УСТРОЙСТВО ОБРАБОТКИ ДОКУМЕНТОВ, СПОСОБ УПРАВЛЕНИЯ И СЧИТЫВАЕМЫЙ КОМПЬЮТЕРОМ НОСИТЕЛЬ ИНФОРМАЦИИ

... 1. Устройство обработки документов, которое исполняет процесс комбинирования множества документов, причем каждый документ сконструирован из элементов на множестве уровней иерархии и включает в себя, по меньшей мере, один элемент страницы, содержащее:блок получения для получения информации об установках печати элемента на более высоком уровне иерархии, чем элемент страницы;блок генерирования для генерирования, до исполнения процесса комбинирования, информации об установках печати элемента страницы на основе информации об установках печати элемента на более высоком уровне иерархии, которую получают посредством блока получения; иблок комбинирования для комбинирования документа, включающего в себя элемент страницы, к которому добавляют информацию об установках печати, сгенерированную блоком генерирования, и другого документа, включающего в себя элемент страницы, к которому добавляют информацию об установках печати, сгенерированную блоком генерирования.2. Устройство обработки документов по п ...

ТРАНСЛЯЦИЯ ДОКУМЕНТОВ ДЛЯ СЕТЕВОЙ ПЕЧАТИ НА КЛИЕНТЕ

... 1. Способ дистанционной печати документа в сети, содержащей сетевой компьютер-клиент, сетевое печатающее устройство назначения и компьютер-сервер печати, способ содержит этапы, на которых сохраняют на компьютере-клиенте административные настройки для сетевого печатающего устройства назначения, применяемые компьютером-сервером печати, обновляют, с использованием менеджера синхронизации на компьютере-клиенте, сохраненные административные настройки, чтобы поддерживать синхронизацию с текущими административными настройками на компьютере-сервере печати, применяют сохраненные административные настройки к документу на компьютере-клиенте, транслируют документ в собственный язык принтера для сетевого печатающего устройства назначения на компьютере-клиенте и отправляют транслированный документ на компьютер-сервер печати. 2. Способ по п.1, отличающийся тем, что этапы трансляции документа на компьютере-клиенте и отправки транслированного документа осуществляют, по существу, одновременно. 3. Способ ...

BILDVERARBEITUNG

Wiedergabevorrichtung zum Kopieren, Abtasten oder Drucken von Bildinformationen mit einer verbesserten Benutzerschnittstelle

Verfahren und System zum automatischen Auswählen eines Gerätes zum Bearbeiten eines Dokumentenbearbeitungsauftrages

Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren und System zum automatischen Auswählen eines Gerätes zum Bearbeiten eines Dokumentenbearbeitungsauftrages. DOLLAR A Die Erfindung zeichnet sich dadurch aus, dass beim Auswählen eines Gerätes zwei Kriterien berücksichtigt werden können, nämlich die Auswahl nach Fähigkeiten, das sind korrespondierende Merkmale des Dokumentenbearbeitungsauftrages und des jeweiligen Gerätes, die zum Ausführen des Auftrages notwendigerweise erfüllt sein müssen, und zum anderen nach Affinitäten, das sind korrespondierende Merkmale des Dokumentenbearbeitungsauftrages und des jeweiligen Gerätes, die nicht notwendigerweise erfüllt sein müssen, jedoch für die Ausführung des Dokumentenbearbeitungsauftrages von Vorteil sind. DOLLAR A Diese Verfahren ist insbesondere für Dokumentenbearbeitungsaufträge nach der JDF-Spezifikation von Vorteil, da derartige Dokumentenbearbeitungsaufträge zunächst sehr unspezifisch erstellt werden und sich in der Regel die Auswahl des Gerätes in der weiteren ...

Generation and usage of workflows for processing data on a printing device

The generation and usage of workflows for processing data on a printing device (120) includes receiving (302) a request to create a workflow for a printing device (120). One or more operations that may be included in the workflow are displayed (304), and user-selection of at least one of the one or more operations is received (306). The user-selected operations are added (308) to the workflow, and a user-selection of an order in which multiple ones of the user-selected operations are to be performed is received (306). When the creation of the workflow is completed, an indication of such is received and the workflow is saved (318). According to another aspect, a request to process data is received (342), the appropriate workflow identified, and the data processed (346) by performing the operations in the sequence in an order identified by the sequence. The printer device may be accessed without having a specific device driver.

Networked printers having a distributed print management programme

An information technology network includes a plurality of printers, at least two of which run a distributed print management programme. The programme operates to monitor all network traffic by snooping (alternatively a broadcast method could be used), and on the basis of monitored network traffic maintains a log of network printers, their capabilities and status. In addition the programme repeatedly checks for print job notices placed on a spooler, determines on the basis of the updated log which printer under its management is most appropriate to perform the outstanding job, and that printer to retrieve the outstanding job notice and perform the job. Conflicts between different printers retrieving the same job are either resolved by leader election, or preventing conflict by invoking the use within the spooler of a processor instruction known as TEST/SET.

Processing a three dimensional image for printing by eroding voxels

A method for preparing image data for three-dimensional printing in which a physical three-dimensional object is scanned to obtain a digitized (e.g. voxelized) three-dimensional representation of the object. This representation is eroded to create an internal volume for the object. A microstructure is introduced into the interior of the hollowed out model, e.g. by extracting a volume corresponding to the inverse of that microstructure from the eroded digitised representation. Subsequently, the generated internal volume is subtracted from the digitised three-dimensional representation of the object to create a hollowed out representation of the object, which may be suitable for three-dimensional printing. The hollowed out representation of the object may be used to generate a vector based surface representation of the three-dimensional object.

Printing apparatus, printing system, information processing apparatus and program

A printing apparatus (101) is provided. The printing apparatus (101) comprises storage means (207, 208, 209) for storing a table that associates a type of a print medium with an output profile; and processing means (205) for performing, for each page included in a print job, color conversion using an output profile for a page for which an output profile is set in the print job, and performing color conversion using an output profile associated with the type of the print medium set for the page by referring to the table for a page for which an output profile is not set in the print job, and for executing printing.

LABEL DATA PRODUCTION DEVICE, LABEL DATA PRODUCTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAMME PRODUCT

IMAGE PROCESSING

DIGITAL INK JET PRINTER

PROCEDURE AND SYSTEM FOR THE TRANSFORMATION OF DIGITAL ONES OF PRINT DATA STREAM AS WELL AS ASSOCIATED PRINTERS AND PRINTER SERVERS

TO ATTACH DATA PROCESSING AROUND TEXT AND GRAPHIC DATA ON A SUBSTRATE

Configurable printer for different locations and methods of configuring a printer for different locations

System and method for processing multiple mailing services orders of varying quantities and address lists

Methods and systems for processing multiple mailing services orders for print items of varying quantities include filling 3 -dimensional gangs configured to receive print-ready items with print-ready items in a stack-wise manner. Individual stacks can be submitted to the system for reprint without holding up remaining items in an order.

Variable data print job system

CONFIGURABLE PRINTER FOR DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AND METHODS OF CONFIGURING A PRINTER FOR DIFFERENT LOCATIONS

A configurable printer for different locations and methods for configurin g a printer for different locations are provided. The printer includes memor y loaded with different versions of firmware. Each version of firmware may e nable a different printer configuration for a corresponding location. The pr inter also includes an interface for accepting a signal from a control devic e. The signal may comprise instructions to the printer to load a particular version of the firmware that corresponds to the location of the control devi ce.

CLIENT SIDE RENDERING OF PRINTABLE DOCUMENTS IN A NETWORK

In a network facilitating print functions, a means for rendering a print job intended for a remote printer on a client computer using stored administrative settings is provided. Transparently to the client's applications, the client computer keeps the stored remote printer's administrative settings synchronized with those stored on the print server. Using the stored administrative settings, the client renders the print job to a native printer language directly cognizable by the printer before sending this rendered file to the print server for forwarding to the printer. By queuing these remote print jobs, the online status of the respective print server is also transparent to the client's applications, facilitating off-line printing.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONSTRUCTING A SYNTHETIC ANATOMICAL MODEL WITH PREDETERMINED ANATOMIC, BIOMECHANICAL, AND PHYSIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES

A computing device and a three-dimensional printer are disclosed. Data associated with reference anatomical properties is accessed by the computing device to generate a set of 3D printing files. The 3D printing files are compiled using the computing device to generate a printing model defining an anatomic orientation corresponding to the reference anatomical properties. Printing parameters and materials for the printing model are configured referencing experimentally derived datasets that define predetermined settings for the printing parameters and materials that are suitable for constructing a synthetic anatomical model with properties related to the reference anatomical properties. A synthetic model is printed using the printing parameters and materials as configured. The printing parameters and materials may be modified as desired subsequent to biomechanical testing of the model. Additional synthetic anatomical components may be added to or included with the model during post-processing ...

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A DIGITAL PRINTED IMAGE

The present invention relates to a printing system for creating a digital printed image, in particular on a textile, having a data server designed to receive image data of a print order, at least one printing apparatus having at least one digital print head, in particular an inkjet print head, designed to receive and print at least one print file for a print order, a first raster image processor module provided for the data server and designed to provide the received image data of the print order as a converted file format that is readable by the printing apparatus and processable in the form of a printed image, wherein the image data in the converted file format are transmittable on the printer. The at least one printing apparatus is designed to have a second raster image processor module by means of which the image data in the converted file format are specifically adaptable by the printing of an applicable printed image printer. Moreover, the present invention relates to a method for ...

Method and production device for manufacturing a personalized printing products.

Die Erfindung betrifft das Herstellen von personalisierten Druckendprodukten, welche jeweils eine Druckproduktkollektion und mindestens ein personalisiertes Druckprodukt aufweisen, durch: Erstellen (S1) von Endprodukt-Spezifikationen, welche jeweils mindestens ein personalisiertes Druckendprodukt definieren, Erstellen (S2) von Vertriebs-Aufträgen auf der Basis von Endprodukt-Spezifikationen, wobei ein Vertriebs-Auftrag mindestens eine Sequenz von Druckproduktkollektionen definiert, Auslösen (S3) des Erstellens und Erstellen (S4) von Digitaldruck-Aufträgen auf der Basis von Endprodukt-Spezifikationen und Vertriebs-Aufträgen, wobei ein Digitaldruck-Auftrag mindestens ein personalisiertes Druckprodukt definiert, Herstellen (S5) von Druckproduktkollektionen entsprechend den Vertriebs-Aufträgen, Herstellen (S6) von personalisierten Druckprodukten entsprechend den Digitaldruck-Aufträgen, und Herstellen (S7) von personalisierten Druckendprodukten aus den hergestellten Druckproduktkollektionen ...

Printer and printing method

Data transmission method and device and electronic device

Image forming apparatus and image forming method

An image forming apparatus prints images of different document sizes on paper having a predetermined paper size. The image forming apparatus includes a computation processing part to compute a print position of the image with respect to the paper, based on the document size, the paper size and moving amount computation information that is input thereto, and a print processing part to arrange and print the image on the paper, based on the print position computed by the computation processing part.

System and method for printing via virtual machines

Workflow executing apparatus and control method of the apparatus

The present invention discloses a workflow executing apparatus and control method of the apparatus and program thereof. A workflow executing apparatus that executes processing in accordance with a workflow, the apparatus comprising: a workflow information storage section that stores workflow information describing the workflow; a transmission control section that transmits an e-mail during the process of the workflow to a user that requested that workflow, in accordance with the stored workflow information; and a workflow execution section that adds identification information of e-mails transmitted prior to the e-mail transmitted by the transmission control section to the stated e-mail and sends the e-mail.

CLIENT SIDE RENDERING OF PRINTABLE DOCUMENTS IN A NETWORK

데이터 변환 시스템, 데이터 변환 장치 및, 데이터 변환 방법

... 인쇄 데이터의 데이터 변환 시스템으로서, 이용도가 높은 데이터를 용이하게 생성할 수 있는 데이터 변환 시스템 등을 제공한다. 데이터 변환 시스템이, 인쇄 데이터를 송신하는 호스트 장치와, 호스트 장치가 송신한 인쇄 데이터를 수신함과 함께 전송하는 프린터와, 전송된 인쇄 데이터와 미리 정해진 룰에 기초하여, 인쇄 데이터에 포함되는 인쇄 오브젝트의 속성 정보를 추정하고, 당해 인쇄 오브젝트에 추정한 속성 정보의 데이터를 부가한 속성부가 데이터를 생성하는 서버를 갖는다.

METHOD FOR PRINT QUALITY SELF-DIAGNOSIS USING PRINT QUALITY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

A method for a print quality self-diagnosis includes the following steps: a print quality diagnosis program displays a multi-alternative list including self-diagnosis evaluation items to evaluate at least one print quality in a prepress process and a printing process; the print quality diagnosis program evaluates the print quality based on an evaluation response inputted from a user; and the print quality diagnosis program analyzes the evaluated print quality, and generates first data including information needed to improve the print quality based on the analysis result. COPYRIGHT KIPO 2016 ...

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING PRINT DATA AND A METHOD THEREOF

PURPOSE: An information processing apparatus and a method thereof are provided to generate print data for a text part and a cover part, separately in case a case binding setup is designated as a printing setup. CONSTITUTION: An information processing method in an information processing apparatus comprises the following steps of: establishing a binding setup as a part of a printing setup so that a print page to be used for a text part can be cased into a print page to be used for a cover part in case document data including a plurality of pages to be printed(S2202); and generating text printing data for repetitively printing from the initial page of the text of the document data to the end page based on a page unit, and cover printing data for printing the same number of covers as the designated number of pages(S2207). © KIPO 2009 ...

CONTROL DEVICE, MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM

A control device is configured to execute a task to shape a three-dimensional object. The control device acquires a captured image of the object to be formed in accordance with an execution of the task by the control device recorded by a photographing device. The control device obtains the captured image, attributes information indicating an attribute of the task, and outputs data indicative of a shaping target to the outside from the control device as history information of the task. COPYRIGHT KIPO 2017 (AA) Process the task history recording is started (B1,B2,B3,B4,B5,B6,B7,B8) Yes (C1,C2,C3,C4,C5,C6,C7,C8) No (DD) Terminate the task history recording is started (S701) Receive the shaping request (S702) Issue a shaping instruction to a 3D printer (S703) Generate a part of the attribute information, and transmit the generated attribute information to the management server (S704) Is the 3D model data recorded? (S705) Transmit the 3D model data to the management server (S706) Is the preview ...

INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, PRINTING CONTROL DEVICE, ITS CONTROL METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM AND ITS CONTROL PROGRAM

PURPOSE: To provide a system by which an output result desired by a user can be obtained when the printing of documents is performed wherein a plurality of paper sizes are mixed. CONSTITUTION: In this information processing device when paper sizes are mixed, a printing job including a job attribute, wherein reference paper information is added to solely specify that papers facing which direction should be fed, is formed by a printing control device regarding paper sizes which can be fed either vertically or laterally. Then, by the printing control device from which paper feeding means among a plurality of paper feeding means which can feed paper vertically or laterally papers are fed is determined based on the reference paper information, regarding paper sizes which can be fed either vertically or laterally. © KIPO & JPO 2003 ...

PRINT OPTION DISPLAY METHOD AND A DEVICE THEREOF WHICH USES A TOUCH SCREEN FOR SUPPORTING MULTI TOUCH

PURPOSE: A print option display method and a device thereof are provided to simply set up a printing option by displaying the printing option on a preview screen. CONSTITUTION: If a printing option is an N-UP printing option, a preview image is displayed on a touch screen(208). If first and second touch input points are sensed, distance between first and second touch input points is calculated(212). The preview image in which the number of printed pages is changed is displayed(218, 220). The preview image changes the number of printed pages according to distance between first and second touch input points. COPYRIGHT KIPO 2012 ...

DETERMINING NEW COLOR VALUES OF AN IMAGE BASED ON AN ACTIVITY MAP

A method comprises computing an activity map for an input image. The activity map indicates an amount of variable spatial activity in the input image. The method further comprises producing an output image based on the activity map, and controlling a printhead to cause the output image to be printed. The output image contains a plurality of color pixels and each such color pixel is represented by at least one of cyan (C), magenta (M), yellow (Y), and black (K) in a color space.

SYSTEM FOR UNIVERSAL DATA OUTPUT

An information apparatus that is on a local area rasterizes (910) a digital document (900) on the information apparatus to generate image data and creates an intermediate output data (920) from the image data. The intermediate output data (920) is transmitted to an output device (930) that is on the local area network and includes an output engine outputs images with a device-specific output size and resolution. The image data is recovered from the intermediate output data (940) and is converted to instructions compatible with the size and resolution of the output engine. The method further includes providing the instructions to the output engine (960) and operating the output engine in response to the instructions and thereby outputting an image of the digital document.

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DATA PROCESSING

The invention relates to a method, system or computer programme for the processing of a printing data stream, whereby a) the printing data stream is converted (normalized) from a first print data format (S/370, MO:DCA, Line Data) into a normalized second data format (normalized data, AFP), b) the printing data stream in normalized print data format is indexed (index file generation), c) the indexed print data stream is sorted by means of pre-determined sorting parameters (layout-sorting, contents sorting) and d) the sorted printing data stream is outputted.

PRINT DATA CREATION APPARATUS AND PRINT DATA CREATION METHOD

An internal document data structure (DOM tree) based on data described by a markup language is stored in a memory and the DOM tree stored in the memory is modified according to a script in an internal document data structure building unit. The DOM tree stored in the memory is converted to display data which can be displayed on a TV screen by a video signal converter while a print data creation unit creates print data according to the DOM tree.

INTERACTIVE DEVICE NETWORK REGISTRATION PROTOCOL

Cette invention a trait à un protocole d'enregistrement de dispositif interactif à un serveur d'enregistrement dans un réseau connecté à un dispositif interactif et à un serveur d'enregistrement. Ce protocole comporte les opérations suivantes : mise en place d'une clef secrète et d'un identificateur unique public dans la mémoire rémanente du dispositif interactif et dans une base de données du serveur d'enregistrement avant la connexion du dispositif interactif au réseau puis, une fois le dispositif interactif connecté au réseau, authentification du dispositif interactif auprès du serveur par vérification dans un message test du chiffrage du dispositif interactif, lequel chiffrage utilise la clef secrète et enfin, si l'authentification aboutit, enregistrement du dispositif interactif dans la base de données du serveur d'enregistrement.

PRINTING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

In a printing system capable of supplying a sheet of a job having undergone print processing by the printing unit of a printing apparatus to a post-processing unit capable of executing at least a specific type of post-processing among a plurality of types of post-processes, when the target job requires the specific type of post-processing, the printing apparatus is inhibited from executing print processing of the job without explicitly determining a sheet necessary for the print processing of the job by a user using a user interface unit. When the target job does not require the specific type of post-processing, the printing apparatus is permitted to execute print processing of the job without explicitly determining a sheet necessary for the print processing of the job by the user using the user interface unit.

