Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080201704 | OFFICE EQUIPMENT AND PROGRAM INSTALLATION SUPPORT METHOD - The invention provides a technique that can make, when a driver program for controlling office equipment from an external apparatus is installed in the external apparatus, work for the installation simple and easy regardless of a positional relation between the office equipment and the external apparatus. | 08-21-2008 |
20090106319 | DATA MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD - A technique that improves convenience in accessing data stored in a predetermined memory area is provided. | 04-23-2009 |
20100188699 | PRINT JOB MANAGING SERVER, PRINT JOB MANAGING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR THE METHOD - The present invention provides a technique capable of preventing, in a system that transmits a print job from a network terminal to a printing apparatus through a print job managing server, useless consumption of a storage area of the printing apparatus and an unnecessary increase in traffic in a network. A print job managing server includes: a transmission-destination-information acquiring unit configured to acquire job transmission destination information for specifying at least one printing apparatus that is a job transmission destination associated in advance with information concerning a transmission source of a print job; and a job transmitting unit configured to transmit the print job to the printing apparatus, which is the job transmission destination, on the basis of the acquired job transmission destination information. | 07-29-2010 |
20100188711 | TRANSFERRED DOCUMENT MANAGING APPARATUS, TRANSFERRED DOCUMENT MANAGING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - Management of a transferred document in a unit of the number of copies is realized, if first transfer management information indicating information concerning transfer processing applied to an original document in the past is included in image data of the original document, the first transfer management information is acquired. Second transfer management information, which is obtained by adding information concerning transfer processing performed on the basis of the acquired image data to content indicated by the acquired first transfer management information, is separately generated according to the number of copies of transferred documents obtained by transferring the original document such that the second transfer management information is peculiar to each of the transferred documents. To a transferred document obtained by the transfer processing based on the acquired image data, the second transfer management information generated in association with the transferred document is granted. | 07-29-2010 |
20100188712 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form an image corresponding to input data on a sheet; and a CPU configured to determine, if the image is formed on the sheet, whether authority information concerning treatment of the image is included in the input data and cause. If the authority information is included, the image forming unit forms information concerning a license on the sheet. The information concerning the license is acquired by communication with a server that permits use of the input data based on the authority information. | 07-29-2010 |
20100188713 | SCAN IMAGE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM THEREOF - A scan image management apparatus configured to manage scan image data acquired by scanning an original document, the scan image management apparatus includes: an ID-information acquiring unit configured to acquire, with a CPU, ID information of a portable recording medium recorded in the portable recording medium; and a use-information recording unit configured to record, with the CPU, the ID information acquired by the ID-information acquiring unit and information for specifying an original document, which is a reading source of scan image data that should be recorded in the portable recording medium, which is an acquisition source of the ID information, in association with each other. | 07-29-2010 |
20100220356 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a receiving portion to receive an image data composed of a plurality of pages and a print data including an information indicating a size of characters included in the image data, a decision portion, in case of generating an Nin1 image so as to reduce and print in a page images of different N (N is a positive integer) pages out of the plurality of pages of the print data received in the receiving portion, to decide a value of N within a range where the size of the characters of the Nin1 image is more than a prescribed value based on the information indicating the size of the characters, and a generating portion to generate the Nin1 image according to the value of N decided in the decision portion. | 09-02-2010 |
20100253975 | PRINT SERVER AND DATA MANAGING METHOD IN PRINT SERVER - A print server includes a first input unit receiving print data from user terminals, a distribution unit distributing the print data to individual users, a storage unit storing the print data distributed to the individual users in folders of the individual users, a second input unit receiving an access request, header information of which includes apparatus information indicating an apparatus as an access source and an authenticated user name indicating an authenticated user, a user specifying unit specifying a user on the basis of the authenticated user name included in the header information received, and an output unit outputting information, which indicates the print data stored in the folder of the user specified by the user specifying unit, to the apparatus indicated by the apparatus information if the folder of the user exists in the storage unit. | 10-07-2010 |
20100271650 | DATA PROVIDING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A data providing method comprises performing contactless communication with a mobile device brought close to the relay, selecting an appropriate workspace that is appropriate for unique information representing the status of the contactless communication with the mobile device from a plurality of workspaces that collects a plurality of information related to each task, sending information of the selected appropriate workspace to the mobile device by the contactless communication, and allowing the mobile device to access the appropriate workspace in response to an access request for the appropriate workspace from the mobile device. | 10-28-2010 |
