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Electronic photography system

Patent Number: RE43150
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventors: Janson, Jr., Wilbert F.; Maurinus, Martin Arthur

A system for electronic photography includes a number of photo-capture stations. Each station includes a digital camera and a customer identification device for selectively actuating the digital camera to capture a digital image and recording customer identification with the digital image. The system includes a central controller for collecting and storing the digital images captured by the photo-capture stations and a high bandwidth communications network connecting the photo-capture ...

Method for generating a halftone of a source image

Patent Number: RE43149
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventors: Schuh, Dana F.; Thornton, Jay E.; Bybell, Daniel P.

In one aspect of the present invention, a method is provided for producing a halftone of a source image. The halftone includes halftone pixels. The halftone pixels are suitable for containing halftone dots. The method selects glyphs corresponding to intensities of regions (e.g., pixels) in the source image. The glyphs contain one or more halftone dots. The method locates halftone dots within the halftone pixels such that for at least one pair of halftone dots contained within a pair of ...

Information processing apparatus and method

Patent Number: 8112706
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventor: Uzawa, Mitsuru

When image data obtained by scanning a document is to be registered in a document management system, a search index can be generated by layout analysis and object analysis. However, when application data generated by an application is to be registered, similar analysis processing cannot be done, and a search index cannot be generated. Hence, an instruction of application data to be registered in the document management system is received, and it is checked if that application data can be ...

Image processing device, image processing method, and program for performing direct printing which considers color matching processing based on a profile describing the input color characteristics of an image device and the output color characteristics of an image output device

Patent Number: 8111437
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventor: Muramatsu, Mizuki

An image processing method is provided for an image processing device which processes images of printing data input from a computer device and an image input device via a predetermined communication line or a network. Printing instruction information of the printing data is analyzed, and determination is made as to whether a request for color matching processing based on a profile describing input color characteristics of an image input device and output color characteristics of an image ...

Image-forming method and image-forming apparatus

Patent Number: 8111436
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventor: Okamoto, Takahiro

An image-forming method of recording an image of plural pixels by a recording means using an image-forming material not completely permeating into a recording medium and capable of forming an image with a thickness is provided. An image-forming material which is scarcely absorbed by a recording medium and which can be cured with keeping a certain thickness after formation of an image is used, and the existing thickness calculated in the step of existing thickness-calculating step is brought ...

Document reader having a document registration and retention system

Patent Number: 8111435
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: Gudenburr, John; Moore, Michael J.; Hutson, Sammy C.

A document scanning device and method of use are disclosed. The document scanning device includes a document bed and one or more document retention devices positioned along the document bed to define a document positioning surface. The document scanning device also includes a scanning module slidably attached to the document bed to pass over the document positioning surface. The document retention device retains a document in place on the document positioning surface as the scanning module ...

Optical device of scanner

Patent Number: 8111434
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: Fang, Po-Hua; Huang, Yin-Chun

The invention relates to a scanner's optical device, receive the light coming from the image of an object to be scanned, comprising: several reflective mirrors, a light-focusing module, and a charge coupled device. The reflective mirrors provide reflection and directional change for the light and, by appropriately arranging several reflective mirrors, the light of the object to be scanned directionally changed to a predetermined route. With at least one curving mirror, the light-focusing ...

Image reading device capably scanning an image formed on a document in consideration of deterioration of the reference member

Patent Number: 8111433
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventor: Nagasaka, Hideaki

An image reading device includes a reference member, a reading unit, a first reference value setting unit, a detecting unit, a second reference value setting unit, a determining unit, and a pixel value setting unit. The reading unit obtains image data and reference data. The first reference value setting unit sets a first reference value based on the reference data. The detecting unit detects a usage state of the reading unit. The second reference value setting unit sets a second reference ...

Infrared watermarking of photographic images by matched differential black strategies

Patent Number: 8111432
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: Eschbach, Reiner; Maltz, Martin S.