Method of printing multiple magnifications of pages per sheet in N-up printing

A computer readable recording medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for a combination printing function for collectively printing out contents of plural pages into one page, the process which includes selecting a test printing target page from printing target data, generating image data in which at least two pages regarding the selected page are reduced to different scales and are collected into one page, and transmitting the generated image data to a printing device.

Printing process system, a printing control apparatus, a terminal apparatus, and printing process method

The printing process system for laying out and printing images for two pages on one side of each sheet for creating a booklet, comprises: a generating unit for generating, in order to cause a plurality of printing devices to print the images on the sheets to form a booklet, print sheet data and insertion sheet data intended for each of the printing devices; a calculating unit for calculating a shift amount of the image for each of the sheets referenced in the print sheet data based on the print sheet data and the insertion sheet data, the shift amount ensuring that the image gets closer to the center of the sheet as the sheet gets closer to the innermost of the booklet; and an instructing unit for instructing a relevant printing device to print the images on the sheets referenced in the print sheet data, based on the shift amount.

Printer management and printing control system used with printers

During the performance of a printing command of an application program of a client being connected to a server, the printer status information is provided to the client so that the client can selectively use a variety of printer features. Additionally, printers are effectively managed and controlled so that a printing system has an improved operation speed. The printing system is controlled at a management server. In the printing system having the server, at least one client, and a plurality of printers, each being connected through a communication line, the server has the printer status information. Accordingly, in the performance of a printing command of the client, the client requests the management server for the transmission of the printer status information, receives the requested information, and indicates the received information through an indicating part according to a predetermined form.

Printing control method and apparatus

This invention allows printing in settings different between the front and back sides of a medium in double-sided printing. When the type of medium or the color/monochrome printing mode changes between front and back sides, a high-quality image is formed by a printing method suitable for each setting. For this purpose, a printing control method of converting original data into print data processible by a printing apparatus includes a setting step of setting a basic setting applied to the whole print data in generating the print data, a double-sided printing setting, and a back-side setting applied to a page corresponding to the back side of a sheet serving as a printing medium in the double-sided printing setting, and a conversion step of converting the data into the print data in accordance with the basic setting and the back-side setting set in the setting step.

Method, equipment system and computer program system for visually checking a print data flow

The invention relates to a method, a system or a computer program for visually checking a print data flow, wherein said print data flow is subjected to a first raster process for print output and to a second raster process for visual checking. The same raster method is used in both raster processes.

Document processing system

A document processing method includes identifying a document which has been selected for printing that includes at least one image. For at least the one image of the identified document, assigning an image class to the image based on at least one feature extracted from the image. The document is assigned to a document category based on the assigned image class of the at least one image. A printing protocol is assigned to the document based on the assigned document category. In this way, personal documents can be identified and assigned a different printing protocol from documents which are more likely to be business-related documents.

Virtual print previewing

A method and system for previewing an electronic document is disclosed. In one aspect, document information associated with an electronic document is transmitted from a client to a selected printing device. Upon receiving the document information, the selected printing device generates preview document data based on the received document information and one or more characteristics that are associated with the selected printing device and generally not available at the requesting client. The preview document data is then transmitted to the client from the selected printing device to cause a preview version of the electronic document to be displayed at the client.

Printing control method and apparatus for preventing data loss

A printing control method and apparatus for printing an entire document on printing paper without data loss is provided. A virtual paper size and document data having the virtual paper size are received, a document corresponding to the document data is displayed, and the document data of the virtual paper size is converted to printing data of a currently set printing paper size. Accordingly, when printing is performed by receiving document data from an application program that lacks a paper size editing function, the document data can be received from the application program according to a selected virtual paper size using a printing preview function, conversion to printing data of a currently set printing paper size, and printed. Thus, waste of printing paper and working time due to the printing data loss can be reduced.

Repeating panel sets

A panel set is defined within a grid area. The grid area enclosing the panel set is then used to tile a sheet. Instead of defining each panel's position within an entire sheet, a single panel set is defined, and then that single panel set is tiled. The definitions for the panel sets may be stored externally from the program using the panel set definitions, thereby allowing definitions to be added more easily as compared to hard-coding the definitions within the program itself. The number of panel sets tiled within a sheet may be determined based on the size of the sheet being printed on. For example, more business cards may be tiled within a legal size sheet as compared to a standard 8.5×11 sheet.

PRINT SYSTEM AND PRINTER DEVICE FACILITATING REUSE OF PRINT DATA

A print system includes a communication path, a client device which transmits print data to said communication path, a host device connected to said communication path, and a printer device which prints the print data after receiving the print data from said client device via said communication path, and automatically sends the print data together with printer output information to said host device via said communication path, said printer output information including keywords for identifying said print data.

Printer, printer controller, and method of proofing a document

A controller for a printer is provided, being accessible using a web browser, configured to render an image of at least a portion of a print job, prior to printing, in a format viewable on a web browser; receive instructions from a user, via a web browser, as to whether or not to proceed with printing of the print job; and effect printing of the print job in response to receiving an instruction to do so via the web browser. Also provided is a printer capable of generating a proof image or images, viewable via a web browser, of a document file prior to printing. Further provided is a method of proofing a document prior to printing by accessing a printer web page using a web browser.

PRODUCTION CONTROL APPARATUS, PRODUCTION METHOD, AND MEDIUM

A production control apparatus is provided. The production control apparatus receives a print product production instruction, determines, in accordance with the production instruction, a production apparatus to be used for print product production, determines a first inspection item according to quality requirement data received together with the production instruction and a second inspection item according to the production apparatus respectively, and regarding the print product produced by using the production apparatus, inspects the determined first inspection item and the second inspection item respectively, and obtains an inspection result.

System and method for monitoring the state of a plurality of machines connected via a computer network

Each agent unit gets status information indicating the state of each of network printers connected by a LAN from the network printers every first time period. Whenever each agent unit gets the status information from the network printer, it overwrites a status log data file with the gotten status information. Each agent unit converts all status information stored in the status log data file into status mail of electronic mail and transmits the status mail to a mail server every second time period longer than the first time period. On the other hand, a console unit accesses the mail server and reads the status mail in a proper time period to the console unit.

Information processing device, and method and computer-readable medium therefor

An information processing device including a communication unit configured to communicate with an external device on an Internet, the external device being configured to generate a single print job based on a single file received from the information processing device and provide the generated print job to a printer, and a controller configured to select one or more first-format files, each of which is in a first format configured such that an individual file in the first format contains a single page, cause a converter to convert the selected one or more first-format files into a single second-format file, the second-format file being in a second format configured to allow an individual file in the second format to contain a plurality of pages, and control the communication unit to transmit the single second-format file acquired through the conversion, to the external device.

Displaying multiple row and column header areas in a summary table

A data analysis program receives a selection of data fields defining multiple row header areas and/or multiple column header areas for display in a summary table. Data is read from a data source containing values for the data fields and transformed into summary level data for building the summary table. A display is rendered in the summary table for each of the multiple row header areas and column header areas defined, with the row header areas being displayed vertically adjacent to one another and the column header areas being displayed horizontally adjacent to one another.

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

An image forming apparatus accepts, from an external apparatus, a request to access a file system managed by the image forming apparatus. Upon accepted the request, the image forming apparatus generates a program for determining an order of image formation of a plurality of image forming targets that are stored in the folder according to information of a print setting set for the requested access destination folder. Further, the image forming apparatus transmits screen information of an operation screen for operating the folder and the generated program to the external apparatus. 1. An image forming apparatus comprising:a memory device that stores a set of instructions and a folder with which print setting information is associated;an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet; andat least one processor that executes the set of instructions to:transmit, to an external apparatus, screen information for causing the external apparatus to display a screen, which is for accepting a designation of a print file to be transferred to the image forming apparatus in association with the folder and is capable of simultaneously accepting a designation of a plurality of print files, and a program for determining a transfer order of the plurality of print files designated on the screen;cause the image forming unit to execute image formation, which is based on print files that have been transferred in association with the folder and uses the print setting information, in an order in which the print files have been transferred.2. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , whereinin a case where a plurality of print files are stored in the folder displayed on the screen, the program determines a transfer order of the plurality of print files according to a predetermined condition.3. The image forming apparatus according to claim 2 , whereinthe predetermined condition is at least one of a name order, a size order, and an update date/time order of the plurality ...

IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM

An image forming system includes an acquisition unit that acquires setting information indicating an execution condition which is set to execute printing from printing instruction information for giving an instruction for execution of the printing, a first designation unit that designates an execution condition which is different from the execution condition related to the setting information acquired from the printing instruction information as an exception for plural specific page images included in the printing instruction information, and a second designation unit that repeatedly designates the exception designated by the first designation unit every number of pages of the plural specific page images for plural page images other than the plural specific page images.

Information processing apparatus for identifying differences between display data and driver data and computer program for information processing apparatus

An information processing apparatus connectable to a printing apparatus which prints an image on a recording medium, including: a display; a storage device which stores an application program which generates an image data of the image as a display data to be displayed on the display, and a printer driver which generates a driver data to be transmitted to the printing apparatus based on the display data generated by the application program; a controller which includes a display-data acquiring section which acquires the display data from the application program, a driver-data acquiring section which acquires the driver data from the printer driver, and a comparing section which compares the display data acquired by the display-data acquiring section and the driver data acquired by the driver-data acquiring section, and the controller displays a comparison result by the comparing section on the display.

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

To restrain generation of waste sheets and a decrease in production efficiency as much as possible in sample sheet discharge, provided is an image forming apparatus including an image forming unit for forming an image on a sheet, an image read unit for reading the output image on the sheet on which the image has been formed, an operation/display unit for providing operation and display, and a control unit for controlling the image forming apparatus, where the control unit can display a screen image of the output image read by the image read unit on the operation/display unit for check by a user, thereby saving of waste sheets and minimizing a decrease in the production efficiency, and efficiently checking the output image.

Methods for universal data output

A data output method for rendering at an output device content accessible with an information apparatus, includes obtaining at the information apparatus one or more rasterization parameters corresponding to the output device and conforming at the information apparatus at least part of the data content into one or more output images with said one or more rasterization parameters. An intermediate output data is transmitted from the information apparatus to an output controller that is distinct from the information apparatus and associated with the selected output device, the intermediate output data including one or more output image. The intermediate output data is converted at the output controller into an output data acceptable for rendering at the output device.

SHEET PROFILE MANAGEMENT METHOD, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING SHEET PROFILE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

An image forming system is configured with: an image forming section configured to form, on a sheet, an image based on graphic data; a storing section configured to store sheet profiles which are information about sheets to be used by the image forming section to form images; and a control section configured to manage the sheet profile stored in the storing section and to control the image forming section to form an image, wherein when storing produced sheet profiles in the storing section, the control section associates a plurality of sheet profiles, to be used to perform a predetermined image formation, with each other, and puts the associated sheet profiles in a state where limitation of edit is enforced.

Methods, systems, apparatuses and devices for facilitating printing of a digital image based on image splitting

A method of facilitating printing of a digital image based on image splitting is disclosed. The method may include receiving, using a communication device, the digital image from a user device. Further, the method may include analyzing, using a processing device, the digital image. Further, the method may include determining, using the processing device, at least one image characteristic based on the analyzing of the digital image. Further, the method may include generating, using the processing device, a plurality of image segments based on the at least one image characteristic. Further, the method may include storing, using a storage device, the plurality of image segments. Further, the method may include transmitting, using the communication device, the plurality of image segments to the user device.

PRINT CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS

Upon designating bookbinding print, preview images are displayed in a layout after bookbinding. When store of intermediate data is designated in a print process, a spooler (302) stores intermediate data and an output job setup file in a spool file (303). When the stored job is selected, a previewer (306) displays a list of jobs, and displays a print preview image. In this case, upon setting bookbinding print, pages are displayed in a spread state and order after bookbinding. Also, the open direction (right or left open), and the bookbinding unit are also expressed on preview images.

Panoptic Visualization Document Printing

A panoptic visualization document support system includes a request interface and support engine. The request interface is configured to receive a request for printout(s) of selected document component(s) of a layout of document components of a panoptic visualization document collection. The collection has a plurality of document components each of which includes respective media content and has associated metadata providing information about the respective document component. The layout includes a panoptic arrangement of visual representations of the document components of the layout according to the associated metadata of the respective document components. The support engine is configured to retrieve and prepare the selected document component(s) for printing according to at least a selected print layout style. Preparation of the selected document component(s) includes generation of one or more printable document components for respective ones of the printout(s). And the support engine ...

IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS

The image processing apparatus includes an accepting unit, first and second storage units, and a controller. The first storage unit stores frequency order data for each language. The controller, using character image data in a font cache area, performs rasterization processing on PDL data. The controller sets first and second cache areas. The controller, based on frequency order data corresponding to a selected language, generates character image data in descending order of character use frequency. The controller has the character image data generated based on frequency order data stored in the first cache area.

Printing method to load filter dynamically and recordable medium with program to execute the printing method and host apparatus

A printing method which dynamically loads a filter, a recordable medium with a program to execute the printing method, and a host apparatus. The printing method uses filter setting information having at least one filter corresponding to a print option of a print document, the printing method can include selecting a print option, changing the filter setting information corresponding to the print option, and applying the printing option according to the changed filter setting information and transmitting print data.

NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PRINT CONTROL PROGRAM AND PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS

Provided is a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a print control program which, when being executed by a processor of a print control apparatus, causes the print control apparatus to perform the following processing. The processing includes, obtaining specific information about a document file or an image processing apparatus; determining whether to conduct or skip an analysis of a file structure of the document file, on a basis of the specific information; and conducting or skipping the analysis in accordance with a result of the determining. The processing further includes, converting the document file into variable print data in response to receiving a result of the analysis; on conducting the analysis, outputting the variable print data to the image processing apparatus; and on skipping the analysis, outputting the document file to the image processing apparatus.

METHOD FOR CALCULATION OF AN IMPOSITION LAYOUT

A method for calculating properties of printing elements which are part of a print job includes providing a range (112) of sheets for printing; providing desired imposition schemes (200) for the print job; calculating a set of printing elements (134) required for the range of sheets for printing according to a desired imposition schemes; splitting a set of printing elements into plurality of printing elements subsets where each of the subsets contain less printing elements than in the set of printing elements; calculating processing parameters (512), required for processing of printing elements, for each of the printing elements subsets; calculation of the printing elements and processing parameters is performed without calculation of the imposition layout.

IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS, PRINTING METHOD AND PRINTING PROGRAM

An image formation apparatus includes an acquisition unit for acquiring image data from a server, a display unit for displaying first image data of a first image size based on the image data acquired by the acquisition unit, a printer for printing the image data on a recording medium, a setter for setting a size of the image data printed on the recording medium, and a specification unit for specifying second image data of a second image size corresponding to the first image data so that the printer prints the second image data of the size of the image data set by the setter. The acquisition unit acquires the second image data of the second image size specified by the specification unit. The printer prints the second image data of the size set by the setter.

Data communication apparatus, method and system and programs for data communication process stored in computer readable storage medium

In a data communication apparatus for encoding information data by using a predetermined encoding method, encoded information data is transmitted isochronously with a predetermined communication cycle when the encoding method corresponds to a decoding method at an object node apparatus and non-encoded information data is transmitted asynchronously with the communication cycle when the encoding method does not correspond to the decoding method at the object node apparatus. It is therefore possible to perform an encoding process for the information data to be transmitted, in accordance with a decoding performance at the object node apparatus, to improve a communication efficiency, and to reduce a capacity of a memory used for communications.

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM

A type detecting part detects types of drawing objects included in a printing job. A rate detecting part detects a rate of each type of drawing object. A storing part stores the rate of each type of drawing object as a count value of a statistics counter which counts predetermined units of drawing objects for each type of drawing object. A comparing part compares a previously set printing quality with a recommended printing quality which is derived from count values of statistics counters. A changing part changes the previously set printing quality to the recommended printing quality when the previously set printing quality is different from the recommended printing quality.

Information processing apparatus, printing system, and command generating method

A user sets a desired print function for a printer having a print function. In accordance with the set print function, whether a printer control command recognized by the printer is generated by an application for a host computer or a printer driver is determined. If an additional function of the printer driver, e.g., an N-page print function, a printing/bookbinding function, or the like is set, the printer driver generates a printer control command. If no additional function is set, the application generates a printer control command. The generated printer control command is output from the system spooler of the host computer to the printer.

Generation of images

Multiple packages are manufactured by defining a package template, with at least one individualized image area, and selecting at least one image seed. For each package, an index key is selected and, based on the selected index key, a plurality of image attribute modifications are determined from within applicable ranges of image attribute modifications. The determined image attribute modifications are applied to the image seed or seeds to generate respective images, and the image or images are applied to the respective individualized image area of the package.

Apparatus, system, and method of processing printing operation on home network

An apparatus, a system, and a method of processing a printing operation on a home network that searches an available media storage device upon a request of a printing job of predetermined contents, transmits an address of the searched media storage device, and prints printing contents transmitted to the address are provided. The apparatus for processing a printing function on a home network includes a printing request management unit which processes a printing request transmitted from a printing controller on a home network; a media storage device processing unit which provides information on an available media storage device on the home network when printing job information is transmitted from the printing request management unit; and a printing management unit which downloads predetermined contents stored in the media storage device, and performs a printing job according to the printing request of the printing controller.

IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME

An image processing system causes a first information processing apparatus (i) to acquire a plurality of images, (ii) to lay out images out of the acquired plurality of images, respectively, in slots of templates out of a plurality of stored templates so as to generate a plurality of layout images, (iii) to generate layout information in which pieces of identification information respectively assigned to the templates used in the generated layout images are included, wherein the layout information does not include any templates themselves, (iv) to generate a data set in which the images used in generating the layout images are included, wherein the data set does not include any template themselves, and (v) to send the generated layout information and the generated data set, wherein no templates themselves are sent with the generated layout information and the generated data set.

Method of providing print preview of print document

A method of providing a print preview of a print document allows a user to preview the print document on a user interface (or a registration window) of a printer driver, thereby allowing the user to intuitively recognize a print preview function and execute the print preview function without being confused by menus associated with the print preview function. The method includes selecting a print menu in an application program related to the print document to print the print document. A printer driver is executed to display a print window on a screen of a computer executing the application program when the print menu is selected on the application program. An additional print preview selection message window is displayed on the screen to instruct a user to select whether or not to invoke a print preview window when a confirmation button is pressed in the print window to transmit a print command to a printer. The print preview of the print document is displayed on the screen when the user ...