20100290075 | DOCUMENT MANAGING SYSTEM AND DOCUMENT MANAGING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a document managing system includes a user authentication unit configured to acquire user information of a user, a read unit configured to read a manuscript and read manuscript trace information given to the manuscript, a determination unit configured to determine, in case of copying the manuscript, whether the user is authorized to copy the manuscript based on the user information read in the user authentication unit and the manuscript trace information, and an image output unit configured to, if the determination unit determines that the user is authorized to copy, output an image including new trace information readable in a read unit along with the manuscript read in the read unit. | 11-18-2010 |
20110041091 | DEVICE MANAGING APPARATUS, DEVICE MANAGING METHOD, AND ICON DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - According to an embodiment, a device managing apparatus includes: a display unit configured to display plural icons for starting setting screens respectively corresponding to plural kinds of processing functions of a target device set as a control target; a state-information acquiring unit configured to acquire state information concerning processing states of the respective plural kinds of processing functions in the target device; a waiting-time-information predicting unit configured to predict waiting time information concerning waiting times required, when the respective processing functions are instructed to perform new jobs, until start of execution of the new jobs on the basis of the state information acquired by the state-information acquiring unit; and a waiting-time reflecting unit configured to reflect the waiting time information predicted by the waiting-time-information predicting unit on display states of the icons respectively corresponding to the plural processing functions. | 02-17-2011 |
20110102826 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, DOCUMENT MANAGING SYSTEM, AND DOCUMENT MANAGING METHOD - According to an embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a user information acquiring unit, a scanner, a display, a processing unit, and a printer. The user information acquiring unit acquires user information. The scanner scans a document image added with a tracking ID. The display displays a list of selectable destinations according to the tracking ID extracted from the image scanned by the scanner and the user information acquired by the user information acquiring unit. The processing unit acquires the tracking ID added to a print for destinations selected out of the list of the destinations displayed on the display and acquires print data obtained by combining the acquired tracking ID and the document image scanned by the scanner. The printer prints the print data acquired by the processing unit on a recording medium. | 05-05-2011 |
20110102828 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, an image forming system includes a printing unit and a copying unit. The printing unit selects, during printing on a recording medium, whether printing information or a background is rendered with first dots having a size set in advance or rendered with second dots larger than the first dots and prints the printing information or the background. The copying unit selects, during copying of the recording medium on which the printing information or the background is rendered by the printing unit, whether the first dots rendered on the recording medium are erased or density of the second dots is increased. | 05-05-2011 |
20110102834 | PRINTING MANAGING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PRINTING MANAGING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a printing managing apparatus includes a log memory, an allowed amount memory, a counting unit, a calculating unit, and an output unit. The log memory stores, in association with user identification information, information indicating a sheet printed by an image forming apparatus according to an instruction of a user or information indicating a sheet discarded by the user. The allowed amount memory stores allowed amounts of sheets usable by users. The counting unit counts the number of un-discarded sheets among sheets printed by a certain user stored by the log memory. The calculating unit calculates a usage ratio of sheets from the number of un-discarded sheets counted by the counting unit and the allowed amount of sheets for the user stored by the allowed amount memory. The output unit outputs information including the usage ratio of sheets calculated by the calculating unit. | 05-05-2011 |
20110102853 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes an acquisition unit, an issuing unit, an image creating unit, a code creating unit, a first storage unit, and an image forming unit. The issuing unit issues identification information for each image. The image creating unit creates one image for image formation in which the plural images for which the identification information are arranged. The code creating unit creates one code image by encoding information including the plural pieces of identification information for the plural images arranged in the image for image formation. The first storage unit stores the number of times of image formation for each image arranged in the image for image formation, in association with the identification information for each image issued by the issuing unit. The image forming unit forms an image including the image for image formation and the code image on one sheet. | 05-05-2011 |
20110106753 | DOCUMENT MANAGING SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a document managing system includes a communication unit, a printing unit, a reading unit, a document-management-information storing unit, a discarding-information storing unit, an informing unit, and a management-information analyzing unit. The reading unit reads a document recorded on a recording medium and acquires a document file. The document-management-information storing unit stores, together with the document file, document management information including a confidentiality level of the document. The discarding-information storing unit stores plural kinds of discarding information for discarding a plurality of the recording media each of which is different depending on the confidentiality level of the document. The management-information analyzing unit acquires the discarding information corresponding to the confidentiality level of the document read by the reading unit and informing the discarding information from the informing unit. | 05-05-2011 |