A system and method for infrared watermarking using gray component replacement and other color removal schemes is shown. This method includes providing a substrate and implementing two infrared absorption strategies, one with low infrared absorption and the other with high infrared absorption. These two strategies are then combined in order to form two gamuts with substantially similar shapes. This combination can be made by blending the gamuts at areas where one of the strategies do not ...

Printer for printing packaging

Patent Number: 8111431
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: Lapstun, Paul; Silverbrook, Kia

A printer for printing packaging associated with a pharmaceutical product. The printer determines visible information to be provided on the packaging and an identity associated with the pharmaceutical product. The printer uses this to generate coded data including a number of coded data portions, each coded data portion being indicative of the identity. The printer then prints the packaging by printing the coded data and the visible ...

Color conversion apparatus and method

Patent Number: 8111430
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventor: Kodama, Yoichi

A color conversion apparatus includes a plurality of color conversion units configured to perform color conversion using a conversion table with different algorithms, a weighting unit configured to set weightings applied to the plurality of color conversion units, and a mixing unit configured to mix a plurality of color conversion results obtained by the plurality of color conversion units using the weightings calculated by the weighting ...

Apparatus and method for dithering for multi-toning

Patent Number: 8111429
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: Park, Du-sik; Kim, Chang-yeong; Kim, Yun-tae; Choh, Heui-keun

A method and apparatus for dithering for multi-toning are provided. The apparatus includes a mask-pattern-generating unit that generates a mask pattern on R channel, G channel and B channel by selecting pattern values constituting the mask pattern on the channels based on randomly-determined seed values; a spatial-weight-determining unit that determines the weight for spatial dithering by using the pattern values and K-bit LSB data of the high-tone input image; and an output unit that ...

Halftone image generation method, threshold matrix generation method, threshold matrix, printing plate manufacturing method, and printing plate

Patent Number: 8111428
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: Asai, Hiroshi; Wakui, Masaru; Kurokawa, Yuji

In a halftone image formed on a printing plate for letterpress printing, a minimum halftone dot has a square main cluster consisting of 9 pixels and four sub-clusters located around the main cluster radially, each of which is one pixel. Each sub-cluster contacts with only a vertex of the main cluster. Convex portions corresponding to the minimum halftone dots in the halftone image are formed on the printing plate. A convex portion corresponding to the main cluster is supported by convex ...

Information processing apparatus for outputting image-forming print data to an external image-forming apparatus connected to the information processing apparatus through an interface among a plurality of interfaces with different data transfer speeds

Patent Number: 8111427
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: Uotani, Kenichiro; Konji, Mitsuru

In an image forming system, an information processing apparatus (host computer) outputs print data to a printer connected to the apparatus through an interface. The apparatus includes an interface identifying module for identifying the type of the interface, a query module for determining, based on the identified interface type, a quantization method for quantizing print data and/or a compression method, and an image processing module for performing quantization and/or compression on the ...

Head unit, droplet discharging apparatus, droplet discharging system, information processing apparatus, information processing method, status information notifying method, status information updating method, faulty position detecting method, and programs

Patent Number: 8111426
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: Horii, Shinichi; Koyama, Masayoshi; Nakamura, Masato; Namekawa, Takumi; Nishi, Shota

The present invention provides a droplet discharging apparatus including a discharge head for deflectively discharging droplets through one discharge port at a plurality of pixel areas in adaptive fashion. The discharge head is controlled to discharge droplets at an object. A storage unit stores status information about the discharge head. A communication unit communicates with an information processing apparatus located outside so as to transmit the status information to the information ...

Image processing method and image forming device

Patent Number: 8111425
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventor: Inoue, Yoshiaki

An image processing method comprises: a step of acquiring recording characteristic information of the recording elements; a step of obtaining inconsistent density correction information from the recording characteristic information acquired in the characteristic information acquiring step; a step of obtaining inconsistency corrected image data from the inconsistent density correction information and data of the input image; a step of generating inconsistency correction unfit image position ...

Color processing apparatus and control method thereof

Patent Number: 8111424
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventor: Seto, Takamasa

The number of color patches is reduced to attain high-precision color estimation. Hence, the colorimetric values of a plurality of color patches of at least one primary color output by an output device are input. Based on the colorimetric value of first color patches corresponding to a part of the plurality of color patches, colorimetric values corresponding to second color patches other than the first color patches of the plurality of color patches are estimated. Errors between the input ...