OUTPUT DEVICE, IMAGE DATA CONVERSION DEVICE, AND METHOD

An output device which outputs pixel data corresponding to a color material used by a printing unit to the printing unit includes an image buffer which stores image data, a generation unit which generates density data corresponding to the color material based on image data read out from the image buffer, a print buffer which stores density data generated by the generation unit, and a conversion unit which converts density data read out from the print buffer into pixel data corresponding to the resolution of the printing unit synchronously with the printing unit.

PAPER PROFILE AND READING SYSTEMS

Methods, systems, computer readable media and other means for generating a profile for a particular type of media are provided. The profile represents a set of preferred printing parameters to be used to achieve a target print quality for a reference printing device. The profile may be used by other non-reference printing devices in order to optimize printing for that type of media. For each non-reference printing device, an offset may be established that represents the differences between the non-reference and the reference printing devices. A processor of the non-reference printing device may identify the type of media and the profile for that media and then adjust the printing parameters for the non-reference printing device based on the profile and the offset in order to optimize the print quality. The profile may also include a parameter that is based on a temperature coefficient associated with the type of printer.

Information processing apparatus having a capability of halting a printing process for off-line processing, and method and program for controlling printing process including halting the printing process for off-line processing

A printing process is preset for each page of a print job such that the printing process is halted when a page needs off-line processing, and the printing process is resumed in response to an operation to resume the printing process. After the print job is started, a CPU determines for each page whether off-line processing is specified to be performed. If the current page is specified to be subjected to off-line processing, the printing process is halted. If an operation to resume the print processing is detected, the printing process is resumed. Thus, after the print job is started, a user can make a confirmation in terms of the printing state of the printer before printing for the particular page is started.

PRINT SYSTEM, PRINT APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

A print system includes a print apparatus connected to a puncher and an information processing apparatus that communicates with the print apparatus. The print apparatus includes a first transmission unit, a printing unit that prints an image on a sheet, and a control unit that controls the puncher to form punch holes in the sheet. The first transmission unit transmits information indicating a position where the puncher is configured to form the punch holes. The information processing apparatus includes a first reception unit that receives the transmitted information, an acceptance unit that accepts a setting that is based on the received information, and a second transmission unit that transmits the accepted setting to the print apparatus. The control unit of the print apparatus controls the puncher to form the punch holes according to the setting transmitted by the information processing apparatus and received by the print apparatus.

Integration of pre-printed insert page images with print previews

Systems and methods are provided for including sheet images of pre-printed inserts in a print preview for a print job. The system is operable to receive a print job, to receive a request for a print preview of the print job, and to rasterize logical pages of the print job to generate sheet images. The system is further operable to identify inserts to be integrated with printed versions of the sheet images of the logical pages, and to include sheet images of the inserts with the sheet images of the logical pages for the print preview.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SPECIFYING COLOR TOLERANCE INTENT AND IMPLEMENTATION AS PART OF A DIGITAL PRINT WORKFLOW

Systems and methods are provided for enabling submission of color accuracy requirements with the submission of a print job. More specifically, a print job analysis system may be configured to receive a print job request having a color accuracy requirement level directly from a customer (or from an operator on behalf of the customer). In addition, the print job analysis system may also be configured to determine an appropriate color accuracy requirement level for the print job request if no color accuracy requirement level is directly provided with the print job request. Furthermore, the print job analysis system may also be configured to provide an analysis of recommended color accuracy requirement levels to the customer and/or the operator if they are unsure of an appropriate color accuracy requirement level to be used for the particular print job.

Display processing apparatus, display processing method, and computer program product

A first acquiring unit acquires a background image being an image of a usage environment in which a printed material is used, a lighting image of a lighting installed in the usage environment, and light source information indicating an optical attribute in the usage environment. A second acquiring unit acquires print data. A display control unit displays a preview image on a display unit, where the preview image is an image in which a printed material image is superimposed on the background image, and the printed material image is an image in which the lighting image is mapped by environment mapping onto a print-image display surface generated based on the print data and in which the optical attribute specified by the light source information is set.

Virtual print previewing

A method and system for previewing an electronic document is disclosed. In one aspect, document information associated with an electronic document is transmitted from a client to a selected printing device. Upon receiving the document information, the selected printing device generates preview document data based on the received document information and one or more characteristics that are associated with the selected printing device and generally not available at the requesting client. The preview document data is then transmitted to the client from the selected printing device to cause a preview version of the electronic document to be displayed at the client.

Information processing apparatus with print function groupings, control method therefor, and computer program

Print settings for input data for printing are acquired. A function group is created for each group of functions, between which contradiction due to change of an execution sequence does not arise, of functions executable in a printer. For each created function group, an execution sequence of functions belonging to the function group is set. Processes for functions designated by the acquired print settings are applied to the data for printing in accordance with the execution sequence set for each function group. Print data created by applying the processes are output to the printer.

Hidden information at flush pattern locations for print jobs

Systems and methods are provided for inserting hidden information into flush patterns. One embodiment is a system comprising a marking engine that includes multiple printheads, an interface that receives print data for a print job, multiple Raster Image Processors (RIPs), and a print controller. The print controller divides the print data into logical pages, inserts printable information into the logical pages that distinguishes each logical page from other logical pages, and transmits the logical pages to the RIPs for rasterization. The print controller determines that a RIP has completed rasterizing a logical page, transmits the rasterized logical page to a Print Verification System (PVS), directs the printheads of the marking engine to print the rasterized logical page onto a physical page, and directs the printheads of the marking engine to apply a flush pattern onto the physical page at the location of the inserted printable information.

Image forming system for inspecting image formed on sheet

An image forming system executes determination processing with an intensity of an image editing process being a first intensity and a determination threshold being a first value and does not execute the determination processing with the intensity of the image editing process being the first intensity and the determination threshold being a second value. The system executes the determination processing with the intensity of the image editing process being a second intensity greater than the first intensity and the determination threshold being the first value and does not execute the determination processing with the intensity of the image editing process being the second intensity and the determination threshold being the second value.

Image forming apparatus, method of controlling the same, and storage medium

An image forming apparatus that executes hidden-surface elimination can output an image containing an undercoat desired by a user. The image forming apparatus includes an elimination unit that eliminates a region included in a region of a second drawing object in a layer below a first drawing object and overlapping the first drawing object. The first drawing object is contained in an intermediate data which is generated based on page description language data. In a case where the second drawing object is not a drawing object indicating an undercoat image, the elimination unit eliminates the region included in the region of the second drawing object and overlapping the first drawing object. In a case where the second drawing object is a drawing object indicating an undercoat image, the elimination unit does not eliminate the region included in the region of the second drawing object and overlapping the first drawing object.

PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING METHOD AND MEDIUM

There is provided a printing apparatus including: a first nozzle configured to discharge an ink of a basic color; a second nozzle configured to discharge an ink of a special color; and a controller. The controller is configured to execute: a processing of causing a display to display a first preview image together with a second preview image, the first preview image corresponding to a first image to be formed by the ink of the basic color, the second preview image corresponding to a second image to be formed by the ink of the basic color and the ink of the special color; and a processing of printing the first image by the first nozzle, or a processing of printing the second image by the first and second nozzles, based on a selected preview image selected, by a user, from the first and second preview images.

Storage medium storing computer-readable instructions for information processing device editing image data for creating composite label

In an information processing device, a processor is configured to perform: acquiring; displaying; receiving; and identifying. The acquiring acquires from a memory a single set of template data for a composite label. The single set of template data includes a plurality of sets of image data corresponding to respective ones of a plurality of print labels and representing respective ones of a plurality of label images. The single composite label is to be created using the plurality of print labels. The displaying displays on a display a composite label image in which the plurality of label images is superimposed on each other. The receiving receives a designating operation on the composite label image via an operating interface. The designating operation targeting a target label image. The identifying identifies target image data corresponding to the target label image from among the plurality of sets of image data.

DOCUMENT PROCESSING DEVICE AND SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD THEREOF

Disclosed are a document processing device and a signal transmission method thereof. The document processing device includes a processor and a printing engine. The processor is connected to the printing engine. The processor receives a document output command to generate a first differential signal. Then, the printing engine receives the first differential signal and converts the first differential signal into a first interference-free information packet. When the printing engine has already obtained the first interference-free information packet, the printing engine sends a buffer status checking signal to the processor. The document processing device uses the transmission of the first differential signal to reduce printing information errors caused by static interference, so as to achieve the purpose of improving the accuracy of printing information.

SHAPE PROCESSOR

Alignment compensation by printer driver

A method of compensating for misalignment of a print engine of an image forming apparatus, which includes: (a) forwarding a request from a host computer having a printer driver to an image forming apparatus for reference data of a printable area of the print engine; (b) sending the reference data of the printable area of the print engine to the printer driver; (c) comparing the reference data of the printable area of the print engine to an ideal reference data of the printable area of a print job; and (d) if the reference data of the printable area of the print engine is different than the ideal reference data of the printable area of the print job, generating a new reference data of the printable area of the printable area to adjust for the difference in printable area between the ideal reference data of the printable area of the print job and the reference data of the printable area of the print engine.

Job processing apparatus, control method, and program

When a job processing apparatus receives an execution instruction of a job including group identification information used for identifying a group, the job processing apparatus continuously processes a plurality of jobs that belong to the group identified by the group identification information such that the plurality of jobs are not interrupted by a job that belongs to a different group, and further notifies a state of each of the plurality of processed jobs.

Image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus for forming an image according to attribute information of a print job, the image forming apparatus being connected to a remote apparatus and including: a memory section for memorizing the attribute information for each print job; an operation section through which an editing operation is capable for the attribute information; and a control section configured to enable editing operations for the attribute information memorized in the memory section through the operation section and through the remote apparatus, and to control the editing operation through the operation section and the editing operation through the remote apparatus for the attribute information of one and the same print job.

Method and apparatus for job preview in printer device

It is an object of the present invention to provide a data output control system and portable terminal suitably used for readily obtaining detailed information on a network. A data output control terminal 300 communicably connects a user-owned portable terminal 100, printing devices PR1 through PRn situated at various locations for outputting data, and WWW servers DS1 through DSm, via the Internet 400, data relating to data printing requests from the portable terminal 100 is obtained from a WWW server DS, a printing device PR which is considered to be optimal for the user of the portable terminal 100 to receive data from is selected from multiple printing devices PR, and the obtained data is output to the selected printing device PR. Further, guidance information, for guiding the user to the installation location where the printing device PR decided upon is installed, is transmitted to the portable terminal 100.

Printing System

A printing system is provided capable of preventing unnecessary image information from being sent. The printing system is formed by an image processing apparatus to generate print data and an image forming apparatus to receive the print data and to execute a print. In the printing system, the image forming apparatus includes an image forming; a print mode discriminating section; a confirmation result inputting section; and a request informing section. The image processing apparatus includes a print data generating section; and a selecting and outputting section.

DUPLEX WEB PRINTING APPARATUS

PROXY PRINTING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSOR, CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a proxy printing system that can avoid illicit print outputs by enumerating from registered printer drivers only those printer drivers whose functions are similar to the functions of a printer driver that has performed outputs to a printer with a printing failure when a report of failure is obtained, and by selecting a proxy printer therefrom. SOLUTION: The proxy printing system is provided which sends a print job to one of a plurality of printers connected to a network and which, if a print failure occurs at the printer, causes another printer to do the print job. The proxy printing system detects and reports the failure of the printer processing the print job, and detects the printer driver of the printer that can process the print job in place of the failed printer among the plurality of printers connected to the network. The printer driver detected is reported as an acting candidate. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI ...

画像処理装置および画像処理プログラム

Information processing apparatus, information processing method and storage medium

A printer according to the present invention includes a central processing unit (CPU) configured to be able to process variable data printing (VDP) data including reusable data which is repeatedly utilized in a plurality of pages, and variable data which is not repeatedly utilized, to generate a plurality of intermediate language data from the reusable data, according to a plurality of settings for color processing, and to select intermediate language data to be used when generating a bitmap image, from the plurality of intermediate language data generated by a generation unit, and a RIP unit configured to generate a bitmap image by performing RIP-processing on the selected intermediate language data.

Content placement

A content placement method includes electronically identifying a placeholder image in an electronic document. The placeholder defines a copy hole. The placeholder image is decoded to discern content selection data. The content selection data is processed to identify content that is inserted into the copy hole.

Printer control apparatus, printing method and printing system

Provided is a printer driver including: a first function which generates a first printing job which prints a document; a second function which generates a second printing job which prints information on the first printing job; a third function which outputs the second printing job; a fourth function which outputs the first printing job; a fifth function which determines whether or not a next to-be-printed document is present; a function which repeats the first function to the fifth function in the case where it is determined that the next to-be-printed document is present by the fifth function; and a function which performs the third function in the case where it is determined that the next to-be-printed document is absent by the fifth function.

Printing Quality Evaluation System, Laser Marking Apparatus, Printing Condition Setting Device, Printing Quality Evaluation Apparatus, Printing Condition Setting Program, Printing Quality Evaluation Program, And Computer-Readable Recording Medium

In order to improve read stability, a printing condition is set based on not visual read of a user, but read with an optical information reading apparatus. A printing quality evaluation apparatus includes: an image acquiring section that acquires an image; a symbol extracting section that extracts the symbol in which the printing quality can be evaluated from the captured images acquired by the image acquiring section; a printing quality evaluation section that evaluates the printing quality of the symbol extracted by the symbol extracting section; an identification information recognition section that recognizes the identification information identifying each printing condition of the symbol; and an evaluation output section that outputs the identification information, which is recognized by the identification information recognition section, and an evaluation result of the printing quality of the printing quality evaluation section according to the symbol extracted by the symbol extracting section.

Method and system for providing a three-dimensional preview of a finished document

A method and system for providing three-dimensional preview of a finished document based on a key feature analysis. The document can be analyzed by a document analysis algorithm configured in association with a document visualization module in order to identify a number of key features associated with the document. A viewing script can be created with respect to the key features of the document in order to drive a visualization engine. A document-specific visual animation of the key features can be visually displayed based on the viewing script at a user interface in order to preview the finished document. A list of critical features with respect to the document can be selected and previewed by a user via a set of media controls displayed at the user interface.

Image processing apparatus, server apparatus, control method thereof, and storage medium

When a web server generates a preview screen, the web server transmits conversion information (e.g., an image size) for generating a preview image to a multifunction peripheral (MFP). The MFP generates converted image data using the conversion information, and transmits the converted image data to a web server.

Data Generating Apparatus, and Print Apparatus

Text data corresponding to at least a part of a text contained in the file or picture data corresponding to at least a part of a picture contained in the file is extracted. Thumbnail data to be used as an index thumbnail using the extracted text data or the extracted picture data is generated. An output size of the thumbnail is set by adjusting the output size according to the characteristics of the file from which each thumbnail data is extracted. For each file, an index data is generated by using the thumbnail data of the set output size. The generated index data can be displayed or printed.

Wireless synchronization of data and software components over a wireless network compatible to ieee802.11 standard(s) for mobile devices

Wireless synchronization of data and software components over IEEE802.11 standard(s) are herein disclosed and enabled. An information apparatus, which includes a wireless communication unit compatible with IEEE802.11, may access a wireless local area network (WLAN). To setup the wireless synchronization, the user connects the information apparatus to a wireless output device over a wired connection (e.g., USB) and selects the wireless output device. Information associated with the wireless output device is saved in the mobile information apparatus for enabling wireless synchronization. Next, the user connects the mobile information apparatus to the WLAN, and, depending on the availability of the wireless output device in the network, the information apparatus may lock a wireless connection to the wireless output device for wireless synchronization. A client application in the mobile information apparatus and output controller software in the wireless output device may be required to facilitate the wireless synchronization over the WLAN.

Printing system, printing device, and print control method

The invention solves the problem of the layout of the printout being broken as a result of the host computer sending the next print data without knowing the current printing position after the printer automatically inserts a new line. In a printing system that communicates continuous print data and status information by command between a host computer and a printing device, the printing device prints while automatically inserting a new line in the continuous print data received from the host computer according to a print setting, and sends current position information as status information to the host computer. The host computer sends the next continuous print data based on the acquired current position information.

Terminal devices selectively using communication systems, methods of controlling such terminal devices, and media storing computer-readable instructions for such terminal devices

Non-transitory, computer-readable storage media, terminal devices, and methods are disclosed herein. The terminal device includes a processor and communicates selectively using one of many wireless communication systems comprising a first and second wireless communication system. The computer-readable media store computer-readable instructions therein. The instructions instruct the processor to generate first specific image data representing a first image when the first wireless communication system is specified. The instructions instruct the processor to store the first specific image data when the terminal device receives a first print instruction to print the first image while the first wireless communication system is specified. The instructions instruct the processor to provide first print data, based on the stored first specific image data, to the printing device when the wireless communication setting is changed from the first wireless communication system to the second wireless communication system after storing the first specific image data.

Image forming apparatus and image forming method thereof

Disclosed are an image forming apparatus and an image forming method thereof. The image forming method includes: selecting at least one among plural scanning profiles needed for color management at a scanning operation of a document and plural printing profiles needed for the color management at a printing operation of the document according to a user's input; and generating a printing image based on the selected scanning and printing profiles and a preset scanning or printing profile.

Printing apparatus, printing method, printing system, and computer readable medium

A printing apparatus comprises: a plurality of analysis units configured to correspond respectively to PDL types indicating a plurality of types of page description languages; a unit configured to determine one of the plurality of analysis units to be used for analysis processing, based on a PDL type of the PDL data; a unit configured, in a case where analysis processing is performed using the determined analysis unit and if the number of times that a specific command has been detected in a predetermined range of the PDL data exceeds a predetermined threshold value, to suspend the analysis processing for the PDL data and to issue an alert; a unit configured, after an alert has been issued, to accept an instruction indicating whether to continue or cancel the analysis processing for the PDL data.

System and method for printer emulation

A system and method are provided for accurately emulating a printer on a computing device that is not connected to the printer. The computing device is provided with firmware and programming code that interfaces with the firmware for a customized printing operation. The firmware is provided with the printer and the computing device. The programming code is provided with the computing device, and the computing device runs the programming code. The programming code interfaces with the firmware provided with the computing device and causes the computing device to emulate the printer, when the printer runs the programming code. The computing device and the printer are not connected.

Non-transitory printing control program product, printing control apparatus, and printing system

A non-transitory printing control program product is disclosed. The printing control program product causes a computer to function as a printing data generating unit which generates printing data for normal printing and printing data for trial printing such that the printing data for the normal printing and the printing data for the trial printing are printed by the same printing apparatus, the printing data for the normal printing and the printing data for the trial printing being generated from the same submitted manuscript data; and a printing data management unit which receives the printing data for the normal printing and the printing data for the trial printing and which causes the same printing apparatus to print the printing data for the normal printing and the printing data for the trial printing in accordance with the normal printing condition and the trial printing condition.