20110317197 | PRINTER SERVER TYPE PRINT SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a printer server type print system includes plural digital multi-function peripherals, an information processing apparatus and a printer server. The information processing apparatus includes a display unit, an input unit and a first control unit. The display unit is configured to display information of the plural digital multi-function peripherals. The input unit is configured to accept setting of at least one digital multi-function peripheral allowed for outputting among the plural digital multi-function peripherals. The first control unit is configured to transmit a print job including information of the digital multi-function peripheral allowed for outputting. The printer server includes a memory and a second control unit. The second control unit is configured to manage the print job stored in the memory. | 12-29-2011 |
20110317199 | PRINTER SERVER-TYPE PRINTING SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a printer server-type printing system includes a printer server and a digital multifunction device. The printer server includes a first communication unit, a first control unit, and a memory. The first control unit determines whether or not an SSL is used for one or more print jobs received from an information processor through the first communication unit. When the SSL is used, the memory sets the print jobs as an SSL print jobs, and when the SSL is not used, the memory sets the print jobs as a normal print jobs. The digital multifunction device includes a second communication unit, an input unit, and a second control unit. The input unit receives an input of one or more a target print jobs. The second control unit requests the target print jobs input in the input unit to the printer server through the second communication unit. | 12-29-2011 |
20110317214 | SERVER APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF MANAGING IMAGE FORMING DATA - According to one embodiment, a server apparatus includes a storage unit, a communication unit, and a controller. The storage unit stores print jobs received from an external apparatus. The communication unit transmits the print job stored in the storage unit, in response to a print request for the print job from any image forming apparatus, to the image forming apparatus which is a print request source. The controller changes the print job of which a storage limit expires among the print jobs stored in the storage unit into a deleted print job so as to have a temporary storage limit. | 12-29-2011 |
20110317215 | SERVER APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF MANAGING PRINT DATA - According to one embodiment, a server apparatus includes a reception unit, a storage unit, a list sending unit, and a transmission unit. The reception unit receives print data designating a user who is able to execute printing. The storage unit stores the print data received by the reception unit. The list sending unit sends a list of the print data, which the user who is an operator of an image forming apparatus is able to execute, to the image forming apparatus. The transmission unit transmits the print data selected from the list of the print data sent by the list sending unit to the image forming apparatus. | 12-29-2011 |
20110317220 | SERVER APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND MANAGEMENT METHOD OF IMAGE FORMING DATA - According to one embodiment, a server apparatus includes a storage unit, a transfer unit, and a management unit. The storage unit stores user identification information and an extension condition with information indicating a print job. If the transfer unit receives an inquiry of a print job including user information from an image forming apparatus, the transfer unit transfers the print job corresponding to the user information included in the inquiry to the image forming apparatus as the inquiry sending source from among the print jobs stored in the storage unit. The management unit deletes a print job, to which an extension condition was added, from among the print jobs stored in the storage unit after the elapse time from the print job receiving time point exceeds the preservation period and the extension condition is then further exceeded. | 12-29-2011 |
20110317227 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a scanner, a setting unit, and a control unit. The scanner is configured to read a document. The setting unit is configured to receive an instruction to append a display image to a signature field of a PDF. The control unit is configured to generate the PDF by appending the display image to the signature field, for the document. | 12-29-2011 |
20120191653 | DOCUMENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a server apparatus includes a first storing section, a second storing section, an input section, a third storing section, and a distributing section. The first storing section stores document data. The second storing section stores information indicating a distribution ID of the document data. The input section receives replacement information indicating replaced content if old document data stored by the first storing section is replaced with new document data. The third storing section stores the replacement information received by the input section in association with the new document data. The distributing section distribute the new document data and the replacement information, in response to a request from an apparatus which has the distribution ID. | 07-26-2012 |
20130016375 | DOCUMENT ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM AND DOCUMENT ADMINISTRATION METHODAANM HASHIDUME; HiroshiAACI TokyoAACO JPAAGP HASHIDUME; Hiroshi Tokyo JPAANM OGURA; KazuhiroAACI Kanagawa-kenAACO JPAAGP OGURA; Kazuhiro Kanagawa-ken JPAANM YOSHIDA; MinoruAACI TokyoAACO JPAAGP YOSHIDA; Minoru Tokyo JPAANM SAITO; AkiraAACI TokyoAACO JPAAGP SAITO; Akira Tokyo JPAANM MORIYA; KoichiAACI Kanagawa-kenAACO JPAAGP MORIYA; Koichi Kanagawa-ken JP - A document administration system includes an administration unit, a discrimination information image discriminating unit, and an image forming apparatus which, forms an image on a recording medium in case that the discrimination information image discriminating unit discriminates that the recording medium has the discrimination information image before the image is formed on the recording medium, and forms the image and the discrimination information image based on the discrimination information connected to the image on the recording medium in case that the discrimination information image discriminating unit discriminates that the recording medium does not have the discrimination information image before the image is formed on the recording medium. | 01-17-2013 |