Image processing device and image processing method

Patent Number: 8111423
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: Suzuki, Hiroaki; Miyahara, Seiji; Shirasawa, Hisao

A converting unit converts a first color signal into a second color signal and a third color signal. A first correcting unit corrects a magnitude relation between hue angles of the third color signal such that a magnitude relation between hue angles of the second color signal corresponding to the first color signal is maintained in the hue angles of the third color signal. The first color signal is a device-dependent input red, green, blue color signal. The second color signal is a color ...

Information processing apparatus and method of generating print data and non-transitory computer readable medium in which a program is stored for causing a computer to perform a method of generating print data

Patent Number: 8111422
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventor: Furuya, Tomoyuki

An information processing apparatus that includes a first graphics processing unit for converting graphics data output from an application to first print information, and a conversion unit for converting the first print information to a second print information configured to be processed by a second type printer driver that is not a first type printer driver. The information processing apparatus further includes a setting unit, a recommendation unit, and a generation unit. The setting unit ...

Order separator for photographic order fulfillment

Patent Number: 8111421
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: Oles, David J.; Yoshida, Jun

The present invention discloses an apparatus 100 that provides an order separator 330 for photographic order fulfillment. The present invention includes one or more output print devices 110 that print one or more photographic prints 320 of a photographic order 402/404/406 using photographic paper 300. Additionally included is a separator print 330 that is a sheet of photographic paper 300 that is larger than the photographic prints ...

Printer control apparatus and method of controlling the same, printer and method of controlling the same, reader and method of controlling the same, and image forming system

Patent Number: 8111420
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: Nishikata, Akinobu; Sekiguchi, Nobuo; Serizawa, Masahiro; Osari, Yoshihito

A printer control apparatus can be applied to an image forming apparatus in which a plurality of types of readers and a plurality of types of printers can be connected to a single controller, and which enables efficient transfer of image data from the reader to the printer via an image memory of the controller. The controller receives image data from a reader and temporarily stores the same in an image memory, and transmits the stored image data to a printer. The controller acquires a ...

Rasterizing device for DL object management

Patent Number: 8111419
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventor: Kudo, Yasuhiro

A rasterizing device is provided with a first storage area capable of storing a downloaded DL object, and a rasterizer that creates bit-mapped data in band units by rasterizing data. With respect to a predetermined band in which a predetermined DL object is to be included, the rasterizer performs following processes:

- (1) the rasterizer downloads the predetermined DL object and stores it in the first storage area in a case where the predetermined DL object ...

Image processing system, operation method thereof, image processing apparatus and image processing program thereof

Patent Number: 8111418
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: Matsuda, Hideyuki; Otake, Toshihiko; Sawayanagi, Kazumi; Hosono, Masao

An image processing system in which a portable terminal and an image processing apparatus are capable of communicating with each other contactlessly, includes: the portable terminal apparatus including: a display; and a transmitter that transmits display information indicating what is currently displayed on the display, to the image processing apparatus over contactless communication, and the image processing apparatus including: a receiver that receives the display information from the ...

Method and apparatus for modeling print jobs

Patent Number: 8111417
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: Gartstein, Yuri; Rai, Sudhendu

A system and method for modeling print jobs provides a central server that is accessible to remotely located print shops. The remote print shops are able to communicate with the central server to forward print job parameters and to receive the output from a modeling program to enable the print shop to run “what-if” scenarios to maximize print shop efficiency. The central server is also provided with various other print shop tools to assist with print shop design and ...

Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and image processing program for processing a predetermined code image

Patent Number: 8111416
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: Honda, Tadashi; Kozuka, Naoki; Hamada, Yuuta; Horikawa, Hirofumi

In printing an electronic document on a paper, an MFP prints a code image created by encoding a paper ID including a local ID issued to the paper and stores paper information with the paper ID. The MFP determines a type of data format, creates a paper ID in the data format, and prints a code image created by encoding the paper ID. In copying a printed paper, the MFP decodes the code image printed on the paper to acquire the paper ID and retrieves paper information associated with the paper ...

