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| 20090109477 | SERVER APPARATUS, MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND METHOD - A server apparatus configured to manage log information corresponding to job information transmitted from a host computer to a printer includes a storage unit storing the log information received in a temporary storage area, an issue unit configured to issue identification information identifying the log information, a generation unit configured to generate authentication information based on the identification information and authenticate the identification information, a transmission unit configured to transmit the identification to the host computer, a reception unit configured to receive, from the image processing apparatus, identification information and authentication information extracted by the image processing apparatus from job information received by the image processing apparatus from the host computer, a determination unit configured to determine whether log information corresponding to the identification information is stored in the temporary storage area, and a notification unit configured to notify the image processing apparatus of the determination result. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090207439 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING METHOD AND PRINTER - A printing system can suppress an increase in the processing load of a printer, and facilitate print management. To accomplish this, a printing system includes an authentication unit with which a printer authenticates a user based on account information the user inputs using a host device, a token generating unit with which the printer generates, after the user has been authenticated by the authentication unit, a token containing print function restriction information by referring to information in which the user, and application and the print function restriction are associated with one another, and transmits the token to the host device, a command generating unit with which the host device receives the token to generate a command containing the print function restriction information, and transmits the command to the printer, and a printing unit with which the printer receives the command and executes printing subject to print function restrictions. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090293134 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Strict security is ensured with respect to information in originals scanned by an MFP. There are provided: password detector for judging if original information obtained by decoding the two-dimensional code of original images contains a one-way hash value generated from a password; password input for prompting input of a password in the case where it is determined by the password detector that a hash value is contained in the original information; password verifier for using the one-way hash value to verify a password input by the password input; and converter for converting the original images into an electronic file protected by the password input by the password input. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20100157362 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINTING CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In response to a request to open a user interface on which print setting is performed, a printer driver receives a change in print setting value set in initial setting. The printer driver processes a job according to the received print setting value. On the other hand, when a request to open the user interface has not been received, the printer driver performs print setting by using initial setting values set previously in relation to a determining condition that can be obtained from the job. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20110075205 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - In an environment in which many types of drivers are installed, it is cumbersome for a user to select a desired printer from a printer list displayed on a screen, after the user has issued a printing instruction from an application. In an information processing apparatus in the present invention, data which is received from an application in response to an instruction from a user is spooled as intermediate data, printers which are connected to the apparatus itself are retrieved after the instruction from the user, an installation process and creation of a print queue are performed for a printer driver which is compatible with a printer selected from found printers, the intermediate data is passed to the printer driver, and a printing process is performed. Then, a deletion candidate is decided in the created print queues, and the print queue which is the deletion candidate is deleted. | 03-31-2011 |
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| 20090010695 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus generates printing image data of a printing image and copy-forgery-inhibited-pattern-image data of a copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image to be added to the printing image. The copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image includes a latent image and a background image. The apparatus includes a selecting unit and a printing-data generating unit. The selecting unit selects either the transparent-printing designation or overlay-printing designation, the transparent-printing designation is used for generating printing data so that the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image is superimposed on the printing image, and the overlay-printing designation is used for generating printing data so that the printing image is superimposed on the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image. The printing-data generating unit generates printing data based on the printing designation selected by the selecting unit. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090080958 | PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINTING CONTROL METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A printing control apparatus is provided which can produce an appropriate copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image by adding a monochrome copy-forgery-inhibited pattern even if monochrome mode printing is performed in the condition in which a color copy-forgery-inhibited pattern is set. When the monochrome mode printing is performed in the condition in which the color copy-forgery-inhibited pattern is set, and if the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern color is output with its color unchanged, the color is not converted into 100% black. Considering this, when a forced monochrome mode is selected, even if the user's setting for the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern is color, the color is changed to monochrome (black) before output. If the designated copy-forgery-inhibited pattern setting is for color, the designated copy-forgery-inhibited pattern setting is changed to the monochrome copy-forgery-inhibited pattern setting so that the printing processing is performed in the monochrome mode using the designated copy-forgery-inhibited pattern setting. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090303510 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION FOR DENSITY CORRECTION - The invention enables people to easily identify a printout image even in the case where the printout image is printed with a tint block image added thereon. More specifically, a physical page that is a printable area of printing paper is divided into areas, an intended document/image is printed in each of these divided areas (logical pages), and a tint block image is printed only in an area that is in this physical page but does not belong to any of the logical pages. Using a fact that a margin is produced in the so-called N-up printing, the tint block image is printed in this margin. Thereby, the tint block image can be printed in a location that will not interfere with whatever printout image to be printed. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100239342 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus generates printing image data of a printing image and copy-forgery-inhibited-pattern-image data of a copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image to be added to the printing image. The copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image includes a latent image and a background image. The apparatus includes a selecting unit and a printing-data generating unit. The selecting unit selects either the transparent-printing designation or overlay-printing designation, the transparent-printing designation is used for generating printing data so that the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image is superimposed on the printing image, and the overlay-printing designation is used for generating printing data so that the printing image is superimposed on the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image. The printing-data generating unit generates printing data based on the printing designation selected by the selecting unit. | 09-23-2010 |