Printing system, print data generating device, method of controlling print data generating device and program product

A printing system includes: a control device configures to generate print data; and a printer configured to print the print data transmitted from the control device on a tape, wherein the control device includes a status information acquisition section for periodically acquiring status information including a tape width of the tape loaded in the printer, a display section for displaying an editing screen of the print data and the status information, and a display control section for performing a display control of the display section, and the display control section performs display control of the display section to display a present tape width based on the latest status information acquired, as the status information, on the display section.

Optimizing the layout of electronic documents

Optimizing a layout of an electronic document. An electronic document can be processed to identify a plurality of document sections within the document. A plurality of document sections can be recursively combined in at least a first page of a modified document and a presentation size of content within the document sections can be reduced. With each recursive combination of document sections, a first perceptual delta value can be generated based on perceptual differences between the document sections as originally presented in the electronic document and the document sections as presented when combined into the first page. When the first perceptual delta value at least equals the first threshold value, the recursive combination of document sections into the first page can cease.

Information processing apparatus, system

An information processing apparatus includes an operation receiving unit for receiving an operation; a setting receiving unit for displaying a setting condition for printing or transmission and receiving a change to the setting condition, after the operation receiving unit receives an instruction to start printing or transmitting; and a storage unit in which the setting condition is stored by the setting receiving unit via an operating system by using, as a key, identification information acquired by the setting receiving unit, the identification information identifying a printing or transmission process and being generated by the operating system according to the instruction to start printing or transmitting. An image processing unit acquires the identification information from the operating system, and reads, from the storage unit, the setting condition using the identification information as a key, and converts document data into print data of a printing device based on the setting condition.

Area based text formatting for printers

A system and method for providing formatted content in a user-defined print area. In one or more embodiments, a database is stored on one or more processor readable media that are operatively coupled to one or more processors. A computing device associated with the one or more processors provides a user interface for defining at least one user-defined print area. The computing device provides one or more prompts for one or more parameters associated with the at least one user-defined print area. The one or more processors stores at least one of the one or more parameters received in response to at least one of the one or more prompts, and the one or more processors formats content provided in the user-defined print area in accordance with the at least one parameter of the one or more parameters. The formatted content is output by at least one printing device.

Printer, system and method for monitoring print quality

A printer, a system and a method for monitoring print quality are provided. In this method, during a printout process of a document, the document is scanned at the same time, and scan information is obtained after the printout process is completed. Original information relating to the document is compared against the scan information to determine whether a data loss occurs. An abnormal print message is displayed to warn the user when there is a data loss or the data loss is occurred; otherwise, a normal print message is displayed.

Image formation control device, control method and recording medium storing image formation control program

A control device has a preview image data generating unit, a display unit displaying a preview image, an image formation controlling unit forming an image corresponding to the preview image on a recording sheet, and a user operation detection unit detecting a user operation to make modification in the preview image. The modification in the preview image includes at least one of a change of size of a preview image frame in which the preview image is displayed, a change of an area of the preview image frame, an area of the preview image appeared in the preview image frame. A preview image data modifying unit reflects the user operation detected by the user operation detection unit in the preview image data. The image formation controlling unit forms the image on the recording sheet with reflecting the modification made in the preview image data.

Method and apparatus for dimensional printing

Limitations of conventional dimensional printing techniques are addressed to provide features and flexibility not presently available, including extracting images selectively from a Postscript® or PDF file and thus enable texturing of individual images within a page; constructing the texture automatically directly from the image using image processing techniques; visualizing the texture to be applied to an image via construction of a bump map or normal map in openGL and DirectX®; adjusting texturing parameters via visual feedback in openGL and DirectX®; and inserting a clear texture back into a PDF file for printing automatically.

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM

An image forming apparatus includes a data converting module, a communicating unit, a differential data obtaining module, and a combining module. The data converting module is configured to convert image data to displayed image data. The communicating unit is configured to send via a network the displayed image, and to receive an edited displayed image via the network which is edited based on the displayed image. The differential data obtaining module is configured to obtain differential data of at least a difference between the image data and the edited image data. The combining module is configured to combine the image data with the differential data into combined image data. 1. An image forming apparatus , comprising:a data converting module configured to convert image data to displayed image data;a communicating unit configured to send a displayed image corresponding to the displayed image data via a network, and to receive via the network an edited displayed image which is edited based on the displayed image;a differential data obtaining module configured to obtain differential data of at least a difference between the image data and the edited image data; anda combining module configured to combine the image data with the differential data into combined image data.2. The image forming apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:a device information obtaining module configured to obtain device information via the network; andthe data converting module converts the image data to the displayed image data based on converting conditions included in the device information.3. The image forming apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the device information is the information processed by a display unit; andthe device information includes at least one of a color resolution, pixels, or a format type of image.4. The image forming apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the data converting module calculates a proportion of the pixels of the displayed image to the pixels of the image claim 3 ...

Print control method and apparatus

Upon designating bookbinding print, preview images are displayed in a layout after bookbinding. When “store” of intermediate data is designated in a print process, a spooler ( 302 ) stores intermediate data and an output job setup file in a spool file ( 303 ). When the stored job is selected, a previewer ( 306 ) displays a list of jobs, and displays a print preview image. In this case, upon setting bookbinding print, pages are displayed in a spread state and order after bookbinding. Also, the open direction (right or left open), and the bookbinding unit are also expressed on preview images.

Printing system, server, information device, and computer-readable storage medium for computer program

A printing system including a client terminal and a server is provided. The server includes a storage portion configured to store therein rule information, the rule information indicating print rules associated with intended uses of a printed matter, and a control unit configured to inform the client terminal of the intended uses in response to a print command from the client terminal. The server modifies print settings designated in an original job that is a print job sent from the client terminal to the server in accordance with the print rules associated with one intended use selected by a user of the client terminal, and gives, instead of the original job, a rule-based job to the printing device, the rule-based job being a print job in which post-modification print settings are designated.

Print controlling apparatus, image forming apparatus, method of controlling print, method of image forming and computer-readable recording medium

A print controlling apparatus includes a user interface to input a printing command of a document displaying a plurality of overlaid objects, a printing data generator to detect a transparency region where a transparency is set, in the overlaid objects, to generate a transparency image by calculating a pixel value of the transparency region, based on the pixel value of each object and the transparency, and to generate printing data comprising the transparency image, and a communication interface to send the printing data to the image forming apparatus.

Total color material amount restriction profile creation method, total color material amount restriction profile creation apparatus, image signal processing apparatus, image signal processing system, and recording medium

There is provided a technique of enabling the use of a common printer profile even in a case where a configuration of a printer system is changed or added. Color data under a second configuration condition corresponding to an output color which matches or approximates an output color acquired through a first color predictor under a first configuration condition, is searched and acquired from color data subjected to total color material amount restriction processing acquired by total color material amount restriction processing using a first color material amount restriction profile under the first configuration condition, through a second color predictor under the second configuration condition. The color data searched and acquired under the second configuration condition and color data prior to total color material amount restriction processing are associated and a second total color material amount restriction profile under the second configuration condition is created.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING DYNAMIC FORCES IN A LIQUEFIER SYSTEM IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

Systems and method for determining dynamic forces in a liquefier system in additive manufacturing include, in at least one aspect of the subject matter described in this specification, a method including: receiving motor data for a drive motor that pushes a solid material toward a liquefaction zone of the liquefier system, wherein the motor data comprises at least one data point per individual command code of a set of command codes sent for additive manufacturing; receiving pressure data associated with the liquefaction zone of the liquefier system, wherein the pressure data includes at least one data point per individual command code of the set of command codes; analyzing the motor data and the pressure data for the set of command codes; and outputting a result of the analyzing to facilitate further 3D printing by the AM 3D printer using the solid material. 1. A method for determining dynamic forces in a liquefier system of an additive manufacturing (AM) three dimensional (3D) printer , the method comprising:receiving motor data for a drive motor that pushes a solid material toward a liquefaction zone of the liquefier system, wherein the motor data comprises at least one data point per individual command code of a set of command codes sent to the AM 3D printer;receiving temperature data associated with the liquefaction zone of the liquefier system, wherein the temperature data comprises at least one data point per individual command code of the set of command codes sent to the AM 3D printer;receiving pressure data associated with the liquefaction zone of the liquefier system, wherein the pressure data comprises at least one data point per individual command code of the set of command codes sent to the AM 3D printer;analyzing the motor data, the temperature data, and the pressure data for the set of command codes sent to the AM 3D printer; andoutputting a result of the analyzing to facilitate further 3D printing by the AM 3D printer using the solid material.2. The ...

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

An image forming apparatus includes a printing apparatus configured to form an image on a sheet based on an image forming condition and an image reading unit configured to read an image for adjustment of the image forming condition, which is formed on the sheet by the printing apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes at least one processor configured to: control the printing apparatus to form an image based on a print job; and control, when an interrupt print job to be processed by interrupting image formation based on the print job is requested, the printing apparatus to form an image corresponding to the interrupt print job by interrupting processing based on the print job, wherein the at least one processor is configured to control the printing apparatus to create a chart for adjustment. 1. An image forming apparatus , comprising:a printing apparatus configured to form an image on a sheet based on an image forming condition;an image reading unit configured to read an image for adjustment of the image forming condition, which is formed on the sheet by the printing apparatus; and control the printing apparatus to form an image based on a print job; and', 'control, when an interrupt print job to be processed by interrupting image formation based on the print job is requested, the printing apparatus to form an image corresponding to the interrupt print job by interrupting processing based on the print job,, 'at least one processor configured to control the printing apparatus to create a chart for adjustment obtained by forming the image for adjustment on the sheet before the processing is returned to the print job after end of processing based on the interrupt print job; and', 'adjust the image forming condition based on a result of reading the image for adjustment of the chart for adjustment by the image reading unit., 'wherein the at least one processor is configured to2. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor ...

CONFIGURING COLOR CONCENTRATIONS BASED ON A WHITE-POINT OF PRINT MATERIAL

Aspects of the present disclosure relate to color printing calibration. In a particular example, an apparatus includes a media sensor and a formatter. The media sensor may collect spectral data from light reflected off a print material. The media sensor may include a light source to illuminate a portion of the print material, a diffractor to diffract light reflected off of the print material, and a photo-detector to obtain the spectral data from the light reflected off the print material. The formatter may identify a white-point of the print material using the spectral data and configure color concentrations in the apparatus based on the identified white-point of the print material. 1. An apparatus including: a light source to illuminate a portion of the print material;', 'a diffractor to diffract light reflected off of the print material; and', 'a photo-detector to obtain the spectral data from the light reflected off the print material; and, 'a media sensor to collect spectral data from light reflected off a print material, wherein the media sensor includesa formatter to identify a white-point of the print material using the spectral data and configure color concentrations in the apparatus based on the identified white-point of the print material.2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the photo-detector includes an array of photodiodes.3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the diffractor includes a prism claim 2 , the array of photodiodes to detect an intensity of light from each spectral bin diffracted from the prism.4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the diffractor includes a diffraction grating.5. The apparatus of claim 1 , the formatter to select a color table among a plurality of color tables based on the identified white-point claim 1 , and configure the color concentrations in the apparatus using the selected color table.6. The apparatus of claim 1 , the formatter to identify a plurality of color tables based on the identified white-point claim 1 , and ...

PRINTING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING PRINTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

In the present invention, a part of the recording elements in accordance with a position of a print medium with respect to a printing head when printing is performed after the detection is performed among the plurality of recording elements arranged in a conveyance direction during conveyance of the print medium are used for printing if the width of the print medium is detected by the sensor. Then the image of printing target of the size in accordance with the width of the print medium is printed on the print medium. 1. A printing apparatus which prints an image on a print medium by a plurality of recording elements provided in a printing head , comprising:a conveying unit configured to convey the print medium;an acquisition unit configured to acquire a width of the print medium conveyed by the conveying unit, the width being detected by a sensor; anda printing unit configured to print, on the print medium, an image of printing target of a size in accordance with the width of the print medium using a part of the recording elements in accordance with a position of the print medium with respect to the printing head when printing is performed after the detection is performed among the plurality of recording elements arranged in a conveyance direction of the print medium conveyed by the conveying unit if the width of the print medium is detected by the sensor.2. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the printing unit prints claim 1 , in a case in which the width of the print medium is detected by the sensor claim 1 , a part of the image using recording elements on a downstream side in the conveyance direction by the conveying unit from the recording elements used in the printing of a part of the image of printing target in a case in which the detection is not performed.3. The printing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein claim 2 ,in the printing if the width of the print medium is not detected by the sensor, the printing unit prints a part of the ...

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRINTER EMULATION ON A COMPUTING DEVICE NOT BEING CONNECTED TO THE PRINTER

A first portion of printer firmware of a printer is provided to a computing device. The first portion of printer firmware is operable on the printer as a function of at least one application programming interface. A second portion of printer firmware, which is different from the first portion of printer firmware, is provided to the printer, but not provided to the computing device. A programming code is provided to the computing device. The programming code runs on the computing device and interfaces with the first portion of printer firmware provided to the computing device so as to cause the computing device to emulate the printer running the programming code, thereby accurately representing a printer output and the functioning of the printer when the computing device and the printer cannot communicate with each other. 1. A method of emulating a printer on a computing device for a customized printing operation , the method comprising the steps of:providing a first portion of printer firmware to the computing device, wherein the first portion of printer firmware is operable on the printer as a function of at least one application programming interface, the first portion of printer firmware being different from a second portion of printer firmware, the second portion of printer firmware being provided to the printer, but not being provided to the computing device;providing a programming code to the computing device; andwherein the programming code runs on the computing device and interfaces with the first portion of printer firmware provided to the computing device so as to cause the computing device to emulate the printer running the programming code, thereby accurately representing a printer output and the functioning of the printer when the computing device and the printer cannot communicate with each other.2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:providing the programming code to the printer; andrunning the programming code on the printer,wherein the ...

WORKFLOW CREATION SUPPORT DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD

A workflow creation support device includes: a job information capturing unit that captures job information including information on a plurality of parameters for specifying job contents; a narrowing processing unit that narrows a plurality of pre-registered templates as selection candidates, using information on at least some of the parameters from the information on the parameters; a selection-screen-data creating unit that creates selection screen data used for displaying information on the narrowed templates and displaying a selection screen for receiving an operation allowing a user to select one template from the selection candidates; and a job-definition-file creating unit that creates a job definition file based on information on the selected template and the information on the parameters. 1. A workflow creation support device that supports creation of a workflow for printing ,the workflow creation support device comprising:a job information capturing unit that captures job information including information on a plurality of parameters for specifying job contents;a narrowing processing unit that narrows a plurality of pre-registered templates as selection candidates, using information on at least some of the parameters from the information on the parameters captured by the job information capturing unit;a selection-screen-data creating unit that creates selection screen data used for displaying, as selection candidates, information on the templates narrowed by the narrowing processing unit and displaying a selection screen for receiving a selecting operation allowing a user to select one template from the selection candidates; anda job-definition-file creating unit that creates a job definition file based on information on the one template selected by the selecting operation and the information on the parameters.2. The workflow creation support device according to claim 1 ,wherein the job information capturing unit includes a file processing unit that ...

Image forming system, data processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, recording medium and display method

When an image formation instruction for created document data is received, image data for a preview image corresponding to the document data is generated, the preview image based on the image data is displayed on a display, and an image is formed using data for image formation based on the image data for the preview image.

PREVIEW SCREEN DISPLAY APPARATUS, PREVIEW SCREEN DISPLAY METHOD, AND PREVIEW SCREEN DISPLAY PROGRAM

A preview screen display apparatus for displaying a preview screen for printing includes a selection unit which selects a print setting function in accordance with an input from a user, a reading unit which reads preview images, and a preview display unit which performs simultaneous display of a plurality of display objects corresponding to a plurality of different settings and including the preview images on a same screen or performs switching display of the display objects upon accepting selecting operation by the user, regarding the print setting function selected by the selection unit. 1. A preview screen display apparatus for displaying a preview screen for printing , the preview screen display apparatus comprising:a selection unit which selects a print setting function in accordance with an input from a user;a reading unit which acquires at least one of preview images; anda preview display unit which displays an object including the at least one of preview images, for each set value, on a screen displayed when setting is performed for each print setting function.2. The preview screen display apparatus according to claim 1 , whereinthe preview display unit performs simultaneous display of a plurality of objects corresponding to a plurality of different settings and including the at least one of preview images on a same screen or performs switching display of the objects upon accepting selecting operation by the user, regarding the print setting function selected by the selection unit.3. The preview screen display apparatus according to claim 2 , whereinthe preview display unit displays the plurality of objects at different positions when performing the simultaneous display, and displays the plurality of objects at a same position when performing the switching display.4. The preview screen display apparatus according to claim 2 , whereinwhen the selection unit selects the print setting function, if the reading unit has already read the at least one of preview ...

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM

An information processing apparatus includes: a reception section that receives print data including plural page images and receives data on what type the print data is for selecting attribute information with a degree of importance set for each attribute indicating a feature of the page image; an acquisition section that acquires the attribute information according to the type of the print data; a setting section that sets an evaluation value for each of the page images included in the print data by using the acquired attribute information; and a control section that performs a control to display previews of the page images according to the evaluation values. 1. An information processing apparatus comprising:a reception section that receives print data including a plurality of page images and receives data on what type the print data is for selecting attribute information with a degree of importance set for each attribute indicating a feature of the page image;an acquisition section that acquires the attribute information according to the type of the print data;a setting section that sets an evaluation value for each of the page images included in the print data by using the acquired attribute information; anda control section that performs a control to display previews of the page images according to the evaluation values.2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , whereinthe control section performs a control to display the previews of the page images and to display the selected type of the print data when the previews of the page images are displayed.3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , whereinthe reception section receives a change in the attribute information according to the displayed type of the print data.4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 , whereinthe control section performs a control to display the attribute information when the reception section receives the change in the attribute ...

CONTROL METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS

There is provided a control method for an information processing apparatus that stores an editing application with which editing of intermediate data including drawing data generated by a drawing application can be performed, the control method including: obtaining information associated with a print setting; deciding an interface used for obtaining the intermediate data from among a plurality of interfaces on a basis of the obtained information associated with the print setting; and obtaining the intermediate data by using the decided interface, in which the intermediate data output from the editing application is obtained by a printer driver and converted into a print command. 1. A control method implemented in an information processing apparatus by at least one processor that executes a function extending application that is able to extend a function of a print software that generates a print command and is able to perform editing of intermediate data including drawing data generated by a drawing application , the control method comprising:performing first obtaining processing to obtain information associated with a print setting;performing determination processing to determine, on a basis of the obtained information associated with the print setting, which interface is selected for obtaining intermediate data including the drawing data, from a plurality of interfaces; andperforming second obtaining processing to obtain the intermediate data by using the selected interface,wherein the function extending application is activated based on a print instruction, and performs the first obtaining processing, the determination processing, and the second obtaining processing, andwherein the intermediate data output from the function extending application after the first obtaining processing, the determination processing and the second obtaining processing, is obtained by the print software and converted into the print command by the print software.2. The control method ...

IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM

An image processing apparatus includes a processor and a warning unit. The processor applies screen processing to image data including a periodic pattern. The warning unit outputs, in a case where a difference between an evaluation value of image quality of the image data before the screen processing and an evaluation value of image quality of the image data after the screen processing is outside a predetermined range of values, warning information indicating that the difference is outside the predetermined range of values. 1. An image processing apparatus comprising:a processor that applies screen processing to image data including a periodic pattern; anda warning unit that outputs, in a case where a difference between an evaluation value of image quality of the image data before the screen processing and an evaluation value of image quality of the image data after the screen processing is outside a predetermined range of values, warning information indicating that the difference is outside the predetermined range of values.2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the warning unit calculates the evaluation values regarding a specific object.3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein claim 2 , in a case where a difference between an average value of pixel values of pixels constituting the specific object before the screen processing and an average value of pixel values of pixels constituting the specific object after the screen processing is outside a predetermined range of values claim 2 , the warning unit outputs the warning information.4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the specific object is an image object.5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the image object is composed of lossless-compressed data.6. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the warning unit displays the warning information by including the warning information in a ...

DOCUMENT PROCESSING FOR PRINTING

The present subject matter discloses processing documents for printing. In an example implementation, a print preview of a plurality of documents to be printed by an image forming system is generated. The plurality of documents is assigning to at least one print job bucket. Each print job bucket is indicative of a print job for documents assigned to a respective print job bucket. A set of print job attributes is assigned to each print job bucket. The set of print job attributes is indicative of print settings for printing documents associated with a respective print job bucket. 1. A method of processing documents for printing , comprising:generating a print preview of a plurality of documents to be printed by an image forming system;assigning the plurality of documents to at least one print job bucket, wherein each print job bucket is indicative of a print job for documents assigned to a respective print job bucket; andassigning a set of print job attributes to each print job bucket, wherein the set of print job attributes is indicative of print settings for printing documents associated with a respective print job bucket.2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising printing claim 1 , based on the assigned set of print job attributes claim 1 , the documents assigned to the respective print job buckets.3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein assigning the plurality of documents to the at least one print job bucket comprises receiving a first set of user inputs indicative of assignment of the plurality of documents to the at least one print job bucket.4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein assigning the set of print job attributes to each print job bucket comprises receiving a second set of user inputs indicative of assignment of the set of print job attributes to each print job bucket.5. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising claim 1 , on assigning the set of print job attributes to each print job bucket claim 1 , generating a ...

CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

A control apparatus includes a controller that obtains a first job associated with first document image data, obtains read image data of a color sample associated with the first document image data, generates a first color conversion parameter regarding a color conversion of the first document image data based on the first document image data and the read image data, and automatically associates the first color conversion parameter with the first job. 1. A control apparatus comprising: obtains a first job associated with first document image data,', 'obtains read image data of a color sample associated with the first document image data,', 'generates a first color conversion parameter regarding a color conversion of the first document image data based on the first document image data and the read image data, and', 'automatically associates the first color conversion parameter with the first job., 'a controller that2. The control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein 'registers the first color conversion parameter to be associated with the first job in a database with a name different from a second color conversion parameter registered in the database in advance.', 'the controller further3. The control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein displays a plurality of jobs as a list on a display,', 'receives a selection of a job from among the jobs in the list, and', 'obtains the selected job as the first job., 'the controller further4. The control apparatus according to claim 1 , whereinthe controller further prohibits the first color conversion parameter associated with the first job from being associated with a job other than the first job.5. The control apparatus according to claim 4 , whereinwhen a display displays a setting screen of color conversion parameter for the other job, the controller further prohibits the first color conversion parameter from being displayed as an option.6. The control apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein determines whether the ...

INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND RECORDING SYSTEM

In an information processing device, a storage unit stores format information and an option value to be used in a recording process. A communication unit is configured to perform wireless communication with a service providing device and an image recording device configured to perform the recording process. A control unit executes: receiving layout definition data including layout information representing a layout of a content image icon; displaying a layout image in which the content image icon is disposed according to the layout information; receiving content data from the service providing device; displaying a preview image representing a result of the recording process when the user's touch operation is received on a location of the content image icon; and transmitting recording instruction when the user's operation for instructing the image recording device to perform the recording process is received. 1. A terminal device comprising:a display;a user interface that receives touch operations on a display screen of the display;a network interface that enables to communicate with the Internet; anda processor configured to execute: the layout definition data defining a note and defining a layout of contents including the first content and the second content in the note,', 'the first content indicated by first content data,', the first content data being data in a first data format,', the first data format associated with a first option value being an option value used for the image recording, and', 'the second data format associated with a second option value being an option value used for the image recording, the second option value being different from the first option value;, 'the second content data being data in a second data format that is different from the first data format,'}], 'the second content indicated by second content data,'}], 'a layout displaying controlling process of controlling the display to display a layout screen in which a first content ...

PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROL METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM

A print control apparatus includes: a print controller that controls operation of an image forming apparatus which prints images on a continuous sheet; a display controller that causes a display apparatus to display a main screen which is a print setting screen including setting items corresponding to contents of the operation of the image forming apparatus; and an input controller that receives instructions related to setting contents of the setting items. The main screen includes a first print pattern diagram. The first print pattern diagram includes: a sheet diagram part that represents a figure corresponding to pages in the continuous sheet; and setting diagram parts that represent figures corresponding to the setting contents of the setting items. The display controller updates contents of the first print pattern diagram in response to the setting contents of the setting items that the input controller receives. 1. A print control apparatus comprising:a print controller that controls operation of an image forming apparatus which prints images on a continuous sheet;a display controller that causes a display apparatus to display a main screen which is a print setting screen including setting items corresponding to contents of the operation of the image forming apparatus; andan input controller that receives instructions related to setting contents of the setting items, whereinthe main screen includes a first print pattern diagram, a sheet diagram part that represents a figure corresponding to pages in the continuous sheet, and', 'setting diagram parts that represent figures corresponding to the setting contents of the setting items, and, 'the first print pattern diagram includes'}the display controller updates contents of the first print pattern diagram in response to the setting contents of the setting items that the input controller receives.2. The print control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a first item that specifies an orientation of the images to ...

DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM

A display control apparatus, when a display displays side by side a plurality of serial number elements with a predetermined regularity in order of serial number printing in which the plurality of serial number elements are printed in turn, includes a controller configured to replace at least two consecutive serial number elements from among the plurality of serial number elements excepting first and last serial number elements with omission information, which is a symbol or a character indicating omission of the at least two consecutive serial number elements, and to display the omission information on the display. 1. A display control apparatus , when a display displays side by side a plurality of serial number elements with a predetermined regularity in order of serial number printing in which the plurality of serial number elements are printed in turn , comprising:a controller configured to replace at least two consecutive serial number elements from among the plurality of serial number elements excepting first and last serial number elements with omission information, which is a symbol or a character indicating omission of the at least two consecutive serial number elements, and to display the omission information on the display.2. The display control apparatus according to claim 1 , whereinthe controller determines elements to be omitted to be replaceable with the omission information from among the plurality of serial number elements, based on serial number setting for the serial number printing.3. The display control apparatus according to claim 2 , whereinin a case where there are N (where N is an integer satisfying N≥4) display positions arranged side by side in the display, the plurality of serial number elements being displayed at respective display positions on a one-by-one basis, the controller determines at least one display position at which the omission information is displayed from among the N display positions, based on the serial number setting, ...

PRINTING SYSTEM AND PRINTING METHOD

A printing system includes a terminal device, a plurality of printers, a first server, and a second server. The first server calculates a round-trip accuracy of each printer using a color conversion profile supplied from the second server with respect to target color information included in a printing command provided from the terminal device, and selects one or more printers among the plurality of printers according to the round-trip accuracy to cause the printers to execute printing. 1. A printing system constituting a network , comprising:a terminal device;a plurality of printers;a first server that receives a printing command including image data to be used for printing and target color information indicating a target color for color reproduction from the terminal device, and selects one or more printers among the plurality of printers according to the printing command to cause the printers to execute printing; anda second server that stores a color conversion profile indicating color reproduction characteristics of the plurality of printers, wherein a calculation unit that calculates a round-trip accuracy with respect to each printer of the plurality of printers using the target color information and the color conversion profile supplied from the second server, and', 'a selection unit that selects a printer to be used for printing according to the printing command depending on the round-trip accuracy, and, 'the first server includes'} (a) processing for obtaining a first color value indicating the target color in a device-independent color system from the target color information,', '(b) processing for converting the first color value into a second color value using a first color conversion profile for converting a color in the device-independent color system into a color in a device-dependent color system of each printer, and a second color conversion profile for converting a color in the device-dependent color system of each printer into a color in the device ...

Storage medium storing instructions for creating first print label and second print label having alignment mark used when overlaying first and second print labels

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores computer-readable instructions for causing a terminal device to perform: generating first print data for creating a first print label having a first print object formed thereon; generating second print data for creating a second print label having a second print object formed thereon; generating, based on the first print data, outline data representing an outline of the first print object; generating, based on the outline data, alignment mark data representing an alignment mark used for aligning the first print label with the second print label when overlaying these labels; generating third print data by adding the alignment mark data to the second print data such that the alignment mark is added to a portion of the second print label that corresponds to the outline of the first print object; and transmitting the first and third print data to a label creating device.

SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS AND INFORMATION APPARATUS FOR PRINTING OVER AIR OR FOR PRINTING OVER A NETWORK

Information apparatus and application software supporting printing over air or network are herein disclosed and enabled. The information apparatus may include one or more software components that include (1) a discovery component to discover a supported printer in a local area network (LAN) and to receive device information related to the printer (e.g., capability, language or format supported, identification) from the printer, and (2) a printing component to generate or obtain print data based on the device information received and to transmit the print data to the discovered printer. After establishing the connection to the LAN, application software (e.g., Internet browser, email, photos, documents) in the information apparatus may print digital content by using the discovery component to discover the printer in the LAN, and may use the printing component to obtain and transmit print data in a form that is acceptable to the printer for printing the digital content. 1. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having recorded therein software program executable , at least partly , by one or more processors of an information apparatus to perform a printing method , the information apparatus includes:the one or more processors;a communication interface for establishing a local area network connection to a local area network;memory or storage component storing at least part of operating system software to facilitate operations of the software program; andwherein the printing method comprises:(1) obtaining, by the software program, digital content for printing;(2) discovering, via the communication interface, a printer that is available in the local area network;(3) receiving, over the local area network and via the communication interface, capability information from the printer discovered in (2), the capability information received from the printer is related to the printer;(4) generating print data from at least part of the digital content obtained in (1), ...

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

An apparatus includes an image-processing-unit that generates tag information indicating whether each of pixels of a first-resolution image data is a pixel of a character or a line, a resolution-converting-unit that converts the first-resolution image data to image data with a second resolution higher than the first resolution, and a light-source-driving-unit that drives light-source according to the second-resolution image data. The resolution-converting-unit includes an image-matrix-acquiring-unit that acquires an image matrix being image data and tag information with the first resolution in an area containing a target-pixel and pixels around the target-pixel, a pattern-matching-unit that determines whether the target-pixel is a pixel of an edge of a character or a line based on the image matrix, and a first-converting-unit that, when the pixel is the edge pixel, converts the image data to image data with the second resolution of a pattern determined in accordance with a layout of the target-pixel. 1. An image forming apparatus that forms an image corresponding to light emitted by a light source , the image forming apparatus comprising:an image processing unit that forms image data with a first resolution and tag information indicating whether or not each of pixels of the image data is a pixel of a character or a line based on input image data;a resolution converting unit that sequentially selects target pixels from the image data with the first resolution, and converts the image data with the first resolution to image data with a second resolution higher than the first resolution for each of the target pixels; anda light source driving unit that drives the light source by a modulation signal corresponding to the image data with the second resolution, wherein an image matrix acquiring unit that acquires an image matrix that is image data and tag information with the first resolution in an area containing each of the target pixels and pixels around the target pixel ...

CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF CONTROL DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

A terminal device includes: a printer driver execution unit that generates divided job execution data that causes a printer to perform printing; a terminal storage unit that stores divided job execution data generated by the printer driver execution unit; a determination unit that determines whether or not a predetermined aggregation condition is met; an aggregation unit that, when the determination unit determines that the predetermined aggregation condition is met, generates aggregated divided job execution data in which a plurality of divided job execution data stored in the terminal storage unit are aggregated; and a terminal communication unit that transmits the aggregated divided job execution data generated by the aggregation unit to the printer. 1. A control device comprising:a generation unit that generates at least one execution data piece causing a printer device to perform printing;a storage unit that stores the at least one execution data piece generated by the generation unit;a determination unit that determines whether or not a predetermined aggregation condition is met;an aggregation unit that, when the determination unit determines that the predetermined aggregation condition is met, generates aggregated execution data in which a plurality of execution data pieces stored in the storage unit are aggregated; anda transmission unit that transmits the aggregated execution data generated by the aggregation unit to the printer device.2. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the generation unit generates claim 1 , in accordance with divided job data related to corresponding one of divided jobs divided from a single print job claim 1 , execution data that causes the printer device to execute the divided job.3. The control device according to claim 2 , wherein when claim 2 , after the storage unit stores an execution data piece claim 2 , the storage unit does not store another execution data piece for a certain period claim 2 , the determination ...

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

An image forming apparatus registers print jobs based on received print data and executes image formation based on a print job selected from the registered print jobs. The image forming apparatus stores a new arrival/not-new arrival state of print jobs, which enables selection of just the newly-arrived print jobs. 1. An image forming apparatus , comprising:a registration unit configured to register a print job in association with a user;a display control unit configured to display a list of print jobs registered in association with a user logged into the image forming apparatus;a print control unit configured to perform printing based on a print job selected from the displayed list; anda storage unit configured to store state information in association with the print job, the state information relating to whether a predetermined operation is performed by the user associated with the print job during a period after the print job is registered until the print job is printed,wherein the display control unit displays, based on the state information stored in association with each print job, a print job subjected to the predetermined operation and a print job not subjected to the predetermined operation.2. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display control unit displays the list of print jobs in a state where the print jobs not subjected to the predetermined operation are previously selected.3. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a selection object to collectively put the print jobs not subjected to the predetermined operation into a selected state is provided on a screen on which the list of print job is displayed.4. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display control unit displays the list of print jobs in a state where the print jobs subjected to the predetermined operation are previously selected.5. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a selection object to ...

Image Forming Apparatus Provided with Exposure Head Having Light Emitting Portions and Lens Array

In an image forming apparatus, a plurality of light emitting portions arrayed in an array direction. A lens array has a length in the array direction longer than a length in a direction orthogonal to the array direction. A controller is configured to perform: converting a reference printing pattern including a plurality of first linear patterns to a detection pattern including a plurality of second linear patterns, each of the plurality of first linear patterns forming a first angle with respect to a reference line parallel to the array direction, each of the plurality of second linear patterns forming a second angle smaller than the first angle with respect to the reference line; forming a detection pattern image on a transfer medium; detecting a print density of the detection pattern image with a sensor; and setting an image formation condition according to the print density detected by the sensor. 1. An image forming apparatus comprising:a developing device configured to form a developer image on a transfer medium, the developing device comprising a photosensitive member;an exposure head configured to expose the photosensitive member, the exposure head comprising: a lens array having a first length in the array direction and a second length shorter than the first length in a direction orthogonal to the array direction;', 'a sensor configured to detect a density of the developer image on the transfer medium; and, 'a plurality of light emitting portions arrayed in an array direction, each of the plurality of light emitting portions emitting light in an optical axis direction; and'} forming a printing pattern image on the transfer medium using a reference printing pattern having an exposure density corresponding to a prescribed target density, the exposure density being an area ratio of exposed area to total area in the printing pattern image, the reference printing pattern including a plurality of first linear patterns, each of the plurality of first linear ...

CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM

A control method for an information processing apparatus, comprises: editing, based on a user instruction, a plurality of pages which are displayed on a display unit of the information processing apparatus and on which images designated by a user can be laid out; making, if the plurality of pages include a blank page on which no image is laid out, a notification to the user; and generating, based on a result of the editing, print data for printing the plurality of pages. 1. A control method for an information processing apparatus , comprising:editing, based on a user instruction, a plurality of pages which are displayed on a display unit of the information processing apparatus and on which images designated by a user can be laid out;making, if the plurality of pages include a blank page on which no image is laid out, a notification to the user; andgenerating, based on a result of the editing, print data for printing the plurality of pages.2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising receiving claim 1 , from the user claim 1 , an addition instruction to add the blank page to the plurality of pages claim 1 ,wherein if all the blank pages included in the plurality of pages are the blank pages added to the plurality of pages based on reception of the addition instruction, the notification is not executed.3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the notification is processing of displaying a notification region for notifying the user that the plurality of pages include the blank page.4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the notification is executed in a state in which an edit screen is displayed.5. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the notification is executed in a state in which a preview screen indicating a print result of the plurality of pages is displayed.6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the notification is executed based on reception of a print instruction to execute printing based on the print data from the user.7. The ...

DOCUMENT PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING A PRINT JOB

A method for processing a print job on a document processing system including a plurality of devices which includes at least one printer and at least one finisher in order to deliver an end print product according to print specifications of the print job. Each device is described in a dedicated device model including constraints and capabilities of the device. The method includes receiving a print job with print specifications, generating a production route for the end product by selecting at least one printer and at least one finisher to deliver the end product, simulating the production route for the end product by executing the device models for the selected devices, generating finishing instructions for the at least one finisher, and processing the print job by printing the end product by the at least one printer and by finishing the end product by the at least one finisher according to the generated finishing instructions. 1. A method for processing a print job by a document processing system comprising a plurality of devices , the plurality of devices comprising at least one printer and at least one finisher which is an off-line finisher or a near-line finisher in order to deliver an end print product according to print specifications of the print job , each device of the plurality of devices being described in a dedicated device model comprising constraints and capabilities of said device , the method comprising the steps of:receiving the print job at the document processing system with print specifications;automatically generating a production route for the end product by selecting by means of the device models the at least one printer and the at least one finisher to deliver the end product;simulating the production route for the end product by executing the device models for the selected devices;generating directly from the simulation of the production route finishing instructions for an operator of the at least one finisher; andprocessing the print job by ...