Image forming apparatus and method of controlling the same to correct image forming position in an amount smaller than one pixel

Patent Number: 8111415
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventor: Maebashi, Yoichiro

An image forming apparatus of this invention includes an image forming position correction unit which corrects an inclination or curve of an image in the main scanning direction by converting coordinates designating pixel positions of a bitmap image in the sub-scanning direction. It is discriminated whether image formation is normal image formation or formation of the toner image for detection by an image forming condition correction unit. Based on the discrimination result, the image ...

Image processing apparatus, control method thereof, and program

Patent Number: 8111414
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: Yamamoto, Masahito; Sato, Tomoya

When information on addition and change of data which is stored in an apparatus and dynamically changes is set as a monitoring target, the information is accumulated in a syndication by an application management interface. Periodically or in response to a request, an update information generation unit reproduces an entry in the syndication as an RSS feed, i.e., XML data complying with the RSS feed standard in accordance with a template, and saves the XML data in an update information ...

Approach for securely printing policy-enabled electronic documents based on print driver and printing device support

Patent Number: 8111413
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: Kim, Seong; Katano, Seiichi; Nuggehalli, Jayasimha

An approach is provided for securely printing policy-enabled electronic documents. According to the approach, a determination is made at a client device whether policy-enabled printing has been specified for a particular electronic document. If policy-enabled printing has been specified for the particular electronic document, then a determination is made whether a print driver, installed on the client device for supporting printing for a particular printing device, is configured to support ...

Printer, printing method and printing program for compensating for a loss of a part of a received image

Patent Number: 8111412
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: Yamada, Shinya; Ueda, Satoshi

According to a printer of the present invention, the displaying unit creates a print image of the image received by the receiving unit and displays a preview of the print image when the loss detecting unit detects the lost part of the image, and the displaying unit creates a print image of an image obtained as a result of the trimming and displays a preview of the print image when the trimming unit trims the image, and the printing unit prints an image obtained as a result of the trimming ...

Information processing apparatus, method, and computer program

Patent Number: 8111411
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventor: Kikuyama, Tatsuya

This invention allows to print without installing a driver program for every printer and easily coping with a change in printer control command specifications. To accomplish this, an information processing apparatus for generating a printer command to control a printer generates a command by using a command configuration XML file representing a printer command configuration in which a part that changes due to an external factor such as a user interface is described by a reserved word, ...

Data processing apparatus, and computer readable recording medium stored with processing program

Patent Number: 8111410
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventor: Sakuraba, Tamotsu

In merging the printing data of the merger source to the printing data of the merger destination, the setting information concerning the tab sheets are identified from the both printing data and the aligning process is executed for aligning the tab setting information of the both printing data. For example, the tab positions are changed and aligned in such a way that the tab positions vary sequentially from the start side of ...

Detecting apparatus and recording unit

Patent Number: 8111409
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: Yoda, Kaneo; Tabata, Kunio; Suzuki, Toshiyuki; Oshima, Atsushi

A detecting apparatus includes a target section in which target elements to be detected are arranged in the direction of the motion of a moving body; a detecting section that detects the target elements with the motion of the moving body and outputs a waveform signal having an output level corresponding to its detection sensitivity; a first-digital-signal output section that binarizes the waveform signal with reference to a first threshold to output a first digital signal; a ...

Mobile phone for interacting with underlying substrate

Patent Number: 8111408
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: Lapstun, Paul; Silverbrook, Kia

A mobile phone device configured for overlaying part of a substrate. The substrate contains a printed hyperlink and coded data identifying a plurality of positions on the substrate. The device includes: a mobile telephone transceiver; an optical sensor for reading the coded data; a processor for generating interaction data using the read coded data; and a touch-sensitive display screen for displaying information based on the interaction data. The displayed information includes a displayed ...

Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program product for executing the method

Patent Number: 8107142
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventors: Yoshida, Tomoyuki; Togami, Atsushi; Kawamoto, Hiroyuki; Ohkawa, Satoshi

An image processing apparatus is disclosed. The image processing apparatus stores image data read by a document reading section and image data received from an external device. An image data synthesizing unit synthesizes first image data read by the document reading section and second image data read by the document reading section or received from the external device. An image correcting unit generates image distinctive data of the first and second image data. A synthesized image ...

Print presentation

Patent Number: 8107141
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventors: Kowald, Julie Rae; Druitt, Colin Eric; Lo, Andrew James; Metcalfe, James Robert; Tham, Kevin Mun Choong; Patrick, Lachlan James; Paola, Christopher Mark; Lawther, Michael Jan; Morris-Yates, Timothy Mark; Brett, John Anthony

A method of providing a print representation of a document which, when printed, has at least one region the appearance of which is dependent on viewing conditions. The method comprises generating a representation of the document and then modifying the appearance of the at least one region to thereby simulate the appearance of the document when printed. This is achieved by animating the representation of the at least one region or at least partially combining the at least one region with an ...

Color processing apparatus, color processing method, and computer readable medium

Patent Number: 8107140
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventor: Sasaki, Makoto

A color processing apparatus includes a storage section, a normalizing section and a tone correction section. The storage section stores tone correction information used in tone correction for a color signal to be corrected. The normalizing section reads the tone correction information from the storage section and normalizes the read tone correction information in accordance with the color signal to be corrected to generate normalized tone correction information. The tone correction section ...

Color adjusting apparatus and method for light source

Patent Number: 8107139
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventor: Chen, Pi-Chen

Color adjusting apparatus and method for a light source. A reflector of a required color is added to a light source of a scan module, a plating film of the required color is formed on a lens, or the lens is dyed with the required color. Or alternatively, the color of the light source is directly changed into the required color. As a result, the inconsistent intensities for the light in the primary color, red, green and blue output from the charge-coupled device caused by different ...

Image sensing apparatus

Patent Number: 8107138
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventors: Kawano, Hiroyuki; Endo, Takafumi; Minobe, Tadashi; Mikami, Izumi

An image sensing apparatus having a large depth of focus (DOF) and being compact in size is provided. The image sensing apparatus includes a plurality of light sources that shines light beams on an illumination portion of a document; a first mirror that receives incident light scattered by reflection from the document, to reflect the scattered light in the secondary scan direction; a plurality of first concaved aspheric mirrors that collimates light beams from the first mirror, to reflect ...

4-line CCD sensor and image input apparatus using the same

Patent Number: 8107137
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventors: Sakakibara, Jun; Tanimoto, Koji

A 4-line CCD sensor according to one embodiment of the present invention has a monochromic reading line sensor section and a color reading line sensor section. This 4-line CCD sensor is characterized in that amplification factors for amplifiers 1 to 4 are set so that the amplitude of an output signal from the monochromic reading line sensor section is the same as that of each output signal from the color reading line sensor section. This 4-line CCD sensor is characterized in ...

Image forming apparatus

Patent Number: 8107136
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventors: Matsuyama, Kazuhiro; Nakamura, Yasushi; Yoneda, Kazuhisa; Kikutani, Takashi; Nagao, Hiroyuki; Kinoshita, Yoshiya; Mandai, Hidenobu; Morimoto, Shigenori

An image reading device includes an image reading section, a frame, and an operating unit. The image reading section is configured to obtain image data by reading an image carried on a document. The frame supports the image reading section. The operating unit has an operating section including a plurality of input keys adapted to receive an input operation for controlling the image reading section, and an operating unit body supporting the operating section for displacement between a ...

Motorized document scanner

Patent Number: 8107135
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventors: Gudenburr, John; Moore, Michael J.; Hutson, Sammy C.

A document scanner, such as a check scanner, is disclosed. The document scanner includes a document bed having a document positioning surface, the document positioning surface arranged to receive a document placed thereon. The document scanner further includes a scanning module slidably movable across the document positioning surface, the scanning module including one or more data capture devices arranged to contact a document during a scanning process. The document scanner also includes a ...