20130016376 | DOCUMENT ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM AND DOCUMENT ADMINISTRATION METHODAANM Hashidume; HiroshiAACI TokyoAACO JPAAGP Hashidume; Hiroshi Tokyo JPAANM Ogura; KazuhiroAACI Kanagawa-kenAACO JPAAGP Ogura; Kazuhiro Kanagawa-ken JPAANM Yoshida; MinoruAACI TokyoAACO JPAAGP Yoshida; Minoru Tokyo JPAANM Saito; AkiraAACI TokyoAACO JPAAGP Saito; Akira Tokyo JPAANM Moriya; KoichiAACI Kanagawa-kenAACO JPAAGP Moriya; Koichi Kanagawa-ken JP - According to one embodiment, a document administration system includes an administration unit to administer administration information of an image formed on a recording medium in connection with discrimination information of the recording medium and a decoloring device. The decoloring device includes a reading unit to read a discrimination information image based on the discrimination information, the discrimination information image being formed on the recording medium with erasable coloring agent, a decoloring unit to decolor the image formed on the recording medium with erasable coloring agent after the reading unit has read the discrimination information image, and a printer to print the discrimination information image in which at least the number of times of decoloring has been updated based on the discrimination information image read by the reading unit on the recording medium after decoloring. | 01-17-2013 |
20130185356 | CONFERENCE SUPPORTING SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a conference supporting system includes: a material-data managing section configured to manage conference material data; a material-data distributing section configured to distribute material data of the material-data managing section according to a distribution request; information terminal sections configured to receive the material data through communication with the material-data distributing section and transmit rendering data generated by participants; and an additional-data managing section configured to manage, as additional data, the rendering data transmitted from the information terminal sections, distribute, to another information terminal section, rendering data transmitted from a specific information terminal section, and determine the distribution of the rendering data according to an instruction to continuously display or not to continuously display the rendering data. | 07-18-2013 |
20130188219 | PRINT SYSTEM AND PRINT SERVER - According to one embodiment, a print system includes a client computer connected to a network and configured to generate a document as a print job, a print server connected to the network and configured to store, as an updated print job, the document generated by the client computer and additional information added to the document, a viewing terminal connected to the network and used to view the document stored in the print server and add information to the document, and a printer configured to print the document together with the added information according to a printing instruction. | 07-25-2013 |
20140082477 | COMPOUND MACHINE AND SYSTEM - According to an embodiment, a compound machine comprises: a function execution section configured to execute a plurality of functions; an operation panel configured to include a window display screen; a storage section of a URL of a server apparatus; an imparting section configured to impart an object with a property or a method associated with more than one function in the plurality of functions to a window object from a browser which accesses the URL, creates a page in the window by the interpreting of a content, and outputs an action command to the function execution section by the input of an operation command to the page; and a control section configured to enable the function execution section to execute a specific action by a script of the window object imparted the execution function of the registered object. | 03-20-2014 |
20140092434 | SERVER APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF MANAGING PRINT DATA - According to one embodiment, a server apparatus includes a reception unit, a storage unit, a list sending unit, and a transmission unit. The reception unit receives print data designating a user who is able to execute printing. The storage unit stores the print data received by the reception unit. The list sending unit sends a list of the print data, which the user who is an operator of an image forming apparatus is able to execute, to the image forming apparatus. The transmission unit transmits the print data selected from the list of the print data sent by the list sending unit to the image forming apparatus. | 04-03-2014 |
20140233051 | DOCUMENT DISTRIBUTION SERVER AND PROGRAM FOR DOCUMENT DISTRIBUTION SERVER - A document distribution server a data conversion unit configured to convert document data into a common format data that have the same appearance when displayed on a display device and when printed with a printing device, a receiving unit configured to receive a request to display the document data in the display device and to receive a request to print the document data in the printing device, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the common format data to the display device when the request to display the document data is received from the display device and to transmit the common format data to the printing device when the request to print the document data is received from the printing device. | 08-21-2014 |
20140244754 | DATA MANAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADDING DATA TO PLURAL TERMINAL DEVICES AND DATA MANAGING PROGRAM - A data managing device manages data created in a plurality of terminal devices connected through a network. The data managing device includes a drawing storage unit configured to store added drawing data when the drawing data is added by a first terminal device, and a controller configured to control the drawing storage unit and communicate with the plurality of terminal devices so that the added drawing data is displayed on at least one of the plurality of terminal devices other than the first terminal device if the first terminal device had presenter authority when the drawing data is added. | 08-28-2014 |
20140285847 | SERVER APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF MANAGING IMAGE FORMING DATA - According to one embodiment, a server apparatus includes a storage unit, a communication unit, and a controller. The storage unit stores print jobs received from an external apparatus. The communication unit transmits the print job stored in the storage unit, in response to a print request for the print job from any image forming apparatus, to the image forming apparatus which is a print request source. The controller changes the print job of which a storage limit expires among the print jobs stored in the storage unit into a deleted print job so as to have a temporary storage limit. | 09-25-2014 |