PRINTING METHOD

A printing method comprising the steps of providing, in relation to data of a print job to be carried out, at least one prediction for print data for at least one selection of print parameters using at least one set of sample print data (S). At least one print parameter is optionally adjusted to provide a prediction which comes sufficiently close to the data of the print job (B). A software product for performing the method is also disclosed, and the use of the software product for determining printing parameters for a printing method. 115-. (canceled)16. A printing method comprising the following steps:a) providing, in relation to data of a print job to be carried out, at least one prediction for print data for at least one selection of print parameters using at least one set of sample print data, andb) optionally adjusting at least one print parameter to provide a prediction which comes sufficiently close to the data of the print job.17168. The printing method according to claim , wherein printing is only started after said prediction was provided which comes sufficiently close to the data of the print job.18. The printing method according to claim 16 , wherein steps a) and/or b) are carried out with the aid of a computer.19. The printing method according to claim 17 , wherein steps a) and/or b) are carried out with the aid of a computer.20. The printing method according to claim 16 , wherein said at least one set of sample print data are spectral data for a preselected ink formula claim 16 , a preselected substrate claim 16 , and preselected print parameters.21. The printing method according to claim 20 , wherein said at least one set of sample print data are stored in a database and can be retrieved from said database.22. The printing method according to claim 21 , wherein said stored sample print data can be visualized.23. The printing method according to claim 16 , wherein in step a) said prediction is provided by extrapolation from a set of sample print data ...

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SYSTEM, DISPLAY METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM

An information processing apparatus comprises: a first display unit configured to display a preview screen including a preview image based on page data included in book data; a setting unit configured to set a spread attribute for laying out one page data included in the book data over a plurality of pages; and a display unit configured to display, if the page data set with the spread attribute does not satisfy a spread condition, information indicating that the spread condition is not satisfied in association with a preview image based on the page data set with the spread attribute together with the preview image based on the page data set with the spread attribute. 1. An information processing apparatus comprising:a first display unit configured to display a preview screen including a preview image based on page data included in book data;a setting unit configured to set a spread attribute for laying out one page data included in the book data over a plurality of pages; anda display unit configured to display, if the page data set with the spread attribute does not satisfy a spread condition, information indicating that the spread condition is not satisfied in association with a preview image based on the page data set with the spread attribute together with the preview image based on the page data set with the spread attribute.2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:an acceptance unit configured to accept an instruction for print processing; anda restriction unit configured to restrict, if the instruction for the print processing is accepted even though the page data set with the spread attribute does not satisfy the spread condition, execution of the print processing.3. The apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the restriction unit restricts the execution of the print processing by making a notification that the spread condition is not satisfied.4. The apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein if the instruction for the print processing ...

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD

An information processing apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive a print job from a client device; a preview image generator configured to generate a preview image of a print data item included in the print job; and a transmitter configured to transmit the generated preview image to an image forming apparatus. The preview image generator limits the generation of the preview image of the print data item based on a page condition when a first print language is used in the print data item, and the preview image generator limits the generation of the preview image of the print data item based on a time condition when a second print language is used in the print data item. 112-. (canceled)13. An information processing apparatus comprising:a receiver configured to receive a print data item from a client device via a network;a print data storage configured to store the print data item received by the receiver in a first storage device;a print controller configured to control an operation of printing the print data item specified from among one or more of the print data items stored in the first storage device;a setting registerer configured to register a setting for controlling a generation process of generating a preview image corresponding to the print data item at a timing when the print data item is received by the receiver, the setting being specified by a user via a setting screen;a first preview image generator configured to generate the preview image of the print data item based on the setting, in response to the receiver receiving the print data item;a preview image storage configured to store the generated preview image in a second storage device;a preview request acceptor configured to accept a display request to display the preview image of the print data item specified from among the one or more of the print data items stored in the first storage device;a second preview image generator configured to confirm whether the requested preview image is ...

METHOD FOR IMPROVING MECHANICAL ROBUSTNESS OF A COLOR PRINT

A method for improving the abrasion resistance of a printed image, the image being processed digitally by a colour management system for a print process comprising a set of colorants, the colour management system transforming a colour of a part of the image into a colorant coverage for said part of the printed image, wherein a sum of coverage values for all colorants in the set of colorants is larger than a user-selectable threshold value. In a preferred embodiment the set of colorants includes a colorless, transparent colorant. 1. A method for improving the abrasion resistance of a printed image , that results from an image being processed digitally by a color management system for a print process comprising a set of colorants , the color management system transforming a color of a part of the image into a colorant coverage for said part of the printed image , wherein a sum of coverage values for all colorants in the set of colorants is larger than a user-selectable threshold value.2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the set of colorants comprises a colorless claim 1 , transparent colorant.3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the print process is an ink jet process.4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the colorant is a UV-curable ink.5. A color management system claim 3 , comprising a profiling module and a user interface for setting parameters to control a transformation of a color of a part of an image into a coverage value for said part of the image claim 3 , the user interface comprising a field for setting a lower limit for a sum of the coverage values for all colorants.6. A print system for printing an image on a substrate claim 5 , the print system comprising a controller for processing digital image data into print instructions claim 5 , the controller comprising a color management system according to .7. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer executable instructions for applying the method according to . The ...

Information processing apparatus, method, and recording medium

An information processing apparatus includes a memory that stores a usage history of using an image forming apparatus by a user and a number of times of viewing report information by the user; and circuitry configured to determine an arrangement of the report information relating to a function of an application and display the report information, based on the usage history and the number of times of viewing the report information by the user.

IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING DEVICE

An image forming device includes an input unit to which image data are input, an image processing unit that performs image processing and generates output data, and an output unit that executes a job on the basis of the output data. The image processing unit, in a vertical width compaction process, recognizes a field enclosed by borders; determines whether the recognized field is a vertical width compaction candidate field; sets a vertical omission band in such a way as to include the blank and part of the border of the vertical width compaction candidate field, without eliminating information; eliminates the vertical omission band of the image data; and shifts and compacts the image data below the vertical omission band in the upward direction. 1. An image forming device comprising:an input unit configured to input image data for executing a job; recognizing a field enclosed by borders in a page of the image data,', 'determining whether or not the recognized field is a vertical width compaction candidate field including a blank from left end to right end of the field, the blank having a predetermined width or more in the vertical direction,', 'setting a band-like vertical omission band from the left end to the right end of the page overlapping an area of the determined vertical width compaction candidate field,', 'setting the vertical omission band so as to include the blank and a part of borders of the vertical width compaction candidate field but not to delete information, and', 'deleting the set vertical omission band in the image data so as to shift and compact the image data below the vertical omission band in the upward direction; and, 'an image processing unit configured to perform image processing based on the image data input to the input unit, to generate output data, and to perform a vertical width compaction process in the image processing, the vertical width compaction process including'}an output unit configured to perform the job based on the output ...

THRESHOLD MATRIX GENERATING METHOD

A first dot pattern printed according to a result of quantization performed on a multi-valued grayscale value by using a first threshold matrix and a second dot pattern printed according to a result of quantization performed on multi-valued grayscale value by using a second threshold matrix are printed on a print medium in an overlapping manner. In order to generate the threshold matrices, a first initial pattern being a dot pattern corresponding to a first grayscale value and a second initial pattern being a dot pattern corresponding to a second grayscale value lower than the first grayscale value are generated for pixel regions of the first and second threshold matrices. Then, thresholds of the first and second threshold matrices are set such that dot patterns having continuity with the first and second initial patterns are obtained at grayscale values between the first and second grayscale values. 1. A threshold matrix generating method of generating a first threshold matrix and a second threshold matrix that is used in an image processing apparatus , comprisinga dot pattern generating step of generating a first initial pattern that is a dot pattern corresponding to a first grayscale value and a second initial pattern that is a dot pattern corresponding to a second grayscale value lower than the first grayscale value for each of a pixel region of the first threshold matrix and a pixel region of the second threshold matrix; anda threshold setting step of setting thresholds for each of the pixel regions of the first threshold matrix and the second threshold matrix based on the first initial pattern and the second initial pattern such that dot patterns having continuity with the first initial pattern and the second initial pattern are obtained at grayscale values between the first grayscale value and the second grayscale value, whereina first dot pattern according to a result of quantization performed on multi-valued grayscale values by using the first threshold ...

NOTIFICATION SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND SERVER SYSTEM

An information processing apparatus is controlled to execute, at a first timing, notification processing for a first printed material obtained by printing a first content, based on information indicating that a content printed by a printing apparatus corresponds to the first content, and the information processing apparatus is controlled to execute, at a second timing earlier than the first timing, notification processing for a second printed material obtained by printing a second content, based on information indicating that the content printed by the printing apparatus corresponds to the second content, the second content being different from the first content. 1. A notification system comprising:a printing apparatus; anda server system, the server system being provided outside the printing apparatus and being provided outside an information processing apparatus,wherein the printing apparatus includes a printing unit configured to print a content, andwherein the server system includes a control unit configured to control the information processing apparatus to execute, at a first timing, notification processing for a first printed material obtained by printing a first content, based on information indicating that the content printed by the printing apparatus corresponds to the first content, and to control the information processing apparatus to execute, at a second timing earlier than the first timing, notification processing for a second printed material obtained by printing a second content, based on information indicating that the content printed by the printing apparatus corresponds to the second content, the second content being different from the first content.2. The notification system according to claim 1 , wherein the first content includes an assisting image area for assisting processing of a printed material.3. The notification system according to claim 2 , wherein the second content does not include the assisting image area.4. The notification system ...

INFORMATION PROCESSOR AND DIGITAL PLATE INSPECTION METHOD

An information processor includes a display unit configured to display page content of each of a first page and a second page expressed in a page description language, a difference detection unit configured to detect a difference between an object included in the first page and an object included in the second page by analyzing an object structure in page description data of each of the first page and the second page and by comparing the first page and the second page which are each in a state of an object of the page description data, and a display control unit configured to control the display unit to display information on the difference detected by the difference detection unit. 1. An information processor , comprising:a display unit configured to display page content of each of a first page and a second page expressed in a page description language;a difference detection unit configured to detect a difference between an object included in the first page and an object included in the second page by analyzing an object structure in page description data of each of the first page and the second page and by comparing the first page and the second page which are each in a state of an object of the page description data; anda display control unit configured to control the display unit to display information on the difference detected by the difference detection unit.2. The information processor according to claim 1 , wherein the information on the difference includes information indicating a portion at which the difference is detected and information indicating a different point in an object attribute.3. The information processor according to claim 1 , wherein a display mode in which the display unit displays the information on the difference includes a plurality of modes that is at least two modes of a first mode in which the first page and the second page are arranged to be displayed claim 1 , a second mode in which the first page and the second page are toggled to ...

APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING MEDIA, APPARATUS FOR TRANSPORTING MEDIA AND PRINTING APPARATUS

To provide a media determining apparatus for enabling transparency of a medium to be determined at low cost, the media determining apparatus is provided with a transport section that transports a medium, a sensor including a light emitting device and a light receiving device to detect the medium, and a control section that detects the medium transported with the transport section corresponding to an output voltage of the sensor. The control section determines transparency of the medium by comparing the output voltage A of the sensor before a front end of the medium arrives at a detection position of the sensor, the output voltage B of the sensor when the front end arrives at the detection position, and the output voltage C of the sensor after the front end arriving at the detection position. 1. A media determining apparatus comprising:a transport section adapted to transport a medium;a sensor including a light emitting device and a light receiving device to detect the medium; anda control section adapted to detect the medium transported with the transport section corresponding to an output voltage of the sensor,wherein the control section determines transparency of the medium by comparing an output voltage A of the sensor before a front end of the medium arrives at a detection position of the sensor, an output voltage B of the sensor when the front end arrives at the detection position, and an output voltage C of the sensor after the front end arriving at the detection position.2. The media determining apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the control section detects the output voltage B after detecting a voltage lower than the output voltage A.3. The media determining apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the control section determines that the medium is a transparent body when the output voltage C is higher than the output voltage A claim 1 , while being lower than the output voltage B.4. The media determining apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the ...

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

In the case where an original document is edited, tints may be different at the time of printing because the attributes of drawings are different although they resemble each other. A specifying unit configured to specify contents of editing for an original document and a determination unit configured to determine a form of representation of the specified contents of editing so as to conform with the form of representation of an object in the original document are provided.

Generating an operating procedure manual

A device generates an operating procedure manual for software including a captured image of a screen displayed by the software. An image acquiring hardware unit acquires a plurality of captured images of a plurality of screens displayed by software in response to a plurality of operations with respect to the software. A dividing hardware unit divides the plurality of captured images into a plurality of captured image groups, to each of which at least one captured image acquired in response to at least one operation constituting a meaningful chunk belongs. A generating hardware unit generates an operating procedure manual including, for each captured image group, a captured image belonging to that captured image group.

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD

In a case where the printing of a plurality of copies based on an original image is to be executed by causing a feeding stage which is set for each of the plurality of copies to perform feeding, a feed operation is controlled so as to stop feeding from a feeding stage which serves as a feed target when a sheet attribute designated in a job and a sheet attribute set in the feeding stage are different from each other. 1. An image forming apparatus comprising:an execution unit configured to execute printing of a plurality of copies based on an original image by causing a feeding stage set for each of the plurality of copies to perform feeding; anda control unit configured to control a feed operation so as to stop feeding from the feeding stage in a case where a sheet attribute designated in a job for executing the printing of the plurality of copies by the execution unit and a sheet attribute set in a feeding stage which serves as a feed target are different from each other.2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the sheet attribute is a size claim 1 ,the apparatus further comprises a determination unit configured to determine, in a case where a size designated in the job and a size designated in the feeding stage which serves as the feed target are different from each other, whether the original image will be partially absent due to the size difference if the feeding is executed, andthe control unit stops feeding from the feeding stage which serves as the feed target in a case where the determination unit determines that the original image will be partially absent.3. The apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the control unit performs feeding from the feeding stage which serves as the feed target when the determination unit determines that the original image will not be partially absent.4. The apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the determination unit determines that the original image will not be partially absent in a case where the size set in the ...

Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium

Provided are an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and a storage medium that can contribute to formation of electric circuits having different resistance values without causing increase in cost. The image processing apparatus generates print data for printing an electrically conductive print image on a print medium by ejecting a metal particle-containing ink from ejection device, the image processing apparatus has: a setting unit configured to set a printing condition based on a resistance value of the electrically conductive print image so as to change at least one of an amount of ink droplets of the metal particle-containing ink contacting each other and a time to be taken for ejected metal particle-containing ink droplets to contact each other; and a generation unit configured to generate the print data based on image data for the electrically conductive print image and the printing condition.

Methods and systems for customization of a secured kiosk device

Systems and methods for customizing a kiosk device are disclosed. The methods may include, by a processor: providing a web-interface portal that enables a user to generate a customized application package for customization of a kiosk device that provides document processing services via a print device, receiving one or more custom files to be included in the customized application package from the user via the web-interface portal, and generating the customized application package. The customized application package includes the received one or more custom files stored in a format compatible with the kiosk device. The user does not have access to the format, and the customized application package when installed on the kiosk device will cause customization of the kiosk device in accordance with the one or more custom files.

IMAGE INSPECTION SYSTEM, IMAGE INSPECTION METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING IMAGE INSPECTION PROGRAM

An image inspection system includes: an image former that forms an image on a sheet based on image data including a common area and a variable area set therein, wherein a same image is to be printed in the common area on multiple print pages, and a variable image that differs between the multiple print pages is to be printed in the variable area; an image reader that generates a read image by reading the formed image; a hardware processor that generates an inspection image used to perform image inspection, based on a first read image generated; and a hardware processor that inspects a second read image generated, based on a difference between the second read image and the inspection image, excluding the area designated by a user as an exception to inspection. 1. An image inspection system , comprising:an image former that forms an image on a sheet based on image data in which a common area and a variable area set therein, the common area being an area in which a same image is printed on a plurality of print pages, the variable area being an area in which a variable image that differs between the plurality of print pages is printed;an image reader that generates a read image by reading the formed image;a hardware processor that generates an inspection image used to perform image inspection, based on a first read image generated; anda hardware processor that inspects a second read image generated, based on a difference between the second read image generated and the inspection image, excluding an area designated by a user as an exception to inspection.2. The image inspection system according to claim 1 , wherein the hardware processor performs the inspection on an area excluding both the variable image and an area selected by the user.3. The image inspection system according to claim 1 , wherein the hardware processor performs the inspection on an area excluding both the variable image and the variable area.4. The image inspection system according to claim 1 , wherein ...

DIVIDING A SPANNING REGION OF ADJACENT SUB-IMAGES TO GENERATE PRINT DATA

In some examples, a system selects a spanning region of an image spanning an intersection between adjacent sub-images that partition the image. The spanning region is divided based on a non-linear path that is determined on the basis of a user input, resulting in respective modified adjacent sub-images. Print data to cause a printing device to print the respective modified adjacent sub-images is generated on the basis of the dividing. 1. A method performed by a system comprising a hardware processor , comprising:receiving image data of an image, the image being unprintable in a single print of a printing device;partitioning the image into adjacent sub-images based on the received image data;selecting a spanning region that spans an intersection between the adjacent sub-images;receiving a user input defining an area across the spanning region;determining, based on an image attribute in the area, a non-linear path across the area using an image processing technique;dividing the spanning region between the adjacent sub-images based on the non-linear path, resulting in respective modified adjacent sub-images that are printable in a single print of the printing device; andbased on the dividing, generating first and second print data to cause the printing device to print respective first and second prints.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the partitioning produces the adjacent sub-images that are each printable in a single print of the printing device.3. The method of claim 1 , comprising:receiving print configuration data defining a printing parameter of the printing device; anddetermining whether the modified adjacent sub-images are printable by the printing device based on the print configuration data.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining of the non-linear path across the area using the image processing technique comprises identifying claim 1 , using the image processing technique claim 1 , elements of image data associated with the area having the image ...

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME

Disclosed herein are an image forming apparatus and a method of controlling the same. The method provides a preview picture color-calibrated depending on a color of a printing medium in an image forming apparatus which prints an image on the printing medium. The method includes receiving image data which is to be printed, receiving color information of a printing medium which is to be used in printing of the image data, and performing a first color calibration on the image data, reflecting the color information of the printing medium. 1. A method of controlling an image forming apparatus , comprising:receiving image data;receiving color information of a printing medium which is to be used in printing of the image data; andperforming a first color calibration on the image data, which reflects the color information of the printing medium.2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising displaying a preview picture of the color-calibrated image data on a display.3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising displaying a user interface configured to receive the color information of the printing medium on a display.4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the user interface displays a plurality of color samples on the display claim 3 , in order for a user to select a color corresponding to a color of the printing medium from among the color samples.5. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the user interface displays a unique identification code of at least one printing medium claim 3 , and a corresponding color on the display.6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein:when the at least one printing medium is selected, the preview picture is generated reflecting whiteness data of the at least one printing medium, andwherein the whiteness data of the at least one printing medium has been stored in the image forming apparatus.7. The method according to claim 6 , further comprising obtaining the whiteness data of the at least one printing medium in ...

