Abstract:
Provided is to create a document file for drawing a picture finely, without increasing file size. When size of the first file computed in the first step that is smaller than size of a file of manuscript, advancing during execution of process of vectorization, when size of the second file computed in the second step is smaller than size of a file of manuscript, advancing the third step that is after an end of process of vectorization, when size of the third file computed in the third step is smaller than size of a file of manuscript, a vectorization file that wrote in data vectorized by vectorization part is generated. That is, generating the vectorization file when the size of the first—the third file is smaller than the size of the file of a manuscript, in the first step—the third step.
Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes extended services that are an extended function service and a backend service, and an extended service manager that manages the extended function service and the backend service. Each extended service provides an extension application with a function other than standard functions of the image forming apparatus, without using a standard application that realizes the standard functions of the image forming apparatus. The extension application is an application that realizes the function other than the standard functions of the image forming apparatus. The standard application is a copy application, a printer application, a facsimile application, or a transmission application.
Abstract:
An information processing method includes: obtaining a sheet-image obtained by scanning a sheet including a name-field, in which a name is to be handwritten, and handwritten-characters written in an area other than the name-field; recognizing the handwritten-characters in the sheet-image; generating handwriting-information indicating characteristics of each character of the recognized handwritten-characters; determining whether or not a name is written in the name-field in the sheet-image; where determining that no name is written, extracting, from a database that stores one or more persons' names, the persons' attributes, and handwriting-informations of the persons in association with each other, one or more names and handwriting-informations in association with a particular attribute, and generating a table; selecting one name stored in the table in association with the generated handwriting-information; generating a name-image indicating the selected name; and combining the name-image and the sheet-image to generate a combined-image.
Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes an image obtaining unit, a copy number obtaining unit, a set value obtaining unit, a set value applying unit, and a print performing unit. When the set value obtaining unit obtains and stores a plurality of different set values, the set value applying unit applies the plurality of respective set values to the image obtained by the image obtaining unit to generate and store a plurality of different set value applied images, and the specific count of copies of the plurality of respective set value applied images are printed, the print performing unit printing any one set value applied image among the plurality of stored set value applied images. A count of copies of the printing of the one set value applied image is found by subtracting the specific count of copies from the count of print copies.