process at a lower frequency when the specifying unit specifies a lower amount as the usage amount. The calibration process is for printing a mark with the print unit, detecting the mark, and calculating a calculation value based on a detection result. | 06-02-2011 |
20110191846 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE CAPABLE OF SWITCHING CONTROL MODES - An image processing device includes a processing unit that performs processing on image data, an obtaining unit that obtains a number of users, and a control unit that executes a job by controlling the processing unit to perform the processing in one of control modes. The control unit switches between the control modes based on the number of users. | 08-04-2011 |
20110211853 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND STORING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes: a forming unit configured to form an image on a relatively moving object, the image including a mark; a first detection unit configured to detect the mark formed by the forming unit so as to obtain a first detection result; a correction unit configured to execute a correction process in which an image forming condition of the image forming unit is changed based on the first detection result; a setting unit configured to set the correction process not to be executed when a value related to a correction accuracy of the correction unit is lower than a reference value; and a control unit configured to control the correction process based on the setting by the setting unit. | 09-01-2011 |
20110242589 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND STORING MEDIUM - A printing apparatus comprising: a printing unit configured to print an image based on expanded data; a measuring unit configured to measure a deviation amount of at least one of a position and a density of the image printed by the printing unit when a correction execution condition is satisfied; an expanding unit configured to expand print data based on the measurement by the measuring unit, so as to produce the expanded data; and a control unit, wherein when the correction execution condition is satisfied during the expanding of current print data which corresponds to a current page being expanded, the control unit is configured to control the expanding unit to suspend the expanding of the current print data, the measuring unit to measure the deviation amount, and the expanding unit to restart expanding an unexpanded portion of the current print data based on the measurement. | 10-06-2011 |
20110262171 | Printing Device Having Correcting Function - A correction unit executes a correcting function for measuring at least one of position and density of a test image in response to a correction instruction and correcting an operation setting of a printing unit based on the measurement result. Print data includes correction requiring data that is required to execute the correcting function by the correction unit before an image corresponding to the correction requiring data is printed. A determining unit is configured to determine whether or not at least one of two conditions is satisfied. One condition is such that a ratio of a second numerical value represented by the correction requiring data to a first numerical value represented by the print data is less than a first reference value. Another condition is such that the second numerical value is less than a second reference value. When the determining unit determines that the at least one of two conditions is satisfied, the control unit bypasses the measurement by the correction unit even if a receiving unit receives the correction instruction. | 10-27-2011 |
20120081762 | IMAGE READING DEVICE - A reading device comprising a connection unit configured to be connected with a storage medium, a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the storage medium is connected to the connection unit, a judging unit configured to judge if there is a document to be read by a reading unit and an execution unit configured to execute the advising process when the judgment unit judges that there is the document to be read and the determination unit determines that the storage medium is connected to the connection unit. | 04-05-2012 |
20120194596 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND DOUBLE-SIDED PRINTING CONTROL PROGRAM - There is provided a printing apparatus including: a printing section; a transport mechanism in which a transport route and a re-transport route are formed, the transport mechanism including an install section to which a transport unit is to be installed; and a print control section which controls the printing section and the transport mechanism to execute a plurality of kinds of double-sided printing processes having different maximum numbers of sheets present at the same time in the transport mechanism from each other so that in a case that the transport unit is installed to the install section, a double-sided printing process in which a maximum number of sheets is large as compared with a case in which the transport unit is not installed to the install section is executed. | 08-02-2012 |
20120194857 | Printing Apparatus - A printing apparatus includes a storage section which stores printing jobs to be printed on a recording paper sheet; a transport section which transports the recording paper sheet; a printing section which performs the printing on the recording paper sheet transported by the transport section based on one of the printing jobs stored in the storage section; an occurrence rate judging section which calculates an occurrence rate of a jam of the recording paper sheet in the transport section during the printing based on each of the printing jobs stored in the storage section, and which compares a first occurrence rate which is the occurrence rate of a first printing job stored first in the storage section with a second occurrence rate which is the occurrence rate of a second printing job stored second in the storage section; and a control section which controls the printing section. | 08-02-2012 |
20130003105 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing apparatus is provided including: a storage section which stores the print jobs, a printing section which performs printing to execute the print jobs by accepting a print instruction for the print jobs stored in the storage section, a priority determination section which determines a print priority for the print jobs stored in the storage section when the amount of free space in the storage section is not more than a threshold value, a transmission section which transmits a print job to an external device if the priority determination section has determined that print job to be lower in the print priority than other print jobs, and a deletion section which deletes the print job transmitted by the transmission section from the storage section. | 01-03-2013 |
20130003113 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing apparatus which is configured to communicate with an external device and performs printing includes: a receiving section which receives a printing job from the external device; a storage section in which the printing job is stored; an input section which accepts a printing instruction; a printing section which performs the printing based on the printing job when the input section accepts the printing instruction; a judgment section which judges whether or not the printing job is a deletion-objective job to be deleted from the storage section; a determining section which determines a transmission mode based on at least one of transmission setting and transmission content of the deletion-objective job, when the judgment section judges that the printing job is the deletion-objective job; a transmission section which transmits the deletion-objective job to the external device; and a deleting section which deletes the deletion-objective job from the storage section. | 01-03-2013 |
20130083348 | PRINTING DEVICE - A first acquiring section acquires, at first timing after a print job is received and before a print instruction is given, first print data located at a reference location indicated by reference information of data included in the print job, and stores the first print data in a storage section. A second acquiring section acquires, at second timing when the print instruction is given, second print data located at the reference location. A difference determining section determines whether the second print data are different from the first print data. A necessity determining section determines whether the second print data are necessary, when the second print data are different from the first print data. A printing section prints the second print data when the second print data are necessary, and prints the first print data when the second print data are unnecessary. | 04-04-2013 |
20130107318 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM | 05-02-2013 |
20130176595 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing apparatus includes: a job storage unit configured to store a print job; a printing unit configured to perform a printing operation based on the stored print job; a receiving unit configured to receive an instruction to disconnect connection with an external apparatus; and a control device configured to perform: an establishment process of establishing connection with the external apparatus; a storage process of storing a print job received from the external apparatus in the job storage unit; a first deletion process of deleting the print job, for which a printing-related operation has been completed, from the job storage unit; a disconnection process of disconnecting the connection in response to a disconnection instruction received by the receiving unit; and a prohibition process of prohibiting performing the disconnection process after the printing-related operation starts until all the print jobs are deleted from the job storage unit. | 07-11-2013 |
20140104641 | Printing Apparatus - A printing apparatus includes a storage section which stores printing jobs to be printed on a recording paper sheet; a transport section which transports the recording paper sheet; a printing section which performs the printing on the recording paper sheet transported by the transport section based on one of the printing jobs stored in the storage section; an occurrence rate judging section which calculates an occurrence rate of a jam of the recording paper sheet in the transport section during the printing based on each of the printing jobs stored in the storage section, and which compares a first occurrence rate which is the occurrence rate of a first printing job stored first in the storage section with a second occurrence rate which is the occurrence rate of a second printing job stored second in the storage section; and a control section which controls the printing section. | 04-17-2014 |