PRINT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, PRINT MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

A print management system includes an image forming apparatus and a control apparatus, and includes a detection unit, a display unit, and a setting unit. The detection unit detects paper information which is set with respect to a print job. The display unit displays the paper information detected by the detection unit on a display device. The setting unit controls processing for displaying a setting screen used to allocate the paper information displayed on the display device to a paper feed stage of the image forming apparatus on a screen of the display device. 1. A print management system including an image forming apparatus and a control apparatus , the print management system comprising:a detection unit configured to detect paper information which is set with respect to a print job;a display unit configured to display the paper information detected by the detection unit on a display device; anda setting unit configured to control processing for displaying a setting screen used to allocate the paper information displayed on the display device to a paper feed stage of the image forming apparatus on a screen of the display device.2. The print management system according to claim 1 , wherein the detection unit claim 1 , the display unit claim 1 , and the setting unit are included in the control apparatus.3. The print management system according to claim 1 , wherein the setting unit allocates claim 1 , in the same screen as a screen in which paper information is being displayed on the display device claim 1 , the paper information to one of a plurality of paper feed stages of the image forming apparatus.4. The print management system according to claim 3 , wherein the setting unit allocates claim 3 , in the same screen as a screen in which paper information is being displayed on the display device claim 3 , the paper information to one of a plurality of paper feed stages of the image forming apparatus by performing drag and drop.5. The print management system ...

PRINTING APPARATUS

Folding information and printing surface information, included in content information of a sealed letter creation job, are compared with content printing conditions stored in a storage section, and an appropriate condition (a conveyance path after printing, execution/non-execution of image rotation, and printing page order) is selected such that the position of a window of a windowed envelope is aligned with the position of specifying information printed on a print sheet P to be a content when the print sheet P is enclosed in the envelope. A convey section and a printing section are controlled based on the selected content printing condition. 1. A printing apparatus comprising:a printing section that prints the specifying information on a content enclosed in an envelope; anda control section that makes determination as to execution or non-execution of image rotation of the specifying information printed on the content and as to whether the content is printed in ascending order or descending order of page numbers, based on content information including printing surface information to set at least a printing surface of the content to single-sided or double-sided so as to align the specifying information of the content enclosed in the envelope with a predetermined position in the envelope, and controls the printing section in accordance with a content printing condition determined based on the result of determination.2. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein in determination of the content printing condition claim 1 , determination as to whether the content after single-sided printing is conveyed on a single-sided conveyance path or a double-sided conveyance path is also made.3. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein folding information to set folding of the content is included in the content information. The present invention relates to a printing apparatus which prints a predetermined image on a printing object medium (print sheet) to be ...

INFORMATION APPARATUS AND SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS SUPPORTING PRINTING OF DIGITAL CONTENT OVER A NETWORK TO A REGISTERED PRINTER

Software applications and information apparatus supporting output of digital content over a network (e.g., Internet) to an output device (e.g., printer) are herein disclosed and enabled. To output digital content, an application for accessing a service provided over the network is installed, the information apparatus is connected to the local area network of the output device, the output device in the local area network (e.g., IEEE 802.11) is discovered, output device information is received from the discovered output device, and the output device information is transmitted to the service for registering the output device. Subsequent to registration, the information apparatus using an application (e.g., Internet browser, email, document) and having appropriate security or authentication information may transmit digital content to the service to output digital content at the registered output device. The output of digital content does not require a device specific driver that is installed in the information apparatus. 1. A method for outputting digital content from an information apparatus to an output device by using one or more application software executable at the information apparatus , the information apparatus includes:one or more processors;a user interface for interacting with a user;wireless communication circuitry for wireless communication;a memory or storage component; andone or more application software stored, at least partly, in the memory or storage component, the one or more application software includes at least one of an Internet browsing application, an email application, a document creation application, or a digital imaging application, individually or in any combination; wherein the one or more application software is executable by the one or more processors to facilitate output of digital content from the information apparatus; and wherein the method comprises:(1) wirelessly establishing, using the wireless communication circuitry of the ...

PRINTING DEVICES SUPPORTING PRINTING OVER AIR OR PRINTING OVER A WIRELESS NETWORK

Printing devices (including controllers) supporting printing in a wireless local area network, printing over air, or network printing by registering the printing device with a service over a network are herein disclosed and enabled. The printing device may include wireless communication circuitry that supports part of IEEE 802.11 standards for (1) connecting to a wireless local area network (LAN) to establish communication with an information apparatus that is in the wireless LAN; (2) transmitting device information related to the printing device from the printing device to the information apparatus; and (3) receiving print data from the information apparatus over the wireless LAN for printing at the printing device. The print data is based on the device information transmitted to the information apparatus. A printer driver specific to the printing device may or may not be necessary to be installed in the information apparatus for printing to the printing device. 1. A method for a printing device to wirelessly provide printing services , the printing device includes wireless communication circuitry for establishing a wireless local area network connection to a wireless local area network , the method comprises:(1) wirelessly connecting, using the wireless communication circuitry of the printing device, to the wireless local area network;(2) wirelessly establishing communication, using the wireless communication circuitry of the printing device, with an information apparatus that is in the wireless local area network in (1);(3) wirelessly transmitting, using the wireless communication circuitry and over the wireless local area network, device information from the printing device to the information apparatus in (2), the device information includes at least one of identification information, capability information, address information, status information, or attribute information, individually or in any combination, related to the printing device;(4) wirelessly ...

PRINT JOB TRANSMISSION DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, ANDIMAGE FORMING SYSTEM

When transmitting a print job to the image forming device, the print job transmission section transmits also a preview image of the print job generated by the preview image generation section to the image forming device, requests the preview image from the image forming device, acquires the preview image from the image forming device, and displays the acquired preview image. 1. A print job transmission device , comprising:a preview image generation section that generates a preview image of a print job;a print job transmission section that transmits a print job to an image forming device that executes printing in accordance with the print job;a preview image acquisition section that acquires the preview image; anda preview image display section that displays the preview image,wherein when transmitting a print job to the image forming device, the print job transmission section transmits also a preview image of the print job generated by the preview image generation section to the image forming device,the preview image acquisition section requests the preview image from the image forming device and acquires the preview image from the image forming device, andthe preview image display section displays the preview image acquired by the preview image acquisition section from the image forming device.2. An image forming device , comprising:a print execution section that executes printing in accordance with a print job transmitted from a print job transmission device;a preview image storage section that stores a preview image of the print job; anda preview image transmission section that transmits the preview image,wherein the preview image storage section stores the preview image transmitted from the print job transmission device, andwhen the preview image stored by the preview image storage section is requested by the print job transmission device, the preview image transmission section transmits the preview image to the print job transmission device.3. An image forming ...

Job Management Program

When a job management program is executed by an arithmetic processing device in a terminal device, the arithmetic processing device operates as a job management unit for inputting a print job to an image forming apparatus. When a predetermined command is designated by a user operation, a job management unit inputs an image quality control print job for printing a specific color patch chart image on a target medium without applying color correction based on a color profile to the image forming apparatus for creating a color profile for the target medium desired by the user. 1. A job management program for causing a computer to operate as a job management unit for inputting a print job to an image forming apparatus ,when a predetermined command is specified by a user operation, the job management unit inputs an image quality control print job for printing a specific color patch chart image on a target medium without applying color correction based on a color profile to the image forming apparatus for creating a color profile for the target medium desired by the user.2. The job management program according to claim 1 , whereinthe job management unit (a) specifies a paper catalog selected by the user from a paper catalog list as the target media, and (b) includes a color profile based on the colorimetry result of the color patch chart image printed on the target media in the paper catalog of the target media.3. The job management program according to claim 2 , whereinin order to print a user image, the job management unit (a) specifies the paper catalog selected by the user from the paper catalog list, and (b) inputs to the image forming apparatus a print job for printing the user image by applying color correction based on the color profile included in the specified paper catalog.4. The job management program according to claim 2 , whereinthe job management unit causes a display device to display a preview image of the target medium on which the color patch chart image ...

IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

An image processing system includes: an image forming apparatus; a terminal capable of transmitting a print job; a server that sends a push notification to the terminal based on identification information; a memory that stores the identification and terminal information in association with each other when the identification information is generated upon reception of permission of the push notification; and a CPU that: upon reception of the print job, extracts the terminal information from received data of the print job; designates the identification information associated with the extracted terminal information from stored information; generates information about a print setting screen based on the print job; and causes the push notification of the information about the print setting screen to be sent from the server to the terminal associated with the identification information based on the generated information about the print setting screen and the designated identification information. 1. An image processing system comprising:an image forming apparatus that forms an image based on a print job;a terminal capable of transmitting the print job;a server that sends a push notification to the terminal based on identification information that identifies the terminal;a memory that stores the identification information and terminal information of the terminal in association with each other when the identification information of the terminal is generated upon reception of permission of the push notification; and upon reception of the print job transmitted from the terminal, extracts the terminal information of the terminal from received data of the print job;', 'designates the identification information associated with the extracted terminal information from information stored in the memory;', 'generates information about a print setting screen of the image forming apparatus based on the print job; and', 'causes the push notification of the information about the print ...

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRINTING DATA WITH PREDETERMINED FORMAT USING BLUETOOTH COMMUNICATION, AND METHOD OF STORING TEMPLATE DATA

A method and apparatus for printing data with a predetermined format transmitted from a terminal device using Bluetooth communication. The method includes receiving the data having the predetermined format from the terminal device using Bluetooth communication; combining the received data having the predetermined format with template data corresponding to the terminal device stored in a printing apparatus; and printing the combined data. Accordingly, it is possible to obtain the same printing result even when different printing apparatuses print the data by transmitting the data with the predetermined format from the terminal device to the different printing apparatuses using Bluetooth communication, and to obtain the same printing result when printing the data with the predetermined format by transmitting the data with the predetermined format from the terminal device or transmitting data obtained by combining the data with the predetermined format with the template data from the terminal device.

COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-readable instructions for an information processing apparatus having a display and a user interface is provided. The computer-readable instructions cause the information processing apparatus to control the display to precedingly display a sheet image and a usable condition image, in response to receiving of an editing operation designating a predetermined position in one of the sheet image and the usable condition image, specify a corresponding position in the other of the sheet image and the usable condition image, and control the display to subsequently display the sheet image and the usable condition image edited as instructed by the editing operation or correspondingly to image-editing in the one of the sheet image and the usable condition image containing the predetermined position; and generate imaging data composing the sheet image having been edited and output the generated imaging data externally. 1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-readable instructions for an information processing apparatus comprising a display and a user interface , the computer-readable instructions , when executed by a processor of the information processing apparatus , causing the information processing apparatus to perform:controlling the display to precedingly display a sheet image representing a sheet and a usable condition image representing the sheet in a usable condition deformed stereoscopically to be used by a user; the sheet image containing one of the predetermined position and the corresponding position, the sheet image being, when containing the predetermined position, edited as instructed by the editing operation, but when containing the corresponding position, edited correspondingly to the image-editing in the usable condition image; and', 'the usable condition image containing the other of the predetermined position and the corresponding position, the sheet image being, ...

SERVER APPARATUS, SYSTEM, SERVER SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD

A server apparatus includes circuitry to: receive, from an image forming apparatus, determination information including first determination information for identifying a type of print data received by the image forming apparatus, and second determination information for identifying a type of print data with which the image forming apparatus can generate drawing data; determine which of the image forming apparatus and the server apparatus is to generate drawing data from the print data, based on the determination information; in response to the circuitry determining that the image forming apparatus is to generate the drawing data, transmit instruction information for instructing generation of the drawing data to the image forming apparatus; and in response to the circuitry determining that the server apparatus is to generate the drawing data, control generation of the drawing data from the print data and transmission of the generated drawing data to the image forming apparatus. 1. A server apparatus communicably connected to an image forming apparatus , the server apparatus comprising circuitry configured to:receive, from the image forming apparatus, determination information including first determination information for identifying a type of print data received by the image forming apparatus, and second determination information for identifying a type of print data with which the image forming apparatus can generate drawing data;determine which of the image forming apparatus and the server apparatus is to generate drawing data from the print data, based on the determination information;in response to the circuitry determining that the image forming apparatus is to generate the drawing data, transmit instruction information for instructing generation of the drawing data to the image forming apparatus; andin response to the circuitry determining that the server apparatus is to generate the drawing data, control generation of the drawing data from the print data and ...

IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

An image processing apparatus includes a comparison unit and a control unit. The comparison unit compares a light-dark pattern of a plurality of pixels of an input image with a previously-stored pattern to determine a semitransparent object. The plurality of pixels include a pixel of interest and peripheral pixels thereof. The control unit changes intensity of edge correction processing to be applied to the pixel of interest in at least three levels based on a result of the comparison by the comparison unit. 1. An image processing apparatus comprising:a comparison unit configured to compare a light-dark pattern of a plurality of pixels of an input image with a previously-stored pattern to determine a semitransparent object, wherein the plurality of pixels include a pixel of interest and peripheral pixels thereof; anda control unit configured to change intensity of edge correction processing to be applied to the pixel of interest in at least three levels based on a result of the comparison by the comparison unit.2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,wherein the comparison unit is configured to determine a degree of matching between the light-dark pattern of the plurality of pixels and the pattern, andwherein, if the degree of matching is low, the control unit is configured to change the intensity of the edge correction processing to increase.3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2 ,wherein the pattern includes a plurality of pixels, and a value of each pixel of the pattern is compared with that of a pixel of the input image corresponding to the pixel of the pattern, andwherein the pattern includes a pixel to increase the degree of matching if the pixel of the input image is darker than a threshold, a pixel to increase the degree of matching if the pixel of the input image is brighter than the threshold, and a pixel to not change the degree of matching regardless of whether the pixel of the input image is brighter or darker than the ...

VARIABLE SMOOTHING IN PRINTING

Methods, apparatus and systems for printing an image using an array of nozzles are described. In one example aspect, a printer system includes an array of nozzles and a control device coupled to the array of nozzles. The control device is configured to determine a step size for printing a current section of an image based on a set of masks. The set of masks includes one or more masks used for printing previous sections of the image. The control device is also configured to adjust the set of masks based on a printing mode to be used for the current section of the image. The array of nozzles is configured to print the current section of the image using a combination of the adjusted set of masks. 1. A printer system , comprising an array of nozzles and a control device , wherein the control device is configured to control the array of nozzles to:print, in a first printing mode, a first section of an image using a first mask, wherein the first mask is associated with a first printing rate;determine a second mask based on a switch from the first printing mode to a second printing mode, wherein the second mask is associated with a second printing rate;determine a step size for printing a second section of the image based on the first printing rate associated with the first mask and the second printing rate associated with the second mask; andprint the second section of the image using the determined step size.2. The printer system of claim 1 , wherein the step size is determined based on a smaller printing rate of the first printing rate and the second printing rate.3. The printer system of claim 1 , wherein a set of active masks used for printing the image comprises the first mask and the second mask claim 1 , and wherein each mask in the set of active masks is associated with a first attribute and a second attribute claim 1 , wherein the first attribute indicates an amount of shift of the mask with respect to the array of nozzles claim 1 , and wherein the second ...

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, DITHER MATRIX, AND DITHER MATRIX GENERATION METHOD

Threshold values in a dither matrix according to the present invention are arranged such that in a case where screen processing is executed on a multi-tone image that has a first density, halftone dots are formed at a first screen angle, and in a case where screen processing is executed on a multi-tone image that has a density being higher than a second density that is higher than the first density, halftone dots are formed at a second screen angle that is different from the first screen angle. 1. An image forming apparatus comprising:a storage device that stores dither matrices that are used in screen processing that is performed to convert a multi-tone image to a binary image or a multi-value image that has a smaller number of tones than the multi-tone image; and obtain a dither matrix corresponding to an input multi-tone image, from the storage device; and', 'execute screen processing using the obtained dither matrix,, 'a controlling portion having a hardware circuits, the controlling portion being configured to in a case where screen processing is executed on a multi-tone image that has a first density, halftone dots are formed at a first screen angle and at a first screen ruling, and', 'in a case where screen processing is executed on a multi-tone image that has a density being higher than a second density that is higher than the first density, halftone dots are formed at a second screen angle that is different from the first screen angle and at a second screen ruling that is lower than the first screen ruling., 'wherein threshold values in each of the dither matrices are arranged such that'}2. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 ,wherein each of the dither matrices has a first reference point at which a first dot is to be formed, a second reference point that is located in the vicinity of the first reference point and at which a second dot is to be formed, and a third reference point that is located between the first reference point and the second ...

TERMINAL DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD

A terminal device includes: a display unit configured to take a plurality of forms including a folded form in which the display unit is bent between a first display region and a second display region and an extended form in which the display unit is not bent between the first display region and the second display region; and a display control unit that controls display performed by the display unit. The display control unit causes a first image corresponding to an obverse side to be displayed in the first display region and causes a second image corresponding to a reverse side to be displayed in the second display region, when the display unit is in the folded form. 1. A terminal device comprising:a display unit configured to take a plurality of forms including a folded form in which the display unit is bent between a first display region and a second display region and an extended form in which the display unit is not bent between the first display region and the second display region; anda display control unit that controls display performed by the display unit, whereinthe display control unit causes a first image corresponding to an obverse side to be displayed in the first display region and causes a second image corresponding to a reverse side to be displayed in the second display region, when the display unit is in the folded form.2. The terminal device according to claim 1 , whereinthe display unit is one flexible display that includes the first display region and the second display region and that is configured to be bent between the first display region and the second display region.3. The terminal device according to claim 2 , whereinthe display control unit identifies a bending region where the flexible display is bent in the folded form, based on model information of the terminal device, and when the display unit is in the folded form, the display control unit causes the first image and the second image to be displayed in the first display region and the ...

