Abstract:
Provided are an image forming apparatus and a method for print control which can carry out printing using appropriate toners without selecting an apparatus to be used from apparatuses loaded with different toner groups depending on a print object. In an image forming apparatus provided with an image forming section including photoreceptor drums, writing units to form electrostatic latent images on the photoreceptor drums, and development devices to carry out development by feeding toners to the latent image, there are loaded, as the toners, a first toner group (for example, normal toners) containing three colors of CMY; a second toner group (for example, Vivid toners) containing three colors of CMY with a wider color reproduction area than the first toner group; and a K (black) toner.
Abstract:
A data transmission device, method and program capable of increasing work efficiency in data transmission during multi-destination delivery by unifying transmission method. According to the data transmission device, method and program, a user's instruction is received to designate for each destination one of a first transmission mode in which a file is sent attached to an e-mail message, a second transmission mode in which a file is sent to a file transfer server, and a third transmission mode in which a file is sent to a file transfer server and an e-mail message having a text string including address information of the file transfer server is sent, it is determined whether or not the destinations include those for which the first transmission mode is designated as well as those for which the second transmission mode is designated, and then the third transmission mode is set for the destinations for which the first transmission mode is designated in place of the first transmission mode when it is determined that the destinations include those for which the first transmission mode is designated as well as those for which the second transmission mode is designated.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a printing system having a data processing apparatus on which printer driver software capable of setting various kinds of print conditions is installed, and a printer for performing a printing operation based on print job data transmitted from the data processing apparatus. The printer driver software provides a user with a setting screen on which various user-selectable setting options for printing are displayed and can visually alter at least one of the setting options from the setting screen based on information about the state of the printer acquired from the printer. The information on the state of the printer includes information on the remaining amount of a consumable item loaded in the printer or an optional device connected to the printer, information on the size of a recording medium loaded in the printer, or information as to whether the optional device is connected to the printer.
Abstract:
A reader-printer for copying on a recording paper an image recorded in a microfilm is disclosed, which reader-printer is provided with shutter members capable of intercepting the projected light passing through the part of margin bordering the image. The size of the image in the microfilm is memorized in a memory. The size of the image to be copied and the size of the recording paper on which this image is to be formed are compared based on the ratio of magnification of projection of a projection lens to be used for projecting light through the image on a photosensitive member. The shutter members are driven based on a result of the comparison so that, of the path of the projected light directed to the photosensitive member, the part corresponding to the margin is automatically intercepted by the shutter members.
Abstract:
A microfilm image processing apparatus in which a carriage unit carrying a plurality of projection lenses arranged in an array is provided in conjunction with a microfilm holder, wherein two different paths of light are to be selectively established, one from the carriage unit toward a viewing screen and the other from the carriage unit toward any light receiving member such as a photosensitive drum for producing electrostatic latent images and wherein the carriage unit is movable back and force in a direction perpendicular to the path of light from the microfilm holder either for scanning the image on a microfilm strip retained in the microfilm holder or moving a selected one of the plurality of projection lenses on the carriage unit into a position aligned with the path of light from the microfilm holder, each of the projection lenses being preferably of the zoom type and being axially movable by the carriage unit to provide a variable magnification ratio within a range prescribed for each projection lens.
Abstract:
A microfilm image processing apparatus in which a plurality of zoom lenses having different ranges of magnification are provided for selective use and in which each of the zoom lenses has an associated zoom control gear coaxially disposed aroung the lens to be capable of driving the associated zoom lens for axial movement to vary the effective magnificatio ratio to be achieved by the lens, wherein an angular position detector of, for example, the stroboscopic pickup type is provided in conjunction with the zoom control gear on at least one of the zoom lenses to detect the angular position of each of the zoom lenses and thereby determine the magnification ratios achievable by the individual zoom lenses, and an integral magnification ratio detector is provided in association with the zoom control gear on each of the zoom lenses to detect a particular angular position of the associated zoom control gear, the particular angular position of each zoom lens being such that the zoom lens associated with the gear provides an integral magnification ratio. The magnification ratios determined by the angular position detector are stored into a memory and the magnification ratio to be achieved by a selectged one of the zoom lenses may be corrected when the zoom control gear on the zoom lens is detected to be in the particular angular position thereof.
Abstract:
A negative-positive microfilm discriminating system for use in a microfilm reader/printer apparatus, comprising a reflector mirror for projecting a beam of light bearing an image detected from a microfilm strip, a sensor disposed in the path of light from the reflector mirror for detecting the densities in each of a plurality of blocks of a patterned image zone of the microfilm strip, and a control circuit for selecting out of the blocks the blocks having acceptable degrees of contrast, determining whether the image zone within each of the selected blocks is a negative or is a positive and determining whether the micrifilm strip is a negative or is a positive.
Abstract:
One of the printer drivers is selected from multiple printer drivers stored in a recording medium by referring to regional information set in the computer in advance and in accordance with the referred regional information. The selected printer driver is to be installed in the computer. It is also possible to select setup information that includes a screen display language, a default printing paper size, and a measurement unit system, instead of selecting a printer driver itself, and have the setup information to be installed in the computer.
Abstract:
A data transmission apparatus includes: a transmission unit for transmitting data; a specification unit for specifying a recipient to be a transmission destination of the data; and an address setting unit for obtaining a plurality of pieces of address information corresponding to the specified recipient from a storage unit that stores the plurality of pieces of address information of each recipient, and setting a piece of address information among the obtained plurality of address information based on time information.
Abstract:
There is provided a printing system having a data processing apparatus on which printer driver software capable of setting various kinds of print conditions is installed, and a printer for performing a printing operation based on print job data transmitted from the data processing apparatus. In the printing system, the data processing apparatus comprises: acquiring means for acquiring information on the state of the printer, and information reflecting means for prohibiting or permitting setting of the print conditions relative to the information on the printer driver software based on the information acquired by the acquiring means. The information on the state of the printer is information on the remaining amount of consumable item loaded in the printer or an optional device connected to the printer, information on the size of a recording medium loaded in the printer, or information as to whether or not the optional device is connected to the printer.