Read device, image forming apparatus and method of controlling the image forming apparatus

Patent Number: 8107134
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventor: Kang, Kyung Pyo

A transfer member to transfer a document at different transfer speeds according to transfer sections of a document transfer path includes a first transfer roller and a second transfer roller, both of which are respectively mounted at upstream and downstream sides of the document transfer path, and a driving unit to drive the first and second transfer rollers such that the speed of the second transfer roller is higher than that of the first transfer roller under the control of a control unit ...

Image production apparatus

Patent Number: 8107133
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventor: Tanaka, Hiroshi

Disclosed herein is an image production apparatus, including a light source; an optical modulation apparatus of the one-dimensional type; and a projection optical system including a scanning optical system; the scanning optical system including a main scanning optical system, and a sub scanning optical system for carrying out scanning in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis, and a scanning direction by the main scanning optical system, the sub scanning by the sub scanning optical ...

Image forming apparatus and control method thereof

Patent Number: 8107132
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventor: Lee, Jae Kyu

An image forming apparatus and a control method thereof are disclosed. The disclosed image forming apparatus includes a white reference sheet provided at one side of a flat bed, for scanning an object, an image sensor module including an image sensor to detect light reflected from the white reference sheet in a scanning operation for the white reference sheet and light reflected from an image on the object in a scanning operation for the object, and to output analog image signals ...

Scanner for optically and electrically scanning transponder-equipped document

Patent Number: 8107131
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventor: Frede, Martin

In a scanner for optical and electrical scanning of a document having a transponder associated therewith a glass plate is provided for placement of the document. An optical scanning device scans the document via a mirror. At least one antenna for transmission of electromagnetic signals to the transponder and for reception of electromagnetic signals from the transponder is ...

Image processing device

Patent Number: 8107130
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventor: Sawaguchi, Kenji

An image processing device includes an image input device for inputting image information; a control device for converting the image information into an electric file input through the image input device; a display device for displaying file name candidates; a selection device for selecting and specifying a file name candidate selected by a user from the file name candidates displayed on the display device; and a first storage device for storing an image data file. The control device stores ...

Methods and apparatus for embedding and detecting digital watermarks in a text document

Patent Number: 8107129
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventors: Qi, Wenfa; Shi, Wenzhe; Wang, Lidong; Yang, Bin; Cheng, Shengyuan

Disclosed are a method and apparatus for embedding or detecting watermarks in a text, which belong to the field of document protection. The method and apparatus overlay an additional layer of shade in a document for recording a large amount of information from watermarks. The shade comprises the dots arranged under certain rules. Shifts of the dots record each bit string within the watermark. According to the method and apparatus, a large amount of information can be embedded and the ...

Image forming apparatus and print control method thereof

Patent Number: 8107128
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventor: Harigae, Makoto

An image forming apparatus according to the present invention is capable of executing printing processes for color images and monochromatic images and comprises a printer section capable of executing processes for color printing and monochromatic printing and a printing task management section for receiving a plurality of printing jobs including color printing jobs and monochromatic printing jobs as input, computationally determining the processing time required for each of the printing ...

Image forming apparatus, image forming method

Patent Number: 8107127
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventors: Koga, Katsuhide; Sato, Mitsuhiko; Itagaki, Tomohisa; Goto, Tatsuya

An image forming apparatus has a calibration mode in which a calibration image is formed on a print medium to correct image forming conditions. The image forming apparatus detects print medium information to determine, on the basis of the print medium information, whether the print medium is a sheet recommended as a print medium for use in the calibration mode. The image forming apparatus sets calibration conditions corresponding to the determined recommended sheet. The image forming ...

Document management apparatus and method applying print settings responsive to dragging and dropping document icon

Patent Number: 8107126
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventor: Watanabe, Ryutaro

A document management apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive a notification indicating that an icon for a first document has been drag-and-dropped onto an icon for a second document via a display screen, and an application unit configured to apply a print setting stored in the first document to the second document in response to the receiving unit receiving the notification indicating that the icon for the first document has been drag-and-dropped onto the icon for the ...