PARSING A MULTIDIMENSIONAL OBJECT FOR PRINTING IN VARIOUS RUNS

A first complexity estimate may be generated for a first portion of a multidimensional object. The first complexity estimate may be for use in estimating a complexity of the first portion of the multidimensional object. A printing capability may be determined for the multidimensional printer. The multidimensional printer may be for use in printing the multidimensional object. The printing capability may be compared with the first complexity estimate. A first failure probability estimate may be generated based on the comparing. The failure probability estimate may be for use in determining a likelihood that the multidimensional printer will print the first portion with an accuracy that exceeds an accuracy threshold. 18-. (canceled)9. A system comprising: generate a first complexity estimate of a first portion of a multidimensional object, the first complexity estimate for use in estimating a complexity of the first portion of the multidimensional object;', 'determine a printing capability of a multidimensional printer, the multidimensional printer for use in printing the multidimensional object;', 'compare the printing capability with the first complexity estimate; and', 'generate a first failure probability estimate, the failure probability estimate for use in determining a likelihood that the multidimensional printer will print the first portion with an accuracy that exceeds an accuracy threshold., 'wherein the memory stores program instructions, the program instructions executable by the processor cause the system to, 'a computing device having a processor and a memory;'}10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the program instructions executable by the processor further cause the system to:generate a second complexity estimate of a second portion of the multidimensional object;compare the printing capability with the second complexity estimate; andgenerate, based on the comparing the printing capability with the second complexity estimate, a second failure probability ...

INSPECTION SYSTEM, PRINTER, AND PRINT-POSITION NOTIFICATION METHOD

An inspection system includes an inspection apparatus configured to examine, for each print, whether a defect has occurred on at least one print side of the print based on a read image of the at least one print side and an image that correspond to a read image, and configured to notify a printer of sheet identification information about a sheet on which an original image of a certain page is printed, the original image being out of original images for one or more pages including an original image formed on a print side on which the defect has occurred; and the printer configured to print, based on the notified sheet identification information and sheet identification information about a sheet on which a position notification image that indicates a positional relation with a print on which the original image of the certain page is formed, the position notification image. 1. An inspection system comprising:a printer; andan inspection apparatus,the printer comprising a print unit configured to print original images for N (N≧1) pages on M (M≧1) sheets to generate M prints, an image acquiring unit configured to acquire the original images for N pages from the printer;', 'a print-management information acquiring unit configured to acquire, for each of the original images, print management information including sheet identification information identifying a sheet on which the original image is printed, from the printer:', 'a reading unit configured to read, for each of the prints, one or more print sides of the print to generate one or more read images:', 'an inspecting unit configured to examine, for each of the prints, whether a defect has occurred on at least one of the one or more print sides of the print based on the one or more read images and one or more original images that correspond to the one or more read images; and', 'a notification unit configured to notify the printer of sheet identification information about a sheet on which an original image of a certain ...

Image processing apparatus

An image processing apparatus includes a setting unit that accepts setting of a first print mode in which printing is performed while saving developer, a data receiver capable of receiving DICOM data in accordance with DICOM standard using a protocol in accordance with the DICOM standard, a determination unit that determines whether received data is DICOM data or not, and an image processing unit that performs processing to print an image. When the received data is DICOM data and when the first print mode is set in the setting unit, the image processing unit performs processing to print a medical image included in the DICOM data in a mode in which developer is saved in a region outside a diagnostic image region necessary for image diagnosis.

PARSING A MULTIDIMENSIONAL OBJECT FOR PRINTING IN VARIOUS RUNS

A first complexity estimate may be generated for a first portion of a multidimensional object. The first complexity estimate may be for use in estimating a complexity of the first portion of the multidimensional object. A printing capability may be determined for the multidimensional printer. The multidimensional printer may be for use in printing the multidimensional object. The printing capability may be compared with the first complexity estimate. A first failure probability estimate may be generated based on the comparing. The failure probability estimate may be for use in determining a likelihood that the multidimensional printer will print the first portion with an accuracy that exceeds an accuracy threshold. 1. A computer-implemented method , comprising:generating, by a processor of a multidimensional printer, a first complexity estimate of a first portion of a multidimensional object, the first complexity estimate for use in estimating a complexity of the first portion of the multidimensional object;determining a printing capability of the multidimensional printer, the multidimensional printer for use in printing the multidimensional object;comparing the printing capability with the first complexity estimate; andgenerating, by the processor and based on the comparing, a first failure probability estimate, the failure probability estimate for use in determining a likelihood that the multidimensional printer will print the first portion with an accuracy that exceeds an accuracy threshold.2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:generating a second complexity estimate of a second portion of the multidimensional object;comparing the printing capability with the second complexity estimate; andgenerating, based on the comparing the printing capability with the second complexity estimate, a second failure probability estimate.3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:determining that the second failure probability estimate exceeds the accuracy threshold; ...

PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINT CONTROL METHOD

There is provided a printing apparatus that conveys a print medium and performs printing on the conveyed print medium, the printing apparatus including a print data generation unit configured to generate print data by performing predetermined pseudo halftone processing of image data to be printed for quantizing the image data; a pattern data generation unit configured to generate print data on a detection pattern by performing the same predetermined pseudo halftone processing of data on the detection pattern for quantizing the data on the detection pattern; a pattern printing unit configured to print a detection pattern based on the generated print data on the detection pattern; a measuring unit configured to measure the printed detection pattern; and a print control unit configured to control printing based on the print data generated for the image data, based on a measurement result of the detection pattern. 1. A printing apparatus that conveys a print medium and performs printing on the conveyed print medium , the printing apparatus comprising:a print data generation unit configured to generate print data by performing predetermined pseudo halftone processing of image data to be printed for quantizing the image data;a pattern data generation unit configured to generate print data on a detection pattern by performing the same predetermined pseudo halftone processing of data on the detection pattern for quantizing the data on the detection pattern;a pattern printing unit configured to print a detection pattern based on the generated print data on the detection pattern;a measuring unit configured to measure the printed detection pattern; anda print control unit configured to control printing based on the print data generated for the image data, based on a measurement result of the detection pattern.2. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the print control unit controls conveyance of a print medium.3. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , ...

PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINT CONTROL METHOD

There is provided a printing apparatus for conveying a print medium and performing printing on the conveyed print medium, the printing apparatus including a print data acquisition unit configured to acquire print data in which digital watermark information is added to image data, the digital watermark information being used to identify a position of an image of the image data on a print medium, a printing unit configured to print an image on a print medium based on the print data, a conveyance information acquisition unit configured to acquire information relating to conveyance of a print medium, based on information on the position of the image that is obtained by detection of digital watermark information in an image read by a reading unit, and a print control unit configured to control printing by the printing unit, based on the acquired information relating to conveyance. 1. A printing apparatus for conveying a print medium and performing printing on the conveyed print medium , the printing apparatus comprising:a print data acquisition unit configured to acquire print data in which digital watermark information is added to image data, the digital watermark information being used to identify a position of an image of the image data on a print medium;a printing unit configured to print an image on a print medium based on the print data;a conveyance information acquisition unit configured to acquire information relating to conveyance of a print medium, based on information on the position of the image that is obtained by detection of digital watermark information in an image read by a reading unit; anda print control unit configured to control printing by the printing unit, based on the acquired information relating to conveyance.2. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the digital watermark information is added to the image data by changing a printing condition with a predetermined period.3. The printing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the ...

TERM MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND TERM MANAGEMENT METHOD

A term management system includes a term management portion and a plurality of image forming apparatuses. The term management portion stores term management information in which terms are defined in association with corresponding term IDs. The plurality of image forming apparatuses each include an acquiring processing portion. The acquiring processing portion is configured to acquire one or more terms from the term management information so that the one or more terms are displayed on a display portion based on corresponding one or more term IDs. 1. A term management system comprising:a term management portion storing term management information in which terms are defined in association with corresponding term IDs; anda plurality of image forming apparatuses each including an acquiring processing portion configured to acquire one or more terms from the term management information so that the one or more terms are displayed on a display portion based on corresponding one or more term IDs.2. The term management system according to claim 1 , whereinin the term management information, each of the term IDs is associated with a plurality of terms, andthe acquiring processing portion is configured to acquire, in a batch, two or more terms from the term management information based on term set information in which one of the plurality of terms is defined for each of the term IDs so that the two or more terms are displayed on the display portion based on corresponding two or more term IDs.3. The term management system according to claim 2 , whereina plurality of pieces of the term set information are stored in the term management portion, andthe acquiring processing portion is configured to acquire, in a batch, two or more terms from the term management information, based on a piece of the term set information selected from the plurality of pieces of the term set information so that the two or more terms are displayed on the display portion based on corresponding two or more ...

PRINTING PRODUCTION QUALITY PREDICTION

A system and method for providing three dimensional printing production quality prediction is described herein. The system may include logic to scan a region of interest associated with a layer of a plurality of parts during printing to obtain an input for the region of interest and compute an input metric associated with the layer based on the input. In response to an initial set of print jobs, at least a portion of the plurality of parts is mechanically tested to determine at least one output. In response to a production print job, a likelihood of a part of the plurality of parts to satisfy a quality specification is predicted by inputting the input metric to at least one machine learning function comprising the at least one output, wherein the at least one machine learning function is trained during the initial set of print jobs. 1. A system for providing three dimensional printing production quality prediction , comprising:logic to:scan a region of interest associated with a layer of a plurality of parts during printing to obtain an input for the region of interest;compute an input metric associated with the layer based on the input;in response to an initial set of print jobs, mechanically test at least a portion of the plurality of parts to determine at least one output; andin response to a production print job, predict a likelihood of a part of the plurality of parts to satisfy a quality specification by inputting the input metric to at least one machine learning function comprising the at least one output, wherein the at least one machine learning function is trained during the initial set of print jobs.2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the input is a temperature of the current layer claim 1 , a layer thickness claim 1 , a temperature from a previously laid blank layer claim 1 , a given powder claim 1 , a firmware parameter claim 1 , or any combination thereof.3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the quality specification is a desired value of the at least one ...

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM

An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to receive, from an external apparatus, a request to output a file to be output by an information terminal, identify, in cooperation with the external apparatus, an information terminal that satisfies a predetermined condition among plural information terminals that are candidates for a target to which the file is to be output, and transmit, to the identified information terminal, first information to be used to identify a location at which the file is stored before a user requests the identified information terminal to display information regarding the file. 1. An information processing apparatus comprising:{'claim-text': ['receive, from an external apparatus, a request to output a file to be output by an information terminal,', 'identify, in cooperation with the external apparatus, an information terminal that satisfies a predetermined condition among a plurality of information terminals that are candidates for a target to which the file is to be output, and', 'transmit, to the identified information terminal, first information to be used to identify a location at which the file is stored before a user requests the identified information terminal to display information regarding the file.'], '#text': 'a processor configured to'}2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,wherein the processor is configured to, if the processor receives a request to obtain the file from the identified information terminal, transmit actual data of the file to the identified information terminal separately from the first information.3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 ,wherein the predetermined condition is that a number of requests to obtain the file exceeds a predetermined threshold.4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 ,wherein the number of requests to obtain the file is managed for each of predetermined periods of time.5. The information ...

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PRINTING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

There is provided with an information processing apparatus. Print data of a plurality of pages are acquired. Quality requirement data including information indicating a quality requirement for a print product are generated based on the print data in a data-by-data basis or in a page-by-page basis, and information for specifying whether the quality requirement is defined in the data-by-data basis or defined in the page-by-page basis is generated. The print data and the quality requirement data are transmitted to a printing service for a print request. 1. An information processing apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory storing a program which is configured to cause the at least one processor to perform:acquiring print data of a plurality of pages;generating quality requirement data including information indicating a quality requirement for a print product based on the print data in a data-by-data basis or in a page-by-page basis, and information for specifying whether the quality requirement is defined in the data-by-data basis or defined in the page-by-page basis; andtransmitting the print data and the quality requirement data to a printing service for a print request.2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting two or more print data and one quality requirement data representing the quality requirement fir the two or more.3. The apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the one quality requirement data includes one piece of information fix specifying whether the quality requirement is defined in the data-by-data basis or defined in the page-by-page basis claim 2 , which is common to a plurality of quality requirements.4. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting print setting data representing a print setting for the print data.5. The apparatus according to claim I claim 1 , wherein the quality requirement data is a file in an PRX format.6. The apparatus ...

SERVER AND PRINTING SYSTEM

A server includes: a first interface performing communication based on a predetermined protocol with a client; a second interface performing communication based on a USB standard with a printing device having at least one paper feeder; a controller; and a storage. The controller performs control to acquire medium information of a medium stored in the paper feeder of the printing device, via the second interface, and store the medium information in the storage. When receiving an acquisition request for the medium information from the client, the controller performs control to transmit the medium information read out from the storage to the client via the first interface. 1. A server comprising:a first interface performing communication based on a predetermined protocol with a client;a second interface performing communication based on a USB (Universal Serial Bus) standard with a printing device having at least one paper feeder;a controller controlling the first interface and the second interface; anda storage, whereinthe controller performs control to acquire medium information of a medium stored in the paper feeder of the printing device, via the second interface, and store the acquired medium information in the storage, andwhen receiving an acquisition request for the medium information from the client via the first interface, the controller performs control to read out the medium information from the storage and transmit the read-out medium information to the client via the first interface.2. The server according to claim 1 , whereinthe controller performs control to transmit printing device information about the printing device that is USB-coupled, to the client via the first interface, when receiving a search request for the printing device from the client.3. The server according to claim 1 , whereinthe printing device includes a plurality of the paper feeders, andthe controller performs control to acquire the medium information about the medium stored in each ...

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD

In a case where the printing of a plurality of copies based on an original image is to be executed by causing a feeding stage which is set for each of the plurality of copies to perform feeding, a feed operation is controlled so as to stop feeding from a feeding stage which serves as a feed target when a sheet attribute designated in a job and a sheet attribute set in the feeding stage are different from each other. 121.-. (canceled)22. An image forming apparatus comprising:a first sheet storage unit;a second sheet storage unit;a printing unit configured to print an image on a sheet,a control unit configured to execute a print job in which the first sheet storage unit is designated for printing a first copy and the second sheet storage unit is designated for printing a second copy and a sheet attribute is designated and cause the printing unit to print the image on the sheet,wherein, in a case where the designated sheet attribute does not coincide with a sheet attribute set for the first sheet storage unit designated for printing the first copy, the control unit stops the execution of the print job, andwherein, in a case where the designated sheet attribute does not coincide with a sheet attribute set for the second sheet storage unit designated for printing the second copy, the control unit does not stop the execution of the print job.23. The image forming apparatus according to claim 22 ,wherein, in a case where the designated sheet attribute does not coincide with the sheet attribute set for the second sheet storage unit designated for printing the second copy, the control unit executes the print job and causes the printing unit to print the image on the sheet conveyed from the second sheet storage unit.24. The image forming apparatus according to claim 22 ,wherein the sheet attribute is a sheet size.25. The image forming apparatus according to claim 24 ,wherein, in a case where the designated sheet size does not coincide with the sheet size set for the second ...

PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD

A printing apparatus having a copying function includes a document feeder that feeds a document, an image reading section that scans the document fed from the document feeder and generates image data of the document, a printing section that performs printing on paper in accordance with the image data, and a controller. The controller performs an avoidance process of avoiding performing the printing in which a size of a sheet of the document and a size of the paper do not match against an intention of a user, in a case where a setting is made in which the document, on which single-sided printing is performed, is printed on both sides of the paper to perform double-sided printing, and the document includes sheets having different sizes and includes an odd number of successive sheets with an identical size. 1. A printing apparatus having a copying function , the printing apparatus comprising:a document feeder that feeds a document;an image reading section that scans the document fed from the document feeder and generates image data of the document;a printing section that performs printing on paper in accordance with the image data; anda controller that performs an avoidance process of avoiding performing the printing in which a size of a sheet of the document and a size of the paper do not match against an intention of a user, in a case where a setting is made in which the document, on which single-sided printing is performed, is to be printed on both sides of the paper to perform double-sided printing, and the document includes sheets having different sizes and includes an odd number of successive sheets with an identical size.2. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 ,wherein the avoidance process includes generating the image data of a blank sheet with a size identical to a size of the odd number of successive sheets, and inserting the image data immediately after image data of the odd number of successive sheets.3. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , ...

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

A printing apparatus includes a printer that prints an image on a sheet, an operation panel that receives an operation from a user, a storage device that stores page description language (PDL) data including PDL commands of a plurality of pages received from an external apparatus, and at least one processor. The at least one processor executes a set of instructions to receive a delete instruction for deleting at least one page of the PDL data stored in the storage device, via the operation panel, to edit the PDL data based on the delete instruction, to generate image data of a page other than the at least one page to be deleted in accordance with the delete instruction, based on the edited PDL data, and to cause the printer to execute printing based on the generated image data. 19-. (canceled)10. A printing apparatus comprising:a printer that prints an image on a sheet;an operation panel that receives an operation from a user;a storage device that stores page description language (PDL) data, including PDL commands of a plurality of pages received from an external apparatus; and to receive a delete instruction for deleting at least one page of the PDL data, stored in the storage device, via the operation panel;', 'to edit the PDL data based on the delete instruction;', 'to generate image data of a page other than the at least one page of the PDL data to be deleted in accordance with the delete instruction, based on the edited PDL data; and', 'to cause the printer to execute printing based on the generated image data., 'at least one processor that executes a set of instructions11. The printing apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the PDL commands included in the PDL data include a register command for registering drawing data claim 10 , and a predetermined command other than the register command claim 10 , and the at least one processor further executes the instructions claim 10 , in the editing of the PDL data claim 10 , to delete the predetermined command ...

Methods and systems for merging an input document on a modified background form

The present disclosure discloses methods and systems (such as a printing system) for merging an input document on a modified background form. The method includes receiving a print job from a user device accessible by a user, wherein the print job includes the input document. The print job is decomposed to determine whether a background form is selected by the user for modification. Based on determination, the stored background form is extracted. Then, a selection input from the user is received via a user interface. The background form is modified based on the selection input. Finally, the modified background form is merged with the input document to generate a print document.

DOCUMENT ELEMENT RE-POSITIONING

Examples disclosed herein relate to receiving a document comprising a plurality of document elements, removing a first document element of the plurality of document elements from the document, re-positioning a second document element of the plurality of document elements in the document, and inserting a new document element comprising a link to a source of the document. 1. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions to:receive a document comprising a plurality of document elements;remove a first document element of the plurality of document elements from the document;re-position a second document element of the plurality of document elements in the document; andinsert a new document element comprising a link to a source of the document.2. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the instructions to re-position the second document element comprise instructions to reduce a number of pages required to print the document.3. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the instructions to remove the first document element comprise instructions to create a relevance score for each of the plurality of document elements.4. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 3 , wherein the instructions to remove the first document element further comprise instructions to remove any of the document elements comprising a relevance score below a threshold score.5. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 3 , wherein the relevance score is based on at least one of the following: an image analysis of the document element claim 3 , a source of the document element claim 3 , a string associated with the document element claim 3 , a text content of the document element claim 3 , a size of the document element claim 3 , and a type of the document element.6. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the instructions to insert a new document element comprising the link to the source ...