摘要:
An image forming apparatus including: a video memory; a load management unit that loads page data on a print image into the video memory page by page; a print engine that performs printing using the page data stored in the video memory; and a main management unit that, when printing of a page is completed as part of an electronic sort process, causes the video memory to retain the page data if there is a subsequent page to be printed using the same page data as that on the page, and deletes the page data from the video memory if there is no subsequent page to be printed using the same page data as that on the page.
摘要:
A data compression and decompression unit that can enhance a data throughput during compression and decompression of data by dynamically allocating the sizes of the input and output buffers to the compression and decompression sections in accordance with a compressibility of data. The data compression and decompression unit includes a compression section that receives bit map data from a terminal, compresses the bit map data with a predetermined compressibility, and generates compressed data, and a decompression section that decompresses the compressed data into an original format, and generates decompressed data. The data unit further includes a memory section that stores the bit map data, the compressed data, and the decompressed data, and a control section that controls the compression and decompression in accordance with the predetermined compressibility.
摘要:
A printing data generating unit designates a first section (page numbers, etc.) corresponding to a change target part of a before-being-changed document and a second section corresponding to printing data of a changed part. A printing unit includes a replacement processing portion. The replacement processing portion determines whether or not the section of the counted number of sheets of paper matches the first section, and when they match, instructs the printing unit to print the printing data of the changed part corresponding to the second section, and when they do not match, causes the before-being-changed document to be discharged directly from the printing unit, and thereby replacing just the first section of the before-being-changed document with a document of the changed part corresponding to the second section.
摘要:
A printing system capable of processing target print data by a selected processing method, comprises specifying means that enables a user to specify print data processing units and their order of execution from a function library; printing processing means that causes the specified print data processing units to process the print data in the order specified using the specifying means; and output means that outputs an image based on the print data processed by the printing processing means.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus includes an image receiving unit configured to receive image data, a sender identifying unit configured to identify a sender of the received image data, a check unit configured to check whether the identified sender corresponds to a predetermined sender, a management information providing unit configured to provide management-purpose image data obtained by encoding management information for controlling at least one of a transmission operation for transmitting an image scanned from a printout and a copy operation for copying an image scanned from a printout, and a print unit configured to print the management-purpose image data together with the received image data in response to a check result by the check unit indicating that the identified sender corresponds to the predetermined sender.
摘要:
There is provided a system for a print production facility, with print job processing departments, in which a wait time interval is determined for each recorded instance in which an output, from a set of multiple outputs, is delivered from a first one of the print job processing departments to a second one of the print job processing departments. A statistical metric value, representative of a wait time interval for the set of multiple outputs, is computed, and either a workflow relationship between the print job processing departments or at least one processing capability associated with at least one of the print job processing departments is changed with both a total number of recorded instances and the statistical metric value.
摘要:
A print management device of the invention receives thumbnail images corresponding to object images of a print service and e-mail addresses of acquaintances specified by a user, from a printing apparatus, in response to the user's request. The print management device sends an e-mail including an URL for browsing the thumbnail images and a print permission password to each of the specified acquaintances. Each of the specified acquaintances may thus browse thumbnail images with the print permission password and provide an order for printing original images corresponding to selected thumbnail images. The print management device notifies the user of order information with regard to the order for printing the original images, asks the user to permit or deny execution of a print service with regard to the order, and sends the order for the print service to a photo studio for execution of the print service, in response to permission for the order.
摘要:
A printing system including a plurality of different kinds of printers and a printer selecting device therefore are disclosed. The printer selecting device includes an accepting section for accepting information representative of a desired number of printings input, and selecting means for selecting one of the printers matching with the desired number of printings. Image data to be printed are sent from the printer selecting device to the printer selected. In this configuration, one printer adequate for the desired number of printings, which is an important factor for the selection of a printer, is automatically selected.
摘要:
In an image forming system for an image forming apparatus for forming an image according to the image forming system under an instruction of a terminal unit connected thereto by way of a network to instruct a formation of an image according to output data, the terminal unit sets an access information such as permitting a particular person to access the output data. The image forming apparatus compares the user information with the access information and outputs an image only when the output user conforms to the particular person. The terminal unit further changes the access information so that a second particular user other than the particular user can temporarily access to the output data and the image forming apparatus can output an image by the use of the output data also when the access information conforms to the second particular user.
摘要:
Print verification is done by scanning the printed copies, thereby forming a stream of scanned images of the specific pages. Digitized images from the stream are then spatially aligned page by page, line by line and pixel (pel) by pixel (pel) with corresponding digitized images in a stream of source images. The source and scanned images are compared to find pel sequences that are different. These differences represent defects in the printed copies.